356. Relatives
The welfare home is still the same, a dilapidated two-story building, with two tiled houses extending out next to it, and several relatively new buildings, which have been donated by charitable funds in recent years and have become the dormitory buildings of the welfare home.
"Xiaobo, I'm finally back, it seems that I'm doing well in Linhai, and I'm getting a lot stronger."
At the door of the small building facing the gate, a middle-aged woman in her forties stood there, and after seeing Zhao Bo, she walked over with a smile on her face.
"Mother Liu, I miss you so much."
Zhao Bo came over and hugged the middle-aged woman, she was Liu Fang, Zhao Bo's mother, who brought Zhao Bo from childhood to adulthood, Zhao Bo treated her like his own mother.
"Okay, how old is a person, how can you still be like a child, you are not afraid of making a fool of yourself in front of your daughter-in-law."
Liu Fang hugged Zhao Bo, who was a head taller than herself, and then patted Zhao Bo and said.
"Don't be afraid, she is my daughter-in-law, how can she laugh at me, Mother Liu, this is what I told you Su Qing, we have already applied for a marriage certificate, and when the wedding comes, we will definitely take you to Linhai to participate, Qingqing, this is Mother Liu, Mother Liu, who raised me."
Zhao Bo's eyes were red and he said, since he went to join the army after graduating from high school, Zhao Bo has come back only a handful of times, every time he sees Liu's mother, he finds that she is a lot older, and now Liu's mother is not yet fifty years old, and she already has a lot of gray hair, and the wrinkles on her face have increased.
Liu Fang once had a marriage, but because Liu Fang could not have children, she was abandoned by that man, after the divorce, Liu Fang came to the welfare home, and devoted herself to the children of the welfare home, Zhao Bo was the first batch of children Liu Fang brought after entering the welfare home, and Liu Fang also regarded Zhao Bo and others as her own biological children.
"Mother Liu, I'm Su Qing, Zhao Bo often tells me about you, if it weren't for you, Zhao Bo wouldn't be able to grow up to this day, you are his biological mother, I hope that when we get married, you can sit on the chair and bless us."
Su Qing came over and grabbed Liu Fang's hand and said, Su Qing knew Zhao Bo's feelings for Liu Fang, if Liu Fang could attend the wedding as Zhao Bo's mother at that time, then Zhao Bo would be very happy.
"No, no, how can that work."
Liu Fang's first reaction was to refuse, from the usual chat with Zhao Bo, Liu Fang knew that Su Qing's family background was not ordinary, how could she be Zhao Bo's mother as a divorced woman.
"Mother Liu, you brought me up since I was a child, you are my mother, I hope to get your blessing."
Zhao Bo also said that Su Qing's meaning is Zhao Bo's meaning.
"This ......"
Of course, Liu Fang also wanted to watch Zhao Bo and Su Qing hold a wedding ceremony, but she was a little worried about her identity.
"That's it, Mother Liu, take me to meet Grandma Zhou, I haven't seen Grandma Zhou for a long time."
Zhao Bo interrupted Liu Fang's hesitation and immediately put the matter to a final conclusion.
"Okay, your grandmother Zhou misses you too, she's in the office."
Liu Fang said that Grandma Zhou is the director of the welfare institute and the grandmother of all the children in the welfare home.
Entering the two-story building, the walls here are mottled and already very dilapidated, and the children have long stopped living in this small building, but moved to the newly built building.
"Grandma Zhou, I'm back to see you."
Coming to the dean's office, Zhao Bo said to an old lady who was reading documents with reading glasses.
"Xiaobo, when are you coming back, sit down, the children are still talking about you these days."
Hearing Zhao Bo's voice, the old lady looked up and saw Zhao Bo, quickly closed the file, walked over from behind the desk, and pulled Zhao Bo to sit down, she was Zhou Guifang, the director of the welfare home.
"I came back yesterday, it was too late yesterday to bother you, I came early this morning, I also brought some things, and I was unloading the car at the door."
Zhao Bo said, Liu Fang is getting old fast, Zhou Guifang is getting old faster, her hair is almost white, and her back is beginning to bend, but her spirit looks fine, when Zhao Bo usually contacts Zhou Guifang, she is also ready to retire and let Liu Fang take over the position of director of the welfare institute.
"Come back, come back, bring something, you've done enough for the welfare home, Xiao Liu, you go to the door and watch it, let them put the things in the warehouse first."
Zhou Guifang said that every time Zhao Bo came back, he would buy a lot of rice and noodles, and she said that now that the government attaches importance to this piece, Zhao Bo's money should be saved by himself.
"This is a little bit of my heart and my daughter-in-law, by the way, Mother Liu, there is also a cart of clothes, toys and books, let them unload them to the activity center and distribute them directly to the children."
Zhao Bo said that rice, flour, grain and oil can be put in the warehouse, those clothes, toys and books, Zhao Bo wants to send them to the children as soon as possible, Zhao Bo also grew up here, and knows what the children are looking forward to the most, and putting them in the warehouse is not to hang the children's appetite.
"So much? Xiaobo, you've broken the bank. ”
As soon as Liu Fang heard this, she knew that Zhao Bo had prepared a lot of things, and she complained to Zhao Bo.
"Grandma Zhou, Mother Liu, in fact, these are all prepared by Su Qing, and I didn't interfere much."
Zhao Bo said that Zhao Bo would not embezzle credit.
"Xiaobo, you found a good daughter-in-law, you are Qingqing, Xiaobo will be taken care of by you in the future, if he has anything bad, you can tell grandma, grandma will teach him a lesson."
Zhou Guifang looked at Su Qing beside Zhao Bo, she was really a beauty, Zhao Bo's child was really getting more and more promising.
"Dean, why don't we go and see the gifts brought by Xiaobo, the children watched Xiaobo's game last time, and they all regarded Xiaobo as an idol, and they will let Xiaobo distribute gifts to them in a while."
Liu Fang said, since Zhao Bo brought a gift, let's go and see it together.
The four of them went out of the office together, and when they came to the door, they saw Uncle Wang directing the workers to unload the truck, the truck transporting grain, oil, rice and noodles had stopped at the gate of the welfare home, and the stevedores hired before were already on standby.
"So much, Qingqing, how can you and Xiaobo buy so many things."
I thought it was an ordinary truck, but after I came out, I found that it was a trailer truck, and the cargo volume was at least three times that of an ordinary car, and Zhou Guifang was a little surprised.
"Grandma Zhou, this is all my and Zhao Bo's heart, let the children eat better, and use the saved money for other aspects in the future."
Su Qing said, this thing is nothing at all, the two cars add up to less than 200,000, and you can buy it all by taking out part of your pocket money, not to mention that the price is preferential for such a large batch purchase.
"Yes, Grandma Zhou, even if the government pays more attention now, it is better to prepare more of these daily necessities, so that the children can live a better life."
Zhao Bo also said on the side, these things will only be more in the future.