Chapter Twenty-Three: The Female Dean
The next morning, Shen Fangli got out of the quilt and sat on the bed as usual, her habit of waking up naturally has been maintained for five years, and from today on, she will no longer be a member of this family. Last night, Mai Xiang called the Olphen Orphanage to discuss the matter of taking her to the orphanage, and according to Mai Xiang, the director had nodded and agreed, and would arrive at 123 Belen Street at about 9 o'clock in the morning.
In order to greet the female dean with a good attitude, Mai Xiaomo asked Shen Fangli to freshen up and dress up as soon as possible, and then went to the living room to wait for the arrival of the female dean.
So Shen Fangli quickly ran into the balcony, pulled out a few snowdrop grasses from the medicinal plant planting trough, opened the leaves, opened each casserole, and poured it in. Seeing that the fire under the stove was not burning enough, she added some dry wood and sat down in a nearby chair in a daze.
Speaking of bone spirit ointment, it can be regarded as a little contribution made by Shen Fangli to this family, a deliberate prank made her inadvertently made this famous medicine, which brought reputation to Dr. Mai Xiang at the same time, but also increased her knowledge of herbal medicine. In the past five years, she has learned how to distinguish between snow bead grass and dzi grass, and understood the functions of some medicinal plants such as wolf poison flower and provine, which may seem to be of little use to her now, but it will not be known in the future.
The hissing sound of steam coming out of the porcelain hole disturbed Shen Fangli's thoughts, she quickly stood up, opened one of the casseroles, and used a spoon to test the viscosity of the bone spirit paste in the pot, which was dark in color and stuck to the spoon in a large piece. This phenomenon shows that the bone spirit paste has been boiled.
Shen Fangli then extinguished the firewood, turned on the casserole one by one to dissipate heat, and then left the balcony. This is the last time she will make this medicine for Mai Xiang, after she leaves, the production of the bone spirit paste has to be completed by Mai Xiang alone, she wrote down the method of making it on a piece of paper, and put this paper on the table in the room, she hopes that Mai Xiang will find out when tidying up her room.
Then Shen Fangli went back to the room to tidy up her things, and went to the orphanage in addition to clothes and some belongings to bring, she really couldn't think of anything to pick up and put in her bag, since she was a child, her only toy was the silver harmonica given to her by her mother, which was a very important thing for her, after putting it in her bag, what was left was the golden staff that her father gave her before leaving the island, she knew too few spells, and basically didn't use this staff much, so the golden cane didn't protect her at all, but since it was her father's request, she couldn't leave it behind。
Mai Xiaomo's voice suddenly came from the next room, and Shen Fangli could hear that she was shouting herself, so she tied her bag into a slipknot and walked into Mai Xiaomo's room.
Mai Xiaomo's room was larger than Shen Fangli's, and the furnishings were more complete, and Shen Fangli found that her room was very clean, obviously she had just cleaned it. The photo of her fiancé was placed on the table, facing her bed, perhaps expecting Qi Luoxiang to meet her in her dreams.
In the past five years, every time Mai Xiaomo asked Shen Fangli to play, she would let Shen Fangli enter her room, due to work, she had very little time with Shen Fangli, and the games suitable for the two to play together were also limited, so Shen Fangli entered her room, she either gave Shen Fangli a gift, or announced some big decision, which made Shen Fangli accustomed to it for a long time.
"What are you going to give me this time?"
Faced with the inquiry, Mai Xiaomo picked up the wooden box on the table and handed it to Shen Fangli with both hands: "You can open it and take a look." ”
Shen Fangli took the wooden box, sat on Mai Xiaomo's bed, and couldn't wait to open the seal on the wooden box.
Inside the wooden box was a pair of light blue cloth shoes with white patterns.
"You try it on first to see if it fits, and yesterday I saw that your high heels were broken, so I bought you these cloth shoes. Mai Xiaomo smiled and sat down beside Shen Fangli, "It cost me 150 belen, don't wear it out for me anymore, cherish it." ”
Shen Fangli nodded, put on these cloth shoes, and turned around in place, she liked the pattern on the shoes very much, once she put them on, she was reluctant to take them off, except for saying thank you like Mai Xiaomo, she couldn't think of any words to express her gratitude, Mai Xiaomo treated her like a sister, did this friendship be broken because of her departure?
"Sister Mo, I am reluctant to leave! I am reluctant to leave you. ”
"I can't bear to be sister, but since you promised your father yesterday, you have to keep your promise, understand?" Mai Xiaomo touched Shen Fangli's head and smiled, "Besides, if you want to meet me again, can you notify the dean of no?" I don't think Orfinn Orphanage will not even be able to fulfill your little request." ”
"Yes, thank you for the reminder. ”
"Okay, I've said what I need to say, take care of yourself. ”
As soon as Mai Xiaomo's words fell, there was a knock on the door downstairs, Mai Xiang chatted with the guest who entered the door, and then called the two of them downstairs to enjoy breakfast.
Shen Fangli jumped downstairs and was surprised when she saw the guest, because this person was none other than the middle-aged woman who rescued her at the Snow Dove Restaurant. At the moment, she was wearing a dark green dress and was smiling at her.
"Hey, little girl, I didn't expect us to meet again. The middle-aged woman waved her hand to Shen Fangli.
"Why did you come here?" Shen Fangli also felt incredible.
"Suspicious? You actually know each other? What's going on?"
The middle-aged woman first told Mai Xiang about her acquaintance with Shen Fangli, and then introduced herself to Shen Fangli. Her name is Lan Yifan, and she is the director of the Orfen Orphanage.
As a philanthropist, Lan Yifan knew that once the war broke out, the children who lost their parents in the war would become orphans, and their survival would face very serious challenges, and an orphanage must be established to solve these problems.
However, most of the government's funds were invested in the war, and she could no longer afford to build an orphanage, so Lan Yifan had to rely on the income from her teaching profession to save funds for the construction of the orphanage.
Elanith Royal Academy is the most famous spell academy in Panhu City, established for nearly a hundred years, the old campus located near Haohan Lake has been dilapidated, causing a lot of inconvenience to teachers and students, the principal decided to build a new campus in Panhu City, and gradually realize the relocation plan.
After the completion of the new campus, the relocation of the site of the Royal Elanith Academy began, with teachers and students gradually moving to the new campus in the city, and the old campus in the suburbs of Haohan Lake being hollowed out.
So Lan Yifan asked the school to build an orphanage on the old campus, but the principal did not agree at first, on the one hand, as a well-known professor at the Royal College of Ilanis, she could bring a lot of reputation to the school. On the other hand, her students could not bear to leave such a good professor.
But for the sake of charity, Lan Yifan quit her career as a teacher, and relied on the funds she had hoarded for several years to hire construction workers to convert the old campus of Ilaniss Royal College into an Orphen orphanage, and she herself became the director of the orphanage.
"Well, actually, you used to be a teacher. Shen Fangli took a bite of bread and turned to Lan Yifan, "Can I call you Teacher Lan in the future?"
Lan Yifan took a sip of the soy milk in the cup: "Of course you can, if you don't think it's nice to call me the dean, it's not bad to call me the teacher, in fact, every child in our hospital calls me that." ”
"Teacher Lan, what do you think of our breakfast this morning and your appetite?" asked Shen Fangli with a smile.
"Very good, thank you for your hospitality, I have always considered bread and milk to be the most nutritious food in the morning. ”
"Can you taste these delicacies in your orphanage?" Mai Xiang glared at Shen Fangli and motioned for her not to talk nonsense.
Lan Yifan didn't seem to care, she wiped her mouth with a napkin and said: "Of course, the conditions in the orphanage are not as good as the doctor's house, I hope you understand that going to the orphanage is not for you to enjoy, but to learn to endure and endure hardships, every child living there is eager to have a warm home, for you who have been living in the doctor's house for nearly five years, I think they should be both envious and jealous." ”
Mai Xiang hurriedly apologized to Lan Yifan and said, "I'm really sorry, this kid doesn't know how to speak, and I ask the dean for your forgiveness." ”
"It doesn't matter, I see that she is talented and intelligent, and she sings a good song, if she doesn't go to the academy to study, I'm afraid she will ruin her future. Lan Yifan turned to Shen Fangli and said, "Do you remember the combat skills I used last time when I taught you those gendarmes? You said that you really want to learn, but now there is a way for you to learn." ”
"What's the way?" Shen Fangli was so happy that she turned to Lan Yifan.
"That is to go to the Yrannis Royal Academy to study, I am very familiar with the people in the academy, and in a few days I can handle the relevant procedures for you to transfer to the academy, you need to pass the entrance exam to study at the Yraniss Royal Academy, I believe you can do it." ”
Shen Fangli lowered his head and said: "But I basically don't know anything about spells and combat skills, and I don't know what to do if I face a formal assessment." ”
"Your situation, Dr. Mai has told me everything, it turns out that you are a member of the Wei tribe from Qidao, although there is no formal spell academy in Qidao, but your father still taught you some basic mantra formulas, and for the sake of the fact that you have worked in the troupe, the examiner will add a little impression to you. ”
"That's true, but I've almost forgotten the mantra I taught me, let alone my combat skills. ”
Lan Yifan smiled and said, "Even so, it doesn't matter, as long as you want to learn, there is no problem." ”
"Okay, Mr. Lan, thank you so much. ”
"Don't thank me, just thank your Uncle Mai. Lan Yifan looked at the clock on the wall and said to Shen Fangli, "Okay, it's not early, we're ready to go." ”
"But I haven't washed Uncle McT's dishes yet! Shen Fangli said and stood up and cleaned up the table.
"Stinky girl, there's nothing for you to do here, I don't need your help, get out of here. Mai Xiang pushed Shen Fangli away very hard and pushed her into Lan Yifan's arms.
Mai Xiang's push made Shen Fangli feel aggrieved in her heart, she just wanted to help. This Uncle McHai won't even let her do the last thing she can do.
Mai Xiaomo handed over all the salutes that Shen Fangli had just packed to her, and only said to take care, and waved goodbye to her.
Shen Fangli glanced back at Mai Xiang, who was still facing away from him at the moment, unwilling to look at her even once. Disappointed, she crossed the threshold.
Shen Fangli, who brought the door, didn't notice that Mai Xiang was covering his face with his hands, actually not letting his tears flow out.