The orphanage has to support 15 orphans, including Shen Cao and the chicks, but the income is very meager.

Jiang Xiulan has 3 acres of land under her name, and the family's income from the fields alone is not enough to support expenses.

Jiang Xiulan is skillful and can make clothes, Shen Cao has fast legs and feet, and she is responsible for going to the town or county seat to sell the clothes every time.

In addition, occasionally people come to deliver some home-grown vegetables to the orphanage, and life can be considered passable.

This winter, the snow fell early and the temperature was low, Jiang Xiulan thought that cotton shoes would sell better, so she worked overtime at night, saved nine pairs of cotton shoes, and asked Shen Cao to take them to the town to sell them when there was a big market in the town.

Jiang Xiulan's handmade cotton shoes are all real materials, and the soles are still hand-accepted, not foam soles, which are particularly easy to sell.

The cotton shoes that Shen Cao brought to the market were sold out quickly, she remembered Jiang Xiulan's advice, and went to the grain store with the money to buy flour, only to find that the pocket was rotten with a big hole when she paid, and the money from selling cotton shoes was stolen by thieves without knowing when!

Shen Cao went around the market a few times, trying to find the thief who stole her money, and also went to find the public security joint defense team, but when the big market was held, people from several villages came to the market, and Shen Cao never met with the thief, just wanted to find a needle in a haystack, and you have to know what the needle looks like.

"I lost 13 dollars and 8 cents."

The money is not too much, but it is the operating capital of the orphanage.

After the money was stolen, Jiang Xiulan could only tear out a little cotton from the quilt at home, temporarily rush to work to make two pairs of cotton shoes, sell them at a low price, buy some cornmeal, and mix it with the white flour at home to eat.

The family has a large population, and the poorer they are, the more they find that the children eat more.

Shen Cao saw Jiang Xiulan's hungry stomach gurgling and was reluctant to drink more than a mouthful of corn grits porridge, and she blamed herself in her heart.

In addition, the weather was cold, and the youngest Maomao had a cold, and he couldn't sleep steadily at night, so he had to be held by Jiang Xiulan to fall asleep.

Jiang Xiulan couldn't work in a hurry anymore, and the family's food storage was getting smaller and smaller, so Shen Cao wanted to go to the county seat to find some work.

On the first day, Shen Cao cheekily helped the people at the freight station unload the goods and took home the 3 cents he earned, and everyone was very happy.

After the little chick found out, she felt that she could earn this money, so she wanted to go out with Shen Cao.

Shen Cao knows best how hard it is to make money, she doesn't want the little chicks to suffer this, so she secretly set off before dawn the next day.

The chick got up in the morning and found that Shen Cao was gone, so he hurriedly said hello to Jiang Xiulan and chased him to the county seat.

It's too difficult to find a job, and the chicks haven't found a job after a day of wandering around the county, and they're still hungry and dizzy.

When it was getting dark, I met a kind uncle and gave him half a piece of cornmeal bun, and it was only after the day was passed.

I couldn't find a job in Tong County, so the little chick wanted to go to the capital to try it, but I became a beggar, picking up food during the day and sleeping in the park at night.

The little chick didn't earn any money and didn't want to go back, going back would only increase the burden on the orphanage, he continued to wander outside, and when he was desperate, he thought that Shen Cao's money was stolen by thieves, and he didn't find the thief until now, so he held on to the luck and stretched out his hand to Wu Yubing......

Li Zhou figured out everything, and the depression in his heart was almost gone.

When Li Zhou first learned about the existence of the orphanage, his first reaction was to question the inaction of the relevant departments.

From Shen Cao's words, Li Zhou knew that there was a welfare institute in Tong County, and the village chief also went to inquire.

It's just that the children in the orphanage don't meet the acceptance standards of the orphanage.

It is even more unrealistic to send these children back to their original families, and everyone can see how the mother of the chick reacts when she sees the chick.

Maybe in another five or ten years, the little chicks, Shen Cao and others will be adults, working, and able to make money, and their biological parents will be old and have no ability to make money, and they will come to recognize their relatives when they want to find someone to support them.

But at that time, Chick Cub and Shen Cao and others no longer needed their parents who were inferior to these beasts.

should enjoy the filial piety of chicks and others, and they should not be the parents of these beasts.

Only Jiang Xiulan is eligible to enjoy this filial piety!

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Jiang Xiulan is a good person, a good person who is tired.

Jiang Xiulan's foot was twisted because she went out at night to find a chick cub who didn't return home, and she couldn't sit on her seat in pain these days.

But Jiang Xiulan was reluctant to spend money to see a doctor, so when she was in pain, she used a cool towel to apply it, and if she could jump, she jumped and walked a few steps.

After Liu Duobao's examination, it was found that the swollen left foot, which could not feel the bones, was very likely to have a fracture.

Secondly, Jiang Xiulan was malnourished and severely deficient in qi and blood, and her hair was about to fall out.

Liu Duobao even suspected that Jiang Xiulan had not eaten enough, otherwise she would not have lost 70 pounds.

"You'll have to go to the hospital for a specific check-up." Liu Duobao said to Jiang Xiulan.

Jiang Xiulan hurriedly shook her head: "It's out of the way, I can get through it." ”

"Illness doesn't depend on boiling, not to mention anything else, your foot is broken nine times out of ten, and if you drag it on like this, it is very likely to be scrapped."

Liu Duobao knew why Jiang Xiulan was reluctant to go to the hospital, in the eyes of the poor, the hospital was a place to make money.

"I'll take you to the hospital for a check-up after dinner. I have acquaintances in the hospital, and it doesn't cost anything to do tests. ”

"It's too much trouble for you, I don't think my feet are so swollen, so don't go."

"You just listen to me, I'm a doctor. Besides, if you are in good health, you can take better care of these children. ”

Jiang Xiulan was persuaded by Liu Duobao at this time.

"You're all good boys." Jiang Xiulan wiped her tears and said.

"Mother Jiang, you're right, my mother has praised me like this since I was a child."

Liu Duobao did not call Aunt Jiang Xiulan, but affectionately called her Mother Jiang.

Jiang Xiulan felt very heart-warming when she heard Liu Duobao's title.

None of the children in the yard are related to her, but so what, she treats them as her own children.

Liu Duobao checked Jiang Xiulan's body and began to check the children's body again.

To Liu Duobao's surprise, except for a few children with congenital diseases, the other children were in good health.

Li Zhou solved Liu Duobao's doubts: "As long as there are children who are sick, Jiang's mother will take them to the town's health center to see a doctor, and she has never delayed." ”

Jiang Xiulan herself was sick, and she survived it, and when the children were sick, she didn't dare to delay at all, for fear that a small problem would become a big problem.

Jiang Xiulan's kindness moved everyone present.

Li Zhou looked at the courtyard where the gates had fallen, and said to Qin Yihong: "Tomorrow I will call an engineering team to repair the yard?" ”

"Don't repair it, you buy a yard in the capital to house them, don't be too far away from Shichahai, so that the old man can enjoy the fun of teasing his grandson."

"Okay, I'll do it."

After Wu Yubing heard this, he was shocked again.

Qin Yihong: Is this going to be the father of the orphanage?