Lin Xi didn't ride a bicycle, and planned to take a walk while the weather was good, and then take the bus when he was tired.

Pedestrians on the street are weaving, are out to play to see the scenery, but in fact, in addition to watching people, there is no scenery to see, the Spring Festival in the sixties is not like the later generations everywhere to put up lights and dress up beautifully full of festive atmosphere, the current stage of national income is not high, the standard of living is generally under the poverty line, the New Year is simple and simple, fortunately, people are optimistic and the spirit is good, and the New Year's holiday is idle and idle, take advantage of the good weather to run out to go shopping to relieve boredom and make up a personal popularity.

Lin Xi walked along the street for 20 minutes, and found that there were more and more pedestrians, but there were not many people in the passing buses, so he decided to take the bus.

In order to prevent unnecessary trouble from meeting the Sun family, Lin Xi got off the bus and specially detoured through another alley, and it took a little more time, and when he arrived at the ground, it was already lunch time, and the iron door of the orphanage was tightly closed.

Before Lin Xi approached, he carefully looked at the small wooden sign hanging on the doorpost, which read "Aihua Welfare Institute" in black lacquer, and the house number next to it.

Since they were all at the door, they wanted to go in to see what was going on, Lin Xi pulled the scarf up, almost covering half of his face, and then took out a pair of black-framed flat mirrors from his satchel and put them on, stretched out his hand and knocked on the iron door three times, half of the door opened, and a gray-haired and kind-faced grandmother wearing a gray-blue blouse and apron walked out, and asked her who she was looking for?

Lin Xi made up an excuse, saying that someone asked her to come here to visit the children, and she thought that Grandma would interrogate her a few more words, but Grandma just looked at her a few times, then let her in, and took the initiative to tell her that her surname was Su and she was the person in charge of this welfare home.

Lin Xi shouted, "Dean Su." ”

Grandma said, "Just call Grandma Su, little girl, what do you call you?" ”

Lin Xi replied: "My name is ...... Liao Xiaolin! ”

Grandma Su smiled and nodded: "The surname is Liao, then I'll call you Miss Liao." ”

"Okay."

Grandma Su was very understanding, and did not ask Lin Xi who entrusted her, but only took Lin Xi to the canteen, because it was lunchtime, all the children were eating inside, Lin Xi did not go in to disturb, just stood outside the window and watched for a while, only to see a room full of children, about 100 or so, maybe the tables and chairs were not enough to sit, most of the children were sitting, and there were more than ten or twenty older children or squatting or standing, each child was given a bowl of noodle soup, two multigrain steamed buns, a small piece of pickle, all gulping and eating.

Grandma Su sighed, and said in an apologetic tone: "There are eighty-six children living in the courtyard, and the food allocated is basically enough for them to eat and drink, but the weather was cold before the Spring Festival, and street children were found to be frozen to death, and the city asked all the homeless and street children to be gathered together to take care of them. All the boys were about 10 years old, and they had a lot of food, but they couldn't give food for the time being, so they had to share the food rations of the children in the courtyard...... Alas, in this way, everyone can't eat enough, but fortunately, there is still a hot soup to drink, and Chinese New Year's Eve and the first day of the new year, you can also eat a meat dish, and each person gets a few dumplings......"

Lin Xi listened to Grandma Su's chatter in her ears, and saw that a few children were still unsatisfied after drinking the noodle soup, holding the bowl with both hands and constantly licking the bottom of the bowl, her eyes couldn't help but be sour, and she couldn't wait to take out the food immediately to let them eat enough.

But this is impossible, in difficult times, there is a shortage of materials, and the problem of rations is especially difficult to solve, and even the government personnel can not immediately get food for the placement of street children.

When she was about to say goodbye, a middle-aged aunt hurriedly came to Dean Su and said that the two sick children had a high fever and had to be sent to the hospital for medicine and injections; Then the aunt who was in charge of cooking also came over and told Dean Su: The remaining food is only enough for two days, let Dean Su think of a way, what will happen after two days?

Grandma Su's expression became anxious, and she was busy telling the middle-aged aunt to quickly wrap the sick child in a blanket and send it to the hospital immediately.

Lin Xi could have taken out some medicine, but when she heard that there was a child who was only about one year old, she took a break, the child was too young to dare to administer medicine indiscriminately, so she still sent it to the hospital to show the doctor, the hospital was not far away, just on the street out of the alley.

Dean Su was about to be busy, so Lin Xi said goodbye first, and couldn't help but remind Dean Su when he left: A batch of private donations will be delivered soon, please pay attention to Dean Su and check it, don't make a noise, just want to give the child a little help, no other intention.

The gentle and kind Dean Su is actually extremely shrewd, perhaps she has often been exposed to similar situations, and is used to seeing people who are willing to help the welfare institute but don't want to leave their names, so she understands as soon as she hears it, her eyes suddenly light up, she holds Lin Xi's hand tightly, and says sincerely:

"I can see at a glance that you are a kind and good girl! Thank you so much for your kindness coming so at such a timely time...... Please rest assured, we know how to do it, and we will definitely take care of the children, and on behalf of these adults and children in the hospital, I am very grateful to you and the people behind you - good people, there will be good rewards! ”

Lin Xi said politely, then left the Aihua Welfare Institute, walked out of the alley and took off his glasses, looked down at his flower cotton jacket and bright scarf, and changed his plan again.

The things for the welfare institute were planned to be delivered by mail, but now it is too slow, the snow is sunny, the temperature is colder than usual in the morning and evening, and the children are easy to get sick if they are not well fed and clothed, so the sooner the clothes and food are delivered, the better.

Others, such as quilts, towels, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap and other daily necessities, as well as children's books, paper and pens, can be delivered in batches.

Lin Xi stood under the stop sign and ate two pieces of chocolate for lunch, and then got on the bus to the train station, she thought that the last time she consigned supplies from Guizhou Province, and then it was Guo Grandpa and his son who used a tricycle to transport things home, so she can also pretend to receive the goods from the train station now, call the welfare institute, and ask Dean Su to ask someone to come and pull the goods.

At the train station, Lin Xi took a lot of thought and effort, and finally "transformed" eight big bags without being noticed, two bags of flour, a bag of cornmeal and a bag of rice, all of which were twenty-five kilograms, and she originally wanted to take fifty kilograms, but it was too heavy for her to drag it; The other four bags contain 100 sets of children's winter clothes, shoes and socks, and I have seen the children in the welfare home just now, and I can roughly estimate their height and size, and they are all wearable.