Chapter 170: Welfare House
As soon as we walked out of the airport, someone got the car ready, a black Range Rover, Duran threw the luggage directly into the trunk, signaling us to hurry up and get in the car. γFengyun Reading Network. γ
I looked at the navigation on my mobile phone, there are still many kilometers from here to Luocheng County, and when we arrived in Luocheng County, it was already night, and it was already very dark.
Luocheng County is a very small place, and we didn't see any cars along the way, so according to the navigation tips, we soon came to the door of a very remote and dilapidated welfare home.
In the three-storey courtyard, the plaque at the door has fallen off, and the entire courtyard gives people a feeling that it is about to collapse at any time.
The lights were on in the room on the first floor, and the rest of the room was dark.
As soon as Duran pulled the car down, I saw a small head poking out of the gate, and a little girl of six or seven years old looked at us curiously.
Before I could get out of the car, the little girl ran in.
"Long heaven, you see, it seems to be raining." Xiao Ai said as she raised her hand above her head and tried it.
I looked up at the sky, and it was black, and it shouldn't take long for it to get bigger.
Duran picked up his travel bag and snorted coldly: "Rare and strange, the climate here is like this, it is rainy in winter, let's go in, be careful, it is very likely to be a trap inside." β
Duran stepped in the door, and the rain fell with a bang, and Xiao Ai and I followed closely behind and walked towards the room with the lights on.
Seriously, the conditions of the welfare home are really poor, and now it is so, let alone more than 20 years, no wonder Mr. Gao was reluctant to live here back then, I am afraid this is also a big reason.
The cement wall is falling off in large pieces, the ground is very damp, and the wooden ladder upstairs gives me a feeling that it will collapse at any time, I really don't know that this small courtyard is the product of the last century and decades.
Xiao Ai said as she walked: "Changtian, this place is really broken, how do those orphans live in such an environment, they are really pitiful." β
I glanced at Duran and said deliberately: "Xiao Ai, the plane that the rich people buy now, the cost of going out is enough for the welfare house to be renovated once, and I don't know how to give back to the society, it's a bit unkind to the rich." β
Duran laughed twice, didn't look back, but said coldly: "Don't be sarcastic about me, compared to when I was a child, this place is already a paradise." β
Duran wasn't joking at all when she said this, it was serious, and I really couldn't imagine what kind of environment she grew up in.
When I walked into the room with the lights on, I realized that it was a cafeteria, and there were three teenage children around a very shabby dining table, but there didn't seem to be the little girl I had just seen inside.
Sitting next to the three children was an old lady who looked to be in her seventies, but she was in good spirits.
If I'm not mistaken, this old lady is Dean Shen.
Duran stepped forward very unceremoniously and said sharply: "Hello, we are looking for a person who is very tall, looks to be in his forties, and has a black mole on the right side of his face." β
The old lady didn't know if she really didn't hear it, or if she pretended not to hear it, but she was still serving vegetables to a few children, all of which were coarse tea and light rice, and there was not even a decent piece of meat.
The three children also gave me a strange feeling, the boy in the west had twisted hands, and the girl in the east had a very wooden expression, mechanically stuffing rice into her mouth.
The boy on the south side laughed vigorously, not knowing what was so funny.
Duran thought that the old lady didn't hear it, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Hey, did you hear it, what do I ask you?" β
Xiao Ai really couldn't look at it, pulled Du Lan aside, and said with a smile: "Hello grandma, my name is Xiao Ai, my friend is a little short-tempered, she has no malicious intentions, we are here to find someone, he should have come to you a few days ago, and asked you about Pang Furong." β
The old lady finally reacted, looked up at Xiao Ai, and said, "Outsiders are not welcome here, let's go, we are going to rest." β
Du Lan still wanted to speak, so I hurriedly pulled her aside and whispered: "Mr. Du, you have also seen that the old lady is unwilling to deal with you, you better say a few words, by the way, have you seen the true face of Mr. Liu?" β
Duran snorted and replied, "I haven't seen him, I can't always remember his appearance afterwards, but this time Mr. Liu met me once before he left, and he was wearing the human skin mask I just mentioned." β
Mr. Liu set off with a human skin mask, I'm afraid it was to hide his whereabouts, and someone as powerful as him had to hide, who was he hiding.
Xiao Ai showed an embarrassed expression and continued: "Grandma, it's raining outside, and it's so late, we have nowhere else to go, can we borrow it here for one night." β
When grandma heard Xiao Ai's words, she stood up directly, pushed Xiao Ai and said, "Go, you all go, outsiders are not welcome here, and children don't like to see strangers." β
As soon as the words fell, the boy with his right hand twisted put down the chopsticks in his hand and came over to push Duran like an old lady, while the girl with a wooden expression in the east opened her mouth and kept shouting: "Get out, get out, get out!" β
The atmosphere in the room became very awkward, I really couldn't go, I didn't go, but at this moment, a little girl's shout suddenly came from upstairs.
I immediately thought of the little girl I saw at the gate just now, and I quickly asked, "Grandma, is there a child upstairs, she seems to have an accident, I'll go up and take a look." β
Before I could take two steps, the old lady suddenly stopped me and said, "It's okay, Nana likes to shout and scream, since you want to borrow, then stay, as long as you don't dislike us for breaking here." β
Strange, the old lady changed her mind too quickly.
I said, "Grandma, you are Dean Shen of the welfare home, right?" β
The old lady was stunned for a moment, and sighed: "Dean Shen, look at the welfare institute now, what kind of director am I still doing, you just call me Grandma Shen, Xiaojun, go back to eat, don't drive the guests away." β
Xiao Jun is the boy who pushed Duran, and he walked with a twist, although he looked a little weird, but he listened to Grandma Shen's words very much, and quickly sat back in his place.
Grandma Shen glanced at us and asked, "Have you eaten, do you want to sit down and eat together?" β
Since the little girl upstairs screamed, Grandma Shen's reaction was strange, but it was not time to get to the bottom of it for the time being, so it was better to sit down and talk slowly.
Xiao Ai and I are both hard-working people, and the coarse tea and light rice taste very fragrant, but to my surprise, Duran actually ate it in a big gulp, and he didn't frown at all because it was not a delicacy from the mountains and seas.
While eating, I asked, "Grandma Shen, how many of you are left in this welfare home?" β
Grandma Shen heard my words, looked at the three children in front of her, and said: "Yes, it's just a few of us, in fact, it should have been closed a long time ago, most of the normal children were either adopted or sent to the welfare home in the city, and only a few of them were left and no one wanted them, so I stayed to take care of them, but I didn't expect more than ten years to pass in a flash." β
Grandma Shen has long passed the age of retirement, but she has persevered until now for the sake of these children, and they are not normal children, this spirit really makes me admire.
Grandma Shen said that Xiaojun had polio, and his intelligence was relatively normal, and it was Xiao Tian who laughed, and he was quite normal when he was a child, but one night he had a fever and didn't have time to send him to the hospital, so he was delayed, and it became like this.
The expression is wooden, and it is Xiaohua who doesn't care about anything, she is autistic and lives forever in her own world.
Xiao Ai looked at the three children sympathetically, and whispered: "Grandma Shen, you are really not easy, you are alone here, are you busy coming?" β
Grandma Shen smiled, gently held Xiaohua's hand and said, "Ten years ago, it was very difficult, but now that the children are older, there are fewer places for me to worry about, what I am most worried about is that I left that day, what can I do with them." β
At this moment, Duran put down the bowl in his hand and said in a deep voice: "It's easy to do, answer my question, our Du Group is responsible for taking care of these children." β
Duran offered the best conditions and the most suitable solution.
Grandma Shen's eyes lit up obviously, but soon dimmed again, and said, "I'm sorry, I haven't seen the person you said, it's night, I'll take you to rest." β