Chapter 416: Sponsoring Children
It's strange to say.
What does the dead woman's waist have to do with her Lorna being held by other children?
But for some reason, when Lorna saw this scene, her heart was inexplicably sour... Even she didn't know what was so sour.
Lorna put those inexplicable emotions behind her, looked at the little girl carefully, and asked suspiciously, "Hey, who is this, why have I never seen it?" ”
Denisa reacted very strangely now, the whole person was very nervous, like a thief, she hid the little girl behind her, and said stiffly: "It has nothing to do with you, don't ask, don't ask." ”
Denissa's reaction made Lorna even more confused, and when she was confused, she was easy to think crookedly, she thought about it, and suddenly gasped, her eyes looked like she had seen a ghost: "Could this be... Your daughter, right?! Feed! When did you get married? How I didn't know! ”
"You're insane," Dinisha saw that she couldn't hide it anymore, so she graciously pulled out the little girl behind her, and introduced, "Come, let me get to know you, this is Candy, one of the children I adopted." Candy, this is mine... Forehead... She's mine..."
Candy opened his eyes wide and asked tentatively, "She's yours?" ...”
Denisha suddenly realizes that it is difficult to explain Lorna's identity, because when she gets along with the children like Candy, she doesn't reveal her true identity, and she doesn't even tell them their names.
The children only know that there is an old gentleman who tells stories and a big sister who sells pillows, who will often come to deliver delicious food, take them out to play, and help them go to school.
It's not that good deeds don't leave a name, but it's a protection for the children, and Dinisha doesn't want them to feel like they're being given by a big man, and incognito like this can reduce their psychological burden.
Although Lorna is not a big celebrity, if the children learn her name, it will be more or less bad if it is heard by the children.
"Uh... She's mine... It's mine..."Dinisha hesitated for a long time, and suddenly thought of Lorna's nonsense just now, and had an idea, took advantage of the situation to put her arm around Lorna's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Candy, this is my daughter, you can call her Nana." ”
"Boom! Lorna's heart seemed to have been hit by something, and the beating became more intense than ever, and the unspeakable throbbing surged through every corner of her body, and the girl's heart was surging.
Denisha was taller than Lona, and Lorna needed to look up, and she stared blankly at the side of Denisa's face, her vision blurred at times, and she felt that time had suddenly become so far away, and sometimes it was clear, even the jawline full of heroism could be seen clearly.
"Boom... Boom... "As the heart beats violently, the happiness that comes from nowhere fills the whole body, like a warm ocean current spreading in the heart, it is a sweet feeling that has been lost for too long.
Lorna's pupils rippled slightly, her eyes kept drifting left and right, her face was flushed like a ripe apple, and her mouth was stammered, she wanted to scold Denisa for talking nonsense, but she couldn't scold her, like a boat lost in the waves, the flush had spread from the cheeks to the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, so she lowered her head and didn't say a word.
Neither Candy nor Denisha noticed Lorna's strange appearance, Candy tilted her head and asked curiously, "Sister, are you married?" ”
Denisha smiled on her face, she was already scolding her mother in her heart, and thought: Old thief Sting, you will be cheaper today!
She stubbornly admitted, "Yes, yes, does my daughter look very much like me?" ”
Candy carefully looked at the faces of the two, but he couldn't see the slightest similarity.
But she was very well-behaved, and followed Denisha's words: "Mm-hmm, it's very similar! Then I'll call you big sister in the future, and call this one young sister! Hello young lady, I'm candy, it's nice to meet you~"
Lorna was stunned now, and she didn't hear the candy at all, until Denisha secretly poked her waist with her elbow, and she woke up like a dream: "Ah... Hello. ”
Candy sighed: "I envy you so much!" My mom died when I was very young, and although later Elda's mom was very nice to me, but... Not... It may not be good to say so... But she's not really a mother after all. Therefore, every time I see someone else with my mother, I feel very envious in my heart. ”
Lorna pursed her lips and smiled helplessly, she really wanted to tell Candy: yes, I'm just like you.
On the cold autumn night, two lonely little souls met in the royal city, next to a big soul, like two broken small flames, and finally found their way home.
...
After getting acquainted for the first time, the three of them browsed the stalls together at the trade market.
The reason why Denisha appeared here is similar to that of other passers-by, one is to bring candy out for a walk and play with her, and then it is about to enter winter, and you need to prepare some food for the winter in advance.
In the end, the three of them bought a variety of nuts, oats, air-dried meat, dry food, etc., which could be stored for a long time, rented a carriage, and transported large and small bags to No. 24 Frost and Snow Lane.
When she arrived at No. 24 Frost and Snow Lane, she had just entered the door and put down her things, and Lorna was immediately frightened - good fellows, hundreds of children ran out of the rooms screaming and screaming, and ran wildly towards this side, shouting "sister" coquettishly as they ran, and seeing Denisha was like seeing a treasure.
After a while, Denisa's legs and waist were covered with "humanoid pendants", and a flexible little ghost head had hugged Denisa's shoulder, laughing and rubbing the back of her head with her forehead, laughter and laughter:
"Sister! I miss you so much! ”
"Sister! I got a perfect score in my Kingdom History class today! Praise me! ”
"So much good, yay! My sister is the best! ”
...
Denisha was made to move an inch, but her face was full of joy, she pointed to the goods on the ground, and said to Elda, who greeted her with a smile: "I bought some food for the winter, but one trip may not be enough, and you will have to work hard to go to the market a few more times by yourself." ”
"Look at what you said, it's you who work hard. Children, don't make a fuss, hurry up and move things together, go to the shower one by one after moving, and get up early to go to school tomorrow. Elda rushed the children gathered around Denisha and helped her out.
After putting the grain in the warehouse and putting the children to bed, Elda came out and smiled at Denisha and Lorna, "Lord Dinessa, thank you for your care again... Hey, who is this? ”
Now that the children had gone back to bed, and there was nothing to hide from Elda, Denisha introduced herself, "This is Lorna Fin Regnome, a friend of mine. ”
For some reason, Denisha introduced it like this, and Lorna's heart was a little empty after hearing it.
Elda was very respectful: "It turned out to be the daughter of the royal noble, hello." ”
"Hello, you're welcome." Lorna looked around and asked curiously, "What is this place?" How can there be so many children? ”
Digisha took the lead into a room, sat down in the drawing-room, and said, "These children are orphans from the royal city. ”
"Orphans?" Lorna was puzzled, "In a place like Wangcheng, any person who comes out is a big family, and there will be orphans?" ”
Dinisha smiled slightly, and said meaningfully: "It is precisely because the royal city is a big family that these children will be abandoned. The richer you are, the more choices you have. These children may have been raised if they had been born into commoner families in other cities, but in aristocratic families the exact opposite. ”
"These children are abandoned for a variety of reasons, and it may be that they have an unsightly birthmark on their body. It may be that you didn't learn to speak when you were one year old, which makes people feel unintelligent. It could also be that you are weak and do not have a healthy body. Or maybe it's an illegitimate child, and the nobles don't want to admit their relationship with their children..."
"It's like a piece of bread that has been left overnight, it's not very fresh, but the civilians will choose to eat it, because it's a pity for them to throw away the stale bread, and they can still eat it."
"But the nobles are different, they have too many choices, if a piece of bread is not very fresh, they can just throw it away and get a fresher one, because they can afford to get thousands of pieces of fresh bread, there is no need to spend time on a piece of stale bread."
Lorna pursed her lips and said hesitantly, "But... This can't be compared to bread, one is food and the other is life, how can it be so comparable? ”
Elda brought two cups of brown sugar water, presented them to the two distinguished guests, and said with a smile: "It is because it is life that we should treat them well." I'm just a commoner, I take care of people, but I don't know how to do business. In the beginning, I had only adopted two or three children, and I was barely able to get by. ”
"But later, I adopted more and more children, and life became more and more miserable, and they were about to be unable to open the pot, it was Lord Dinisha and Lord Yuanwen who found us one after another, not only to fund our lives, but also to buy the land at No. 24 Frost Snow Lane, so that the children could live here and provide them with tuition and education."
"I don't know what these kids would be living today without the two adults..."
As she said this, Elda secretly wiped away the tears of gratitude from the corners of her eyes.
After hearing this, Lorna looked at Denisha, her eyes full of awe and longing: "I heard your servant say that you often don't come home for more than ten days... So you're all here to take care of the kids? ”
Denisha said bluntly, "No, I'll just come once in a while." I didn't go home for more than ten days... That's supposed to be a dice shake in a tavern. ”
"Oh." Lorna rolled her eyes, and the newly raised admiration collapsed.
Lorna thought for a moment and continued to ask, "You just said that for the children to go to school... How much does tuition cost? ”
Lorna has been going to school with the royal heirs such as Solandelle, Burton, and Andre since she was a child, and the tuition fees and everything are contracted by the family, so it is normal to never ask or not know.
Elda replied truthfully: "The school in Wangcheng, calculated by semester, the tuition fee for half a year is 500 silver months per person. ”
Although Lorna is not very smart, she can still do the most basic arithmetic, and she was a little surprised when she heard it: "500 silver moons in half a year, 1,000 silver moons in a year, can be counted as 1 golden moon." I just saw that there are one or two hundred children here, and that is one or two hundred golden moons!
"And that's just tuition, not counting all kinds of living expenses and the like..."Lorna looked at Denisha in surprise, "Do you have such a high salary?" I remember that my father's personal salary as the "governor of the province" was only 100 gold months. ”
Denisha smiled: "My annual salary is not so high, only half of your father's." The tuition fee is mainly Yuanwen is in charge, I usually drink some wine anyway, and there is no other use for keeping the money, when the salary is paid, I will give it to Elda, which can be regarded as helping Yuanwen reduce pressure. ”
After hearing this, Lorna did not hesitate at all, directly opened her small waist bag, took out her wallet and put it in front of Elda, and smiled innocently: "There are 10 golden moons in here, which is my pocket money for the second half of the year, you can use it!" In this way, 10 more children can study for a year~"
"No, no, no... It's not appropriate..."Lorna is someone she only met today, and Elda is afraid to take her money.
Denisha smiled knowingly, touched Lorna's little head, and said softly, "Take it, don't let down this child's kindness." ”
Lorna was touched on the head, only to feel warm in her heart, and unconsciously leaned towards Denissa, her face full of sweet smiles.
It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, Denisha said so, Elda didn't shirk anymore, put the money away, and expressed her gratitude to Lorna: "Good Samaritan, I thank you for the children!" ”
Suddenly, Lorna thought of something, and asked with some concern: "Speaking of which, the children who can study in the royal city are basically the children of the nobles, and these commoner children are sponsored to study, will they be discriminated against by teachers and bullied by their classmates in school?" ”
Denisha nodded without thinking, "Yes, definitely." Civilian children who are sponsored to go to school are never treated well in school, first, they have no backstage and are easily bullied. ”
"Second, compared with those aristocratic students who are relaxed, commoner children know that their opportunities to study are not easy to come by, and they will work very hard, and their grades will often overwhelm aristocratic students, attracting the jealousy of others."
Elda sighed and added, "Our little braincase was bullied today... The other party is the son of a provincial official, and because he was the first in the class in the weekly test of the small braincase, the man pulled the small braincase to the toilet and beat him severely, his eyes were blue, and he was forced to drink urine. When the little skull didn't drink, the man pressed his head into the urine pool, and when he came back, he smelled of it.
"Bang!" Lorna couldn't see this kind of thing the most, and she was so angry that she slapped the table: "There is such a person?!" Who is he? I'll teach him a lesson! ”
Dinisha said lightly: "No, I went out at 6 o'clock this morning to deal with this matter." ”
Lorna asked, "Did you hit that guy?" ”
Denisha shook her head, "No." ”
Lorna was puzzled: "Then how did you deal with it?" ”
Denisha: "I threw him in a. ”
"Poof!" Lorna didn't expect Denisha to be so ruthless, she laughed and laughed, "What happened later? If you do this kind of thing at school, the teacher won't ignore it, right? ”
Denisa: "Teacher, I'm going to arrest me with the guards." ”
Lorna: "And then? ”
Denisha: "I threw them into the pit as well. ”
Lorna: "Did that man's father come to trouble you?" Just his father, the provincial official. ”
Denisa: "Yes, when his father learned that his son had been thrown into a dung pit, he rushed to the school and brought a team of 100 people to support the scene, threatening to behead me. ”
Lona: "And you threw him into the pit too?" ”
Denissa: "No, when he saw me, he jumped into the dung pit in fright. ”
"Puff haha!!ha Lorna laughed straight out of the pig's cry, and the room was filled with cheerful air.