Chapter 273: The Orphanage
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It's a rather old-looking building, a boxy box, with a long corridor on each floor, typical of the design of a staff dormitory in the eighties of the last century, with what was supposed to be a factory building on the side, and the glass is covered with cartoon paper cutouts, and it seems that the main activity room should be there. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć The burglar bars on the fence around the courtyard are rusty and about to break, and the sea breeze is very corrosive, which is also reflected in the railings and window frames of the buildings, but those places seem to have been carefully repaired and painted with bright colors, and it looks like the buildings are very old, but the atmosphere of life is very strong.
The vacant lot has been converted into a playground, with a green plastic lawn that has changed color, some horizontal bars and other equipment are placed against the wall, and there is a sand pit in the corner, and the white sand is very clean.
Some children and a few young people in red volunteer costumes were playing, and from time to time there were older staff members walking through the corridors, and occasionally an old man in a white lab coat could be seen here.
According to Dean Lin, there are three doctors here, a general health care doctor and dietitian, a child psychiatrist, and a rehabilitation doctor, all of whom are retired old doctors from large hospitals.
Dean Lin led Xie Jun up and down the orphanage, looking at the children who were either demented or disabled, Xie Jun's heart was heavy, and he also respected these people who were with the children with warm smiles every day.
"Her name is Tong Tong, she is five years old this year, she has severe autism, but now she is much better, although she has never opened her mouth, but she is a very gentle girl, always standing silently beside you, every time I am tired and depressed, as soon as I see her bright eyes, I am full of energy. ā
Dean Lin pulled a little girl who didn't know when to run to him, the little girl seemed to have some problems with her right eye, her expression was calm, she quietly took Dean Lin's rough hand, and secretly looked at Xie Jun curiously from time to time.
Xie Jun stretched out his hand slowly, the little girl's body shrank a little, looked at Dean Lin, did not continue to dodge, let Xie Jun's hand on the top of her head, Xie Jun silently stimulated a tranquility talisman, the little girl squinted her eyes comfortably, and then blinked her curious eyes, looked at Xie Jun carefully, Xie Jun smiled slightly, and blinked her left eye at the little girl who was aware of it, the little girl slightly curled the corners of her mouth, and there was a hint of laughter in her eyes.
"What a lovely little girl!"
"yes, huh...... The first and second floors are function rooms and dining halls, the third to fifth floors are dormitories, and the two-story building over there is classrooms and activity rooms, where nurses and doctors also live and children, and we have a total of 132 people here, which is a big family. ā
Xie Jun noticed that all the glass in the dormitory was pasted with beautiful pictures, some of which should have been drawn by the children themselves, and the walls of the room were covered with various photos, many of which were photos of well-wishers and children who came to visit.
Xie Jun looked at it slowly, "Dean Lin, how old is the eldest child here?"
"The oldest is Zhao Wenyang, who is twelve years old this year, is polio, but the situation is not very serious, he can say that he can walk, and his intelligence is basically qualified, if his body allows, I want him to go to school, and when he grows up in the future, it will be possible to integrate into society. Oh, according to the policy, children who can live independently after treatment will be recommended by the welfare home to an adoptive family and live a basically normal life. ā
Xie Jun nodded, did not speak, he noticed that whether it was the toys in the activity room, the furniture in the dining room, and the utensils in the dormitory, it seemed that the economic situation here was really a little embarrassing.
"Dean Lin, do you have a big funding gap here?"
"It's not big, it's not big, in fact, the funds are barely enough now, mainly because I want to provide more opportunities for children to be treated, you know, the cost of examination and treatment is very high now, even if we have some preferential treatment, but if there are frequent check-ups, which hospital is not willing to do day work." So, it's not that we're short of money, it's just that as soon as we have enough money, we spend it on treatment. For us, although funding is difficult, it is not impossible to raise, but for the children, they have an additional opportunity to change their own destiny, and this is the only thing we can do. ā
"Yes, money is the equivalent of a chance for them to be born again. Xie Jun sighed with emotion, looking at the children who were playing with the caregivers in the activity room, looking at the happy or blank looks on their faces, and he didn't know what it was like.
Dean Lin nodded approvingly, and then frowned: "In fact, the situation of funds is still passable, the more troublesome thing is the problem of this place, I heard that a large piece of land around here has been acquired by a real estate company, and it is going to be developed into a comprehensive community, we have to find a place to move, not to mention whether we can find a suitable and cheap place, the key is that the relocation cost is an unexpected expenditure here." ā
Xie Jun hummed, noncommittal, standing in the corridor on the third floor, he could see four people walking along the path in the woods, bypassing the courtyard wall, towards the gate of the orphanage, it was Lin Xuemeng, Zhuang Shen and the representatives of the construction party.
"Let's go down, the people from the construction party are here, let's discuss the construction problem with him first, and I'll discuss other things with you later." ā
Dean Lin glanced at Xie Jun a little strangely, not knowing what the 'other' thing he said was, but it was not easy to ask now, so he had to put it in his heart for the time being, and pulled Tong Tong, who seemed to be in a little happy mood, to go downstairs together.
"Hey, brother, there's really an orphanage here! we didn't know about it all along!" Lin Xuemeng looked around in surprise, especially the children who were playing in the yard.
"No, if it weren't for Dean Lin coming to the door, we wouldn't know that the construction had disturbed the children's daily life, let me introduce you, this is Dean Lin of the orphanage, this is my junior sister Lin Xuemeng, this is my eldest disciple Zhuang Shen, and this is Manager Wang, the representative of the construction party. ā
Xie Jun introduced everyone to each other, and directly put forward the cause of the matter and the solution: "Manager Wang, you have also seen the matter, the construction noise has affected the rest and life of these children, I put forward two requirements, one is to concentrate the noisy work as much as possible in one time period to complete, and the other is to try to reduce the construction noise." If this causes your costs to rise, you can mention it, and we will pay for these unexpected costs. ā
Although Xie Jun said this, but Manager Wang did not dare to open his mouth, Xie Jun's ability he had seen with his own eyes, the last road thing had suffered a big loss, and now he was very honest in front of Xie Jun: "You can rest assured, Master Xie, I promise to do it according to your requirements, as for the cost, we will report it to Miss Chen after accounting, and I will arrange someone to come over to measure the noise intensity in a while, and then rearrange the construction according to the test results." ā
"Very good, then please ask Manager Wang. ā
"You're so polite, it's our duty. After Manager Wang finished speaking, he went to discuss the coping method with the assistant around him, and at the same time called to arrange for his subordinates to do things.
Xie Jun looked at Lin Xuemeng and said, "Xuemeng, you and Zhuang Shen go to visit this orphanage to learn more about the operation and needs." Dean Lin, could you please take them on a tour again?"
Although Dean Lin didn't know what Xie Jun meant by this arrangement, Dean Lin was happy to take people to visit his orphanage, just like parents always like to praise their children in front of others.
"Tong Tong, is it okay to accompany your uncle, let your Grandpa Lin take this aunt and brother to visit. Xie Jun squatted down, leveled his gaze with Tong Tong's, and asked Tong Tong's opinion softly.
Tong Tong looked up at Dean Lin, then looked at Xie Jun seriously, and pulled his little hand out of Dean Lin's hand, although there was a little timidity in his eyes, he still firmly and silently handed it to Xie Jun's outstretched hand.
Dean Lin looked at Tong Tong with some surprise, he couldn't imagine how Xie Jun made Tong Tong accept him, you know, Tong Tong is autistic, and he has a deep wariness and fear of strangers. However, thinking about the rumors about Xie Jun, Dean Lin was relieved, maybe this young Master Xie was really not an ordinary person. Dean Lin looked at the big and small ones holding hands, and a thought suddenly surged in his heart, maybe Xie Jun could really help Tong Tong, although he didn't know why he had such an idea.
Dean Lin took Lin Xuemeng and Zhuang Shen to visit the orphanage, Xie Jun took Tong Tong's little hand, and the two walked slowly in the yard, not talking, just walking slowly, looking at the children playing casually.
Xie Jun was actually using mental induction to check Tong Tong's physical condition, and Tong Tong felt as if he was surrounded by a warm and comfortable water balloon, warm and safe, and comfortable and just wanted to sleep.
She secretly glanced at Xie Jun beside her, and Xie Jun was also looking at her with a smile.
Tong Tong's right eye nerves and muscles are somewhat atrophied, the corresponding brain area is the same, from the traces of the skull, it should have been traumatic, maybe caused by childbirth, other places are still normal, even relative to normal children, Tong Tong's mental power level is slightly higher, this may be because she uses her brain more than other children, can't speak, but it doesn't mean that she can't think, on the contrary, she thinks much more than other children.
"Tong Tong, Uncle may be able to cure your eyes, would you like to try it?" Xie Jun squatted down, looked into Tong Tong's eyes and asked seriously, not at all like talking to a child, but in the tone of talking to Chengren.
Tong Tong looked at Xie Jun strangely, the question in his eyes didn't need to be said, Xie Jun already understood.
"Hehe, I'm not a doctor, but I know acupuncture, the kind of acupuncture that uses silver needles to treat diseases, you know?"
Tong Tong nodded vigorously, indicating that he knew acupuncture.
"Very good, you know, I'll discuss it with your Grandpa Lin, if you agree, we can try to treat it, maybe we can make Tong Tong return to normal, how about it?"
Tong Tong thought seriously for a while, and nodded her little head vigorously, her thinking is actually very simple, just judging whether Xie Jun is reliable, if people are reliable, they will naturally be reliable, although the children's minds are simple, but they are straight to the essence.
(To be continued)