Follow the old Dean, walk through a row of low houses, turn a few corners along the old dirt road, and they enter the canteen of the orphanage. The canteen is actually a dilapidated house, but it has a larger area and less air leakage. The old table was in three rows, with thirty or forty children sitting next to it.
From small to large, the age varies. The youngest, however, was five or six years old, sucking snot bubbles, holding a spoon with his little red frozen hand, and carefully feeding rice to his mouth.
Floating in the air is the fragrance that makes people move their fingers. Unfortunately, the rice is very fragrant, but it is not rich, even simple. Every child has only one plate and one small bowl in front of him. The plate was filled with rice, covered with potatoes and cabbage, mixed with sporadic minced meat. In the small bowl, it's corn paste, very thin.
Although the food was so simple that an ordinary family would not have such an ordinary lunch, the children's expression was still very happy and seemed to be enjoying a beautiful feast.
However, it seems that potatoes and cabbage can't match the feast at all.
When Xie Shiling came in, he happened to see an older boy who put pieces of cabbage mixed with meat foam into a cool bowl for a girl of only seven or eight years old.
The little sister-in-law blinked and swallowed saliva, but she shook her head and wanted to clip the dishes back, but the boy frowned and stopped with his eyes. It seems that she knows that she can't beat each other. Aunt Liang finally pulls the vegetable leaves and rice into the import. After watching her swallow it, the boy smiled happily. Then he bowed his head and ate the monotonous lunch with only white rice left.
This scene didn't last too long, but it happened from time to time in the silent restaurant. Older children always give their meals to younger children. It seems to have become a habit. There is no affectation and pinch at all.
Soon, the child finished lunch again. Yes, after eating, both plates and small bowls were licked clean, not to mention a grain of rice, and there was not even a bit of paste left.
"Dean sun, is the financial situation in the hospital very bad?"
Xie Shiling frowned and couldn't help whispering.
"It's always been like this, children... Alas, I've suffered."
The old Dean sighed, but he didn't want to entangle more on this issue. Reluctantly smiled, he adjusted his expression and said in a loud voice, "children, stop and look. Who came to see you?"
Shua, Shua, eyes gathered. There are doubts, surprises and puzzles. After all, it is stipulated in the hospital that there are no words to eat or sleep. When eating, no one speaks, including the old Dean. But soon, these eyes turned into surprises.
"Aunt Chen? Is it Aunt Chen? " A twelve or thirteen year old girl whispered.
In an instant, the canteen exploded.
"It must be. Besides Aunt Chen, who else will come to see us at this time. Aunt is so beautiful, even more beautiful than the stars on TV. "
"Stupid, as for that surprise? Aunt Chen is a beautiful woman. "
"Hum, you haven't seen it. How do you know?"
"Believe me. The teacher handed it to us. The words are like people. Aunt Chen's words are so beautiful. Of course, people are also beautiful. "
Looking at Xie Shiling with a beautiful smile and a gentle expression, accompanied by the old Dean, she went forward and greeted the children one by one. There was no appearance of an iceberg female president at all. Li Yang: "
Today's little fart children are so refined.
Look, the characters are as fresh and refined as people. They can be flattered. It's like... Emma, the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and I die on the beach again.
Li was filled with emotion here. Xie Shiling, surrounded by enthusiastic children, has fully integrated into the role of aunt Xingchen. Different from someone's wonderful thinking mode, the female president doesn't think these children are flattering themselves at all. Their smiles are so sincere, their eyes are so pure, and the passion and love from the depths of their hearts are like a meter of sunshine, which warms Xie Shiling's heart.
"Well, well, children, aunt Chenxing came all the way and didn't care about dinner. Let's get out of the way first and come back to see you after aunt lunch..." originally, she just wanted to say hello, but unexpectedly, Xie Shiling liked these orphans she hadn't met. After giving the gifts to the children, she chatted left and right, I stood there for half an hour before I knew it. Seeing this, the old Dean had to come forward and plug in, which made the reluctant children disperse one after another.
"I'm sorry, the children have been looking forward to it for too long, so..."
"It's all right. It's human nature." Before Xie Shiling spoke, Li Yang, who jumped out like a ghost from a corner, smiled and said, "if I were replaced by these children, I don't know how happy I would be. But... Well, I'm a little hungry. Look, old Dean... "
"Hum!" Xie Shiling's curved mouth sank quickly when he looked at Li Yang. His cold and angry eyes seemed to say: smelly hooligan, you know how to eat!
"Well, hum, what am I doing? I'm already hungry."
Li smashed his lower lip and said wrongly on his face.
"Hehe, I didn't greet you well. I made you laugh."
The old Dean quickly said, "Ms. Chen, sir, this way, please. The food is ready."
The place is still in the canteen, but in the back kitchen. The environment is also very simple, but because the stove is next to it, it is much warmer than outside. In addition to the old Dean, there are a pair of boys and girls.
The girl has beautiful features and fair skin. She is a faint beauty. It's a pity that she is very simple in dress and has patches on her pants. Seeing Xie Shiling, she looked a little excited, but maybe it was because of her introversion, so she didn't say hello. Instead, she kept pinching the corners of her clothes with her rough little hands and stood aside.
The boy has thick eyebrows and big eyes, dark skin, an apron around his body, holding his hair with a smile, and his expression is simple and honest.
"Sun Tian, Zheng Kai, what are you doing? Call people?"
When the old Dean's voice sounded, a pair of boys and girls came back in a trance, bowed to Xie Shiling, and said in the same voice: "Hello, Aunt Chen. Um... Hello, uncle! "
As soon as Li Yang drew from the corner of his mouth, he subconsciously touched his small face, and then he was a little anxious.
Uncle... Uncle?
Ge Ming will be in the prime of his life next year. As soon as he opens his mouth, he will be called uncle?
What kind of eyes!
"Ah, Xiaotian has grown so big? I remember when you were ten years old, you were a yellow haired girl with a clear nose. Now in the blink of an eye, you become a beautiful girl, ha ha... "
Xie Shiling smiled gently and her eyes were soft and moist. When she came, she had done her homework in advance. Naturally, she knew that the two children in front of sun Xian had the most correspondence in the orphanage.
"Compared with my aunt, Xiaotian is much worse. You are the real beauty." Sun Tian's cheeks were slightly red and said softly.
Xie Shiling smiled, shook his head, said two more words, and turned his eyes to Zheng Kai: "how about, Xiao Kai, have you listened to your aunt and studied well? Boys, writing a letter is all typos. If this goes on, how can you write a love letter to your girlfriend in the future? "
"Hei hei..." Zheng Kai scratched his hair with a simple and honest smile.
"Hey, why are you standing there? Come and sit together?" Xie Shiling waved.
"No, no, aunt, we've already eaten. You talk to the Dean, and Xiaotian and I will go out first. "
Zheng Kai is obviously more extroverted than sun Tian. However, his extroverts are also limited. He stammered and dragged sun Tian out in a hurry. Of course, the food is ready. Four dishes and one soup. The soup is egg flower soup, with distinct yellow and green color and fragrant smell. The four dishes are stir fried tofu, boiled meat slices, spicy fish, and a lot of potatoes and cabbage just like the children outside.
Although the dishes are simple, what you can do is extremely exquisite. With Mr. Li's picky pie, after two bites, they all shine and give a thumbs up, "yes, it's good. There's 80% of the level of brother. These dishes are made by those two children?"
"Yes!" The old Dean nodded with a bitter smile and a little complacency. "Both children have the talent to be cooks. Unfortunately, I can't help the children because I'm too incompetent. They learned their skills outside... "
Although the words are simple, they are sad, but they are really helpless.
Now in this world, who will give you the craft for no reason? The two children have just reached the age of 18. They can cook such delicious food. They don't know when to start working for others. People with a little social experience can associate the pain.
"Ha ha, I'll make you laugh."
The old Dean took a deep breath, cleaned up his mood and said, "the food is simple, Ms. Chen, and this gentleman, don't dislike it."
"It's all right. It's no big deal to eat two more bowls of rice as long as you can fill your stomach... Hey, why are you stepping on me?"
Li is full of grievances.
Before I lost my memory, I liked to kick people's faces. Now, I have lost my memory. I began to like stepping on people's feet.
"Shut up. No one thinks you're dumb."
Xie Shiling didn't know what Li Yang was thinking. She looked at the edge of the stove and chewed the remaining half of the steamed bread and a dish of pickles. Her heart was a little heavy. Obviously, these four dishes and one soup are specially prepared by the orphanage to entertain itself. Both sun Tian and Zheng Kai ate badly, even worse than those younger children outside.
As for president sun
Although the elderly are in good spirits, they look hungry and yellow, which is obviously caused by malnutrition.
It is conceivable that his daily food will not be much better.
"How could this happen?"
Xie Shiling felt a little sad. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she couldn't believe that the orphanage in Yanjing would be so difficult. Look at this situation... It's not much worse than those poor mountain children reported on TV.