After everything was settled, Su Yan went to her mother-in-law's house first, and Hua Min told her about Lu Yiming's donation.

"Yan Yan, why did you leave so much money for the children? What if they spend it recklessly?"

"Those were all their lucky money from childhood. They put it in a biscuit jar and kept it for themselves. Yiming has his own diary where he records every penny he spends.

An An, Ning Ning and the others don’t waste money recklessly. They just buy some popsicles and jelly in the summer. I prepare all the snacks and fruits for them. They don’t waste money recklessly.”

"They donated 140 yuan this time, and your family was the donor. By the way, why didn't Jin'er come back with you?"

"Did he go there too? I didn't see him."

"The disaster area is so big, it's normal that we haven't seen him. Your dad came back once and then left again. He'll probably be back in a few days. Ting'er and the others may not be able to come back for a while, and we still need their help with post-disaster reconstruction."

Su Yan knew that Lu Ting would not be able to come back for a while. After mid-September, the weather would soon turn colder. They should be given clothes by the higher-ups, right?

"Mom, why aren't my second and third sister-in-law at home?"

"Their children will all go back when they grow up, kid."

"Jiaojiao is six years old, Ruirui is one year old, Xiaochen came to take Jiaojiao back to school. Lingshan has gone back, and He Na has also gone back with her two children. Yunyun will be one year old next month."

Su Yan didn't expect that after she had been away for more than a month, her two younger siblings had returned home. No wonder her mother-in-law was relieved and Chen Yuhe seemed in a good mood too.

As soon as Hua Min left to do her work, Chen Yuhe pulled Su Yan aside and said, "Oh my goodness! Sister-in-law, your Yiming is so opinionated. When they saw someone donating money, they donated all the money you gave them. Mother-in-law said it was New Year's money. Is that true? How did they get so much New Year's money?"

Is it a lot? She gives each of her children 10 yuan a year, and Yiming can receive more than 30 yuan in red envelopes a year, and he has been receiving them for more than ten years.

Isn't it normal for him to donate fifty dollars? But what was unexpected was that he was able to convince the triplets to donate as well.

"Not only did they donate money, they also took it upon themselves to donate all the clothes I was still wearing."

"What? Why is Yiming such a spendthrift? Fortunately, my eldest brother has a high salary."

Su Yan frowned and asked, "Sister-in-law, did you donate the money?"

"My parents donated, but my Lu Jin was not at home. If their unit organized a donation, he would definitely donate, but I didn't.

My third and fourth sister-in-law did not donate. They said that their men’s units would organize the donation and one donation from each family would be enough. Why donate so much?

It's not easy to make money these days, and you need to go back and have a good talk with your children."

Su Yan didn't say that the children's donations at least showed that they were kind-hearted. They usually didn't want to spend that money, but they took the initiative to give it out during the national crisis. She didn't even have time to praise them, let alone criticize them.

The school also often organizes students to learn from Comrade Lei Feng and do good deeds. Is she going to teach the children to be villains and Zhou Paopi?

"The children's intentions were good. Didn't the teacher ask them to do more good deeds? You haven't been to the disaster area, so you don't know how pitiful those victims are.

They've lost their homes and loved ones, some have even had limbs amputated, and don't even have anyone to take care of them... We'll do whatever we can to help."

Chen Yuhe smiled awkwardly, "You're right. We'll help whenever we can. I heard there are a lot of orphans in the disaster area. A leader wanted to adopt an orphan and take him home to talk to the family, but his wife disagreed. Sister-in-law, do you think my brother will adopt an orphan and raise him?"

"I don't think so. My sister-in-law doesn't want to adopt a son, does she?" Su Yan teased with a smile.

"No, no, no, we have enough children. Besides, our Lu Jin's salary is much lower than that of my eldest brother. If my eldest brother doesn't adopt a child, how can we possibly adopt someone else's child?"

The orphans were of varying ages, some were infants, some were teenagers. If they brought back a little boy of seven or eight, would they let him come back and beat their own children? Although Chen Yuhe was simple-minded, she was not stupid.

Su Yan had already discussed the adoption of orphans with Lu Ting when they were in the disaster area. If they really wanted to set a quota, they could adopt one from an orphanage and send some money and supplies to the orphanage every year. There would be no need to adopt a child and raise them.

There are many children in the family, and they probably don't have the qualifications to adopt one. She is also afraid that adopting a child will cause trouble. Besides, she herself is not used to helping others raise children. Things that can be solved with money are not a problem, and things that cannot be solved with money are troublesome.

Su Yan was the person who feared trouble the most, but she had just finished talking with Chen Yuhe about the issue of orphan adoption, and Lu Yiming brought up the topic again after dinner.

"Mom, Uncle He downstairs said that if his wife can't give birth to a son, they will go to the disaster area and adopt one."

"oh?"

"Mom, do you think Dad will bring us a little sister?"

"Won't."

Lu Yiming breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, otherwise we wouldn't have room for her to sleep in our house, and my sister's bed is so small that two people can't sleep in it.

Our family has donated so much money and clothes, and we've done our best. There's no need to adopt a child. At worst, I can send some books to the children in the disaster area later."

Lu Yirou smiled and said, "Brother, you are so kind to me. Dad must know that my bed is too small, so he will definitely not adopt another little sister."

"Don't worry, there are still many couples without children. The leaders above will do ideological work for these people. You just need to study hard and don't worry about anything else."

Lu Yining thought about the teacher's arrangements for today and said, "Mom, our school also wants to organize donations. We donated last time when the compound organized donations from families, and now the school wants us students to donate. I told the teacher that Mom is not at home, so we donated with our New Year's money."

Su Yan smiled and said, "What did the teacher say?"

"The teacher said we did a good job, but the school's donation records are in our names. This time we also have to donate pocket money. My deskmate said she wanted to donate 50 cents, and her mother agreed."

"So how much do you plan to donate this time?"

"I've agreed with my younger siblings that each of us will donate two more dollars. My eldest brother doesn't have to donate this time, but he can donate all his extracurricular books to our school."

Lu Yiming didn't expect it was too late. His younger brothers and sisters donated money at school and did not forget to drag him into it.

He smiled and shook his head. "Okay, pick out some and each of you take three to donate to the school."

Seeing that they had all agreed on it, Su Yan decided to do it. However, their New Year's money for this donation was getting less and less, so she decided to reward each child with 20 yuan.

"You guys did a great job this time, taking the initiative to donate money on behalf of your parents. Your New Year's money has been reduced, so Mom will give each of you a reward of twenty yuan."

Lu Yirou blinked playfully and exclaimed, "Mom, are you telling the truth?"

"It's true. When winter comes, Mom will make each of you a new set of clothes."

"Thank you, Mom. Long live Mom!"