There will be no more food shortages when encountering disasters such as impending floods.

Cixin Welfare Home

Tang Xiaotang walked out of the house yawning. It was still early and a few soft white lights were faintly visible in the east.

As usual, she walked towards the living room in the dark to see if the younger ones had kicked off their blankets while sleeping.

As she was passing through the yard, her foot was caught by something and she fell forward and landed on the sack.

She realized something was wrong, so she took out her flashlight and shone it down. She saw several bags of hard objects in front of her with a note on them saying that they were all food donated by caring people in the hope that the children would have more to eat.

Tang Xiaotang is an orphan who suffers from deafness and muteness. Her name was given by her adoptive mother.

When she grew up, her adoptive mother became the director of an orphanage, and she naturally stayed to help take care of the children.

What she remembers most clearly is that during the famine, there were more and more people in the yard, but less and less food, and at one point the business could no longer be run.

The director's mother almost spent all her family wealth and used a lot of connections to get a lot of husks and bran to keep them going.

She had experienced hunger and had suffered from edema because she had given food to her little sister. Her stomach felt like it was on fire and she couldn't sleep, so she understood the sense of fulfillment and happiness of having a full stomach.

She was so excited that she opened her mouth and made two "ah" sounds, wanting to call for help, but no sound came out.

She turned quickly and ran to the director's mother's room in two steps, gesturing with trembling hands.

The dean watched the whole process gently and patiently. After understanding her meaning, he held her hand and said, "Take me to see it."

Seeing that there was indeed food, the dean called the security guard and several cleaning ladies.

For the first time, he turned on the lights in the hall without being frugal and counted the food under the light. The total amount of coarse grains and fine grains was 7,000 kilograms, far exceeding the welfare home's own reserves.

After taking out the grain and examining it carefully, everyone was immediately excited to find that it was all high-quality new grain.

"That's good. With this food, the children won't be afraid of being hungry and unable to sleep at night."

"It's the time for growth, how can we not have food to eat?"

Amid the cheers, Tang Xiaotang shed silent tears, and the dean's mood could not calm down for a long time.

Several people gathered together to discuss, and finally decided to store half of it in the warehouse as an emergency reserve, so that in case of famine again, it can at least last for a while longer.

The rest was left for the children's daily snacks. They did not take the fine grains out to exchange, but planned to use them as rewards during the New Year and other festivals. Fine grains are nutritious and should be used to nourish their bodies.