Chapter 42 It's none of your business how I manage my child. Mind your own business instead...
“My little brother has such dark and bright eyes, how about we name him Xinglan?” Lou Lan said slowly, “Lan, the ‘lan’ from ‘dimly lit’.”
"Xinglan," Wen Min said, "I think it's good."
"What is 'the lights are dim'?" An Shisi asked.
“The dim lights refer to the lights shining in the dark night,” Wen Min said. “Just like my brother’s eyes, they are dark, yet bright.”
An Shisi glanced into his younger brother's eyes and agreed, nodding, "Alright."
Finally, everyone agreed to name the younger brother Wen Xinglan, except for Wen Xingrui, who was hiding in Wen Min's arms, fidgeting and occasionally stealing glances at everyone but not daring to speak.
At this moment, compared to the harmonious atmosphere at the welfare home, Fang Wangxi seemed rather miserable and wretched at home.
It all started with feeding stray cats.
To cultivate her son's compassion and sense of responsibility, Fang's mother often took Fang Wangxi to feed the stray cats in the neighborhood. The stray cats were very clever, and after being fed a few times, they started calling their friends and children to come to the neighborhood every day to wait for food.
For Fang's mother, feeding the cat occasionally was fine, but she simply didn't have the time to feed it every day at a set time. However, she needed to continuously cultivate her son's sense of responsibility, so after teaching Fang Wangxi how to use the elevator, she entrusted the important task of feeding the cat on time every day entirely to her son.
Recently, Fang Wangxi has been bringing home delicious snacks, and Fang Wangyue's admiration and affection for her brother has been growing rapidly. She follows him wherever he goes, hoping that he will secretly get some snacks to feed her. For example, today, when Fang Wangxi took cat food to feed the cats, Fang Wangyue followed him without hesitation.
"Little sister, are you going to feed the cats too?" Fang Wangxi asked.
"Feed the cat." Fang Wangyue stared at the bag in Fang Wangxi's arms, her eyes shining. Her mother often said that she was a greedy little cat, and her brother said that feeding the cat was like feeding herself.
"Let's go." Fang Wangxi had no idea what his sister was thinking. He took her hand and led her down the elevator to help the stray cats.
Fang's mother and grandmother were cooking in the kitchen, completely unaware.
The two siblings met some neighbors in the elevator. When the neighbors heard that they were going to feed stray cats, they all praised them for being sensible.
Fang Wang happily led his sister to the cat feeding area, where the cats had been waiting for a long time.
"Kitty, come eat!" Fang Wangxi poured cat food into the cat's bowl.
"Eat your food." Fang Wangyue staggered over and grabbed a handful of cat food from the cat bowl, putting it into her own mouth.
"You can't eat this!" Fang Wangxi grabbed Fang Wangyue's chin. "Spit it out right now."
Fang Wangyue refused and burst into tears.
"Don't cry, this is cat food, it's only for cats, you can't eat it." Fang Wangxi said, "How about I bring you something else to eat next time?"
"That's not right." Fang Wangxi suddenly remembered something, and looked at the stray cats slowly eating their cat food: "The cat ears that An Shisi's older brother made might be the ears of stray cats!"
“Little sister, don’t cry. Let’s go save the stray cats. We can’t let their ears keep being eaten.” Fang Wangxi said firmly.
Fang Wangyue stopped crying immediately upon hearing the word "food".
The entrance to the residential compound where Fang lives was supposed to be accessible by facial recognition, but many people are unwilling to use facial recognition and have to ask the security guard to open the door for them every time they enter.
During rush hour, when there are many people, security guards can't keep up with the switching on and off, so they just leave the door open, thinking that as long as they sit in the security room and keep an eye on things, strangers won't be allowed in.
However, the security guard only observed people entering and leaving the community through the window of the security room, and did not notice that two children, who were not much taller than the corner of the wall, walked out of the community in a blatant manner.
By the time Fang's mother remembered her children, they had already disappeared.
After searching the neighborhood without success, Ms. Fang immediately asked the property management to check the security footage. What she found almost made her faint with anger: her two children were walking out of the neighborhood hand in hand, and the security guards hadn't even stopped them.
But now is not the time to blame the security guard. Fang's mother has to hurry out and look for her children. There is a main road outside, and cars are everywhere. If the two little ones are walking on the road, even the drivers in the cars may not be able to see them!
Fang's mother was extremely anxious and ran out of the community to search for him.
Actually, the brother and sister got lost as soon as they left the residential area. There were too many cars on the road, and Fang Wangxi didn't dare to take his sister onto the road: "Sister, there is no green light on this road, you can't walk on it."
The two sat on the curb for a while, but no one came to install the traffic lights. Fang Wangxi got hungry: "Little sister, are you hungry? Why don't we go home and eat first?"
Fang Wangyue was also extremely hungry: "Let's eat."
"We'll go rescue the cat after we finish eating." Fang Wangxi got up and prepared to go home with her sister first.
As soon as the two stood up, Fang Wangxi saw her mother rushing towards them. Fang Wangxi was very excited: "Mom!"
"See if you still take your sister running around like this!" Fang's mother came over in a few steps, grabbed Fang Wangxi, pressed him onto her knees, and gave him a severe beating.
Fang Wangxi was just excited when he was suddenly beaten. His mother was so fierce that he cried loudly in fear.
When Fang Wangyue saw her brother crying, she also burst into tears.
Fang's mother carried her two children home like she was carrying chicks.
Ten minutes later, Fang Wangxi stood in the corner, hungry and teary-eyed, watching her mother feed her younger sister: "Mom, I'm hungry."
"I love you mom."
"Mom, do you still love me?"
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An Fusheng was playing with toys on the playmat with several children when Lou Lan picked up her phone to check messages.
Nowadays, all children have parent groups when they go to school. These groups are very lively. Every day, parents are either concerned about their children's daily performance or asking about their homework. They also occasionally exchange parenting tips.
Lou Lan joined the parent group for all the children in the welfare home. The children in the welfare home were very easy to take care of, and there was nothing she needed to ask in the group. In addition, she was very busy every day, so Lou Lan rarely spoke in the group unless necessary.
But today, someone tagged her in the group chat. Lou Lan clicked into the group chat for Class 1 of Beilei Kindergarten and went straight to the message that tagged her.
Zhang Xiaobai's mother: "@Wen Xingmou's mother, how is Wen Xingmou?"
"What happened?" Lou Lan quickly browsed the first few messages with a puzzled look, and finally understood that some parents were concerned about Lin Wuyang biting Wen Xingmou after school today.
Lou Lan replied to Zhang Xiaobai's mother: "Thank you for your concern. Wen Xingmou is fine. She was just howling loudly, but she wasn't actually hurt."
Zhang Xiaobai's mother said, "The child was crying so hard at the time, how could he be alright?"
Li Xiaohong's mother: "There are many bacteria in the human mouth. If it gets serious, you need a tetanus shot."
Lou Lan: "There was just a little red mark at the time, but now you can't even see the mark anymore, so I don't need a tetanus shot."
Li Xiaohong's mother: "No matter how small the matter is, it is still important to take the child to the hospital for a check-up."
Before Lou Lan could speak, Wang Xiaohei's mother said, "The one who bit Wen Xingmou was Lin Wuyang, right? I heard that Lin Wuyang is an autistic child."
The phrase "children with autism" immediately sparked outrage among many parents.
Huang Xiaojia's mother: "Really? I've never heard the teacher mention this before?"
Wang Xiaohei's mother: "Is there even a need to ask? They just don't want others to know."
Huang Xiaojia's mother: "Why don't special needs children go to special schools? Why do they come to regular schools?"
Liu Xiaobing's mother: "Actually, it's fine if special needs children don't affect other people."
Wang Xiaohei's mother: "What do you mean by 'no impact'? Most autistic children have violent tendencies. Doesn't it prove the facts if they bite someone for no reason?"
Lou Lan was stunned by the barrage of messages and replied through a crack in the screen, "Lin Wuyang usually gets along quite well with Wen Xingmou. Today, he probably just wanted to eat the cookie in Wen Xingmou's hand and didn't bite her on purpose."
Wang Xiaohei's mother: "He bites people and then says it wasn't intentional. Did someone hold his head down and make him bite?"
Chen Xiaoyi's father: "I agree, biting someone can't be unintentional."
Wang Xiaohei's mother: "This is the first time I've seen a parent speak up for someone else when their own child has been victimized. But it makes sense that Wen Xingmou is from an orphanage."
"Is Wang Xiaohei's mother sick? She actually started attacking me while we were talking!" Lou Lan was so angry that she didn't know how to retort.
Seeing that Lou Lan was cursing angrily after reading the WeChat message, Wen Min asked, "What's wrong?"
Lou Lan didn't want to explain again and upset herself, so she directly showed Wen Min the group messages.
"Tsk!" Wen Min rolled her eyes.
She picked up Lou Lan's phone directly: "@Wang Xiaohei's mom, why don't you spend more time caring about your own child? The child is dark-skinned and thin, and always dirty. Last time I went to pick up the child, some parents even asked me if Wang Xiaohei was a child from an orphanage. Please stop being so smearing him."
Wang Xiaohei's mother: "Why should you interfere with my child's life?!"
Wen Min: "What right do you have to tell my child what to do?"
A kind-hearted parent saw that the two parents were arguing over a disagreement and contacted Teacher Shen of Class 1.
Shen Xinan didn't expect that while she was taking a shower, the group chat would be in such a mess. Her hair was still dripping wet, and she didn't even have time to dry it before she picked up her phone and quickly muted everyone, then rapidly browsed the chat history.
After reviewing the information and understanding the cause and course of the entire incident, Chen Xinan addressed everyone, saying, "Dear parents, I am very sorry that I did not explain to everyone in the group in time this afternoon that Lin Wuyang bit Wen Xingmou, which caused some questions and concerns. Below, I will formally explain the matter concerning Lin Wuyang:"
First, Lin Wuyang does have mild depression, but he does not have violent tendencies. His parents provided a diagnosis certificate before the start of the school year, and the kindergarten also proved through tests and observations of Lin Wuyang that he does not have violent tendencies.
Secondly, Lin Wuyang usually sits quietly in his seat during class, without talking or moving around, and does not disturb other students. Today's incident was just a minor accident, and Wen Xingmou was not injured. Lin Wuyang's parents and Wen Xingmou's parents have already explained the situation clearly.
In addition, the three of us teachers will closely monitor all the children in the class to ensure that no one is harmed. Since parents have entrusted their children to us, we will definitely take good care of each child, so there is no need for excessive worry.
After sending out a long message, Shen Xinan tried to evoke everyone's compassion: "All children are born to be loved and respected. Children with special needs also have the right to education. He is just temporarily sick. Shouldn't we do our best to help him?"
After sending the message, Shen Xinan unbanned the group chat. Although she knew some parents would object, she was more afraid that if she didn't let them speak, she probably wouldn't be able to go to work next week.
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Author's Note: I finally got back from working hard on this post and found several readers had given me nutrient solution! Who understands this kind of happiness?! Thank you, my little angels! (^_^)
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