Jing Yingyan personally picked them up from the station and then drove the family to the pre-arranged family dormitory.
The political commissar and others were waiting in the family dormitory. He stepped forward and shook hands with Ye Jingchi warmly.
"Welcome, Comrade Ye, to Jiangcheng!"
"Yang Kai, old classmate!" Ye Jingchi was quite surprised.
"I knew it was you the moment I saw the document. It's been so many years since we last saw each other. We'll be working together from now on, so be sure to give me your feedback if anything goes wrong." Yang Kai was a very lively person, and he always liked to start his conversation with a smile.
The house they arranged was quite nice; it was a large room, enough for the whole family.
Jing Yingyan then sent people to furnish Li Ying's home with different furniture.
When the family members in the residential compound heard that more family members had arrived, they all came out to greet them.
The political commissar also introduced them one by one.
"This is my wife, Xiumei. If you need anything in the future, just let her know. She's a very kind person." The political commissar introduced his wife, Xiumei, to Li Ying.
"Hello, sister-in-law!"
Xiu Mei hurriedly wiped her hands on her clothes before shaking hands with Li Ying.
"Oh my goodness, she's so beautiful! We don't have any pretty young wives like her in our apartment building!"
This beautiful sister-in-law is quite good at praising people. Not only is she good at praising people, but she is also very enthusiastic and helps with packing and unpacking.
"Miss Li, was that the mayor just now? He looks so young. I've seen him on TV." Xiu Mei leaned closer and asked, "I heard the mayor isn't married yet, is that true?"
Li Ying nodded: "It's true that we're not married, but Mayor Jing has his own ideas."
Alan walked over and shoved Xiumei aside: "Sister-in-law, let's not talk about other people, okay?"
Xiumei was very embarrassed and felt embarrassed, so she went home.
Li Ying patted Alan on the shoulder and gave him a thumbs up.
Aside from occasionally swearing, Alan is actually a very perceptive person and doesn't like gossipy women.
After tidying everything up, Alan went out to buy groceries, while Li Ying stayed home with Chenchen.
Perhaps because of her pregnancy, Li Ying was very sleepy and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.
Seeing that Li Ying was asleep, Chenchen quietly went downstairs to play.
Many of the family members in the residential compound have jobs, so there are basically no people there during the day.
While Chenchen was playing with her spinning top, she saw a dirty little child squatting outside the gate. Chenchen ran out, stretched out her little hand, and said to the dirty little child, "Are you hungry? I have some food at home, I'll get it for you."
When Li Ying woke up, she smelled a strange odor coming from the kitchen.
Li Ying was startled, thinking Chenchen was making a fuss in the kitchen, and rushed in.
In the kitchen, Chenchen was struggling to pour water from a thermos to make malted milk powder for a cup. Beside him was a dirty, disheveled little girl.
"This is……"
Chenchen quickly put down the thermos and pointed at the dirty child, saying, "Mom, she's squatting outside and looks very hungry. Can we take her in?"
Li Ying glanced at the dirty child, then shrank back in fear and hid behind Chenchen.
Just then, Alan returned.
"Where did this child come from?" Alan asked.
"I don't know, Chenchen found it at the gate. Alan, go and give her a bath," Li Ying instructed.
Alan put down the vegetable basket and took the dirty child to take a bath.
Li Ying led Chenchen to the living room, held her son's hand, and asked, "Chenchen, don't bring other people home casually in the future, okay?"
Chenchen nodded: "Okay, Mom. If she has no home to go to, can we keep her here?"
Li Ying frowned and gently shook her head: "Chenchen, we can't keep her here."
Adoption also requires certain conditions.
Soon, Alan had cleaned the dirty child and changed his clothes.
"Miss Ying, look, it's a little girl." Alan was particularly fond of the child and happily led the clean little girl out.
The little girl was very pretty, with bright, sparkling eyes and a small, delicate face. Her timid appearance was just like Lin Daiyu's first visit to the Grand View Garden.
"Do you know what it's called?" Li Ying asked.
The little girl shook her head.
"Alan, go out and ask around to see whose child is missing." Li Ying had to find out the child's background.
Alan nodded, went out to ask around, and returned after asking around. He then told Alan about the little girl's experience.
"She came from a rural area on the outskirts of the city. Her father died in a coal mining accident, and her mother ran away with the compensation money." This was what Alan had found out.
Li Ying pulled the little girl over and examined her. She was healthy, but too thin; she must have been starving for many days.
"Why doesn't anyone adopt her?" Alan asked.
Li Ying glanced at Alan: "Under these circumstances, it's unlikely anyone will adopt her."
She's a girl. With family planning being so strict these days, everyone wants to get rid of their daughters. How could anyone adopt a girl and cause trouble for their family?
Neither she nor Ye Jingchi were qualified to adopt the baby girl; having a second child would be a violation of policy.
Li Ying briefly explained her situation and said that she could only ask Alan to take the child to the police station and let the police find a home for her.
“Miss Ying, I want to adopt her, what do you say?” Alan couldn’t bear to abandon the child.
"Alan, you might not be able to adopt this child on your own. How about this, let's go ask Mayor Jing and see how he can resolve this?"
Alan thought for a moment, nodded, and cupped the little girl's cheeks.
"Since you don't have a name, how about we call you Diudiu?"
"Diudiu, hello." The little girl turned to look at Chenchen, reached out her little hand and hooked it around Chenchen's: "Little brother, what's your name?"
She calls Chenchen "little brother," which means she is older than Chenchen.
After asking, Li Ying learned that the child was already seven years old, three years older than Chenchen.
Li Ying and Alan took Chenchen and Diudiu to the municipal government to find Jing Yingyan.
Jing Yingyan had just finished a meeting and was about to eat when he heard someone was looking for him. He put down his chopsticks and went out to greet the person.
"From now on, when they come, they can come directly to my office," Jing Yingyan instructed his secretary.
"Yes, Mayor."
Li Ying and Alan brought their child into the office.
Jing Yingyan glanced at the group of people and poured water.
"Don't bother, we're not thirsty. We just came to tell you about something." Li Ying pulled Diudiu in front of Jing Yingyan and explained the child's situation.
Jing Yingyan frowned: "Such a thing actually happened? It was my oversight."
"Mayor, this child is an orphan now. Can we take her home and raise her?" Alan asked.
Jing Yingyan frowned, thought it over carefully, and said, "How about this, I meet the adoption requirements, I will adopt her, but the child will have to be raised by you, and I will pay for her living expenses every month."
Alan was overjoyed: "That's great!"
Li Ying smiled awkwardly. Jing Yingyan was indeed a sensible person; he thought exactly the same thing as her.
"I'll register her household registration later so she can go to school. I'll have to trouble you guys from now on."
Alan waved his hand: "It's not hard work, it's not hard work."
On the way back, Alan held Diudiu's hand in one hand and Chenchen's hand in the other, looking very happy.
At the bend, Nan Shiran stared at a group of people with a sinister look in her eyes.
"You really like being a good person!"
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