Although he had already decided to cooperate with Gu Jingmo and others, Xia Jin, the owner of the county's hot pot restaurant, still decided to open another one. Although this would divert traffic, it would also be more convenient for people who live far away. In the end, the total profit would definitely be more than that of a single store.
Moreover, such a large amount of money will be worthless in a few years. Xia Jin, who has experienced the 21st century, knows how crazy the housing prices will be by then, so he buys more now. Xia Jin also knows that in a few years this place will be transformed from a county into a city, and the housing prices will be even higher by then. No matter whether the housing prices are high or low, it is better than keeping the money in your hands, and it must be valuable.
On the morning of the second day of the holiday, Xia Jin finished breakfast and was getting dressed to go out for a walk with Gu Jingmo and look for a house. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Xia Jin went out to open the door and saw Aunt Liu and Officer Xie Fanghua standing at the door.
Xia Jin invited them in. Aunt Liu said that she only brought Xie Fanghua here because she had something else to do in the store and had to go back soon. After watching Aunt Liu walk away, Xia Jin invited Xie Fanghua in.
Xie Fanghua came here this time because there has been initial progress in the previous case. Director Sun and his team have almost explained everything they have done in recent years, so Xie Fanghua came to talk to them and, by the way, to inform them of the compensation given by the higher-ups for the losses that Sun Jiabao had caused to Xia Jin's store.
Anyone who had been bullied by the Sun family before would receive compensation ranging from 100 to 500 yuan, depending on the severity of the offense. Xia Jin, for example, received 200 yuan, mainly to cover the cost of the tables, chairs, and benches in her shop. Although Xia Jin's losses were undoubtedly greater than this, it was the maximum amount the higher authorities could offer.
Xie Fanghua was also quite embarrassed, after all, he knew that Xia Jin had given the clerk more than that in compensation, but he was just a young police officer who had just started working and had no way to influence his superiors' thoughts. Xia Jindao was quite happy, after all, these 200 yuan were unexpected wealth for her.
She had not originally thought that she would have to pay compensation, but since Xia Jin had to pay compensation, she happily accepted it. After all, she had indeed suffered losses because of them, so this compensation was what she deserved. No matter how rich she was, she would not be a sucker. The money that belonged to her was hers.
Xie Fanghua came this time to give money to Xia Jin and talk about the progress of the case. Now that he had completed his task, Xie Fanghua said goodbye to the two of them and went back to work at the office.
Xia Jin learned from Xie Fanghua that Sun Defa had embezzled as much as 70,000 yuan during his tenure, and allowed his relatives to bully others, form gangs, and molest women within his jurisdiction. He would most likely be sentenced to death in the end.
Xia Jin didn't feel sorry for them after hearing this; it was all they deserved. Officer Xie also said the subsequent handling results would be announced, hoping that officials of all ranks in the county would learn from it.
After Xie Fanghua left, Xia Jin took the 200 yuan compensation and went to the county welfare home with Gu Jingmo, preparing to donate the money.
Xia Jin arrived at the door of the welfare home and looked at the dilapidated welfare home, the peeling wall, the gate with missing words, and the children playing inside with patches all over their clothes. Xia Jin took out another three hundred yuan from the space and prepared to donate it to them.
As soon as Xia Jin and her friends entered the orphanage, they were greeted by the staff. After hearing their purpose, they were taken to the director's office. It was actually just an empty room with a table and a chair. The table was even crooked, and the director had padded it with old newspapers.
Moreover, when walking towards the office and passing by the playing children, Xia Jin discovered that 90% of them were girls. There were also boys, but most of them had physical defects.
Xia Jin was sitting in the office telling Gu Jingmo about the situation she had discovered. The dean happened to come in and heard this. He told Xia Jin that girls were abandoned intentionally by their families who wanted a boy but could not afford so many children. They were picked up and sent in by people. Boys were sent in because they had problems.
Xia Jin gave the money she brought to the dean. It seemed that she had no other way to help them except money. Xia Jin decided to give them a sum of money every month to support them, at least so that they could grow up well.
To some extent, Xia Jin felt that she was similar to them. Maybe she was a little luckier than them materially, but Xia Jin envied them for receiving full love and expectations from the dean and staff of the hospital.
Xia Jin and the others chatted with the director for a while. Xia Jin learned that the number of children admitted in recent years has increased, and the funding from above has become less and less, which has gradually failed to support the operation of the welfare home. There is no way, the teachers here can only take turns to go out to work to earn money to subsidize the home.
Fortunately, the children in the orphanage were sensible and didn't have to worry about anything without a teacher. The older children also helped the teachers, some picking up trash to sell, and some helping to look after the children.
The dean was delighted when she spoke of these children. She even showed Xia Jin and the others their test papers. Although it was very hard and tiring, their academic performance was among the best. Xia Jin made a bold decision after looking at the girls' results: she would sponsor them. Xia Jin didn't know that it was this decision that would save her life a few years later.
But she didn't tell the dean immediately. She wanted to observe first to see if their character was really what the dean said, and whether the dean and the teachers were really good to the children and were not really greedy for money.
The main reason for making this decision was that Xia Jin did not go to college in her previous life, entered society early, got married and had children, and was trapped in this small place all her life. She could only go out and see the prosperity of the world after her death. Xia Jin wanted them to go out to a bigger world to fight for their own future.
She wanted to tell these girls who were abandoned by their families that girls could also be powerful, that girls didn’t have to get married early, and that girls’ futures could be bright.
After talking for a while, Xia Jin and the others left the small orphanage amidst the director's constant voice of gratitude. Leaving the orphanage, Xia Jin was filled with emotion. After all, his power was very limited. He hoped that one day the country would pay attention to these places.
After Xia Jin and his friends left, they went to a small stir-fry restaurant near the department store to have lunch. The restaurant was very close to Xia Jin's spicy hot pot restaurant. Unfortunately, as soon as Xia Jin and his friends walked to the door of the restaurant, he heard Xia's mother's voice, and also called for Old Lady Xia.
Xia Jin originally wanted to just go in without hearing anything, but the two people kept shouting and running towards him. Xia Jin looked at the quick steps of Old Lady Xia and had to say that the old lady was in good health. Thinking of the fact that she lived to be over ninety in her previous life, Xia Jin sighed: It is true that evil people live long.
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