Vip324: Grave-sweeping???? After more than 20 years of absence, the orphanage has been renovated inside and out. The house is several stories higher than before, the exterior walls are tiled, and there are trees and flowers planted on the playground. It was much better than the broken bricks and tiles in her memory, but compared to the big city, it still seemed backward and old. ?
She remembered that when she was pregnant with Wanqing, the director called her and told her that the government had allocated funds to renovate the orphanage and it was very beautiful. He also asked her to come back and take a look. But she was inconvenient at that time, so she said she would come back later. After this, twenty years will happen accidentally...?
Xu Kewei couldn't help but wet her eyes when she thought of the old dean's loving smile. She wiped the corners of her eyes and walked to the security desk. When the security guard saw the person, he stood up immediately, but looking at her unique dress and temperament, he opened his mouth but was speechless. ?
"I want to see your dean." Xu Kewei said, wiping the corners of his eyes with a tissue, "I grew up here."?
The security guard nodded blankly, and while guiding her to the dean's office, he thought: Seeing how richly she was dressed, could it be that she had made a fortune and wanted to donate to the welfare home? ?
The dean's office is in the same location as it was more than 20 years ago, but the facilities are much better - and that's just for those 20 years ago. ?
Xu Kewei walked to the door of the office and saw an old man over fifty years old and two women in their thirties washing hands of a child. The child was covered in dust and his face was stained with tears. He sobbed and complained that someone had beaten him. ?
Xu Kewei remembered that when she was a child, she also fought with others. She came here early, about five years old. She has no memory of what happened before that. The earliest memory is that when she first arrived at the orphanage, she cried and looked for her mother. The child who arrived first told her that her mother didn't want her, otherwise she wouldn't be here. ?
Of course she started fighting with the other person. After the fight, she ran out of the orphanage gate alone, carrying a small hand-sewn cloth bag, and walked along the outer wall of the orphanage, trying to walk all the way home. As she was walking, she came across a wooden cart pulling coal. She wanted to climb on it, thinking it would be faster to hitch a ride. ?
Later, it was the dean who brought her back, and he washed her face and hands, comforted her gently, and took her to sleep with her at night. ?
Xu Kewei recalled the past and stood silently. People in the office noticed her and asked doubtfully: "Who are you? Are you okay?" Are you looking for the child? Or adopt a child? ?
Xu Kewei came back to her senses, lowered her head and wiped the corners of her eyes: "My surname is Xu. I grew up here before. I called in the morning."?
"Oh——" a woman suddenly realized, "I answered the phone!"?
The old man next to her was the current dean. He immediately called her in. After asking her to sit down, he advised the crying boy: "Stop crying. Xiaojie and the others are not good. The teacher and I will punish them. You should do the same." Be good and don’t fight with others in the future. If someone bullies you, just tell the dean and teachers..."?
After spending a few minutes coaxing the child, the dean asked someone to take him down, and then sat down to chat with Xu Kewei. ?
This dean has been a teacher here for a long time and even taught Xu Kewei, but Xu Kewei was not very impressed. As the two talked to each other, they both thought about it and recalled the past with great emotion. The dean naturally asked her how her life had been over the years, and Xu Kewei summarized her experiences in these years in a few words in front of him and her relatives. ?
"I got married when I was 22, and gave birth to a daughter when I was 23. My husband was a college student, but it turned out that there was someone when he was in college, and we had a child. Later, they came to visit us, and we divorced... I took care of it alone. I lived with my daughter, but then she got sick again, and my life was not easy, so I stopped sending money here.”?
"Are we still thinking about that little money?" said the dean. "You don't want to send the money, why don't you write a letter? Dean Shen and I are both afraid that something will happen to you, but it's hard to ask, for fear that you might think We want money...Hey, Dean Shen was still thinking about you when he left."?
"I miss her too..." Xu Kewei asked, "Where is she buried? I want to see her."?
"Okay, let me take you to find her family first."?
Xu Kewei nodded and followed him to the staff dormitory, where he found the Shen couple who were making medicine for their children. The cold has been severe recently, and the school believes in traditional Chinese medicine. It boils some medicine for the children to drink to enhance their immunity. ?
When Xu Kewei smelled the medicine, memories came back to her. She was like this when she was a child. How could the orphanage have money to buy medicine? When the seasons change, or if a child shows signs of catching a cold, Dean Shen immediately goes to the mountains to dig up herbs according to folk remedies, brings them back, boils them in a pot, and then gives some to each child. At first no one liked to drink it, but then they kept drinking it because they didn't have anything good to eat, and they ate it as a strange candy snack. ?
Oh, it was so pitiful then. ?
Dean Shen's son and daughter-in-law are both older than Xu Kewei. His daughter-in-law is also an orphan here. When she was a child, she often took everyone to play games. Although we have not seen each other for more than 20 years and are strangers to each other, we can still get close quickly when we talk about the past. ?
Seeing that it was getting late, everyone took Xu Kewei to visit the grave directly, chatting while walking along the way. ?
Nowadays, cremation is also promoted in remote counties. Although there are still many burials in Yongning, Dean Shen is paid by the state, so he naturally responded to the call of the state. Her son and daughter-in-law were very reluctant to let go, but there was nothing they could do. ?
Xu Kewei looked at the loving smile of Dean Shen on the tombstone, and while burning incense, she thought: If I die, I will be cremated. All ashes will return to ashes, and soil will return to soil...?
Suddenly a gust of cold wind blew, and she trembled. She opened her eyes and looked at the tombstone. Seeing that Dean Shen's smile seemed a little bigger than before, she couldn't help but feel numb in her scalp and almost fainted. ?
Xu Kewei took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "Dean Shen... I'm late." Recalling Dean Shen's care and kindness to her, she couldn't help but talk about something about herself. It was still concise, but compared to I just said a few words to the current dean, "I got married again last year and my husband is very good now. Dean Shen, don't worry about me. My daughter is in college. When she is free, I will take her to see you." ..."?
After sweeping the tomb and returning, Xu Kewei asked about the financial situation of the welfare home and said: "My current husband is in business. If he is asked to support some welfare undertakings, he will definitely agree."?
"Don't!" The dean hurriedly stopped her. Judging from her clothes, she guessed that her husband had not suddenly become rich and had a big career. "If you have the intention, just send some things for the children. Don't let your husband make a big move." The bosses are so greedy! Even if they find out, they won’t be able to use it much on the children..."?
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