Chapter 380
"Hahaha!" Everyone was amused by Bo Ling's appearance.
"There's nothing we can do even though we feel bad. We can't just let anyone in here. How about one of you stay here and farm?" Si Mingye said with a smile.
Yan Hui's eyes lit up, obviously having such an idea.
Jin Chaochao immediately stopped him, "Okay, we'll be back in a while. If you stay, you won't be able to leave. There's no internet or cell phones here. You'll be disconnected from the outside world. Can you bear it?"
Bo Ling, who was eager to try, immediately said: "I'll wait until next time."
Fu Tingyuan lay on Jin Chaochao's favorite rocking chair woven from purple bamboo, looking at the starry sky leisurely, taking a deep breath, and feeling that the air here was sweet.
No wonder the fruits grown here are so delicious and the people raised here are so gentle and lovely.
Yan's mother brought out a bamboo basket full of fruits produced by Xuanmen and placed it in front of everyone.
Everyone who was talking just now chose a fruit they liked and ate it while enjoying the quiet night.
Jin Chaochao knew that everyone was reluctant to leave.
It is precisely because of the short-term residence that people can't forget it. If they really live in this place for a long time, they will either go crazy or develop mental illness.
Of course, this does not apply to people from the Xuanmen sect.
Early the next morning.
Everyone set out on the return journey.
The affairs of Xuanmen should be left to Yanwu.
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Happy Orphanage.
Grandma Chen directed the construction workers to erect the finished stone tablet at the location designated by Jin Chaochao.
She stood in front of the stone tablet, looked at the five words "Happy Orphanage", and wiped her tears happily.
She is an obstetrician and gynecologist and has seen too many children abandoned by their parents at birth.
Her husband works in the village committee and has seen too many children who lost their parents, were adopted by relatives, suffered bullying and became homeless.
Now that she can become the dean, it feels like it is God's will.
She will definitely do this job well and make sure every suffering child is loved.
In the evening, Grandma Chen returned home and saw her husband sitting on the sofa drinking tea.
She put down her bag, walked over and sat down, "How is the kid named Zuo in our village doing recently?"
"Are you talking about Zuo Xuan?" Old Man Zhang replied.
"Yes!" Grandma Chen was in a complicated mood. "Now I am the director of an orphanage, and this child has no father or mother. If possible, I would like to take him to live in an orphanage. It is better than living under someone else's roof and being bullied to death by his aunt's family."
Old man Zhang hurriedly stopped him, "Stop, you don't know what kind of person Zuo Xu'an's aunt is. She's a shrew and no one can do anything to her. Besides, when Zuo Xu'an was taken home by her, she signed the adoption documents. They are relatives, and it's better than living with you in an orphanage."
Grandma Chen frowned. "It's hard to say. Zuo Xu'an is only eight years old. He was sent to her house when he was four. I saw him sleeping on the street several times in the early morning. If she really cared about the child, would she let him stay out in the middle of the night? The eight-year-old child is skinny and malnourished."
"Didn't you say earlier that she beat the child and caused trouble? The neighbors couldn't stand it and called the police."
Old man Zhang explained: "It seems that the child was beaten because he stole money. The beating was a bit heavy. After all, they are educating their children. We are not related to them, so we should not interfere."
The old couple chatted idly.
at the same time.
The city under the night sky is wrapped in dense gray.
Zuo Xuan was very hungry. The eight-year-old boy stared with his big dark eyes at the pancake shop not far away that was about to close.
He was really hungry, especially when he smelled the fragrant chopped green onions in the fried pancakes.
He cried in enviousness.
He hid in the darkness, not daring to show his head. He was very hungry, but he didn't dare to rob or steal.
He could only imagine how happy he would be when he ate the delicious fried cakes.
At this moment, the owner of the oil pancake shop threw an unsold piece of pancake to the stray dog wandering in front of the shop.
The stray dog happily pounced forward, bit the pancake in one bite, then turned around and ran away.
It ran to the green lawn next to the store, ready to feast.
Suddenly a boy rushed out and kicked the stray dog in the stomach.
The stray dog screamed in pain, and by the time he reacted, the oil cake on the ground had disappeared.
Also disappearing was the boy who kicked it.
On the crooked tree at the back of the alley, Zuo Xu'an held the cake in both hands and wolfed it down.
He is too hungry.
He felt that without this piece of bread, he would starve to death tonight.
After finishing the cake, he did not forget to lick the oil stains on his fingers.
He swore that when he had money, he would buy lots and lots of scallion pancakes.
Eat it with every meal.
He finished eating the fried cake, licked his hands clean, then carefully turned around the alley and walked back.
Before he even entered the door, he heard his aunt cursing, "Where has this bastard gone again? He is a jinx, causing trouble for me every day."
"Mom, I'm hungry. I want to eat cake. Go buy it for me now." The little fat boy urged while watching TV in the living room.
The woman was cursing just now, but in an instant she smiled happily, "It's so late, why are you eating cake? There is a bread I bought for you in the refrigerator. Eat one and go to bed. You have to go to school tomorrow."
There is a yard in the suburbs of the capital, which is enough to show that such a family is not poor.
The house was clean and tidy inside and out, and it was obvious that the hostess was not lazy.
At this time, the shirtless man came down from upstairs, "Is Zuo Xu'an not back yet?"
"Who knows where he has gone? He looks like a starving ghost every day. He might go out to beg for food again, bringing shame to us." Zhao Qiongzhi gritted her teeth, "If he doesn't come back, I will beat him to death."
The man said nothing and walked over to his son to watch TV.
Zuo Xu'an, who was hiding outside the door, was so frightened when he heard these words that his shoulders trembled.
He gritted his teeth and hesitated for a long time, then went into the yard with his head held high.
When Zhao Qiongzhi saw him coming back, she picked up the ruler at the door and walked over. "Tell me the truth, where have you been?"
"No, no...where are you going!" Zuo Xu'an's voice trembled instinctively.
He knew that whether he explained or not, he would be beaten severely.
His aunt seemed to dislike him very much. From the moment he entered this family, she only gave him leftovers for every meal. She didn't allow him to eat his fill, eat other people's food, or tell others about it.
If she knew, she would really beat him half to death.
Any delicious food at home has nothing to do with him.
Of course these are not the scariest things.
The most terrifying thing was that when she was angry, she would lock him in a small dark room, tie his hands and feet, and then release snakes and scorpions.
She let these things crawl all over his body and get into his sleeves, and when she saw him screaming in fear, she laughed happily beside him.
Every time he was locked in the small dark room, he thought that when he grew up, he would pull out his aunt's bones, make them into rings, earrings and necklaces, and piece the rest into handicrafts and exhibit them where many people could see them.
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