Chapter 157 Orphanage
Juanjuan nodded her head vigorously: "I have to bring gifts when I go to see my friends."
Si Jinchen didn't bring any New Year's money with him, which made him feel a little embarrassed: "Grandma, can you lend me some money first?"
"You want to buy a gift too?" Old Madam Si looked at him with a smile.
"Yeah. I didn't bring my New Year's money with me." Si Jinchen was a little embarrassed.
"Madam, there's me too." Ma Yang didn't bring any New Year's money with him when he went out, so they all left the money at home.
Old Madam Si looked at the two of them with a smile. Juanjuan was the only one among the children who carried the New Year's money with him.
"Okay, you can pay it back with your New Year's money when you go back." She didn't intend to let them get into the habit of eating for free.
The two children happily discussed with Juanjuan what to buy.
The New Year's money that Mrs. Si gave to the children was actually not much, and she couldn't buy much if she used it to buy rice, flour, grain, and oil.
If they buy candy, each child can get a lot of candy, but it depends on them and she doesn't intend to give any advice.
"Have you decided what to buy?"
Juanjuan turned to look at her and said, "Grandma Juanjuan wants to buy some candy so that all the friends can share some."
"Okay! Then let's go buy some candy." Madam Si smiled and looked at the other two children: "What do Achen and Xiaoyang want to buy?"
Si Jinchen calculated that he had about a dozen dollars in New Year's money, which was too much to buy candy with Juanjuan.
One dollar can buy hundreds of candies. Eating too much candy is not good.
"Grandma, I want to buy some meat and rice." Si Jinchen thought for a moment and answered.
Ma Yang: "I want to buy some toys."
He had the same amount of money as Juanjuan. It was the first time for both of them to receive New Year's money, and they could buy some cheap toys for the children here.
"Okay, let's go now." Madam Si smiled and looked at the driver: "Xiao Zhang, take the children to buy what they need."
"Okay, ma'am." The car started again.
Rice and flour can be purchased at Si's shop, but there are no discounted prices.
Si Jinchen didn't mean to take advantage of his family's shop. He bought this with his own New Year's money.
Mrs. Si waited until he finished buying and then asked someone to send it to the welfare home.
Meat was also purchased and sent to the welfare home. Toys and candies didn’t take up much space, so we put them in the car and took them to the welfare home.
When they arrived, a delivery carriage was already parked in front of the welfare home.
When the person in charge, Jiang Mei, saw Madam Si, she quickly came over and asked, "Madam Si, did you buy all these?"
"My children bought them. They wanted to visit the children in the welfare home, so they brought gifts." Old Madam Si looked at the three children in front of her.
"Thank you for your kindness, young master and young lady. All the children in the courtyard are blessed today." Jiang Mei is a middle-aged woman with a constant smile on her face.
When Juanjuan saw her, she subconsciously hid behind Si Jinchen.
"What's wrong?" Si Jinchen noticed her abnormality and moved slightly in front of her.
Jiang Mei didn't care and kept praising her three children in front of Mrs. Si.
Madam Si noticed something was wrong with Juanjuan and made an excuse: "Let's go in and see the children first!"
"Okay, okay, follow me!" Jiang Mei smiled and led the way.
Ma Yang walked up to Juan Juan and asked, "Miss, are you feeling unwell?"
"I don't like this aunt." Juanjuan held Si Jinchen's hand tightly.
Madam Si half-bent over and said, "Juanjuan, can I hold you with my grandma?"
Juanjuan nodded vigorously and stretched out her little hand.
"Juanjuan, don't you like Aunt Jiang?" Old Madam Si held her in her arms and asked softly in her ear.
"Yeah. Juanjuan doesn't like the smell on her." Juanjuan couldn't tell what the smell was, but it was definitely disgusting.
Mrs. Si didn't know what she meant for a moment, so she could only carry her into the welfare home.
When the children in the welfare home saw strangers coming, they huddled together in fear, with no sense of security or joy in their eyes.
Jiang Mei immediately smiled and said, "These children are timid. Madam Si, please don't mind. I will show you around."
"Can Juanjuan and her brothers play in the yard?" Old Madam Si put her on the ground.
"Okay." Juanjuan agreed and went to find Si Jinchen and Ma Yang.
She took out the candy and handed it to the kid opposite her.
But these children all stepped back in fear, with tension and fear in their eyes.
Juanjuan was a little confused, so she took another step forward and said, "This is Tangtang. It's sweet and delicious!"
The child opposite still said nothing and did not reach out to take the candy.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss. How pitiful! The director of this orphanage is just a smiling tiger, smiling on the surface, but secretly he has a black heart!"
A little gecko was lying on the wall, shaking its head.
Juanjuan ran to the wall, tilted his head back, and looked at it with his mouth slightly open: "Tiger, what are you talking about?"
The little gecko climbed down the wall and stopped at a place where Juanjuan could look at it.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss. This director is not a good person. He smiles at everyone on weekdays, but he abuses the children in the orphanage behind their backs."
"These children told others that no one believed this smiling tiger would abuse children. Behind the scenes, he even beat these children to death."
"The most vicious thing is that she hits people in relatively private places, which are difficult for others to notice."
Juanjuan frowned and said, "This person is really bad."
The little gecko flicked its tail and said, "Hiss. The key is that she is a good person in front of others, and these children are treated as disobedient bad kids."
"If she encounters someone who is truly disobedient, she will lock them up in a small dark room and deprive them of food and water until they admit their mistakes."
"Most of the things you sent were secretly sold by her, and never reached the hands of these children."
Si Jinchen looked at Ma Yang. They both thought that the children in the welfare home were quite strange. Why were they so wary?
They didn't even touch the food and toys they handed over, but just stood silently at a certain distance from them.
Mrs. Si followed Jiang Mei around and found that the welfare home was well managed in all aspects. It seemed that she was still attentive.
"Juanjuan, what are you looking at?" When she came out, she saw Juanjuan standing alone in front of the wall.
The children in the welfare home ran to other places in the welfare home, leaving only Si Jinchen and Ma Yang in the yard.
Juanjuan turned around and saw Mrs. Si coming out. She ran over and took her hand, then looked at Jiang Mei who was still smiling.
She subconsciously held onto Madam Si's hand.
Jiang Mei had a smile on her face, but there was no trace of smile in her eyes. Instead, her eyes looked like a cold poisonous snake.
Madam Si also noticed Juanjuan's discomfort: "Let's stop here today. You can distribute the things we bought to the children. We will leave first."
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