Goddess Summoning System

Chapter 235 Mom.

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Because the Xishan Children's Welfare Institute is located in the easternmost part of Dongyue City and is close to the suburbs, everyone took several buses to reach their destination.

When they got off the bus, they saw the gate engraved with the words "Xishan Children's Welfare Institute" not far away, and at the gate, there were four five or six-year-old children standing on both sides of an old woman, smiling and waving to everyone.

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"Dean, I'm here." Gong Ju introduced the people behind him to the old man, "These are some of my friends, and they also want to play with Xiao Shan and the others today."

"Okay, okay." The old man laughed again and again, "Xiaoshan and the others miss you very much."

As soon as he finished speaking, the four children beside the old man hugged the cherry-haired girl's calves one after another, like happy birds.

"Sister Gongju, we miss you so much."

Gong Ju then squatted down, took out some candies from her pocket and distributed them to the four children, touched the top of one of the little boys and smiled, "My sister misses you too."

At this moment, the black-haired loli standing behind the cherry-haired girl looked curiously at the wrinkled old woman with a crutches on her back, "How old do you think this dean is?"

"Probably more than 70." Bai Ling hesitated for a while and replied.

"52 years old." Su Ye said calmly.

The black-haired Lolita and Bai Ling both showed surprised expressions, obviously shocked by the man's precise number.

For Su Ye, not only can he judge the age from the bones of a person, but even the life expectancy is a breeze.It's just that even if he explained such a mysterious thing, the two little girls would not believe it. Instead of this, he might as well maintain a mysterious attitude and let them guess.

"It's windy outside, you should come in first." The old woman said to everyone.

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So everyone followed in the footsteps of the old woman and the children and finally stepped into the Xishan Children's Welfare Institute.

Although it had been expected that this orphanage would be a bit dilapidated, everyone still felt a lot of emotion when they were there.

The building of the orphanage is only a small three-story building. The entrance of the small building should be the children's favorite slide. There are still unfinished building blocks on the stone table. Other than that, there are only flowers on both sides of the road with potted plants.

The white walls of the small building peeled off a lot of skin, revealing the gray concrete inside. In order not to look monotonous, the children deliberately drew cute colorful graffiti on the concrete with crayons.

Walking into the small building, the first floor is equivalent to the hall and canteen.On the left side of the second floor are the children's beds. There are nearly 4 beds neatly arranged. It can be seen that there are quite a lot of children living here before, but only [-] children stay here now.On the right side is the dean's bedroom, in which there is an old TV, and in front of the TV are small benches.Everyone can even imagine the scene of many children sitting on the bench watching TV with relish.

The top floor of the small building is a balcony, with a nylon rope tied to the bamboos standing on both sides, and pieces of laundry hanging on the rope swaying in the wind.

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"I almost forgot. There is not much salt and vinegar in the kitchen. I always want to buy it but always forget it." The old man smiled self-deprecatingly. "As we get older, we can't remember some things."

"It's okay, Dean, I'll just go." Gong Ju said quickly.

The old man shook his head, smiled at Gongju, "I'll go, I can just go for a walk. I feel more at ease with you here, besides, it's almost noon now, and you still have to cook, Xiaoshan and the others like your cooking the most." the dishes."

"But--"

"You are not familiar with this place. There are no supermarkets here. Let me go. It's not good if you don't go out to exercise with an old bone."

"Ok."

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The final ruling was that the dean went out to buy salt and vinegar, Gongju Bailing and the oldest boy named Xiaoshan were preparing ingredients in the kitchen together, and the remaining three, Su Ye, happened to be bringing a child with them.

"How old is the dean?" Bai Ling who was washing the dishes suddenly thought of what the man said just now, and asked curiously.

"52, I just had my birthday last week."

"So it's true." Bai Ling's tone was a little surprised.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing." Bai Ling didn't intend to mention anything about that man to the girl with cherry hair at all.

"52, why does it look so—"

"It's going to be so old, right." Gong Ju smiled, paused the hand holding the kitchen knife, and said softly, "We also often ask the dean why people age so quickly, she always said that people will always age, this It’s common sense in the world, and she is no exception.”

"The dean was only in his early twenties when he first came here. In other words, the dean has been here for 30 years."

"30 years?" Bai Ling asked in disbelief.

"Isn't it a bit unbelievable." Bai Ling smiled, "But this is the fact. The principal gave her the best years of her life here, and we are here to watch the principal's youth pass away and her gray hair gradually dye. "

"When the dean first came here, he often played with the children as a volunteer. Later, due to insufficient funds, the orphanage was about to close. In order not to separate the children at that time, the dean gave away all the money he had been saving. I took it out and donated it to the orphanage and gave up a good job to devote myself to the orphanage. I stayed here for 30 years and witnessed many children passing away from me, and I was one of them."

"Because almost all the funds of the orphanage come from social donations, it can be said that it is pitifully small. There is no extra money to hire aunts to take care of the children, and fewer and fewer volunteers are willing to come. Slowly, the adults in the orphanage There is only the dean left alone, no salary, and he takes us with painstaking efforts. Not only plays the role of mother, but also a teacher, friend, and relative. Almost all things are taken care of by one person, so it is obvious that In his early fifties, he looked so old."

"I can help to rebuild this place so that these children can get better care." Bai Ling couldn't help but said.

Gong Ju slightly shook her head and smiled faintly, "Didn't I say that this orphanage is about to close down."

"I can pay to keep it going well—"

"You still don't understand?" Gong Ju turned her head to look at Bai Ling, her tone was calm, "We are the ones who want it to be closed."

Bai Ling's body froze when she heard the words, her eyes were a little astonished, and the boy named Xiao Shan shed tears.

"Mom is very tired. We want her to rest. If this place still exists, her heart will stay here, and she will not get any peace at all! She is very old, and if this continues, she will soon Will leave us, we just hope she can live longer, so that we can have time to take care of her."

(End of this chapter)