The Duke's Daughter is Reborn

Since Yang Qi had spoken, Mother He took some time out of her afternoon today to visit the Salesian Home.

The orphanage is located next to the Caoshi. It is not big, just a two-story courtyard. The front yard is where the children usually play and eat, and there are two large houses and a kitchen in the backyard.

The children in the orphanage lived a hard life. There were only two rooms for them to rest, so the boys had one room and the girls had one room, and everyone slept on a large bunk bed.

Before Yang Qi took over the orphanage, the two rooms were very humid and had only one small window. As many people lived there, the air in the room was not circulating.

The first time Yang Qi stepped into the house where the girl lived, although he was mentally prepared, he was still shocked. This house was much worse than the small shabby house he lived in in his previous life. The house in the manor was shabby, but fortunately he lived alone, so the smell inside was not so bad.

With the financial support of the Xu family, the house was renovated inside and out. Yang Qi also specifically asked to open more windows so that it could be ventilated on weekdays.

As soon as Mother He entered the yard, the children came over to her.

"Grandma, how come you have time to come here today?"

"Mother-in-law, you have time today and came to see us, right?"

"Mother-in-law, you didn't come last month. We asked Sister Xinche and she said you were very busy these days. Did something happen to you today?"

Although the children were young, they already knew the situation. Miss Yangqi and Granny He always came here to help everyone and send money and food to the orphanage.

Yang Qi is not the kind of person who does good deeds without leaving a name. His efforts for the orphanage cannot be known by outsiders, but the children in the orphanage still need to know about it.

Mother He smiled at the children and said, "Young lady is very busy these days, and mother-in-law has to help out."

Then, Mother He patted the children on the shoulders and said, "Okay, go and play."

The children in the orphanage matured very quickly. After Mother He said something, they dispersed.

What Yang Qi meant today was that he wanted to see the environment of the orphanage, and Mother He came here just to see that.

When I went to the backyard, the cook of the orphanage was already preparing dinner.

After the renovation, the kitchen is now very bright.

As soon as Mother He entered the house, she saw the newly hired cook Qu kneading dough inside: "Oh, it's white flour today."

Mrs. Qu, the chef, had been concentrating on kneading the dough. She was a little frightened by what Mama He said out of the blue. She turned around and looked at Mama He, then she felt relieved and wiped her hands: "Mama He, why are you here today?"

Mother He smiled and said, "The young lady asked me to come and look after the children on her behalf."

Cook Qu said sincerely: "Miss is such a good person."

Chef Qu was a miserable person. Her husband died on the battlefield, leaving only two children at home, one five years old and the other three years old, both boys.

The orphanage has a rule that it only accepts children whose parents have both died. The two children of Chef Qu do not meet this condition, but Chef Qu herself has no skills, and she has two children to take care of, so most places will not accept her.

When Yang Qi came for the first time, he met Chef Qu. Although the two children could not stay in the orphanage, Chef Qu took the initiative to help in the orphanage on weekdays, so the two children had food to eat. In addition, Chef Qu could earn a few cents by washing clothes for other families on weekdays.

After tasting Chef Qu's cooking and carefully investigating her family background, Yang Qi decided to allow Chef Qu to stay in the orphanage.

However, Yang Qi also set a rule that from then on, no one other than the orphanage was allowed to stay in the yard.

The Salesian Home is full of children. These children are too young and do not have the ability to solve problems. Since Yang Qi has taken over the Salesian Home, the minimum requirement is to protect these children.

If the orphanage has no rules and allows strangers to leave the orphanage for a long time at will, it will pose a huge threat to the safety of the children.

In order to further maintain the safety of the orphanage, Yang Qi specially hired a soldier who had retired from the battlefield and had one eye missing, to guard the gate of the orphanage every day.

When Mother He saw that Cook Qu didn't hear her original question, she asked again, "Why are there white flour steamed buns today?" The orphanage did not have much money, so they could not eat white flour steamed buns every day. On weekdays, they usually ate black steamed buns.

Cook Qu stood there awkwardly: "Mother He, today is your birthday. Not only will we have steamed buns, but we will also have braised pork later. Mother He, please come and eat with us."

"No wonder," He's mother smiled, "I had forgotten." The conditions in the Salesian Home were not good, but they could still eat braised pork once a month. Yang Qi made a rule to see which children had birthdays each month, count everyone's birthdays, and choose a time in the middle to celebrate the birthdays of the children of that month together.

On this day, the Salesian Home would provide extra meals, including not only the braised pork that all the children longed for, but also white flour steamed buns.

Then, Mother He asked, "Why are you preparing dinner now?"

Cook Qu calculated that she had started at the right time, so she replied, "Mother He, there are many dishes to cook today, and there are many children in the courtyard. If we don't start early, I'm afraid the children will go hungry."

Mother He looked at the meat beside the stove, and it was indeed good. The kitchen was the easiest place to make money and take kickbacks. If the kitchen manager and the purchaser were not good, there would be a big mess.

Mother He looked at Chef Qu and said sincerely, "Chef Qu, you have taken great care of the children in the orphanage. I still remember the first time I saw these children, they were so thin that it made me feel distressed. It seemed that they would fall down if the wind blew. But today, these children look much better. I can tell at a glance that they have been eating well these days."

Hearing what Mama He said, Chef Qu smiled sheepishly: "Mother He, I am really embarrassed by what you said. I am a cook. The young lady and the orphanage hired me to cook for everyone. This is what I should do. Moreover, without the young lady's kindness, I don't know if the eldest and second children and I can live to this day."

Given Chef Qu's condition at the time, with two children to take care of, she would have probably not been able to hold on if she had any minor illness or pain.

Mother He patted Cook Qu on the shoulder to comfort her: "Don't worry, things will get better and better."

After leaving the kitchen, Mother He went back to the house, touched the children's bedding, looked at the environment, and nodded with satisfaction. The young lady spent money and effort on this unrelated orphanage, and these children must grow up healthy!