kvmb Chapter 126 Zhou Dayong's Little Thoughts
Chapter 126 Zhou Dayong's Little Thoughts
It took less than an hour to find out that the little boy was brought in by Wang Chuncai.
Wang Chuncai immediately explained in a panic in the chief of staff's office.
“Chief of Staff, this is a misunderstanding.
I felt sorry for the child and wanted to bring him to my house for a meal.
But I didn't expect that the child ran away when I wasn't paying attention, and I didn't have any other thoughts.
When I see him, I can’t help but think of the students in my class. As a teacher, I can’t bear to see children suffer.”
When the chief of staff heard Wang Chuncai's words, he just looked at her meaningfully.
Then he looked up the little boy's information again, and it was just as he said.
His father died unexpectedly when his mother was pregnant with him, and his mother also died of complications during childbirth.
Both his parents were orphans, so he had no relatives to help him.
Since the child was born, the villagers helped him from time to time and he grew up eating food from many families.
However, the harvests in the past two years have been poor, and the villagers have no way to help him as they simply cannot provide any extra food.
The child begged for a living along the way.
It was also a coincidence that the child came to beg in their neighborhood.
The chief of staff looked at the child's information, nodded, and then said to Wang Chuncai.
"Since you brought this child back, and you said you wanted him to have a full meal at your house, then you should take him back and have a full meal first."
Wang Chuncai wanted to say something, but seeing the chief of staff's expression, she had no choice but to take the child home.
After investigation, it was discovered that the child's name was Zhou Dayong.
In fact, Dayong himself didn’t know what he should believe, but most people in their village had the surname Zhou, so he also gave himself the surname Zhou.
The name Dayong was thought up by the villagers.
When Dayong followed Wang Chuncai back home, Wang Chuncai had a gloomy face and kept cursing in her heart.
This little bastard is really useless. Even with the opportunity right in front of him, he still managed to mess things up.
Wang Chuncai's husband was at home at this time. He saw Wang Chuncai coming back with a little tail, frowned and looked at her and said.
"Do you really think my money is easy to earn? Why did you bring this thing back?
Also, do you think that if you bring a child out and you can’t get pregnant, I won’t settle the score with you?
If you can’t get pregnant again, I’ll divorce you.”
Wang Chuncai explained helplessly.
"What can I do? The Chief of Staff asked me to bring it back."
When Wang Chuncai's man heard this, he didn't say anything more, but just looked at Wang Chuncai and said.
"Well, we must send him away early this morning or tomorrow.
I don't want to keep an idle person here, and I need to check myself to see why I haven't conceived a child after so many years of marriage."
While eating, Wang Chuncai looked at the food in front of her with a distressed look on her face.
She had clearly cooked enough for three people, but Zhou Dayong looked like he hadn't eaten in eight lifetimes.
He was clearly a seven-year-old kid, but he ate most of the meal.
Fortunately, she and her husband were quick-witted and managed to eat some of the food, otherwise all the food would have gone into Dayong's stomach.
After dinner, Wang Chuncai didn’t even think about cleaning Zhou Dayong’s room.
Thinking that Zhou Dayong would definitely leave early tomorrow morning, he said to Dayong.
"Zhou Dayong will sleep on the sofa in the living room tonight. We don't have any spare rooms."
Zhou Dayong didn't mind. He was used to sleeping in the open air, so being able to sleep on the sofa was a good thing for him. He nodded and went to sleep peacefully.
The next morning, before dawn, Wang Chuncai woke Zhou Dayong up and said to him.
"Okay, now that you've finished your meal, you can leave."
What Wang Chuncai didn't expect was that after the chief of staff saw the child and checked the information thoroughly, he felt that the child could not be allowed to leave like that.
The harvest is poor everywhere now, but they are still able to have enough to eat.
If they let the child leave them and something unexpected happens during the journey, it would be bad.
What's more, he is just a seven-year-old child. How can he make a living?
Thinking of this, the chief of staff discussed it with his wife for a long time.
Finally, Sister Zhou nodded in understanding. In less than a day, Sister Zhou held a meeting in the family compound and gathered everyone together.
These people were looking at Sister Zhou in the yard and talking at once.
"Why do we have to have a meeting today? Did something happen?"
"Yeah, why is the meeting happening so suddenly? Are you going to send out something?"
"If you ask me, they will definitely distribute food to us. Recently, the price of food has been getting more and more expensive."
"That's right. Yesterday my child was clamoring for meat, but when I asked the price, he was so scared that I just walked away without even buying anything."
Sister Zhou looked at everyone and stood on the steps, then said to the people standing in the open space,
"Everyone please be quiet and listen to me. I believe everyone knows that an orphan came to our family compound yesterday.
This child's name is Zhou Dayong, and he is a miserable child.
We also carefully checked his background and found that this child had a very difficult life.
Since he's here, it proves that we have a connection, so I hope someone can lend a hand and take this child home to raise him."
As soon as Sister Zhou said this, the originally lively crowd suddenly became quiet. No one spoke, and everyone lowered their heads, not knowing what they were thinking.
Who would be willing to take a child home for no reason these days, especially a seven or eight-year-old boy who wouldn't be able to be tamed?
Sister Zhou looked at the silent crowd and said to them if there was anything they didn't understand,
"Don't worry, we've already discussed it. Whoever adopts this child will receive a monthly subsidy of money and food."
After hearing this, some people were tempted. After all, a boy of seven or eight years old could do some work if they were taken home.
And there is also money and food to be taken. Thinking of this, some people looked at Sister Zhou and asked.
"How much food and money will be provided as supplementary payment?"
"Every month, we provide a subsidy of five yuan and 20 kilograms of grain until the child reaches adulthood."
When they heard that the subsidy was five yuan and 20 kilograms of grain, these people hesitated again.
After all, there is not much money and food, and if you really raise this child, you have to make room for him to live in.
At this time, Zhou Dayong followed Sister Zhou to her side. After listening to what Sister Zhou said, he looked at Sister Zhou and spoke to her.
"Auntie Zhou, can I choose who I want to be my new mother?"
Sister Zhou thought about it and looked at him and said.
“You can ask her if she is willing to adopt you, and if she is, you can go to her house.
We cannot go against the wishes of others if we don’t want to.”
Hearing this, Dayong's eyes lit up instantly.
He ran to the side and spoke to Tao Jin, who was lazing under the shade of a tree, with his head raised pitifully.
"Auntie, can you adopt me?
I promise that I will be very good every month, won’t eat a lot, and will help you with the work every day."
Sister Zhou looked at the child, then ran directly to Tao Jin and looked at Tao Jin again.
She thought Tao Jin probably would not adopt the child. In fact, she never thought Zhou Dayong would choose Tao Jin. After all, Tao Jin had already said that she was pregnant.
Zhou Dayong looked at Tao Jin at this time with great anticipation.
He was hoping that Tao Jin would adopt him. After all, if he could be adopted by Tao Jin, his future life would definitely not be bad.