inspire-indiana Chapter 284
Chapter 284
Only then did Ye Ke realize that the child was actually a little girl.
She turned to look at the three short-haired children in the yard. Before they spoke, she really didn't dare to confirm the gender of these children.
The little girl, Lele, patted Tongtong's little head in her arms and said, "Okay, you take your brothers and sisters out to play first. I'm going to take this sister to see grandma."
Tongtong pouted unhappily and agreed, "Okay then."
Lele touched her head soothingly again, and Tongtong left reluctantly.
Lele looked at Ye Ke and said, "Sister, grandma is sick and lying in her room. Can I take you to see her?"
Although Ye Ke never said why she came to the welfare home, Lele knew that no matter what she wanted to do, she had to get approval from the director, the grandmother, first.
When Lele saw Ye Ke nod, he pointed in a direction and took Ye Ke there.
Ye Ke observed the environment of this "welfare home" as he walked, and was sure that this was definitely not a "welfare home."
Maybe Ye Ke was not very experienced, but this place was very different from the regular welfare homes she had seen.
Lele gently pushed open the door of a room, and Ye Ke followed him in. He saw an elderly man lying weakly on the bed.
Ye Ke frowned unconsciously. She remembered Lele had told her that the director's grandmother should be 58 years old this year, but when she looked at the director's aging face, she felt that she looked like she was 68.
The director's grandmother looked exhausted and tried to stand up with her hands. Ye Ke stepped forward to help her. As the director's grandmother sat up, a small hand holding a cup reached out from the side.
It’s Lele.
The director's wife took it naturally, and there was an invisible tacit understanding between the two parties' actions.
Yes, Lele is the oldest among so many children, and it must be Lele who took care of the dean the most during his illness.
After taking a sip of hot water, the director's face looked noticeably better. She looked at Ye Ke and said, "Le Le told me yesterday that this child was wrong. I gave her a good lesson yesterday. I apologize to you on her behalf."
After she finished speaking, she paused to take a breath and continued, "Lele is usually very well-behaved. She would never do such bad things. If I hadn't been sick this time and had to lie in bed, and the children were really hungry, Lele would never have had such evil thoughts."
She explained to Ye Ke word by word, not wanting Ye Ke to have any prejudice against Lele.
Ye Ke didn't mind it too much in the first place, and he would not scold Lele at this moment.
Before Ye Ke could say anything, the dean tremblingly took out a package from under the pillow.
She placed it in front of her and slowly opened it. Inside was a pile of scattered cash neatly arranged. The largest denomination was five yuan, and the rest were all one yuan, ten cents and fifty cents.
The dean took out the only two five-yuan notes and a small piece of paper from the bottom of the money and handed them to Ye Ke.
Emotional value is full
"Here are IOUs for ten and fifty dollars." The dean paused, looking a little ashamed. "I know you must have spent more than this on this car, but..."
That's all she can give.
Ye Ke took it and said, "That's exactly the amount. It's just right. When I went to buy a car, the shop owner recognized me and sold it to me for 60 yuan."
The dean then smiled with relief.
There was no point in worrying. She couldn't take out any more money, and the little change she had left had to be used for the food and drinks of this group of people.
The bicycle issue was resolved. Ye Ke looked around and finally asked the question she had been curious about, "Director, I see this isn't an orphanage, right?"
When she first met Lele, she felt something was strange. Lele's description of the orphanage's staffing was strange, but the director's illness, which deprived the orphanage of its financial resources and ultimately forced Lele to steal cars and sell them for food, was even stranger.