Chapter 372: Chapter 371: The Children of the Welfare Home
Xiao Gu was overjoyed and shook his head, "Sister Xiao Wan, you don’t need to pay a whole yuan, fifty cents is enough."
Lin Wan smiled and patted his shoulder, "That’s the price here."
Lin Wan wanted to visit Grandma, but there wasn’t enough time. She caught a bus to school instead.
Yin Peibai still owed her brother money, and both of them were working really hard to earn.
She was given yarn for just one night, yet managed to knit one scarf.
"How is it, did the knitting turn out alright?"
"It’s great. Make sure you take breaks, okay?"
"Don’t worry, I know."
The next day, after visiting the morning market, Liang Hongmei rode her bike to the store because Xiao Gu wouldn’t be there in the morning, and Mom needed to settle accounts with the vegetable suppliers.
Early in the morning, her mother-in-law came by again, carrying several kinds of fruit.
Behind her followed a staff member dressed in a milk station uniform.
"This is the person who will install the milk box at your home, from now on a bottle of milk will be delivered every morning. Mom has ordered three months’ worth for you, and when it’s finished, I’ll order more."
"Mom, that’s not necessary, I can order it myself." Lin Wan knew how expensive things were now; a bottle of milk was six point eight yuan, quite pricey. Her mother-in-law had ordered three months’ worth.
At Brother Congnan’s house, the price of yogurt had already gone up to fifty cents since the beginning of the year.
Speaking of yogurt, Lin Wan thought she should bring some from the store; it would be good to have yogurt in the morning.
After watching the milk box get installed, Shen Qing took some yarn and left. She had a cold and couldn’t stay long.
Right after her mother-in-law left, Xiao Gu appeared with seven or eight little girls. It was Xiao Gu’s first time at Lin Wan’s house.
Luckily, the new house was easy to find.
"Sister Xiao Wan, I brought them over."
Lin Wan looked at the girls following Xiao Gu, each was thin like a stick, but they were dressed very neatly.
"Come on in."
Lin Wan led them into the living room and kindly prepared some brown sugar water for them to drink.
"Sister Xiao Wan, don’t fuss over it, it’ll make them nervous," Xiao Gu quickly helped Lin Wan, smiling on the side.
Lin Wan saw the girls sitting rigidly on the sofa, hands placed solemnly on their knees, making her unsure how to ease their nerves.
Xiao Gu beckoned to the oldest girl, "Ye Zi, come over."
"Sister Xiao Wan, she’s called Ye Zi, the oldest among them, she’s fourteen this year. She knows the way, so in the afternoon, just have Ye Zi lead them back to the orphanage."
"Sister Xiao Wan," Ye Zi said, holding onto her clothes with nervous hands, her big eyes looking up.
"Mm, such a good kid," Lin Wan smiled, patting her head.
Actually, Ye Zi was only a head shorter than Lin Wan.
"Xiao Gu, you can go back now, trust that I’ll look after them."
"Alright, Sister Xiao Wan, I’ll be leaving then."
"Take care on the way."
As Xiao Gu left, he specifically reminded the girls to behave.
After Xiao Gu departed, Lin Wan had them introduce themselves. Besides Ye Zi, the others were twelve and thirteen years old.
"No need to be nervous here, Xiao Gu and I are friends, so just think of me as your big sister," Lin Wan said, leading them to the west room.
She found some knitting needles for each of them; when buying yarn, Yu Qianqian had given her plenty, just enough for them to use now.
Lin Wan had them sit on the kang, taking a seat in the middle herself, and demonstrated how to knit a scarf with a ball of yarn.
After talking for a morning, there were finally some results.
The kids all learned to knit, but were just slow and not yet fluent.
At noon, the kids didn’t stay for lunch. Led by Ye Zi, they left.