Su Shengjing was stunned. “What?”
With a serious expression, Su Jiu repeated, “Daddy, let’s go and do the mission. The children in the orphanage are pitiful. They don’t have parents, so they need people to care for them. Why don’t we take the money and buy them snacks and toys?”
As she spoke, she clenched her fists.
Su Shengjing pursed his lips and asked, “Does Baby really want to go?”
“Yes! Daddy, let’s go.”
“Alright then.” Su Shengjing took over the mission card once more. As the little girl wanted, he would first go to town to buy some things, then head to the orphanage.
The orphanage was located in a small city near the village. It was about an hour’s journey away. The father and daughter sat in the production team’s van with the other fathers and children.
On the way, Han Xiao looked at the little girl, who was obediently nestled in Su Shengjing’s arms. He cursed the production team in his heart for doing such a stupid mission. Would Little Jiu be unhappy? He could not help but say, “Little Jiu, you’ll see many children later. Are you happy?”
Su Jiu could tell that he was trying to comfort him and sweetly smiled. “Yes! Little Jiu is very happy. In the past, when we were in the orphanage, many children played together. However, they were abandoned by their parents. So we have to visit them and give them happiness!”
Han Xiao was already used to the girl’s ability to organize her words.
Seeing nothing wrong with her mood, he felt relieved as usual. He smiled and said, “Yes, Little Jiu is right. We should be more concerned about those children.”
Han Siye vigorously nodded.
That’s right! Little Jiu is right!
***
An hour later, they arrived at the orphanage.
The director was an old grandma in her sixties. The previous day, she had received a call from the production team. When she had heard that the guests were coming to the orphanage to visit the children, she was overjoyed. Before the car arrived, she led the children to wash their faces and hands, changed them into the best clothes, and waited in the courtyard with them.
Hence, when the production team’s car arrived at the orphanage, they saw an old grandma with white hair standing in the middle, surrounded by twenty children.
The children were wearing old clothes. As they were thin and weak, most of the clothes were loose and did not fit them. The kids were of different ages. The oldest looked to be eight or nine years old, while the youngest was only two or three months old; the younger one was lying in the cradle and could not come out to welcome the guests.
Su Jiu saw that these children were sallow and skinny, but their eyes were so clean and clear. When the group alighted from the car, the children politely greeted them as “Uncle, Auntie, hello”. Su Jiu could not help but think of her past.
When she was young, she was one of these children. She did not have enough to eat, she did not have enough to wear, and everything she ate and wore was donated by kind-hearted people. However, there were so many children and not enough to share.
Every time someone came over to donate something, the director auntie would lead her and her little friends out to greet them. The kids would politely greet them and thank them.
Thanks to those kind people, her life with those little kids could continue. Although it was somewhat rough, she did not starve to death.
So now that she saw these children, Su Jiu suddenly felt uncomfortable.
Some parents really did not deserve to be parents. Since they did not want children, why did they have to give birth to them?
