Wen Shuzhen thought these blueprints were ones Lin Xiaoguai had drawn in her spare ti.
Lin Xiaoguai was taken aback by her words and sowhat sheepishly said, "No, soone else helped draw them."
Wen Shuzhen was excitedly looking at the design plans, and Luo Ming, Luo Jiaxing, and Luo Jiamin were also engrossed in them, so they didn’t notice the unusual expression on Lin Xiaoguai’s face.
It was Shen Chi, however, who glanced at her with a smirk, "Soone else?"
Lin Xiaoguai pursed her lips, thinking to herself, as if she’s going to tell you.
The house was selected, and the next step was the settlent of paynt. Shen Chi offered a price of 950,000 yuan, inclusive of renovations; Lin Xiaoguai would handle the renovations after paying this sum.
Actually, the price was already quite low, which Luo Ming understood. Without hesitation, he raised the price to 1.6 million yuan. Shen Chi tried to refuse twice, but after failing, he didn’t insist further.
Next, Shen Chi took charge of handling the property deeds, while Lin Xiaoguai started contacting the renovation team for the job.
By the ti sumr arrived, Luo Ming’s family had moved into the new house, and the Charitable Foundation’s base had just been completed and officially started operating.
Lin Xiaoguai didn’t quite understand how a Charitable Foundation should be run, and others knew even less, so they could only discuss things with each other and figure things out step by step.
They first visited several neighborhoods and schools to promote the foundation, hoping to attract children and people with disabilities who needed assistance to co forward and apply.
At first, after tirelessly handing out hundreds of thousands of flyers without any result, they began to lose hope. But a month later, just as everyone was becoming disheartened, the first child seeking help appeared.
It was a girl whose exact age was indeterminate; she might have been a teenager or as young as seven or eight because she was so thin, like nothing but skin and bones. Her hair had turned a yellowish color due to malnutrition, and while her expression was sowhat restrained and fearful, her eyes were stubborn.
Lin Xiaoguai noticed that the sole of the shoe the girl was wearing was coming off, which made her gait very awkward.
"Little sister, do you need any help?" Lv Huifang was the first to react, coming forward to ask eagerly.
The other people quickly caught on, and a young female staff mber sat down with the little girl at the counter.
"I..." The girl nervously stamred, "My na is... Huang Daya, I want my brother to... to survive."
"Good child, how old are you?" Lin Xiaoguai set a glass of juice in front of her and asked in a gentle voice.
The base’s reception counter was very large, similar to a big desk. As this was the first case of soone seeking help, several of the base’s directors gathered around, and many staff mbers also paid close attention discreetly.
"I’m fourteen this year." Huang Daya clutched the blanket in her hands and swallowed before asking, "Big Zhu said you could help , is that true?"
Though young, she understood the principle of reaping what you sow and was skeptical about the offer of free assistance, even if Big Zhu was a college student.
She wouldn’t have made the long journey into the city if she hadn’t run out of options.
"Can you tell us the specific situation? If your brother’s condition ets our funding criteria, then he can receive our assistance," Lin Xiaoguai’s voice was gentle yet firm.
Seemingly influenced by her calm deanor, Huang Daya also cald down and began to share her story—
Due to the common rural notion of preferring boys over girls, even after having three daughters and being so costly that the family planning officers emptied their house, Huang Daya’s parents never gave up hope of having a son.
While her mother was hiding in different relatives’ hos while pregnant with her fourth child, for fear of being caught by the village’s won’s director, the news ca that her father had died in an accident. In sorrow, her mother gave birth prematurely and passed away during the difficult birth. The son she left behind was jaundiced and weak, on the verge of death.
All the relatives were too poor to offer any assistance.
Huang Daya, who had just lost her parents, was at her wits’ end. It was at this ti that a village college student ntioned the Charitable Foundation, and she clung to that last hope and ca to the city.
"The whole body was golden yellow?" Everyone seed confused.
"It’s jaundice!" Lv Huifang was the first to react, asking urgently, "Little sister, when was your brother born?"
"Last night..." Huang Daya said, choking up.
"Where’s your brother? Did you bring him?"
"No, my older sister and the second sister are at ho watching my brother."
"Where do you live?"
"Little Huang Village."
Lv Huifang quickly made a call to the hospital to arrange for the child’s pick-up and then, taking Huang Daya by the arm, said, "Co on, let’s go pick up your brother."
Huang Daya’s face lit up with joy, and she hurriedly followed.
The others looked at each other, taken aback by the situation. As one of the directors, Rui Ying turned to Lin Xiaoguai and said, "Xiao Guai, is this alright? We haven’t verified..."
"Special circumstances require special handling," Lin Xiaoguai didn’t believe the child would lie.
Orphaned with nothing to their na, they certainly t the criteria for assistance.
But then she rembered sothing. "Should we establish an orphanage?"
"What?" Rui Ying and the other directors left at the base were stunned.
"Think about it. Huang Daya and her siblings have no parents left. Even if we save her brother, what about the future? It’s clear their relatives can’t take care of them," said Lin Xiaoguai.
"That’s true, but we could send the child to a welfare ho, couldn’t we? Isn’t building an orphanage making too much fuss?" a director with the surna Rong interjected.
This director, nad Rong Changxin, was also a distinguished lady. Her husband was a governnt official, not high in rank, but she was known for her upright character and straightforwardness, which is why Lin Xiaoguai invited her to beco the vice chairwoman of the board, assisting Lv Huifang in managing the foundation.
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