The branch of St. Anton Orphanage in Xinfa District covers an area of about 100 acres, with its own orchards, vegetable gardens and cultivated farmland.
Land in Xinfa District is easier to obtain than in other old urban areas. Therefore, Xinfa District Orphans' Home is much larger than the West District General Hospital.
There are also bakeries, flour mills and other industries. "Love the World" bread has always sold well because it has a charitable meaning.
Lu Ming came to Anthony Orphanage with Bizhu. Bizhu was still dressed as a "Ming Girl", wearing a tight black leather jacket and leather trousers, an elegant orange-red belted windbreaker, a dark red floral black gauze hat, and a pressed front Very low, the whole pretty face seems to be covered by black gauze.
Nowadays, the supervision of orphanages is not strict, and the official does not have specific data on orphans in privately funded orphanages, and nothing can be seen from relevant reports.
Under the premise of not alerting the snake, a normal investigation can be conducted through official channels. For example, a prosecutor has an acquaintance in the Charity Bureau of Xinfa District. Through him, he used him to collect orphans from Xinfa District, St. Anton, under the pretext of counting the number of orphans in Xinfa District. There are statistics on entry and exit of children's homes in recent years, but nothing can be seen.
Lu Ming simply brought Bizhu to St. Anton Orphanage, using the name of adoption to adopt a child here.
There is no need for Lu Ming to hide his identity. He is a lawyer at Wang-Lu Law Firm in Beiguan Town.
The staff who contacted Lu Ming had no special reaction.
After all, Lu Ming's fame is limited to the judicial circle. Ordinary people may not be able to win a lawsuit in their lifetime, and no one will care whether they are lawyers or not.
Moreover, Xinfa District belongs to the urban area after all. Although it is the newest district with many new immigrants and was originally developed from a satellite town like Beiguan, it is already considered an urban area after all. Beiguan is in the eyes of Xinfa District Here, it feels a bit like the countryside.
The lower you are at the bottom, the stronger this sense of superiority is. After all, you never have the capital to compare yourself with others, so you can only rely on your location to increase your confidence and courage.
However, lawyers are still lawyers. No matter how miserable a lawyer is, as long as his license has not been suspended, it means he can still survive and his income is still much higher than that of ordinary people.
Therefore, the staff did not neglect Lu Ming.
When receiving the check of 2,000 yuan from Lu Ming, the staff member's eyes widened immediately and he quickly stood up: "Mr. Lu, let's do this. I think our deputy dean will talk to you personally! She is very interested in all the children." We know better and will help you choose the right cute baby.”
Lu Ming was startled. He didn't want to meet the senior management of the orphanage. He just took Bizhu around to get familiar with the layout. In the evening, Bizhu came here and went to the dean's office or the archives to check for clues. .
But obviously, today's life has gradually confused the specific meaning of the amount of money.
Thinking about it, if you donate 2,000 yuan to adopt a child, it should be received by the deputy dean. After all, he is also a potential charity customer.
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The vice-president is an old lady named Wang. I wonder if she is the old witch that Da Zhong said was the one who beat the little girl so hard.
He is thin and withered, but different from Guan Li in terms of kindness and kindness. Dean Wang has a face with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. Especially, he has big red lips, which gives him the feeling of a spooky witch.
The deputy dean's office had an inner room, which was dimly lit. It was filled with metal cabinets with many drawers for files. Lu Ming looked at it a few more times, then at Bi Zhu, but Bi Zhu's hat was held down very low. , so I couldn't make eye contact, but I think Bi Zhu will remember this place.
This time Bizhu didn't have to summon her. She showed up by herself in the morning and wanted to continue listening to the tapes, but she was brought here first.
"Mr. Lu, at your age, are you going to adopt?" Dean Wang looked at the application form with some suspicion.
Lu Ming sighed: "There are several aunts and wives in the house, but there has been no movement. No, I want to get one to bring good luck. Isn't there a saying in the old life? When the first child with a hard life in the family comes, they will come one after another. Those monsters will be scared away."
"Haha, yes, yes..." Dean Wang laughed, but he was obviously thinking, you need to see a doctor, idiot!
Looking at the face of Lawyer Lu's concubine next to her, she was obviously very reluctant to adopt a child.
After thinking about it, Dean Wang smiled and said, "Lawyer Lu, please sit down for a while and I will bring some children to show you."
Not long after Dean Wang left, he brought in some small figures. Lu Ming couldn't help but frown. There were six or seven girls aged five, six, seven or eight years old, but they were all young and cute. They were obviously beauties.
Moreover, there is only one Zhongzhou people, most of them are from foreign lands, Western regions, or Nanyang mixed blood. Their skin is not that dark, and they all wear their national costumes. There is also a little one in a kimono. He is very delicate, but there is a big one on his face. The red mark looks like a birthmark, which looks a bit scary.
Under Dean Wang's gesture, these children all bowed and said in childish and neat voices, "Hello, sir, hello, madam!"
Lu Ming frowned slightly, Dean Wang, I'm afraid he didn't have any good intentions. He chose girls for himself, and they should all be pretty when they grow up. Are you in an orphanage for people to adopt? Or selling child brides?
Of course, it was probably because she heard that she had a concubine at a young age. Although she could not see the face of this concubine, she could feel that she was a great beauty. Therefore, she felt that she must like to be clean and neat. An obedient little girl doesn't necessarily have dirty thoughts.
"Okay, can you go out?!" Dean Wang waved his hand, and the girls filed out again.
"The relationship between father and daughter also depends on the relationship. Mr. Lu, did your eyes light up just now and you thought she was your previous daughter?"
Lu Ming shook his head: "No."
Dean Wang smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. I can help Mr. Lu choose another batch, but they are the smartest and most beautiful ones here, and they all have tough lives."
Picking up a few files on the table that the staff had placed on the table when they led the girls in.
She handed it over and said with a smile: "Take a look at it first. They are all quite tough. For example, the mixed-race one seems to have been accidentally born by a rich man and a black slave in his family. He was abandoned as soon as he was born. When he was sent to , My body was turning green, I thought I wouldn’t survive.”
Lu Ming flipped through these files casually, preparing to find an excuse to meet the dean and see what was going on in the dean's office.
Bizhu suddenly stretched out her slender fingers wearing black gauze lace gloves and pointed at the file Lu Ming was flipping through, and whispered: "Master, I want her."
Lu Ming took a look and saw that it was the Japanese girl with the birthmark on her face. In the file, her name was Kuroki Saori and she was 5 years old. Her family had moved to the East China Sea a long time ago. Last year, the big family including grandparents came here. An accident occurred while boating on the river, and the whole family died. She happened to be sent to kindergarten because she didn't please her family, so she escaped. She seemed to have no relatives in Japan, and her family was poor, and it was said that her grandfather was responsible for the shipwreck. Therefore, the small family property was compensated to the victim, and she was sent to this orphanage.
She glanced at Bizhu in surprise, but thinking about it, there must be something fishy about Bizhu taking the initiative to ask for this little girl.
