RPAGF Chapter 540 Disaster Relief (page 13)
Chapter 540 Disaster Relief (page 13)
Facing the woman's provocative question, Xia Meng said in a calm tone,
"Let me know the situation and see if you are having any difficulties or need help."
"I need it! I need help!" The woman nodded immediately and said shamelessly,
"I'm short of money, food, and a place to live. I'm sure you will arrange it for me."
Xia Meng ignored the woman and looked at the little boy.
"Besides being thin, why does your son have so many injuries on his body?"
The woman said nonchalantly, "It's normal for children to have bumps and bruises."
Xia Meng, "But what I heard is that you abused your son and almost starved him to death."
The woman got anxious when she heard this.
"The world is so difficult nowadays. Is it easy for a woman like me to raise a child? I think you have never raised a child, so you say it is so simple."
"If you think I didn't raise this child well, I'll give it to you," the woman said, and she grabbed the boy's arm and pushed him into Xia Meng's arms.
"Here you go! This child is for you. I want to see how well you can raise him!"
The little boy was pushed hard by his mother, but he didn't cry. He just kept his head down.
Xia Meng was afraid of hurting the child, so she immediately held the little boy in her arms and frowned at the woman.
"are you serious?"
The woman pulled the corner of her mouth and looked at Xia Meng mockingly.
"Yes! If you want this child, I'll give it to you! It will save me from being a burden and annoying me."
Xia Meng stared at the woman and asked again seriously,
"You really don't want this child?"
The woman waved her hands, looking as if she couldn't wait to get rid of something dirty.
"No! No, I can't afford it!"
Xia Meng looked down at the little boy and asked softly,
"Are you willing to leave your mother?"
The little boy didn't react much, as if he didn't understand what Xia Meng said, or as if he was immersed in his own world. Xia Meng felt that the child was a little autistic.
Xia Meng sighed softly, and actually carried the little boy away.
When the woman saw that Xia Meng really took her son away, a hint of surprise flashed across her face, as if she didn't expect Xia Meng to be serious.
Someone had reported her for child abuse before, and people from the neighborhood committee and police station had also come, but they mainly criticized and educated her.
After all, the child is so young. Who will he live with if he leaves his mother?
No one wants to cause trouble for themselves.
but...
After seeing Xia Meng taking her son away, the woman didn't say anything. She really didn't want to raise her son anymore. She had a hard time supporting herself now, and the child's father didn't recognize her. How could she, a woman alone, afford to raise her child? It was better that the child was taken away so that he wouldn't starve to death one day.
The little boy lay in Xia Meng's arms, watching his mother getting farther and farther away. He had no intention of reaching out for his mother. He just stared at the woman with his big silent eyes.
Xia Meng carried the little boy away from the resettlement center. Wang Wenna looked at Xia Meng with some concern.
"District Chief, do you really want to raise this child?"
Xia Meng shook her head and said, "How can I have the time? I plan to send him to an orphanage. He is with his mother, so it is better for him to be in an orphanage. The director is a truly caring person, and the teachers there are very good to children. Maybe he will be better there."
"Of course, if he can't adapt to life in the orphanage and wants to return to his mother, I will make arrangements for him."
Wang Wenna nodded and reached out to touch the little boy's head with concern.
"This child has a hard life."
Xia Meng asked Wang Wenna to stay in the resettlement home and call her if anything happened.
Xia Meng did not take the child directly to the orphanage, but went to the hospital first.
There were a lot of people in the hospital. There was water accumulation on the first floor, and from the second floor upwards, there were many patients lying in the corridors.
After Xia Meng made the appointment, she held the little boy and found a quiet place to sit down.
Seeing that the little boy kept his head down, Xia Meng took out a piece of chocolate candy from her pocket. When the little boy saw the food, his attention was immediately attracted to the candy.
Xia Meng smiled and said to the little boy, "Tell me your name and I'll give you this chocolate candy, okay?"
The little boy stared at the chocolate and didn't say anything for a while.
Just when Xia Meng thought he would not speak, the little boy spoke.
"Superfluous!"
Redundant?
What's this name?
Just by hearing the name, Xia Meng knew how much the boy's mother disliked him.
If you dislike it so much, why give birth to a child?
It is the children who are hurt in the end by the irresponsible behavior of adults.
Xia Meng handed the chocolate to Duoyu. Duoyu took it in his hand, immediately couldn't wait to tear open the wrapping paper and put the chocolate into his mouth.
Seeing Duoyu wolfing down his food, Xia Meng sighed inwardly and reached out to touch Duoyu's little head as if to comfort him.
"Redundant, I must hope that the happiness you can obtain is redundant!"
The boy seemed to understand what Xia Meng said. He raised his big eyes and looked at Xia Meng with a look of surprise and confusion in his eyes.
Duoyu was a very quiet child. He could sit there without moving. Xia Meng thought the child was too quiet, so she took out a Rubik's Cube from her pocket and taught Duoyu how to play with it.
Xia Meng likes playing with the Rubik's Cube very much. She patiently explained the tricks to Duoyu.
However, Duoyu was still young, and Xia Meng didn't think he could learn it. She just wanted to divert the child's attention and didn't want her little kid to be immersed in his own world all the time.
But what Xia Meng didn't expect was that after she only explained it once and demonstrated it once more, and then she scrambled the Rubik's Cube and handed it to Duoyu, Duoyu actually restored the Rubik's Cube bit by bit!!!
Xia Meng looked at Duoyu with a dull face and lifeless eyes in surprise. This child...
Xia Meng didn't quite believe it, so she shuffled the Rubik's Cube and handed it to Duoyu.
With the experience of the first time, Duoyu was obviously more skilled this time and recovered even faster!
Xia Meng didn't believe that such a young child could master the trick so quickly, so she asked Duoyu,
“Have you ever played with a Rubik’s Cube before?”
Duoyu didn't say anything, just lowered his head and played with the Rubik's Cube. He seemed to like it very much.
Seeing that Duoyu didn't say anything, Xia Meng sighed softly and let it go.
More than an hour later, Xia Meng took Duoyu to the hospital for a check-up.
The test results came out quickly, and the doctor looked at Xia Meng with some reproach.
"This child is severely malnourished. How do you take care of him as a parent?"
Although everyone is having a difficult time now, no one is starving to death.
Even if you go begging, people who have extra food will not give you money but will still give you steamed buns and rice.
Xia Meng, "Sorry, I'm not the mother of this child."
The doctor looked at Xia Meng, then looked at Duo Yu, and said nothing more, but reminded Xia Meng,
"This child is too weak, you have to take good care of him. He has a tendency to be autistic. If you are his guardian, you have to talk to him often, play with him, and enlighten him!"