Bo Ming chuckled, "I'll be gone for a few days. Once the old folks have settled in, I'll sneak back. I've lived here for decades; how could I just leave like that?"
"Alright, why don't you go stay at the welfare home for a few days and see if they can feed everyone and if everyone has a bed to sleep in," Song Chengqi said after hesitating for a moment.
Due to limited capacity, the Kowloon Elderly Home simply cannot accommodate too many people.
The two men were talking in the Elderly Home when Qi Weiwen strolled leisurely from outside the street, preparing to teach the children at the Kuixing Pavilion. Seeing the child in Bo Ming's arms and the two elderly people with troubled expressions, Qi Weiwen walked over and stood beside Bo Ming, looking at the baby who was already asleep with his eyes half-closed. "Is it a boy? The child we found last month took Uncle Chen's surname, Chen; last month's child took Uncle Bo Ming's surname, Liu; this month's child takes Mr. Song's surname, Song. The girl from the day before yesterday was named Song Shi, and today's is named Song Shiyi?"
The Elderly Home had found too many children lately, and Song Chengqi was in a bad mood. He had no interest in naming the abandoned babies, so Crippled Bo Ming helped him with all of them. Moreover, he was straightforward and used numbers instead of names. The month before last, six babies were found, and they took the surname Chen, the oldest man in the Elderly Home, and were numbered from Chen Yi to Chen Liu. Last month, fourteen babies were found, and they took the surname Liu, which belonged to Mr. Song Bo Ming himself, and were numbered from Liu Yi to Liu Shisi. This month, it's the end of December, and eight babies have been found. Qi Weiwen suggested that they take the surname Song, so all the abandoned babies this month were given the surname Song. Bo Ming deliberately played a trick and didn't start the naming from Song Yi, but from Song Si, all the way to Song Shiyi.
Although Song Chengqi did not acknowledge that the child he found had a connection to him just because he was surnamed Song, and that it was irrelevant whether the child was surnamed Song or Chen, Bo Ming and Qi Weiwen would always deliberately look at Song Chengqi and use the orphans with the surname Song to amuse him. Qi Weiwen, in particular, always remembered that night when he first met Song Tianyao. He had just opened his mouth to say "Nephew Song" when that bastard Song Tianyao immediately interrupted him, saying that he did not have such a beautiful and charming aunt.
You don't have a beautiful aunt, do you, you bastard? Fine, now you, Song Tianyao, have eight uncles, Song Si to Song Shiyi, who are crying for food.
Qi Weiwen couldn't help but wonder with a wicked sense of humor what Song Tianyao's reaction would be if he knew he had eight more uncles to feed. To be honest, she was really looking forward to seeing Song Tianyao's expression at that time.
"Take a few of the healthier ones to the orphanage first and see what the conditions are like there. Don't let the weaker ones suffer," Song Chengqi said to Bo Ming, ignoring Qi Weiwen's deliberate mention of Song Shiyi.
Bo Ming nodded. "I know. If the conditions are better than here, let those old folks with poor health move there. The sooner the better. I'll go get a few old folks up now and help me pack our things so we can move to the welfare home. They'll be faster and can still eat lunch there, saving us some money."
"Your legs aren't very strong, so be careful," Song Chengqi said as he watched Bo Ming limping man carry the child toward his small room in the Elderly Home.
Bo Ming said nonchalantly, "I know, don't let my limp fool you. If the benefits there are good and the old folks are settled, I'll sneak back in three to five days at most."
Hearing that Song Chengqi had made up his mind to send some of the Elderly Home staff to the welfare home, Qi Weiwen breathed a sigh of relief. This Mountain Lord Song had been depressed for a long time because of the recent surge in the number of residents at the Elderly Home, but he refused to ask his grandson Song Tianyao for help. Moreover, he couldn't bear to see lonely elderly people homeless, so he could only keep exploiting himself. Bo Ming was unaware of this, Qi Weiwen had secretly noticed that a small portion of the books in Song Chengqi's Kuixing Pavilion on the second floor had gone missing. Most likely, Mountain Lord Song had secretly pawned them to raise money to subsidize the Elderly Home.
Qi Weiwen also contributed some money to the Elderly Home and Longjin Charity School, but she was not a rich woman. Back when she was in 14K, she was just high-ranking enough, but she did not make money. Her total assets were barely over 100,000, which she had to use for her own retirement in case of emergency. She did not dare to do charity like Song Chengqi. At most, when she saw that the people in the Elderly Home were short of food, she would quietly buy some food and send it to them.
"Miss Qi, you go teach the children today, I'm going for a walk." After waiting for the Bo Ming to enter the room, Song Chengqi said this to Qi Weiwen and then turned to walk outside.
Qi Weiwen knew that Song Chengqi was not used to Lai Ming leaving. After staying in Kowloon City for this period of time, Qi Weiwen also knew the relationship between Song Chengqi and Lai Ming. When Lai Ming was young, he could be regarded as half a Jianghu person who was looking for food at the pier. Song Chunren could become the number one person in Kowloon Pier at a young age, establish a firm foothold and pull up a group of people. In addition to the fact that the Piaodong Liangshan troops were indeed capable enough to fight, they also had the reason why Lame Ming handed over all his coolies to Song Chunren. In addition, the two old brothers had lived next door to each other for decades. If they had a sip of wine, they had to share it with each other. They were probably not used to being separated suddenly even for three to five days.
Thinking of the long-standing friendship between Song Chengqi and Bo Ming, Qi Weiwen walked towards the Kuixing Pavilion, reciting the Book of Songs that Song Chengqi often taught the children:
"Now that the chaos has subsided, and peace and tranquility prevail, even brothers are not as good as friends."
Chapter 239 The Vanishing Bo Ming
Nine-Tattooed Dragon and the other workers loaded the vegetables and grains onto the truck. After the workers and the truck drove away, he went into the office and lingered around Scribe Hui. Scribe Hui glared at Nine-Tattooed Dragon with disgust. "What are you doing? Do you think you can walk again now, so you want to spend money to buy two roast geese, stuff yourself to death, and then go find Handkerchief Qing for revenge? Just go ahead, anyway, many women at the Sai Kung Pier have seen you naked. Maybe if you go again, you won't even need to pay a dowry, and you can even get a wife."
"No, no, Xiu'er is on New Year's holiday and received an advance of five hundred yuan in wages. I'm planning to buy Xiu'er a New Year's gift; she'll definitely be happy. And I swear, even if I want revenge later, I'll definitely ask you and Mr. Song first." Nine-Tattooed Dragon said to the Scribe Hui with a forced smile, "Can't we stop talking about me being stripped naked?"
Nine-Tattooed Dragon had been lying in bed obediently for more than two months, but now he has fully recovered and is full of energy again. Although Scribe Hui had bravely gone to Sai Kung Pier to rescue him, he had been too lazy to pay attention to Nine-Tattooed Dragon ever since. During Nine-Tattooed Dragon's recovery, Scribe Hui hardly ever visited him. So as soon as Nine-Tattooed Dragon was able to get out of bed, he rushed to see Scribe Hui and had been flattering him almost constantly lately.