"I'm going to find my mom!"
The three-year-old boy, clutching a tattered rag doll that was practically oozing cotton, stood angrily at the orphanage gate, stomping his feet to express his frustration.
Six-year-old A-Wang just wanted to give him a big beating.
Frustrated, she grabbed a handful of her hair and snapped at the little brat, "You don't have a mother anymore! Nobody here has a mother!"
Three-year-old Xiaoxi bit her lip, holding back tears from her eyes. Sensing they were about to fall, she immediately looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle and roared even louder, "I have!"
After saying that, he turned around quickly.
Tears streamed down my face.
He's the one who has a mother!
He has it!
Clutching a rag doll, Jiang Mingxi stood stiffly in front of the orphanage's large iron gate and kicked it.
He has a mother.
have!
A-Wang was incredibly annoyed. All the other kids were playing with their toys, but he was so unlucky to have to watch over this newcomer.
There was nothing we could do; a child had contracted severe pneumonia, and the hospital director had to stay with him at the hospital.
The newcomer was assigned to share a room with him.
So annoying!
A-Wang scratched the back of his head, his anger simmering, and rushed over to grab Jiang Mingxi by the back of her collar. "Go back!"
He dragged three-year-old Jiang Mingxi and started to walk back.
Caught off guard, Jiang Mingxi was pulled by him and lost her balance, falling backward. But before she could fall completely, A-Wang dragged her along.
Suddenly overcome with fear and anger, she burst into tears.
"Let me go! Let me tell you, my brother is incredibly strong. If you bully me, my brother will beat you up! Let me go! Let me go!"
A-Wang rolled his eyes.
I planned to ignore it and simply drag the little thing back inside and lock it in the house.
He didn't want to waste the whole afternoon here with him; he wanted to play with toys too. The orphanage had just bought some toy guns, and he had his eye on a 98K.
After dragging it a few steps, I caught a glimpse of a long, bloody gash on the ground from the little guy's leg.
A-Wang was immediately annoyed, "Why are you so annoying! Dragging it a few steps will cause my skin to bleed! It's so annoying!"
Despite complaining, six-year-old A-Wang suppressed his anger and picked up three-year-old Xiaoxi.
It was a bit difficult to hold him, and Jiang Mingxi soon slipped onto his stomach, but he still tried his best to hold her, saying, "Let's go to the infirmary and have Aunt Zhao apply the medicine for you."
Just moments ago, Jiang Mingxi was wailing, struggling, and yelling, but as soon as A-Wang picked her up, she immediately pouted, tears welling in her eyes, and with snot running down her face, whispered to A-Wang, "Brother A-Wang, I miss my mom."
Her soft voice was tinged with tears.
A-Wang hugged him until he was out of breath and then ignored him completely.
However, after taking Jiang Mingxi to the infirmary and leaving him there to get his medicine, A-Wang ran to the vice president and said, "That new guy misses his mom terribly. Let's take him out to play for a while. I'll pretend to take him to find his mom. His legs are all bruised, and I'm afraid he'll cry himself to death. He cries so much."
"Let him go out for a run; he'll be tired and sleep better at night."
Otherwise, you'll have a lot of trouble all night.
He didn't want to hear this newcomer crying late at night.
The weather was pretty good today. The vice-dean patted A-Wang's head and said with a smile, "Alright, I'll take you to the stream behind the house to fly kites later."
It was supposed to be a group activity at the orphanage, but all the children went to play by the stream behind the orphanage.
But A-Wang returned to the infirmary with a serious expression and mysteriously said to Jiang Mingxi, who was still crying, "I'll take you to find your mother in a little while."
Jiang Mingxi was terrified of getting the medicine applied, and his whole body was trembling with fear. But facing the unfamiliar medical staff and not a single person he knew around him, he didn't dare to utter a sound no matter how scared he was.
She was biting her lip, suppressing her fear and afraid to express herself.
Upon hearing this, she immediately forgot her fear and burst out laughing, even blowing a snot bubble in her nose. "Great! Brother A-Wang is so great! Xiaoxi loves Brother A-Wang the most!"
A-Wang rolled his eyes.
I can't be bothered with him.
But after he finished applying the medicine, I took him to wash his face.
After washing her face, Jiang Mingxi took A-Wang's hand and tilted her head, "Brother A-Wang, my pants are dirty, I need to change into a new pair."
A-Wang found him annoying, "It's just a little dirt, it's nothing."
Jiang Mingxi insisted, "No, I need to find my mother later. If I do find her, I can't let her see me dressed so poorly."
A-Wang was speechless. "Change, change, change, change!"
She eventually took Jiang Mingxi back into the house, found him a pair of pants, changed him, and then took him out.
"Brother A-Wang, where are we going to find our mother?" As soon as they stepped out of the orphanage, Jiang Mingxi immediately grabbed A-Wang's hand tightly, pressing her small body against A-Wang.
A-Wang glanced at the orphanage teacher watching them from a short distance away, knowing that the two of them couldn't possibly be lost, so he pointed to the small river behind them.
Teachers had already taken the children to fly kites by the river. He pointed to another secluded spot, "Let's go over there."
Jiang Mingxi didn't actually see clearly where A-Wang was pointing.
But knowing they were going to find her mother, she quickly followed, asking, "Brother A-Wang, is my mother really there?"
A-Wang replied dismissively, "I don't know, you'll find out when you go look for it."
The grassy area by the river is not as easy to walk on asphalt roads.
Jiang Mingxi stumbled and fell several times.
After searching with Jiang Mingxi for a while, A-Wang lost his patience. "You wait here for me. I'll go check the river to see if your mother is there."
As he spoke, he took off his shoes and socks and went into the river.
There were small fish in the river, A-Wang excitedly started playing as soon as he got into the water.
Jiang Mingxi cried anxiously from the shore, "Is there any, Brother A-Wang!"
A-Wang casually brushed him off, "It's not under this rock, let me check under that one. Don't worry!"
How could she not be anxious? Jiang Mingxi was extremely worried.
He also wanted to go down into the river to find his mother.
But Mom said that children shouldn't play in the water, or they'll drown.
Don't be afraid!
Go find a long stick, hold onto it and you won't drown! (You can still drown, don't do what he did, he's only three and doesn't understand anything!)
Jiang Mingxi turned her head and ran off to find the wooden stick.
Bang!
Before he could find the stick, he bumped his head on a leg.
The impact caused Jiang Mingxi, whose forehead was slightly sore, to fall backward.
Song Lan was walking towards the river when something suddenly bumped into her leg. When she turned around, she saw a child falling backward. Startled, she quickly turned around and caught him.
Jiang Mingxi was all ready to cry, but instead of falling down, she was picked up and immediately grinned at the person holding her, saying, "Hello, big brother."
Song Lan hummed in agreement, put him down, and turned to leave again.
He was going to drown himself in that river.