Chapter 619: Half a month has passed, please enter the hospital
Chapter 619: Half a month has passed, please enter the hospital
Time flies and the half-month period is up.
Taking advantage of the weekend when he is free, Xu Damao also went to the police station to inquire about the situation.
Today is the day for a result.
"Da Mao."
When Sai Fengxian saw Xu Damao getting up early in the morning, she knew that something big was going to happen today.
"You continue to sleep." Xu Damao comforted her casually, put on his clothes and went out.
"Uncle~" The child looked through the gap and watched Xu Damao's back gradually going away, feeling nervous and helpless.
He wanted to run out and stop Xu Damao, but he didn't dare.
Perhaps he is the only one who knows best about my situation.
When he arrived at the police station, Xu Damao went straight to the policeman who had handled the child's case before.
"Comrade police officer, do you remember me?"
"Who are you?" Xu Damao hadn't been here for half a month and had forgotten his face.
"I was the one who picked up a child with amnesia and brought him home half a month ago. You still come to my yard."
"Oh! It's you. What's the matter?"
Well, after hearing this, Xu Damao realized that they had all forgotten about the child.
"Comrade police, have you found the child's family? It's been half a month, and you haven't come to tell me about the situation."
"We agreed at the beginning that no matter whether there is any result or not, you must give me an answer within half a month. If I don't look for you, I'm afraid you will forget me."
"No, no, look at what you said, we are very concerned about every matter of the people." The policeman smiled bitterly: "Come, sit down and have a cup of hot water first."
"Please sit down for a while. I'll go check the results."
After quickly comforting Xu Damao, the police went to get the results of the investigation.
As you can imagine, the result was not satisfactory, even though we had informed all the surrounding police stations, even those in the countryside.
But since his parents did not call the police, it is very difficult to investigate this matter.
In addition, the police have a lot of things to deal with on weekdays, and there are many similar cases involving children every day.
Various reasons have made the investigation more difficult. As there has been no reply in the past half month, it is natural that nothing has been done.
After seeing the result, the policeman felt a little embarrassed and came to Xu Damao with another sullen smile.
"Comrade police, what's going on? Is there any result? Have the child's parents been found? Where are they? Do they still want the child?"
Xu Damao asked a series of deadly questions, which made the policeman break out in cold sweat on his forehead. It was still possible to sweat in such a cold weather.
"Comrade Xu, please calm down first. I'm sorry that you haven't responded to me for so long. It's because we haven't done our job well enough."
Xu Damao waved his hand: "Comrade police, let's not talk about politeness. I understand you. I just want to know now, have the child's parents been found?"
Xu Damao was so eager to get the result that he wanted to send the person back quickly.
The police officer said without further ado: "Comrade Xu, I'm really sorry. We were wrong in this matter. The child's parents have not been found yet. In the past half month, our police have..."
Xu Damao didn't care about the police's explanation at all, he just wanted results.
"We didn't find him! We agreed at the beginning that I would take care of him for half a month. Now that the time is up, I will bring him here."
"Don't worry, give us a few more days, we will do our best to get to the bottom of this matter, and please bear with us for a few more days." The police hurriedly persuaded.
The children will eventually be sent to an orphanage. The orphanage is not like Xu Damao's home, where they can have enough food, sleep in a warm bed, and have people care about them.
For the sake of the children, it is better to stay at Xu Damao's house for the time being.
After the police's kind words of persuasion, Xu Damao's original intention was shaken.
"Okay, there are still a few days until the end of the month, I'll keep it for the next few days. If there's still no response, I'll send it back. Don't blame me then."
"Yes, yes, we will handle it when the time comes." The policeman felt relieved.
Finally, I managed to delay this matter for a few more days.
After getting the result, Xu Damao returned to the yard.
"Da Mao, what happened? Have his parents been found?" Sai Fengxian asked anxiously.
"Not yet. There is no news at all."
"No? It's okay if there is none." Sai Fengxian murmured to herself. For some reason, she felt a little relieved when she heard this answer.
Xu Damao glanced at Sai Fengxian and knew that she was reluctant to leave her child.
"This kid is quite capable. He bought you over in just half a month."
Hearing this, Sai Fengxian pursed her lips and remained silent, but she also confirmed what Xu Damao said.
He went to work with only a vague idea of what was going on in the yard.
Although this child is very young, he is very good at manipulating adults, especially women.
He was sweet-mouthed, enthusiastic, and said nice things, which not only pleased Sai Fengxian, but also pleased the three aunts.
Even Qin Huairu likes him very much and hopes that the child she will give birth to will be as warm-hearted as him.
Compared with the naughty Bang Geng, this child is quiet and steady, and is very popular with everyone.
Everyone wishes that this child was their own son or grandson.
In addition to controlling the adults, other children in the yard also played well with him.
This shows how capable this child is and how he can win people's hearts in just half a month.
Sai Fengxian was reluctant to leave: "Da Mao, can't we stay for a few more days?"
Xu Damao sighed: "I know you like this child, but this child is not our child after all. If you keep him, what will happen to our child in the future?"
Xu Damao is young and has no worries about having a child, so why should he raise a stranger for nothing? Besides, he has no feelings for the child in the first place.
"You'll still have to make a choice when the time comes. It's better to send him away now than to be reluctant about it later. Besides, who said I should send him away now?"
"Really? You're not sending him away?" Sai Fengxian said happily.
Xu Damao poured cold water on him: "Send him away in a few days. The police station is still investigating. If they haven't found out anything yet, he should be sent away."
"Ah? How could that be?" Sai Fengxian was suddenly disappointed: "It's been such a long time since I received any letter from his parents. Could it be that they don't care about their child anymore?"
"Who knows?" Xu Damao took a sip of hot water.
At this time, even the children of one's own brothers and sisters may not be raised with all one's heart and soul, let alone a stranger whose origins are still unknown.
No matter how well a child does, the prejudice in people's hearts is as huge as a mountain.
"Go call the kid over so I can ask him a question. It's been half a month and you still haven't remembered it?"
“Oh, okay.” Sai Fengxian went next door to call the children over.
Little did they know that their conversation was heard by the children through the wall. Although they could not hear every sentence, they could guess the general meaning.
"Uncle, you called me?"
"Yeah." Xu Damao nodded and looked at the plump child in front of him.
Compared to his skinny appearance before, he has gained some weight now, especially his face is chubby, which is very cute.
Even the voice of his voice was soft and sticky, far less hoarse than before.
The overall image is completely different from half a month ago.
Xu Damao thought of something important: "Let me ask you, do you remember your name?"
The child lowered his head and frowned, racking his brains to think.
It seemed that I was thinking too hard, and I felt a splitting headache, my face turned red, and I covered my head with my hands.
"If you can't remember, then don't think about it. I don't want to come." Sai Fengxian immediately hugged his head.
Xu Damao watched the child's "performance" with great interest, and every time he was asked, he would say the same thing.
I was very worried at first, but after seeing it more often, I felt that the performance was quite real.
After a while, the child's complexion returned to normal.
This time Xu Damao wanted to get to the bottom of it: "It doesn't matter if you can't remember your name, but can you remember where you lived before?"
The child repeated the previous performance again.
Xu Damao was in the mood to wait patiently and then ask when he got better.
After several attempts, the child still couldn't come up with an answer. "Okay, go back to your room and have a rest."
"It's uncle." The child ran away.
"Da Mao." Sai Fengxian looked at the child and knew that he was doomed this time.
"Children are just children. It's impossible that they would try the question seven or eight times and get no result." Xu Damao smiled and shook his head.
"I don't know how to pretend to be convincing. I always say I don't know. It gives me a headache if I say too much."
This sounding out of the doubt also made Xu Damao determined that if the police station had no results in a few days, he would definitely send him away.
"Wife, do you think the child's parents don't want him because they have no food at home?"
Sai Fengxian nodded: "That should be the case."
Xu Damao touched his chin and said, "This shouldn't be the case. I heard that there is a lot of grain this year. I heard that it was bought from abroad."
"Huh? How did you know? Is this true?"
"I heard it, I heard it, I don't know if it's true or not."
A few days later, it was the last day of the month.
The police station still didn't send any letter these days, so Xu Damao did what he said and picked up the packed luggage of the children.
"Kid, let's go."
"Uncle, can I not leave? I don't want to leave here." The child stared at Xu Damao with tearful eyes, hoping to make him change his mind.
Xu Damao forced a smile, and the smile gave the child a fantasy.
"Kid, what did I tell you at the beginning? I will take care of you for half a month on behalf of the police station, and when the time is up I will send you to an orphanage."
"It's been more than half a month now, and your family hasn't come to see you. Do you want to go back on your word?"
The child nodded repeatedly. What promise could a child like him make?
"You kid." Xu Damao was also stunned by his actions.
"It's too late for you to regret now. Go away quickly and don't let me do anything."
"I won't go! I won't go!" The child immediately started throwing tantrums and rolling on the ground.
The second aunt came over after hearing the noise: "Xu Damao, what are you doing? Why are you bullying a child so early in the morning?"
As he said this, he reached out and was about to help the child up.
Xu Damao smiled meaningfully and said, "Second Aunt, since you like this child so much, why don't you raise him?"
After these words were spoken, the second aunt was so scared that she stood there awkwardly, with her outstretched hand hanging in the air, and finally she withdrew it awkwardly.
"Xu Damao, you are going to send him to the police station."
"Yes."
"Is that so? I have something else to do so I'll leave first."
"Ah!!!" Seeing the second aunt running away, the child burst into tears instantly.
The second aunt turned around and ran away without mercy. Although she liked the child, she liked him but the prerequisite was that she would not raise him.
Since they can't even get enough food at home, how can they have extra food to feed others? It's because the children are young and can't eat much that Xu Damao can afford to feed them.
"Okay, get up and go."
After saying that, Xu Damao ignored the child's struggle and took him away by force.
"I won't go! I won't go!" The child's loud crying and throwing tantrums immediately shattered the women's impression of his politeness.
The first aunt, the third aunt and other women tried to comfort him with good intentions, but they were so frightened by Xu Damao's words that they went home immediately.
Everyone in the yard knew that Xu Damao was going to send the child to the police station, and no one came out to stop him.
"Hey, hey, hey, comrade, what are you doing? How can you do this to a child?"
"Shut up! It's none of your business how I teach a kid a lesson."
Someone immediately refused to accept it: "Hey, I just can't accept you, put the child down, let's have a fight!"
"Fight with me? Do you think you can beat me? Then do it! If you can beat me, this kid will follow you from now on!"
In an instant, the enthusiastic passers-by who had originally roared in protest against injustice turned into birds and beasts and scattered.
Police station.
"Get in!"
"I'm not going in. I'm not going in."
Xu Damao pulled the child in roughly, shouting at the top of his voice as he pulled.
"Comrade police officer, I brought the child to you!"
The policeman who received us a few days ago came out immediately.
"Uncle police! I don't want to leave my dad!" The child immediately cried to the police.
"What are you talking about, little brat? I'm not your dad, don't throw things around!" Xu Damao hurriedly explained.
"Comrade police officer, I have brought the child here. As we agreed before, I will not raise this child regardless of whether you can find the child's parents or not."
The police nodded. They hadn't found any results in the past few days, so they should carry out the agreement.
Seeing him nod, Xu Damao breathed a sigh of relief. He had no feelings for the child in the first place and he was just taking care of him out of copiousness.
After more than half a month, he felt that he had done his best.
Fortunately, we didn’t get a certificate or register the child, so we just handed him over to the police station.
"Okay, I'll leave the child to you. I'll be leaving now. I have to go to work soon."
After saying that, Xu Damao left briskly.
"Dad, I don't want to leave you!"
The child immediately ran over and hugged Xu Damao's thighs tightly, holding on tightly and refusing to let go.
"open!"
"Dad, I don't want you to leave!" The child shook his head repeatedly.
"Hmph!" Xu Damao was in no mood to play with the kid, so he forcibly pried his hands apart.
It was difficult to do it at the beginning because the child was thin, but now that he has grown fat, I don’t have this concern anymore.
In no time, Xu Damao untied the child and said, "Go find your police uncle."
After saying that, Xu Damao ran away.
"Dad! I don't want to go to the orphanage!" The child panicked and wanted to chase out, but was caught by the police.
"Tsk tsk tsk"
"Oh oh oh~"
Passersby on the side could not bear to see such a scene.
"Dad!" The child yelled at the top of his lungs, but he couldn't win back Xu Damao's heart.
"Finally they're gone." After sending the child to the police station, Xu Damao felt relieved.
On the way back to the yard, I said goodbye to Sai Fengxian.
"Okay, I understand." Sai Fengxian said dejectedly, obviously still unable to accept the child's departure.
"Just get used to it. Let's try our best in the future."
Xu Damao said a few words of comfort and then went to work.
Winter is approaching and his work has entered a rest period. He sits in the office every other day, either sleeping or reading newspapers. His life is very leisurely.
"Alas, Xu Damao is really sent away. This child is really lovable." An old lady said with nostalgia.
It’s a pity that he is not my own child, so it’s useless no matter how much I like him.
There was a better one at the beginning, but he couldn't stay, so how could I have sympathy for this one?
"Come to think of it, Zhuzi and Xiaojin have been together for more than half a year, and they have taken so many medicines, but there is no movement in the stomach at all. This shouldn't be right."
"That's weird. Go ask Xiao Jin."
She did it as soon as she thought of it, and the aunt went to find Jin Huainu next door.
(End of this chapter)