honor me as god

Chapter 417 Sponsoring Children
Strange to say.

The dead woman's waist is held by other children, what does it have to do with Lorna?
But for some reason, when Lorna saw this scene, she felt inexplicably sour in her heart, even if she didn't know what was so sour.

Lorna put those inexplicable emotions behind her, looked at the little girl carefully, and asked suspiciously: "Hey, who is this, why have I never seen it before?"

Denisa's reaction now is very strange, she is very nervous, like a thief, she hides the little girl behind her back, and said firmly: "It has nothing to do with you, don't ask, don't ask."

Denisa's reaction made Lorna even more confused, and when she was in doubt, she was prone to misconceptions. After thinking about it, she suddenly gasped, her eyes looked like she had seen a ghost: "Could it be your daughter?" Right?! Hey! When did you get married? How come I don’t know!”

"Are you crazy?" Seeing that she couldn't hide anymore, Denisa generously pulled out the little girl behind her and introduced, "Come on, let me introduce you, this is Candy, one of my adopted children .Candy, it's mine. She's mine"

Candy opened her eyes wide and asked tentatively, "Is she yours?"

Denisa suddenly found that it was not easy to explain Lorna's identity, because when she got along with the children like Candy, she would not reveal her real identity, not even her name.

The children only know that there is an old storyteller and a big sister who sells pillows, who often come to deliver delicious food, take them out to play, and help them go to school.

This is not about not leaving names for good deeds, but for the protection of the children. Denisa doesn't want them to feel that they are being handed over by big figures. Keeping their names anonymized like this can reduce their psychological burden.

Although Lorna is not a famous person, if the children know her name, it will be more or less bad if it is spread and heard by others.

"Well, she is mine." Denisa hesitated for a long time, and suddenly thought of Lorna's nonsense just now, she had an idea, hugged Lorna's shoulders, and said with a smile, "Candy, this is mine. daughter, you can call her Nana."

"Boom!" Lorna's heart seemed to be hit by something, and the beating became more violent than ever. The unspeakable throbbing flooded every corner of her body, and the girl's heart was surging.

Denisa is taller than Lorna, and Lorna needs to look up. She stares blankly at Denisa's side face. Her vision is sometimes blurred. You can see it clearly.

"Boom. Boom." With the violent beating of the heart, a sense of happiness that came from nowhere filled the whole body, like a warm ocean current spreading in the heart. It was a sweet feeling that had been lost for too long.

There were slight waves in Lorna's pupils, her eyes kept drifting left and right, her face was flushed like a ripe apple, and her mouth was stagnant. She wanted to scold Denisa for talking nonsense, but she couldn't. Like a boat lost in the tide, the blush has spread from the corners of the cheeks to the corners of the eyes and brows, and she just lowered her head without saying a word.

Neither Candy nor Denisa noticed Lorna's strangeness. Candy tilted her head and asked curiously, "Sister, are you married?"

Denisa was smiling, and she was already scolding her mother in her heart, thinking: Old thief Sting, today I will give you an advantage!
She bit the bullet and admitted: "Yes, yes, does my daughter look very much like me?"

Candy scrutinized the faces of the two of them carefully, but couldn't see the slightest similarity.

But she was very obedient, and followed what Denisa said: "Yeah, it's very similar! Then I will call you big sister from now on, and this one will be called young lady! Hello young lady, I am Candy, nice to meet you ~"

Lorna was in a daze now, and didn't hear Candy's words at all. It wasn't until Denisa secretly elbowed her waist that she woke up like a dream: "Ah, hello."

Candy said with emotion: "I envy you so much! My mother died when I was very young. Although the later mother Elda was very kind to me, but... um... it may not be very good to say that, but she is not real after all. So, every time I see other people with my mother, I feel very envious.”

Lorna pursed her lips and smiled helplessly. She really wanted to tell Candy: Yes, I am the same as you.

On a cold autumn night, two lonely little souls met in Wangcheng. They were close to a big soul, like two small flames that were incomplete, and finally found their way home.

After meeting for the first time, the three of them visited the stalls in the trade market together.

Denisa appeared here for the same reasons as other passers-by. One was to take candy out for a walk and play with her, and the other was that it was going to be winter, so she needed to prepare some winter food in advance.

In the end, the three of them bought all kinds of nuts, oats, air-dried meat, dry food, etc. that could be preserved for a long time, rented a wagon, and transported the large and small bags to No. 24, Shuangxue Lane.

Arriving at No. 24, Frost Snow Lane, as soon as she entered the door to put down her things, Lorna was suddenly frightened—good guy, hundreds of children ran out of each room yelling, and ran towards this side, shouting coquettishly while running "Sister", seeing Denisa is like seeing Bao.

After a while, Denisa's legs and waist were covered with "humanoid pendants", and a flexible little devil's head was hugged on the back of Denisa's shoulders, laughing and rubbing her forehead against the back of her head, and there were laughter one after another:
"Sister! I miss you so much!"

"Sister! I got full marks in Kingdom History class today! Praise me!"

"So many delicious foods, yay! My sister is the best!"

Denisa was made unable to move, but her face was full of joy. She pointed to the goods on the ground, and said to Elda who came up with a smile: "I bought some grain for the winter, but it may not be enough for one trip. When the time comes You have to work hard to go to the market a few more times."

"Look at what you said, you are the one who worked hard. Children, stop making trouble, hurry up and move things together, take a shower one by one after moving, and get up early for school tomorrow." Elda rushed to gather at Dini The children around Shasha helped her out.

After putting the grain in the warehouse and putting the children to bed, Elda came out, nodded to Denisa and Lorna and said with a smile: "Miss Denisa, I am grateful for your care again. Hey, this is it?"

The children have all gone back to the house to sleep now, and there is nothing to hide from Elda, so Denisa introduced directly: "This is Lorna Finn Regnome, a friend of mine."

For some reason, Lorna felt a little empty after hearing Denisa's introduction.

Elda looked very respectful: "It turns out to be the daughter of a royal nobleman, hello."

"Hi, hello, you're welcome." Lorna looked around and asked curiously, "What is this place? Why are there so many children?"

Denisa was familiar with the way, and took the lead into a room, sat down in the living room, and said: "These children are all orphans in Wangcheng."

"Orphans?" Lorna suddenly felt puzzled, "In a place like Wangcheng, if you pick anyone up, you're a big family, and there are still orphans?"

Denisa smiled slightly and said meaningfully: "It is precisely because the royal city is rich that these children will be abandoned. People, the richer they are, the more choices they have. If these children are from ordinary families in other cities Birth, may be nurtured, but in aristocratic families it's the complete opposite."

"These children are abandoned for a variety of reasons. It may be that they have an ugly birthmark. It may be that they did not learn to speak at the age of one, making people think they are not smart. It may also be that they are weak and do not have a healthy body. And Or an illegitimate child, nobles are unwilling to admit their relationship with their children."

"It's like a piece of overnight bread, it's not very fresh, but civilians will choose to eat it, because it's a pity for them to throw away this stale piece of bread, and they can still eat it."

"But the nobles are different. They have too many choices. If a piece of bread is not very fresh, they can just throw it away and get a fresher piece, because they have the ability to obtain thousands of pieces of fresh bread. Putting effort into a stale loaf."

Lorna pursed her lips and said hesitantly, "But... this can't be compared with bread. One is food and the other is life. How can they be compared like this?"

Elda brought two glasses of brown sugar water and presented them to the two honored guests. She said with a smile, "Because it is life, we should treat them kindly. I am just a commoner. I can take care of people, but I can't do business. At first When I was born, I only adopted two or three children, and I barely survived."

"But later, I adopted more and more children, and my life became more and more difficult. I almost couldn't tell the truth. It was Lady Dinessa and Lord Yuanwen who found us one after another. They not only helped us live, but also bought Frost Snow Lane 24 No. This land, let the children live here, and provide them with tuition fees to study."

"I don't know what kind of lives these kids would be living today without two adults."

Having said this, Elda secretly wiped away the tears of gratitude from the corners of her eyes.

Lorna looked at Denisa after hearing this, her eyes were full of awe and longing: "I heard from your servant that you often don't go home for more than ten days. So you are here to take care of the children?"

Denisa said frankly: "No, I only come here once in a while. I don't go home for more than ten days. It should be shaking dice in a tavern and drinking."

"Oh." Lorna rolled her eyes, and the admiration that had just risen suddenly collapsed.

Lorna thought for a while, and continued to ask: "You just said, how much does it usually cost for children to go to school?"

Lorna has been going to school with the royal heirs such as Solandelle, Bolton, and Andre since she was a child. The tuition and so on are contracted by the family. She never asks, and it is normal to not know.

Elda replied truthfully: "The school in Wangcheng is calculated by semester, and the tuition fee for half a year is 500 silver months per person."

Although Lorna is not very smart, she still knows the most basic arithmetic. She was a little surprised when she heard it: "500 silver moons in half a year, 1000 silver moons in a year, can be counted as 1 gold moon. I just read here There are at least one or two hundred children, that is, one or two hundred gold moons!
"It's just tuition fees, not including various living expenses." Lorna looked at Denisa in surprise, "Is your salary so high? I remember that my dad's personal annual salary as the "Governor of the Province" is only 100 A golden moon. "

Denisa smiled: "My annual salary is not so high, it is only half of your father's. Yuan Wen is mainly responsible for the tuition fee. I usually drink a little wine anyway, and there is no other use for keeping the money. When will I pay my salary?" Give it to Elda, it can also be regarded as helping Yuanwen relieve stress."

After hearing this, Lorna opened her pocket without the slightest hesitation, took it out and put it in front of Elda, smiling innocently: "There are 10 gold moons in here, which are my pocket money for the second half of the year. Take it and use it! In this way, another 10 children can study for a year~”

"No, no, it's inappropriate." Lorna just met today, and Elda dared not accept her money.

Denisa smiled knowingly, touched Lorna's little head, and said softly: "Take it, don't disappoint the child's good intentions."

When Lorna was touched on the head, she only felt warm in her heart, and unconsciously leaned against Denisa, with a sweet smile on her face.

Respect is worse than obedience. Denisa said so, and Elda didn't refuse any more. She collected the money and expressed her gratitude to Lorna: "Good-hearted people, I thank you on behalf of the children!"

Suddenly, Lorna thought of something, and asked with some concern: "Speaking of which, those who can study in Wangcheng are basically descendants of nobles. These commoner children are funded to study, will they be discriminated against by teachers and bullied by classmates at school?" ?”

Denisa nodded without thinking: "Yes, definitely. Commoner children who are subsidized to go to school are never welcome in school. One is that they have no background and are easily bullied."

"Secondly, compared to noble students who are more relaxed, ordinary children know that the opportunity to study is hard-won, so they will work very hard, and their grades will often overwhelm noble students, attracting the envy of others."

Elda sighed and added: "Our little head was bullied today. The other party is the son of a provincial official. Just because the little head took the first place in the class in the weekly test, that person dragged the little head to the toilet and beat him severely. His eyes were beaten blue, and he was forced to drink urine. If the little head refused to drink, the man pushed his head into the urinal, and when he came back, he smelled dirty, hey."

"Boom!" Lorna hated this kind of thing the most, and slapped the table angrily: "There is such a person?! Who is he? I will teach him a lesson for you!"

Denisa said lightly: "No, I went out at 6 o'clock this morning to deal with this matter."

Lorna pressed, "Did you hit that person?"

Denisa shook her head: "No."

Lorna was puzzled: "Then how did you deal with it?"

Denisa: "I threw him in the cesspit."

"Pfft!" Lorna didn't expect Denisa to be so ruthless. She laughed and said, "What happened later? The teacher won't let you do this kind of thing at school, right?"

Denisa: "Teacher, take care of me, just bring the guards to catch me."

Lorna: "And then?"

Denisa: "I threw them in the cesspit too."

Lorna: "Did that person's father come to trouble you? Just his father, the provincial official."

Denisa: "Yes, his father learned that his son had been thrown into a cesspit, so he rushed to the school non-stop, and even brought a centurion to support the scene, threatening to behead me."

Lorna: "And you threw him in the cesspit too?"

Denisa: "No, he jumped into the cesspit when he saw me."

"Pfft ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!" Lorna laughed out loud, and the room was filled with joyful air.

(End of this chapter)