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Chapter 81 Finding an Adoptive Family
Back at school, Guo Zisu took Minced Meat a hot bath, put on clean pajamas, dried his hair, and sent him to bed to sleep.

Min Rou lay obediently on the bed, but stared at Guo Zisu busy with big innocent eyes, refusing to close his eyes to sleep.

Guo Zisu leaned down, approached his face, and asked: "Minced meat, go to sleep, you didn't sleep well last night, hurry up and catch up on sleep."

Minrou whispered, "You didn't sleep well last night, so sleep too."

Guo Zisu smiled gratifiedly, touched his forehead and said, "I'm going to Yucheng for class, and I'll sleep in the car later. Go to sleep, and I'll get you something to eat. When you wake up, go to sleep." Get up and eat, don't be hungry."

Minrou nodded and closed his eyes.

Guo Zisu went to the kitchen to make a dish and a soup, covered it with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator, and cooked the rice and put it there.

She picked up her bag and walked lightly to the door of the room, wanting to take a look at the sleeping Minced Meat, but found that the child was staring at her with open eyes.

She couldn't help laughing, walked over, lightly patted the thin quilt on Minced Meat's body, and said, "You're disobedient again, go to sleep, and heat the dishes in the microwave when you wake up. Go by yourself tomorrow." Study in the studio, and watch English cartoons at home the day after tomorrow, do you hear me?"

Minrou also smiled and said, "I heard that."

Guo Zisu said: "Go to bed quickly, I can't hang out with you anymore, I won't be able to catch up with the bus in a while."

Min Rou hurriedly closed his eyes, and said, "I'm asleep, see you, Mr. Guo."

Guo Zisu kissed him happily, then closed the door and walked out.

When they arrived in Yucheng, after packing up, Guo Zisu called his family and told his parents that Shishi had died.

Guo's father and Guo's mother were also shocked by the news, and they sighed repeatedly.

Guo Zisu said: "Parents, don't worry, I will start helping Minced Meat find a suitable home for adoption when I return to the county after two days of study."

Guo's mother said: "Son, you don't know many people in the county, how do you find them? And you are young and inexperienced, how do you know if they are good?"

Guo Zisu thought for a while and said, "I asked President Lin and Reporter Wang to help me find it, as well as Mrs. Zhang from the studio, and my colleague Minister Feng. They should all have more life experience."

Father Guo heard this, and said: "Zisu, I heard from your mother that the child is very sensitive and clever. Don't make this known to everyone. It will hurt the child. Just ask a few strict-mouthed people to help. Don't tell anyone else."

After hearing this, Guo Zisu felt that what his father said made sense.She carefully sorted out the people she knew in the county, and felt that Lin Xuan from the newspaper office and Mrs. Zhang from the studio were more suitable to help with this matter.Just call them right away and talk about it.

Then, Guo Zisu called and told Liang Shi about Shi Shi's death.

When Liang Shi heard Guo Zisu say that he was going to ask Lin Xuan and Minister Feng to help find someone to adopt, he firmly disagreed.He said: "Zisu, Min Rou lost his parents one after another, and Hua Changqun treated him so viciously. The child has suffered a huge trauma. If we send him to a stranger's house again, he will be so pitiful."

Guo Zisu felt that what he said was very reasonable, but he also had difficulties.She said: "Liang Shi, I may have to leave Chengguan Primary School next term, but Yucheng's classes are not over yet. If I don't find him a home, I'm worried that he won't have a place to go to school."

Liang Shi thought for a while and said, "Zisu, wait a minute. I'll discuss with Xiaomi to see if we can bring the minced meat to Ningcheng. I'll take care of him."

Guo Zisu knew very well that Xiaomi would not agree to this, but it was inconvenient to say that Xiaomi tried to persuade her to give away the minced meat here.So he said: "Okay, but don't force her, after all, she has never been in Qingshi Village, so she may not understand our relationship with minced meat."

Liang Shi said: "Don't worry, I will try my best to convince her."

A few days later, both Lin Xuan and Mrs. Zhang responded to Guo Zisu, asking Guo Zisu to find time to bring the child to meet with the adoptive family.

Guo Zisu wanted to wait for news from Liang Shi, so she delayed.Another few days passed, but Liang Shi still hadn't heard back.She decided to meet the family she found here first.

She first went to a teahouse to meet the family introduced by Lin Xuan.This is a middle-aged couple, the family conditions are good, and they are all intellectuals.Because the woman is in poor health, she has never had children, and the relationship with her husband is not very good. Now I feel that I am getting old, and I hope to have a child by my side to drive away the loneliness.

When Guo Zisu heard about their situation, he immediately felt that it was inappropriate.Minced Meat has already been traumatized by his biological parents' marriage, how can he be handed over to another family with an unhappy marriage?

She briefly talked to the other party about the situation of the minced meat, and said tactfully: "The child is over ten years old, I want to go back and talk to him about your situation first, and bring him to see you when he is mentally prepared. ?"

The other party said: "That's natural, such a big child has already begun to understand."

They greeted Lin Xuan and left first.

Lin Xuan and Guo Zisu walked slowly on the tree-lined road, and he said: "Xiao Guo, if you are so picky, it will be difficult to find a home for your child. Our county is small, with a small population, and there are not many families without children. Because of poverty in the county, there are even fewer families like them with better conditions."

Guo Zisu lowered his head and kicked the sand and stones on the ground, then looked up at the sky, and said, "I'm afraid that minced meat will be very depressing in such a family. He already has a lot of depressing memories."

Lin Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, nodded slightly, and said, "You are also thinking about it, but there are really few who can meet your requirements, and the child is already so old, some families think that he already has a lot of memories, so he can't bring him a kiss." .”

Guo Zisu said helplessly: "Actually, Min Rou is very grateful. He can tell who treats him well."

Lin Xuan said, "I believe this, but others may not necessarily think so. Let's continue to pay attention."

Guo Zisu reached out and shook his hand tightly, and said sincerely, "Thank you for your help."

Lin Xuan smiled and left.

Guo Zisu rushed to meet Mrs. Zhang again.

Mrs. Zhang made an appointment with her in the studio, but the children haven't come yet.Mrs. Zhang met her at the door and said as she walked inside that she wanted Guo Zisu to meet with the Zhao family first. If it felt right, they would meet minced meat here. That's it.

Guo Zisu walked in with Mrs. Zhang, and saw a man and woman in gorgeous clothes sitting there, about 40 years old.

Mrs. Zhao is very well maintained, showing a confident and proud look in her gestures.Mr. Zhao also looked very shrewd, smiling gently at Guo Zisu.

Mrs. Zhang introduced the two parties, poured tea, and let them chat casually.

They were very happy when they heard about the minced meat.Immediately said that after meeting with the child, if he is satisfied, he will continue to study in Chengguan Primary School if he is satisfied with them in the future, and he can also continue to study painting at Mrs. Zhang's after school.

Guo Zisu said: "That's good, you take good care of the child, and he will definitely be very close to you."

Mrs. Zhao smoothed her beautiful curly hair with her hands, and said, "Don't worry about it, my husband runs business outside all year round, I have a group of sisters who play cards every day, and there is a nanny to take care of everything at home. His life will definitely not be a problem."

Guo Zisu heard that such a family can give him material satisfaction, but can he have the patience to heal the child's spiritual wounds?She hesitated for a moment, then said: "This child just lost his biological parents, you should spend more time with him."

Mrs. Zhao smiled disapprovingly: "What does the child know? If he has food, clothing and play, he will be very happy. It's annoying for adults to accompany him."

Mrs. Zhang also said at the side: "Yes, Zisu, you haven't seen that bastard in my family, alas, he plays with him all day long, and I ask my relatives, but he still thinks I'm annoying."

How can this be compared, feeling annoyed with parents around is completely different from feeling sad when losing parents.But it's not easy for her to refute them in person.He didn't say anything.

The children's chatter and laughter sounded outside, the students from the studio slowly came in, and Minced Meat arrived on time.He didn't realize that someone in the room was watching him secretly. He sat in front of the easel without saying a word, began to paint seriously, and asked the patrolling teacher from time to time.Looks very good, very cute.The couple looked at him without blinking, with smiles on their faces.

Guo Zisu had mixed feelings, and felt sad in his heart.She walked into the bathroom, closed the door, and secretly wiped away tears.

When the break time came, a child knocked on the door outside the bathroom, and Guo Zisu hurried out.

Mrs. Zhang smiled and said to her: "Well, Zisu, now I'll take you to talk to minced meat, let them get in touch with their children."

The Zhao family couple said impatiently: "Okay, okay, talk to the child."

Mrs. Zhang and the others had just stepped out of the room when Minrou caught sight of Guo Zisu, and a look of surprise appeared on her face. She happily called "Teacher Guo" and rushed to her side in a blink of an eye.

Mrs. Zhao looked at him happily, and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, this child is attractive, how close to others." Then, she looked at her husband next to him, and Mr. Zhao said casually: "That's right. He will kiss you like this in the future."

When Minrou heard their conversation, he was sensitive and immediately thought of something. He looked at Guo Zisu and saw that she was looking at him with watery eyes, so he snuggled up to her side quietly, and stopped cheering and jumping.

Guo Zisu felt the change in the child, bent down and said to him: "Minced meat, go to paint, I will wait for you here, we will go home early after painting."

Min Rou heard this, and immediately ran to the easel quickly, not looking at the other children still playing, and began to draw seriously.

The couple surnamed Zhao stood there observing him for a while, and when they entered the room, Mrs. Zhao said to Guo Zisu and Mrs. Zhang, "This kid is very handsome and obedient. My husband and I like it very much."

Mrs. Zhang said with a smile: "Look at what you said, isn't it a good seedling, would I recommend it to a family like yours?"

Guo Zisu just smiled.

Mrs. Zhao said to Guo Zisu: "Mr. Guo, I want to let him live in my house for a few days first. Let's try it out. If he gets close to us, we will adopt him. If not, we will send him back to you."

Guo Zisu felt very uncomfortable when he heard this, so he said bluntly: "Mrs. Zhao, the child is still young, how can he forget everything in the past few days, and kiss you like a family, you have to give him some time .Also, I don’t think you should try it out. It’s not good for the child. If you decide to adopt him, we’ll talk about the rest.”

Mrs. Zhao and Mr. Zhao looked at each other, noncommittal.

Mrs. Zhang smoothed things over and said: "Well, don't talk to death for now. Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao will discuss it after returning home. Teacher Guo will also talk to the child after returning today. Anyway, we have met each other just now. Both of you No matter what the opinion is, give me a reply tomorrow, okay?"

Both the Zhao family couple and Guo Zisu nodded.

(End of this chapter)