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Chapter 211 Tang Tang’s Morning

Chapter 211: Chapter 211 Tang Tang’s Morning

Granny Zhang’s Loving Home, called Sun Village or Rainbow House, is not without reason.

Because she bought the land early, the self-built house is quite big, not only with three floors but also a sizeable yard.

After all, the children were the ones being adopted, so naturally, the color had to be bright.

Thus, the courtyard walls were painted rainbow-colored, and one side of the three-story house was painted with a wheat field of golden shimmer, above which was a golden sun.

That’s the origin of the name Sun Village and Rainbow House.

Early in the morning, before dawn, aunts from nearby would come to help.

Most of these aunts came voluntarily, not only without receiving a penny but often bringing over bags and bags of stuff.

Only a few were employees of Rainbow House, with salaries, but the salaries were pitifully small.

It’s not that Granny Zhang didn’t want to pay more, it’s that every penny she had was saved for use on the children.

Granny Zhang was getting older and couldn’t do much work, but her son and daughter-in-law helped out here, easing a lot of the burden.

Granny Zhang had three sons and one daughter.

The eldest son and his wife were the ones helping; they too were of retirement age. Not only did they help without compensation, but most of their monthly wages were also invested back into the place.

This gave Granny Zhang great comfort, feeling at least that there would be successors, and Rainbow House wouldn’t cease to exist immediately after she’s gone.

But the younger generation was not the same, no one was willing to do these things.

Some even persuaded them to close up; why suffer getting up early and staying up late, they said, when they could use the money for eating, drinking, and traveling? Why endure such hardship?

All you could say was that times had changed, and thinking was different, Granny Zhang didn’t insist with her son and daughter-in-law.

Take it one step at a time; help as many as you can, just do your best.

As the dawn light began to spread, the children got up one after another, Tang Tang being no exception.

Though she was only four years old this year, she had already learned to dress herself, not in yesterday’s clothes, though.

An aunt had taken them to wash last night and changed her into a new set of clothes.

A color-blocked short-sleeved shirt with blue lantern shorts.

There was a little blue dolphin on the chest of the short-sleeved shirt, but only half of the dolphin was left; the tail and one fin were missing.

Wearing it, Tang Tang looked somewhat exaggerated, who knows how many brothers and sisters had worn it before her?

The blue lantern shorts were quite new, with only a small patch on the backside that was not noticeable unless you looked closely.

When Tang Tang was dressed, she walked out of the room with a guileless smile. Everyone was already up, and it was bustling outside, everyone lining up for breakfast.

The aunts had gotten up early to cook breakfast and started to busy themselves with tidying up blankets and clothes.

The slightly older ones were fine, but those as small as Tang Tang needed an adult’s help.

Tang Tang wasn’t the youngest; she was the second youngest. There was someone even smaller being held in an aunt’s arms.

Xiao Yong popped out of nowhere, grabbed Tang Tang, dragged and pulled her to the front of the line, and got her a breakfast from one of the aunts.

The breakfast was simple: a bowl of porridge, a bun, and an egg.

Other items changed often, but the egg was constant - everyone had one every day; that was Granny Zhang’s rule.

Xiao Yong had a sweet mouth, calling everyone uncle, auntie, grandpa, grandma, brother, sister all in a jumble.

In Rainbow House, the way of addressing people was quite confused, with no fixed form; it was all based on the age of the person being addressed.

Tang Tang naturally didn’t need to call anyone; being mute had its advantages.

Just the smile was enough, no matter how busy or tired everyone was, seeing her would make them happy.

Some pinched her little face, some patted her head, and others secretly slipped candies into her pocket...

Rainbow House, founded by Granny Zhang, did not demand that the children learn exceedingly well or have great talents, but it did demand that the children be diligent and kindhearted.

Granny Zhang believed that there weren’t that many geniuses in the world and even if there were, it was not likely they would appear in her Rainbow House. Thousands of students in every school, yet how many of them are geniuses?

Being diligent is all it takes to be a good person; as long as one is hardworking, they will always have a meal to eat when they enter society.

As long as one’s heart is kind, they will not harm society or be a burden to it.

Therefore, the children at Rainbow House all have quite good character, and of course, there are certainly some mischievous ones, but that has nothing to do with their character.

Once a unique atmosphere is formed, it becomes unbreakable and full of positive energy.

This is one of the reasons why many aunties are willing to help out for free.

Tang Tang is not picky about food at all. After getting her breakfast, she found a small table and ate heartily.

Xiao Yong just sat opposite her, talking to her as he ate.

Of course, he knew Tang Tang couldn’t hear or speak, but he would subconsciously ignore this fact, although he often called her "little mute."

During her meal, Tang Tang didn’t forget to give a silly smile towards Xiao Yong from time to time, which made him feel like his words were being responded to, so he talked even more enthusiastically, although Tang Tang didn’t hear a single word.

After breakfast, Xiao Yong took out a wrinkled tissue from his pocket, wiped his mouth first, then grabbed Tang Tang and smeared it on her little face twice before throwing away the now completely useless tissue.

Then, together with Tang Tang, they carried their empty plates to the yard, where the aunties would wash them.

During this time, some kids hadn’t finished eating, while others had finished and were playing.

As Tang Tang passed each of them, she would "han~" as if greeting everyone.

Some would respond by calling out "Tang Tang," while others didn’t notice at all.

Tang Tang didn’t mind—anyway, she couldn’t hear.

When she reached the yard where many clothes were hanging to dry, Tang Tang saw her clothes from the previous day.

She ran under her clothes, looked up, and goofily circled twice, then was dragged away by Brother Xiao Yong.

"Don’t dirty the clean clothes, the aunties will get mad," Xiao Yong said.

"Han~han~"

The morning sun was very pleasant—not as scorching as at noon and even carried a slight coolness.

So many kids came out of the houses to play.

Today was Sunday, and many school-going kids were home to rest, including Xiao Yong, so it seemed particularly lively.

However, Tang Tang clearly wasn’t in the mood to play with others.

She moved a plastic stool out from the house and then sat down by the gateway.

She then looked up at the sky, found the sunlight being blocked by the wall, and sat in the shade.

So, she quickly got up, moved the stool a bit, and sat in the sunlight.

Only then did she contentedly "han...han..." laugh.

"Tang Tang, what are you doing sitting here? Waiting to find money?" Xiao Yong asked curiously.

Tang Tang, of course, didn’t find money every day, and in this little courtyard, there wasn’t money for her to find every day either because everyone was poor.

Even if she found some, she had to turn it over to the aunties; it couldn’t be kept for herself.

After all, money couldn’t just appear out of nowhere—it was usually the older brothers and sisters who dropped it.

Granny Zhang also gave pocket money to some of the older children every week, though not much.

Obviously, Tang Tang had no idea what Xiao Yong was talking about.

She just "han~han" laughed, which counted as her response.

Xiao Yong realized this and directly dragged her off to play.

Tang Tang didn’t resist, but as soon as Xiao Yong turned around, he realized she had disappeared again.

Looking towards the direction of the courtyard gate, he found Tang Tang had gone back to sitting on her stool, grinning, watching the other children in the yard "han...han...han..."

PS: There was a power outage this afternoon, so this Chapter was delayed.