Chapter Thirty-One: Going Around
After a while, I heard the sound of high heels clicking on the floor from the corridor.
This old house actually still has floors.
I followed the sound and looked around. In the middle of the hall was the wooden ladder leading upstairs, with aisles on the left and right, and rows of rooms on both sides of the aisle.
It is a very typical building structure from the Republic of China period.
As the footsteps got closer and closer, a woman finally appeared at the end of the escalator going up to the second floor.
She was wearing a gray business suit, a long-sleeved shirt and gray trousers, and was about thirty-five years old.
She has medium-long hair, permed into slightly curled hair, wears silver-rimmed glasses, and looks ordinary.
This figure is obviously not as good as the figure of the woman in a white dress that I just saw.
When she saw us standing at the door, she immediately showed a professional smile and walked quickly towards us.
"Which media are you from?"
"Oh, we are a self-media company. We mainly report on some accomplished experts in the medical field."
"Oh, that's right! We only received the news this morning. We didn't expect such a thing to happen."
Secretary Wang's expression darkened and she glanced at us. She didn't seem to think we were bad people, so she waved her hands and said:
"You two, come with me, let's go upstairs to the office to talk!"
"Okay, please!" I smiled.
So Zhang Yi and I looked at each other and followed.
Stepping on the wooden stairs, I went upstairs creakingly.
Zhang Yi lost no time in chatting with Secretary Wang:
"Secretary Wang, your building is a bit old, right?"
"Yes, this is a house from the Republic of China period, it should be 80 or 90 years ago! Our two outer buildings have been renovated. The first floor is paved with tiles, and only the second floor is still wooden. But the main building, our dean
We haven’t been allowed to move, so we keep it as it was before.”
"Oh, actually this feels pretty good. It's very historical and has a sense of time. We young people should visit places like this more often to visit and study."
While Zhang Yi was getting closer, he kept turning his head to look at those who were winking at me.
It means to see if he behaves well!
I gave him a big eye roll and told him not to show off too much, lest he reveal his true self and be laughed at.
Of course, when Secretary Wang saw the handsome guy taking the initiative to get close to him, he put down his guard and started chatting.
“The four floors below our main building are occupied by children of different ages who need care.
The fifth floor is the administrative office and the dean's office. Then there are two buildings outside, one is the canteen, dining room, entertainment room, etc., and the other one is mainly arranged for some guest rooms and dormitories for the staff."
As she walked, she introduced Zhang Yi, as if the two of them had become acquaintances immediately.
I followed them stupidly, listening to what they were talking about and looking here and there from time to time.
Of course, I don’t like talking to people when I’m looking around with my spiritual eyes.
So it just so happened that Zhang Yi could help me hold down Secretary Wang, so that I could handle my own affairs more easily.
The three of us just walked and talked, and walked around the main building of the orphanage.
I suddenly felt that I was very smart and my brain was quick, and I pretended to be a reporter from the self-media. It seems that these places are not very friendly to reporters.
In addition, Zhang Yi still has the ability to coax girls.
Go up to the second floor, and there is a row of corridors on each floor facing out. Standing on the corridor, you can see the scenery of the yard.
As the floors get higher and higher, more and more of the yellow oak tree comes into view.
Throughout the corridors and corridors, you can smell the faint smell of yellow juelan in the air.
In fact, there is also a large yellow jujube tree outside my house, but it is not as big as this one, and its aroma seems to be suppressed a lot in the environment full of burnt odor.
Far less than being in the mountains with fresh air, you can quietly feel the joy brought by this fragrance.
We walked around for a while before slowly going up to the fifth floor. Zhang Yi and Secretary Wang seemed to be having a heated fight, and they were talking and laughing.
Secretary Wang led us to the left side of the corridor.
I stood in the middle of the corridor and looked at the yard where I was standing on the yellow jujube tree. It seemed that the white figure appeared on the right side of the corridor.
I glanced to the right, but I didn't feel comfortable going there alone to inquire.
While I was thinking about it, I heard Secretary Wang call out: "Come in quickly, this is my office!"
I had no choice but to respond and then walked to an office on the left side of the corridor.
The doors of these offices are still old-fashioned green wooden doors, and wooden signs are also nailed on the doors.
In view of Zhang Yi's current relationship with Secretary Wang, it seemed that the two of us didn't have a good relationship, so we walked into the secretary's office openly.
This office is about ten square meters, but it is very classic, and all the furnishings are quite retro and warm.
Ornaments from the Republic of China can be seen everywhere, including the swinging wall clock on the wall, the old-fashioned desk calendar on the table, and the brown leather sofa with woolen armrest covers.
There was a desk in the middle of the room, also dark brown. There was a glass lens on the desk, and there were various photos underneath.
There is a small chest of drawers next to the table, with some wooden picture frames and an old-fashioned radio on it.
"Secretary Wang, you are setting up a retro exhibition hall here!" I couldn't help but say a compliment.
Because this room is really very stylish.
"Ha, due to the environment here, almost all the rooms here are decorated like this. Besides, every room here is decorated by our dean himself. We just use it!"
Of course, each of these objects is really exquisite and perfect, and all our staff can’t find any problems.”
"Oh? It seems that the dean is really a very particular person!" I asked with interest.
"That's not true. Our dean has been working here for sixty years. He should be quite affectionate!"
"Sixty years?" Zhang Yi and I couldn't help but exclaimed!
"Yes, I should have been here since birth..."
Secretary Wang glanced at us and seemed to realize that the topic was a little far off. Then she stood up again, quickly walked to the chest of drawers and took out two cups.
"Are you drinking tea or coffee?" She smiled kindly at us.
"Anything is OK, everything is OK!" I immediately yelled haha.
Then I looked around again and found a row of photo walls on the right-hand wall.
I walked over and took a look or two with interest, and with a casual glance, I found Zhou Shiqi's photo.
In the photo, he is wearing a white shirt and standing next to an elderly woman. The elderly woman has white hair and a noble and elegant temperament...
"Isn't this Dean Zhou?" Zhang Yi saw me staring at a photo and looked over.
"That's right..." The people on this photo wall are all orphans who left our place, and of course they can be considered some respectable people.
Secretary Wang smiled, the meaning was obvious, this was a propaganda wall.
It shows that the children in the orphanage have received very good care, and they have even cultivated such outstanding talents for society.
As soon as I understood it, I returned to the sofa and sat down and said:
Chapter completed!