Chapter 574: 559

8 o'clock,

Fresh Pork Offal Congee food stall.

Lively and extraordinary, no seats left.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu and Ah Xing sat at the table, Gao Gang sat on the side holding a book, reading.

"Goo goo goo~~~~"

In the middle of the table, in a large clay pot, the raw congee was bubbling, and the milky white congee liquid was rolling.

Plates of fresh pork small intestine, pork liver, pork lung, pork meat, sliced fish... were placed on the table.

Soon,

Old Xu arrived.

Glanced, found Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu, who was already sitting comfortably at the table, pleasantly brushing the hot pot congee.

He was immediately terrified and walked over quickly: "Sorry, sorry, Mr. Guan, I'm late."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu smiled: "It's okay, I was early... Sit."

Patted the red plastic chair next to him.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu took 2 bowls, spoons, and chopsticks for him: "Washed them."

Old Xu was in a rush: "Thank you, thank you."

"Had dinner?"

"Ate a piece of bread."

"Then eat more, this pork offal congee is still quite good."

While eating, while chatting about family life.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu only then knew that Old Xu had no family, was alone, nearly 40 years old, and not married.

"Saw you coaxing that Ah Gou today... you are very familiar?"

"Right, he is the patient I am responsible for."

Then Old Xu began to introduce the Leshan Rebirth Society.

Because the social donations received by the Leshan Rebirth Society were too little (related to the donation black hole of the Five Star Charity Foundation), the boss was preparing to lay people off.

So he hoped to get Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's donation during this meeting with Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu nodded: "It's a good organization."

Old Xu: "Right, but now the Leshan Society is a bit unable to continue, the boss said donations are very few."

Crazy hints.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was happy in his heart, pretending not to hear, continuing to talk about other things.

"Can you tell me about these mental patients? I'm very curious."

"Sure, what situation does Mr. Guan want to understand?"

"Tell me everything."

Old Xu hurriedly introduced the world of lunatics like pouring beans.

"Each of them has their own territory, we are like doing a household registration, checking each person every three months. See if they have moved to other places, if anyone is missing, if anyone new has moved in..."

"So it's 4 times a year?"

"Right, otherwise what else can we do? We simply don't have enough manpower to follow them."

"How do you usually help them?"

"If the temperature is below 10 degrees, we give them blankets, if there is a typhoon, we take them to the shelter station..."

"Anything else?"

"See what else they need... If there is a problem, help them solve it."

"Why not find a place for them to live?"

"They have to be willing to live there, these people, most of them don't listen to advice..."

"Have you tried giving them a bath or something? A haircut..."

"We tried before, some people were unhappy after taking a bath, and some couldn't accept it after seeing their hair cut off, and then committed suicide. Then we never dared again."

With Old Xu's words,

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu felt more and more that these mental patients were difficult to deal with.

At the same time, he felt admiration for people like Old Xu.

"Cheers to you! You are a great person!"

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu picked up the Tsingtao beer.

Old Xu was flattered and hurriedly said: "No, no, no..."

Cheers.

Drank it all in one gulp.

Thinking of his experiences over the years, the misunderstanding of friends, alienation, the difficulty of serving mental patients, all full of tears of bitterness, at this time he couldn't help but have red eyes.

Before, he pretended to be strong, holding on, not letting others see his fragility.

But now, being poked in the heart by Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu like this, the grievance couldn't help but surge out.

The emotion passed for more than a minute before it eased.

"Sorry, Mr. Guan..."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay, it seems you have suffered a lot."

Old Xu shook his head and nodded, sighed: "This job is very hard to do, but I have never found a suitable person to take my position, what will those people do then?"

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu: "Mental patients, are there no hospitals to admit them?"

Old Xu introduced the situation: "Currently, those closed mental hospitals have free ones and self-paid ones, the free ones rely on government subsidies..."

"Currently, Hong Kong's Castle Peak Hospital and Kwai Chung Hospital have acute psychiatric wards, implementing closed management for patients with unstable conditions who need compulsory treatment. Some are self-paid, the rest are government subsidized... but because there is really no money, they can't admit many people..."

"There are also some self-paid ones, Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, St. Teresa's Hospital, all are mental patients from rich families sent in..."

He looked helpless: "It's not that we don't want to find hospitals to treat them, but there is really no money, no such conditions..."

Crazy hints to Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu.

This time, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu didn't tease him.

"Okay, Five Star Group will not be absent from this kind of thing..."

"I plan to build a mental hospital, specifically to accommodate these mental patients..."

Can help, try to help.

But how much he can help, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu doesn't know either.

"In addition, we will give your Rebirth Society a generous amount of funds..."

When Old Xu heard this, he was immediately excited.

Picked up the Tsingtao beer: "Thank you, Mr. Guan! Also thank Mr. Guan on behalf of all friends!"

"I'll drink first, you do as you please!"

Drank it all.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu smiled and drank it too.

Ate for more than an hour, finished eating.

Old Xu also knew that Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's time was precious, and hurriedly got up to say goodbye: "Thank you, Mr. Guan."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu nodded.

Old Xu turned and left.

"Wait..."

At this time, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu shouted.

Old Xu turned back: "What's wrong?"

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu thought about it, took out a peace charm from his pocket and handed it to Old Xu.

"This is a peace charm I prayed for, it's very spiritual."

"I generally only give it to people close to me."

The reason Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu sent this was because he thought of Old Xu's final ending, in order to save Ah Gou, he was hacked to death by Ah Gou on the spot.

Too depressing.

Hope this peace charm can block the disaster.

Old Xu was stunned.

Finally nodded heavily: "Thank you, Mr. Guan!"

Solemnly accepted it.

Soon, Old Xu walked away quickly.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu also walked home.

Suddenly, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu thought of something and called Da Tou: "Go to the Leshan Rebirth Society, find the data of a mental patient named Ah Song."

"Right, he has a son, you go find his son, mobilize manpower, I want to find him tonight."

A new day, Sunday.

Sunshine continued to shine on Hong Kong, adding a touch of warmth to the cold streets.

Old Xu met with Miss Liu as agreed to visit those mental patients.

Walked along, asked Old Xu along the way.

Also like Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu, asked: "Why not give them a bath, cut their hair?"

Old Xu answered truthfully once.

Miss Liu: "But they are like this, it affects the city's appearance, why not just catch them back and lock them up?"

Old Xu was angry and laughed, feeling that this woman was really cold and ruthless, and retorted: "If I feel you affect the city's appearance, can I catch you?"

Miss Liu: "These people have poor mental states, if they are still walking around, what if they slash someone and hurt someone?"

Old Xu was irritable: "What if I and you slash someone?"

What he wanted to express was that mental patients will slash people, but normal people will also slash people.

Along the way, Old Xu poured out the pain of this group, but Miss Liu looked at them with colored glasses.

But Old Xu was already used to it, after all, most people are like this.

Perhaps, only Mr. Guan didn't look at these mental patients like this.

After walking for a long time, Miss Liu finally saw a mental patient, Old Xu evaluated the patient's condition and agreed to her request to go up and talk.

"Sir, I'm a reporter, I want to chat with you, okay?"

Then,

Miss Liu was ignored.

The biggest problem with mental patients is that it is very difficult to communicate, and Old Xu also spent a long, long time to establish trust with them.

Busy for a whole morning,

Old Xu and Miss Liu found a place to rest.

The sea breeze blew, making Old Xu feel the irritable heart quiet down a bit.

At this time, Miss Liu began to chatter again,

"I think your job is quite fun, being able to face those mental patients all day. I don't think they are very miserable, maybe they don't have as many worries as us, or they have their own world, so they don't have so many worries. And us, we have to work hard, and we have to stay awake at all times..."

Her words made Old Xu very uncomfortable.

They look carefree, but they can't escape this society either.

Old Xu retorted coldly: "If you don't provoke them, they have no trouble, and they are quite happy themselves. But if you stir things up, you will get yourself into trouble in minutes. I told you long ago that there is nothing to write about, but you didn't believe me. If you can't understand, at least don't disturb others."

Afternoon,

Old Xu took Miss Liu to visit a successful mental patient's home, suppressing the condition with medicine.

Continued to visit...

Finally, Old Xu and Miss Liu met the mental patient Ah Song.

Ah Song saw Old Xu and ran away with a guilty conscience.

Old Xu felt there must be a problem, so he chased after him, chasing all the way to a piece of burnt shed, and found Ah Song's house that was not burnt.

The house was full of garbage.

Then Old Xu found Ah Song's daughter, her face full of chickenpox, and her body even more.

The little girl was smiling innocently at Old Xu, she didn't understand her condition at all.

Old Xu quickly asked Miss Liu to call an ambulance.

Soon,

Arrived at the hospital, Old Xu reacted, Ah Song had a son and a daughter. Since the girl was brought by his side, what about the son?

Forced Ah Song. In Ah Song's neurotic, incoherent narration, Old Xu roughly understood what happened, Ah Song's son was sick, the doctor prescribed the wrong medicine, Ah Song hid his son.

Old Xu promised Ah Song that he would definitely find the best doctor to treat his son, and Ah Song then took Old Xu, Miss Liu, and the police to find his son.

As a result, they came to the mountain all the way, and then found a mud pit.

The mud pit was dug open.

There was nothing.

"Son!"

At this moment, Ah Song's mental illness broke out, shouting at the mud pit,

"Son, where are you? Where did you go?"

"Dad is here to find you."

Old Xu was stunned.

"What do you mean?"

He walked quickly to the mud pit, looked at the mud pit, and then thought of something, grabbing Ah Song by the collar.

"What did you do to your son?"

"Why is it here?!"

"He died! I buried him here!"

"What?"

This scene almost made Old Xu collapse,

"Son, where are you, who stole you!" Ah Song shouted, then drilled into the woods and searched all the way.

At this moment, Old Xu had roughly figured out what was going on, Ah Song must have had a mental breakdown, killed his son, and buried him.

"Ah Ming, you bastard!"

Old Xu cursed angrily.

Ah Ming, the social worker of the Rebirth Society, is Ah Song's "caretaker."

Old Xu asked the police to find Ah Song's son while being furious, calling everywhere to find the whereabouts of his colleague Ah Ming.

30 minutes later,

Finally, in a gold shop, he found the happy Ah Ming.

"Ah Ming, are you still a human!"

"You bastard!"

The furious Old Xu punched Ah Ming in the face, and Ah Ming fell directly.

The scene instantly became chaotic,

Ah Ming's friends were naturally furious and wanted to beat Old Xu.

"Stop! Stop for me!"

Ah Ming called to stop the pulling people.

Then Ah Ming pulled Old Xu out of the gold shop to a deserted alley street.

"Ah Song's son is dead, do you know?!" Old Xu asked with red eyes.

A round of scolding!

"He had liver disease, Ah Song told the doctor he was sick, took some medicine back for his son to eat, and ended up killing his son. Also, when he buried his son, he hadn't stopped breathing yet!"

"I don't blame you for going out to make money, I also want to make money, but you have to look after them too."

Angry! Sad!

The voice questioning Ah Ming was hoarse.

Ah Ming: "I looked after them."

Old Xu: "You did? If you looked after them, that little child wouldn't have died."

Ah Ming: "I've looked after them for almost ten years, don't I care about them?"

Old Xu: "You care about them? You care about your money, right."

Facing Old Xu's questioning, Ah Ming also became excited:

Ah Ming: "What do you know? I sent Ah Song in and out of Castle Peak Hospital, I don't know how many times, I watched those two children being born."

"I advised him, I said: 'Don't get married, you can't even support yourself', he didn't listen. I also said to that girl's father: 'Don't marry your daughter to him, his brain is not normal'. Her father said: 'Don't worry, my daughter is also an idiot'."

"I told them, you can't have children, you can't even take care of yourselves, they wouldn't listen. I told them to use contraception, they wouldn't either."

"Last year his wife died, I told him to send the two children to the Five Star Orphanage, he wouldn't do it even if he died."

"Actually, I love his son very much."

As he spoke, Ah Ming's tears came out.

Ah Ming poured out his heart, there are too many cruel things in this world, he tried his best to help them, but it was always like this, one tragedy was enough to destroy all the efforts he had made.

"I've tried my best, but what's the use? I resigned last week, I thought you knew..."

At this moment,

All of Old Xu's anger turned into nothing.

Ah Ming's path, the patients he cared for, were no less than his own. Old Xu's heart was also full of scars, he thought of the helplessness he encountered when he first started working, he wanted to persuade two children to quit drugs, but found that the whole family were drug addicts, and could only let it go.

He encountered all kinds of mental patients: those who hacked their mothers to death, those who jumped off buildings, those who shouted about suicide and were unhappy, and those who were locked at home for more than ten years...

Old Xu felt extremely painful in his heart, he also wanted to give up this job, but couldn't bear to leave these patients he had accompanied for many years, afraid that no one would take care of them.

Miss Liu comforted Old Xu.

At this moment, Miss Liu's heart underwent earth-shaking changes.

During the day, she said these mental patients might be very happy, but now, she felt they were really pitiful.

"Ring ring ring~~~~"

Just at this time,

Old Xu's phone rang.

Old Xu answered the phone,

"What? Mingxin Hospital?"

The voice rose an octave.

"Good, good!"

The originally sad Old Xu, after hearing the phone call, suddenly lit up.

"Let's go, go to Mingxin Hospital!"

Old Xu's steps were fast, and an excited and happy smile had already appeared on his face.

"What's wrong?"

"My friend from Five Star Property called and said Ah Song's son was dug out by them and sent to Mingxin Hospital, just finished rescue, now hospitalized... hurry up!"

"Really?"

Miss Liu was pleasantly surprised and hurriedly followed.

30 minutes later, arrived at Mingxin Hospital.

Ah Ming also rushed over.

"Where is he?"

"In the 7th floor Hepatobiliary Department."

Soon, they came to the Hepatobiliary Department, and the three came to the ward.

In one of the hospital beds, a little boy was lying, sleeping.

Old Xu: "How is it, is it Ah Song's son?"

Ah Ming nodded seriously: "Yes."

Hoo~~~

Old Xu and Miss Liu both breathed a long sigh of relief.

Soon, Old Xu learned from his friend at Five Star Property that it was Boss Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu who asked them to find him, and they really found him.

Old Xu didn't know why Mr. Guan would ask people to find him...

Perhaps this is the magical place of Mr. Guan?

A new day,

The Five Star Charity Foundation held a press conference.

Invited more than 40 media outlets.

Facing numerous flashes...

The person in charge, Gao Qiu, stood on the stage and introduced the situation and plight of some mental patients.

"Mental illness is a global public health problem, and there are many patients in Hong Kong struggling with the disease..."

"Shortage of medical resources, heavy economic pressure brought to families..."

"The Five Star Charity Foundation has always adhered to the concept of caring for life, passing on warmth, and creating a harmonious society together..."

"Today, on behalf of Five Star Group and Five Star Charity Foundation, I announce two decisions..."

"First, this year, invest no less than 20 million Hong Kong dollars to increase social worker recruitment, social worker benefits, and subsidize the economic situation of mental patients..."

"Second, within 1 year, invest 100 million Hong Kong dollars to build a mental hospital that can accommodate 300 patients..."

Noon,

And Old Xu and Miss Liu were eating at a restaurant, the TV was broadcasting the noon news of ATV.

"We will strive to improve the living conditions of mental patients and their families..."

Gao Qiu's voice came out through the TV.

Old Xu was pleasantly surprised.

Five Star Group's reaction speed is really fast.

If there are more social workers to help him, he should have no torture, and mental patients should also have a better situation.

Ring ring ring~~~~

This is, Old Xu's phone rang.

"Not good, Ah Gou is going to commit suicide... Old Xu, please hurry over..."

Ah Gou's mother called.

Old Xu stood up suddenly.

"Where?"

"Wet market."

"I'll rush over immediately."

Soon, Old Xu and Miss Liu flew out of the restaurant and took a car to the wet market at high speed.

Arrived at the wet market.

Ah Gou was about to commit suicide, two police officers wanted to stop him, but it further stimulated Ah Gou to commit suicide.

Old Xu rushed over.

Seeing Old Xu coming, Ah Gou then cried.

"How did you get like this?" Old Xu checked Ah Gou's whole body, no injuries, breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mom told me to die." Ah Gou cried aggrievedly.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, I'll go back and scold her now, okay?" Old Xu coaxed.

At this time,

A female reporter rushed over excitedly, holding a camera flash and flashing at Ah Gou.

Miss Liu: "Don't turn on the flash!"

Old Xu was angry: "Stop!"

And at this moment, Ah Gou was stimulated, directly went crazy, and picked up a knife from the fish stall.

From behind Old Xu, he slashed fiercely at Old Xu.

Just when he was about to slash Old Xu, his foot suddenly slipped, knocking Old Xu down, and the two rolled on the ground.

Clang~~~

The knife flew several meters away.

Two police officers hurriedly collected the knife.

Old Xu was still in shock, hurriedly hugged the crazy Ah Gou, constantly soothing him.

"It's okay, it's okay..."

"Deep breath~~ deep breath~~~~"

For a full two minutes, Ah Gou finally calmed down.

Then he cried again.

At this moment, Old Xu realized that his back was already wet.

Old Xu suddenly had a whim, tore open his coat, took out the peace charm Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu gave him, and found that the feel of the peace charm had changed, it was broken.

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PS: I got the time for the doctor's visit wrong, it's the 25th, I made a wasted trip, only one chapter today, asking for leave for one chapter tomorrow morning.

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