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75. Encounter Welfare Home

On Sunday, they embarked on their way home.

Hans said while eating ice cream on the way: "Go to deal with the toys first and send them to the grocery store. These are simple, especially those dolls, sell them quickly."

Li Du asked, "Why are you afraid of dolls?"

Hans laughed and said, "What are you kidding? I'm afraid of dolls? What's the point of being afraid of those Barbie dolls? I'm not afraid, I just don't like them, I hate them!"

"You're just scared, otherwise you wouldn't explain so much." said Crane, who was driving.

Hans glared at him and said, "Concentrate on driving, don't talk nonsense!"

Li Du said: "If you don't want to say it, just forget it, but Barbie dolls can't be sold."

Hans shouted, "What are you going to do if you don't sell it?"

Seeing Li Du staring at him with a strange look, he laughed dryly: "Okay, I admit that I am afraid of those dolls. Don't you think this thing is terrifying? They are not humans, with lifeless expressions, false smiles, and unenergetic eyes, Fake!"

At the end, he kicked the bridge to vent his fear.

Li Du patted his shoulder and said, "You have watched too many horror movies, so you can watch less things that are not suitable for children in the future. Also, occasionally studying the Uncanny Valley theory will help you overcome this psychology."

"I don't have to study any theory. You haven't mentioned these dolls yet, what are you going to do."

Li Du smiled mysteriously: "Set up a suspense, and you will know when you reach the destination."

The destination is naturally Mesa's mother's home. The car entered Flagpole City and passed through the suburbs. Hans was very familiar with this welfare home. When he saw the direction of the car, he understood Li Du's purpose.

"You want to give these Barbie dolls to the kids inside?"

"Why not? Most of these dolls are not even opened with packaging. They are brand new and ready to be sold as second-hand goods? Children want to have new Barbie dolls, so why not give them to them?" Li Du said.

It would be better to give second-hand goods as gifts in the cultural environment of China, but this is absolutely fine in the United States. Americans are pragmatists. As long as things can be used, everyone will treat them with the same perspective, whether they are new or second-hand.

So, there are many second-hand goods stores in the United States and many grocery stores that sell second-hand goods.

This kind of culture is also shown in Hollywood film and television dramas, such as the popular CBS "Bankrupt Sisters", which contains many plots about the two people on Taobao on the second-hand store.

Hans shrugged and said, "It's really good, but I won't give them dolls, I'll buy something else."

There is a Walmart supermarket around the welfare home. The two of them went in to buy a bunch of vouchers. In this way, Mesa's mother can buy what the welfare home needs in the future.

They drove into the welfare home and an ambulance parked at the door.

Seeing this, Hans hurriedly jumped out of the car and grabbed a child and asked, "Warrend, what's going on? Who's sick?"

The child smiled and said, "It's okay, Brother Fu, the doctors from St. John's Red Cross Hospital are here to conduct a free examination. Hey, what gift did you bring?"

Hans moved the box and opened it and said, "This time Uncle Li brought you a gift. Go and shouted out the girls. Uncle Li specially prepared gifts for them."

Warrend shouted happily: "Sisters, come out to meet guests, there are VIPs!"

After hearing this, Li Du quickly looked around. He didn't enter the wrong door, right?

Hans said angrily: "Warrend, you deserve a beating, don't talk nonsense!"

Warrend made a face and ran away, but the dormitory door opened and a few girls actually ran out.

In the reception room, a female doctor frowned and looked out, saying, "Mom Mesa, what's going on?"

The strong and charitable black woman smiled and said, "It was a naughty child who was joking with us. He had no malice. Let me see, oh, two good young people are here."

The female doctor did not see anyone, but saw a familiar little tiger cat, which was climbing into the ambulance with its long tail, because two boys were chasing it.

Li Du took out the beautifully packaged Barbie doll and said, "Look, girls, uncle fulfilled his promise and gave you a gift."

The dolls have not been taken apart yet, and the word "barbie" on the box seal is intact. When the girls saw the doll, they immediately cheered and surrounded them to wait for the gifts.

They got fifteen Barbie dolls, and there were fourteen girls in the welfare home, with different ages. However, Barbie dolls are the best friends of all women in the United States, and almost all ages can be killed, so they can be divided into one person.

When they got the Barbie doll, the girls ran away with laughter.

There were some other toys in the box, excavators, small racing cars, Transformers and Marvel hero models, which were suitable for boys, and Hans sent them to the toy room in the welfare home.

Li Du packed the box, and at this time Ah Meow suddenly screamed in a 'meow'. He looked up and said, "Ah Meow, quiet..."

Ah Miao screamed while pointing forward with her paws. Li Du looked along its paws. A blond female doctor in white smiled at him. It was Sophie who had rescued Ah Miao.

Today, the female doctor was wearing a white coat, her perfect figure was covered by the clothes, leaving only her slender and straight calves. She wore shining flesh-colored stockings to cover her snow-white and delicate skin, but she looked even more charming because of the hazy luster of the stockings.

Hearing his voice, Sophie, who was about to tease Ah Miao, turned around and smiled, "Hi, Li, what a coincidence, we actually met here. Ah Miao seemed to have recovered?"

Li Du said: "Yes, thank you for your superb medical skills. It has recovered from injury. Now it is okay to climb trees and stairs and jump up and down."

Sophie said strangely: "Then it recovers so quickly. It's less than two months. The cat's bones are very fragile and generally recovers slowly after injury. It seems that you have spent a lot of effort to take care of it."

Li Du smiled, this should be the credit of Xiao Feizhu.

Then he asked the hospital what activity it was. Sophie said that the hospital would conduct two voluntary physical examinations for welfare homes in the city every year. Because some children in the welfare homes have congenital disabilities, she had to follow them as a surgeon.

She didn't seem to want to talk about this topic very much. After a brief introduction, she changed the topic and said: "You are really good to the children here. You actually gave them such expensive Barbie dolls."

"Isn't this thing expensive?" Li Du said, "We went to a warehouse auction and then bought these dolls. I had an agreement with them that after getting the dolls, I sent them a gift, so I brought them."

Warehousing auctions are a very common event in the United States, and Sophie obviously understands its operating principle: "The warehouse you took must be Barbie doll collection enthusiasts. These are not ordinary dolls. This is a collector's edition launched in 2009 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of Barbie dolls!"

Li Du asked, "Is that so far you can recognize it? You are really an expert."
Chapter completed!
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