Chapter 2663 — Visiting Yu Xiaoke
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Because the orphanage had more and more children, many staff members had to be hired to care for them. And since the orphanage was a private institution, all expenses had to be borne by the old director and Yu Xiaoke themselves, so naturally they economized wherever they could, giving the extra room space to the newly arrived staff.
Wei Zhao knew all the security guards at the orphanage, and Yu Dake had come with Wei Zhao, so the two of them were not stopped at all and went straight upstairs.
"My sister still lives at the orphanage?" Along the way, Yu Dake had not dared to ask much. He only knew that Yu Xiaoke belonged to the orphanage, and that Wei Zhao had raised a large sum of money for it, but he did not know that this orphanage was run by Yu Xiaoke.
"At present, this orphanage is jointly run by Xiaoke and the old director. The child we just saw is called Little Ken—you could say he's Yu Xiaoke's assistant." Wei Zhao explained, "Your sister has a hard life. Every day she worries about the children's livelihood. Don't underestimate the orphanage's expenses—this is a place where money really flows away like water."
"Uh..." Yu Dake was stunned for a moment. Wei Zhao's words carried a lot of information, and he needed to digest them carefully. "You're saying that my sister is in charge of the entire operation of the orphanage? And she also has to run around for its expenses?"
"More or less." Wei Zhao nodded. "This time our school helped raise over a hundred million, and who knows how long that will last..."
"Over a hundred million and it won't last long?" Yu Dake's eyes went wide. "No way. How much can these children possibly spend? Even with several hundred kids, a few hundred thousand a month would be the absolute limit, wouldn't it?"
"Ha... You don't manage a household, so you don't know how dear firewood and rice are. If it were only food, perhaps it would be enough. But first of all, there aren't just a few hundred children here. As of the last time Xiaoke and I talked, the number of orphans here had already reached nearly ten thousand, and the vast majority are orphans brought in soon after birth with various congenital and acquired illnesses. The medical costs for these orphans are, I'd say, hundreds of times the food costs and more..." Wei Zhao sighed. He too felt that Yu Xiaoke had a hard lot. The orphanage had now entered a cycle of limitless expansion; more and more orphans with illnesses were being sent here, and given Yu Xiaoke's character, it was absolutely impossible for her to turn them away at the door. She could only keep expanding the orphanage's construction without limit.
Of course, Wei Zhao could in fact treat these sick orphans himself, but his time and energy were limited. Curing a single orphan might take anywhere from a few hours at least to several months at most. If he stayed at the orphanage to treat them continuously, he might save a great deal of money, but his cultivation would be delayed—that was simply not realistic.
"So that's how it is." Yu Dake nodded after hearing this, evidently doing some silent accounting in his heart. Tens of thousands of children, many of them ill—the expenditure was absolutely an astronomical figure!