Chapter 1: Brief introduction

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Wu's Orphanage, an old orphanage in London.

It's a square building surrounded by tall railings. The interior looks shabby, but it's clean and spotless.

The time when the orphanage was established can no longer be traced. Although it has a long history, there is nothing to praise about it - neither famous businessmen, politicians or scholars have come out here, nor can it attract more donations Or a kind person who came to adopt.

This is just an ordinary and dilapidated orphanage that is on the verge of bankruptcy, and Mrs. Gary, the manager, is just an ordinary old woman.

However, this orphanage has an extraordinary reputation on the other side of the world, in a society that mortals cannot reach, and this reputation must be even louder from today.

Just today, June 11, 1991, the orphanage welcomed a special guest. "Boom thump-"

A knock on the door entered Mrs. Gary's ears.

Nestled in the reclining chair, she put down the needle and thread in her hand and hurriedly walked towards the door.

"On such a rainy day, who would come to visit such an old orphanage?"

She was so puzzled, she took an old black umbrella on the shelf at the door, opened it and walked towards the door.

Standing at the door was an old man, tall and thin, with long silver hair and a silver beard that could even be said to reach his waist. Camouflaged black umbrella. The robe was soaked, and the half-moon glasses were dripping with water.

Mrs. Gary was 60 years old, but she felt that the old man was much older than she was, and it was amazing that the old man, old enough to be her father (in Mrs. Gary's view), seemed to be Far more energetic than hers, his beautiful blue eyes were full of bright life.

"Oh, come in." Mrs. Gary hurriedly took out a large key from the key ring, and laboriously opened the rusted door of the orphanage: "The weather has been really bad recently, the children's clothes It's been out for two days."

"That's not it." The old man agreed, and followed Mrs. Gary into the main entrance of the orphanage. He looked around, a flash of nostalgia in his eyes.

"It hasn't changed at all, it's still so neat," he sighed.

"Of course." Mrs. Gary pulled out a clean towel from the cabinet and handed it to the wet old man, proudly saying, "This has always been like this here.

Although we cannot provide affluent living conditions, we will still do our best. It is possible to give children a good living environment, and it has been like this since Mrs. Cole. Unfortunately, not many people will come to help us, and not many people will come to help these poor little ones." As he spoke, the broken The old woman with the mouth couldn't help complaining again.

"Have you been here before? I don't seem to remember you." She was a little curious.

"Oh, that was many years ago," the old man recalled. "About fifty-seven... or fifty-eight years? I can't remember exactly. It was Mrs. Cole who received me, and she provided me with helped a lot."

"Then you are probably in your 80s?" Mrs. Gary asked casually, making tea for the guests.

"Trust me, I'm older than you think." The old man finally dried his beard and hair with a towel, and then chatted with the somewhat lonely old woman.

After a while, the old woman who had satisfied her desire to chat remembered the serious business: "Then, this gentleman, you... oh, it's so rude, I forgot to ask your name."

"Albus, Albus Dumbledore." The old man replied: "My occupation is the principal of a private school, and I came here to find a boy named Jack Reacher."

"Oh, Jack Reacher." Mentioning this name, the old woman's cloudy eyes seemed to light up: "Little Jack is our pride here, there is no more intelligent and sensible child than him, I I watched this kid grow up, and I've seen all kinds of mischievous little ones, you know, that's what my profession is like, but I've never seen such a smart and sensible little adult."

Mrs. Gary's face revealed incomparable pride and happiness, and she introduced incessantly, "Jack can speak at the age of 1. Since then, he has never cried with us, whether it is because he is hungry or is robbed. Bullied by an older child, he works hard to face it alone, oh, he is really a strong child."

Mrs. Gary filled Dumbledore with black tea and continued: "This child is a cute reader. He has learned to read since he can read. Newspapers, magazines, dictionaries, novels... He reads everything. This child is smart. , I can learn quickly, I can read newspapers fluently at the age of 3..."

As if introducing her proud grandson, the old woman took a long time to introduce the 10-year-old named "Jack Reacher"

The boy, Dumbledore listened patiently, and gradually he had a basic impression of this child: smart, sensible, studious, hard-working, kind, etc. Although he knew that there was more or less subjective favoritism of the old woman, but This impression is almost perfect.