amaotonovel Chapter 964: Convincing a Family
Chapter 964: Convincing a Family
The principal was surprised and asked, "Big sister, why did you bring so many things for the children?"
Shen Xuening said, "It's a rare trip for you, so I brought some more."
"Good people, really good people." The principal was an old man in his fifties, wearing old-fashioned Liberation suit. He was in good spirits. After seeing Shen Xuening and Qin Zizhou, he was full of praise.
Shen Xuening said: "These are for the children. Give them to them after class."
As soon as she finished speaking, the bell for the end of get out of class rang.
The principal smiled and said, "The get out of class is over. Sister, come and distribute the things to the children. Let them remember you."
"Okay, sorry to bother you then." Shen Xue Ning did not refuse. She also wanted to see the children's mental state.
The principal walked into the classroom and said to the children of varying ages with a smile, "A kind sister and brother came today. They brought a lot of things for you. Come with me and they will distribute them to you."
After saying that, he asked the teacher to come out and help.
The children cheered, and then a chubby kid ran out of the classroom excitedly.
The administrator waved: "Here."
The children immediately ran towards the gate again.
Shen Xuening observed the children with an innocent smile on her face. She looked in good spirits, but the clothes she wore were a little old and some of them didn't fit her well. They looked like someone else's clothes.
The administrator shouted to the children: "Line up properly, no loud noises, no cutting in line, and no grabbing things."
The children were very obedient and quickly lined up in a long queue, led by the little fat boy.
The principal walked over to Shen Xuening and said, "Big sister, these are all the students in our school." Then he said regretfully, "There were originally forty, but since school started this year, several are missing."
Shen Xuening frowned: "There's only a reduction, no delivery?"
The principal sighed and shook his head: "Everything that can be delivered has been delivered, and those that have not been delivered will not be delivered again."
"I understand." Shen Xuening didn't say anything else. She took out a small knife from her bag, opened the food packaging, and began to distribute food to the children.
She brought a lot of things, and each child got a lot.
The children who received the things said sweetly, "Thank you sister, thank you brother".
Shen Xuening and Qin Zizhou smiled at them.
After distributing the things to the children, there were still some left. Shen Xuening gave the rest to the principal and others. They were not rich, and the school depended on them. Without them, the children in front of them would have no hope.
The principal couldn't help but wipe away tears: "Thank you, thank you, it's really our blessing to meet you in the New Year."
"Principal, you're too kind. There's very little we can do to help. We still rely on you." Shen Xue Ning took out another 10,000 yuan and handed it to the principal, "Use it to improve the children's meals."
The principal solemnly continued with both hands: "Thank you, thank you very much."
The children also said, "Thank you, sister."
Shen Xuening encouraged: "Study hard and work hard to get into high school. That will be your greatest gratitude."
The children said in unison: "We will definitely work hard."
Shen Xuening said to the principal and the other three, "Now that everyone is here, I'll repeat what I just said to my aunt. Help as many children as possible."
The principal looked at the administrator and said, "In that case, shall we go to the office and talk?"
Shen Xuening thought for a second: "Okay, excuse me."
Several people went to the office together, and Shen Xuening repeated what he had just said.
There was silence in the office for a while.
The principal asked in a trembling voice, "Big sister, are you telling the truth?"
Shen Xuening nodded: "Really, really, I gave my contact information to my aunt, please let me know when you have any results."
The principal couldn't stop crying and kept wiping his tears with his sleeves: "Okay, okay, we will definitely try our best to persuade more children to study, we will."
Shen Xuening said: "That's it for now."
The principal immediately stood up and said respectfully, "We'll take you there."
Shen Xuening nodded, called Qin Zizhou, left the office together, and drove away.
After they left, the principal and his four colleagues held another meeting and said frankly that they had met some really kind people this time and that these children had a future.
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Daquan Village?.
There are three children in this village attending Hope Primary School, and all of them are boys. The oldest boy is called Li Yaozong.
After school in the afternoon, the principal and his four colleagues split up into four groups and each followed a student to their village, preparing to mobilize the children in the village to go to school. They believed that with such generous conditions offered by Shen Xue Ning, many parents would definitely agree.
This village is quite poor. The poorest families still live in mud houses. Even those who live in tiled houses are dilapidated and look like they have experienced countless hardships and are crumbling.
Li Yaozong took the principal into the village. There were many people in the village. After all, it was just the New Year and it was not yet the season for farm work. However, the young people in the village had already left the village to work, and two of them went to work for Shen Xuening.
The two men earned 100,000 yuan and returned home, which made the villagers envious. Many young people in the village followed them and left the village to work for Shen Xue Ning.
But there are still many villagers who are probably mentally constrained and unwilling to leave the village. After all, they don’t know what the situation is like outside the village. What if they are bullied?
The principal asked, "Yaozong, how many households are there in your village?"
Li Yaozong wasn't entirely sure, so he roughly said, "There should be more than 30 households, so quite a lot of people."
The principal casually asked, "How many children are there who don't have access to education?"
Li Yaozong knew this very well: "There are 27 children in our village. Only three of them are in school. The others are working at home."
"Twenty-seven?" The principal raised his voice in surprise. Firstly, he was surprised that so many children had not been to school. Secondly, he was surprised that this small village had so many children. It was so fertile!
"Yeah, they were all my playmates, but I became distant from them after I went to school." Li Yaozong walked leisurely with his hands hooked on the straps of his schoolbag.
"This is normal." The principal looked around, and the people in the village also looked at him.
"Principal, can my playmates really go to school like me?" There was some anticipation in Li Yaozong's black and white eyes.
"As long as I can convince their parents, it will be possible." The principal was full of confidence.
"Their parents are very stubborn and may not listen to you." Li Yaozong shook his head.
"No matter whether it succeeds or not, let's give it a try first," said the principal.
"Yeah." Li Yaozong nodded.
As he was speaking, a lively conversation came from a house on the side, which attracted the principal's attention: "What happened there?"
Li Yaozong glanced at her sideways and said, "Sister Taozi is getting married."
The principal was a little confused: "Sister Taozi is getting married?"
"Yeah." Li Yaozong walked into the crowd. "Sister Taozi is fifteen years old. Her parents said she was wasting food at home, so they married her off."
The principal's village also had similar situations, but since it was someone else's business, he was powerless to stop it: "What a sin!"
Li Yaozong looked back at the principal and said, "Principal, I have three older sisters. The oldest one will be fifteen soon. My mother keeps saying she's planning to marry her off. My eldest sister hugged me and cried. Principal, I don't want my sister to get married. Can you help her?"
The principal was silent.
Seeing that the principal didn't say anything, Li Yaozong's rising hope died down, and he continued to walk forward with the principal in silence.
The principal was going to find the village chief. The villagers here listened to the village chief, and only by convincing the village chief could he convince them, otherwise it would be a futile effort.
Li Yaozong remained silent until he brought them to the village chief's house: "Principal, we're at the village chief's grandfather's house."
The principal patted Li Yaozong on the shoulder and said, "Yaozong, I'll talk to the village chief. If I can convince him, maybe your sister won't have to get married."
Li Yaozong's eyes lit up: "Okay."
The principal knocked on the door.
Li Yaozong shouted loudly: "Grandpa Village Head, our principal is here to see you."
Even in such a backward village, people respected scholars. The village chief was weaving baskets at home. Upon hearing this, he immediately stood up and said, "Welcome, welcome. Please take a seat."
The principal looked around the yard. It was not a big yard with a brick house in front and a wall around it. It looked a bit dilapidated.
He greeted: "Uncle, excuse me for disturbing you."
The village chief brought out a stool from his home for the principal to sit on: "No, no, you are a guest, please sit down."
The principal didn't mind and sat down on the stool: "Uncle, your basket looks pretty good."
The village chief smiled and said, "If you like it, I'll give you one."
"That's not necessary." The principal waved his hand. How could he possibly ask for anything?
The village chief smiled and said, "The principal doesn't come to the village often. He must be here for something." He glanced at Li Yaozong and asked, "Did Yaozong get into trouble?"
"No, no, I came here to tell you something good." The principal smiled mysteriously and kept everyone in suspense.
After hearing this, the village chief immediately became interested: "Please tell me directly, Principal."
The principal said, "It's like this. Today, a kind-hearted person came to our school. She wants to sponsor children from nearby schools to go to school. I came here to tell you about this."
The village chief was puzzled: "Aren't the children in the village already going to school? Why would they just provide financial support directly? Why are you coming to the village?"
The principal smiled and said, "Uncle, don't worry, I'll tell you slowly."
The village chief nodded: "You say."
The principal told the village chief everything.
After hearing this, the village chief was surprised: "There are actually such kind-hearted people!"
The principal patiently persuaded, "Yes, that's why I'm trying to get the children in the village to go to school. You said, if the children learn skills, they can earn more money by working in the future, right?"
The village chief nodded. "That's true. Besides, they even give 5,000 yuan as a reward to students with good grades. Where can such a good thing come from?"
He automatically understood that getting into high school meant having good academic performance. The villagers believed that only those with good academic performance could get into high school!