Who would still be a social slave when they are so rich?

Chapter 391 Are you interested in going in and taking a look?

After breakfast, Su Chen took everyone to find a large supermarket not far from the hotel.

"Boss, there's really no need for so much..." Chen Fei looked at the two shopping carts filled with mountains of cigarettes, alcohol, health products, fruits and snacks, and suddenly felt a little overwhelmed.

"As your boss, this is my first time visiting your home. You can't let me go empty-handed!" Su Chen smiled and put two more cartons of milk on the shopping cart. "By the way, which county under Tianshui is your home in?"

"Menguan Town under Qingshui County is about 80 kilometers away from the city. It takes more than an hour to get there by car." Chen Fei felt a little embarrassed and lowered his head, not daring to look at Su Chen.

Su Chen frowned slightly and asked in confusion: "Menguan Town? Didn't you give you a holiday and come back to buy a house for your family? Why are your parents still in the town below?"

"Well...I did buy a house in the county town!" Chen Fei smiled bitterly.

"But, boss, you also know that my parents have been digging in the soil for their livelihood all their lives. It is said that it is hard to leave one's hometown. Now they just want to be able to move around and take good care of the little land they have. They are unwilling to go to the county."

Su Chen nodded and patted Fade Chen on the shoulder. "The older generation is like this. The land is their life."

"Go back and give them some proper advice this time. You're not short of money now, and it's time for your parents to enjoy themselves!"

After a pause, Su Chen took a lot of gift boxes from the shelf and said, "Let's buy some meat, vegetables and the like, and then we'll set off!"

When they came out of the supermarket, each of them was holding three or four huge plastic bags in their hands.

Fortunately, they brought all the luggage to the hotel last night. Not only was the trunk full, but even the back seat was packed full.

After the two cars drove out of the city, the tall buildings were gradually replaced by green mountains, and the asphalt road turned into a concrete road. At the back, it was a road on the ridge, climbing up along the winding road on the mountain.

Su Chen couldn't help but sigh that it was fortunately a cement road. If it was a dirt road, he might not have the courage to come here if it rained.

There are slopes on both sides of the road. If the car slides off the road, it will probably roll all the way to the bottom of the valley.

After turning who knows how many turns and feeling a little dizzy, Su Chen saw a small town standing in the basin of the valley in the distance.

There are houses scattered around, with white walls and red tiles, which are particularly eye-catching. A small river flows through the town. The water is not very deep, and you can still see people standing in the river fishing.

The whole town is not very big. Su Chen took a look and found that it was just one street, about two or three kilometers long. The interesting thing is that the houses here are built in rows.

From a distance, it looks very straight.

Su Chen specifically asked about it and found out that these resettlement houses built locally were not where Chen Fei and his family lived before, but were later moved here from the mountains.

Listening to it, Su Chen felt that there was a sense of merging villages and towns. Concentrating small villages in the mountains into one place could also promote local development.

The car slowly drove down the ridge to the main street of Menguan Town. Both sides of the street were lined with neatly arranged one-story bungalows, and two-story buildings were rarely seen.

Many elderly people who were sitting and chatting under the shade of the trees looked around curiously when they saw two large luxury cars coming into the town, and whispered to themselves from time to time, discussing whether the two cars were passing by or whether someone's promising children had returned.

When they passed a red and white archway, Su Chen hurriedly called out to Fade Chen, "A Fei, pull over for a moment!"

Ok?
Although Fade Chen was a little confused, he still parked the car next to the arch, raising a cloud of fine dust.

Su Chen got out of the car and looked at this distinctive building. There was a plaque hanging on each side of the red and white arch.

The one on the right is a little older, it seems to be quite old, and a lot of paint has fallen off the plaque.

There are five black words written on it: Menguan Town Primary School!

And on the left...

"Hey, Boss, what's going on? Yunmengze Sunshine Lunch Program Pilot!" Chen Fei looked at the plaque on the left with a look of surprise on his face.

"Pei Rang also reported to me before that the scope of the Sunshine Lunch Plan is the northwest and southwest regions. I didn't expect to encounter it here."

As Su Chen spoke, he poked his head into the school. The school was not very big. Apart from a three-story teaching building, there was only a row of one-story buildings connected to the gate.

The playground...well, it can't be called a playground. It's just a piece of earth without any play facilities. Even the standard basketball hoop doesn't have a single screw.

After observing through the iron gate for a while, when Su Chen was about to leave, he heard the school bell for the end of get out of class. The originally quiet school immediately became lively.

Um?what's the situation?
Isn't it summer vacation? Why are there still students in school?

At this time, Su Yan and his wife also came over and asked curiously: "Brother, what are you looking at? What's so interesting about a primary school?"

Su Chen ignored Su Yan, but looked at Lin Xiaoyu beside him and asked, "Xiaoyu, do you know what this situation is?"

Lin Xiaoyu took two quick steps and arrived at the gate, just in time to see dozens of children running out of the teaching building. They were of different ages, some looked only six or seven years old, and some were about twelve or thirteen years old.

Their clothes were all varied, but they had one thing in common: they were very old and washed bleached. Many of the clothes were discolored, and even the big toes of their shoes could be seen.

After observing for a while, Lin Xiaoyu turned to Chen Cheng and asked, "Brother Fei, are there a lot of left-behind children here?"

Chen Fei was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and nodded woodenly, "Although Menguan Town was formed by the merger of many small villages, there are still many villages around it, scattered in the nearby mountains."

"As you know, the harvest in the mountains depends on the weather, which has led to many young workers going out to work, leaving the elderly at home to farm and take care of the children."

As he was talking, Chen Fei realized that these students who were still in school were most likely left-behind children in Menguan Town and surrounding villages, or from poor families.

Putting your own children in school not only saves you a lot of worry, but also allows them to learn more knowledge.

Studying is the key way for them to change their destiny. Although it is not the only way, it is definitely the safest way.

Apart from the last time, Chen Fei had not been back for many years. He was not very clear about the specific situation of this elementary school. These were just his guesses.

"Who are you?" A slightly hoarse voice sounded from behind Su Chen and others, startling the four people who were thinking.

Su Chen looked back and saw an elderly man with gray hair looking at them with burning eyes.

Before Su Chen could speak, Fade Chen excitedly shouted, "Principal Chen!"

The white-haired old man lowered his eyes slightly, looked at Chen Fei, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "You are from the family of that bastard Chen Tiedan, your name is Chen Fei, right!" Hearing his father's nickname, Chen Fei was so embarrassed that he could dig out a three-bedroom and one-living-room house with his toes, but the principal Chen in front of him was a real elder, he didn't dare to turn his face away.

"Hehe~ I didn't expect that you still remembered me, Principal Chen!" Fade Chen scratched his head and said embarrassedly.

The old principal stretched out his hand tremblingly, patted Chen Fei on the shoulder, and joked with a smile: "How can you not remember? You were the most naughty student in our school back then. You climbed trees to catch birds and went to the river to catch fish. Is there anything you dare not do?"

"You came to my office quite often back then!"

"I didn't expect that I'd grown up so quickly. Time really doesn't spare anyone!"

"Oh, I remember you were in the army, are you discharged now? Or have you returned home with honor?"

Principal Chen is not deaf. When Chen Fei came back and bought a house in the county town for his parents, the news spread throughout this small town of Menguan within two days.

What's more, there were two luxury cars parked on the side of the road. Although the old principal didn't know what the cars were or how much they were worth, he could tell they were very valuable just by looking at their appearance.

"I retired last year and am currently working in security at a large company. I came back to take a look this time!" While speaking, Chen Fei glanced at Su Chen beside him in a very obscure manner.

Although Principal Chen is old, his eyes are still sharp. He immediately realized that the young man in front of him seemed to be of some extraordinary background.

Security work, to put it simply, is bodyguard or security guard. Looking at this configuration, it is most likely a bodyguard.

It goes without saying that a person who can carry a bodyguard with him must be someone with a simple background.

Nodding, Principal Chen looked at Su Chen and the others and said, "I saw you guys looking around the door just now. You must be curious about why we are still having classes during summer vacation!"

Su Chen smiled and nodded, looking at the children playing on the earth dam, "Yes, principal, I am indeed a little curious. Are these the left-behind children from Menguan Town and the surrounding villages?"

Principal Chen looked at the laughing little ones with a wry smile on his face. "Most of them are children from the mountains. They have nowhere to go during the summer vacation. Some of them have elderly parents who are too old to take care of them, so they are sent to school."

"It's all thanks to the Sunshine Lunch Program promoted by the Yunmengze Group, otherwise... there's nothing the old man can do!" As Principal Chen said this, he stroked the plaque on the left, his face full of melancholy.

Upon hearing this, Su Chen realized something was wrong and asked tentatively, "Hmm? Principal Chen, is there any other story behind this?"

“Haha~ It’s not much of a story!”

Principal Chen smiled and waved his hand, his eyes revealing a trace of emotion, "It is this Sunshine Lunch Program, which was originally aimed at those poor areas. Although the conditions in our Menguan Town are relatively difficult, they are still much better than those in the mountainous areas. Naturally, we are not within the scope of the initial pilot!"

"Later, the old man personally went to invite the inspectors from Yunmengze to come here for research. After learning about the school's situation, he approved our pilot project and allocated additional funds for summer care!"

"Although it's not a lot, it's enough for these little guys to spend a happy summer vacation."

Principal Chen looked at the old watch on his wrist and smiled, inviting him, "The kitchen is cooking at this hour, are you interested in going in for a look?"

"Of course I'm interested!" Su Chen's eyes lit up, and he turned to Chen Fei and gave him a look, "Go to the trunk and get two boxes of fruit."

Fortunately, I bought enough before, so it’s no big deal to take out two boxes.

As they passed through the rusty iron gate, they immediately attracted the attention of the children. They gathered around them curiously, and some even walked up to Principal Chen and looked at them curiously.

Lin Xiaoyu was worthy of being a volunteer teacher. She quickly became friends with the children. Many little girls surrounded her and chattered.

Su Yan was not to be outdone, and he joined some older boys to play the game of "Eagle Catches Chicken".

For a moment, the children's laughter and joy were much louder than before.

"The kitchen is this way!" Principal Chen pointed in the direction of the row of one-story small bungalows and took Su Chen over there.

When I lifted the kitchen door curtain, a wave of hot steam came out, carrying a faint aroma of meat.

In the kitchen of less than ten square meters, two women wearing aprons were guarding three large iron pots. In the outermost pot, potatoes and chicken legs were boiling, and a few wolfberries were floating in the golden oil.

"You came at the right time. The school is having extra meals today!" Principal Chen looked at the pieces of meat rolling in the pot with a bright smile on his face.

As if worried that Su Chen and the others didn't understand, he even explained, "We can eat big meat twice a week at school, and usually we just have some fatty meat fried with vegetables."

"In the past, we would never have dared to think about this. We were lucky to have potatoes every day, so how could we dare to ask for meat?"

"If it weren't for Yunmengze's Sunshine Lunch Plan, these little guys would have been in trouble."

At this time, Su Chen noticed a transparent file box piled in the corner. He casually flipped to the top page and saw densely written records on the yellowed form, "Li Xiaohu, his parents have been working away from home for many years and his grandmother has a lame leg!"

"Wang Caixia, her father was disabled in an accident in his early years, her mother abandoned the family and ran away..." Relevant information is written behind each name, and it is also covered with a blue seal of "Yunmengze Sunshine Lunch".

It seems that this information has been researched. No wonder Sanmen Town, which was not originally included in the plan, was later specially approved. The family environment of these children alone makes it worth it!

"Principal!" A skinny little kid poked his head in from outside the door. "I wonder if the water pipe in the back mountain was damaged by a wild boar? The water is out again!"

Upon hearing this, Principal Chen walked outside. Su Chen immediately gave Chen Fei a look. With the old principal's physique, if he fell down accidentally, the consequences would be disastrous.

"Old principal, let me go. I'm familiar with the water pipes in the back mountain!" As Chen Fei spoke, he ran out and disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye.

Coming out of the kitchen, Su Chen found a dozen "flower pots" made from mineral water bottles piled up at the corner of the wall, with the wild flowers of Yanba arranged in the shape of a "heart".

"This is…"

"This is for Grandpa Chen!" The skinny little boy squatted down to tidy up the wild flowers. He always shared the meat with us and hid in the office to boil water for rice.

"The last time I snuck into his office, I found his drawer was full of stomach medicines."

Hearing this, he turned to look at Principal Chen who was busy in the kitchen. His white-haired appearance made Su Chen feel mixed emotions for a moment.

I appreciate Principal Chen's selfless dedication to these children, and I am also pleased with the Sunshine Lunch Program for being able to help so many little ones.

(End of this chapter)