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

“Ding ding ding ding! It’s time to eat!”

Near noon, Principal Chen stood at the kitchen door holding an instrument similar to a gong, knocked it several times, and shouted loudly.

The lingering sound of the gong was still echoing in the playground. The little ones who were originally playing stopped immediately and ran back to their respective classrooms like a group of birds returning to their nests.

Before long, you can see them each holding a small enamel basin or a bowl with a small chip on it, or even an aluminum lunch box from twenty or thirty years ago.

The little ones were very well-behaved and lined up at the kitchen door. It didn't look very neat, but it was very orderly.

The slightly older children consciously stood at the back of the line, talking and laughing in anticipation of the lunch, with a hint of anticipation on everyone's face.

The aroma wafting out of the kitchen window made the little ones standing in the front so greedy that they all poked their heads into the kitchen to see what kind of meat was added for lunch today.

When the cafeteria aunt took out the stewed chicken legs with potatoes from the pot, the sharp-eyed kid shouted excitedly behind him: "Chicken legs, big chicken legs, today's snack is big chicken legs, chicken legs bigger than my face!"

When the little ones queuing at the back heard that there would be big chicken legs for lunch, their expectant faces were filled with expectant smiles and they cheered loudly.

Although everyone wanted to get their own chicken legs quickly, the queue was not messy at all, and was even neater than before.

Su Chen and others who were standing nearby saw this scene and for a moment they didn't know whether to laugh or feel sad.

For them, eating meat every meal is not a difficult thing, but for the left-behind children in these mountainous areas, eating meat is like celebrating the New Year.

After all...in their memory, they can only eat meat during the Chinese New Year.

"Yunmengze is a truly amazing company!" Lin Xiaoyu said with emotion, his voice filled with sincere admiration.

"They not only paid attention to the needs of the children in the mountainous areas, but also put the 'Sunshine Lunch' program into practice."

"Look at the smiles on those children's faces, that's the best proof of that."

As a volunteer teacher, Lin Xiaoyu naturally knew how hard life was for these children in the mountains. Having a hearty lunch was already a luxury for them, let alone meat.

Hearing Lin Xiaoyu praising Yunmengze Group, Su Chen and Chen Fei both showed an intriguing smile on their faces.

At this moment, a voice sounded from behind them.

"Hahaha, what this little girl said is absolutely right. Yunmengze Group is indeed a conscientious company. As far as I know, they have piloted nearly 30 primary schools in our area alone, involving more than 30,000 people!"

Principal Chen came behind them without knowing when, his face filled with joy. It was obvious that what Lin Xiaoyu had just said touched Principal Chen's heart.

"You don't know how hard life was for these kids in the past. Many of them lived far away from home. They had to get up at four or five o'clock every day to go to school and walk for several hours on the mountain road. They only carried two or three boiled potatoes with them as their food for the day."

"Do you know why this playground has always been made of dirt and not cement?"

"Uh... that must be because of lack of money. Is there any need to think about it?" Su Yan, this fool, said it subconsciously without even thinking about it.

Seeing Su Yan's expression, Lin Xiaoyu, who was standing next to him, covered her face, shook her head and sighed.

As for Su Chen, he was no exception. He glanced at Su Yan and silently took a small step to the side, as if to say that he was not familiar with him.

Su Yan also realized at this time that he might have said something wrong. He just didn't think it through, but that didn't mean he was stupid. He scratched his head awkwardly and looked at Principal Chen, wanting to know what was going on.

Principal Chen smiled and explained, "In fact, it doesn't cost much to build a cement playground. All you have to do is lay a layer of cement."

"The main reason why it has always been like this is that it is unnecessary!"

no need?

Su Chen thought about it thoughtfully, looking at the little guys queuing up, and the answer soon emerged in his mind.

"Hey, there's nothing wrong with what Principal Chen said. There's really no need for this!" Su Chen sighed, feeling a little complicated for a moment.

"No, big brother, why is it not necessary? If this playground is repaired and two basketball courts or football fields are installed, the little ones can have fun playing and exercise their bodies."

"Making the campus look more beautiful can be said to be the best of both worlds. How can it be unnecessary?" Su Yan really didn't understand. Is there anything wrong with repairing the school?
It is indeed true, but there are two sides to every coin, and what you see may not necessarily be good.

Su Chen glanced at Su Yan, and then slowly said: "If you can't even eat enough, how can you have the energy to play those energy-consuming activities."

"That's true!" Principal Chen said with a wry smile, "In the past, these little guys only had boiled potatoes to eat every day. If they came from a better-off family, they would only have a little rice and pickles. How could they have the energy to play?"

"So every time the county wants to rebuild the school playground, I apply to use the money to improve the lives of students. But after so many times, the higher-ups no longer mention this matter!"

"But..." Principal Chen changed his previous distress and a relieved smile appeared on his face again, "Since the implementation of the "Sunshine Lunch" plan in Yunmengze, the children can finally have enough food, and the skinny little guys who used to be skinny are starting to gain weight."

"We have already started resuming recess activities. Once these guys' physical fitness reaches normal levels, we can think about rebuilding the playground!"

As he was talking, a little girl with pigtails came skipping over with a lunch box in her hand. The big, shiny chicken drumstick in the bowl was shiny.

"Principal Grandpa, here's my big chicken leg for you to have a bite of!" The little girl proudly held up her lunch box, her eyes sparkling with an expectant look.

Principal Chen squatted down, gently touched the little girl's head, and said with a smile: "Keep this big chicken leg for yourself. Grandpa Principal will also have a share today."

"Really?" the little girl asked, tilting her head. Several times before when they had extra meals, the principal had shared his meat with them.

Looking at the innocent and cute look of the little girl, Principal Chen smiled and nodded, "Hahaha, of course it's true. Go eat quickly. The chicken drumstick won't taste good if it gets cold!"

Upon hearing this, the little girl stopped talking and walked towards the small canteen not far away with her bowl.

The area of ​​the small canteen is not very large, only about 20 square meters, with more than a dozen shabby long wooden tables and wooden benches. Many of the tables have broken legs and are padded with stones. The entire small canteen can barely seat dozens of people.

A few more little ones came later, and just like the little girl before, they all wanted to feed Principal Chen, but he politely declined them all.

After the little ones left with their own hearty lunches, Principal Chen looked at Su Chen and the other three and said, "Everyone, just have a meal here at noon."

When Su Yan and Lin Xiaoyu heard this, they wanted to refuse. After all, these were prepared for the children. If they participated in it, they would be sharing the food from Principal Chen and the teachers, which made them feel a little reluctant.

Su Chen raised his hand slightly, signaling Su Yan and the others not to speak, and then smiled at Principal Chen and said, "Thank you for your help. We will shamelessly try the children's meals."

Upon hearing this, Principal Chen smiled a little more, and even his wrinkles smoothed out. "As long as you don't mind!"

Several people followed Principal Chen to the kitchen and saw four or five people standing there. In addition to the two cooks they had met before, among the remaining three, except for a middle-aged man, the other two were very young, probably in their twenties or thirties.

They were all busy taking apples out of the box, washing them, cutting them into quarters and putting them on a plate.

Su Chen took a look and knew that the apple was the gift he had asked Chen Fei to bring in.

Judging from this trend, they are planning to cut up all the apples and give them to the children as after-meal fruit. "Principal Chen!" Seeing Principal Chen come in, everyone greeted him, and everyone had a look of respect on their faces.

But they soon discovered Su Chen and others following behind Principal Chen. They also knew Su Chen and others, but they did not expect that Principal Chen would bring them to the kitchen.

At this time, Su Chen and his group were brought to the kitchen. It was obvious that they were here to eat, but there was no reluctance on their faces. On the contrary, they were all quite enthusiastic.

Principal Chen looked at several bowls of food and found that there were only six large chicken legs left. The other two vegetarian dishes were basically finished, and there was not much soup left.

"Mr. Su, I hope you don't dislike it!"

As Principal Chen spoke, he motioned to the teacher beside him to bring out four bowls. Under the surprised gazes of Su Chen and the others, he picked up four large chicken legs from the only six remaining chicken legs and placed them in their bowls.

Even the remaining two vegetarian dishes, at least half of them, were divided into four bowls by Principal Chen.

"Principal Chen, you can't do that. We're not that hungry. Let's leave these chicken legs and vegetables for the teacher!" Su Chen hurriedly tried to dissuade him.

In fact, he just wanted to see at the beginning whether there was any differential treatment in the kitchen and whether the teachers' meals were different from those of the students.

But when Su Chen saw the only six large chicken legs and the few remaining vegetables in the three pots, he got the answer he wanted.

He had seen the amounts in the little ones' bowls before. Take the vegetarian dishes for example, the amounts for six or seven people combined were almost the same as the amount in the bowl.

You have to know that was the amount for children. It was not enough for Principal Chen and several teachers. It can be said that the remaining dishes were only enough for three people at most, but they were shared by six people.

This does not include Su Chen and the other three. If they were included, the portion would be only about two mouthfuls at most.

When Principal Chen distributed their chicken legs and vegetarian dishes to Su Chen and his group, the teachers did not express any unhappiness or frown. On the contrary, they were very happy.

With such an attitude, how can we not admire him?

"Ah, this?" Principal Chen did not expect Su Chen to do this.

Lin Xiaoyu, Su Yan and Chen Fei behind them also expressed that they were not really hungry and asked to leave the chicken legs to the teachers. They would just have some rice and vegetables at most.

After some discussion, Principal Chen saw that Su Chen and the other three really didn't want to eat the big chicken leg, so he could only nod in agreement, but he gave them a little more vegetarian food.

A group of people stood in the kitchen, chatting and eating.

During the conversation, Su Chen also learned that the two young teachers were teaching in remote areas, but not officially, but as volunteers. They did not receive any salary here, but only had three meals a day that were not enough to fill their stomachs.

Su Chen and his three companions did not eat very quickly. When they were halfway through, they found that several teachers had finished eating and left the kitchen with cut apples.

"I'm sorry to embarrass you!" Principal Chen saw the astonishment on Su Chen's and the others' faces, and explained a little embarrassedly: "Some children eat fast, so the teacher has to go and check on them quickly to prevent them from fighting or choking."

Su Chen nodded silently when he heard this, and his hands moved faster.

When Su Chen and his friends finished their meal and came out of the kitchen, they found that there was basically no one in the small cafeteria, except for a thin child who was walking around in front of each table.

When Su Chen saw the figure picking up the bone on the table and chewing it, he stopped immediately.

"Principal Chen, what's going on?" Su Chen frowned and asked Principal Chen beside him.

Principal Chen looked at the thin figure and sighed, "Hey, that child's name is Li Shibo. His father died young, and his grandparents also passed away a few years ago. Only his mother is left."

"But his mother has an intellectual disability, equivalent to that of a four or five-year-old child. Li Shibo always leaves the food for his mother and eats a little himself."

"I've seen this scene at least three times. Every time I saw him, I told him not to do that. If he didn't have enough food, the principal would give him more."

"But this little guy rejected everyone's kindness. In his words, having a free hot meal is the greatest gift to him. If we open a backdoor for him, it would be unfair to others!"

"Mr. Su has seen the record book in the kitchen before, right? There are several families similar to Li Shibo..."

Principal Chen did not say anything else, but Su Chen and the others already understood what he meant.

While they were talking, Li Shibo had already walked around the entire canteen, patted his stomach with satisfaction, and then saw him walking towards the back door of the school carrying a worn aluminum lunch box.

"What is he doing?" Su Chen asked in confusion.

"Follow him and you'll know!" Looking at Li Shibo who had already walked away, Principal Chen, Su Chen and his group followed him.

In fact, Principal Chen also had his own selfish motives, which started when he saw Su Chen and his group at the school gate.

Anyone who can drive such a domineering off-road vehicle must be from an important background. He wanted to use Chen Fei as a bridge to let Su Chen and others see the situation of the school and see if they can get some funding to change the situation of the school.

This is also the reason why Principal Chen invited Su Chen and others to stay for lunch!

Didn't he know what was going on in the kitchen? Of course he knew, he knew what was going on better than anyone else in the school.

But Principal Chen had no choice but to play the emotional card and get Su Chen and the others to sympathize with him.

But Principal Chen would never have thought that Su Chen would be the boss of Yunmengze. If he knew, I believe he would have been very confused.

Soon everyone arrived at the back door and saw a thin figure feeding rice to the person outside through the iron gate, spoonful by spoonful.

Li Shibo knelt on the ground, feeding her while saying optimistically, "Mom, we're having chicken legs for lunch today, come and try it and see if it tastes good!"

"I ate. Look at my round belly. I'm so full!"

As he said this, Li Shibo patted his stomach, as if he was really full.

If it weren't for what Su Chen and the others had seen and heard in the cafeteria before, they might have actually believed what this little guy said.

It was okay for the men to see this tearful scene, their expressions were just a little moved, but Lin Xiaoyu, as a woman, was an emotional creature, and tears instantly flowed from the corners of her eyes. She leaned in Su Yan's arms and sobbed softly.

Su Chen watched this scene quietly, and something seemed to be gently touched in his heart.

He turned to look at Principal Chen, his voice low and firm, "Principal Chen, let's find a quiet place to talk."

When Principal Chen heard this, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. He had done so much just to wait for this moment!

In order to let the children eat better and get out of the mountains in the future, his face doesn't seem so important.

"Yes, let's go to my office!" Principal Chen took Su Chen and the other three to the office.

Before leaving, Su Chen looked back at Li Shibo who was leaning against the door, and made a decision in his heart. (End of this chapter)