Mixed in 1980

Chapter 296 The curtain opens
Chen Fan glared at his two wives, scratched his head vigorously, and tried to change the subject, but his daughter's big eyes were wide open, and he couldn't help but answer.

"Because Yan Xi is the most unique."

Taking a deep breath, Chen Fan smiled and said, "God said that a baby as cute as Yan Xi should be pampered by three mothers."

The little dumpling blushed and giggled after being praised by Chen Fan.

"Yanxi, do your three mothers spoil you?"

"Uh-huh!"

“That’s right. Our Yanxi is so cute, that’s why she needs three mothers. Other people’s children only have one mother.”

"whee……"

The little girl buried her head in her father's arms, smiling shyly. Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief, finally managing to fool the little brat.

"Teacher Xu and Miss Zhao, you're so disloyal!"

Xu Jinqiu then turned around and said with a forced smile, "Comrade Chen Fan, home is a place for love, not for gangsters. Why talk about loyalty?"

Miss Zhao sat down with a fruit platter: "That's right, Comrade Chen Fan, we can't bring bad habits from society home."

Upon hearing this, Chen Fan rolled his eyes.

Thankfully, the two wives didn't say, "Home is a place for love, not for logic," otherwise they would have deserved a good scolding.

This toxic positivity has harmed countless people.

There are too many unreasonable places in the world. Everywhere people talk about power, interests, and relationships. Even at home, people don't talk about reason. Is there any pure land left in the world?

Families with children, in particular, should be more reasonable. Children will grow up to be reasonable people by being influenced by what they see and hear. Otherwise, they will eventually be taught a lesson in society.

"Daddy, let's go play at the castle!"

After sitting in the living room for a while, the little dumpling became impatient, slipped out of Chen Fan's arms, and went to call Zhang Xiaorui to go to the west courtyard together.

The slide, treehouse, and wooden castle are all completed.

The two sides were made of rope netting as guardrails, so the two children could climb up and down without worrying about falling. Chen Fan could just watch from the side.

Not long after, Chen Yi ran over with her schoolbag on her back.

In a flurry, she threw her schoolbag into the treehouse before noticing Chen Fan was there. She ran over with a look of surprise and delight: "Brother, when did you get back?"

He patted the little girl's head and said, "You've only been back a short time. Why did you bring your backpack here? You don't mean to do your homework in the treehouse, do you?"

"Read a book in the treehouse for a while, memorize what you need to memorize, and then go to the next yard to do your homework."

"If only you had been this self-disciplined earlier, your grades at the end of last semester would have been..."

"Even if we don't talk about grades, you're still my brother!"

Chen Yi took her brother's arm and started shaking it: "I'm just starting junior high and haven't adjusted yet. Just you wait and see at the end of this semester."

Chen Fan teased, "Then I'll wait. If you can get into the top ten, I'll arrange things for you during the summer vacation. You can travel wherever you want."

"Really?" Chen Yi's eyes lit up.

"When have I ever lied to you? Go read a book."

The little girl nodded, nimbly climbed up the treehouse, took out her English book and started reading. This was the subject that gave her the most headaches, but she had no choice but to learn it.

"I really envy my brother and sister-in-law's graduating class!"

Chen Fan and Xu Jinqiu were among the last students to not have to take the college entrance exam in English, especially Xu Jinqiu, whose English was still terrible even after graduating from university.

But who cares?

English is not a part of Xu Jinqiu's work, and she doesn't like to travel abroad, so English is of little use to her.

Xu Jinqiu is currently focusing on her pregnancy.

Since becoming pregnant, she hasn't been to the foundation. With Guan Xiaoyu, Liu Qing, and Yan Danqing around, the foundation can operate normally.

She had no plans to go back to work before her child was born.

Sometimes I don't want to work, but work still comes knocking. A couple of days ago, Yan Danqing came to my house and brought two other people with him.

They represent the Communist Youth League and the China Youth Development Foundation, respectively.

The two men came to seek cooperation.

With approval from higher authorities, two organizations will jointly establish Project Hope, which is expected to launch by the end of this year. Xu Jinqiu was quite surprised; Project Hope's tasks are similar to her own, but more comprehensive, including rural teacher training, health protection, and emergency care.

Since they were doing the same thing, Xu Jinqiu was naturally not stingy and immediately donated 2000 million yuan as start-up capital for the project.

As for further details of the collaboration, nothing has been decided yet.

After nightfall, Xu Jinqiu brought up the matter, and Chen Fan thought about it carefully: "Cooperation shouldn't be a problem. We can connect some of the projects related to education and disability assistance."

"As for building the school, we can connect with some of the projects, but after that, we will take over the project and make it our own."

"Help as much as you can, is that what you mean?"

Xu Jinqiu was confident. Last year, she cashed out 12 billion US dollars from the futures market. After deducting 1 million US dollars for Ms. Zhao to develop the anti-aging project, she still had a large amount of funds in her account.

Enough to do a lot of things!
Xu Jinqiu plans to further expand the scale of the school construction project, in particular.

In the first two years, 400 schools were built each year, and some teaching buildings were donated. Starting in 85, the number expanded to 800 schools per year.

The school construction projects are all one-time investments, so the pressure isn't too great. On the contrary, the scholarships are like a snowball, growing larger and larger.

Xu Jinqiu sometimes gets a headache!

Not only are the number of students increasing, but the amount of scholarship money per person is also rising, and the currency is depreciating along with the continuous economic growth.

At the beginning, the sponsorship was 5 yuan per month for primary school students, and now it has increased to 10 yuan, while for junior high school and high school students it has increased to 20 yuan.

It's doubled!
In Chen Fan's words, the currency has depreciated very little in the past 10 years, but in the next 10 or 20 years, the currency will depreciate significantly, and 10 yuan will not even be enough to buy a meal.

Xu Jinqiu wants to take advantage of the ample funds at hand to build more schools as soon as possible. In the future, building a primary school will probably cost millions of yuan.

Suppressing her thoughts, Xu Jinqiu closed her eyes and quickly fell into a deep sleep. The next morning, her family welcomed guests again, namely Sun Shaojie and his family of three.

Chen Fan's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot!

My good mood, which had lasted for many days, vanished the moment I saw Liu Jin and Liu Ban (6.5 kg). Then I heard my daughter call out, "Liu Jin and Liu Ban, come here quickly, let's go play at the castle."

In an instant, I felt a pang of heartbreak!

Sun Shaojie laughed loudly, while Chen Fan gritted his teeth and said irritably, "I bet your Liu Jinban will get another beating later."

Sun Shaojie suppressed a laugh and teased, "It's okay, boys are tough and can take a beating."

Chen Fan clenched his fist and shouted to Zhang Xiaorui beside him, "Xiaorui, you go over there too. Remember to protect your sister and fight for her."

"Stop fooling around, the three kids are having a great time."

Xu Jinqiu glared at her husband, then took Yan Danqing's arm and went to the west wing. She then called out to Xie Xiaofang, "Xiaofang, wash some fruit and bring it over."

Chen Fan gritted his teeth and looked at Sun Shaojie with disdain: "Hua Sanshao and Liu Jianxiong are two big fat sheep. Why are you here instead of keeping them company?"

"With someone by my side, I can steal a moment of leisure from my busy schedule."

Sun Shaojie took out a cigarette and handed it to him: "Take your time, no rush. They know very little about the mainland. It'll be better to stay longer to attract investment."

Chen Fan took the cigarette and lit it: "If you want them to invest, you have to take them to Huanghe Road in Shanghai. It's better to talk business when they're indulging in a lavish atmosphere."

"I wouldn't dare break the rules."

Sun Shaojie glared at Chen Fan and teased, "Why did you drag those two into this? They don't have a good reputation in Hong Kong, they're all just scoundrels."

"What we want are their nicknames; they all know how to have fun. Once we send them to the Soviet Union, we can please the Soviet officials and then we can reap the benefits."

Taking a drag of his cigarette, Chen Fan looked at Sun Shaojie with disdain: "The people you send can't do this kind of work at all. He's just born with it."

Sun Shaojie opened his mouth, then closed it again!
I really can't do it. If family members do this kind of thing, it's a violation of discipline. But when I go to a place of entertainment, I can't let loose at all, and I can't create a good atmosphere.

Unlike Liu Jianxiong, Hua Sanshao spends money as casually as eating and drinking.

Some of the dirty work really needs to be done by them.

Chen Fan took another drag of his cigarette: "What are the specific considerations from above? They've been working on the plan since it was proposed last year, and they still haven't told me the details."

"It's not like we can just do it because we propose it."

Sun Shaojie walked to the threshold, sat down, and said while smoking, "Many high-level officials will be attending tomorrow's meeting, so you must be prepared."

"The decision of how many people and how much money to invest is not made by those above, but by you!"

"If we can convince them, we will naturally invest more; if we can't convince most people, we will invest much less, treating it as an experiment."

(End of this chapter)