Mixed in 1980

Chapter 327 Britain is causing trouble again

Reaching out, Chen Fan gave her a flick on the forehead, saying disdainfully, "Go away, you're such a grown woman, and you still can't behave properly."

Guan Xiaoyu was furious: "She really is my daughter!"

Seeing that Chen Fan ignored him, he called out again, "Zhou Xu, come over here quickly and explain things to him."

Zhou Xu then spoke up: "Big brother, really!"

Chen Fan stopped, frowned slightly, and was about to ask a question when the little girl in his arms suddenly opened her mouth to cry. He quickly relaxed his brow and comforted the little girl.

Zeng Ali put her daughter down, picked up the little girl, and gently coaxed her until she calmed down before asking, "Xiaoyu, what happened?"

"Let's talk to everyone when they're all here."

Guan Xiaoyu glanced cautiously at Chen Fan, then quickened her pace and called out to her family before bringing up the matter of the little girl.

I found it!
To be precise, it was stolen from human traffickers.

Guan Xiaoyu likes to travel around, and when she goes out, she is always accompanied by female bodyguards from the foundation. This time, she went to a remote mountain village in the Guizhou region.

The trip was going very smoothly until I took the train back, where I encountered human traffickers at the station.

Guan Xiaoyu, with her sharp eyes, felt that the woman with the child was acting very strangely, so she deliberately went up to her to get information out of her and expose the woman's identity as a human trafficker.

Things spiraled out of control.

The crowd at the station was outraged, and many people joined forces to beat the human trafficker to death. As a result, no one knew where the little girl had been stolen from.

When the police arrived, they were helpless.

Unable to find the little girl's family, they had no choice but to send her to an orphanage. Guan Xiaoyu looked at the orphanage's environment and couldn't bear to leave her.

They ultimately decided to adopt the little girl and donated 100 million yuan to the orphanage.

After listening, Chen Fan frowned slightly: "Are you sure? Raising a child is not like raising a cat or dog; there are many more things to consider."

Holding her daughter, Guan Xiaoyu said proudly, "It's the same whether you herd one sheep or two. Look at my daughter, isn't she beautiful?"

“Zhou Xu has a government job and can only have one child. I was worried about not having a daughter. God sent me one. That’s my blessing.”

"It's good that a decision has been made."

Chen Fan sighed, leaving the group to chat, and went back to the east courtyard to find a safety buckle carved from mutton fat jade in the basement.

Back in the living room, he put the safety amulet on the little girl's head: "Little one, this is a safety amulet from your uncle. May you always be safe and sound from now on."

The little girl grinned.

Chen Fan laughed, picked up the little girl, kissed her, and asked, "Are there any clues on the child? If there's a chance in the future, we should help her find her family."

“I used to wear a silver bell bracelet, but I put it away. I’ll give it to her when she grows up,” Guan Xiaoyu said.

"That's fine then. What about a name?"

"Zhou Jingshu".

Guan Xiaoyu's son is named Zhou Jing'an.

"Jing Shu, meaning gentle and refined in both appearance and character, is a very nice name."

After kissing the little girl, Chen Fan asked again, "You just said that the environment in the orphanage is not good?"

Guan Xiaoyu nodded and said, "That's right. Many of the staff are very dedicated, but if the economy doesn't improve, how much money can the welfare home get?"

Chen Fan looked at Xu Jinqiu.

Xu Jinqiu pondered for a moment before saying, "Then let's build a welfare home and include the orphans there in our funding program."

Chen Fan nodded and said, "I'll inject another 10 billion US dollars."

Zeng Ali: "I'll take 2 million US dollars."

Zhao Yuanyuan: "Same."

Guan Xiaoyu grinned: "I'll take 3000 million!"

"Get out of here, you don't have much money."

Upon hearing this, Guan Xiaoyu retorted, "Chen Fan, who do you think you are? Hong Kong property prices have been rising continuously, and my monthly rent is now 800 million Hong Kong dollars."

"None of your business, just live your own life." Chen Fan waved his hand impatiently.

Guan Xiaoyu wanted to complain, but Chen Min stopped her: "Xiaoyu and I each contributed 3000 million, which is also our contribution."

Chen Fan said irritably, "Sis, stop messing around. If you want to donate money, donate it directly to Project Hope. That's all for publicity, and it will also give the company a good reputation."

"It's settled then!" When it comes to important matters, Chen Min still listens to her younger brother.

Donating money to Project Hope and promoting one's business is a good choice, as it combines charity with business success.

Her business is no longer a small factory.

The company owns several home furnishing brands, but its main business is furniture malls, named "Shengxiang Furniture Mall," which have already opened in multiple cities.

In another ten years, it will definitely flourish everywhere.

After making the decision, Chen Min, always decisive, contacted Project Hope the next day to discuss the donation and to organize a donation ceremony.

If you're putting real money into it, then publicize it; there's nothing shameful about doing charity in a high-profile way.

Xu Jinqiu was somewhat worried. Building a welfare home was not a big deal, similar to building a school, both being one-time investments.

Including orphans in the funding scope will put a lot of pressure on the funds. Even though another 14 billion US dollars has been injected, it won't last more than a few years.

There were already many impoverished students receiving financial aid.

Xu Jinqiu has earned a considerable income over the years. The property rights of the Chinatown Supermarket in Hong Kong are all registered in her name, generating high rental income, which she has invested in.

"Let's take a step by step!"

She sighed inwardly, hoping that, as Chen Fan had said, once the economy developed, the number of impoverished students would decrease and everything would be alright.

Xu Jinqiu has a very direct understanding of this.

Especially in the last two or three years, many students' families have been lifted out of poverty and have begun to withdraw their financial aid. The volunteer service center has responded to this issue in a very timely manner.

Chen Fan once said that this year marks a new high point in reform and opening up, and that the economy will take a big leap forward every year thereafter, and will take off rapidly after the new century.

Chen Fan's predictions were never wrong when it came to important matters, and Xu Jinqiu never doubted them: "Just hang in there, let's get through these next few years first."

After thinking for a while, Xu Jinqiu took out paper and pen and began to plan her October itinerary. As in previous years, she would go out for a trip.

I want to visit more welfare homes this year.

There are many welfare homes and orphanages. Even if no statistics have been compiled, Xu Jinqiu, who has been engaged in public welfare work for many years, has a general understanding of them.

Relying solely on one's own foundation is not enough. Just like building schools, one can only reach out one point at a time and help as much as one can.

"Teacher Xu, what date are you planning to leave?" Chen Fan walked in, put his arm around his wife from behind, and gently bit her earlobe.

Xu Jinqiu gave a soft "hmm," her face slightly flushed: "Stop fooling around, I'm making plans. Let's set off on October 1st, it'll probably take about twenty days."

Chen Fan nodded and said, "The children have been born one after another in the past two years, and we haven't planned any trips. How about we take the whole family out for a good time?"

Xu Jinqiu agreed, "Then let's go together. Apart from our hometown, the children have never been to the countryside. It would be good to take them there to broaden their horizons."

"You plan the route, I'll arrange the sightseeing."

The couple divided the work and worked for two days to finally finalize the itinerary. After discussing it, the families all agreed to go on a trip.

Chen Fan's fathers-in-law packed up their fishing gear and started fishing and playing around with it, which was their favorite thing to do.

Having many children doesn't affect their enjoyment of the trip.

A nanny and bodyguards accompany us every time we go out. As my son-in-law says, we can just enjoy our trip and not worry about anything else.

On the last day of September, the Chen family was busy taking stock of their luggage, especially since they were taking a group of children out, and they had to make sure they had enough things.

The phone rang suddenly at home. Chen Fan answered it, and Zhou Wenya's anxious voice came through immediately: "Mr. Chen, something has happened."

"What happened?" Chen Fan frowned.

The fact that it could throw Zhou Wenya into such a state of confusion, causing her to speak incoherently, is probably no small matter.

Zhou Wenya took a deep breath and slowly said, "The British have begun to target us across the board, and some European countries have also joined the operation."

"The first to be affected is the supermarket in Chinatown."

"Incited by public opinion, most of our supermarkets in the UK and Italy have been vandalized and looted, and are no longer able to operate normally."

"Did you call the police?" Chen Fan frowned.

“We called the police, but it was no use. The British and Italian authorities are deliberately turning a blind eye. The police response is very slow, and even when they do arrive at the scene, they just give us a perfunctory response,” Zhou Wenya said with a wry smile.

"Those damn British bastards, they never learn their lesson."

Chen Fan cursed, frowned, and pondered for a moment: "Besides the Chinatown supermarket, have other industries been affected?"

Zhou Wenya smiled wryly, and after a while said, "It might be even more serious than the Chinatown supermarket."

P.S.: Second update! Thanks for your support, everyone!
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