"Aren't you going on a business trip again?" Xia Yu listened briefly.
Shen Yan smiled and said, "My eldest brother has been busy with a lot of personal matters recently, and naturally he has no time to take care of the company's affairs. It seems unfair to him that we work wholeheartedly."
Xia Yu smiled and said, "However, it is worth the effort to contribute to public welfare."
"Yes, I see it that way too. Go and get ready. We will probably set off after the meeting at the headquarters tomorrow." Shen Yan smiled and threw the phone on the desk.
Shen has always been keen on public welfare, firstly to expand social influence, and secondly because Shen Mo also likes to do this kind of thing. About two years ago, he persuaded the old lady to raise funds to build a Hope Primary School in Xinjiang, and then in Qinghai donated a library. Of course, after this time, the media followed and interviewed us all the way.
Normally Shen Mo would definitely be the most active in this kind of thing, but unfortunately he was troubled by Zhou Jiamin this time, otherwise he would not give it to Shen Yan no matter what. This is the best way to improve his personal image.
Even if he had selfish motives, he didn't completely lose to Shen Yan.
Shen Yan also understood and accepted the task calmly. The group arrived in Xining by flight that night and stayed overnight in a hotel near Xining Airport. The county would arrange a car to take them to school early the next morning.
The school is located in a primary school in a village in a very remote county in Qinghai. When Shen Yan and his party entered the county by car, the principal at the school reception received a call from the school's left-behind vice principal. The voice on the other end was obviously excited: "Are you here?"
The principal looked at the rolling mountains in front of him and replied: "Not yet, we are about to enter the mountains."
Shen Yan and his party had already entered the mountains. The road was bumpy and uneven, and the county couldn't afford any good cars. The first car was a Dongfeng off-road vehicle, which was probably the best car the county could afford, followed by a group of people. A Wuling van and two pickup trucks carrying cargo.
Shen Yan was sitting in the off-road vehicle, with Xia Yu next to him, and the school principal sitting in the passenger seat.
The principal is a local, named Yoshikura. He is in his 40s. He wears a worn felt hat on his head and puts his hands in the sleeves of his cotton-padded jacket. He looks like an old man when he sits there.
"Mr. Shen, are you still used to it?"
Shen Yan was fiddling with his cell phone at the time. There was no signal after entering the mountain. He didn't hear the old principal's words for a while. The old principal laughed awkwardly before he reacted.
"Sorry, what did you just say?"
"I told you that the altitude of this mountain is over 3,000, are you still used to it?" the old principal spoke Mandarin with a strong dialect.
Shen Yan fiddled with it for a long time and couldn't find a signal, so he simply put away his phone and said, "It's okay."
"As long as you can adapt to it, I'm most afraid of altitude sickness among you people from the city. A girl who just arrived yesterday got sick that night." The old principal said and laughed out loud.
Shen Yan just said "hmm" and didn't answer any more. Xia Yu hadn't been here either, and it was a bitter cold place. She quickly rubbed her cold red hands and asked, "It's so serious. How is she doing now?"
"What else can I do? Give me oxygen for a while and lie down all night."
"Oh." Xia Yu thought for a while, patted the backpack on her knees, and secretly rejoiced, "Fortunately, I brought an oxygen bag with me."
There was nothing to say all the way back. Xia Yu probably started to feel a little bored. In addition, the car was bumpy. It took about half an hour to drive. When we drove out from the mountain road, we could see a large grassland outside the window and a few sparse yurts. , there are prayer flags tied to the door, which is where the herdsmen live.
"There is still snow on the mountain." Xia Yu pointed to a mountain not far away. As expected, there was white snow on the top of the mountain.
The principal laughed: "It's still winter here."
"Tsk!" Xia Yu wrapped the heavy scarf around her neck and asked no more questions.
I was delayed for a while because a car broke down on the road, and it was already past nine-thirty when I arrived at school. A group of children stood at the door to greet me when I entered, all with colorful ribbons on their hands.
The ribbons were also prepared in advance by Shen's Propaganda Department. The school cooperated. As soon as Shen Yan and his group got off the bus, the children waved their little hands to express welcome. Then the reporter followed and took pictures. Shen's group walked through the center of the children's queue. Love Colorful ribbons danced in the sunshine on the plateau, and reporters and photographers captured every shot.
What a beautiful picture, the children's laughter and Shen's love spread on this cold and barren plateau.
Xia Yu was repelled by this kind of show-off scene. But she also understands that this is also a need for publicity.
It was almost noon at this time, the ultraviolet rays on the plateau were poisonous, and the wind was strong, blowing the children's clothes on the drying line not far away in all directions.
Xia Yu walked around the school and unconsciously moved to the vicinity of the student dormitory.
A young man walked towards me. Xia Yu guessed that he was a teacher from the school, so she smiled at him and said hello, "Hello!"
"Hello, I am Ajian, the substitute teacher in this school." The man said with a smile.
"My name is Xia Yu, from S city." Xia Yu said with a smile.
"It's been a tough journey." Ajian said politely.
"It's okay. It's just that you are too enthusiastic. Do you need to mobilize so many people?" Seeing this, Xia Yu was afraid that the entire school would be mobilized.
"What you want, the school and the county attach great importance to it!" Ah Jian raised the things in his hands again, and Xia Yu realized that he was holding two quilts.
"What are you doing holding the quilt?"
"It's very windy outside, and the leader said to bring something to protect everyone from the wind."
"Block the wind?"
"Yeah." Ajian said and ran away in a hurry, leaving Xia Yu standing alone in the corridor.
At this moment, Xia Yu was standing in the corridor at the door of the dormitory. In front of it was a large piece of sand and gravel, surrounded by a wall of loess and a rusty basketball stand at one end. This was the playground where the children usually played.
Across the playground are two red brick bungalows with some dried vegetables hanging on the walls. They are the school canteens, and in front of the canteen is a brand new three-story building with blue paint on the exterior walls and decorative decorations. There are large and clean glass windows, which are shining brightly in the sunlight, but they actually look a little out of place with the surrounding gravel land and short bungalows.
At this time, applause and music were heard from the other end. The welcoming procession was probably over, and the ceremony would be next.
Xia Yu wrapped her head and face with a scarf and walked across the gravel to the library. She had never been interested in those rituals. It was windy along the way, and there was applause in the distance, and it sounded like someone was speaking on the stage.
She just wanted to see the library, so she walked through the small alley next to the cafeteria, turned a corner, and first saw several rows of heads, tall and short, standing in the unobstructed open space. They were children lining up. During the "watching" ceremony.
Some distance ahead, at the entrance of the newly completed library, the organizer set up a simple shed in an open space. A promotional board for the event was set up next to the shed, while the other side was originally empty. Several quilts were hung, so that the entire middle area was surrounded, forming a small podium that could shelter from wind and rain.
There was a row of people standing on the podium, including the Shen family members brought by Shen Yan and the county leaders. However, Xia Yu could not see their faces clearly because they were too far away, but she could tell that a donation ceremony was going on on the stage. .
Someone handed a large check to Principal Yoshikura, who was wearing a felt hat. The reporters in the audience held up long guns and short cannons to click the shutter. The county leaders and children nearby applauded vigorously. The atmosphere was very lively. The rain can be felt from afar.
After the donation ceremony, condolence packages from Lian Sheng Yun began to be distributed on the stage. At this time, the children finally couldn't stand any longer and some began to run around.
Principal Yoshikura led Takeru to maintain discipline. He shouted and yelled, but few children paid attention to them. Gradually, the team ran into chaos. The children who had received the condolence packages happily ran off the stage, but were stopped by reporters halfway and asked to take a group photo. .
The dirty children with runny noses were jostling each other, holding brand-new schoolbags and cotton-padded clothes in their arms, and were asked to put on shy and shy smiles in front of the camera. The picture was frozen under the scorching sun. Xia Yu knew that these photos would be taken later. They will all be placed on top and become a charity medal that Shen is proud of.
"Pretty sister!" a little girl's voice.
Xia Yu stood still, and sure enough, a little girl wearing a blue knitted sweater ran out from the crowd.
The little girl showed her the consolation gift she got, "Look, I got it too."
Xia Yu smiled and took a look at the things she held in her arms. They were nothing more than schoolbags and cotton-padded clothes, all arranged by Shen. She would not favor one thing over another, but the little hand holding the condolence package was a bit unbearable to look at.
"Does it hurt?" Xia Yu asked distressedly, taking her hand that was red and swollen from the cold. It was covered with chilblains, and there were some cracks and bleeding.
The little girl shook her head: "It doesn't hurt!"
Xia Yu squatted down, took out a pair of gloves from his pocket and put them on for her.
"Beautiful sister, are you also with them?" the little girl asked.
Xia Yu nodded, "Go back to the classroom after you get your things. It's windy outside."
"Okay!" The little girl happily hugged the thing and ran away, then suddenly turned back halfway.
"Pretty sister!"
"Um?"
"I heard from Teacher Ajian that you will go to my house in the afternoon?" The child looked forward to it.
Xia Yu thought for a while, and it seemed that she had arranged to go see a little boy. The girl said it was from her family, and he was probably her brother. She smiled and said, "Yes, let's go see your brother."
"Then shall I go back with you?"
"No, you have classes in the afternoon. If you don't obey, Principal Yoshikura will spank you!" Xia Yu deliberately threatened.
The little girl thought for a while and reluctantly replied, "Okay, I won't go back with you, but can I ask you a favor?"
"What's up?"
"My brother..." She hesitated while holding the thing in her hand, "He hasn't come to study for two months. My mother said that he is not in good health, so don't cause trouble!"
Xia Yu felt a slight sting in her heart and squatted in front of the girl again, "Then does he want to go to school?"
"I think about it, even in my dreams, so can you talk to my mother?" The little girl didn't know why she trusted Xia Yu. Maybe she was one of the people who came to help them, or maybe it was Xia Yu who had a kind face and asked the little girl to Girls trust her.
Xia Yu pushed her hair out of her eyes and nodded: "Okay, I'll give it a try."
"Thank you!" The little girl smiled and showed two tiger teeth in the sun, took off her gloves again, and carefully took out something from her pocket.
"Please bring this to my brother."
"What?" Xia Yu looked at her dirty, chilblained hands spread out, with three candies lying inside.
"There was a sister over there who just gave it to me. I didn't want to eat it. Give it to my brother. He likes it!" After that, he ran away, leaving Xia Yu standing there, holding three Taiyuan pills with body temperature in his hand. concubine.
Shen Yan was on the stage helping to distribute condolence packages. The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the sun, which had been so fierce just now, was gradually fading. The old principal saw that the coat he was wearing was a little thin and shouted to him: "The weather is going to change. You Go inside and take shelter from the wind."
"No, let's talk after it's done." Shen Yan replied, but the phone rang. It was Liu Sijie's call.
"Sorry." He said hello to the principal, walked out of the shed with his cell phone, took some shelter from the wind, and connected the call.