Chapter 456 Can we sponsor these two children...?

They stopped calling him.

He rubbed his hands together, as if he were thinking, or perhaps he was embarrassed.

"Um... Shen Xuewei, can I ask you something?"

Shen Xuewei was taken aback. Did the school need her to donate another batch of desks and chairs?

After she became successful, she donated a batch of desks and chairs to the school, and also spent money to renovate the school's cafeteria and toilets.

"Teacher, if there's anything I can help you with, just let me know."

He scratched his head. There were so many relatives coming and going, some of whom he knew and greeted him briefly.

After responding, he scratched the back of his head and looked at Shen Xuewei.

"Shen Xuewei, there are too many people here, it's a bit inconvenient to talk. How about this, if it's convenient for you, let's find a quieter place to talk."

It's very noisy here; it's definitely not a pleasant place to talk to people.

"Okay, let's talk outside. De'an, have you finished eating?"

Chu De'an pulled out a tissue to wipe his mouth. "Alright, alright. Teacher Yan, Sister, let's go."

The three of them walked out, and as they walked, Teacher Yan talked to Shen Xuewei about something.

"It's like this, do you still remember Teacher Lin Wanying?"

“I remember, of course I remember. Ms. Lin taught me English for three years, and I used to go to see her a lot after class.”

Lin Wanying was the first English teacher Shen Xuewei ever had.

Shen Xuewei's impression of her was that she was very gentle, fashionable, and patient, which gradually reduced Shen Xuewei's aversion to English on her first English learning journey, and prevented her from being biased towards English like she was in her previous life.

"Teacher Yan, are you going to tell me about Teacher Lin? What happened to her?"

Teacher Yan sighed, "She was in a car accident last National Day and died."

Shen Xuewei and her brother both stopped in their tracks at the same time, and Chu De'an exclaimed in astonishment:

"No way?"

Teacher Yan gave a wry smile, "Would I lie to you?"

"Chen Xuewei, actually, the teacher called you here because of her two children. Those two children are in the third year of junior high school and will be going to high school soon."

"Two years ago, a mudslide occurred in their village. Their father didn't have time to escape and was buried underneath."

"The two children now have neither a father nor a mother. As for what's going on in the village... it's hard to tell you, but you should know a little. Without an adult at home, the children are easily bullied. Their house and money have all been taken over by their second uncle's family."

"That's not a big deal. The main problem is that his second uncle's family took his things and doesn't want to support the two children's education. So, they want the two children to finish junior high school and then go to work."

“If my two children didn’t do well in school, I would accept it and make them go out to work. But these two children have excellent grades, and their certificates of merit are stacked high. I really can’t bear to do that. But I have my own difficulties…”

Teacher Yan's monthly salary is not much. He has a wife, children, and even grandchildren.

If it's just helping out with a few hundred or a few thousand yuan, and he takes the time to visit his two children when they come home on weekends to make sure they aren't bullied, then he has no problem with that.

But he simply couldn't afford the living expenses and tuition fees for his child's high school education, or even university in the future...

Seeing his older child say he wouldn't continue studying after junior high and deliberately getting bad grades, he couldn't bear it.

Just as he was about to grit his teeth and send his two children to school, and then tell his family later, he ran into Shen Xuewei.

He knew this was asking the impossible, so when he said it, his face burned with embarrassment, but he still forced himself to say his request.

“Shen Xuewei, it’s just that…” he rubbed his hands awkwardly, “If it’s convenient for you, could you sponsor these two children…”

The teacher, despite being so large, spoke in a increasingly soft voice, not daring to look at Shen Xuewei.

Shen Xuewei was shocked by Teacher Lin's accident and worried about the two children's situation.

Noticing that Teacher Yan was hanging her head and didn't dare to look up, she quickly said:

"Teacher Yan, please don't do this. If I can help, I definitely will."

She thought for a moment, "How about this, Ms. Yan, are you free now? Could you take me to see the two children's homes?"

Teacher Yan nodded hurriedly and said, "It's convenient, of course it's convenient. I'll take you to their village right now."

“Their village isn’t far from the town; it only takes me a few minutes to get there by motorcycle. Their second uncle’s family has already moved into their house, and the two children are suffering too…”

He led the two of them to his motorcycle. Shen Xuewei was wearing a skirt and it was inconvenient for her, so she suggested that Chu De'an drive.

After waiting by the roadside for a while, Chu De'an appeared in front of the two in his car and drove them towards Xiushan Village.

Teacher Yan sat in the passenger seat and gave Chu De'an directions. In just a few minutes, they arrived at Xiushan Village.

There was no convenient parking in the village, so the car was parked at the village entrance, and the three of them got out and walked into the village together, eventually arriving at a two-story self-built house.

Upon seeing Teacher Yan arrive again, the couple chatting inside exchanged a glance, and the man got up and walked towards Teacher Yan.

"Teacher Yan, why are you here again? Didn't you just come yesterday?"

Teacher Yan responded indifferently, then asked, "Are Yu Fang and Yu Xuan home?"

The man chuckled and said, "Teacher Yan, the two children went out to play just now and haven't come back yet."

He gave the woman a wink, and just as she was about to head upstairs, a girl came downstairs carrying a bucket.

Teacher Yan noticed that the girl's sleeve was half wet and angrily said:

"In this freezing weather, you expect her to do your laundry?"

The woman rolled her eyes and retorted, "Teacher Yan, you're a teacher, you can't just say things like that."

"What do you mean 'help us wash'? Don't they have their own clothes to wash? Wouldn't it be okay to wash them together while they're washing their own clothes?"

"Are you suggesting we let them stay home and do nothing, living like pampered princes and princesses?!"

Ping Yufang put down the bucket and jogged over.

"Teacher Yan, it's...it's something I did myself. It's nothing, just washing a little bit of clothes."

Teacher Yan sighed, not wanting the two children to suffer any more in this family, and decided not to dwell on the matter.

He looked down at Ping Yufang and said, "Where's your brother? Call him over. We'll all go to your room together. Your teacher has something to say to you."

Ping Yufang pointed to the second floor, "My younger brother is upstairs taking care of Grandma. You can see him just by going up."

Teacher Yan nodded slightly, indicating that she understood, then glanced at the couple and forced a smile with a tense expression.

"I brought Teacher Lin's students to see the two children. May they come inside?"

They've brought everyone; how could they possibly say no?

The man said with a fake smile, "Since they are your sister-in-law's students, let them in."

Teacher Yan glanced back and said, "Shen Xuewei and Chu De'an, please come in."

As Shen Xuewei and her companion entered, they nodded slightly to the couple as a greeting, and then their gazes were fixed on the girl.