After Jack finished explaining, not only Fu Wan, but also Fu Ming felt it was a pity.
It's so unfair that I can't even take the pearls I painstakingly extracted back to my family!
But rules are rules, and as citizens, we have no choice but to obey them.
Seeing Robert and Tom's obvious disappointment, Fu Ming quickly offered words of comfort.
Worried that the others might not understand, he even gestured excitedly several times.
"It's okay, brothers. What's that saying? You can't take things with you, but you can take happy memories with you."
"There are still a few days before you leave. If the weather is good, we'll go out to sea again!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than a loud boom came from outside, followed by a flash of lightning.
"Amin and Wan, hurry up and take these things back inside. Why don't you sleep here tonight? It looks like it's going to rain!"
Ye Xiaocui's voice came through, and Fu Ming looked embarrassed.
Well, saying the weather is nice is pointless!
The weather in July and August is just so unpredictable!
Fu Wan couldn't help but laugh and poured all the pearls from the several bowls into the largest bowl.
"Alright, it's okay. The rain might stop overnight."
If we can't go out to sea in the next couple of days, that's okay. I'll take you to my factory for a visit. If that's not possible, we can go to my uncle's house.
Catching rabbits and digging for wild vegetables is quite fun!
Fu Ming nodded in agreement, “Yes, yes, there are wild boars on the mountain near my uncle’s place. Have you ever seen wild boars? Those guys are as big as small mountains. If they come down the mountain, they’ll run into anyone they see.”
"Oh my, you guys don't know, do you? My uncle's a hunter, he's hunted several wild boars! The cured meat we're having tonight is wild boar meat!"
Fu Ming spoke eloquently about Qingshan Village, quickly diverting Robert and the others' attention with just a few words.
We're all adults; although we feel disappointed, we can let it go in no time.
The rain had stopped early the next morning.
As usual, Fu Wan opened the window after getting up, and the salty sea breeze blew into the room. On the beach not far away, villagers were carrying small bamboo baskets and going to collect seafood.
After breakfast, Fu Wan took Qin Mingzhu and Fu Ling to school.
Just as I came out, I ran into Feng Aizhen, the principal of the camp school.
When Feng Aizhen saw Fu Wan, she was taken aback for a moment, but after remembering who it was, she quickly raised her hand to greet her.
"Comrade Xiao Fu!"
"Hello, Principal Feng!"
Feng Aizhen's face was full of warm smiles. "Comrade Xiao Fu, it's been a long time. It's good to see you. Come to my office, I need to talk to you."
"What's wrong? What is it?"
Fu Wan couldn't help but wonder, as she seemed to have only interacted with this Principal Feng twice before.
Could it be that Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu have some kind of problem with going to school?
Principal Feng, fearing she might overthink things, quickly explained upon seeing this.
"It's not a bad thing. Comrade Xiao Fu donated a lot of money to our school before, and we used those funds to support many female students."
"Everything's been recorded in the books, and I just happened to run into you, so I wanted you to go and see how that money was used!"
Fu Wan suddenly realized, and then waved her hand and said, "There's no need for that, Principal Feng. I trust you and I trust the camp."
Although she hadn't had much contact with Feng Aizhen, this elderly woman was also a military family member and seemed to have a decent level of education. With only a few hundred yuan to her name, she figured they wouldn't do anything like embezzlement.
"Belief is one thing, but we also need to do our part."
Feng Aizhen insisted, and Fu Wan couldn't persuade her otherwise, so she had no choice but to follow her into the principal's office.
Compared to later generations, Feng Aizhen's office as principal could be described as quite simple.
An ordinary and worn-out desk, next to which is a simple bookshelf made of wood.
Feng Aizhen found a wooden box on the bookshelf and then took out the contents.
“These are all records of the female students we have sponsored. Before you sponsored them last year, 25 female students in the whole school dropped out due to family problems.”
After receiving your sponsorship, I went with the school teachers to visit and persuade the children in the family compound, and now all of them have returned to school.
We've also established rules that reward students who score 100 or higher. It's only a few cents, but it's an extra surprise for the children.
After saying that, she placed a stack of documents in front of Fu Wan. Fu Wan took them and flipped through them, feeling a mix of emotions she couldn't quite describe.
To be honest, she only donated a few hundred yuan to the camp in total, which was used to subsidize the children's tuition and food expenses.
In this document, besides the children's tuition and food expenses, there are also the children's exam scores. It can be seen that the children who received donations generally scored above 95 points, and even half of the children got full marks.
"Principal Feng, these children have excellent grades! This money was well spent!"
Feng Aizhen smiled proudly.
"They are all good students who love to study. After the college entrance examination was reinstated a few years ago, everyone knew the importance of studying."
As the old saying goes, "The early bird catches the worm," and these achievements are the result of their daily hard work and perseverance.
Feng Aizhen is the principal and also teaches Chinese to several grades at the school.
During her free time, she often saw many children using twigs to do math and practice writing on the ground outside the classroom, because they were afraid of wasting paper and pens.
She is also soft-hearted. In addition to rewarding children, she also makes draft notebooks from the family calendar and gives them to the children.
Even when her husband heard about it, he would buy some paper and pens for her to give to the children when he went out on missions. But the children were reluctant to use them and carefully hid them away.
Of course, a few people, after receiving paper and pen, would have them given to their older or younger brothers by the adults in their families.
Feng Aizhen was also helpless about this matter.
Even though tuition was waived, when they went to persuade the families to let their children return to school, the adults were still unwilling to let them go.
In their view, it's useless for girls to study; it's enough if they can recognize a few words.
A seven or eight-year-old child who is capable can be a helper at home and can do a lot of chores.
Feng Aizhen had no choice but to turn to Sun Shao-ping. Sun Shao-ping then spoke to the men in the army, and only then did the girls regain their freedom to study.
This was something that shouldn't have been discussed with Fu Wan, but Feng Aizhen felt that as the one who gave these girls hope, Fu Wan had the right to know.
"Comrade Xiao Fu, I can now understand why you insisted that the money could only be donated to girls."
Fu Wan was younger than Feng Aizhen, but Feng Aizhen greatly admired this woman.
Although he was a fisherman, he had great ambitions.
Fu Wan sighed, "Because I've seen too many things like this."
Whether in rural areas or fishing villages, many girls have to work from a young age. Not only do they have to work, but they also get scolded and sometimes go hungry.
If she hadn't been reborn, her Lingling might have been living the same kind of life.
“Principal Feng, I have read all of these. If the donation is not enough, just let me know. Even if Lingling and Mingzhu go to junior high school and leave the camp school, I will continue to donate.”
Upon hearing this, Feng Aizhen quickly waved her hand.
“That’s enough, Comrade Xiao Fu. You’ve donated several hundred yuan. That’s enough for a long time.”
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