As the class monitor, Xu Jiahao found an opportunity that evening and announced the matter to everyone in the class.
Unexpectedly, none of the 60 students in Senior 3 (27) class, including the 11 students who had been transferred here not long ago, had any objection to what Xu Jiahao said.
According to everyone's opinion, the squad leader is right. We do have to pay for this money ourselves. And since you, squad leader, have said that you will provide a guarantee for everyone and pay more money, it doesn't seem right for us to say anything more.
What's more, everyone has always been relatively confident in the character of squad leader Xu Jiahao. Not to mention that Xu Jiahao also said that the amount would be announced to everyone as soon as it was calculated.
Seeing that no one had any objections, Xu Jiahao went home that day and enthusiastically set up the anonymous donation box. He set it up in the class the next day. Everyone cooperated with Xu Jiahao and seemed very excited and happy.
'Anonymous donations' ended quickly.
However, when Xu Jiahao and his two friends calculated the total amount, all three of them were stunned.
What the hell?!
Why so many?!
Looking at the pile of colorful RMB in front of them and the calculated number of '4785' with both decimals and integers, Xu Jiahao and his two other friends, after getting over the initial excitement, began to feel a tingling sensation on their scalps.
It seems like... things have gotten out of hand?!
Xu Jiahao, Gong Jinkang and others had roughly calculated at the beginning. Apart from those whose families were in difficult financial conditions who could just donate a few dollars as a token of their appreciation, the others, even if each person gave a few dozen dollars, with a total of 60 people, would have to donate at least one or two thousand dollars!
With this one or two thousand yuan, I can use it to buy food, drinks and entertainment on New Year's Day, and I can return the money to Teacher Zhou!
However, what Xu Jiahao and Gong Jinkang did not expect was that even though they had deliberately arranged this anonymous donation in order to save face for those students from poor families, the results were quite different from what they had expected.
Are you so enthusiastic about donating? !
They donated so much?!
You have to know that the current figure of 4,785 yuan is the result of Xu Jiahao, Gong Jinkang and others donating only 100 yuan each.
Gong Jinkang and Xu Jiahao had originally planned that each of them would invest 100 yuan as a token of their appreciation. If the money was not enough at that time, they could pool together and each person could contribute 500 yuan, which would be no problem.
"What should we do?" Xu Jiahao looked at his classmate who was also confused and asked uncertainly.
The money was so much that even Xu Jiahao, who always had his own ideas, didn't know what to do.
When the other two heard Xu Jiahao ask this, they looked at each other and no one said anything.
Because they don’t know what to do.
There was no other way, Xu Jiahao had to tell everyone about this matter to see what everyone thought, whether to return the money to everyone or what to do? The money was really a bit too much, and it was a bit hot to hold.
However, everyone had the same opinion: the money had already been paid, why should we return it? Class monitor, don't give me bad advice. Let's just return the money to the class teacher, and then we can discuss how to spend the four thousand yuan reasonably. (Four thousand yuan is not a small amount now, let alone twelve years ago! When I was in college, my family gave me 1,200 yuan a month for living expenses. Apart from food, snacks, water and electricity bills, and some miscellaneous expenses, I could also go out to eat with my roommates or girlfriend from time to time. It can be said that I lived a very comfortable life.)
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Zhou Yu looked at Xu Jiahao, Gong Jinkang and others in front of him, feeling a little amused.
So you did all the things behind my back, and now that you think something went wrong, you come to me.
However, the problem now is not about money.
Zhou Yu looked at the people in front of him and asked seriously, "Let me ask you, did you force everyone to donate this money?"
Xu Jiahao and the others looked at each other and shook their heads. "No, no, we collected everyone's opinions first! No one has any objections, we are all volunteers!"
Hearing them say this, Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they didn't force him, that was good.
Xu Jiahao didn't know what Zhou Yu was thinking at this moment. With a little blush on his face, he took out the five hundred yuan that Zhou Yu had handed to him from his pocket and handed it back to Zhou Yu, "Teacher, I'll return this five hundred yuan to you first. Everyone thinks that you shouldn't have paid this money, so..."
Zhou Yu looked at the five hundred-dollar bills that Xu Jiahao handed over, which were a little wrinkled but had been smoothed out with great effort. He felt a little amused and a little touched.
Zhou Yu did not take the money. Instead, he glared at them and said in a scolding tone, "The teacher doesn't need this money! This money was originally given to you to hold activities! I will take you to the class later to return the 4,000 yuan to everyone."
After that, Zhou Yu did not forget to scold them again, threatening them, "Don't do this again next time. To put it bluntly, what you are doing is illegal jizi, which is a crime, understand!"
Even though everyone present was extremely reluctant, Zhou Yu still took the 4,850 yuan handed over by Xu Jiahao and came to Class 27, intending to return it to everyone on the spot.
What Zhou Yu didn't expect was that as soon as he explained his purpose in the classroom, he was collectively rejected by all the students under the podium.
"Teacher, you shouldn't pay for the New Year's Day party in class. We students should pay for it ourselves!"
"That's right, teacher. You've been very good to us. We would feel bad if you had to pay for this!"
"That's right, teacher. Your money didn't come from the wind! My dad said that if there is a shortage of money for the class activities, he plans to give me a few hundred yuan so that you don't have to worry about it!"
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Listening to the students' chattering, it would be a lie for Zhou Yu to say that he was not moved. Zhou Yu was a kind-hearted man. Although 500 yuan was just a drop in the ocean for him, seeing that the students were all thinking of him, he was moved again.
But it is true that this money is indeed troublesome.
So, after thinking for a few minutes, Zhou Yu finally came up with a solution that was not a solution.
"Then don't take back the 500 yuan I sponsored you, and I won't return the remaining 4,850 yuan to you either," Zhou Yu said, his unconventional solution. "Use it for this New Year's Day party first, and use as much as you can, but don't waste it."
"Xu Jiahao, please make a detailed list of the expenses and make it public for everyone!"
What Zhou Yu said was unanimously agreed by everyone.
Seeing that no one objected, Zhou Yu continued, "As for the remaining money, since you don't want to return it, considering that you will have to spend a lot of money to buy test materials and so on before the college entrance examination, don't buy them separately at that time. Just use this money to buy them all. Is there any problem with that?"
Of course, this will also be made public, and Zhou Yu is not so poor that he would embezzle these few thousand dollars.
Zhou Yu's suggestion of a solution which was not a solution was once again recognized by everyone.
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