Lu Ping said, "Grandma, Brother Shanzi is moving his household registration, so you don't have to be so anxious, right?"

The eldest aunt laughed and said, "Your grandfather didn't go to see the captain. He went to your uncle Shitou's house."

Lu Ping was born in the army, and Lu Jiaguang has been studying in Beijing since he was demobilized. Both husband and wife are very busy, and they rarely go back to their hometown, so they don't know much about their relatives in their hometown.

The eldest aunt explained the situation of Shitou's family: "This time, your aunt said that she wanted to sponsor the children in the family who are smart and can study but have no money to go to school, and the first person you thought of was Xiaoyu."

Lu Ping knew that Lu Jiaxin wanted to sponsor poor students in the clan, but he didn't know that Uncle Lu was so anxious about this matter.

The eldest aunt said with a smile on her face: "What your aunt did is a great deed to accumulate virtue and do good deeds. With your aunt, our Lu clan will become more and more prosperous."

Lu Ping nodded and said, "My aunt is great. I want to learn from her."

The Shitou family was having dinner and was surprised to see Uncle Lu, but they hurried over to ask him to sit down: "Uncle Tiejun, when did you come back?"

Uncle Lu said he had just returned. He felt sorry for the skinny Xiaoyu after he sat down. He did not beat around the bush and said directly, "Shi Tou, I came here to talk to you about Xiaoyu's schooling.

Xiaoyu suddenly looked up at him, but when she thought about the situation at home, she couldn't help but lower her head.

Shitou's eyes were full of bitterness: "Uncle Tiejun, I also know that children can only have a bright future if they study, and I also want to provide for them. But you also know the situation of our family, we really can't afford it."

Uncle Lu said, "It's like this. Jiaxin told me that she wanted to sponsor a child in the clan who had excellent grades but whose family couldn't afford to support him. Xiaoyu always got 100 points in every exam and studied very hard, so she meets the requirements."

Shitou asked in disbelief, "Uncle Tiejun, what did you say?"

Xiaoyu stared at Uncle Lu with wide eyes, fearing that what she had just heard was just an illusion.

Uncle Lu repeated what he had just said, and then said, "You don't have to worry about the child's tuition and book fees. You just need to provide him with food and drink."

The main reason I said this was because of what happened to Zaohua's mother. But normal families, especially boys, will support their children as long as they can study unless there is really no other way.

Shitou pulled Xiaoyu to Uncle Lu and said excitedly, "Kid, kowtow to your uncle and thank him for letting you continue your studies."

He also thought how great it would be if his son could be as lucky as Zaohua and get financial aid, so that he could go to university and eat government food. But he knew it was impossible, so he just thought about it. He never expected that luck would really fall on his family.

Xiaoyu immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Uncle Lu.

Uncle Lu was old and didn't react quickly. When he leaned over to help Xiaoyu, the child had already kowtowed three times. He said, "If you want to thank someone, thank Aunt Jiaxin. She sponsored your studies."

Xiaoyu kowtowed three more times: "Uncle, please tell Aunt Jiaxin on my behalf that I am grateful for her kindness and I will definitely repay her in the future."

After helping the man up, Uncle Lu said, "Xiaoyu, your Aunt Xin wants to sponsor children with excellent academic performance. If you want to receive the sponsorship, you need to score above 90 in both Chinese and math when you return to school."

Xiaoyu nodded heavily.

Uncle Lu added, "Shitou, Xiaoyu, this financial aid only covers high school. After you get into college, you'll have to find a way to pay for the tuition. But if you really can't afford the tuition, you can borrow the first year's tuition and pay it back after you get a job."

After saying this, he added, "Jiaxin also sponsored Zaohua until she graduated from high school, but she didn't care about her college. Zaohua has now found a job in Yangcheng, and I heard the salary is good."

Shitou asked in confusion: "Uncle Tiejun, doesn't it cost money to go to college?"

After hearing Lu Jiaxin's request, Uncle Lu also asked the same question. He said, "Jiaxin said that going to college now is free because there are not many college students now. In ten years or so, when there are more college students, tuition fees will have to be charged."

Lu Jiaxin also said that by then, college students would no longer be assigned jobs. Uncle Lu understood that more money was worthless, but he didn't say anything about it. First, it was too far ahead of time, and second, it might break the fantasy of these parents who were unwilling to let their children study. Even if they were not assigned jobs, going to college would definitely have a better future than being illiterate.

Shitou didn't think much about it. Even though it cost money to go to college, if he got into college, he wouldn't have to work hard in the fields. And as long as his children got into college, it would be easy to avoid borrowing money for tuition.

Then Uncle Lu went to the next family. The child in that family also had excellent academic performance, but because she was a girl, her parents supported her for three years and said that girls should just turn a blind eye and not let her go.

When Uncle Lu went over to talk to them, the child's parents were still hesitating.

Uncle Lu said, "My daughter Xinxin will help her brothers when she becomes successful. Jiajie started a business under her guidance and has now bought a house in Sijiu City. With her help, Jiazong has also bought a shop by setting up a stall and now does not need to be exposed to the wind and sun. Your daughter Mei'er will definitely help her brothers when she becomes successful. You too will be able to enjoy the blessing of having a daughter in the future."

"Nowadays, we don't say that married daughters are like spilled water. In the new society, men and women are the same and have to provide for their parents in their old age. But if you don't study, you won't be able to marry into a good family. When you get old and sick and can't move, she won't be able to take care of you even if she wants to."

After some persuasion from Uncle Lu, Mei'er's mother agreed to let her continue to study. Since studying is free, let the child have a try. If she can study well, that's the best. If she can't, the child can't blame her.

Uncle Lu went around for two days and visited all the families whose children had excellent grades but dropped out of school. Only two families who favored boys over girls refused, and the other 17 families all agreed. Uncle Lu also registered the children who were studying but had excellent grades but were from poor families and met the conditions for financial aid.

Some of them were from well-off families, and they brought their children to Uncle Lu with the idea that if they didn't take advantage of the opportunity, they would be a bastard. Needless to say, they were scolded and sent away by Uncle Lu.

Uncle Lu knew everything that happened in the Lu family, so he couldn't lie.

After compiling the list, he called Lu Jiaguang and told him that there were 29 children who needed financial aid, including 15 elementary school students, 8 junior high school students, and 6 high school students.

It wasn't that he didn't want to call Jiaxin, but the brigade didn't have international long-distance calls, so he could only ask Lu Jiaguang to convey the message.

Lu Jiaguang's workplace phone number could not reach Hong Kong City, so he went to the post office during his lunch break to call. The call was connected, but the servant said that Lu Jiaxin had gone to study abroad.

I wish I could get more monthly tickets. I look at you eagerly, then look down at the empty bowl in my hand, with tears in my eyes.

(End of this chapter)