Chapter 305 Three Don'ts
After ending the call with Xu Heping, Xu An put down his phone, picked up his notebook and pen, and started writing and drawing.
This morning's live stream sold a total of thirteen tons of agricultural products. Including other orders from the store, today's sales reached a total of fifteen tons, with a total of 23,900 items. Based on a commission of six cents per item, we have accumulated 1,434 yuan in donations today alone.
Looking at the number, Xu An sighed. It wasn't because the number was too high, but because it was too low. Even if all the donations from Taobao Store from October 1st to today were added up, it would only amount to a little over two thousand yuan, which could only support one child to return to junior high school.
Donating to only one child at a time sounds incredibly stingy.
"What's wrong?" Grandma Xu asked as she wiped the water from her hands and walked towards Xu An. "Why do you look so worried after just one phone call? Is things not going well in Heping?"
"It went quite smoothly..." Xu An glanced at his grandmother and directly voiced his worries: "...If we can capitalize on this wave of attention to finalize the donation, it might generate a new wave of interest, at least confirming that our shop is genuinely doing this, and not just paying lip service..."
"...But the total donations so far are only a little over two thousand, just enough for one child's schooling...It's not that the shop can't afford to do this, but the significance is different..."
Li Sixin listened quietly as Zhan Mei recounted her troubles, and only after I finished speaking did he ask, "Why does he think it's enough to only pay for one child's school fees?"
"Hmm... wouldn't it be a bit too stingy to only pay for one child's school fees?" Mrs. Xu frankly stated her thoughts: "Wouldn't it look more respectable if we could pay for eight or seven?"
“You think it was wrong to donate to just one child that time?” Li Sixin disagreed with Xu’s idea: “Everything is difficult at the beginning. If you help one child that time, another child last time, and another child the time before that, does that make a total of eight children?”
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"That's what you think in your heart, but reality allows it!" Brother Xu said jokingly before stating his purpose: "The boss mentioned donating money for the older children's schooling, and now we want to finalize it..."
"Hey, Da Qin, what brings you here so late?" Upon hearing the reply, the owner of the hot noodle shop immediately stood up from under the sofa, opened the door, and welcomed Da Qin, the neighbor's child.
Upon hearing that title, if it's Ms. Zhan Yong, then it must be Ms. Zhan, since the young man calls her Ms. Zhan Yong.
In that case, we'll have to change the theme of tomorrow's noon live stream! We'll change it to thanking netizens for their support, saying that the first donation has met the disbursement criteria and the donation will be processed soon... Oh no... we still need to add "rational consumption" to the list and advise netizens to consume rationally again.
No matter what, we still need to be on guard.
The village chief of Xiangyang Village became more and more excited. He didn't care what time it was and walked around the village with a megaphone.
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"Mr. Xu, did he come to help you because he saw you were so busy that your feet were practically touching the ground?" Zhan Meiyong teased when she saw Mr. Xu.
Watching the two figures disappear into the distance, the older child, who had overheard their entire conversation, darted around with wide eyes, then slowly ran out of the house, jumped into one of their arms, and looked up to ask, "Brother, he...he got first place in the exam, didn't he?"
On their way back to the village office, Brother Xu and Boss Xu recounted the whole story, with Brother Xu emphasizing at the beginning: "Although it was supposed to be a live broadcast, the child should appear on camera as much as possible. The boss's idea was to just hand the money directly to the principal. Of course, there's no concern that the family might take the money but not actually send the child to school..."
Before taking a deep breath, Grandma Xu finally calmed down and began to read the document sent by Zhan Meiyong rather carelessly.
"In that case, didn't Sister Zhan say how she planned to select suitable children to receive the donation?" Boss Xu slowly looked through the sweet potatoes outside the winnowing basket under his legs, handed them to the person in charge of packing, and walked towards Brother Xu while patting the dust off his hands.
"Brother!" the older child called out, but received no response that time. Undeterred, the older child called out again, "Brother!"
The grounds were quieter than usual today. A dozen people were packing products efficiently, while another seventy were helping to collect the agricultural products sold today. The whole place was bustling with activity.
"The current plan is to select students based on their scores, starting with the first-place winner..."
"Let's do it! Success hinges on this!"
Who is it?
"Oh dear, Grandma, don't talk about that. It gives you a headache whenever he mentions it." Madam Xu quickly interrupted Li Sixin's rambling, immediately stopping the topic and coaxing her for a while before finally making her laugh.
"That's right. He'll pass on your message to Secretary Li and ask what my thoughts are. You'll be making a phone call."
After all, that money wasn't donated for the children's education; how could it be used by me?
"Yes, yes, yes, my brother got first place." The girl's tone was tinged with a hint of melancholy, and she slowed down her peanut-peeling speed by eight points.
[You submitted your resignation today, but you've waited eighty days. If it had been approved that week, you would have been fired after eight days of absence!]
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