"Mr. Lin, a total of thirteen hundred books have all been packed up. The funds have been transferred. Are you heading back now? The village chief mentioned yesterday about leading all the students and teachers for a donation ceremony today."
Qiao Lan looked surprised and gazed at Lin Chuxia with even more kindness, "So it’s for donating to the kids, huh? Lin, you’re really incredible. I won’t hold you up any longer. Let’s chat again sometime."
Lin Chuxia nodded slightly, "Alright, we’ll talk again when we have the time."
She glanced at the time and said to Su Wensong, "Let’s go, the village chief is probably eagerly waiting."
Su Wensong walked ahead, but not too fast. Lin Chuxia, with her pregnant belly, followed a bit clumsily behind him.
When they got to the entrance, Su Wensong first opened the bookstore’s door for her and then jogged over to open the car door.
It wasn’t until the car carrying the books drove away that Qiao Lan withdrew her gaze.
Qiao Lan had always been a regular customer at the Xinhua Bookstore, and the staff were familiar with her. Seeing her expression, they said, "I used to think private enterprises were all about speculation, but if they’re all like Mr. Xiyang, then it’s not a bad thing for the country to promote private businesses. It’s nice to see some care for the children in the village after getting rich."
Qiao Lan disagreed, "You’ve mentioned the country is promoting private businesses, so how could they be about speculation? That’s wrong to say. Besides, back when the old food factory couldn’t even pay its employees’ salaries, how many people would have gone hungry if it really shut down? It was thanks to Xiyang Food Factory that they solved the employment issue. So every decision by the country has its reasons."
"Sister Qiao is right," the person nodded with a smile.
Qiao Lan didn’t continue talking with them and went to the shelf to browse through her favorite books.
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On the other side, as Lin Chuxia and their car entered the village, it caused quite a stir.
It turned out that the village chief had already informed the entire village about Xiyang Food Factory donating books and sports equipment to Xiyang Primary School.
Originally, only families with children attending the primary school knew about it, and even they weren’t clear on the details.
But with the village chief’s announcement, it became a significant event for the whole village.
After all, who doesn’t have children attending school? If not now, then in the future?
Donating books and supplies to Xiyang Primary School is a beneficial thing for every household.
Moreover, since it was Lin Chuxia who made the donation, they had to come and support.
So even those working in the fields laid down their tools and rushed to the school to join in the fun.
Lin Chuxia hadn’t expected the villagers to be so enthusiastic, they kept greeting them as soon as they entered the village, and Su Wensong had to slow down the car’s speed.
At the school, both the village chief and the principal came out to welcome them.
As for the books and equipment in the car, the villagers voluntarily helped unload them without needing any instructions from the village chief or the principal, neatly placing them in front of the school’s main playground.
All these things were donated by Xiyang, and the assembly later had to let the children see and remember Xiyang’s generosity.
The principal quickly organized all the teachers and students for a donation ceremony on the big playground.
It was lively and noisy over there, and more villagers kept coming to join the excitement as they heard the news.
Ma Suyun heard the broadcast over the loudspeaker and thought she heard it wrong. When she stepped out, she saw people heading towards the primary school, and a villager called out to her, "Suyun, why are you standing there? Everyone’s going to the primary school to see the excitement, let’s go and have a look!"
"Sister-in-law, what’s going on?" She played dumb, unwilling to believe what she had just heard from the loudspeaker.
The sister-in-law, unaware of the grudge between Ma Suyun and Lin Chuxia, enthusiastically explained.
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