The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 291 Funding
The Taishang didn't know it, and then praised it, feared it again, and humiliated it again.

This is a saying in the Tao Te Ching, which talks about the several levels of leadership.

For a long time in the past, we seem to have forgotten these things, and we also complained about Lao Zhuang's tranquility and inaction, and felt negative.In fact, everything has pros and cons. The wisdom of the ancients is beyond our reach. Otherwise, Confucius would not say that Lao Tzu is like a dragon in the deep, seeing the head but not knowing the end.

In my humble opinion, the so-called inaction means not doing things for oneself, which is the same as being selfless.The same is true with no dispute, so there is no dispute, so the world does not fight with it.

To tell the truth, people are all selfish, especially when they are leaders, they have abundant resources, and no one will believe them if they do not seek some personal gain.

In other words, there are not many people like Wan Jun who want to do something practical for the common people.

Not many, but there are.

It is because of their existence that the conscience and enthusiasm in our hearts are ignited, and what we see is beautiful.

The author came from the countryside, and I have a good understanding of rural life and the actions of village cadres. To put it bluntly, ten years ago, 80.00% of the villages had the wealthiest houses and the best houses were the secretaries and village chiefs. Very illustrative.

Of course, the situation is different now, the rich are all capable and intelligent, the village cadres can do nothing if they want to, and the common people are watching.Now it is said that the countryside is better than the city, and many city people are willing to go to the countryside, which is also very clear.

To put it bluntly, the country is better.

Infected by Wan Jun, Wang Shulan made a meaningful decision for the first time in her life. She was excited and had an indescribable feeling about it, as if her heart had been washed and cleansed.

After eating with Wan Jun, she called Zhou Xiaomei involuntarily. On the phone, she described the beauty of the beautiful valley with excitement, and said that she was planning to support a little girl to go to school, and strongly invited Zhou Xiaomei to come to Chifeng to meet her. Attend the opening ceremony of the beautiful valley elementary school together, of course, the reason is to visit and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the beautiful valley.

People, I don't know when it will change.

A word, a piece of music, a moment, as long as it touches the kindness deep in the heart, it will change a person.

We who live in the noisy world have all experienced moving moments, and we have thought about changing at that moment.It's just that after the touching moment disappeared, the enthusiasm also turned cold, and the unsatisfactory days in front of me returned to normal.

Therefore, we hate our current self, grit our teeth and talk about change, and it will still be yesterday after a nap.

A strong life envelops a weak self. In the final analysis, there is no will, no determination and courage to change.

Zhang Li picked up Zhou Xiaomei the next day, and the two first went to the headquarters to meet Yanhua. The three chatted lively for a long time, and then had dinner.Because she was happy, Zhang Li didn't listen to dissuasion and made an exception and drank a bottle of beer.

Listening to Zhou Xiaomei's reason for going to Chifeng, especially the scenery of the beautiful valley described by Wang Shulan, both Yanhua and Zhang Li were a little moved and wanted to see it.

"You two arrange the family affairs, if you can go with me, it's like going on a trip." Zhou Xiaomei urged.

"There's nothing wrong at home—" Yanhua said, looking at Zhang Li.

"Want to go?" Zhang Li asked seductively.

"think."

"Then go, I'll make arrangements."

Zhang Li called Zhang Xiangdong and Xiaofeng separately, explained what to do, and then went to Chifeng with Yanhua and Zhou Xiaomei the next day.

This is a poor family that can be seen at a glance.

The three mud houses are out of place with the brick and tile houses of the neighbors.The yard is not big, but it is very clean, and has everything that farmers should have.Pig pens, chicken coops, duck coops, and vegetable gardens are scattered in an orderly manner.There is a donkey cart at the bottom of the south wall, and there are no animals in the barn next to it, so it is obviously unaffordable.

The stone courtyard wall is still in good condition. There is a gate frame at the gate but there is no gate, and a long wooden pole is placed across it as the gate.

Yingzi lifted the wooden pole and put it aside, and led Yanhua, Wang Shulan, Zhou Xiaomei, Zhang Li, four kind-hearted aunts and the principal into the gate of the courtyard.

Yanhua and the others attended the opening ceremony of Wanmeigu Primary School. At Wang Shulan's request, they came here together under the guidance of Yingzi, who was sponsored by her.

Wang Shulan wanted to see what Yingzi's house looked like.

A lame middle-aged man came out of the earthen house, looked at the four women in city clothes standing in the yard, and asked the daughter in front of him with a puzzled face, "Yingzi, is this—?"

Yingzi happily ran to her father and introduced, "Dad, she is the aunt who sponsored me to go to school."

"Support you to go to school?" Yingzi's father was still puzzled, looking at the principal.

"Brother Nie—" the headmaster stepped forward and introduced Wang Shulan with a smile: "This is Mr. Wang from Chifeng. Seeing that Yingzi is good at studying, smart and promising, he promised to help her study, and she will be paid wherever she goes."

Yingzi's father was stunned for a moment after hearing the principal's words, and couldn't help asking: "What? Really?"

"Really." The principal nodded affirmatively.

The expression on Yingzi's father's face is very complicated, with excitement, gratitude, and unbelievable surprise——
A simple and honest farmer with little ability, his family is poor, he went out to work for a living and broke his leg, the misfortune of life has hit him to the point where he dare not expect extravagant luck, facing a sudden surprise is like a gold ingot dropped from the sky To the head, happy, but afraid that it is a dream.

In today's society, people who live in affluence may not feel that there are families who are too poor to afford their children's education, but the reality is that there are.

Let's put it this way, the money for a suit of clothes for a child from a rich family may be the living expenses of a child from a poor family for a year, or even far more.We have seen a program called "Metamorphosis" broadcast by a certain TV station, in which the poor children in the mountainous area are really like that, just like the Yingzi family in the beautiful valley.

Tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands are nothing to the rich, but it may be a lifetime dream for the poor.

The four of them, Wang Shulan and Yanhua, left Yingzi's house with tears in their eyes. The tears were not all because of the poverty of Yingzi's family, but because they were moved.They were moved by Yingzi's sensibility and independence, and even more moved by the tenacity and hard work of an 11-year-old girl.

When they left, each left 500 yuan for Yingzi's father. Unfortunately, Yingzi's mother was not seen—at this point she was cooking dinner for the workers on the construction site.

The afterglow of the setting sun reflected the mountains in the distance, and the earth was covered with a golden glow at this time.The breeze is blowing, the leaves in the mountains and forests are rustling, the small river has ripples, and the twilight of the mountain village is flowing.

There are sheep-herding children coming down the mountain path, followed by a flock of well-fed sheep.On the hillside, the millet that is about to mature has golden waves, the soybeans that have grown have shaken off their leaves, and the pods are full of harvest.

At the foot of the mountain, the smoke from the farmers’ houses curled up, the smoky smell of firewood and the aroma of food floated in the air, and the barking of dogs and the sound of women calling their children home for dinner from time to time made the mountain village noisy in the evening. Picturesquely beautiful.

"What a great place—" Zhang Li was intoxicated.

"Mr. Xiang has a good eye," Yanhua said.

"This place is like a paradise." Zhou Xiaomei said.

"I'm buying a house here, and I can come whenever I want," Wang Shulan said.

"You must bring a garden, and if you can grow vegetables, let's do it ourselves." Zhang Li said.

"Raise some chickens, ducks, geese, and a dog—" Wang Shulan planned.

Zhou Xiaomei added: "I open a wine shop, the water here is good, similar to my house, suitable for shochu."

Wang Shulan's eyes lit up, "That's right, why didn't I think of it? There is a wine shop here."

"Do you really want to go?" Zhou Xiaomei asked jokingly.

"I don't really want to do anything." Wang Shulan said seriously: "The wine our family uses for a year is much older, and I bought it outside unconsciously? In addition, you can also take it away, which is a huge profit."

"You can really think about it." Yanhua was also a little moved.

"What are you thinking about? Do it directly, and invite Xiaomei's father over for guidance. He is an old liquor master."

Wang Shulan said enthusiastically, it seems that the winery is already in sight.

(End of this chapter)