Chapter 584 - 567 - Charity
Lu Jiaxin returned to her hometown and didn’t bring much money; the promised donations were to be paid by Zhang Sining. The one hundred thousand for building the ancestral hall, she gave directly to Seventh Uncle, with Big Uncle Lu supervising; and for the road construction’s two million, she first transferred one million, with the remaining one million to be given depending on the progress of the road construction, and she attached one condition—that the road in Lu Family New Village had to be built simultaneously.
These two matters were easily resolved, but building the school posed some problems. Zhang Sining called Lu Jiaxin and said, "Boss, I’ve inquired, and Feng County is a high earthquake frequency area. According to your requirements to build a three-story classroom building, the construction will take a long time. It’s already mid-July now, and with this progress, the junior high students won’t be able to move into the new classrooms before the start of school."
According to Lu Jiaxin’s request, the village school next to Lu Family Village was to be built together with the town’s middle school. The elementary school construction was simple and could finish the classrooms in a month and a half; but for the middle school, which needed to build classrooms and dormitories (as many children lived far away and needed to board), it might not be possible to complete before the start of school.
Lu Jiaxin hadn’t really considered the earthquake issue, she thought for a moment and then said, "Let’s not build a multi-story building for the elementary school, just a single story. There’s plenty of empty space around the village school which is just right for this; but the middle school must have three-story classrooms and teaching buildings, this can’t change. If there are problems, ask the government to find a solution."
After that, Zhang Sining mentioned the matter of sponsoring poor students. Lu Jiaxin told her to investigate the two people recommended by Big Uncle Lu, and if there were no issues, to let Big Uncle Lu hand over his duties to them. As for Big Uncle Lu, he would supervise the two people he had recommended at that time.
Zhang Sining said, "I’ve looked into these two people, they’re both very upright and have good reputations. But one of them, Ding Jiang, his wife is in poor health and takes medicine all year round. Would it be a problem for him to manage the sponsorship for poor students?"
Lu Jiaxin knew what she was implying, "It’s all right, my uncle will still manage the money; we’re just hiring two people to assist him. As for sponsoring the poor students, we will also send people to do home visits in the future."
It’s not possible to visit all the poor students at home, but having this rule can deter those with ulterior motives. Everyone has greed, it’s just that some can restrain it while others amplify it.