Chapter 709 : A Teacher Named Chen Came to the Mountain
Chapter 709: A Teacher Named Chen Came to the Mountain
Teacher Su's boyfriend had arrived.
The villagers from several nearby villages quickly learned of this news.
It was said that he was also a student from a prestigious university, just as excellent as Teacher Su.
In the following days, Teacher Su's boyfriend began to play with the children.
He would lead the children in running around the playground, catching insects all over the hills, observing hatching birds, or newly bloomed wildflowers...
Although these were things they saw every day, Teacher Su's boyfriend always seemed to have many interesting facts to share about them.
When he explained things to everyone, even the naughtiest child in the class would stare wide-eyed, completely captivated.
At first, a few mischievous boys in the class didn't like Chen Fan, because they felt he wasn't good enough for their beautiful Teacher Su.
But after spending a few days together, all the children had apparently grown to like Chen Fan.
They even treated him as their leader.
During breaks, he would play various games with the boys.
Occasionally, he would sit on the steps and tease the girls. A group of girls would then run to Teacher Su to tattle, and everyone would see Teacher Chen being scolded by Teacher Su, hanging his head and not daring to talk back.
At these times, everyone would laugh, and the playground would be filled with a joyful atmosphere.
On nice days, Chen Fan would sometimes take the little ones down to the river at the foot of the mountain to swim.
Often at these times, the little girls would accompany Teacher Su on the shore, picking wildflowers and sketching.
While the boys would strip naked, jump into the river with splashes, and swim around excitedly.
Only Chen Fan, wearing big shorts, would be alone in the shallow water, clumsily learning to doggy paddle.
Often at these times, the boys would laugh out loud, shouting that Teacher Chen was a landlubber.
The girls would shyly cover their eyes, peeking through their fingers at their Teacher Chen learning to swim.
Occasionally, they would giggle and whisper that Teacher Chen was too clumsy.
Teacher Chen was good at everything except swimming.
Often at these times, their Teacher Su standing on the shore would be laughing the hardest.
A few days later, 2 cars drove into the mountains.
The large truck behind brought many things.
They were all gifts bought for the school and the children.
All the children in the school were as excited as if it were a festival.
Parents from several nearby villages came to help, a group of people carrying things up the mountain.
The children lined up excitedly, and Su Ruo gave them new schoolbags, study supplies, and backpacks.
Chen Fan was discussing matters with several visitors from outside the mountain in the courtyard.
This time, not only did Feng Pojun come, but Lin Xue also came along, and brought a few strong young men from the club.
When they heard that the big boss had actually come to this remote mountain area, many employees wished they could come and see what the legendary big boss looked like.
Chen Fan handed out cigarettes to the villagers who came to help.
These villagers accepted the cigarettes, smiled sheepishly, and then, not wanting to smoke them, tucked them behind their ears.
Seeing this, Chen Fan simply had Feng Pojun bring down a carton of cigarettes from the car, and gave each person a pack.
"Fellow villagers, I have something I'd like to discuss with you all."
Hearing this, several villagers immediately stood up straight.
"Teacher Chen, just tell us what you need, we'll do our best to help if we can."
Chen Fan smiled and explained, "It's like this. My girlfriend is teaching here, but I've seen that the conditions here are really too harsh."
The old village chief who had driven the donkey cart to bring Chen Fan into the mountains earlier sighed.
"Teacher Chen is right, but there's nothing we can do. Here in these big mountains, conditions are really too difficult. We've let Teacher Su down..."
Chen Fan waved his hand with a smile.
"Village Chief, that's not what I meant."
"I might have to leave in a few days. Before I go, I was thinking if we could help improve the school conditions a bit for our children."
Chen Fan pointed to the edge of the playground.
"Look here, it's too dangerous. We should at least build a wall first. So the children can play football and basketball freely on the playground."
"Also, I plan to build a kitchen, so it will be more convenient to cook for the children in the future."
Chen Fan pointed to an empty space nearby: "The kitchen can be built here."
"There's still some space, I want to build a small bedroom, so Teacher Su can live in it. To improve the resting environment."
Chen Fan looked at the old village chief: "Chief, what do you think about this? I'll cover the cost of improving and building the houses. Your village can provide some labor. I can pay them daily wages."
Hearing this, the old village chief waved his hand.
"This is a good thing. It's doing good for our children."
"Teacher Chen, don't worry, we'll take care of this for you. As long as you prepare the building materials, don't worry about the labor. I'll find people for you."
"They'll do it without wages, and I'll break the legs of anyone who dares not to come."
Chen Fan smiled and said, "That's not necessary. After all, just transporting materials up the mountain isn't easy. We can't let everyone work for free."
"How about this, tell everyone I'll pay the workers 200 yuan per day."
"No, no. That's too much, too much."
The old village chief waved his hands repeatedly, "Even if they went out to work, they'd only earn a few dozen yuan a day."
"Teacher Chen, don't worry about this, I'll definitely arrange it well for you."
Lin Xue stood in the corner of the playground. Except for when Chen Fan had greeted her once earlier, he had almost completely ignored her now.
Listening to Chen Fan's conversation with the villagers, she understood what Chen Fan wanted to do.
Lin Xue couldn't help but look into the classroom.
To be honest, the main reason she personally came here today was to see Su Ruochu.
When she was in Yunhai, she knew Chen Fan had a girlfriend.
But Lin Xue didn't care at all, because in her view, women were just accessories to rich men.
Which rich man didn't have several women around him, even if they were married, weren't there still a bunch of close female friends afterwards?
But when she heard that Chen Fan's girlfriend had actually come to this remote mountain area to teach alone, and Chen Fan had also followed, leaving behind the company's affairs to come to the mountains, Lin Xue was truly shocked.
This woman, instead of being a well-off rich man's wife, actually came to the mountains alone to be a volunteer teacher.
What was she thinking?
Wasn't she afraid that other women would take advantage of the situation?
After all, they weren't married yet.
What kind of woman was she?
Was she playing hard to get or was she different from other women, having her own pursuits?
Lin Xue felt she couldn't understand Su Ruochu.
At this moment, Su Ruochu, who had just finished giving out gifts to the children, seemed to sense something and turned to look over.
Their eyes met, and Lin Xue was the first to change her expression, showing a smile.
She quickly walked towards the other person.
"Hello, Miss Su, I'm the manager of the club branch that Mr. Chen opened in Shudu."
"If you need anything in the future, you can contact me anytime. After all, we're close by."
As she spoke, Lin Xue very naturally took out a business card.
"This has my contact information."
Su Ruochu politely accepted it and smiled slightly.
"Thank you, Sister Lin."
"You're too kind. Helping you is also working for Mr. Chen."
Lin Xue put on her most radiant smile.
Chen Fan, who was talking with the villagers not far away, glanced over here but didn't pay much attention.
Seeing Lin Xue still smiling at her, Su Ruochu realized and said with a smile.
"Oh right, my phone number is..."
Lin Xue finally showed a satisfied smile.
Getting Su Ruochu's phone number today made her arduous trip worthwhile.