Chapter 2009 - 2009: The Eve Before School Begins (Part 3)
Feng Qingxue is constantly grateful to the heavens, because she and her family have always lived smoothly and safely throughout their lives.
In the face of power and fame, the word "safety" is the most important.
Therefore, even though Lu Jiang holds a high position and very few people rank higher than him, with many guards protecting him during outings, Feng Qingxue dares not let herself or her family be arrogant due to power.
Lu Jiang is the capable one; he exchanges his dedication for the current privileges, but his family does not.
Living in a heavily guarded compound is already quite fortunate, and one must not take the current privileges for granted.
When time allows, Feng Qingxue would rather do more good deeds to earn her husband a good reputation, set a good example for the children, and establish correct views on life and values for them, such as the "Eagle Wings Spread" scholarship program.
Although Xibao is very young, his thinking ability surpasses Feng Qingxue, and before the start of the school, he perfected the plan alone.
Regarding this matter, apart from providing the fifty thousand yuan, Feng Qingxue does not plan to intervene, initially intending to hand it over to Lu Jiang and Zhao Anbang to discuss the details, but both brothers think Xibao should gain life experience, so they leave it to Xibao to decide, only implementing it, with the specific conditions and amounts set by Xibao.
Xibao called Zhao Anbang, eloquently discussing his ideas.
"I decided to first inform the uncle at the Ministry of Education about the plan and, after getting approval, then implement it in Huaibei City. My main idea is to first provide education to the people of mountain villages, changing the preference for boys over girls, so the scholarship program will first run in impoverished mountain villages. Although my main purpose is to help girls who are deprived of education opportunities due to feudal ideas favoring boys, I can't explicitly state the focus on helping girls at this time, so I'll start by helping all students from poor families equally."
"Then tell me carefully, how do you plan to help them?" Zhao Anbang has always been interested since he knew Xibao's plan, and has been waiting for Xibao's news.
He has a premonition that the "Eagle Wings Spread" scholarship plan will be beneficial now and successful in the long run.
Xibao responded earnestly, "Students who meet the scholarship conditions, regardless of gender, under eighteen, as long as they study earnestly, can receive our tuition fees and book expenses. We don't expect any return."
Since deciding to implement this plan, there was never a thought of receiving any return.
"What about those over eighteen?" Zhao Anbang asked.
"Actually, eighteen is already an adult. Those over eighteen can decide their lives and find ways to earn the necessary fees for their education, and college does not require tuition fees, with the national living subsidy; generally, they shouldn't need to seek help from us. However, there are exceptions; students whose families are poor and meet our scholarship conditions can still receive tuition and book expenses, but they must sign an agreement to repay us completely once they have an income after their education, without us charging any interest."
Zhao Anbang slightly nodded, "Well specified; without rules, nothing can be done, especially when many people like to take advantage; without setting a threshold, they would all want you to pay for their schooling."
"That's exactly what I think, 'a favor from a measure of rice becomes resentment over a bucket.'"