Chapter 397: Gifted
This week, Qiao Qingyu didn’t return to the family compound; she had already called He Xiuyu in advance. The school was organizing a fundraising event today, and all the income would be used for well-digging.
The school also promised to try their best to apply for the remaining funds they needed and provide what they could.
Unexpectedly, the fundraiser was very successful. Xichuan didn’t have just this one agricultural college; there was also a normal university, a hydraulic engineering college, and other schools.
The gates of the agricultural college were wide open, allowing students from these institutions to participate, so the event was very successful, and the necessary funds for well-digging were all in place after the accounts were settled...
With the funds in place, the well could continue to be drilled.
However, this fundraiser gave some students from financially struggling families a new idea, as they wanted to contribute to the event, but borrowing money or things from others wasn’t the way.
So, one student used the long grass from the school’s backyard to craft some very cute grass-weaving handicrafts, which inspired other students.
Of course, not everyone knew how to weave grass, but it was a path, and since it was a charity sale, it didn’t matter what you brought to the table, as long as it was obtained through normal channels and was both reasonable and legal.
And this student who could weave grass came from a farming family that had been doing this for generations; he wove a pair of straw shoes that were not only beautiful but also fitted well and were comfortable.
It wasn’t just one student who had this skill, so when students with these crafting skills joined together, the products they created were not only popular within the school but even caught the attention of local shop owners who came to place orders.