Chapter 1875 What man doesn't know how to drink?
Chapter 1875 What man doesn't know how to drink?
The principal didn't even eat, and took Zhang Ran to the next place.
After Xing'er became pregnant and gave birth to her daughter, the man who promised to come back and marry her never returned and disappeared without a trace.
She knelt before her parents, borrowed money, and went to the other person's school to look for them, but the other person had already graduated from university, and she couldn't find them at all. The school even kicked her out.
With nowhere else to turn, he begged his way back to his hometown.
When her parents realized they couldn't find anyone, they kicked the mother and daughter out of their home.
From then on, the mother and daughter lived in a cowshed that no one else wanted.
As the principal walked, he introduced the general situation of Xing'er and her daughter to Zhang Ran: "Xing'er's daughter is already nine years old, named Xinghua, but she has never been to school. Someone took pity on Xinghua and sponsored her for half a year, but after returning to the city, she was expelled from school."
The cowshed was drafty, with cracks in the roof and walls. The mother and daughter, looking like two wild people, were squatting on the ground around a broken iron pot, eating wild vegetables they had dug up from the mountain.
"Principal?" Xing'er saw the principal stand up awkwardly, nervously hugging the child who had come closer, and asked cautiously, "What brings you here?"
The principal explained the purpose of our visit and took out the application form again. This time, however, he told the truth: "This is a loan application form. The other party will sponsor the child's education until the child reaches adulthood, but the child will have to repay the loan after starting work. No interest will be charged. Do you want to fill out this form and send your child to school?"
Upon hearing this, Xing'er's eyes lit up, and she nodded frantically. She cried as she reached out her hands to take the application form, but when she saw that her hands were dirty and black, she quickly withdrew them and choked out, "My hands are dirty, don't get them dirty. Please help us fill it out, we're willing."
"Can I go to school? Can I really go to school?" Xinghua looked like a little beggar, her clothes were tattered and she was filthy. Her eyes were fixed on the piece of paper in the principal's hand, which was frighteningly bright.
"Okay, I'll fill it out for you." The principal took out a pen and volunteered to fill out the form, but when he finally signed it, he signed his own name.
Seeing this, Zhang Ran raised an eyebrow slightly but said nothing.
After leaving the cowshed, Zhang Ran suddenly asked, "Principal, could you find a worker to repair the cowshed? I'll pay for it."
After spending the past two days with her, the principal had grown quite fond of her. Upon hearing this, he did not stop her from doing good deeds and nodded, saying, "I'll go find someone after I finish my business."
The principal visited every household in Shijia Village where a girl of school age was unable to attend school. He used the same excuse he had used to deceive the second son and his wife to fool one family after another.
Most people thought that if they could get something for nothing, they would fill out the application form and agree to send their daughters to school.
Having resolved a long-standing worry, the principal excitedly took Zhang Ran home and had his wife fetch some rice wine from the village entrance, insisting on having a drink with Zhang Ran.
"I don't drink." Zhang Ran simply covered the glass with the back of her hand.
"What man doesn't know how to drink?" The principal thought it was no fun drinking alone, so he insisted on dragging Zhang Ran along.
"It's good that you don't drink." The principal's wife was increasingly pleased with Zhang Ran, taking away the wine glass in front of her and urging her to eat more. She was thinking that she would go back to her parents' home tomorrow and have her niece visit the school more often to show her face in front of Zhang Ran. If things worked out, that would be wonderful!
After finishing her meal, Zhang Ran left the principal's house and went directly to the village chief's house.
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