Daddy Academy

Chapter 3182 The charity fund only helps those in need.

Chapter 3182 The charity fund only helps those in need.

The afternoon sun warmed the moss in the old alley of Huangjia Village.

Tan Jin'er held Robin's little hand, followed by Xi'er clutching a teddy bear, Xiaobai Xiaomi whispering, and bodyguards Qin Jianguo and Wang Shuyi.

The group stood once again in front of Yueyue's mottled wooden door.

The door creaked open, and Yueyue, clutching the teddy bear Xier had given her that morning, tiptoed in and, upon seeing them, turned around and called out in a clear voice, "Mommy! Sister Jin'er is here!"

Her voice was full of joy.

When Yueyue's mother came out to greet them, she had changed her apron into a faded blue cloth shirt. She was also clutching an old towel that had been folded three times, and she kept rubbing her fingertips on the towel. When she saw Tan Jin'er, her voice trembled a little for no reason: "I'm sorry to trouble you to come all this way again... The house is small, and there isn't even a decent chair."

Tan Jin'er smiled and shook her head. She had also come through hardship, so seeing all this made her feel even more connected to it.

She walked into the room, her gaze sweeping over the old cardboard boxes stacked in the corner—the cuffs of Yueyue's faded school uniform peeking out from inside, the labels on the medicine bottles on the table worn off, and the old wooden box used as a desk, on which lay the pencil stubs only the length of a thumb, and the eraser as hard as a small stone, exactly the crying face that Xiaomi had drawn in her notebook that morning.

"Sister, we've come here to talk to you about the charity fund."

Tan Jin'er said, "Xiaobai and the others told me about their family situation this morning. We have verified that Yueyue fully meets the eligibility criteria for assistance."

She paused, looking at Yueyue's mother's eyes which instantly reddened, and added earnestly, "The foundation has decided to cover all of Yueyue and her younger brother's education expenses from elementary school to university. We will also cover a portion of her brother's medical expenses as appropriate."

"This...how could I possibly accept this..."

Yueyue's mother's tears welled up suddenly, and she hurriedly wiped them with an old towel, but the more she wiped, the more tears flowed.

Yueyue quickly went over and stuffed the teddy bear into her mother's arms: "Mommy, don't cry, Sister Xiaobai said there will be new notebooks in the future!"

Tan Jin'er patted Yueyue's head and picked up the pencil stubs on the table: "You don't have to worry about these things anymore. Yueyue, just focus on your studies, okay?"

Robin jumped up and down beside her. Although she didn't quite understand what the adults were saying, she could sense that the atmosphere was good. Although Yueyue's mother was crying, she thought they were tears of joy.

She tugged at Xi'er's sleeve and laughed, "I knew Sister Jin'er would help Yueyue! She's our Sister Jin'er!"

No one can dislike Sister Jin'er!

Xi'er nodded; Robin's words filled her with pride as the younger sister. She took an orange candy from her pocket, unwrapped it, and handed it to Yueyue: "I'll teach you math from now on. That problem you said you couldn't solve last time, I know it now!"

Robin added, "If you learn math with Sister Xi'er, you can get 100 points in math."

Yueyue smiled and nodded emphatically.

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After leaving Yueyue's house, the group passed through the bustling streets of Huangjia Village and saw bright orange persimmons for sale at a fruit shop by the roadside. Tan Jin'er wanted to buy some persimmons for everyone to eat.

Everyone was standing in front of the fruit stand picking out the roundest ones when suddenly Xiaobai felt someone tug at her clothes from behind. She turned around to look...

"You're the little white horse from Little Red Horse, right?"

A man in an old jacket stood in front of me, the cuffs frayed, but he deliberately bent over, revealing the slightly dirty collar of his shirt underneath.

Before he could finish speaking, Qin Jianguo stood between him and Xiaobai, separating him and staring at him warily.

Wang Shuyi then stood in front of Robin and the others.

The man in the jacket seemed oblivious to the two of them, and said to Xiaobai, "This is my son, he's eight years old, and he's never even been to kindergarten. I heard your school has a charity fund that helps poor children go to school, so you have to cover all his tuition fees all the way up to university!"

As he spoke, he pushed the boy next to him forward. The boy had his head down, his hands tightly gripping the hem of his clothes, his nails almost digging into his flesh.

The woman next to the man immediately chimed in, her voice shrill and choked: "That's right! His father has bad legs and can't do heavy work. I go to the fields to dig vegetables every day. How can I afford to send him to school? Your foundation isn't helping him; that's being biased!"

As she spoke, she deliberately lifted her trouser leg, revealing a faint scar on her knee.

"Look, I fell while working last time, and it still hurts!"

Xiao Bai paused for a moment, looked up at the man, then at the woman, and suddenly pointed at the man's pocket, saying, "Your cigarette pack is showing, it's Zhonghua, right? Li Baibai smokes this occasionally, she said a pack costs 65 yuan, which can buy more than a hundred new pencils."

Robin, at the opportune moment, cupped his head in his hands, feigning shock: "Good heavens!!! Over a hundred of them!!"

Her aunt glanced at her with an approving look.

The man's face froze instantly. He hurriedly stuffed the cigarette pack into his pocket. Before he could say anything more, the shopkeepers around him looked over. An old man wearing an apron put down his shopping basket, walked over, and pointed at the man, saying, "Little Li, don't pretend to be poor here! Last week I saw your son riding his new bicycle around the alley, and the down jacket your wife bought a few days ago doesn't look cheap!"

"You...you're talking nonsense!"

The man's face turned a deep purplish-red. He reached out to grab the old man, but Qin Jianguo gently stopped him, warning, "You can talk, but don't lay a hand on me."

At this moment, the boy, who had been keeping his head down, suddenly whispered, "Dad, I don't want to lie... We have a new TV, a motorcycle, and you even bought some wine yesterday... We don't lack anything..."

As soon as he said that, everyone around him laughed.

The woman panicked and reached out to cover the boy's mouth, but he dodged her hand.

The child's face flushed red, and he suddenly shouted, "I want to go to school, but I don't want to lie to people... My family doesn't need that little bit of money, why would I lie to people!!! I heard that the Little Red Horse Foundation helps children in need, I don't want to..."

The man was completely humiliated. He was both anxious and angry, and he reached out to pull the boy away from the crowd.

The woman followed behind, her head bowed low.

Xiao Bai watched their retreating figures, picked up the cigarette pack from the ground, and said angrily, "Silly boy!!! Look, the cigarettes he dropped could buy Yueyue so many stationery items."

Tan Jin'er patted Xiaobai's head, her eyes full of approval: "Xiaobai did the right thing. The fund's money should go to those who really need it, and not be taken away by fraudsters."

Xi'er held Xiaobai's hand, a little frightened, and said, "That person was so fierce just now. I thought he was going to start a fight."

Robin stared at the cigarette in his aunt's hand and had a wild idea: "Auntie, how about we sell this cigarette to Grandpa? I can use the money to buy stationery."

Xiaomi chuckled and patted Robin's head: "You're such a good boy to your grandpa, but your grandpa can't smoke, right? Your grandma won't allow it."

Robin whispered quietly, "I saw Grandpa secretly smoking."

At this point, the aunt and niece exchanged a glance and smiled like little foxes.