Chapter 443: Chapter 443: The Celestial Fortune Cafeteria at the Mountain Village School!

The older-looking girl seemed to be just over ten years old.

After running over, she held her younger sister’s hand and looked a bit nervously at Qin Yun and his group.

Qin Yun, Lin Yueshan, and three others from the Celestial Fortune company, along with Mayor Zhou and his group, altogether made up ten people.

Their appearance had already attracted quite some attention from many people.

From time to time, there were glances cast in their direction from the roadside.

The older girl seemed a bit tense, but upon seeing Village Chief Zhao, she immediately felt relieved and hurriedly called out, "Chief Zhao."

Zhao Family Village isn’t very large, so basically everyone knows the village chief.

Village Chief Zhao smilingly nodded and said, "Ah, it’s the child from Grandma Li’s family."

He pointed to Qin Yun and introduced, "Child, this is a big businessman from the city, here to spend money to help the children in our village. You’re very lucky."

"To help us?" Upon hearing this, the older girl looked at Qin Yun.

The girl’s name was Zhao Xiaoting, currently in the fourth grade, and her younger sister was Zhao Xiaoxiao, who had just started first grade.

Although she was young, rural children grow up early, and she would already cook meals at home.

She knew their village was poor, and people often came to help, but mostly they left a little something and went away.

Some people only said a few words, took pictures, and left, perhaps without leaving anything behind.

"Hello, Boss." Zhao Xiaoting looked at Qin Yun and said somewhat stiffly.

Hearing her sister’s words, the six or seven-year-old Zhao Xiaoxiao tilted her head and, after thinking for a moment, also said, "Hello, Boss."

Hearing their words, Qin Yun immediately smiled.

He didn’t say anything more and looked towards the school, planning to take a look inside.

"President Qin, it’s already past eleven, and the kids in the school are having lunch. You haven’t eaten yet, have you? Why don’t we grab something to eat before heading to the school?" Mayor Zhou said with a laugh.

It was lunchtime, and they should at least properly host Qin Yun.

"No need, let’s go take a look first." Qin Yun shook his head.

Just as he was speaking, suddenly Qin Yun felt someone tugging at his clothes.

He looked down, and there was little Zhao Xiaoxiao looking up at him.

"What is it?" Looking at the little girl, Qin Yun crouched down and asked with a smile.

Zhao Xiaoxiao looked at Qin Yun and then opened her left hand. In her small hand was a little rice ball, previously clenched so tightly it couldn’t be seen.

With a smile on her face, Qin Yun could see she had lost a tooth. Though her small face was dirty, her eyes were very bright.

"Boss, eat this." The little girl offered the rice ball and said earnestly.

Her missing front tooth caused her to lisp a bit.

From the adults’ conversation earlier, Zhao Xiaoxiao vaguely understood that Qin Yun was here to help them and that he might be hungry now.

Hearing her words, Qin Yun couldn’t help but laugh, patting her little head. He shook his head and smiled, "You eat it."

He stood up and then said to Mayor Zhou and Village Chief Zhao, "Let’s go, let’s have a look at the school."

The group all headed towards the school.

Zhao Xiaoxiao took small steps, waddling like a little duck, wanting to follow Qin Yun but was held back by her sister.

"Xiaoxiao, we have to go home for a bit." Zhao Xiaoting said.

The little Zhao Xiaoxiao was puzzled by the notion of going home and asked, "Why?"

"Grandma is still at home, and we go to school in the afternoon." Zhao Xiaoting explained.

After thinking for a moment, as if remembering this, the little one nodded and followed her sister.

"Sister." After a few steps, suddenly the little one called out.

"What’s the matter?" Zhao Xiaoting stopped and looked at her sister, asking.

"Is the boss going to give us things for our house?" The little one asked expectantly.

She remembered there was a boss before who gave them things, like rice and candy, and those candies lasted her a long time.

That’s why, earlier, upon hearing Qin Yun was also a boss, she offered her rice ball to him.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xiaoting didn’t know how to respond. She patted her sister’s head and said, "Xiaoxiao, we’re not short of things at home now, and we don’t need others to give us anything. That kind of thinking is not right."

The little one tilted her head, a hint of confusion in her eyes, seemingly not quite understanding her sister’s words.

But she still nodded, obediently saying, "Sister, I understand."

Holding the rice ball in her hand, she lowered her head, looking a bit disappointed.

...

When Qin Yun entered the school, the cafeteria area was undoubtedly the most noticeable place, and it was where the most people gathered; some were holding their lunch boxes, ready to get food.

The lunch boxes were all different, clearly brought from home.

Seeing Qin Yun and his group, many of the children were obviously a bit nervous, with some curious and staring at them.

When Qin Yun looked at them, the children shyly turned their gazes away.

Very soon, Qin Yun reached the place where food was being served. Upon looking, his expression changed slightly.

The cafeteria’s food consisted of only a big bucket of cabbage, with nothing else available.

All the children were eating just that one dish.

Qin Yun looked on silently, saying nothing.

Many of the children appeared skinny. Even Zhao Xiaoting and Zhao Xiaoxiao, whom he had seen earlier, were quite thin.

"Mayor Zhou, Village Chief Zhao, is there only this one dish in the cafeteria?"

After watching for a while, Qin Yun finally asked.

Village Chief Zhao explained, "Qin Yun, the kids’ lunch is free because the school doesn’t have much money. Sometimes people donate some food, and then lunch is a bit richer."

Village Chief Zhao sighed, saying, they want the kids to eat well. It’s easy to eat well for just one meal, but to eat well every meal is clearly unrealistic.

"Hello."

A teacher there saw Qin Yun and the others and quickly came over.

Soon, the school principal, having received the message, hurried over.

"Boss Qin, the school can provide meat for the kids about once a week; at other times, it depends." The principal, having heard from Village Chief Zhao about Qin Yun’s purpose, quickly said.

Previously, the school charged for meals, but many children would only take plain rice, and some even brought food from home, reluctant to spend money on meals.

Gradually, the school began offering free lunches, though mostly just one dish. There was no other choice. At least the meals were filling.

The principal looked eagerly at Qin Yun, hoping he could donate something to the kids so they could have more meat meals.

However, Qin Yun said nothing, stayed for a while, then left.

"Let’s have a look at other towns." Once outside, Qin Yun said directly.

Hearing this, Lin Yueshan was stunned and asked, "President Qin, aren’t we going to spend more time looking around Shanle Town?"

"I have a pretty good idea now." Qin Yun said.

He had already made up his mind.

Soon, Qin Yun and his team arrived at the second town, followed by the third, fourth...

There were essentially no exceptions; the school cafeterias in these mountain towns offered very little food. Some cafeterias charged fees, but the menu mostly consisted of vegetables.

In the afternoon, Qin Yun visited five towns before finally stopping.

"President Qin."

Lin Yueshan stood by Qin Yun, waiting for instructions.

"Lin Yueshan, we previously visited the cafeterias of five schools in Shanle Town and others. Contact the principals of these five schools and tell them that from now on, the Celestial Fortune company will take over their cafeterias and handle the food supply issues," Qin Yun instructed after a brief moment of contemplation.

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