70s Delicate Girl: A Guide to Being a Rich Woman-Chapter 152: Cai Yuan Visits the Xu Family

With Xu Mumu here, the little kids didn’t dare to mess around anymore and quickly went to write. Even if they didn’t do well, at least they could still get some points.

While the kids were writing their essays, it suddenly became noisy outside, catching their attention instantly.

"Hurry up and write, I’ll go take a look." Xu Mumu glared at the kids.

Li Caixia was already outside watching the commotion. Xu Mumu went over to support her. At this point, her belly was slightly protruding, so Xu Mumu carefully supported her, fearing she might fall.

"Mom, what’s happening over there?" Xu Mumu asked curiously. Not far from them, a group of people was gathered to watch. Li Caixia was aware of her current situation, so she hadn’t joined the crowd to watch.

"It’s someone from the county government coming down for an inspection, seems they are here to assess the losses from the previous dam breach." Although Li Caixia didn’t squeeze into the crowd, she still knew what was happening.

"I see, we shouldn’t have suffered too much loss here, right?" Xu Mumu nodded. Their place was relatively far from the reservoir, only the river water rose and submerged a few acres of rice paddies.

"No matter how big or small the loss, once registered, they will definitely compensate part of it." Li Caixia said calmly. Given their team’s loss, even if they were to distribute food, their team wouldn’t get much.

Xu Mumu nodded. The submerged paddies didn’t drown all the rice crops; some survived robustly. Compared to other teams, their loss wasn’t much, maybe just a few hundred jin of rice.

Just as Xu Mumu was about to take her mother back inside, the people from over there walked towards them. Seeing the person in the lead, Xu Mumu was quite surprised; wasn’t this the middle-aged man who previously tested a few kids over by the reservoir?

"Little girl, do you live around here?" Cai Yuan greeted Xu Mumu with a smile. He wasn’t alone, accompanied by two younger people.

"Yes, I didn’t expect you to visit our team, uncle." Xu Mumu replied with a smile.

"Big leaders, please come in and have a seat." Li Caixia’s eyes lit up, she didn’t even need Xu Mumu to support her as she quickly ran into the yard and brought out two stools.

"Thank you, fellow villager, my name is Cai Yuan." Cai Yuan nodded with a smile.

"Mr. Cai, this is my mom, Li Caixia. Please have a seat while I make some tea for you." Xu Mumu said with a smile.

When Cai Yuan and his companions entered the yard, they saw a few kids writing homework in the main room. However, the kids’ attention had already shifted to them.

Xu Mumu went to make them a cup of tea. The tea leaves were given by Yin Yang, who handmade them. Xu Mumu thought they tasted pretty good. The only ones in the family who liked tea were the old man and herself.

"Why are you still doing homework?" Seeing the kids gathered around the big table writing with books spread out, anyone could tell these books had been used for a long time, probably collected from a recycling station.

The materials for these essay books did indeed come from the recycling station, though there were new ones too. The new ones were kept on the bookshelf in Xu Mumu’s room; the older ones didn’t need to be worried about being damaged by the little kids.

However, in Cai Yuan’s eyes, it was different. Look at how diligent and simple these little ones are, seriously studying despite such tough conditions.

When he first arrived at the Red River Team, he had already asked the team leader about the situation of the Old Xu Family.

The Old Xu Family was as poor as other families, but they had many people, supporting two children through school, and one working in the county, albeit as a temporary worker. They were already doing quite well in the village.

"Uncle, why did you come to our house?" Xu Jiaojiao asked Cai Yuan curiously.

"I just came to take a look around. Are you writing essays? Can I see what you’ve written?" Cai Yuan asked warmly.

While brewing tea, Xu Mumu watched without saying much. Fortunately, she had the kids writing essays this afternoon; if they had been caught learning English from the tape recorder, it would have been hard to explain.

"Big sis?" Xu Jiaojiao looked at her big sister for guidance.

"No worries, show Mr. Cai. He knows more than I do and might give you even better guidance." Xu Mumu replied with a smile. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"Uncle, have you read more books than my big sister?" Xu Jiaojiao asked Cai Yuan.

"Yes, I even went to college." Cai Yuan replied with a slight smile, glancing at the girl making tea with some regret that college entrance exams were no longer accessible.

"Wow, then you must be more amazing than big sis, right?" Xu Jiaojiao looked at Cai Yuan expectantly. She knew her big sister was impressive, but imagining someone even more impressive was mind-boggling to her.

"Perhaps." Cai Yuan smiled and nodded.

Cai Yuan picked up the essays written by the kids and started reading. At first glance, the handwriting was neat, which was commendable, then reading the content, though a bit immature, was still quite good for elementary students.

"Mr. Cai, comrades, here’s some tea." Xu Mumu brought over the tea. "It’s wild tea from the mountains, I hope you don’t mind."

"No worries, having tea is already great. Did your family make it?" a young man with glasses asked, drawn by the pretty girl who naturally inspired goodwill.

"No, a friend made it and gave it to us." Xu Mumu answered with a smile.

"I see." The man responded with a smile.

Over on Cai Yuan’s side, he pointed out the kids’ shortcomings, instantly earning adoring looks from them.

He quite enjoyed the kids’ gaze more than the flattery he usually experienced; the innocence of these young eyes made him feel quite comfortable.

"Would you like to go to the county to study?" Cai Yuan asked after taking a sip from the enamel cup, looking at the kids. Seeing their potential, he wanted to provide them with a better learning environment.

"Big leader, can my sons also study in the county? But we don’t have money." Li Caixia’s eyes lit up as she looked at Cai Yuan.

"They are doing very well, they certainly can." Cai Yuan nodded with a smile.

While they were talking, Old Xu and Xu Hai returned. Old Xu and Xu Hai were carrying large bundles of bamboo, and Madam Chen had some bamboo shoots in her basket.

"Wife, who’s here?" Xu Hai asked carefully; they had heard there were visitors at home when they came back.

"It’s a big leader from the county, and he wants Minglei to study in the county. Mind your words later." Li Caixia said with a beaming smile.

"Really?" Madam Chen asked, looking excitedly at Li Caixia.