Chapter 29

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Chapter 29: The man who loves to boast 9/ blowing the cowhide to the sky 9

Author: 打字机N号

T /N: This is a MTL work. I tried to edit as best as I could, any mistake plz do put your comment and I will edit it ASAP. This is my first attempt on chinese novel so please cheer me up! I hope you will find this novel as interesting as I do.

These days, among the islanders, the most discussed news in private was

on the topic was whether Jiang Liu was really a rich man and if so, how much

was his net worth.

“Husband, do you think that boy really so rich?”

At this moment, a middle-aged couple was discussing this things while

lying on the bed. Their mind started to wander on the 800,000 yuan donated by

Jiang Liu to the island’s primary school. If he had no money, from where did he

grab those 800,000 yuans? The old principal was a highly respected person and

there was no way that he will accompany that Jiang Liu boy’s to blow a cow

hide.

“There is still that car. What did our son said? I seem to remember

that he mentioned that a Ferrari car should at least cost between three or four

million. If he really did not have any money, how could he easily toss his

money away like that, right?”

The woman’s voice quivered a bit. This was not three or four

hundred yuan. That kind of money was enough for others to buy a small villa in

Daishan Island. Yet, Jiang Liu used that much of money to buy a totally

unusable car. Therefore the only conclusion they could come out was that he is

really a rich person.

“Who knows?”

Her husband did not dare to make any conclusion at this moment. He felt

that what happened today was too chilling, resembling like an opera performance

“If what Jiang Liu used to say was by no means bragging, then he

really had dinner with that Ma Yun before, right? Can you tell Jiang Liu get me

a signature from Ma Yun? My aunt and I had always worship him. By the way, can

you ask Jiang Liu to request Ma Yun to give me a quota upgrade on the amount of

flowers to spent?You see, I have

been industrious and conscientious spending my money every month on Ma Yun Mao.

How is it that my quota still capped at thousand? Our neighbour next door did

not even used that ma Yun Mao much. Yet, her flower quota was already one

thousand and five. I can’t even compare with her at all.”

The woman asked her husband enthusiastically.

“Heng, if Jiang Liu really telling the truth, then that person was

truly people who do big things. You think those people who do big things will

spend their time chatting about those flower that could not amount to anything?

Do not be a disgrace.”

That man felt dissatisfied. But if what was said about Jiang Liu was true, he would

also like to ask Jiang Liu to tell Mr. Ma to seal his wife’s Ma Yun Mao’s account.

His wife and his mother do not know how to economize and instead wasting the

money every day.

“What do mean by disgrace? I have been working hard for you all

these years. Do you think it is easy for me to reach from where I am now? Well,

if you said that I am appalling to your eyes, what are those children at the

outside? You better make it clear to me.”

Originally, they were still gossiping about Jiang Liu, but now it

had turned into a family war. Naturally, all the trivial matter in the past was

dug out.

However, regardless of the process, the possibility that Jiang Liu may

had not been bragging all these years had become the consensus conclusion among

the islanders.

*****

At the beginning of August, Jiang Chongde followed his father to the

first completed Hope Primary School.

This elementary school was located in Dashan Township of the Jiangzhou

Autonomous Region. The mountain road was rugged and because it was not yet open

to traffic, they could only walk up the mountain with their own feet. There were

not many people living in this mountain. It was at most hundred folks living

there. Most of them were old people and children.

As for the young people, as long as they have some ability, many of them

had left the village to work. Due to the limited conditions of living, they

could only reluctantly left their children on the mountain and let the elderly

take care of them. Before Jiang Liu decided to build a school here, most of the

children here will woke up at four o’clock and then spend three hours walking throughout

the mountain to reach the nearest school.

After coming here, Jiang Chongde finally knew that the per capita annual

income of some places was less than one thousand yuan. These brothers and

sisters that could not be more than seven or eight years old could be seen

carrying their one or two-year-old brother and sister to work at the field. As

for taking care the elderly, it was a normal things to them.

Not long ago, he had been feeling resentful towards his irresponsible

father. But now, he realised that these children who were facing far more

difficult life than him could actually still be so optimistic. Due to this, he

finally recognized of his own shortcomings.

When they finally arrived at the site, it happened to be the time for

the lunch break.

Because of the donation provided by Jiang Liu, the school could finally

provide these children with free lunch for the whole year. The dishes were very

simple in Jiang Chongde’s view, but for the children living in these mountain,

these were rare luxury to them.

Jiang Chongde helped the school’s teacher to distribute the meal to the

children. Today’s lunch was egg drop tomato soup and stir fry lettuce and pork.

There were not many pieces of pork could be seen among the abundance of lettuce

leaves, yet, these egg drop tomato soup was rich in taste, and the unique sour

aroma made the children around them started to drool.

“Wow, there is meat today!”

The first child in the line saw the meat on the stir fry lettuce

and pork dishes. He excitedly told the child behind him. Their black face was

full of joy and excitement. Jiang Chongde could see that the children started

to gulp in anticipation.

It seemed that it was very difficult for them to eat meat from where

they came from.

“Their meal was really improving recently. Before the donation from

Mr. Jiang arrived here, these children can only go to school bringing their own

meals. Because there was no place for them prepare for their hot meals, they

could only eat their porridge and steamed bread that had long been left cold.

Some of the children family’s conditions were far off worse. They did not even

have anything to eat during lunch. They could only persevered until they had

their dinner after returning from school.”

Jiang Chongde was talking to one of the volunteer who came here to

teach. As if detecting the discontentment in Jiang Chongde’s heart, the teacher

who prepared the love meal continued to explain.

“

Because of the love meal funded by Mr. Jiang, this children can finally

eat hot meals every day and eat meat dishes once a week. This could be

considered as a happy thing for them. As long as these children can eat, can

study, and being guaranteed of their basic needs, no matter how they will life

in the future, they will be able to rely on their own efforts to fight for it. This

kind of assistance is better than giving them dishes with generous amount of

meat and fish.

The volunteer quickly gave the allocated food to the little girl in

front of her who was had been carrying her two-year-old brother. She added

extra spoonful rice to the little girl’s bowl, but the dishes given to here

were no different from the amount given to the other children.

The little girl looked at the extra spoonful of rice in her bowl, smiled

and bowed to the volunteer before she carried her little brother and walked to

the classroom with her rice bowl, ready to share today’s lunch with her

brother.

“Mr. Jiang is a good person. You are very lucky to have such

father.”

The volunteer’s word turned Jiang Chongde silent. He looked at his dad

who was playing with some children who had been picking their noses. Those

children was black and thin. He found himself unfamiliar with that man’s life.

The lunch that Jiang Chongde and others had was the same meal as the

children. After eating, Jiang Chongde planned to wash the dishes, only to find

that the children who finished their meal just cleaned their rice bowls, but

did not want wash them.

“There is no water source in this mountain. The nearest deep-water

well was more than three hours walk from here. Every morning, people in the

village will go to fetch water from that well and brought back enough water

needed for cooking and drinking water for the teachers and the children. There

is no extra water after that.”

The teacher at the school explained that the local water resources were

extremely scarce. They will not be

able to procure any water unless they spend a lots of money to dig a deep-well.

Otherwise, it was necessary for them to take a few hours on the mountain road

to pick up the water for their family needs. Therefore, for the people in the

mountains, the water was as valuable as money.

So the children choose to take the bowl home to clean, or clean it once

every few days. They were already used to such a life.

“How much does it cost to dig a well?”

Jiang Chongde couldn’t help but ask.

“About two or three hundred thousand.”

The teacher on the side replied.

Hearing this number, Jiang Chongde realized what does it meant for that

Ferrari that he had asked his dad to buy.

He didn’t speak of it because he knew it was his father’s money and not

his. Thinking of those children getting drenched simply from carrying water

home to eat and drink, he could only gave his father a meaningful glance

“I will contact the well-drilling team to see if there is a place

near the school that is suitable for drilling wells.”

Jiang Liu finally said something. In fact, it was not only Jiang Chongde

who couldn’t bear it. Even he couldn’t bear it. Only people who had lived at

the bottom could understand the people living there. It really made his heart

turned bitter.

It was said that mountainous area and poor living could not be

separated. However, it was precisely because they were poor that they found it

hard to survive and succeed among other people. When these children view their

self-esteem and morality of having no value, the outside community will regard

them hundred time worse. Therefore, Jiang Liu wanted to provide them with the

opportunity to learn and taught them the necessary survival skills. As for the

future? It will depend on their own efforts.

Among the hundred Hope Primary Schools that were set to build by Jiang

Liu, many of them situated in areas where the water resources were scarce. Since

he already built the school, he might as well dig the well for them.

Thinking that his private money was about to shrink again, Jiang Liu

could not help but felt some pain.

While they were discussing about it, one of the volunteer quietly took

pictures of this pair of father and son and saved it on the phone.

******

During the nearly two months of summer vacation, Jiang Liu took his son

to inspect all the Hope Primary School built by him. Jiang Chongde finally

ascertained that his father was really a rich man. Otherwise, how could he

spend tens of millions yuan to do such good deeds.

These two months allowed Jiang Chongde to have a deeper understanding of

his father. His father become less unfamiliar to him and he began to regard his

father with more admiration and respect.

Jiang Liu was by no meant a too strict father. When he saw that his son

had been following him these past two months without any complaint, he thought

that he should take him to eat delicious food before the start of school

semester. There should not be endless suffering in life. Occasionally he should

pamper his son well.

Jiang Liu took his son to a private kitchen owned by one of his

acquaintance in Hangzhou. The food here was expensive and you cannot make any

order. The boss will cook whatever he wanted for the customer according to his

mood of the day. But because the boss’s craftsmanship was good, the people

continued to come back to eat therefore there were a stream of people here

every day.

“Daddy is not someone who is wasteful and indulging in this kind of

luxury on normal days. This is because of you that daddy decided to bring you

to eat at this kind of restaurant.”

Jiang Liu drank a mouthful of homemade sour plum soup meant to alleviate

the summer heat, his whole ambiance exuded happy mood.

Jiang Chongde had never come to this kind of posh restaurant. He was

afraid to look around. He scared that others will find himself acting like a

country bumpkin. He could only nodded his head as he listened to his father’s

words. He could not help but thought that his father really treat him well. He

will wait until he make his own money later on. By then, he will be able to

bring his father to eat all delicious food.

“Jiang Liu, you haven’t come here for more than two months. Before

that, you had always ran to me to eat here every day.”

The boss came out to greet the guests. When he saw Jiang Liu, he quickly

walked over. Jiang Liu got a big slap on the back before the boss continued.

“I thought that you already tired of my craft that you decided to

ran elsewhere.”

Jiang Chongde: …

This is what he mean by doing things solely for him? What with that

absolutely never visit this kind of restaurant?

Oh, sure enough, this old man really a big pig hooves (T/N: Idiom: unreliable).

T/N: Aww Chongde got tease by daddy LOL

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