Chapter 123
Su Ruanruan took out a box from her pocket, put it on the bride's lap and said, "This is my wedding gift to you. I wish you a happy marriage and a son soon!"
The bride had known that a film crew would be involved today to shoot some scenes.
She had seen Su Ruanruan on TV, but she didn't expect to receive it as a wedding gift from her.
She opened the box on her lap and saw a heavy gold bracelet inside. She looked at Su Ruanruan in surprise and said, "Is this really for me?
Too expensive!”
Su Ruoran looked at her happy look, nodded, and went out.
The scene where she was at the wedding banquet today has been filmed. She has nothing to do from now on. She can walk around and take a stroll.
But after Su Ruanruan came out of the bridal chamber, she felt that the bride looked very young, and her childish face could be seen under the heavy bridal makeup.
After leaving the yard, Su Ruanruan curiously asked the children around her: "Do you know how old the bride is?"
A little girl of 12 or 13 years old said: "I know, I heard my mother said that the bride seems to be 18 years old!"
"18 years old, so young!"
Su Ruanruan said in shock.
But she didn't expect that what was shocking in her eyes was a very normal thing in the eyes of the little girl: "18 years old is not young anymore. If you don't get married, you will become an old girl!
No one will want it!"
If you don’t marry at the age of 18, you will become an old maid!
Is this how the age of girls is distinguished in the village?
However, she then thought about her previous experience. Her age? About the same. If she hadn't fought to the death, she would have ended up like this.
Thinking of this, she then asked: "Most of the girls in the village get married at what age, don't they study?"
The little girl showed an innocent smile on her face and said: "Most girls in the village start to look at each other when they are fifteen or sixteen years old!
They all got married when they were almost sixteen or seventeen years old!
Studying, my mother said, it is not important for girls to study, as long as they get married early and have children.
In two or three years, my mother will also be planning to visit someone else for me!"
When Su Ruanruan heard the little girl talk about her future life plans in an understatement, her heart grew sour.
She got rid of her own destiny and grew up to be who she is now, but deep in the mountains, there are many girls who have not escaped their destiny.
If someone could help them, let them continue studying, graduate from college, and see a broader sky, would it change their destiny?
At this moment, two little girls with childlike faces, each with a big belly, passed by Su Ruanruan, talking to each other about the months of the babies in their stomachs, and how their mother-in-law still wanted them to have sex with their big bellies.
Housework.
Su Ruanruan was a little incapable of accepting that the girls who looked immature on their faces were about to become mothers. She felt sorry that they had not seen the vast sky, and that they would be trapped before they even stepped out of the small mountain village.
Stay here forever.
She felt depressed and asked: "Do you want to study?"
When the little girl heard her question, the smile on her face instantly faded. She lowered her eyes and stared at her toes. She said in a very serious voice: "I want to study, but my mother said that the family doesn't have much money. My brother and brother are boys. They
To study.
We are girls and we will eventually get married, so it doesn’t matter whether we study or not, as long as we can finish junior high school!”
After hearing the little girl's words, Su Ruanruan immediately thought of what she should choose for this social welfare project, which was to help girls who had dropped out of school in rural areas continue to study.
This time she limited the gender to girls because most families, whether in cities or remote mountain villages, favor boys over girls. Especially in mountain villages, the preference for boys over girls is even more obvious.
Regardless of whether a boy's academic performance is good or bad, as long as the family has money and is not at the end of his rope, the boy will be allowed to study.
As for girls, it's different. In their hearts, a girl always needs her family, so it doesn't matter whether she studies or not. As long as she reaches the age, marry her off and exchange her for the bride price.
Thinking of this, even though I heard the cheerful sound of gongs and drums around me, I couldn't sit still anymore.
She stood up and walked quickly towards her residence.
After Su Ruoruan returned, Brother Rao was sitting in the yard, basking in the sun to keep warm.
Brother Rao noticed that something was wrong with her expression, and immediately sat up straight and asked: "Ruanruan, what's wrong? Is something wrong?"
Su Ruanruan walked over and sat next to him and said: "Brother Rao, I just realized that the bride getting married today is only 18 years old.
And I heard from the little girls in the village that most of them were fifteen or sixteen years old, and their families started looking for partners for them, and they basically got married when they were sixteen or seventeen.
I just saw two little girls who looked very immature at first glance, with their big bellies discussing the month of the baby and so on."
Brother Rao rushed forward and leaned back, lazily saying: "Ruanruan, this is the case in the village, no need to make a fuss!
However, they are also quite pitiful. They have never even gone out into the mountains in their lives. It is indeed pitiful to give birth to children at an age when they are originally children!
But we can’t do anything, this is the fate of most girls in the village, and they can’t escape it!”
Just as he left his words, Su Ruanruan said softly but firmly: "Brother Rao, I want to help them, I want to help them change their destiny. At the very least, I want them to get out of the mountains and see the vast world outside!"
When Rao Yongsi heard this, he immediately sat up straight and asked in surprise: "Ruanruan, you want to help them, how are you going to help them?"
Su Ruanruan smiled lightly and said: "I want to help girls who have dropped out of school to continue studying, not just in Dashangou Village. I am going to spend 50 million this time to help girls who drop out of school continue to study. According to the average of a girl
Ten thousand a year is enough to support 5,000 girls!"
Fifty million, such a big deal, this is not fifty thousand, half a million, you can take it out casually, this is fifty million?
However, when he turned to look at Su Ruanruan's calm expression, he swallowed all his words of persuasion.
For Su Ruanruan, according to her spending power, 50 million is really not a big deal.
Rao Yongsi looked at her seriously and said: "Ruanruan, what are you going to do?
How do you determine the candidates for these five thousand girls? What do you need me to do?"
Su Ruanruan thought of the county magistrate who came to the set some time ago and said: "Brother Rao, think of a way to see if you can contact the county magistrate who visited the set a few days ago and get information about the entire county's villages from him, and then
Find the contact information of poverty alleviation staff in various villages in the county.
The poverty alleviation staff in the village know the situation in the village very well, and we can obtain relevant information about the girls who have dropped out of school through them."
Finally, she added: "As long as I don't have any drama, we can go from village to village."
Chapter completed!