"Hello?"

Hello, Mr. Yan, is the ceremony over your side?”

"It's almost done."

"Where will you go to eat after the end?"

"Stay at school." This was also arranged in advance by the Propaganda Department. Shen's group and his group would have a simple lunch with the children in the school cafeteria, and follow the press conference on site, which was of great significance.

"Young Master Yan, I have a very important situation..." Liu Sijie's voice was very anxious, and Chen Yan also listened.

He knew that if it weren't for something very important, he wouldn't have called him at this time. But halfway through the conversation, the line suddenly broke off. Chen Yan was about to dial back, but there was no signal.

It was really time for this signal to be cut off. Chen Yan looked at his cell phone helplessly. What did he want to say to him?

Just as he was thinking, the principal came over and said to him, "The weather station said it would snow in the afternoon, and it seemed that the weather was about to change."

"Oh!" Chen Yan's mind was still on Liu Sijie's phone, and he felt a little irritated. In addition, the wind was strong around him, so he took his cell phone to the other end of the classroom.

Liu Sijie said that there was something important, and he had a bad signal and had not finished his work here yet. Why not ask Xia Yu to call the post office and ask.

There are children running around.

Someone from behind shouted, Chen Yan'an turned around, and a middle-level cadre of Shen's family was waving to him on the platform, "You need to come and take a photo!"

Several reporters had already set up their cameras, and Chen Yan had to return the same way, and a few naughty boys were playing and playing.

"Young Master Yan?"

"What?"

"Smile!" The middle-level cadre reminded him, Chen Yan rubbed his forehead with his hand and squeezed out a smile at the camera, but he felt inexplicably empty and felt that something flashed away, unable to catch or touch, just like the empty plateau in front of him, endless barrenness.

After the photo, Chen Yan received a brief interview. It was already 1:00 pm for lunch. It was said that it was lunch with the children. In fact, it was impossible. Everything was arranged in advance by the organizer. Most of the children had already used lunch and left a few obedient and sensible people to eat with Chen Yan and others. It was entirely for the camera. After that, I took a few more photos and interviewed the children who were assisted. The children spoke tremblingly in front of the camera. I don’t know how many times they said had been memorized in advance.

After four o'clock in the afternoon, the wind outside the window became stronger. The sound of the wind passing through the cracks in the wall could be heard in the house.

A middle-level cadre of Shen held the giant backpack he brought along the way and asked the people who were walking by, "This wind sounds so terrifying. When can we leave this ghost place?"

"I don't know, I say it's going to snow."

"The sun is still coming out in the morning, and I don't believe it will snow."

"Why don't you believe it? The plateau climate is abnormal. The sun will be stormy in the next second." The speaker was a staff member of the Shen Propaganda Department. The leader shrugged disapprovingly. As soon as the two finished speaking, Ajian hurriedly ran in at the door.

"headmaster!"

Yoshikura stood up from the table with a pipe in his hand: "What do you say? Can you leave?"

"I'm afraid I can't leave. It's already snowing in the mountains and the wind is strong. I'm afraid something will happen on the road."

"Ah?" the middle-level cadre screamed, "I don't want to live in this ghost place." After that, he glared at the staff of the propaganda department next to him, "It's all up to you, the crow's mouth!"

The county leaders were also a little embarrassed when they heard this, and pulled Yoshikang to the side, "How to solve the problem of staying for the evening if you can't leave?"

"Why don't you live in the school dormitory?"

"Nonsense, how can they stay in the dormitory?"

"Why can't you live? If the children can live, they can't live?" Yoshikura was also straightforward. He said whatever he said. His voice was high and made the atmosphere even more stiff. The county leaders could not stubborn, and they were worried that something would happen on the way.

"How can so many people live?"

"It's a squeeze, it really doesn't work. Ajian and I sleep in the classroom with the bed and quilt."

After a wave of discussion, he decided to stay for the time being. The county leader came over to ask Chen Yan's opinion again. Chen Yan sat at the window and looked at the sky outside. It gradually became darker. Occasionally, a few snowflakes fell and were soon blown away by the wind.

"Wait and talk about it." He was still thinking about Liu Sijie's phone number.

As a result, it took more than half an hour to wait. The wind was getting heavier and heavier, and the light snow turned into a blizzard. I was sure that I couldn't leave anymore. The county leaders also suggested staying for one night, after all, safety is the best.

With a command, the middle-level cadre was about to break his heart. He held his large backpack and screamed, "I don't live in the dormitory. I brought my sleeping bag. I'll find a way to solve it myself!"

When he was taking photos with the reporter just now, he saw the bed. The bed was dirty and crowded, and even the walls were leaking. He had to squeeze with a bunch of children so that he would not want to live in that kind of place. So he was glad that he had traveled thousands of miles to carry his sleeping bag.

Ji Cang arranged for Ajian to prepare dinner, and asked someone to cook a large pot of dough noodles and give it to everyone to keep warm. Seeing that it was getting dark outside, the children lined up to start eating in the cafeteria.

"Beautiful sister!" The little girl who greeted Xia Yu saw Xia Yu and smiled at her.

Xia Yu also smiled at her and walked towards Chen Yan.

"Today Liu Sijie called me and said there was something very important to tell me, but I hadn't come yet, and the line was broken due to the signal problem." Chen Yan frowned and said in a low voice, "I don't know what happened there, I'm so anxious."

"I think Liu Sijie will have a solution." Xia Yu looked at the heavy snow outside to comfort Chen Yan and said that although she had the same idea as Chen Yan, she also thought that something big happened. It was just that this situation was useless to be anxious.

"I hope." Chen Yan breathed, looked at the dark outside and said.

Xia Yu glanced at the children who were queuing for food. Their hands and faces were red with red faces, and they carefully held a porcelain bowl with both hands. Then he looked at the staff of Shen's family who came with them. Some of them could barely bear it when they saw these children, while others showed disgust.

Because these children are not very big, and the cold weather is cold, some of the snots are flowing out. They don’t use tissues or handkerchiefs to wipe them, but just suck them hard inside.

Some people just raise their arms and wipe them with their sleeves.

"It's so disgusting. Let's eat and sleep with these little kids. I feel disgusted when I see them." The middle-level cadre who had been complaining began to express his opinions again.

A leader who accompanied him in the county just heard it and was so embarrassed. They did have arrangements in the county town, but isn’t it impossible to leave?

Xia Yu frowned and said to Chen Yan in a low voice, "Since you are here to help the poor, don't be despised. Who doesn't want to live a better life? Are these children willing?"

Speaking of this, Xia Yu paused and said, "This is a problem with the house, and it's also. Chen Yan, don't you think today's arrangement is too fake? Now Shen is in trouble. This time, healing was originally intended to restore Shen's image, but if it is too fake, I'm afraid it will backfire."

"Do you think there is a problem?" Chen Yan asked, they did this before, and there was nothing wrong with it.

"Do you think it's okay? Since it's poverty alleviation, you should really care about them. Look at these children, they all smile sincerely at us." Xia Yu looked around and saw a reporter picking up the camera and taking a photo of a child.

Xia Yu touched Chen Yan's arm and whispered, "You said that the camera was photographed by the leader at our headquarters just now. Is it really meaningless for us to come here this time?"

Chen Yan nodded, thinking.

At this time, the little girl came to Xia Yu and said, "Beautiful sister, can we classmate invite you to have dinner with us?" The little girl's eyes were full of desire.

"Okay!" Xia Yu stood up, held the little girl's hand and went to her classmates.

The children seemed very excited and kept asking Xia Yu about this and that. Xia Yu kept answering with a smile. The children listened with relish.

After dinner, Xia Yu and the children washed the bowls clean, and asked them to wash their hands with the hand sanitizer they brought. Then they applied moisturizer and hand cream to them. Children with frostbite injuries in their hands and feet also applied frostbite ointment to them personally.

"Miss Xia is so nice!" The old principal was really moved. They were not particular about the children in the mountains. It was really rare for Xia Yu to have dinner with them and wash their hands and feet.

"Seeking fame!" The middle-level cadre who had previously thought of this and that muttered quietly.

He thought he was very small and no one could hear it, but Chen Yan's ears were very useful and he heard it all. He walked to him calmly, and Chen Yan said to him in an unprecedentedly serious tone, "You have children, right? If your children are also in the middle, I don't know if you will say that."

The cadre blushed and lowered his head in shame.

But he was quite dissatisfied. He came with Mr. Mo before, and he had a good meal and accommodation. He had never suffered such hard days.

"Mr. Chen, our conditions here are limited, so I feel wronged." The old principal came over and said to Chen Yan apologetically.

"What the principal said? The children don't feel wronged, so how could we feel wronged?" Chen Yan looked at the children in front of him. Although they were not ragged, they were not new clothes, nor were they good clothes.

He felt emotion in his heart, especially when he saw Xia Yu use up a bottle of freshly opened frostbite ointment, he was even more stunned. How could he write if his hand was frostbite?

"Xia Yu, after you can contact the outside world tomorrow, you can call the company as soon as possible and ask them to come and use a few hand creams and frostbite ointments for the children." Chen Yan said.

"Mr. Chen, thank you so much." The old principal held Chen Yan's hand excitedly. Don't these children need these?

After hearing this, the children were very happy and there was applause immediately. Some reporters thought it was a rare and touching scene. They picked up the camera in their hands and took the touching scene.

At this moment, Ajian ran in with his cell phone.

"Principal, has Wu Xiaomin not come back yet?"

"Wu Xiaomin?" The principal repeated. Wu Xiaomin was a college student who came to the border in the city and a teacher at this school. The principal was busy receiving Chen Yan and his group, but he didn't notice whether she was there or not.

Now when Ajian asked, he found out that he really didn't see her.

"Yes, she said at noon that she wanted to see Quma's younger brother and left after lunch!"

"This kid!" Yoshikrata sighed and threw down his cigarette puff and was about to walk out.

Ajian hurriedly chased after him and asked, "Where are you going?"
Chapter completed!