The Best Actor Insists On Living With Me! - Chapter 529

Chapter 529: Chapter 528: From Young to Old (4)
 

Xia Siyu turned around and exchanged a glance with Bo Yan, both shaking their heads.

Although in recent years, the country’s educational endeavors had improved significantly, Hope Primary School here was no longer the dilapidated buildings seen in pictures but had a small two-story building now. The facilities were incomparable to those of urban primary schools, yet they sufficed for basic teaching requirements.

However, some mindsets and styles had yet to be reformed. Though she knew that the school leaders had good intentions, seeking donations from kind-hearted people, they felt they had to provide them with the best hospitality.

This was despite Xia Siyu and Bo Yan’s repeated insistence that there should be no fuss, no disturbance to the children’s regular study routines, and no disruption of the teachers’ work.

Still, the choir was called upon to sing, the students with good grades to recite poetry, and a number of teachers to accompany them. During mealtime, all the students waited for them.

Perhaps their initial intentions were good, and while there were certainly those showing off, only donating to take a few good photos, people like them who genuinely came to help the poor actually wished least to disturb the children’s lives.

After a lengthy wait, this group of people finally arrived fashionably late. It was the first time Wei Jingjing was treated like a celebrity, and probably for Song Fengzhi as well. As soon as the two entered the canteen, they began to look around, spotting Bo Yan and Xia Siyu in a corner. Bo gave a subtle nod to her, small but very clear in intention, signaling that they were doing just fine over there and that it was up to them to take charge now.

Wei Jingjing felt utterly overwhelmed, but thankfully, Song Fengzhi was somewhat more composed. They and the school leaders and teachers took their seats, and Xia Siyu thought they could finally start eating, but after a brief wait, it turned out the chefs had prepared special dishes for them, brought over on plates.

No wonder they had been asked to wait; the dishes were different after all.

Once the teachers formally announced the start of the meal, the group of students, already ravenous, eagerly bowed their heads to eat.

Being a food lover, Xia Siyu didn’t mind the school canteen’s food even though it wasn’t very tasty, but after moving books for an hour or two and losing some blood, she indeed needed a hot meal to replenish herself. Regrettably, by the time she had her first bite, the food had cooled down a bit.

Moreover, as for the canteen’s staples, not tasting bad was already good enough; how much better could one expect? But perhaps because of the long wait today, both Xia Siyu and the students found the food rather delicious.

She even asked a student beside her, “What happens if you don’t get enough to eat? Can you get seconds?”

The students chattered, but, fearing their teachers’ reprimand, kept their voices low, “The food today is so tasty; usually, it’s like swill.”

“Yes, even though it’s the same food, what’s usually made tastes terrible.”

Xia Siyu and Bo Yan frowned. In the mountains, unlike the city, if the food isn’t good, there are many ways to deal with it, whether it’s eating at a small eatery near the school, ordering takeout, or cooking at home, all of which can solve the issue of picky eating, but such options are not available in the mountainous area.

Even if there were restaurants, they weren’t places these children could afford; they still only had the canteen.

Furthermore, even though the classrooms had been replaced with new ones, the desks were in dire need of replacement. The sports equipment and other facilities were also outdated, evidently neglected over the years. There’s no helping it, for the sake of education, everything else must take a backseat.

The meal was over, and at this moment, Xia Siyu wasn’t wearing a mask and was seated with her back to the teachers, who couldn’t see her face.

But the students could.