Chapter 104: Lobbying
Cen Chen, the little girl who was still a little nervous, seemed to feel the kindness that Su Yu emanated from the inside out.
She gradually relaxed, and her originally curled up body stretched slightly.
After a tentative glance at Su Yu, the little girl trembled and stretched out her hand to open her long sackcloth sleeves.
The small, thin arms were covered with scars of varying shades, some of which seemed to be the size of the hand, while others were shaped like sticks or rattans.
In addition, the girl had to work at a young age, so Su Yu gently opened her little hand and saw the dense scars left by the work.
“......”
Cen Chen didn't speak, but the child's dim and silent eyes said everything at this moment.
"Why is this kid injured like this......"
The old village chief, who was about to go out to avoid suspicion, was startled when he saw the scar on the child's arm, and his eyes turned red.
Village Chief Cen, who was looking at the old tears, Su Yu, who was looking at those scars recently, and Elena, who was recording on the side, were all a little more silent on their faces.
"Old village chief, go out first, I'll deal with the upper part of Xiao Chen's body for you."
After the old village chief left, Su Yu asked Elena to bring the water and medical kit on the side, and took care of the injuries on Cen Chen's body.
In the process, the little girl was touched by Su Yu's bruised and cracked place, and she didn't say a word.
But the girl's slightly pale face could not be hidden.
Su Yu felt as if a mountain had been pressed in her heart, and she leaned out slightly and stroked Cen Chen's head.
The latter had lowered her head in a daze, but after feeling the warmth coming from the top of her head, the girl's originally silent expression suddenly froze.
She looked up slowly, and spoke awkwardly and slowly.
"Thank you...... Sister. ”
He is not very old, but his voice is like gravel.
The distress in Su Yu's eyes was almost overflowing.
At this moment, the girl's arms stretched out because of relaxation, and the things that had been protected by her fell out.
The eyes of the three people present suddenly followed the sound.
After noticing the words written in the book, Su Yu was stunned.
It was a three-character book that looked like it was old, and it wouldn't be mandatory to study it even in elementary school. But to the girl in front of her, it seems to be extremely precious.
"Xiao Chen, do you like to read?"
Su Yu paused, pretending to ask lightly.
As soon as Su Yu said this, the girl's eyes suddenly lit up as if she wasn't very interested in anything, and she slowly looked up at Su Yu, but she stopped talking.
She opened her mouth, and her gaze darkened again.
"I can't read."
Cen Chen's voice revealed a faint despair, which made Su Yu and Elena pinch each other.
"Why not?"
Just as the girl's voice fell, Su Yu interrupted her.
This inexplicable firmness made Xiao Cen Chen's body stiffen, she didn't move, just said in a low voice.
"The village chief's grandfather has been in the village for so many years, and no family is willing to send their children to school. As soon as my father found out that I asked the village chief and grandfather to borrow a book to read, he would beat me and scold me. ”
"Thank you, sister."
After the end of this sentence, the girl seemed to return to her original state of self-isolation.
The air pressure inside the tent is incredibly low.
Suddenly, a gentle and firm voice sounded.
"As long as I say that Xiao Chen can go to school, he will definitely be able to."
The woman's voice was extremely infectious, and the gaze of the girl in her arms gradually took on a look of astonishment.
"And your friends in the village, all."
Su Yu gently hugged Cen Chen, and a power that made people feel friendly seemed to spread in the air.
The girl's gaze gradually changed from depression to clarity.
She looked at Su Yu's smiling face and asked involuntarily.
"Really?"
Cen Chen hadn't seen her mother since she was born in this village, and her father, who was an alcoholic all day long, beat and scolded her, and only when she studied the book with characters given by the village chief's grandfather could she be freed from that suffocating despair.
Cen Chen still remembered that a long time ago, when she was beaten by her father until her limbs were sore and she was alone in a daze, she saw the smiling face of the old village chief in her blurred vision.
"Morning girl, the village chief's grandfather will tell you a story."
In the story told by the old village chief, Cen Chen seemed to forget the pain on his body and immersed himself in it.
And Su Yu's smiling face in front of him seemed to coincide with the smiling face of the old village chief.
Cen Chen's expression completely relaxed.
The girl, who has been rigid since they met, finally showed a smile from the bottom of her heart.
"Okay."
After this conversation ended, Su Yu called the old village chief in.
From the moment the old village chief Cen came in, he saw that Xiao Cen Chen, who was originally timid and silent, was now sitting beside Su Yu extremely well-behaved, looking very trusting and close to Su Yu.
"Morning girl, Miss Su?"
The old village chief spoke in some surprise.
"Village Chief, can you please gather most of the elders in the village?"
Su Yu looked at the old village chief who came in and said with a smile.
Although he didn't know what Su Yu wanted to do, the old village chief inexplicably felt that Su Yu's words made people feel inexplicably convinced.
He was stunned for a moment, and then quickly responded.
Fortunately, the scale of Cen Jia Village is actually not large, and with the help of the staff, people of all sizes in the village were quickly gathered.
In the face of this sudden gathering, almost everyone in the village felt a little inexplicable.
It was the black-skinned woman who was there just now who spoke for Cen Chen who spoke first.
"I said Lao Cen, what are you calling the big guys here for!"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone present showed unanimous doubts.
"I invited everyone here this time to talk about a more important thing, and then I would like to ask Miss Su, who brought us supplies, to tell you."
The old village chief first made a start, and then gestured to invite Su Yu out.
Su Yu, who was wearing a long coat and trousers, walked out from behind the old village chief, and his indifferent bearing made the villagers who were waiting to hear somewhat unable to react.
"Hello everyone."
She started briefly, and then Masashi said what she meant.
"The purpose of my invitation to come here is not only to discuss with you the measures to cope with the rainy season, but also to talk about the children in Cen Jia Village going to school."
The villagers were still a little attentive when they heard the first half of the sentence, but when they heard the latter sentence, the expression on their faces instantly turned into a look of disinterest.
"Oh, what's there to say about that."
A whispering voice sounded in the crowd, and that indifferent attitude made Su Yu and Elena's eyes cold.