Chapter 93: Chapter 79: Paying for Childhood Memories_3

“After the New Year, we should also go to the town to report this,”

“If reporting were effective, would he still be in that position?”

Reality is brutal in contrast to the richness of dreams.

It’s not that nobody had reported it, it’s just that it was useless.

Specifically why it was useless, they dared not say.

Principal Hu said, “I think not only do we understand this, Chen Pingsheng is also well aware, that’s why he chose to bypass the village to build the school.”

Shen Qing nodded, “Probably, managing to earn so much money in Capital City, he must be no simple man, he just doesn’t want to deal with these matters, but that doesn’t mean he can tolerate them.”

“Indeed, his donation of ten million is a big deal, it’s bound to alarm the county education bureau, we just need to report his conditions truthfully.”

…

The matter of Chen Pingsheng donating ten million to rebuild Wangcai Primary School couldn’t be kept secret.

The issue blew up.

Even though his family held a grand feast for three days, with multiple people giving out red envelopes all at once each day,

nobody thought it would cost nearly ten million, at most two or three million.

But this school donation was different, declaring ten million meant actually having to produce ten million.

Moreover, he hadn’t returned for two years.

The moment he came back, he started hosting banquets and organizing donations, who knows how much he had actually made outside.

Many people also approached Chen An’an for information, once hearing about how her father was awarding two hundred thousand to academically excellent students,

she immediately started gossiping nonsense.

What do good grades have to do with her? Nothing at all, gossiping is more her style.

By New Year’s Eve, more people came to his house to pay a visit.

The village chief, two deputy leaders from the town, along with the new head honcho, all showed up.

Their demeanor was full of praise for him,

but such words are to be taken lightly, certainly not to be taken seriously.

Chen Pingsheng sat there, listening for half an hour.

Eventually, the village chief saw an opportunity and said, “Look, Pingsheng, your uncle has watched you grow up, can this new school project be given to me? I guarantee I’ll do a good job.”

In the end, he was still aiming to secure this ten million project.

Those who understand the workings of domestic projects know what that means.

“Uncle, handing it over to you is not a problem,”

Chen Pingsheng said with a smile, “Yesterday, I went to accompany my mom for driving practice, and as we passed a recently repaired road in the village, my mom pointed out there was a pothole ahead. I said how could that be, wasn’t it just fixed?

‘A road fixed by uncle would definitely not have such a quality issue,’ I told her. My mom said to turn quickly, but I said there’s no need, guess what happened?”

Village Chief Jiang Dewang’s face turned red, and he stiffly asked, “What happened?”

“Of course, we fell into it. My X5 is still stuck in there, uncle, maybe you should go take a look.”

It’s common not to hit someone in the face when you speak, but his words were a direct slap.

Just a village chief, people had long been complaining about him.

Jiang Dewang didn’t speak anymore, but the newly arrived head honcho gave him a meaningful look.

“Mr. Chen, I personally, on behalf of the town, express our sincere thanks to you. As for the issues you’ve pointed out, the town will definitely investigate them thoroughly,”

Anyone could hear the dissatisfaction in his words.

If he didn’t express this, wouldn’t it chill the hearts of others?

Chen Pingsheng laughed, “I dare not presume, but I remember the housing prices in Guangzhou are supposed to be about the same as in Capital City, right? Last year, I bought a house outright for just under three hundred thousand in the fifth ring, Uncle Dewang, didn’t you also pay outright for a place in Guangzhou to give to your son? How much was that again?”

The new leader’s face collapsed instantly.

As a leader, he couldn’t even buy a house in Guangzhou with full payment, he was just a village chief, a tiny official, what made him think he could?

You’re even richer than me, then how can I lead you?

Investigate, for sure I’ll investigate once I return.

Jiang Dewang was sweating cold beads; this damn Chen Pingsheng.

What had he done to deserve such a sneaky move?

If it had been an ordinary person, he could have easily blocked it.

But coming from Chen Pingsheng, it was entirely different; he had just donated ten million.

That was considered a major charity throughout the whole county.

The new senior leaders in town were even planning to visit him during the New Year to fully reflect the county’s attitude towards his donation.

As a result, he put on his “Onmyoji” act, and targeted me specifically with his cryptic comments.

Spoken in the morning, by afternoon it would probably reach the ears of the county leaders.

Then, with just one word from them, the investigation would surely be sped up.

In less than three days, everything about him could be unearthed, even holes in his underwear.

A song “Done For” dedicated to himself.

Chen Pingsheng reported Jiang Dewang right in front of the town leaders, at his own home.

The news spread around the village in less than half a day.

Many couldn’t wait to set off firecrackers at his house.

Jiang Dewang, never doing good, always scraping up bad deeds, had finally met his match.

Daring to demand school construction projects in people’s homes, as if his own reputation wasn’t tarnished enough.

Now, he was most likely going to get himself well and truly involved.

…

Chen Pingsheng wasn’t too concerned about his affairs; pulling down a petty village chief riddled with issues wasn’t going to be difficult at all.

What he cared about was something else. Chen An’an, that bombshell of trouble, quietly returned home.

Sneaky look, hair all over the place.

“Chen An’an, come here.”

Chen An’an walked over with her head down, quietly and obediently. Song Yanxi couldn’t help but feel infuriated at her appearance.

“You just took a bath yesterday, and you’re wearing new clothes today. Were you exploding dung, or did you bury yourself in cow dung?”

Covered in cow dung, even on her face.

Chen An’an looked up, earnestly defending herself. “Mom, you can’t blame me for this. I’m really good at setting off firecrackers, but today, when I was blowing up the dung, I had timed it perfectly. The little firecracker was supposed to explode in five seconds, and I just wiggled my butt in front of it, but it exploded in three seconds without any honor!”

After speaking, she hummed a little tune.

She needed to find her grandmother quickly, or with this situation, she’d be getting spanked on New Year’s Eve.

“You still have excuses?”

Chen Pingsheng was both aggravated and amused by her clever retorts, “I’m asking you, why were you wiggling that chubby chicken butt of yours before the cow dung exploded?”

“Wasn’t it just to show off in front of the other kids?”

Chen An’an scratched her head, typical child’s stuff.

She hadn’t expected the firecracker to explode two seconds earlier, she just hadn’t dodged in time.

How could that be her fault?

It clearly was the fault of that substandard firecracker.