The construction of Hope Primary Schools in our country is very simple.
Generally, they are one or two-story mud houses.
Many don't even have exterior bricks.
The school's scale typically consists of a few classrooms, two restrooms, and a few teacher dormitories; nothing else.
Better Hope Primary Schools are built with two stories and have exterior walls.
In addition to classrooms and restrooms, they also build a small cafeteria and a basketball court.
The cost for constructing according to these two models is not high, usually only a few hundred thousand yuan.
But if it were built according to Jiang Cheng's vision...
Almost all activity facilities would be present, and he even wanted to set up multimedia classrooms.
Just the price of multimedia equipment alone would be several hundred thousand yuan, not to mention other things.
For example, a small football field would start at 200,000 yuan.
Because the construction materials and artificial turf installation alone would be a considerable expense.
200,000 yuan is the budget for the smallest football field.
If you wanted to build a professional training ground or a large football field that could accommodate many spectators, the cost would rise to several million yuan or more.
Listening to Jiang Cheng's description, Zheng Qiu couldn't help but swallow.
Jiang Cheng's expression didn't seem like he was joking, and although Zheng Qiu didn't question Jiang Cheng's financial capability...
He still said to Jiang Cheng, "The construction you're describing would probably be quite expensive. Just the material costs and sound systems alone would likely be several hundred thousand yuan. If you add a football field, library, and so on, the price would be even higher."
At this point, the two had walked to the classroom.
Seeing someone inside the classroom, both stopped and looked in.
Looking at the dirty faces, Jiang Cheng said firmly, "I know that, Principal Zheng. Don't worry, money is not an issue."
Seeing that Jiang Cheng had no objection to the price, Zheng Qiu was happy but also a little disappointed. After sighing, he said, "I'm very happy about your plan. If the children here could have such learning conditions, it would be a fortunate thing for them. However, there are only two of us here. No matter how well it's built, it would be a waste. I'm afraid it would betray your good intentions."
Jiang Cheng did not answer Zheng Qiu's words.
He knew what Zheng Qiu meant.
In fact, this was also the stereotype most people had about Hope Primary Schools in mountainous areas.
They would say there were too few people in the village, so such good conditions weren't needed; it would be a waste of money and resources.
But it was precisely these children in the mountains who needed these things the most.
To be honest, children in towns are already behind those in big cities.
Whether in terms of exposure or educational resources, they are far inferior. How much more so for these children in mountainous areas who may never have the chance to leave their big cities in their lifetime?
A large part of why many parents scramble to big cities is to send their children there to receive a better educational environment.
But the families of these children in mountainous areas cannot afford to support them in leaving.
If there is the ability, why not create good conditions for these people to narrow the gap between them and the children in towns?
Anyway, tens of millions or hundreds of millions made no difference to Jiang Cheng.
However, a Hope Primary School with only classrooms and a library, and another one with a library, football field, basketball court, and even a multimedia classroom, would make a world of difference to the growth environment of these children.
Jiang Cheng frowned, looking at the children in the classroom, and asked, "Do they all eat lunch like this?"
Zheng Qiu followed Jiang Cheng's gaze and saw the children who hadn't gone home for lunch sitting at their desks, eating.
They held black or red plastic bags in their dirty little hands.
Inside the plastic bags was their lunch: a large spoonful of white rice, or some dried porridge.
A few children held a roasted potato.
What shocked Jiang Cheng was that these children's white rice was directly packed in plastic bags, without even a lunchbox.
Some children didn't even have a spoon, directly gnawing at the rice from the plastic bag with their mouths.
Zheng Qiu said with emotion, "This is the daily life of children in the mountains. Being able to eat a meal is already good. In fact, I grew up like this too. The villagers here are too poor; it's not easy to eat rice. Some people even eat roasted potatoes for all three meals, only getting roasted corn when there's a harvest."
Looking at these children, Jiang Cheng once again recalled that saying: "Some people are born in Rome, while others are born as screws."
Looking at this scene, Jiang Cheng suddenly felt that this saying was more appropriate for ordinary people.
After all, even if ordinary people aren't wealthy, they can at least eat their fill and dress warmly.
But what these children in front of him were eating was even worse than what horses ate.
Although horses are born to be ridden, they at least eat refined food.
Horses generally eat roughage and concentrates, and even roughage is made from several types of high-fiber grains and cereals.
As for concentrates, the ingredients are even richer.
They not only contain crude fiber but also need to be rich in energy and protein.
However, these children in front of him only had carbohydrates and starch, with no meat protein at all.
Jiang Cheng didn't want to dwell on it; this world was inherently unfair.
He also didn't have such great ambitions and ideals to change the world.
Jiang Cheng shook his head and then answered Zheng Qiu's previous question: "Principal Zheng, I naturally thought of this. The main reason volunteer teachers are unwilling to come to this place is because the environment is too poor."
"So, the first step is naturally to improve the teaching environment. The school will establish a cafeteria to solve the meal problems for children and teachers, ensuring the children's nutrition and also guaranteeing the teachers' most important meal issue."
Seeing Jiang Cheng propose this, Zheng Qiu's face lit up with joy.
He agreed, saying, "You're right. Everyone here is self-reliant, doing various farm work to sustain themselves. There's no dedicated vegetable market in the village. They have to rush to the morning market before dawn every day, otherwise there's no food to eat."
"I'll have them arrange the cafeteria. Another thing is the school's safety. Volunteer teachers coming here to teach must have their personal safety guaranteed. When I went in earlier, I saw Teacher Huang was very nervous, so I thought it might not be very safe here, right?"
As Jiang Cheng mentioned this, Zheng Qiu's face showed a lot of emotion.
"Actually, Teacher Huang is a rare good girl, it's just that her appearance is... too ordinary."
After Zheng Qiu finished speaking, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
A beauty score of 88 is considered ordinary?
If that beauty score is considered ordinary, then probably over 88% of the people in this world are ugly.
But it's not Zheng Qiu's fault; it can only be said that Huang Yuqi is very good at disguising herself.
If he didn't have the Character Scanning System...
Jiang Cheng would definitely also think Huang Yuqi was a very ordinary girl.
After all, the spots on her face and her complexion were indeed not very pleasing.
Zheng Qiu sighed and said, "You're right, the environment here is not great, and it's indeed not very safe..."
"Before, there was another Teacher Yang who came with Teacher Huang. She was young and pretty, and everyone liked her a lot."
"However, because of her looks, when she went out for home visits, she naturally attracted the attention of some single bachelors in the village. These people would always seize the opportunity when I wasn't around to come to the school and tease Teacher Yang."