Chapter 1664 - 1080: Heroine of the Republic 54

Chapter 1664: Chapter 1080: Heroine of the Republic 54

The government wants to accommodate these refugees, but they want those with larger homes to foot the bill. An Yi despises this practice and dislikes it a lot because her house is her own, and letting strangers move in would cause her a lot of trouble. Therefore, she very firmly refused. When the community aunt was about to reason with her and appeal to her emotions, An Yi spoke frankly.

"Don’t keep using my identity as a teacher as an argument. This home is ours, and I can’t get along with strangers, nor do I want to accommodate each other. I sympathize with their situation, so how about this - I’ll contribute a month’s salary to help them, twenty-four yuan, four families, I’ll donate six yuan to each family, will that work?"

The aunt didn’t expect An Yi would rather give money than let these people move in, and she was somewhat at a loss.

"Teacher An, you know what they lack isn’t money, it’s a place to stay. In this cold weather, this family with young and old alike needs a place to shield from wind and rain, right?"

"Then it’s ten yuan per family; ten yuan should be enough to repair minor damage to houses, right? My family has two sons and a daughter, I still need to support two younger sisters. I’m contributing forty yuan, isn’t that enough to show my support for your work? Do I have to let them move in and disrupt our family’s current situation? What kind of character do they have? Have you checked thoroughly? If they move into my home and refuse to leave, who will resolve it? My house does have extra rooms, but that’s only for now; in the future, when my two sisters get married, they’ll both need to live in this house of ours."

"They won’t; they’ll move out by spring."

An Yi shook her head: "I choose to donate money to them; forty yuan is not a small amount!"

The aunt knew very well that An Yi contributing forty yuan was already better than many who turned a blind eye, but seeing her vacant house, she felt uneasy. Why can she occupy such a big house?

"Aunt, this house was bought with my savings accumulated over more than ten years, not stolen or robbed. I’m also supporting three orphans; those two younger sisters of mine were pulled out from the river by me. I never married in my life, never had children. Speaking of who’s more pitiful, who indeed is more pitiful? Speaking of kindness and generosity, who indeed is more selfless?"

An Yi saw through Old Lady’s thoughts at a glance and straightforwardly pointed out where her money was spent!

"We’re all individuals, right? With hands and feet; should teachers like us be morally coerced by you? What’s wrong with being a teacher? Aren’t teachers human too? These disaster-stricken families, there must be men, right? I donated money, you can work together to help them repair their houses, right? Why must they live in other people’s homes? If it’s true that the houses have collapsed and can’t be repaired, and only my family in the county has extra rooms, fine, come to me, I’ll arrange for them to stay in our countryside house. But let me make it clear first, in the countryside house, there’s no firewood, no food, these are things they need to figure out by themselves. I can provide a place for them to stay, but letting them live in my current home, I don’t agree. I’m not good with strangers; my family’s sisters and children also need to study, they can’t handle too much noise."

"Oh, you may not know, right? My son, whom I picked up, studied for just a year, and when school starts, he’s jumping to the fourth grade; my two sisters finished middle school in two years, and they’ll go to County No. 1 High School when school starts. They were all taught by me; my family needs quiet, can’t handle too many people, and doesn’t need a lively atmosphere. I hope you can understand. Let’s consider these forty yuan as my help to everyone. If it’s not enough, or if I need to arrange their future living places, you can come to me again!"

An Yi’s words were both soft and hard; anyway, the meaning conveyed through her words was understood by the community office.

Donating money is just to solve the current situation for them, if it can’t be solved, they can go to her countryside home. There’s nothing there, the cost of moving, transporting luggage, firewood, all these they have to handle themselves. She only takes responsibility for letting them stay in the house.

When the aunt heard this, she felt even more upset, but people by her side were grateful and turned to An Yi.

"Thank you, Teacher An, for your efforts. Rest assured, unless it’s unavoidable, we won’t come to you again. We’ll take this forty yuan first; when the accountant writes a receipt, we’ll bring it over to you. Thank you for your compassion for the disaster victims."

When the An family’s gate was locked, Aunt Liu from the street spat at the An Mansion.

"Peh, what a thing, even as a teacher, so selfish?"