Shen Youyou didn't take these words to heart at the time, thinking that Zhou Sheng was just saying it casually. It was only when he and Dr. Du split up the next day that they found nothing.
The student dormitories are all clean. Although the infrastructure is not as good as that in the city, everything you can see is done well.
Shen Youyou and Du Jian suddenly raided the cafeteria again, wanting to see the school breakfast.
Each child gets an egg, a meat bun, a carton of milk, then porridge and soy milk of his/her choice, and the rest is a few stir-fried vegetables, also of his/her choice.
Although the food does not look like delicacies from mountains and seas, the nutritional mix is considered balanced.
Shen Youyou was even more puzzled when she saw this, so she stepped forward and had a few words with the cafeteria aunt.
"Do these children have breakfast here every day?"
"That's natural. This school only has this canteen."
After hearing this, Shen Youyou thought for a moment and continued to ask.
"Is the usual breakfast like this?"
The cafeteria lady didn't answer immediately, but looked at Shen Youyou a few times.
"The dishes are different every day. For example, today it is strawberry milk, and tomorrow it may be banana milk."
While talking, she took out a watch from somewhere and handed it to Shen Youyou.
The watch is brand new and has the recipes for three meals a day for this month recorded on it.
Shen Youyou picked it up and looked at it carefully, and found that the three meals a day were evenly matched.
"Do you cook according to the table every day?"
"That's right! At the end of each month, the person in charge of our cafeteria will prepare the menu for the students' three meals for the next month, and then submit it to the principal for review. Only when the principal feels there is no problem will we start preparing the dishes."
Shen Youyou didn't speak any more. She took a photo of the menu with her cell phone and then left with Dr. Du Jian.
"Doctor Shen, do you think what that aunt just said is true?"
Shen Youyou obviously heard some suspicion in Du Jian's tone, so he immediately raised his head.
"Did you notice something?"
"I didn't think much about it before, but after listening to her talk, I started to feel a little strange."
Du Jian didn't try to make excuses either, he spoke very directly.
"Why would a cafeteria lady carry a month's worth of menus with her? It seems like she specially prepared them and waited for us to ask."
Shen Youyao nodded in agreement.
"So we can't just ask her one."
Shen Youyou looked around as he spoke, and there happened to be a pickup truck parked in front of him in the open space behind the canteen.
When Shen Youyou saw this, he immediately ran up with Du Jian.
"Is this a truck that delivers food to the canteen?"
A man wearing a black cotton-padded jacket was leaning against the car and smoking. Hearing Shen Youyou's voice, he slowly raised his head.
He stared at Shen Youyou with his eyes, and after confirming that he didn't recognize him, he nodded indifferently.
"yes."
"Come and deliver it every day?"
"It's winter now, who still comes to deliver groceries every day, usually once every two or three days."
Shen Youyou took a few steps forward, her eyes fixed on the car behind her, and after glancing around, she continued to ask.
"What food are you here to deliver today?"
"Pork ribs, pork, beef, and some green vegetables."
The driver blew out a smoke ring, and the pale white smoke obscured his expression.
"The students here live a very happy life. As for the meat, I have never eaten so much during the Chinese New Year."
"Meat is often delivered?"
"It comes every time, with various types changing. For example, this time it was pork ribs and chicken, and last time it was mutton and beef."
"Oh, and there's also milk, which comes in dozens of boxes every time."
"Does your child also go to school here?"
The driver paused, then bared his teeth and smiled.
"My son is not here. He is in junior high school and has gone to the county."
After saying that, he immediately put out his cigarette and hurriedly closed the door of the trunk compartment.
All movements are done in one go, without any pause.
Of course, Shen Youyou did not give up immediately. She and Du Jian stood on the playground, and after the students came out after class, they randomly asked several more questions.
But every child had the same answer.
“The food in school is very good, the rice and food are delicious.”
"Is it really delicious?"
Shen Youyou gently pulled the boy in front of him, looked at his lowered eyes, and forcefully asked him to raise his head.
"A good boy can't lie. Tell Auntie, how is your usual food at school? Is it true that there is milk every morning and meat at noon and evening?"
The child paused slightly, and his raised eyelids instantly drooped again.
"Yes, every day."
"Are you lying?"
"I don't."
"Then why don't you dare to look at Auntie when you speak?"
"Dr. Shen, Dr. Du, what are you doing?"
As soon as she heard this voice, Shen Youyou knew that the principal was here.
Sure enough, as soon as he turned his head, the principal's very experienced and shrewd face appeared in front of Shen Youyou.
"Nothing, just chatting with the children casually."
Shen Youyou immediately let go of the child, but the next second, the child escaped like a rocket.
"Dr. Shen, the children here are very simple and will not tell lies."
Shen Youyou looked at the principal and instantly understood a lot from his eyes.
There are actually many tacit things in the adult world.
Shen Youyou was neither stupid nor stupid, so he naturally understood from the principal's words that he already knew what he was asking.
So it would be a bit redundant to hide it again.
So Shen Youyou started talking openly.
"I have sorted out the children's physical examination sheets, and Dr. Du and I also made a summary table. It turned out that a large number of children are in a state of moderate or even above-moderate malnutrition."
"Malnutrition? Oh, Dr. Shen, why didn't you tell me about such a big thing earlier?"
The principal instantly showed a look of heartache.
"Children are the flowers of the motherland, how can they be malnourished? Hey, it must be my negligence as the principal, and I did not properly match their diet."
There was a teacher behind him, and he was basically there every time the principal showed up.
Like a bitch.
So as soon as the principal finished speaking, he immediately started to feel sorry for the principal.
"You couldn't be more kind to your children. You didn't personally review the menus for the food in this school cafeteria every month. The school budget was limited before and it wasn't enough to buy meat. You even bought it out of your own pocket several times."
"I would say that their foundation is too poor. You know, our school has only been established for more than two years. Some children were sent here with sallow complexions and thin skin, so there is nothing we can do to make up for it."
"That's true."
Du Jian nodded from the side.
"If you have been in a state of malnutrition for a long time, you cannot make up for it with a quick supplement."
Shen Youyou also studied medicine, so he naturally understood this truth.
She smiled awkwardly.
Then he just found a reason and left with Du Jian.
"Principal, Dr. Shen doesn't look like a fuel-efficient lamp."
"Indeed, but we can't afford to offend the people behind her, so we'll just tolerate it for the time being. Once she's gone, nothing will happen."
The principal sighed heavily and looked at Shen Youyou's leaving figure, feeling suddenly very irritated.
"Keep an eye on me. As long as she doesn't have evidence, she won't be able to trace me."