Chapter 456 The Light of Hope

After failing to get a response from Shen Yanming, Ke Wenpei turned to look at other people.

Since the newcomers had never come into contact with him before, they were all busy with their own things and pretended not to see anything.

Some of the old people felt that they had worked together for so many years, so they should help out a little. The rest were worried that such a group would be attached to others.

Moreover, none of them was willing to take the initiative to speak, for fear of embarrassing others and offending them for no reason.

Therefore, even if everyone felt compassion, they would only help a little in private.

But Ke Wenpei didn't know about this situation. When he saw that no one agreed except Yu Shui, he was suddenly overwhelmed with grief and cried heart-wrenchingly, as if he was going to die in the next second.

This scared everyone in the office, and they no longer dared to hide their little thoughts.

"Wenpei, don't cry. I'll get you some rice when I get home."

"Right, right, right. We've been together for so many years, how can we just ignore it? Just now, weren't we all thinking about how much we can give you?"

"Yeah, seeing you like this makes us feel bad too. But it's not easy for anyone these days, so we won't give you much."

Hearing these words, Ke Wenpei nodded repeatedly, "I know, I know, I don't expect to live on relief from everyone, I just want to borrow some food for emergencies, and when the summer harvest is over, my family will be back on track.

My family has four acres of land, all planted with wheat. As long as there is a harvest, food and drink will not be a problem. "

As Ke Wenpei spoke, a hopeful glimmer appeared in his eyes.

Everyone was silent. If this was the case for the other party, then after the summer harvest, it seemed that his family background would be even richer than theirs.

So it seems that they were really mean-spirited just now.

Shen Yanming watched from the side and just sighed softly.

Summer harvest, what tempting words.

However, before the grain is stored in the warehouse, no one can say how much grain can be collected in the summer harvest.

Of course, he wouldn't pour cold water on everyone at this time.

After knowing that there was a great chance that the lent grain could be recovered, those who still had some hesitation in their hearts suppressed their uneasiness.

Some people were even planning for the future and were planning to lend him more food.

I thought that when I was at my wit's end, I hoped that with this little kindness from today, the other party would lend a hand.

However, Ke Wenpei declined the offer.

In his words, he really wasn't here to beg. It was impossible for him to enrich his family by relying on others' help.

"I know that these days are not easy for anyone. Before I came here, I thought that it would be great if I could borrow three to five kilograms of food from each person. This way, I can hold on until the summer harvest without affecting your lives," said Ke Wenpei.

It's not that he has no dignity, nor does he know that borrowing food from others would be annoying. But now, apart from this trick, he has no other choice.

Zhu Shiliang sighed and patted Ke Wenpei on the shoulder. "Okay, as your old leader, I will lend you ten kilograms of cornmeal. It can be regarded as a contribution for those who don't have a lot of money."

Then he looked at the others and said, "If any of you have financial difficulties at home, don't pretend to be rich. Those who are better off can just come together and that will be enough."

He said this considering the risks in the last one or two months.

If there is a drought or flood, it is hard to say how much the harvest will be.

The reason why he took the initiative to offer to help Ke Wenpei was that he usually ate in the guard team, and his family could save one person's rations, so supporting him with a few kilograms would not have much impact.

Ke Wenpei also nodded to show his agreement.

Finally, after discussion, those who wanted to help could go home and take one or two kilograms of food to the workplace, and Ke Wenpei would come back the following Monday to get it. Yu Shui and Zhu Shiliang planned to give ten kilograms each.

In this way, Ke Wenpei borrowed more than 30 kilograms of grain, which was enough to keep his family fed for a while.

After things were settled, he prepared to say goodbye to everyone.

He came with a sad face, but left with a smile on his face. Anyone can tell that he is in a good mood, which means he is full of hope for the future.

Shen Yanming was not in a hurry to catch up, because the man would not be fast anyway as he was walking on the 11th road.

After he left, everyone chatted for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, Shen Yanming and Zhu Shiliang also prepared to leave.

They said goodbye to each other again, and then said goodbye.

After walking a long way out of the office, Shen Yanming said, "I have food in my car. I'll go chase Ke Wenpei and give him some."

Yu Shui was surprised, "Why didn't you say anything when you were in there just now?"

Chen Yan rolled his eyes in understanding, "Does it mean that saying it out loud puts a lot of pressure on others? Don't you see, besides you and Director Zhu, who else is so generous to give ten kilograms of food directly?"

Yu Shui felt a little guilty and touched his nose awkwardly, "I, I was forced to do this."

"You just don't control your mouth. If you don't control it, one day you'll get into trouble because of that big mouth." Zhu Shiliang said with some regret.

Yu Shui also knew that he had been speaking without thinking recently, so he apologized to Zhu Shiliang with a smile before walking to the car.

"Well, I have some food in my car. Can you help me take it to him so that I don't have to make another trip on the weekend." Yu Shui said as he opened the trunk.

Shen Yanming nodded, "Okay!"

Zhu Shiliang was shocked. "Why are you putting food in the car?"

Yu Shui frowned, "You didn't let it go?"

Seeing the other party shaking his head, he told him about how Old Shen took out all kinds of food from the trunk when he was hosting people from Beiha City who were seeking shelter from the cold last winter.

Then he pointed at Shen Yanming and said, "I learned from him. I think it's very good. And when we were in Su City, Old Shen relied on this trunk of food to support Qiao An."

"Is that so? I thought he brought it from home specially. But you guys are really well prepared to deal with emergencies."

Zhu Shiliang nodded, and then said: "Do you have a lot of food in your car? If you have a lot, give me my share. I will return it to you when I go home on the weekend."

"Okay!" Yu Shui smiled complacently, then patted a storage box, "There are thirty or forty kilograms of cornmeal here, enough for the two of us."

Zhu Shiliang hummed, then took the two vacuum bags handed over by Yu Shui, walked to Shen Yanming and handed them to him.

Shen Yanming put it in the trunk, then looked at his phone and said, "It's already half past five, you should go back quickly, otherwise you won't be able to eat. There is still evening training today, don't be late."

"What about you and Joan? She can't go hungry."

Shen Yanming chuckled, "We live in a suite, how can we not have food? We can just make something simple when we go back."

Zhu Shiliang thought that living in a suite was indeed much more convenient than their dormitory, so he did not refuse pretentiously.