Yang Qiaoqiao went into the duck products store, gave Song Lixiang some milk candy and dried seafood, and then took out new schoolbags, pencil cases, and a Hero brand fountain pen for each of the children.

The children jumped for joy when they saw the beautiful schoolbags, pencil cases, and pens.

They cheerfully shouted, "Thank you, Sister Qiaoqiao!"

Song Lixiang was very grateful to Yang Qiaoqiao for bringing them so many things. "Qiaoqiao, letting me work at the duck products store has greatly improved our lives."

"Now that we're in the city, it's much more convenient for Xiaoxia and the other girls to go to school. And now you've bought us so many things; I don't know how to thank you enough."

After Yang Jianguo put Song Lixiang in full charge of the duck products store, her salary was no longer a fixed wage, but a profit-sharing model.

Twenty percent of the store's monthly net profit comes from Song Lixiang's salary.

The duck products store now has a very stable customer flow and revenue, with a monthly turnover of about 5,000 yuan. After deducting various costs, the net profit is between 1,500 and 2,000 yuan.

Song Lixiang can earn three to four hundred yuan a month.

Such a salary would be considered high, not to mention in Yun County, even in the provincial capital.

The living conditions of Song Lixiang and her children are many times better than when they lived in the countryside.

After considering it for a moment, Yang Qiaoqiao told Song Lixiang what she had just thought.

After listening, Song Lixiang laughed and said, "Qiaoqiao, you really think too highly of me. I'm just a rural woman with little education."

"I'm already very lucky to have been able to support Xiaoxia, Zhenzhen, and Dandan. How could I possibly support more orphans and raise them to be successful?"

“Sister Lixiang, what I mean is, if you weren’t forced by life’s circumstances, and you had the freedom to choose, would you rather work in a duck products store or manage a welfare home, taking in more homeless children and raising them to be successful?”

Yang Qiaoqiao's words made Song Lixiang fall into deep thought.

After a while, she looked at Yang Qiaoqiao and said, "Qiaoqiao, if I really had that opportunity and had to choose for myself, I would actually prefer to adopt more abandoned children."

In recent years, the country's family planning policy has become increasingly strict.

She, a rural woman with little education, knew that the country's restrictions on childbirth were definitely for the country's long-term development.

However, while the country is striving for long-term development, many people's mindsets have not yet changed.

They still want to have sons to carry on the family line, clinging to the old-fashioned idea of ​​maintaining the family's prosperity.

What if you can't have any more children after having a daughter as your first child?

The only option is to get rid of the already born daughter.

They either abandon the girl on the roadside or in a busy area, gambling on her fate to see if a kind person will pick her up and raise her.

Some even went so far as to smother a baby girl to death by covering her with a blanket or drowning her in a chamber pot, claiming that she was a stillborn infant.

In this era, most people still have a relatively weak understanding of the law.

Even if someone finds out about this, no one would think of calling the police.

This is a tragedy of our times, but if it can change this tragedy and the fate of some girls, Song Lixiang is willing to do her part.

When Song Lixiang is doing business now, she often hears customers chatting about how another baby girl has been abandoned somewhere.

She often felt a dull ache in her heart when she heard it.

She always felt that these little girls shouldn't have this fate. Since they had come into this world, they should also have the right to create their own wonderful lives.

“Okay.” Yang Qiaoqiao looked at Song Lixiang with eyes full of praise and respect. “I will communicate with the relevant departments in the near future. I will donate funds to build a welfare home, and I will trouble you, Sister Lixiang, to be in charge of the welfare home.”

Song Lixiang never expected that Yang Qiaoqiao would ask her this question because she had this idea.

She looked at Yang Qiaoqiao with some disbelief.

After realizing what had happened, she immediately stood up and bowed to Yang Qiaoqiao with some emotion, "Qiaoqiao, thank you, and I also thank you on behalf of those abandoned girls!"

Song Lixiang directly thanked the girl on behalf of the abandoned girl.

It wasn't that she didn't plan to take in abandoned boys after she started managing the orphanage, but rather that boys are highly sought after these days, and almost none of them are abandoned.

Even if a young man were to occasionally indulge in premarital sex and give birth to a baby boy that he then abandoned, the boy would be picked up by someone immediately.

After discussing the welfare home with Song Lixiang, Yang Qiaoqiao went to the garment factory.

Zhou Yang is currently staying in Haicheng to help her, while Wu Xiaocao and Xie Fengxia are managing the garment factory in Yun County.

When Yang Qiaoqiao saw Xie Fengxia again, Xie Fengxia had cut off her two long braids and had neat short hair. She was wearing the latest short down jacket from their own factory, jeans, and low-top leather boots.

She looks clean and sharp, with a strong presence.

Xie Fengxia had just finished assigning production tasks when she turned around and saw Yang Qiaoqiao. She immediately ran over with a pleasant surprise, "Qiaoqiao, you're back!"

Yang Qiaoqiao nodded and asked Xie Fengxia about the recent situation at the factory and whether there were any difficulties.

After Xie Fengxia gave a brief report on the basic situation, she said with a Versailles-like air, "If we have to say what difficulties our factory is facing right now, it's that our business is just too good!"

Our factory's production capacity is still limited; we're simply overwhelmed with so many orders!

Yang Qiaoqiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, this problem will be solved soon. The factory in Haicheng will be operational by March at the latest after the New Year."

They have 5,000 more sewing machines over there than here. If they have enough manpower and operate in three shifts like here, with the machines running non-stop, their output could be more than double.

After hearing this, Xie Fengxia spoke to Yang Qiaoqiao with great longing about the things Wu Xiaocao had told her about her experiences in Haicheng.

After listening to her, Yang Qiaoqiao smiled and said, "Our Sichuan Province, especially our Yun County, is located in a mountainous area with inconvenient transportation. Compared with big cities like Haicheng, it is indeed quite backward in terms of economy."

"Fengxia, if you want to go to Haicheng, you should train a few capable successors now. Once someone is in charge here, I'll transfer you to Haicheng."

After hearing this, Xie Fengxia readily agreed, "Great! My younger brother is about to take the college entrance exam, and he said he plans to apply to a university in Haicheng."

"When he gets into university, I'll work in Haicheng, and he'll study there. That way, we siblings can look after each other."

When Xie Fengxia said this, her eyes sparkled with anticipation for a better future.

She is no longer the same person she was before, a girl who was almost withering away in an unhappy marriage.