Chapter 125 Extra: When I Grow Up I Become You June 1991...
In June 1991, there was a severe flood. Li Daohua happened to be conducting research nearby and immediately went to the disaster-stricken areas to help with disaster relief.
Countless homes were destroyed, the affected people were left homeless, supplies were scarce, and diseases were rampant.
Far Eastern Logistics also responded quickly. All working vehicles were put into operation, and personnel on leave worked overtime to deliver supplies to the disaster area.
After the existing logistics tasks are completed, no new logistics tasks will be assigned and they will also join the ranks of transporting relief supplies.
As a logistics company, Yuanfang Logistics' transportation capacity is undoubtedly the best among all companies at this time.
In addition, with solid supply channels, they can also buy as much supplies as possible at the cheapest price, including food, drinks, clothing and daily necessities.
Specialized management personnel rationally allocate disaster relief supplies to ensure that what is necessary is available and what is not necessary is not available.
When one side is in trouble, all sides will come to its aid. In addition to the efforts of the country, people from all walks of life overseas are also actively donating money and materials.
In addition to reporting on the disaster situation in various places, the newspaper also expressed deep gratitude for the assistance.
Even at this time, there are still discordant voices. Some people question why Li Daohua did not donate. Not only is she not on the Writers Association's donation list, she is also not on other donation lists.
These are the professionals who are keeping a close eye on Li Daohua. They are extremely professional. They wish Li Daohua would report every time he poops or farts, saying that Li Daohua's reputation has collapsed and he actually pooped and farted.
Li Daohua is busy with disaster relief. She is in the disaster area and cannot rush to the front line to rescue people. As a northerner, she is not good at swimming, so she'd better not cause trouble.
Right behind the disaster area, there is more than enough staff to help everyone cook, set up tents, and carry the injured.
Especially in the middle and late stages, many victims suffered great mental trauma after being resettled, and the rescue team had to find ways to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm every day to avoid post-disaster sequelae.
As a celebrity, Li Daohua was a great encouragement to everyone. Often, he would sit on a stone with a small stool and read newspapers to everyone, occasionally adding his own views on the content of the article.
This will arouse discussion among everyone, and as long as there are other things to influence, they will not think too much about sad things.
Therefore, Li Daohua sometimes deliberately talks about some controversial but harmless topics to see everyone arguing about them.
"Teacher Daohua, please stop talking about sweet tofu pudding, salty tofu pudding, sweet rice dumplings and salty rice dumplings. The logistics staff said that their lips are almost worn out from talking so much."
Li Daohua finished her rice porridge with pickles and nodded: "Okay, wait for me to change it."
"What do you want to change?" The young comrade looked at Li Daohua warily, because she had a lot of criminal record.
Many of the disaster-stricken people are no longer immersed in sorrow. They are full of fighting spirit and want to complete post-disaster reconstruction as soon as possible and then carry forward the faction they support.
"Do you like sweet or salty glutinous rice balls?"
The young comrade finally left with trembling lips. It was not known whether it was because of anger or cold. Li Daohua believed more that it was because of cold, so she asked for an extra piece of clothing for the young comrade.
Only when the disaster situation was basically stabilized and an outsider like her was no longer needed did Li Daohua pack up her things and set off to the next place for investigation.
During this period, the news that Li Daohua earned money but was reluctant to donate to the victims also reversed.
There are a lot of photos of logistics vehicles transporting supplies from far away places, photos of distributing supplies in the disaster area, and photos of Li Daohua working in the disaster area...
All these can prove that Li Daohua not only donated money and materials, but also donated herself. The fact that she is not on those donation lists only proves that she did not donate through those channels, and she has channels that are more suitable for her.
The next stop was Southwest China, where I was invited by a local university to give a lecture to students.
At the end of the lecture, when it was time for signing, a girl came with a magazine and wanted Li Daohua to sign it.
Everyone else was holding Li Daohua's works, only this girl was holding a magazine with her own works.
"Teacher Daohua, I grew up reading the books in your book corner. It was also because of you that my parents decided to send me to school. This is my first published article and it means a lot to me. I want you to sign it, as you also mean a lot to me."
The girl was nervous, worried that Li Daohua would be angry and not give her an autograph.
Li Daohua picked up the magazine. The article was not long. It described the girl's hometown as she saw it when she was a child. It was more of a prose style, and the description of the small southwestern border town was like a summer breeze.
Although the writing style is immature, it is this immaturity that captures the youthful truth.
She wrote her name at the bottom of the page and congratulated the girl on her academic success.
The girl became excited because her idol was Li Daohua. Without Li Daohua, she might not even be able to go to school, let alone become a writer.
When she was in the third grade of elementary school, after her eldest sister got married, her second sister also got married. Her parents wanted her to drop out of school and go home to do housework. Although she was only ten years old, she had no problem cooking and collecting firewood.
In their place, many girls have such a life, including her elementary school classmates.
The school principal and teachers came to her home many times to persuade her parents, but her parents just refused to let her go to school, thinking that there was no point in sending a girl to school.
In the future, they will still not earn as much as boys, and they will still have to get married, and the money they earn will not go into their families.
Finally, the teacher got angry. When the parents once again said that it was useless for a girl to go to school, the teacher talked about Li Daohua and the school's book corner...
As a typical person who has walked from a small rural area to the capital and then to the world, Li Daohua's success is incredible to her parents.
After repeatedly confirming that Li Daohua was indeed the descendant of three generations of poor peasants, he started writing to earn money at the age of 19, and became a millionaire in just a few years. The money he earned afterwards was even more incalculable.
Not only were her parents brought to Peking, but people from her hometown also benefited from it.
They gritted their teeth and stamped their feet, and the girl became the only girl in the family who continued to go to school.
What the teacher didn't say was that Li Daohua only had a junior high school education and her grades weren't good at school, but she was completely gifted and had a genetic mutation...
If he dared to say that, the girl's parents would probably have more reasons to make trouble. If others can do it, why can't you...
It doesn’t matter if you are not outstanding, you can ask your children to be the best in the world.
In order to avoid dropping out of school, girls can only study hard and let their parents see that they are no worse than others.
In between reading, the teacher told her that it was also important to understand the outside world through the book corner. One day, she would go to a wider world and she needed to adapt in advance.
The teacher was right. The world outside was completely different from the world in the small mountain village. If she hadn’t learned so much through the book corner, she might have been scared by this world when she walked out of the mountains for the first time.
There is a lot of traffic everywhere, and the food, clothing and other expenses of my classmates are different.
Because she had known about these in advance, she was shocked by them, but she did not feel inferior. As long as she worked hard, she could also have these.
Every time she goes home, her parents look very proud in front of outsiders, and she can also see the envy in the eyes of her two sisters and peers. There is no doubt that she is lucky.
Fortunately, she was born when Li Daohua was successful, which made her parents realize that girls can also shine in a field.
When she was still in high school, many of her elementary school classmates had already married and had children, becoming parents without knowing it. Every time she saw their small bodies with big bellies, she couldn't help but shiver.
After Li Daohua finished signing, the girl said that she would also like to donate part of the money she earned to help other people, just like Li Daohua.
Li Daohua said seriously: "I have never donated money, and I don't plan to donate money."
The classmates around were in an uproar. Many people thought that Li Daohua was still angry about those nonsense newspapers and said such things on purpose.
Everyone knows that in recent years, Li Daohua has set up a book corner and invited people from remote mountainous areas to watch movies at her own expense. This time, she went directly to the disaster area and brought truckloads of supplies to the disaster area.
"My money is all in my hands. I buy things and then send them directly to people in need. There are no middlemen to make a profit from the difference," Li Daohua said proudly.
She buys things really cheaply, even much cheaper than the wholesale price in many stores. She can buy more things with the same money.
Li Daohua did the math for her classmates. Even if she invested in a book corner, a small book corner would cost a lot every year, including the cost of books, transportation, and labor...
These costs even tend to decrease over time, with the first year investment being the largest.
Similarly, donating supplies to disaster areas requires the largest initial investment and takes the longest time. Once you become proficient in the process, you can save money and exchange it for more supplies.
Although the company's truck drivers said they were willing to work overtime for free to deliver supplies to the disaster area, the company could not do so.
The overtime pay should not be less than that, so as not to make people feel disappointed.
The company's employees have always been proud of their work, and they were even more proud this time because they actually participated in the disaster relief efforts.
On the way, we met some people who spontaneously went to disaster relief, and they also enthusiastically invited each other to join in, and everyone helped each other.
In some places, the roads were too muddy and large trucks got stuck. Local residents spontaneously came out to help fill the mud pits with wood to increase friction so that the trucks could drive out.
There is another more important reason, which is that Li Daohua does not believe in those so-called charitable organizations. It is hard to guess where the money comes from for a charity to go public.
Anyway, the money that Li Daohua earned was real money, penny by penny, and she doesn't need others to donate to her. She is so rich, and if she still asks others to donate to her, then she won't be earning money in vain.
As for whether others want to donate... Well, I've decided. After a while, I will write another book, and it will be called "Blood Dissolves in Water".
We cannot discourage people’s enthusiasm, but we also cannot allow some people to reach out to places where they shouldn’t.
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