Chapter 286 Winter is Coming
Xia Daohua worked hard for a few days and then stopped.
The reputation of "Puji Rescue" had spread, and as the weather gradually became colder, more and more people came to seek refuge and ask for travel expenses.
According to the changes of seasons, Xia Daohua has updated a batch of products for "Daohuaxiang".
For example, the light-textured summer skin care products in the "Cool Summer" series have been replaced with skin care products in the "Warm Winter" series that prevent frostbite and prevent red blood streaks.
For example, a special “hot meal and hot drink counter” was launched.
That is, hot boxed lunches, rice balls, and hot drinks such as brown sugar ginger tea, hot cocoa, and hot orange juice.
In cold weather, eating or drinking something hot can easily make people feel warm in their hearts.
Those local tyrants who were eyeing the "Fragrant Rice Flowers" did not take any action, so Xia Daohua just let them be and did not pay much attention to them.
As for the old beggar who had been lying in the sun opposite "Daohuaxiang", Xia Daohua changed from giving some snack crumbs every time she passed by to giving him a hot rice ball every time she passed by.
She doesn’t give me boxed lunches because they are more expensive than rice balls.
The box lunch in the store is a staple food plus four dishes, two meat dishes and two vegetarian dishes. It is delicious and nutritionally balanced, so it costs 60 cents per dish.
Xia Daohua feels that based on the amount of meat and vegetables in it, the price is already very affordable.
The lunch boxes are packed in wooden boxes with lids in natural wood color. You can take the boxes away with a deposit. After washing them, you can return them and the deposit will be refunded.
The price of lunch boxes is still a bit expensive for ordinary people, so sales are limited.
However, the stewards, servants, and maids in wealthy families who help run errands at home would buy some to try.
The hot rice balls in the store are much more popular than boxed lunches.
The hot rice balls in the store are wrapped in a layer of glutinous rice paper and then wrapped in a layer of oil paper.
The rice paper can be eaten or not, it is up to the customer to decide.
Xia Daohua's rice ball business was not originally intended to make money, but it could not be given away for free. Instead, different prices were set according to the grade.
The most common white rice or white glutinous rice balls cost one penny each.
Rice balls with red dates or red beans cost two cents each.
The ones with egg yolks are five cents for two.
The one with pork belly costs three cents each.
The one with pork belly and egg yolk costs four cents each.
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The pricing is a bit complicated, but Xia Daohua feels that using this clear pricing to make a simple distinction is actually a pretty good system.
Although this price seems to be uneven, it is actually a charity considering the contents inside.
She never thought that charity had to be free.
Even the food, clothing, housing and transportation provided by “Puji Rescue” are not free.
Although she took in the homeless elderly, the weak, women and children, they still had to rely on their own labor to earn their food, clothing, shelter and transportation.
Exchange labor for points, and use points to redeem food, clothing, bedding, fuel, shelter, etc.
Unless someone is seriously injured or ill, or too young or too old to work, everyone must participate in the work, not stand aside, and certainly not sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor.
Moreover, the so-called participation in labor does not mean working without putting in effort or just slacking off.
Every job has assessment standards.
Those who pass the test will get full points, and those who fail the test can only get half points. If materials are severely damaged or progress is delayed, compensation will be required according to the price.
This idea was proposed by Xia Daohua, but after being improved by Nanny Lin, Wei Shiqi and others, it has now become the basic system of "Puji Rescue".
"Puji Rescue" also rescued several women and children who were abducted by human traffickers. Through County Magistrate Yang and Wang, they contacted their relatives and sent them back.
Puji Rescue also left a sincere message to the families of the two rescued women:
"If the family can't tolerate these two young ladies who have suffered misfortune, please don't force them, just send them back."
Both families accepted the offer solemnly.
Not to mention others, the biological mothers of the two girls naturally would not want them to come to any harm.
Nowadays, it would be best if the family could accept two children.
If the family really cannot accommodate them, they would naturally be willing to "die of illness", commit suicide, or be locked out of the family temple.
Seeing that "Pu Ji Rescue" was basically up and running and a new batch of goods were added to "Daohuaxiang", Xia Daohua once again became a leisurely and hands-off boss.
Originally there were almost no families living in her small village, but now it is bustling with people every day.
After all, in addition to the more than 40 households that were taken in at the beginning, several waves of people came one after another.
Now, in that small village, even the houses that Xia Daohua had newly built with red bricks bought with her own money some time ago in order to open a brick kiln are already full of people.
Fortunately, Nanny Lin and Wei Shiqi were both very capable. Although they took in more and more people, these two people were still able to handle the situation with ease and without any panic.
Xia Daohua left things to them, feeling very relieved.
Lihua accidentally learned about the "Puji Rescue" and wanted to contribute. Xia Daohua always liked Lihua's energetic look.
Seeing that she was interested in this matter, he delegated his supervisory power to Lihua and asked her to keep an eye on it for him.
Lihua was happily busy.
Jiang secretly complained to Xia Youtian several times, thinking that Xia Daohua was too thoughtful and too wild, and had led the children in the family astray.
It’s a good thing that Wulang went to the Enlightenment School to study. After all, studying and going to school is a serious matter.
But Xia Daohua was not only busy helping people open shops and stuff, she also took on so many miscellaneous things.
Recently, not only did he trick Linghua into studying medicine, he also abducted her elder sister Lihua.
At Lihua's age, it's time for her to look for a husband seriously.
Nowadays, the restless rice flowers have seduced the pear flowers and made them wild!
Wouldn’t that delay her marriage in the future?
When the time comes, what should I do as a mother?
Xia Youtian disagrees:
"My dear mother, please don't worry too much.
I think Daohua is a smart and clever kid, and he's not a bad person.
You see, it's a good thing for Wulang to study, and Linghua is also learning a skill by studying medicine!
If Linghua learns well, in the future, if anyone in our family has a headache or fever, they don’t have to go to the doctor, they can just go to Linghua, what a great thing! ”
Jiang said: "Linghua is still young after all. Even if she can't learn any skills, she can play for two years. But Lihua is not young anymore! If you and I don't worry about her marriage now, will she stay at home as an old maid in the future? What if..."
Jiang lowered her voice a lot when she said this, and paid close attention to Xia Youtian's expression:
"What if she ends up like her aunt? Then it will be too late to regret it!"
Sorry for the late update today...Good night, sweet dreams, see you tomorrow. (づ￣ 3￣)づ
(End of this chapter)
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