Chapter 275: Major Floods
Wei Jia gently pushed Shen Meng, smiled at her, turned around and left. This action made Shen Meng speechless.
After the ticket hall was opened, Shen Meng prepared her things and started selling tickets. When she was almost done, the phone rang again. Wei Jia ran over first, answered the call, and waved to Shen Meng.
"Shen Meng, your phone, hurry up, hurry up."
Shen Meng put down her things and walked over, covering the phone and said, "There will probably be more people coming to book tickets in a while, you help keep an eye on it."
"Don't worry."
After Wei Jia left, Shen Meng said "Hello" to the person on the other end of the phone.
"Xiao Meng, this is Zhenping."
"Zhenping, why are you calling me? Aren't you going to be back in two days?"
Lu Zhenping was silent for a while before saying, "I'm sorry, Xiao Meng, I have an urgent mission here and I have to leave for the army soon. My vacation is over early."
"What?"
"I'm sorry, Xiao Meng, this mission is very urgent. There are severe floods in the southern region and hundreds of thousands of people need rescue. If this call couldn't go through, I wouldn't be able to call. I asked someone to give you a message. After the mission is over, I will have more than ten days of vacation. I will go back then. They are urging me. Xiao Meng, please say sorry to the children for me."
"Okay, be careful outside. When you save people, don't forget to think about me and the children. Don't be impulsive."
"It's Madam Jinji's advice."
After Shen Meng hung up the phone, she seemed to have lost her soul. It took her a long time to come back to her senses. Wei Jia poked her arm with a playful smile and asked her who she was and why she was so absent-minded just after hanging up the phone.
"Don't make a fuss, it's my husband."
"You are lovesick. Why are you so pale? What happened?"
Shen Meng rolled her eyes and suddenly stood up.
"Something happened, it really happened. My husband said that there was a serious flood in the southern region. Countless people are now in dire straits. In a few months, it will be time to harvest wheat and rice. Such a thing happened at this critical moment. God is blind and will not let people live!"
"What, oh, how could such a thing happen? Didn't you hear about it on the radio?"
"I'm afraid the soldiers went there to save their lives first, so the report will come out two days later!"
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Shen Meng's words made the people in the office look heavy. They were in the plains. Although food would sometimes be affected by floods, it would not threaten their lives.
People of this era are very enthusiastic. Even Wei Jia, who was smiling just now, now sits in her seat with a worried look on her face.
"Well, sisters, I'm going to the county government to help me cover for a while!"
"Okay, go ahead!"
Wei Jia waved at her. Everyone in the office thought she was a capable person and no longer looked down on her like when she first came. They knew that she must have gone there because of the flood and they were afraid that they would help her find a solution.
Coincidentally, when Shen Meng arrived at the Li family, Li Chuan was also there. He was supposed to come back in two days, but if he didn't come back to see Shen Meng, many things couldn't be implemented. The most important thing was that he also wanted to hear her opinion.
"Xiao Meng is here, come and sit down."
"Uncle Li, something happened. I just received a call from Zhenping, saying that he was going to the south for a mission. There was a severe flood there. Did you know about this?"
Li Chuan's face immediately turned cold when he heard it. He really didn't know what Shen Meng was talking about. It seemed that he hadn't thought of conveying it to their provincial capital.
"Secretary, we have to do something."
Li Chuan walked around in the room and turned his head for a long time.
"Xiao Meng, it's not that uncle is cruel, our county is a poor county, and many people are still in famine. I just want to do something and want to raise funds, but I can't open my mouth!"
"Uncle, fundraising is not just about money and food. There is a flood over there, and they need everything from cooking and washing to eating, drinking and defecating. Even if we give them money now, they can't spend it. We can call for donations. Those who can donate clothes can donate clothes, those who can donate firewood can donate firewood, non-staple food factories can donate food, towel factories can donate towels, as long as they can take out, we are not picky. Please help mobilize the trucks and tractors in our county. I will have someone tear off a red banner and write the words Ning County donated supplies to fight the flood together. Of course, it's not just our county, but also the provincial capital. There is strength in numbers. As for food, I'll think of a way."
"It's not that you're saying it's not feasible, but what's the purpose of the red banner?"
Shen Meng chose his words carefully. People of this era don't know how to hype traffic or anything like that, but think about it, a poor county like Ning County can donate truckloads of stuff. This must have been done with the strength of the entire county.
"Don't say I'm thoughtful. Donation is one thing, but reputation is another. Our county needs a good reputation, especially now that the matter of Chuangwaihui has been reported in the newspapers. If news of a good reputation for our Ning County spreads at this time, uncle, believe me, there will definitely be a lot of people coming to you in the future to beg you to cooperate with our county."
Li Chuan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then nodded heavily at Shen Meng. This would not only bring good reputation to Ning County, but also to him. He had been in Ning County for decades, and he also wanted to move up. The higher he moved, the better he could help his fellow villagers.
"Uncle Li, let's discuss in detail how to allocate the next tasks."
"Okay."
Some of the things Shen Meng said were very superficial, and the items she listed were all common materials. The deeper ones were all said by Li Chuan. Shen Meng would quietly remind her of some unexpected places.
She is now just a woman with more experience. It is impossible for her to express her ideas as perfectly as she did when she gave a PPT presentation at a meeting, otherwise it would make Li Chuan, the secretary, useless.
After the matter was finalized, Li Chuan began to go to meetings with others to arrange tasks. Shen Meng went back to the bus company again. No one in the office left work early, even Fu Meili, who always went home early, was waiting at her position.
"How is it? Did you get any results from your visit to the county committee?"
"Well, I told Secretary Li about this. Secretary Li has already gone to a meeting with the comrades of the county committee. I guess they will collect donations."
"Donate, of course I will donate. I got a bonus this month, and I donated it all."
"I have some too, I have some too. As long as it can help the people in need, I will donate. When I get home, I will tell my family about it, and they will definitely donate too."
"Yes, comrades, although our individual strength is weak, but when we gather together, we can definitely help many people."
Shen Meng immediately echoed and applauded: "Well said, very well said, but in addition to money, we should also donate things that women comrades and children need, outer clothes, clean underwear, children's swaddles, milk powder, rice cereal, small clothes... In short, anything you can think of is fine."
Shen Meng's words seemed to suddenly open up the pattern. Everyone offered suggestions and wanted to do their best to help those in need. Although the light of the fluorescent light is weak, it is enough to illuminate the night sky.
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