Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Qin Xiaoxiao smiled slightly and nodded to the surroundings.
"It's nothing, everyone, please don't be so surprised. As a Chinese person, this is what I should do."
When our brother city is in trouble and our compatriots are suffering, we certainly cannot stand idly by and do nothing.
When one is in trouble, help comes from all sides. We cannot go there in person, but we can do what we can, and donating money is just one of them.
Tangcheng is lacking everything: water, food, medicine, and especially rescue personnel.
My husband and brother have already gone to the rescue under the leadership of the organization. I heard that department stores and other factories in Beijing have sent a lot of supplies there.
Where did these supplies come from? We can't expect the government to bear the entire cost, can we?
Our country is in dire need of reconstruction and is facing many difficulties. To have such a severe disaster occur at this difficult time is like adding insult to injury.
We can't just wait for the country to give us benefits; shouldn't we also repay the country at critical moments and lighten the burden on our leaders?
My family and I discussed it, and when we get back, we'll set aside some food rations and donate any surplus food, medicines that we don't need right now, as well as clothes, shoes, and so on.
Of course, my family doesn't have much stuff, and it's not worth much in total, but every bit of help brings a bit more hope. The people in the disaster area are waiting for us to lend a helping hand. They are eagerly hoping that we, their brothers and sisters, will pull them out of their life-or-death situation.
Comrades, family members of our in-laws, the people of Tangcheng are also our brothers and sisters. We are all children of the motherland, we are all brothers and sisters born of the same mother!
Now that our motherland is in trouble, and our brothers and sisters are in trouble, are we just going to stand by and do nothing?
I suggest that everyone go back and look for shoes and clothes that are too small, organize them, wash them if they get dirty, and bring them to the neighborhood office so that the staff can help find someone to deliver them to the disaster area.
I've also heard that countless children have become orphans, and people can donate outgrown shoes and clothes that their children no longer have.
We only made one less pair of insoles and patched two fewer pieces of clothing, but for them, it was the greatest warmth in the darkness.
Qin Xiao's passionate and inspiring words resonated deeply with everyone. Everyone who heard them felt that Qin Xiao's words made a lot of sense, especially the line "We are brothers and sisters born of the same mother," which immediately struck a chord with everyone.
“That’s right, Qin Xiao is right. Every family has a couple of outgrown clothes. We can just make a couple less insoles and donate them to our brothers and sisters in the disaster area, wouldn’t that be perfect?”
“We can’t wear them, but we can give them to our brothers and sisters in the disaster area.”
"It's already August, and the weather gets cool at night. It's easy to catch a cold if you don't wear enough clothes."
"My family doesn't eat much, would it be okay if we had some pickled vegetables?"
“My family just received our grain rations, so we can eat them sparingly. We should be able to get ten pounds of cornmeal.”
"I still have two pounds of rice that I haven't eaten yet. I'll go and exchange it for some cornmeal and some sweet potatoes. That should be enough to make twenty pounds."
“I planted some vegetables in my front yard. I’ll pick all the ripe ones and send them to the disaster area.”
"Come on, what are you waiting for? Let's hurry home and get ready!"
“I’m going back too. My fifth son said yesterday that the clothes were too small. I’ll wash those clothes and then gather ten kilograms of rice and flour to send to the disaster area.”
"I also have a vegetable garden at home, and I raise two chickens. Can you give me a live chicken?"
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As they walked home, talking, the crowd dispersed in just over a minute, leaving only Granny Wang, Qin Xiaoxiao, and the street workers staring at each other.
Three thousand yuan was too conspicuous, but now she has brought everyone together, and everyone has donated a lot of things. Everyone is proud of each other, so it's not so conspicuous anymore, and no one is envious.
Brainwashing successful.
Qin Xiaoxiao raised an eyebrow at Granny Wang, snorted coldly, arrogantly raised her chin, glared at Granny Wang, and then turned and left.
Director Wang glanced at Granny Wang, ignored her, told the staff, and returned to the neighborhood committee.
The staff didn't bother with Granny Wang. If it weren't for her causing trouble, the donations wouldn't have been forced to stop temporarily. If they didn't complete today's task, they would have been scolded.
Granny Wang placed the donation book on the table in a daze, glanced at the donation box that had been sealed again, and a flash of resentment crossed her eyes.
This Qin Xiaoxiao is really rich; she donated all that money. Isn't she afraid her husband will come back and beat her to death?
It's good that she donated it all; that way, she won't have much money left, and everyone will be in the same boat.
When Su Lu comes back, she will definitely be the first to complain to him and see what kind of spendthrift wife he married.
Qin Xiaoxiao will be in for a beating then.
She didn't believe that Su Lu and Qin Xiaoxiao were so noble as to donate so much money all at once; who knew how much they cared about the money behind the scenes?
Granny Wang turned around and walked away, swaying her big buttocks.
An hour later, the donation site was crowded with people again. This time, not only money was donated, but every household also donated a lot of food and vegetables. However, there were very few clothes and shoes donated, because in those days, everyone only had a few clothes, and if they were donated, they would have nothing to wear.
New clothes last three years, old clothes last three years, patched and mended for another three years. If an adult doesn't wear a piece of clothing for ten or eight years, everyone will scorn you for not knowing how to manage money and will scold you for being wasteful. You wouldn't dare to go out and have fun if your clothes didn't have some patches on them.
Moreover, cloth coupons were hard to come by. While meat coupons could be obtained in quantities of two or three ounces a month, some workers didn't even receive one cloth coupon a month. They usually received one or two feet of cloth coupons every two to three months.
With so many people in the family, and everyone waiting for the cloth coupons to make clothes, these few cloth coupons are not enough.
Therefore, there are really not many clothes. Unless they are too small and there are no younger siblings to wear them, or no relatives' children to pick up the leftovers, and the family doesn't need to make so many insoles, no one would be willing to donate them.
People lined up to donate money and supplies, and the street staff were busy until it got dark before they could finally rest.
When Qin Xiaoxiao returned home, she told Old Mrs. Qin about Wang Erpozi's troublemaking. Old Mrs. Qin was so angry that she wanted to run next door and scratch her.
"That old woman Wang Er is outrageous! She's determined to oppose the Qin family to the very end!"
Qin Aiguo squinted and glanced at the next room. "I'm going out tomorrow. I haven't seen my brothers for a while. Oh, Xiaoxiao, find me two bottles of good wine. I'll take them with me and come back after I've had my drinks."
Our family has made such a great contribution, how could we let the higher-ups not know about it? They should at least be aware of it, right?
Once the reward is distributed, it will be the best weapon to strike at Wang Erpozi.
Let her be arrogant, let her go against our family, think that just because my eldest grandson is away, there's no one left in the house?
Haha, how naive!
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