Her straightforwardness was beyond their expectations. Boss Yao smiled and asked, "Sister, how much stock do you have now?"
"We still have over 200 kilograms of apples, and more oranges and potatoes, about 500 kilograms each."
In fact, there are already mountains of them in the space, and she has taken a lot of them to feed the pigs during this period. Now that the price is good, she also wants to sell more for money, but this is the first cooperation, so she'd better be cautious.
Seeing that she still had so many goods, everyone present was delighted. Yao Er, who brought her here, then asked, "Can you deliver all of them today?"
"Okay, the quantity is a bit large, I have to deliver it in batches."
"That's no problem."
Yao Er understood and readily arranged: "You deliver the goods to our back door. We will weigh and settle the bill on the spot each time you deliver them. We will not owe you a penny."
"OK."
Gong Linglong likes to do business with honest people and has a good impression of the Yao brothers. If she can cooperate with them for a long time, the things in the space will have no worries about sales, and she will be able to accumulate wealth quickly, and she will be able to quickly open up new paths when policies are relaxed in the future.
Gong Linglong rode her bicycle six times to deliver more than a thousand kilograms of goods. The Yao brothers did as they said, paying the bill promptly each time they delivered the goods, without owing a penny.
The first cooperation was particularly pleasant. After Gong Linglong delivered the goods, she did not communicate much with them. She just took the money and left.
After working hard for a whole morning, I earned two hundred yuan. At noon, I ordered a meat dish and a vegetable dish at a state-owned restaurant, and also packed a portion of his favorite steamed pork with rice flour for Lu Jingchuan.
When the food was served, Gong Linglong started eating immediately. Before she had taken two bites, she heard an untimely rumbling sound from her stomach.
She turned her head and saw a skinny little boy wearing patched clothes hiding outside the window and peeking at her. His eyes were fixed on her food and his dry and chapped mouth was licking it constantly.
"Come in." Gong Linglong waved at him.
When the little boy saw that she had discovered him, he immediately hid under the windowsill and didn't dare to look up at her again.
When Gong Linglong saw him like this, she was reminded of the original owner when she was four or five years old. She was also pale and thin when she was young, wearing a tattered cotton jacket with countless patches. When she was hungry, she often hid outside the window and watched the scum of the Bai family eat.
Seeing the little boy, memories flooded back into my mind and I felt pity for him. I stood up and went to the waiter to buy another meal.
After buying the food, she went out to find the little boy and said, "Don't leave yet. I bought you food. Eat it first and then leave."
The little boy was about five or six years old, his eyes full of timidity, and his thin body huddled in the corner, so pitiful and thin that it made people feel distressed.
The food was ready soon. Gong Linglong handed him the bowl and chopsticks and whispered as softly as possible, "Do you want to come inside with me to eat?"
The little boy shook his head like a rattle, his clear eyes staring straight at the food in the bowl, or more precisely, at the meat in the bowl.
"Eat it."
Gong Linglong handed him the bowl and chopsticks and said, "Eat here, and return the bowl and chopsticks to the store after you're done."
The little boy nodded timidly, took the bowl and chopsticks, and stuffed the food into his mouth in big mouthfuls.
"Eat slowly, don't choke."
Gong Linglong looked at his red and dirty hands that were frozen, sighed silently, and without saying anything else, went back to the restaurant to eat.
When she came out after eating, the little boy had just finished his meal. There was not a grain of rice left in the bowl. He licked it clean. When he saw her coming, he shrank back timidly and curled up in the corner.
"Are you full?" Gong Linglong asked him.
The dark head nodded like a chick pecking at rice, not daring to answer her.
Seeing that he was full, she reached out to him and said, "Give me the bowl and chopsticks."
The little boy handed her the bowl and chopsticks with trembling hands and was about to run away when Gong Linglong called him, "Wait a moment."
She called out to him and told him not to leave, and the child stood still obediently.
When she came back after delivering the dishes, he was still standing there in the same position, looking at her with timid and fearful eyes.
"Don't be afraid, I just want to take you to buy a pair of shoes, come with me."
Gong Linglong noticed the cloth shoes on his feet. They were thin cloth shoes worn in spring and summer, and the size did not fit him well. They were obviously too big for him, and there were two holes worn on his toes. He was not wearing socks, and his pants were a little short. His ankles, which were exposed, were frozen purple.
The little boy hesitated, not daring to follow. Gong Linglong pointed to the state-owned store across the street and said, "Come with me. I'll buy you a pair of shoes, and then we'll go home."
After saying that, he stared at him for a few more seconds, thinking that it was dinner time and his elders hadn't come to see him, so he asked, "What's your name? Where do you live?"
"Xiaojiu, orphanage."
He answered in a very low voice, almost inaudible.
Gong Linglong had guessed that he might be a child from an orphanage. She sighed, put her arm around his shoulders, and walked away: "Come on, I'll take you to buy shoes and some food for your orphanage. You can also take me to see the other children."
When Xiaojiu heard that she would deliver food to the orphanage, his eyes lit up, he was no longer timid and afraid, and followed her with big strides.
When she came over with a full bag of rice, the orphanage had just started serving food. A large group of skinny, tanned children were queuing up with bowls in their hands to get food, and an old woman in her fifties or sixties was serving them porridge.
"Xiaojiu, where have you been? It's time to eat, go get a bowl."
"Dean, I'm done eating."
After Xiaojiu returned to the orphanage, he was obviously not as reserved and timid as before. He ran to the director excitedly, pulled her clothes and said, "Director, that sister bought me food and a lot of meat. She also bought me shoes and sent us food."
The hunched-backed dean stood up straight. Seeing that it was a beautiful young woman, a smile appeared on his weathered face: "Little comrade, Xiaojiu has caused you trouble."
"No, he's very good."
Gong Linglong saw that the porridge in the pot was thin, with few grains of rice. It was mixed with some chopped vegetable leaves, and the soup was watery. It was much worse than the food in the orphanage in Tancheng.
"Dean, why is there not even any thick porridge?" Gong Linglong asked her.
"Alas, we have been out of food here for a long time. This little bit of rice was begged this morning. It can only get us through one day." The director said as he continued to scoop porridge for the children.
These children are not very old, the oldest is only about ten years old, and the youngest is only two or three years old and can't even walk steadily. But they don't make any noise, and they line up obediently with their bowls. After getting the porridge, they sit in rows on the wooden benches under the eaves to drink the porridge.
Gong Linglong felt very sad when she saw these children. After the dean finished scooping porridge for the last child, she handed the bag of rice she had brought to her, "Dean, this bag of rice is not much. Please take it first to solve your urgent problem."
"Young comrade, we really can't make ends meet here. This bag of rice can save the lives of all the children here. I thank you on their behalf." The dean thanked with a sad face.
"You don't have to be so polite."
Gong Linglong saw that there was still half a bowl of porridge left in the pot. Thinking that the dean himself might not have eaten yet, she said, "Dean, please eat first. I'll go buy some food and vegetables for you."
After saying that, he strode away without waiting for the dean to speak.
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