"I also brought a lot of old clothes with me when I came to Shengjing this time, but when I arrived in Shengjing, Uncle Zhu prepared a lot more for me. Now I have too much new clothes to wear, so I will donate the old clothes."
Li Yuning also said.
There were also Li Xiaolan, Li Xia, and even the younger Li Xiaorui loudly asked Zheng Qianqian to donate the clothes he didn't like.
So after the meal, the whole family began to pack away old clothes and bedding.
Tao Zhu had packed up a lot, and he and Li Qiao had quite a lot of clothes. The couple liked to play with makeup and dress up in private, and they had saved a lot of old clothes over the years.
There are also two little cubs. As they grow older, they can no longer wear their old clothes.
These should be donated, children from poor families need these clothes.
The next day, Sheng Hong announced the establishment of a charity hall.
He emphasized two points. One is voluntariness.
Although he wanted to call on the rich in Shengjing City to lend a helping hand, Li Qiao said that the situation this year was unknown, and it would not be too late to call on the poor people until the weather was really too cold and the poor people could not hold on.
So he only emphasized voluntariness. If you want to donate, you can donate. If you don't want to donate, don't donate. He will not have any opinion on the officials because of this matter.
Second, if you donate, don’t question the whereabouts of the money, materials, and food.
Of course, the charity’s expenses will be announced every month to educate the public.
But after the shantang announces its expenses, those who donate money and materials cannot question anything. They must trust the shantang completely and are not allowed to say nonsense that the shantang has pocketed.
This second overbearing clause was added by Li Qiao.
As the deputy general manager of the charity, Tao Zhu was afraid that someone who donated some money would cause trouble for Tao Zhu, so he set up such a rule.
Donate if you like.
But once you donate, follow his rules.
The Shantang issue did not cause much disturbance in the court, and many officials took the initiative to ignore the matter.
Sheng Hongdu emphasized that it was voluntary, and there was also the speechless clause that whoever wanted to donate could donate. Anyway, they didn't want to know the whereabouts of the money after donating it.
They can't stand this anger.
But some people responded positively.
The Seventh Prince, Xu Ying, Zhuang Wen, Meng Yue, Xin Zhi, the Sixth Prince, the Fourth Prince, several bachelors and some minor officials who had a good relationship with Li Qiao or wanted to curry favor with Li Qiao, after preparations were made in Shantang , they all ordered people to send away the things they donated without saying a word.
Some donated money.
There are also donations of clothes, food and herbs.
There are also other items donated, such as beds, dishes, iron pots, etc.
These things were all available, so Tao Zhu and the director of Shantang accepted them all.
Like last time, Li Qiao took three days off specifically so that he could accompany Tao Zhu to familiarize himself with the business and rules of the shantang.
The general manager of Shantang was a seventh-grade junior official from the Fanyin Department who was transferred here by Sheng Hong. This junior official's surname was Sun and he was very respectful to Li Qiao and Tao Zhu.
Li Qiao, Tao Zhu and Master Sun took more than 20 newly recruited workers from Shantang to count the first batch of donations and materials for three days, but they could not finish counting them. Three days later, Li Qiao went to work, and Tao Zhu and others continued. inventory.
After another five days of busy work, the inventory was finally completed.
After counting, Tao Zhu and Master Sun announced this batch of donations and materials, and specific lists were posted at the entrance of the charity hall and the entrances of several shops in the Li family.
Only then did the general public know that a new charity hall had been opened in Shengjing.
In the eyes of ordinary people, the matter of donating money means that the squire will repay the money in full, and the common people will split the money between 30 and 70. Whoever donates is a fool.
But, is Tao Zhu the deputy general manager of this charity?
Li Qiao's reputation is quite good. Now Tao Zhu is in charge of the money and material expenses of the shantang, and Li Qiao regularly donates money and food to it every month. This...
Forget it, no matter what, as long as you donate, you will be in front of Tao Zhu. This alone is worth it.
Mr. Li Qiao is very difficult to please and flatter. During the holidays, he would like to send gifts to the Li Mansion, no matter how cheap or expensive they are, the Li Mansion will not accept them.
Since the Li Mansion won't accept it, we might as well send it to the charity house. Anyway, the purpose is the same:
Make a sense of presence in front of Mr. Li. If something happens in the future, you can ask for help.
donate!
As a result, the charity received a second wave of donations.
This time, most of the people taking action were businessmen.
The merchants had money, and the money and materials donated immediately filled the shantang's warehouse.
It was already winter at this time. At the end of October of the lunar calendar, the weather was extremely cold and a heavy snow fell. The supplies from the Shantang were immediately put to use.
Chapter 197 Li Qiao only accounts for half of the plot, giving out cotton-padded clothes and opening a school to train barefoot doctors
In fact, although this snowfall was heavy, it did not reach the level of disaster.
But the weather is cold, very cold.
For example, Li Qiao, if he didn't use supernatural protection, he would wear a close-fitting small jacket inside, a thicker leather jacket outside, and finally a cloak in winter, and that would be it.
When I arrived at Hubu, I took off my cloak because there was a charcoal basin in the house and only wore a fur coat, which was enough to survive the winter.
As a man, you have a lot of firepower.
But this year, this outfit is actually a bit cold.
His office is small, and he is not short of money. He paid for an extra charcoal pot out of his own pocket, but without wearing a cloak or using his powers, he can't stand the current temperature.
He, a young and middle-aged man, can't withstand the current low temperature, let alone the old, weak, women and children. Therefore, even if the third prince was given clothes to keep out the cold during the snowstorm in Shengjing two years ago, the poor people at the bottom still lacked enough to survive the winter. of clothing.
For example, Zhang Laosan.
His family is not the poorest in Shengjing. Although they share a small courtyard with others, at least they have their own small home. Plus, they now have a formal job, so they can earn a living and have some savings at home.
But cotton-padded clothes for winter are big items. It can be said that they have been worn for three years, mended and mended for three years, and they are always reluctant to buy new ones.
But it's different now.
He was a regular employee of the plaster workshop, and he had Li Qiao's promise that if he didn't want to work in the plaster workshop, he could go to Li's shop. Therefore, before winter came, he and his husband discussed how to provide food for the family this year. A new cotton-padded jacket.
There's no way, it's too cold. If you don't wear cotton-padded clothes, you won't be able to survive this winter.
Brother Yue, the third husband of Zhang Laosan, is very good at living. Although he said he wants to buy cotton clothes for his family, he has no plans to buy new cotton cloth.
Just buy some cotton with defects. The family has a lot of money to spend. He also sent his and Zhang Laosan's youngest son to study in a private school, just like Liu Sanwa.
If you have read a book and are literate, and are not blind like the couple, then when you apply for a job at Li's shop, you will definitely be more favorably employed than those who are illiterate.
But studying costs a lot of money. Even if Zhang Laosan has a fixed income, he still has to plan carefully.
So just buy some cotton with defects. This kind of cotton with defects is sold in dyeing shops and cloth shops, and the price is lower than new cotton.
However, before Brother Yue could shop around and choose the most affordable cotton fabric, the weather suddenly turned cold.
When Zhang Laosan goes to work, he must wear warm enough clothes, otherwise if he catches the cold, he will be delayed from work and waste money on medicine.
So when Zhang Laosan went to work that day, he put on Brother Yue's cotton-padded jacket. Brother Yue had no cotton-padded jacket and could only stay on the kang wrapped in a quilt to keep out the cold.
But there were a lot of things going on at home. Their eldest son Zhang Chong went to be an apprentice in a drug store, and their younger son went to a private school. All the work in the family fell to Brother Yue.
He raised dozens of chickens, which he had to feed three times a day. He had been raising these chickens for a year, and he planned to sell them to the Li Family Fried Chicken Shop during the Chinese New Year so that he could get some money for a good New Year.
But now he doesn't have a cotton-padded jacket and can't get off the kang at all.
This is not okay.
After thinking about it, Brother Yue was going to borrow a cotton-padded jacket next door so that he could go to the dyeing shop and buy back the defective fabric that he had spotted but didn't buy two days ago. Forget it, let's not shop around, just spend more money.
Brother Yue got off the kang wrapped in quilt. As soon as he left the house, the courtyard door was pushed open.
When he heard the sound, he turned around and saw that Zhang Laosan and Liu Fu were back again.
Moreover, the two of them each held a large package in their hands.
"This is what you are doing?"
Brother Yue was so surprised that he looked straight at the big package in Zhang Laosan's hand: "Master, what do you have in your hand?"
"Cotton coat!"
Zhang Laosan said happily: "Brother Fu and I had just walked to the city gate when we saw a bunch of people gathered around the city gate to read the notice. When we inquired about it, it turned out that the charity was distributing old cotton clothes! The poor people in the family were all You can get it!”
"Brother Fu and I ran to the shantang and waited in line for a long time. We really took the lead."
"Look, there are two cotton-padded jackets inside, one is a satin jacket and the other is a cotton robe. They are both 80% new and very beautiful."
With Zhang Laosan's words, the large package in his hand was opened, and the satin jacket and cotton robe inside were exposed.
Brother Yue was so surprised that he hugged the quilt tightly and trotted to Zhang Laosan.
At this time, Liu Fu had already hurriedly walked towards his house with his package: "Brother Yue, I will send the cotton clothes I received to your sister Mei. You and your sister Mei will take your time and watch. Me and The third child still has to go to work, and half a day has been wasted today."
"Hey, good!"
Brother Yue responded, placing his eyes on the dark blue satin jacket, unable to move away.
This small coat is double-breasted and has exquisite dark patterns embroidered on it. If this kind of small coat were placed in a cloth shop, it would cost three to four taels of silver to buy it.
"Brother Yue, I'll give you this little jacket. If you change this cotton robe, you can make a little jacket for each of the two children."
Zhang Laosan stuffed two cotton-padded clothes into his husband's hands, and the smile on his face never disappeared.
"Brother Fu and I were a little guilty at first, afraid that we wouldn't be able to accept it. After all, we both worked in the plaster workshop, but who knew that Deputy Manager Tao was standing at the door of the charity hall. He saw us two brothers at a glance, and then specially I picked these two cotton coats.”
"Yeah, Deputy General Tao picked this himself?"
Brother Yue was shocked, holding the cotton coat in a daze.
"No! He has always remembered me and the situation of our family. When he gave me cotton-padded clothes, he also said that Xiao Chong had a future and told Xiao Chong to work hard and study hard. Deputy Manager Tao is so kind!"
Zhang Laosan was quite emotional.
He is such a small person, and it was a year and a half ago when he applied for a job in a plaster workshop, but Mr. Tao clearly remembers the situation of his family!
What a good officer.
