"Linglong."
Bai Narcissus had been waiting at the door for a long time. When he saw her coming, he immediately went to join her with the bag in hand.
Gong Linglong just bought two fried dough sticks at a state-owned restaurant and ate one himself. He handed the fried dough sticks in his hand to her and asked with a smile: "Mom, is your work going well this week?"
"The veteran cadres in the nursing home are very easy to get along with. Except for two old people who are confused and unclear, everyone else can walk and move. My main job is to give them massage and cupping, and chat with them. The work is not tiring. .”
Bai Narcissus has only been working for a week, and she is already familiar with everyone in the nursing home. Her massage techniques have been recognized by the veteran cadres. Now everyone takes turns asking her for massages, and there is no need for her to do other things. Chores.
She didn't plan to say more about work, and asked instead: "Linglong, are you doing spring plowing this week? Is it hard?"
"We've finished our work. This time, we have people from the art troupe helping us, so it's not too hard for us."
"Huh? People from the art troupe help you farm?" Bai Narcissus was slightly surprised.
"They brought it upon themselves."
Gong Linglong walked with her and told her about the industrial troupe on the way.
The mother and daughter hadn't seen each other for a week, and they had endless topics to talk about. They talked and laughed all the way to the meat factory and bought some pork.
As for the chicken that Lu Jingchuan asked to buy, Bai Narcissus didn't buy it. She planned to wait for her son-in-law to come back from a business trip next week, then buy another chicken, prescribe some nourishing Chinese medicinal materials, and stew them together to replenish the body.
After buying the meat, Gong Linglong planned to go to the orphanage and said to her, "Mom, this is not far from the orphanage. I want to go there."
"Let's go, I'll go with you."
Gong Linglong took a piece of cloth from the space to her mother and asked her to use it as a headscarf to wrap her head. She also put on a hat and a mask.
When the mother and daughter came over, the dean was washing clothes, and the bamboo poles in the yard were covered with old clothes.
"Little comrade."
The dean was very happy to see Gong Linglong and quickly stopped what he was doing to greet her.
"Dean." Gong Linglong smiled at her and introduced her: "This is my mother. She said she would come over to see you."
Bai Shuixian just bought a few kilograms of fat meat at the meat factory and delivered it to the dean. He spoke softly and whispered: "Dean, I just heard what my daughter said about this. I didn't make any special preparations. This little bit of pig You keep the fat and fat, this is my little thought for the children."
"Comrade, thank you."
This intention is very practical and is exactly what the orphanage needs most. The children here cannot eat a bite of meat all year round. They rarely use oil when cooking, and it is rare to see any oil in a pot of vegetables.
The weather is warm today, so except for the children under four years old at home, all the older children have gone out.
Children from poor families have long been parents. The older children in the orphanage are the main workers. They all went out to find firewood and food today. The younger ones stay at home and are taken care of by the director.
The mother and daughter moved a bench and sat in the yard, chatting with the director about the orphanage. When they learned that the food supply was cut off for one month, Gong Linglong changed his face on the spot: "One month cut off? Who gave the notice? ? If you don’t provide food for a month, doesn’t this mean that the children in the orphanage are going to die?”
"Hey, it said that other places need more relief. Life in our big cities is a little better. Let us find ways to get through the difficulties this month and ensure timely supply of food next month."
The dean was helpless when he talked about this, and his face was full of gratitude: "Comrade Xiaogong, you sent us so much food, we can survive this month."
After knowing the current situation of the orphanage, Gong Linglong would not just watch the children starve. However, she had a strange intuition about the food supply being cut off, so she asked: "Dean, you are the leader of the civil affairs department." The person who informed me was the cadre from the sub-district office you mentioned last time?”
"The cadre in charge of the street."
For matters related to the orphanage, the director always contacted the cadre in charge of the street and had never been to the civil affairs department. With so many children in her family needing care, she simply could not get around to go to the civil affairs department to inquire.
"What's the other party's name?" Gong Linglong asked again.
"Xu Qingsheng."
Gong Linglong remembered the name and stood up, "Mom, please sit here with the dean while I go find someone to inquire."
"Okay." Bai Shuixian also felt that it was abnormal to cut off the food supply, and told her: "Linglong, pay attention to safety."
"Mom, I know."
After Gong Linglong said that, she strode away. She had been here several times and was familiar with this area. She went straight to the nearby street office.
"Sister, is Comrade Xu Qingsheng here?"
There are only three small offices in the subdistrict office. There is a middle-aged woman working as a receptionist at the door. She is writing something with her head down. When she heard that she was looking for Xu Qingsheng, she pointed outside and said, "Director Xu just went out. Let's go." Less than half a minute."
"Are you going to the left or the right?" Gong Linglong asked hurriedly.
"right."
"Thank you." Gong Linglong thanked him and immediately followed him.
There were not many people walking on this road. After running for a hundred or two hundred meters, she saw a middle-aged man with a briefcase. The man was of medium build and was standing on the roadside looking at his watch. She guessed that this man must be Xu Qingsheng. .
Just as she was about to step forward to call him, a familiar voice stopped her in her tracks, "Brother Xu, you've been waiting for a long time."
Gong Linglong recognized the voice as Xu Wei's fake cousin. She saw a dark corner next to her. After carefully confirming the safety of the surrounding area, she immediately hid in the corner and turned on the invisibility function, then strode closer to them.
The person talking to Xu Qingsheng was Xu Wei's fake cousin. The two seemed very familiar with each other and were very cautious when speaking. They both looked around in a tacit understanding.
After making sure that no one noticed them, Xu Qingsheng spoke first: "The quantity you asked for is not ready yet. Only 90% of it is ready. It has been put in the warehouse. You can take it over and hand it over first. I will think of ways to deal with the rest." , but it will take some time.”
"Give me an exact time."
Xu Qingsheng pondered for a moment and answered him: "Three days."
"Okay, I won't send this batch of goods for now. When you collect them, I will arrange for someone to transport them."
As he spoke, the other party handed him a cigarette, lit it, and continued in a low voice: "I'm going to do some work these two days. When the work is done and you have raised enough food, we can meet again then. arrange."
"Okay." Xu Qingsheng nodded.
The two of them spoke very quietly, but Gong Linglong stood very close and could hear clearly what they were saying.
The so-called food supply shortage is all caused by these bastards behind the scenes.
Thinking about what the dean said last time, she is now basically sure that not only the orphanage has lost its food supply, but the same situation has occurred in the Glory Home and other nursing homes. All the food that should have been supplied to them has been intercepted by these scum that are worse than animals. For personal gain.
In order to find out Xu Wei's true identity and find out their other accomplices hiding in Seoul, Gong Linglong did not attack them. After listening to what they said next, he hurried back to the orphanage.
After returning to the orphanage, I didn't tell the truth to my mother and the director. I told a little lie: "When I passed by, the cadre named Xu Qingsheng had just gone out to do something. I will go and ask him when I have time next time." .”
