Chapter 347: A Tearful Parting

Do you think so?"

Mencius Yi put his arm around Erya and asked.

"What my brothers say, I listen to my brothers. "Er Ya is only in the first grade, and he doesn't understand anything at all.

"Zhou Xiao..."Meng Ziyi turned his head, and his big eyes were instantly filled with mist.

"It's okay, I'll just plan. Zhou Xiao smiled and nodded: "Do you know who my brother is?"

Children, you look at me, I look at you, and they all shake their heads.

Snotty baby raised her hand.

"You say!"

"It's a good guy. Snotty shouted.

"Hahahaha!" everyone laughed.

But the children didn't laugh, they all nodded.

"You don't even know us, but you give us money for food and school, and you're a good person. Lin Xin, a junior high school student, replied seriously.

Wow... Zhou Xiao's big man couldn't stand it anymore, his eyes were a little sour, and he quickly took the clothes: "Come, the down jacket that my brother bought for you, come and try it." ”

Children are always children, and they are happy to see new clothes, hula and cheer in a line, the small ones in the front and the big ones in the back.

"That's sensible. Lin Shan also sighed.

Mencius helped Erya get them dressed: "It's so beautiful, like a little princess." ”

Erya is also a little familiar: "I know the princess, Snow White." ”

"Do you want to be Snow White? ”

"I'm too dark. ”

"Hahaha, it's okay, it'll be white when you grow up in the future. Meng Ziyi liked Erya very much: "The clothes are a little big." ”

"It's okay, it's okay. Erya stretched out her little hand and shook it a few times: "It's better to be older, I'm in the second grade, and I can wear it in the third grade." ”

Meng Ziyi was distressed for a while: "In the future, my sister will buy you new clothes every year." ”

"Thank you, sister. Erya held her stomach with her hands and bowed.

"Thank you, brother, uncle!" the other children did the same, touching the clothes on their bodies very cherishingly, and after looking at each other, they couldn't help but laugh.

The village party secretary didn't speak, he sat on the side and watched the children with a smile, he watched the children's parents grow up, these are similar to grandchildren, before that, some of them had finished junior high school and went to work outside.

How could he not know that it was good to study, but he was poor, and his parents' minds became closed, so it was better to come out early to work and make money.

After learning that someone wanted to fund last year, there were some doubts, but I didn't expect that after a few days, people came, and after surveying the situation, the first payment arrived immediately, and then on the first day of every month, the thunder could not move.

The day before yesterday, after hearing that the donor was going to come and have a look, he wanted to make some preparations, prepare some good tea and good food, but the other party refused, everything was as usual, and there was no need to entertain.

Moreover, there were only three people, three young people, no local personnel, and no media reporters.

Also, I have been silently donating for nearly two years, and if it was for the sake of fame, I should have come a long time ago.

After communicating with the children for more than half an hour, Zhou Xiao got up: "Let's go and have a look at home." ”

"Let's go back after dinner. The old branch secretary was very addicted to smoking, so he took two puffs of cigarette butts that had been burned to the butt and said, "My family has already cooked the food." ”

Erya took Meng Ziyi's hand and shook it: "Sister, why don't you go to my house for dinner, grandma burned bacon and fried peppers, but it was delicious." ”

Meng Ziyi glanced at her boyfriend.

Zhou Xiao smiled and said, "Okay, then we'll go to Erya's house as a guest." ”

"Brother, my family also cooks. ”

"Uncle, go to my house, my uncle has caught a hare to entertain you. ”

"Sister, go to my house. ”

"Brother, my family, my family!"

Well, all the children seemed to be afraid of falling behind, and they surrounded them one by one, holding the hands of the three of them or the corners of their clothes, and their little faces were looking forward to it.

Zhou Xiao touched the snot baby's little flat head: "Okay, let's go and see." ”

"Mr. Zhou, this..."

"Branch secretary, it's okay, the children's families are ready, if you don't go, you will definitely be disappointed, right? ”

The child nodded.

"Let's go. ”

Meng Ziyi led Erya, Zhou Xiao pulled the snot baby, and several older children led the way, and the first one to arrive was Erya's house.

Very ordinary two bungalows.

"Grandma, grandma, we're coming!" Erya ran into the house in a hurry, and Mencius hurriedly followed, worried that she would fall.

A grandmother in her sixties, somewhat hunchbacked, walked out, hugged her little granddaughter, and smiled a little crampedly.

"Hello. ”

Mandarin is not very standard, and the branch secretary is helping to translate on the side.

"Thank you!"

"Grandma, don't thank you!" Zhou Xiao replied with a smile.

Grandma asked everyone to hurry in: "Let's eat, the meal is ready." ”

While the other children stood at the door and waited.

"Come in, too. ”

"No, mother-in-law, I'm going to take my brother to the house for dinner. ”

"Me too. ”

"Everyone has come here, they must be eating at my mother-in-law's house, don't go back. ”

"No, my brother agreed. ”

The words are all in the local dialect, and after Zhou Xiao heard the translation of the branch secretary, he didn't know what to say.

When I entered the house, I didn't have any household appliances, and a TV in the hall was still an old-fashioned big butt, and the washing machine was on the double bars, I don't know how many years it had been used, and the tables and chairs couldn't see the original color.

Four dishes on the table, three with meat.

"Erya, my brother and sister are also going to other homes to have a look, let's take a bite. Zhou Xiao didn't want to disappoint the other children.

Erya looked at Mencius, looked at grandma, looked at the little friends outside, and nodded.

Zhou Xiao picked up the chopsticks and sandwiched a piece of bacon, which was very salty, but it was very similar, and it was a meal.

"Eat more, eat more. Grandma kept talking from the sidelines.

Mencius didn't want the girl to be sad, so he ate in a big gulp, his cheeks bulging, and nodded and praised while eating.

"Erya, then you eat obediently, I'll go to my brother and sister's house to have a look, and I'll come back later." ”

"Eun!" Erya nodded.

I walked for more than an hour in a circle, and the situation of each household was similar, it was true that life was not very good, but the enthusiasm for the three people was quite real and touching.

You can see from the dishes on the table that what I can give is my best!

Zhou Xiao was glad that he heard what Li Jie said and remembered it in his heart.

Back at the village committee again, the children had been waiting here for a long time, and Meng Ziyi looked at the scene in front of him, not knowing what to say.

Half of the children have already changed into new clothes, either because they have to work in the afternoon, or simply because they are reluctant to wear them.

"Sister, are you going back in the afternoon?" asked Erya leaning into Mencius's arms.

"Well, do you miss your sister?"

"Yes. Erya nodded: "Will you come to see Erya in the future?"

"Absolutely. Mencius replied earnestly: "We can pull the hook." ”

"Hey, hey!" Erya smiled happily.

The branch secretary was not there for the time being, so Zhou Xiao asked him to call all the laborers in the village, and there were some things he wanted to discuss.

"Lin Xin, how are your academic performance?"

"I'm fifth in the year, and the others are pretty good. Lin Xin said and puffed up his chest slightly.

"It's kind of amazing. Zhou Xiao smiled: "When is the final exam? ”

"Hmm. ”

"Come on, everybody. Zhou Xiao raised his voice, and the children all looked over: "Brother and you agreed, if you can all reach more than eighty points in the final exam, when the winter vacation comes, I will take you to the city to play, okay!"

The expected cheers did not appear, and the children looked at each other.

"Why aren't you happy?" Zhou Xiao wondered.

"Brother, you won't lie to us, will you. Snotty snorted.

"Of course not. ”

"But 80 points is too easy, we can all get 90 points. ”

"You only scored 83 points last time. A small partner on the side revealed.

"That's Chinese, so I still have 92 points in math. Snotty baby argued.

Zhou Xiao then remembered that most of the children were still elementary school students: "Then I changed it to ninety?"

"No, brother, you've already said eighty points. "The snot baby is gone.

"Okay, then we've decided, we must study hard during this time. ”

"Is it possible to fly to the city? A child asked.

"Of course, you can also go to see Snow White. Mencius took over.

"Great!" the children were delighted.

"Mr. Zhou, everyone from the village is here. The branch secretary came in and said.

"You play with your uncle and sister first, my brother has something to do here. ”

After Zhou Xiao finished speaking, he followed to the room on the side, where there were already more than a dozen people seated.

"This is Li Gan, made this year, you can taste it. ”

"It tastes good. Zhou Xiao nodded again and again after eating: "This is better than what is sold in the supermarket." ”

"If you like it, I'll go back and get some later. A sturdy man smiled innocently.

"Then I'm welcome, I don't need too much, just a couple of pounds. ”

"Okay. ”

Zhou Xiao looked around, there were really no young people, and the youngest was estimated to be nearly fifty years old.

"I asked the branch secretary to find everyone over, I want to ask, is it troublesome to take care of this plum tree?"

"No hassle. It's still the same man: "Now they've grown up, but the price is too low and I'm too lazy to manage, or just fertilize and kill insects." ”

"How's the production going this year?"

"It is estimated that there are thirty or forty thousand catties, mainly because I didn't manage it, or it's no problem to double it, but the price is too low, and the labor is not enough, so it's better to spend this time elsewhere." ”

"Then how much is a pound of acquisition to be cost-effective?"

"In the past, a dollar and a pound were actually good, and the fertilizer had farmhouse fertilizer, so there was no need to buy it. ”

"Are you sure that one dollar will be enough?" Zhou Xiao asked, "I see that prices have risen." ”

"That's a good dollar. An old man said: "There are thousands of yuan a year, and most of the income for half a year." ”

"Yes, of course, it would be good if the price could be higher, but our village is too far away, and the transportation costs more than others. ”

"Actually, it's okay, aren't a few big cars just pulled away?"

"Tens of thousands of catties, you can't eat it, all the businesses here are small businesses. The branch secretary explained: "It's still the same sentence, there are plums all over the country, and people don't have to run so far." ”

Zhou Xiao probably understood.

"That's the case, you may not know my profession, but there is still some influence, so I think the issue of plums can still be studied. ”

The crowd did not speak, but listened quietly, with some excitement on their faces.

"That's what I think," Zhou Xiao's fingers tapped lightly on the table: "Everything has to rely on publicity and brand, since there are no buyers coming in, let's take the initiative to go out."

One dollar, right, then I will sign an agreement with you to temporarily buy all the plums next year at a guaranteed price of one dollar, and the requirement is that you must take action to make the commerciality of the fruit meet the standard, can it be done?"

"What is commodity?" someone asked.

"It's just a good taste, and you can't take the damaged or bitter to the consumer. ”

"That's not going to work, don't worry, our plums here are really delicious. ”

"Does Mr. Zhou's family run a supermarket?"

"No!" Zhou Xiao shook his head.

"Then if you want so many plums, won't you lose money if you can't sell them?"

It can only be said that the people in the village are really simple, and after hearing that he wants to help, the first thing they are concerned about is the problem of sales.

"You don't have to worry about that. Zhou Xiao said his thoughts: "When the harvest is harvested next year, I will bring people over to sell the goods live, if all of them are sold, it is the best, and if they can't be sold, I will take them at a low price of one dollar." ”

Then, he talked in detail about bringing goods.

The folks are confused and don't understand!

"That's it, Mr. Su. The village party secretary clapped the board: "Mr. Zhou is a good person with great skills, let's try it, won't it delay some time, if we can open up sales, the future will be much better." ”

"We can make an agreement. Zhou Xiao gave reassurance: "Even if there are 50,000 catties left in the end, I will take them all, and you will not have any losses." ”

It's pie-in-the-sky, but I didn't react to it all of a sudden.

After chatting for nearly an hour, it was basically negotiated, and Zhou Xiao also left Lin Shan's phone number, so that they could contact them if they encountered any difficulties.

Zhou Xiao thought very simply, he has the ability to bring goods, and he has special products, so use his influence to try to operate a wave, if he can bring goods successfully, his life will be better in the future, and even his parents can go home, and they will not say that they can only meet during the New Year.

Good quality and low price, in the name of the village in the future in the Taobao store, good operation, there is a chance to get rid of poverty and become rich.

It's really not good, he can also contact the major brand supermarkets, brush his face, if he can do it, don't say tens of thousands of catties, even hundreds of thousands of no more.

There are a lot of roads, how to go and then take a look, just choose a more suitable one for the villagers.

In a voice of thanks, Zhou Xiao returned to the children, which was full of laughter, Mencius and Lin Shan were teaching them to play with various toys, tell stories, and play.

It was almost four o'clock, and it was time for everyone to leave.

After Mencius said that he was leaving, Er Ya cried, and several other children were also taken to cry, and she herself was crying.

In just a few hours, there was affection.

"Sister... Sister, you'll be in the future... Certain... Definitely come... Look at Erya!" The girl wiped her tears, grabbed Mencius's hand and refused to let go.

The snot baby also grabbed the corner of Zhou Xiao's clothes tightly.

Not only the children, but also the elderly in the family also came over and sent the three of them to the entrance of the village.

Zhou Xiao tried to squeeze out a smile: "We said okay, the exam must be eighty points, and my brother will come to you again when the time comes." ”

"I will!"

Lin Shan's tears also fell, and he whispered to the children.

"You drive slower on the road, it's getting dark, and the road is not easy to walk. Grandma took Zhou Xiao's hand and admonished.

"We'll do it, I'll see you later when we have time. ”

The car drove away slowly, and when I looked back, both the old man and the child stood there waving, watching the three of them leave.