Chapter Twenty-Nine: When Will It Arrive?
Perhaps it was the mother's grief that made the child empathize, and the baby in swaddling clothes burst into tears.
Qiu Qisheng was distraught by the crying, and walked out of the bedroom to squat at the door of the house and smoke a cigarette.
In the vegetable field, Wang Tongxing was touching his bald head and smoking a cigarette.
There may be thousands of ways for women to vent their emotions, but men in the world are about the same. Or be silent, or find self-solace in the smoke.
The employees under him ran over and asked, "Boss, we have already harvested half of the harvest, we will definitely be able to clean up before dark, when will the convoy arrive? It will take several hours to load the trucks, so we have to hurry up." ”
Wang Tongxing yelled at the employee angrily: "I don't know if it's early, I don't know how long it will take to load the truck, I don't know that the doctors and nurses on the front line are waiting for dinner?"
Do your job, it's not your turn to worry about the convoy. ”
Three people walked behind Wang Tongxing, one of whom was still holding a camera.
The first one patted him on the shoulder, "Mr. Wang, what makes you so angry? ”
Wang Tongxing pressed the cigarette butt on the ground and snuffed it out, touched his bald head and snorted back, "Mr. Wang, I'm just an old hat who grows vegetables."
The turtle grandson who promised to help me with transportation had previously promised to give him a fuel subsidy of 5,000 yuan, but he just called me to ask me to raise the price to 20,000 yuan, and my vegetables were all lying in the ground, where to give him 20,000 yuan. ”
The man said: "It's not easy for truck drivers under the epidemic, everyone has difficulties that they can't help themselves.
Not everyone can be like Mr. Wang, obviously because of Ben, he also sent carts and truckloads of vegetables from the field to the epidemic area for free. ”
Wang Tongxing was a little speechless for a while, sighed and said: "Everyone has difficulties, so you have to believe in what you say, right?"
I can donate hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of vegetables, but the doctors on the front line can't fall.
What we have is strength, the vegetables are gone, and we can plant them again in the spring.
We can't help the country when it's in trouble, how can there be a small family without a big country, how can we have our current life without a country,
You have to be a man with a conscience!"
The man comforted Wang Tongxing for a while, and said to the person who was taking pictures next to him: "Xiao Wu, you can make a video of the situation here and let the Propaganda Department send it out, and see if you can find a truck driver with a relatively low freight rate." It must be fast, Jiangcheng can't wait for a day. ”
The people who came were none other than Xue Meng and Li Qin, the two major shareholders of the Torch Lunch, and a photographer Xiao Wu.
After receiving Zhang Xinhuo's urgent demand, they have been trying to find a way to find a source of ingredients, and finally contacted Wang Tongxing here, and today they came to follow up the delivery.
They originally planned to purchase at cost price, but as soon as Wang Tongxing heard that it was directly for the doctors to eat, he resolutely refused to accept a penny.
The matter of free aid to Jiangcheng has been known throughout the country, and Wang Tongxing naturally knows how difficult it is for them.
Since the day when Zhang Xinhuo rushed to Jiangcheng, the fire box lunch has entered a state of preparation for war on all fronts.
Not only does Zhang Xinhuo "spend money like flowing water" every day in Jiangcheng, but 50 directly-operated stores scattered all over the country have also opened one after another, providing free meals for local front-line medical staff, and all the hospitals near the directly-operated stores have benefited.
As a result, the cash flow of the lunch box has become extremely tight, and although the directly-operated stores in various places are not as difficult to purchase as Jiangcheng, the net daily expenditure of each store is also astronomical.
Wang Tongxing has decided to donate all the vegetables in the vegetable field, and he will never accept money just because the fire box lunch is easy to talk about.
He provided vegetables for free, and indeed left a lot of money for the lunch box, at least to prolong the survival time of the lunch box.
Wang Tongxing called one after another to find someone, but those truck drivers either asked for a high price, or were afraid of being quarantined and were unwilling to go, and those who were willing to go had already been quarantined in Jiangcheng and could not come back.
The freight problem has become a boulder weighing on their hearts, uncomfortable and helpless.
Xue Meng sighed: "We are anxious here, Jiangcheng is even more anxious, the chairman has asked Cheng Tao to call back several times." ”
Xue Meng's mobile phone shook wildly, picked it up and looked at it, and said to Li Qin and Wang Tongxing with a smile, "Say Cao Cao Cao Cao is here." ”
As soon as the phone was connected, Zhang Xinhuo's soul was hit three times: "Have you found the source of the ingredients? When will they arrive? Do you want the doctors to fight the virus hungry?"
Xue Meng communicated with Zhang Xinhuo for ten minutes, but he never dared to tell him about the predicament he was encountering, for fear of causing him more trouble.
In the end, he made a guarantee to Zhang Xinhuo, promising that the loading would be completed and shipped out before 0:00 tonight.
The sky gradually darkened, but the driver who was willing to help transport the goods to Jiangcheng could not be contacted.
Wang Tongxing walked impatiently around the vegetable base, and even Xue Meng couldn't bear it anymore.
Finally, Wang Tongxing's employees rushed in and shouted: "Boss, there is a car, a big truck, it has stopped at the gate of the base." ”
Wang Tongxing hurriedly jumped up and rushed to the gate of the base, followed by Xue Meng and others.
A large red truck was parked at the gate of the base, and in front of the car stood a dark and thin middle-aged man.
The body of about 1.7 meters is wrapped in an old cotton suit, whether it is the car or the clothes, people can see at a glance that this is an old driver.
Wang Tongxing was overjoyed when he saw it, and ran over to shake hands with the other party, but was quickly stopped by the driver.
The man introduced himself: "My name is Huang Yi, and I saw that you were short of drivers here on Duyin, so I came over to ask."
If you can trust me, I will help you transport this batch of vegetables to Jiangcheng, but you have to dock with that side in advance.
I only get to the toll booth at the highway intersection, and I don't want to be locked up there for 14 days. ”
The condition of only sending it to the highway intersection made Wang Tongxing hesitate slightly, and Xue Meng agreed, "Okay, no problem, we already have someone in Jiangcheng who is responsible for docking, and we are very content if you can send it to the highway intersection." ”
Wang Tongxing nodded in agreement, and then asked, "How much do you charge for that freight?" ”
Huang Yi smiled innocently, "You all said in the video promotion that you are recruiting volunteers, and volunteers will definitely not charge money."
Since I have come to 'throw myself into the net,' I will not take your money."
You don't need money for your food, do they? They don't need money for you to collect your food, right? Since you don't want money, I don't need money either, and I'll pay for the gas myself. ”
While they were chatting, another truck came to the gate of the planting base, "I heard that you are short of free delivery drivers here, can I come here now to help?"
Wang Tongxing was naturally full of promises, and the freight drivers he couldn't find all afternoon were now coming to the door one after another.
He asked again, "You also came voluntarily, don't you take money?"