Chapter 139: Self-help is helped
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Two days later, Su Shensheng and Sun Xiaobei went to Sizhou to buy cloth and came back, bringing back two boats of sturdy and durable cotton cloth, not a lot of patterns, but the quality is really good.
Their trip was generally smooth and they didn't delay much on the road.
"Old Su, you have worked hard along the way," Jiang Jiang stepped forward and said hard work to Su Shenyuan: "Go to the house to rest, eat some food, drink some wine, and warm your body." โ
"What hard work, a lot of things are done by them, and I'm only responsible for lying on the boat." Su Shen did not take credit at all.
"Little, you didn't cause trouble to others along the way, did you?!" Jiang Jiang asked Sun Xiaobei uneasily.
"Good words have made you nag away," Sun Xiaobei rolled his eyes angrily: "Did you talk like that?!" Don't ask me if I'm working hard or tired, but first ask me if I've caused trouble to others. โ
"I don't know your personality yet?" Jiang Jiang was not used to him at all: "I'm afraid that without me, you will have to poke a hole in the sky." โ
"Boss Jiang, you're too worried, Little Brother Sun has made a lot of efforts along the way." The boatman who went with him hurriedly said good things for Sun Xiaobei: "Don't look at his young age, he can endure hardships, and his brain is bright, much better than us people." โ
"Don't praise him anymore," Jiang Jiang said with a smile: "I asked him out to train him, but after all, he is still young and has a lot to learn!" โ
Hearing this, Sun Xiaobei was greatly depressed, and muttered to Jiang Jiang: "Originally, I missed you all the way, but now that you say this, I regret it a little." โ
"You'll regret missing me?" Jiang Jiang stretched out his hand and patted Sun Xiaobei on the back of the head, and pretended to be angry and said, "Take off the robe you are wearing for me!" You ungrateful fellow. โ
This robe was specially sewn for him by Jiang Jiang when Sun Xiaobei went out, it was light and warm, before he met Jiang Jiang, Sun Xiaobei was just a little beggar, how could he have a decent dress to wear when it was cold?
It was also after swearing to Jiang Jiang that he was able to enjoy that someone cared about him like a family member, so his relationship with Jiang Jiang was very deep.
"What you gave me is naturally mine, why should I take it off?" Sun Xiaobei slid his head and said, "But I'm not a person without affection. โ
As he spoke, he took out a box from his arms and handed it to Jiang Jiang.
"Yo, you know how to bring me a gift when you go out!" Jiang Jiang glanced at Sun Xiaobei with slanted eyes, but he couldn't hide the joy on his face.
"They also have Dog Lian'er," Sun Xiaobei said deliberately: "There is nothing to be paid for, it can be regarded as a heart!" โ
"Look at you!" Jiang Jiang pouted at Sun Xiaobei, half-grown boys are like this, stubborn and not good at expressing emotions, but their hearts are the most innocent and passionate.
"I went to eat, and I walked on an empty stomach for a day and a night, and I was about to starve to death." Sun Xiaobei said and entered the house, Aunt Lian'er and the others had already arranged a table of meals, steaming and beckoning some people who came back from going out to eat while it was hot.
Smelling the familiar aroma of rice, Sun Xiaobei felt very down-to-earth, and the journey was not easy, and the hardships of eating and sleeping in the open were inevitable.
Jiang Jiang opened the box that Sun Xiaobei gave her, Sizhou is rich in cloth, and the gift Sun Xiaobei gave her was a little beauty wrapped in a sara, and Jiang Jiang was a little similar between her eyebrows.
"Cut! This kid also said that he gave it casually," Jiang Jiang pouted proudly: "At that time, I didn't know how to pick among a lot of dolls!" โ
After these people finished eating, Su Shenyuan handed over the accounts to Jiang Jiang.
It cost less than they expected, and this is of course all due to Su's sinking. Although he is unwilling and disdainful to do these things, it does not mean that he is not capable of doing so.
The next step is to distribute the cloth according to the number of people.
Except for a very small number of idle people who are really hopeless, everyone in Coolie Street has been given a share of cotton cloth bought from Sizhou.
With the addition of the previous cotton, every family can make decent clothes and quilts for winter.
The people on the coolie street are bustling with joy to receive the cloth, which is even happier than the Chinese New Year, which used to be the most difficult time of the year.
If you want to make winter clothes and can't afford it, at most you can accommodate the elderly and children. Even if it is made, it is also old cloth and old cotton, and it will all come. Like this year, brand new cotton, white cotton. Not to mention wearing it on the body, just looking at it makes people's hearts warm.
Coupled with the new cotton clothes that the whole family can wear, this is the hope of many people for many years.
"Boss Jiang, are they really not giving Cui Shan Huang Dayu?" Aunt Mu came over and asked Jiang Jiang.
She naturally knew that Jiang Jiang was justified in doing this, but when it came to the end, she felt that it was really a little bit but she didn't save face.
After all, they are all neighbors, and they don't see anyone when they look up. "Once the rules are set, they must not be easily broken," Jiang Jiang understands Aunt Mu, but many times he can't just rely on emotion: "If they want to be like other neighbors, then from now on, they will be reformed people, as long as they can last for twenty-one days, I will give them cotton cloth and cotton." โ
Don't they all say that twenty-one days can form a habit? Then let these people give it a try.
Jiang Jiang's original intention was not to punish them, but to let people understand the truth that only those who help themselves can be helped.
"In that case, I'll go talk to them." Aunt Mu happily agreed.
She knew that Boss Jiang would never be unkind.
But after only half a day, Aunt Mu came back angry and helpless.
She went to these families and told them Jiang Jiang's words, but none of these people were willing to change their minds and faces, either that they were not in good health, or that they couldn't leave the house, and some people simply begged Aunt Mu to bring them some cotton cloth and cotton in private, anyway, there were so many things, Jiang Jiang wouldn't notice. There is even more infuriating, she actually scolded Jiang Jiang, saying that she was fake compassion.
"You deserve to be poor, no one cares!" Aunt Mu said angrily to those people: "I really have no need to ask Boss Jiang to intercede for you." โ
"It's really mud that can't hold up the wall!" Aunt Mu thought angrily as she walked back: "No wonder Boss Jiang wants to set such a rule, and he should treat such a person like this!" โ
Aunt Mu used to think that Jiang Jiang was a bit harsh and dogmatic, but now after seeing the ugly faces of those people, Aunt Mu finally stood firmly on Jiang Jiang's side.
"It's just that I want you to live like a person, obviously for your good, but you only think about getting something for nothing, such a person deserves to be poor!" Aunt Mu thought angrily.
Someone wants to pull you up, and you have to hand them over. Someone wants to save you ashore, and you have to throw yourself a few times to the shore, right?