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Chapter 781: Help

Lin Yuyao smiled faintly, "Probably not, she's quite good at offending people."

Song Qin understood and smiled, "That makes sense, someone must have complained about her."

"Oh, by the way, do you know where Fang Qing and her son are living now?"

"where?"

"Liao Village, west of the city".

Lin Yuyao thought for a moment before figuring out a general location.

"Isn't it a bit far from there?"

"It's alright. If you take the back road and ride a bicycle, it'll take about half an hour."

"I heard that area was a slum in the old society."

"Yes, the location isn't advantageous. Even with urban redevelopment, it won't be demolished anytime soon. The houses there are also in poor condition, but at least they're cheap. Look at Fang Qing, it's only been a few years, and she's really gotten worse and worse off."

Lin Yuyao nodded, then suddenly sighed, "What she once had was never truly hers."

Song Qin nodded in agreement, "That's true. It's been all thanks to them, mother and son, for so many years. Before, when people said she had it tough, it was just making a fuss over nothing. Now, she's really having a tough time."

Lin Yuyao turned her head and said, "What's so difficult about her? Actually, even now, she has it much easier than Tang Xiaofen."

"Tang Xiaofen?" Song Qin suddenly remembered. "Oh, that... Wang Jianguo's ex-wife?"

"Yes, Tang Xiaofen is now supporting four people on her own. In addition to her regular work, she has to find ways to make money every day."

"Where did four people come from? She's just raising her daughter, isn't she?"

"Her mother brought her son to seek refuge with her."

"what?"

Lin Yuyao said, "I ran into her a few days ago. She said that her son was called to the river to wash clothes by Jiang Mei back in their hometown and almost drowned. Jiang Mei didn't comfort him and even beat him. Later, her son went to find his maternal grandmother and they came to Nancheng to stay with her."

Song Qin sighed upon hearing this.

She always felt sorry for herself because her parents favored boys over girls and always wanted her to be the family's money-making tool.

Compared to Tang Xiaofen, she was much luckier.

"I remember her two children are twins, still in kindergarten, which means they're not even six years old yet. I can't believe they thought of letting such young children wash clothes in the river."

"Yes, she was afraid that the child would suffer with Jiang Mei, and she was also afraid that the child would be spoiled by them, so she simply kept the child with her."

"Oh my, that's a lot of pressure. Her meager salary is barely enough to keep the kids from starving, but they'll need money for school in the future, and she can't afford to raise them."

“Yes,” Lin Yuyao sighed.

“I would occasionally see her collecting and selling recyclables. When we lived in the old house, I would pile up all the recyclables and give them to her, but now it’s not easy for her to enter our neighborhood.”

"Now that you mention it, I'm tempted to help her. Why don't we let her work here and give her family a room in the dormitory? That would save us money on rent."

Lin Yuyao: "How can ordinary employees be allocated single-room dormitories? And can they bring their families? At least it has to be a manager. If we give her the green light, a bunch of people with financial difficulties will appear in the future."

Song Qin: "..." That's true. There are so many people in trouble these days. We can't help them all, we simply can't.

“Sigh! The main problem is that she didn’t study much. Her education level is about the same as Fang Qing’s.” Lin Yuyao paused, then said, “Fang Qing should have learned to read and write while she was in prison, so she’s probably not as good as Fang Qing now. We don’t have high expectations for the education of the cleaning staff and canteen aunties. They’re sweeping the streets, which is a regular job in the municipal health department. They have a better future than us.”

Song Qin was both amused and exasperated.

This seems to be the case.

"How about this?" Song Qin suddenly remembered, "Look at all these cardboard boxes, plastic bottles, aluminum cans and stuff here, they all need to be recycled. Why don't we just outsource this job to her?"

Lin Yuyao didn't know how to do it.

"Who's doing the recycling now?"

"Nobody cares, the garbage truck took it away. From now on, let's do some garbage sorting. Let the company's cleaners sort what can be sold separately, and sell what can be sold directly to the recycling station for three cents. We'll sell it to them for two cents. They can earn one cent by taking it from here to the recycling station."

"Our company is so big, we generate a lot of waste. If we work hard, it can add up to a considerable amount each month. We can also use the proceeds from waste collection for employee benefits, like extra afternoon tea and snacks for our staff. What do you think?"

Lin Yuyao gave a thumbs up, "Great, garbage sorting is now linked to everyone's afternoon tea."

Their kindness is selective; they don't help everyone just because they feel sorry for them.

Tang Xiaofen is quite an inspirational person among the people we know, and they are willing to lend a hand.

The next day, Lin Yuyao arranged for someone to talk to Tang Xiaofen about recycling.

Tang Xiaofen stared at the contract in deep thought, wondering where such a good thing could come from.

"You mean you want me to go to your company to collect scrap?"

"Yes."

"Could you...could you read the contract to me again?"

"Of course." The other party read the contract again.

Then Tang Xiaofen took it and looked at it.

Although she didn't know many characters, after the other person read it twice, she was able to understand it piecemeal by guessing and piecing together fragments.

They did hire her to do waste recycling. She only needed to collect waste once a day. The entire company's waste recycling was contracted to her, and she could keep about one-third of the difference.

If it's a large-scale operation, it's very cost-effective, much more cost-effective than searching through trash cans all over the street.

"How come I got to have such a good thing?" Tang Xiaofen muttered in confusion.

The other person smiled and said, "This is what our boss ordered."

"Your boss? Your boss is...?"

"Ms. Lin Yuyao".

Tang Xiaofen then realized, "Oh, it was her."

I ran into her a few days ago and we chatted for a bit.

She must have known about my predicament before she wanted to help me.

"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Lin."

"Would Ms. Tang be willing?"

"I do."

"Okay, let's sign a contract. You can start collecting from our company tomorrow. Here's my business card. When you arrive, take this card to the security office and have them give me a call."

"Ok."

This immediately solved Tang Xiaofen's predicament, and she was extremely grateful to Lin Yuyao.

The next day after get off work, she quickly rode her second-hand tricycle to Lin Yuyao's company to recycle scrap.

On her first day of recycling, she couldn't find the place, so yesterday's assistant helped her familiarize herself with the environment.

The company has several waste recycling points, and the employees have sorted the waste.

Of course, many employees litter, but that's okay. They have arranged for the company's cleaners to assist with garbage sorting, and this is one of the evaluation criteria for them.

Every day, Tang Xiaofen only needs to go to a few fixed places to pack up the recyclable waste, then take it to a fixed place for lining, record the accounts, and then take it all away together.