porridge for two

"Have you never seen straw sandals?" Xie Xiuping put the disposable cup in a convenient place, and saw Su Zeyu glanced at the two back straps several times when he was stirring the ginger tea, his face was full of doubts.

"I've seen the yellow one, but I haven't seen the white one!" Su Zeyu took out a cup, turned on the switch of the tea bucket, took a cup of ginger tea and handed it to Xie Xiuping.

"The white ones are woven from plastic bags, so it's more important." Xie Xiuping took a sip of the ginger tea and said, "This tea has just the right concentration, if you add a little more, it will be spicy."

"Hmm, let's see if there is anything else to prepare?"

Su Zeyu took a few more cups of ginger tea and put them on the table.Xie Xiuping looked around, but didn't find anything to prepare for the time being, so he took a cup of ginger tea and walked towards the sanitation elder sisters and elder brothers who were shoveling ice on the road.

I don't know what Xie Xiuping said, but Xie Xiuping came back first with an empty cup, followed by the sanitation elder sisters and elder brothers.

"Big sister, big brother, drink some ginger tea to warm up your body first. You all came out early in the morning to shovel ice, you have worked hard!" Xie Xiuping pointed to several cups of ginger tea on the table.

"Hey, young man! Thank you!" An elder sister held a cup of ginger tea and drank it while blowing. After drinking, the coolness faded away, and she became more energetic. She smiled and said to Xie Xiuping and the others: "It's not hard! No hard work! We should!"

"You should, then we should too! Big sister, you're welcome!" Su Zeyu took another cup of ginger tea, and said to several people: "The staff cleaning and shoveling ice around here, and the grandparents who go out, you If you see them, you can let them come here to drink a cup of ginger tea, warm their bodies, and protect them from the cold!"

It is impossible for Su Zeyu and the others to carry a bucket all over the street. There are not enough manpower, so the environmental sanitation sisters who are familiar with this area can tell each other that there is a ginger tea supply point here. If they come here by themselves, Su Zeyu and the others can send out more. Ginger tea, send out more warmth.

"We still have straw sandals here. For steeper slopes, if the ice is too hard or something, put them directly on the outside of the shoes to prevent slipping. It should be useful when it is needed." Xie Xiuping pointed to the two back straw sandals and said to several sanitation workers .

"Hey, young man! Let's talk when we break in!" said the older sister who had spoken before, and looked at the two of them.

"The young man is really nice, good-looking, and kind-hearted! Like that, oh, volunteer! Hehe!" The eldest sister laughed and thought for a long time before thinking of such a word.

"Uh, these are all provided by the owner of the old local restaurant. The two of us just fight together and contribute a little bit." Xie Xiuping felt a little embarrassed when he was praised.

"The boss in the old place is nice, and he's a good person. Hey, he's been doing good things all the time. People around here know it. You are still students, and you're not bad either! Both are good!" It looks big, and I really boast.

The sanitation brothers and sisters left, Xie Xiuping took out two green ribbons from his pocket, tied one for Su Zeyu and one for himself.

"Where did you come from?" Su Zeyu asked looking at the green ribbon on his arm.

"I joined the volunteer club, so I can still have two green ribbons!" Xie Xiuping smiled, took out a palm-sized notebook and a pen from the inner bag of his coat, put them on the table, and said, "Look See if there is anything we haven't thought of, or where everyone needs help, write it down!"

"Your clothes can be used as a treasure chest, like a magic spell." Seeing Xie Xiuping take out a pen and notebook again, Su Zeyu couldn't help laughing.

……

In the busyness, a morning passed.Old people on the go, pedestrians on errands, sanitation workers, police officers on patrol, volunteers helping to shovel ice, many people drank a cup of steaming ginger tea here.

After lunch, the two boys from the old place in the morning came to replace Su Zeyu and the two of them. They also packed three dishes and one soup for them, and asked them to go back to rest. They can come and change at four o'clock in the afternoon.

When they were on duty in the afternoon, they ran into Ai Nan and Pan Wenbin who were out looking for food.

"Hey, didn't you say you were going home?" Su Zeyu said with a smile as he watched the two walk into the shed.

"Going home is inconvenient, there is no freedom! I don't want to go back!" Ai Nan said while looking at the shed.

"Are you advertising the old place for free, and there is no advertising fee, not even the attendance fee?" Ai Nan looked at the banner of the old place and said to Su Zeyu and the two with a smile.

"Everything belongs to others, so we will contribute!" Xie Xiuping said.

"You think everyone is as superficial as you!" Su Zeyu cast a contemptuous look.

"Okay, okay! You are great! I'm just stating the facts, you are overthinking yourself." Ainan muttered.

"We're just making faces, haha!" Xie Xiuping looked at Ai Nan and muttered again.

……

Ai Nan and the others waited with Su Zeyu until after dinner, when people from the old place came to pack their things.This time, the old place also delivered the food for Ai Nan and the two together, a total of four people, and two 5-jin pottery jars.

"Yo, we're scrambling for food again! And wine!" Ainan said, looking at the high pile of food boxes and two jars.

Xie Xiuping took the food box, put it on the table, and told the people in the old place about today's situation and what needs to be prepared.

"You can get out!" Su Zeyu said to Ai Nan, put down the wine jar he took over, and handed over to the people in the old place with Xie Xiuping.

"I made 3 packs of ginger tea today, and there is only one pack left. I need to replenish it tomorrow. If you have sandals, you can also make up some. Some roads with steep slopes and easy to accumulate water can be covered with paper shells to prevent slipping; for warning signs, For places that haven’t been set up yet, if we have one, we can set it up.” Xie Xiuping opened the notebook and memorized two pages full of it.

"It would be great if there were more people. Some elderly people living alone in the community and those who have difficulty traveling need help to buy things. We are too busy. These, and these, are all recorded here." Su Zeyu pointed to the notebook and said , looked back at Ainan and the two of them.

"We can come, but we can't guarantee that we can come every day." Pan Wenbin and Ainan said after making eye contact.

"It's okay! You can come over if you have time. Our boss has also entrusted someone, and they should be in place soon. It will be better for everyone to take turns." A young man from the old place said.

"The more people you have, the more things you can do, and the mobilization is better. The main reason is that the weather is endless, and I don't know how long it will freeze." Su Zeyu said.

After packing up and handing over, the four of Su Zeyu went back to him with food.His coal stove is sealed, just go back and open it.

"Hey, Xiuping, you are so charming!" Ai Nan said to Xie Xiuping.

Su Zeyu and Pan Wenbin walked in front, Xie Xiuping and Ai Nan walked behind.

"Prodigal son?" Xie Xiuping heard the words clearly, but didn't understand the meaning.