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About an hour later, the rain gradually subsided, and those who couldn't wait ran out in the rain, and the number of people hiding under the overpass decreased.

At this time, the old woman selling magnolia flower bracelets put away the small wooden stool, took out the umbrella, picked up two baskets with a pole, and held the umbrella with one hand, ready to walk into the rain.

Ni Lu, who was squatting on the side, stood up, "Mother-in-law, why don't you wait for the rain to stop before leaving?"

The old lady turned her head and smiled at him, "These will fade after a long time, and if they don't sell again, they won't be sold."

Ni Lu didn't persuade him any more, and watched his wife's hunchbacked figure walking in the rain with a shoulder pole and an umbrella gradually walk away.

Ni Lu didn't bring an umbrella, and he was worried that his goods would be wet by the rain, so he waited a little longer, and the rain almost stopped before he walked out under the overpass.Ni Lu did not expect that he would meet this old woman selling flower bracelets again.

The rain had just stopped, and the ground was wet. Ni Lu walked from the end of the street to the street, looking for a small, cleaner place to set up a stall, and then saw the old woman at the intersection of the street.

Because of the rain, the commercial street where people come and go is deserted on weekdays. Ni Lu stood not far away for a long time, but the old lady didn't sell anything, and no one even stopped to take a look. .

The old woman could only adjust the stringed flower bracelets over and over again, as if to arrange them more neatly, so that passers-by could stop and take a closer look.

It was already past ten o'clock in the evening, and the autumn night was even colder after the rain stopped. The old woman huddled in front of her small stall, and had no intention of leaving.

Ni Lu finally walked up.

The old lady found him soon, and she was already grinning before he approached. As soon as he came over, she squinted her eyes and smiled: "It's you, young man, do you still want to buy bracelets?"

Ni Lu shook his head, the smile on the old lady's face didn't diminish at all, instead she picked up a small bouquet of jasmine flowers and handed them to him, "It seems that we can't do business tonight, and it would be a waste to take these flowers back, so give them to you, young man. Give it to someone you like before it withers."

Ni Lu took Jasmine and said to the old woman, "Grandma, can I take some photos for you?"

The old woman was puzzled: "What?"

Ni Lu said: "I took a few photos of you and your flowers and posted them on the Internet. Maybe someone is nearby, or just in need of your flowers and bracelets, but I don't know where. I took pictures and sent them up. If they see it, they might come and buy it.”

After finishing speaking, he added softly: "Is it okay?"

When the old woman heard this, her eyes rolled up with a smile, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes appeared one by one clearly, "Yes, there is nothing wrong with it. It would be great if someone needs it. Tell them that flowers are not expensive, and my mother-in-law will wait here." them."

So Ni Lu dug out his tenacious broken mobile phone again, operated it for a long time, picked and selected, and finally collected five or six decent photos.

Ni Lu originally wanted to re-register an account and post it on the school website, but just entering the ID name was enough to embarrass him, a mobile phone whose touch screen was mostly out of order. In desperation, he was always unwilling to bother others, and he clicked on WeChat to find Li Mi’s account , sent him a voice message.

Ni Lu: Li Mi, can I trouble you with one thing?

Li Mi never goes to bed until the lights are turned off. At this point, he is either watching a video or playing a game, so he responds quickly.

Li Mi: You're welcome, Brother Lu, tell me.

Ni Lu: There is an old woman who sells flower bracelets. It’s so late, and her things can’t be sold, so she can only throw them away. I just want to post a post on the Internet for more people to see, and help her sell some. a little.But it is not convenient for me to surf the Internet here, so I would like to trouble you to post a post for me and upload it to the Internet.

Li Mi: No problem, brother Lu, please send some photos, and the location of the old woman’s stall, I’ll help you.Do you have anything special to say about the content of the post?

Ni Lu: There is nothing special to explain, just don't contact me about this matter, I'm afraid of causing trouble to the old lady.Also, the old lady's magnolia bracelet and jasmine bracelet are both five yuan a string.

Li Mi: OK.I see.When it's done, I'll send you the link.

Ni Lu: Good.

Ni Lu sent over the photos he took, together with the one he took under the overpass.

Ni Lu originally thought that Li Mi would only post photos on the school’s campus forum, but Li Mi not only posted them on the school’s website, Weibo, Moments, but also @know anyone who is in the address book , very enthusiastic, very positive.

Li Mi posted it several times in every WeChat group, regardless of whether the people in the group were in the local area or not, anyway, he just wanted more people to see it.

Someone who knew Li Mi replied under the news in Moments: Damn, aren't you playing games in the dormitory right now?Why do you run to the street to help people sell flowers in the blink of an eye?

Li Mi: Reposted for a friend.If you are a friend, please forward it.

A friend: ...

Li Mi also specially checked the signboard of his roommate Ji Pengyun: Lao Ji, you belong to the student union and have a wide network of contacts.

Ji Pengyun: OK.

So there was such a message and link in the internal group of the student union: help expansion.At the intersection of Dongmen Commercial Street, the old lady set up a stall on a rainy night, and the flower bracelets had to be thrown away if they couldn't be sold!

At the bottom of this news is a series of photos, including an elderly old woman standing in front of the stall, delicately strung white magnolia bracelets and jasmine bracelets, against the desolate and cold street on a rainy night, which can easily arouse everyone's sympathy .What's more, the flowers and bracelets are really beautiful, and many people are moved by seeing them.

Reply 1: Wow, the bracelet looks really nice.

Reply 2: It is still a real flower, and it is not expensive, only five yuan. Although it is not worn for a long time, it must be very fragrant to wear.

Reply 3: I want to help the elderly, but unfortunately I am at school, and it takes at least an hour to get there.

Reply 4: Is there any student nearby, or if we want to buy it together, let the nearby students buy it together and send it back?

Reply 5: Good idea!

Reply 6: Who is nearby?

At this time, a student union cadre jumped out: I know, there is a person who lives very close to Dongmen Street!

Reply 7: Who?

Reply 8: Who is that person?

Reply 9: Quickly recruit truthfully!

The cadre of the student union said, "It's our Chairman Zhang."

So the chat box appeared neatly:

Member A: @张chairman

Member B: @张chairman

Member C: @张chairman

……

Zhang Yucheng just drove the car into the garage, and his phone kept ringing. As soon as he stopped the car and took off his seat belt, he picked up his phone and looked it up, so he saw something like @his.

Chairman Zhang: What's the matter?

As soon as he appeared, the group inside the student union was overwhelmed with excitement.

Member 1: The chairman is out!

Member 2: Chairman, help!

Member 3: Chairman, I heard that you live near Dongmen Street?

Among a bunch of useless content, Zhang Yucheng replied: Yes.

Soon someone was very active and sent the same link including those photos under his reply.

Member 4: Chairman, many of us want to buy flowers for the old lady and want to help her.Let's chip in, can I trouble you to come over and buy the bracelets and flowers?

Zhang Yucheng clicked on the link and read it quickly. When he came out and saw this sentence, he hesitated for a moment, and replied: OK, I will go there now.

Everyone in the student union group was overwhelmed with excitement, only to see Sahua kneel down and thank her.

Then the group owner came out and presided over it: Don’t let the chairman make a special trip to pay money and effort. Now I’m doing a solitaire, and those who want to buy bracelets leave their names. The format is name/bracelet/quantity, and I’ll unify them at that time Collect the money and hand it over to the chairman, and the deadline is when the chairman arrives at the old woman.

In the student union, no one dared to bully Chairman Zhang, so those who really wanted to buy flower bracelets to help the old lady all rushed to solitaire. In a short time, there were already nine people solitaire, with a total of 4 jasmine bracelets and 7 white magnolia bracelets. .Not only girls bought it, but boys also bought several strings.

Zhang Yucheng put down his cell phone, put on the seat belt he had just untied, reversed the car out of the garage, and drove towards Dongmen Street.

It was rare to be able to come back earlier one day. I didn't expect to encounter this before entering the house. Zhang Yucheng didn't think it was a big deal. After all, it was not a troublesome thing. It took five or six minutes to drive there.

At this time, Ni Lu had already left.

After confirming that Li Mi had posted the post on the Internet, Ni Lu told the old woman that he was leaving.

Ni Lu: "Mother-in-law, I've posted the news about you setting up a stall here on the Internet, and I'm not sure how much I can help you."

The mother-in-law waved her hands again and again, "It's okay, it's okay, I'm very happy if you can help find a way, thank you, young man."

Ni Lu: "Grandma, I have nothing to do, I'll go first."

The old lady: "Go, you also want to set up a stall, don't delay, go quickly."

Ni Lu was carrying a big bag in his hand, and he knew at a glance that he was going to set up a stall for business.

Ni Lu turned around and walked a few steps when the old lady stopped him with the small bouquet of jasmine flowers she gave him, "Young man, you forgot to take the flowers!"

Ni Lu turned around and waved at her, "Mother-in-law, keep it and sell it!"

The old woman couldn't catch up with him, so she had to keep the flowers.

Ni Lu didn't go far at first, he stood where the old woman couldn't see, until two girls came to the old woman's stall to ask, then he left silently.News spread on the Internet, maybe more people will come, and it is even more impossible for him to stay here.

When Zhang Yucheng found the old woman's stall, the old woman had already sold several strings of flower bracelets.The business suddenly picked up. Everyone who came to buy flowers and bracelets said they saw the news on the Internet. The old lady smiled and thanked every customer who came here specially.

Seeing Zhang Yucheng, a tall and handsome young man standing in front of her stall, the old lady smiled and asked, "Young man, did you also buy bracelets after seeing the news on the Internet?"

Zhang Yucheng squatted politely in front of the old man's stall, "That's right." He glanced at the things on the old woman's stall, "Grandma, are all the things you want to sell here?"

The old woman nodded, "Yes, that's all."

Zhang Yucheng: "How much is it in total? Do the math, I want it all."

When Zhang Yucheng said this, he didn't look at the Solitaire in the group. When he saw the news, he actually planned to buy all the things in his heart, and then put them in the student union.

"You want them all?" The old lady looked surprised.

Zhang Yucheng nodded, "Yes, I have a lot of friends, and they wanted it after seeing it online, but they couldn't make it, so I got it for them."

The old woman suddenly understood, "Oh, so that's the case."

The old lady quickly counted the things, and found that the things were not expensive, and there were not many. Zhang Yucheng bought them all for only about a hundred yuan.

The old lady found a bag for him to put it in. When Zhang Yucheng handed over the money, he found that the old lady had left a small bouquet of jasmine flowers.Noticing Zhang Yucheng's gaze, the old woman smiled at him and said, "I leave it to the young man who helped me."

"By the way, young man." The old lady picked up the bunch of flowers, "You should know him, right?" The old lady doesn't know much about the Internet, and always thinks that Ni Lu's so-called posting on the Internet should be similar to calling and sending text messages to contact friends. "If he hadn't helped spread the news on the Internet, I might have left all these flowers today and had to throw them away. He helped me so much that he didn't even accept the bouquet of flowers. Boy, you need to know him, and he can help me with this bunch of flowers. Send it to him? Just take it as my thank you."

Zhang Yucheng said: "Grandma, what's his name?"

The old lady shook her head, "I don't know, it's about the same age as you, shorter than you, and quite thin. Oh, and also, he has a scar at the corner of his left eye, which is very conspicuous. It just draws a line between the eyebrow and the corner of the eye, and it looks quite deep. It's a pity that such a good child left such a scar on his face."

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