Lin Lan and the others had just finished lunch when Yao Xiuyun and a colleague arrived at the pastry shop, carrying several large bags of old clothes and some old cotton batting.
Yao Xiuyun handed her an envelope. "This is a donation from my colleagues at the station. The clothes are old ones they brought in—some for kids, some for adults. We'd like you to take them to the victims in the mountains."
It turned out that Yao Xiuyun and Yang Xiaoman had learned about the disaster in Shishanling from a few of the children. The two of them had gathered all the old clothes from their own homes, then brought the matter up with their colleagues at the station when they got to work.
Everyone pitched in, some bringing clothes, others donating money. In just one morning, they collected several large bags of clothes and around two hundred yuan in cash.
