The Female General Dominates All After Transmigration-Chapter 374 - 373: Lending a Helping Hand

Ling Chengyan led a group and visited three households, spending a total of two days.

The most difficult situation was the Wang Xiangyong household. The other two households had at least some regular income. At Wang Xiangyong’s house, it took an entire day to help them organize enough to make ends meet, while the other two houses took only half a day altogether.

The next day, back at the team, Ling Chengyan and Zhang Yuanhong met briefly and shared their situations. Zhang Yuanhong frowned tightly upon hearing about Wang Xiangyong’s situation.

In cases like Wang Xiangyong, disability subsidies are issued, which amount to about one thousand yuan a year.

Over the past ten years, as the country’s economy developed, the lives of ordinary people have continuously improved, and wages have been adjusted several times.

Take Ling Chengyan, for example. When she first joined the Automobile Company, she only received a stipend of several dozen yuan. Including long-distance travel allowances, her monthly earnings were just over one hundred yuan.

Later, as her rank rose, coupled with wage stipend adjustments, and enjoying higher benefits in the special training team than in ordinary units, she now receives three hundred yuan a month—several times more than initially.

Wang Liansheng’s salary also increased from over eighty yuan initially to nearly two hundred yuan.

However, the subsidy received by disabled veterans is still less than the average wage of ordinary workers. It is quite low, considering Wang Xiangyong’s illness and disability, constant medication, and responsibilities towards the elderly and children. That meager subsidy truly isn’t enough. No wonder grandma Wang, over seventy years old, still has to go out daily to collect scrap.

Zhang Yuanhong pondered with furrowed brows for a moment before saying, "I’ll look into it and see if there are any better policies to implement... Additionally, let’s designate their household as our team’s aid target, with regular visits to offer assistance."

The team has a tradition of assisting the settled populace and a certain budget for this purpose. Given what we know of Wang Xiangyong’s situation, it’s natural to prioritize helping this veteran who was injured and disabled at the front line.

Ling Chengyan agreed without objection, nodding in assent.

She considered that although Wang Xiangyong is paraplegic, his hands are still functional. If a wheelchair could be provided, he could actually do some work—not enough to support the family fully, but certainly enough to help with household expenses.

So, she brought up this matter.

Zhang Yuanhong contemplated briefly, then nodded: "All right. I suggest, instead of using public funds, we purchase it through a donations collection among the team leaders and members, which could also serve as an ideological education for them." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Ling Chengyan nodded, taking out one hundred yuan and handing it over.

Zhang Yuanhong accepted it with a smile, shaking his head, as he took out one hundred yuan himself, "Normally, I don’t see you spend, yet today you’re generous."

Ling Chengyan sighed unusually, "Days, they still have to live on their own."

The assistance they could provide was temporary; ultimately, the daily responsibility falls upon the family of three.

They covered the majority, leaving the rest of the team members to collectively contribute three to five yuan each, which was more than enough for purchasing the wheelchair.

Zhang Yuanhong entrusted this task to the steady, meticulous Deputy Captain, Tian Kai, who, with Attendant Zhao Qingfeng, spent two days investigating before reporting back to Ling Chengyan and Zhang Yuanhong. Wang Xiangyong had nimble hands and a keen mind, possessing a talent for repair work, as he used to enjoy tinkering with semiconductors and the like.

Zhao Qingfeng helped him settle on appliance repair and liaised with the appliance repair department of the Five Transformed Company, allowing Wang Xiangyong to follow and learn for some time. Eventually, whether taking a job or starting his own repair shop, he could increase his family’s income.

Being able to earn a living through his own hands, Wang Xiangyong’s future days would become easier.