Chapter 86 Jiang Ling moves in
When Shi Yue and his companions came out of the Public Security Bureau, it was almost seven o'clock. The fireball-like sun had slowly set in the western sky, leaving behind only a patch of fiery clouds that were illuminated in an orange-red color.
Shi Yue said goodbye to Tan Gongan, turned around and looked at Jiang Ling with a complicated expression.
Then his eyes fell on Ma Yulan and he said, "Auntie Ma, we've finished reporting this case. Shouldn't we go back now?"
Ma Yulan nodded and said, "Well, let's go home and see what delicious food your uncle Niu has prepared for us."
She took a step forward and was about to go home, but then she stopped.
She suddenly remembered that there was someone beside her!
She turned around and looked at Jiang Ling, and asked, "Girl, let me ask you, where are you going next?"
Jiang Ling bit her lip and said, "I don't know where I'm going either."
Ma Yulan: "So what are your plans? The sun has already set, and it will be dark soon. Where are you going to stay tonight? You can't just wander around the streets, right? It's so unsafe for a girl like you!"
Jiang Ling hesitated: "Well, then I'll find a guesthouse to stay in for the night."
Ma Yulan: "Do you have money?"
Jiang Ling nodded and said, "Yes, there are still some."
Ma Yulan asked: "How much money do you have on you?"
Jiang Ling: "I still have a hundred yuan. Director Zhang told me that everything in Beijing was arranged for me, and I didn't have to pay for food and accommodation. So I didn't bring much money with me this time. After deducting the train ticket, I only have a hundred yuan left."
Ma Yulan shook her head: "No, that's not enough."
"Are the guesthouses here so expensive?" Jiang Ling was extremely panicked because her budget was exceeded. She tightly grasped the strap of her cross-body bag until her fingertips turned white. She hoped to gain a sense of security after a few attempts.
Ma Yulan sighed and said, "No, it's definitely enough to stay in a guesthouse. A night in a guesthouse near here only costs about ten yuan. A hundred yuan would be enough for a week. But don't you have to buy a train ticket home?"
She did the math for Jiang Ling. "Even if you're lucky and can buy a same-day ticket at the train station tomorrow, a hundred yuan ticket from Beijing to Northeast China isn't enough, is it? Hey, how much did you pay for your train ticket when you came here?"
Jiang Ling: "I spent more than 140."
Ma Yulan: "Look, you're already forty dollars short of staying in a guesthouse."
She sighed, took out the money wrapped in a handkerchief from her pocket, counted out a hundred yuan from it, handed it to Jiang Ling, and said, "Here, take this hundred yuan, just think of it as a loan from me. This money is enough for your hotel and train ticket. I also gave you a little extra because I was worried that you wouldn't be able to buy a ticket tomorrow and would have to stay in the guesthouse for two more days."
Jiang Ling waved her hand: "No, Auntie, no need..."
Ma Yulan: "What do you mean by not using it? Just keep this money. Auntie didn't tell you that I'm lending it to you. I'm not giving it to you for free. When you get home, give the money to Auntie and I'll remit it to you."
Jiang Ling's eyes were red and showed gratitude. She knew that Ma Yulan said this because she was afraid that she would feel embarrassed to accept the money.
It was just a chance encounter, but Ma Yulan was willing to consider so much for her. She was really grateful to Ma Yulan.
But she still waved her hand: "No, Auntie, I really don't need you to lend me money."
She gritted her teeth and told the truth: "Auntie Ma, I have no intention of going home at all."
Not planning to go home?
Jiang Ling's words shocked the other three people present. What do you mean you have no plans to go home?
Jiang Ling: "I want to stay here and work until I earn enough money before going back."
Her face flushed with embarrassment as she said, "After all, this is the capital, a big city. There are definitely more opportunities to work and earn money here than in a small city like my hometown. I want to stay here and earn some money before going back."
Her parents were just old farmers in the countryside. They worked hard and saved up some money. In order for her to have a good future, they gave the money to Director Zhang without hesitation.
It turned out that Director Zhang was a liar, and all her parents' money was wasted.
She didn't dare to imagine how devastated and sad her parents would be after they found out about this.
So let's wait until she makes some money before going back. That way, even if her parents will be sad when they know the truth, it will definitely be better than now.
Ma Yulan frowned slightly. She could understand Jiang Ling's thoughts, but she still couldn't feel at ease with such a young and beautiful girl like Jiang Ling.
She thought for a moment and said, "How about this? You don't have to stay at any guesthouse. Just come back to my house tonight and stay there. I have plenty of room for you."
It was a coincidence. It was summer vacation, and Niu Xiaoxi went to the newspaper office for internship. Because the newspaper office was a bit far from the compound, Niu Xiaoxi moved into the newspaper office dormitory, leaving Ma Yulan's house empty.
Ma Yulan said, "Come stay with me for one night. Tomorrow I'll help you find out if there are any job openings. This way you won't be like a headless fly, not knowing where to look for a job."
Jiang Ling opened her eyes wide in fear: "Isn't this inappropriate? I'm sorry to bother you!"
Ma Yulan: "Well, what's the trouble? We happen to have a place to live. But as you can see, our house is just a bungalow. If you don't mind, come home and live with me."
Jiang Ling shook her head vigorously: "I don't mind, I don't mind!"
She was so moved that she threw herself on Ma Yulan and cried, "Auntie Ma, you are such a good person."
Although Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui didn't say anything, they nodded seriously.
Aunt Ma/Grandma Ma is very good.
The father and daughter always remember how Ma Yulan took care of them when they first came here.
Ma Yulan patted Jiang Ling on the back and said, "Don't cry, don't cry. Come on, Jiang Ling, let's go home."
She deliberately tried to distract Jiang Ling: "Didn't you just get off the train today? Haven't you eaten yet? Are you hungry?"
Jiang Ling nodded gently and said honestly: "A little bit."
Her stomach also started to growl in response.
Hearing the sound of her stomach, Jiang Ling's face turned completely red and she bit her lip embarrassedly.
Ma Yulan laughed and said, "It seems you are really hungry. OK, let's go home with Auntie and have dinner."
Ma Yulan took the lead and quickly returned to the compound. At this time, other families in the compound had already had dinner. Seeing that Ma Yulan brought back a beautiful girl, they all looked curious.
"Old Ma, who is this girl? Is she a relative of yours?" Gao Cuifen asked curiously, "When did your family get such a beautiful relative? How come I've never seen one before?"
Guo Pozi, who had seen Jiang Ling at the door before, was a little confused. He pointed at Jiang Ling and said, "Auntie Ma, this girl is not... why did she come back with you?"
Ma Yulan waved her hand and said, "Oh! This is a long story!"
Gao Cuifen: "Then just keep it short!"
Ma Yulan: "Then I'll make it short. This girl's name is Jiang Ling. She's not my relative, but due to some unexpected reasons, she has to stay with us for a while. Okay, that's it. I'm going home to eat first. We'll talk about the rest after I finish eating."
After saying that, Ma Yulan took Shi's father and daughter and Jiang Ling directly into the main house.
This completely ruined Gao Cuifen's appetite. She pulled Guo Pozi, who had just spoken, and said, "Hey, Xiao Guo, I heard what you just said. Do you know this girl? Who is this girl? She's not a relative of Old Ma's. Why did Old Ma take her home?"
Gao Cuifen bombarded Guo Pozi with a series of questions, and he didn't know which one to answer first.
He curled his lips and said, "Aunt Gao, you've completely confused me. I just knew this girl was here for etiquette training, but she went to the wrong training center and ended up at our hospital. When Aunt Ma found out, she took her to the police station, but I don't know why they came back."
Gao Cuifen opened her eyes wide. "Miss of etiquette? Miss of etiquette for what?"
Guo Pozi: "I heard she was an etiquette lady for the Asian Games."
“Wow!”
Gao Cuifen was shocked: "The etiquette lady of the Asian Games is really impressive!"
"But that girl is really pretty. She has a good figure and good looks. Only someone like her can be an etiquette lady at the Asian Games!" she muttered to herself.
Li Xiuying curled her lips and rolled her eyes at Gao Cuifen: "Superficial!"
Gao Cuifen was unhappy. "How am I superficial? How am I superficial? That's the Asian Games! Such an important occasion! Those who can attend the Asian Games represent the image of our country. Isn't it just about choosing beautiful people?!"
Li Xiuying was furious, but she couldn't say anything to refute. She could only snort coldly and go home angrily.
After so many years of bickering with Li Xiuying, it was rare for Gao Cuifen to make Li Xiuying so angry that she was speechless. She laughed triumphantly and continued to gossip with Guo Pozi.
"Hey, Xiao Guo, you said that girl was looking for a training base, how did she find her way to our hospital?"
Guo Pozi: "Well, I don't know either. I heard from that girl that the address on the notice seemed to be written wrong."
"How can the address on the notice be written incorrectly?"
"It seems the person in charge of selecting the hostesses is not good enough!"
"That's right, you said this matter is..."
The big guys in the yard were gossiping loudly, but the people eating in the main room didn't hear their discussions.
Ma Yulan's family was also surprised that Jiang Ling was brought home, but after listening to Ma Yulan's account of what happened, everyone understood.
Jiang Ling is such a miserable girl, she was cheated by a liar.
Ma Yulan's eldest daughter-in-law, Deng Xia, also had a hot temper. She slammed her hand on the table and cursed loudly: "Swindlers are no good, they all deserve to die! This swindler is especially hateful! Not only did he cheat people out of their money and jobs, but he also made a beautiful young woman run all the way to Beijing by herself. What if something happens along the way?"
Her husband, Niu Xiaodong, said, "What if something goes wrong? Humph, scammers like them are heartless. They don't care whether anything happens to others or not. As long as they get the money, that's it."
Deng Xia: "This is truly utterly wicked! People like this who make such shady money will eventually get their comeuppance!"
Niu Xiaodong: "That's right, that's right!"
Deng Xia muttered a few words, then turned to look at Jiang Ling with a distressed look on her face and said, "Ling, you can rest assured to stay in our house for the time being. We all welcome you."
Niu Xiaodong nodded: "Well, welcome, welcome."
Shi Yue smiled and interrupted: "As a member of the courtyard, I also welcome you."
Jiang Ling's originally uneasy heart finally settled down at this moment. She smiled lightly and said, "Thank you."
Ma Yulan: "Alright, alright, stop thanking me and eat quickly. Jiang Ling, you're hungry, so eat quickly. Don't be polite."
She turned her head and said, "Shi Yue Xiaoqiu, you two should eat too. Don't be polite. Just treat this place as your own home!"
Shi Qiushui raised her head. Her little mouth was already stuffed full. She said incoherently, "Malailai, don't worry. My sister is being polite."
Ma Yulan smiled and said, "Okay, Xiaoqiu, you're welcome."
After the meal, both the host and the guests were very happy. Ma Yulan took Jiang Huan to clean up the room, while Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui took the initiative to say goodbye and go home.
When the two of them came out of Ma Yulan's house, people in the courtyard were still gossiping about Jiang Ling's identity as the etiquette lady. Shi Yue heard everyone's discussion and hurried forward to explain.
"Oh, Auntie, please don't mention the etiquette lady thing. That girl didn't become an etiquette lady. She was deceived by someone."
Gao Cuifen: "Were you cheated? What happened? Shi Yue, tell me."
Shi Qiushui answered first: "Grandma Gao, I'll tell you, I know what happened, it's like this..."
Shi Qiu Shui talked about the whole cause and effect of the matter, and everyone was very indignant after listening to it.
For ordinary people like them, scammers are the most hateful.
They worked so hard to earn some money, but the scammers took it all away in an instant. It's so despicable and immoral.
Li Xiuying: "This liar is despicable, but let's just talk about it in private. Don't tell Jiang Ling about it!"
The girl has been cheated out of her money and job, and has been brought to such a strange place. It's sad enough. If they keep mentioning this to her, aren't they deliberately trying to make her sad?
Everyone understood what Li Xiuying meant and nodded.
They won't do anything to hurt others.
Li Xiuying's eyes fell on Gao Cuifen beside her and she said deliberately, "Gao Cuifen, did you hear that?"
Gao Cuifen rolled her eyes: "I heard it!"
She said in a bad tone, "Li Xiuying, what do you mean? Why did you single me out? Am I such a clueless person in your heart?"
Li Xiuying: "What do you think? Haven't you done enough?"
"Hmph!" Gao Cuifen turned away in displeasure and went back to the house.
She and Li Xiuying each made the other angry and sent him back home today, so they were even.
Li Xiuying was of course the happiest to see Gao Cuifen return home. She continued chatting with everyone with a proud look in her eyes, while Shi Yue silently led Shi Qiu Shui home.
After entering the house, Shi Yue lazily leaned back on the sofa and casually instructed Shi Qiushui: "Xiao Qiu, turn on the TV for me. Switch it to that channel. It should be playing 'Desire' right now, right?"
Shi Qiushui: "Yeah, it should be on air now."
She quickly turned on the TV, but unfortunately, it was playing an advertisement: "Seagull Watches wishes the 11th Asian Games a success..."
Hearing the advertisement on TV, Shi Qiushui suddenly thought of something and turned her head: "Dad!"
Shi Yue: "Hey, what's wrong? Why did I call you dad?"
Shi Qiushui: "Dad, where's the money? Where's the prize money? Didn't you go to redeem your lottery tickets today? Where's the prize money?"
Then she remembered the bonus!
Shi Yue: "The bonus has been redeemed. I've received the money."
Shi Qiushui: "Where's the money? I want to see it!"
She was the one who bought the lottery ticket. It's bad enough that she couldn't go and claim the prize, but now she can't even see it. That's too much.
"Bonus?" Shi Yue pointed to the small box under the coffee table and said, "Look, it's in the passbook in that box. I deposited it all in there."
"Ah...it's been deposited? Then I won't look at it." Shi Qiu Shui wanted to see the bonus, the cash. What's so interesting about the cold numbers on the passbook? She didn't want to look at them.
Shi Yue glanced at the little girl and said, "Ten thousand yuan is not a small amount of money. Of course I deposited it in the bank after receiving it. Otherwise, if I take it back, wouldn't it be waiting for thieves to steal it?"
Shi Qiushui nodded: "That's right..."
She blinked her eyes and asked, "By the way, Dad, how much savings do we have now?"
Shi Yue: "There's a total of 70,000 yuan on the banknote, and there's a few thousand yuan in cash at home."
Shi Qiushui was stunned for a moment, then her eyes lit up. She covered her mouth and sighed softly, "That's a lot! How could our family have so much money so quickly?"
I remember when they first came here two months ago, the combined savings at home and in the bank were just over 10,000 yuan. Now it has increased several times over so quickly!
Shi Yue: "Actually, the bulk of it was contributed by your Uncle Yang's friend, Boss Gong."
He spent 50,000 yuan to buy the large blue and white porcelain jar that Shi Yue had bought.
Shi Qiushui nodded: "Uncle Gong is really a qualified sucker!"
Shi Yue raised his hand and tapped Shi Qiushui's forehead: "What nonsense are you talking about? How did you get taken advantage of? I didn't cheat your father. That jar is Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain. He paid 50,000 yuan for it and it wasn't a loss at all."
Shi Qiushui covered his mouth and laughed, "Hey, Dad, you're right. He didn't suffer any loss, but we still made a profit."
Shi Yue didn't say anything this time, just nodded.
The father and daughter didn't know at this moment that the Yuan blue and white porcelain they sold to Mr. Gong was actually far below the market price. They also didn't know that after Mr. Gong gave the jar to the partner, he successfully won the favor of the partner and successfully signed the deal.
"By the way." Shi Yue looked at Shi Qiushui who was still laughing foolishly and said, "Xiaoqiu, I plan to use the money I saved in the bank to buy a house."
Shi Qiushui's eyes widened instantly: "Buy a house? Dad, don't we already have a house to live in? Why do you want to buy a house? Do you want to move out?"
Shi Qiu Shui was very happy living in the slum and didn't want to move out at all.
Her big, watery eyes looked straight at Shi Yue: "Dad, let's just live here and not move away, okay? I can't bear to leave Grandma Ma, Grandma Li, Grandma Yao, Li Xi, and Zhao Ran."
Seeing the little girl about to cry, Shi Yue quickly said, "Stop! When did I say we were moving out?"
Shi Qiushui: "Ah? Didn't you say you wanted to buy a house?"
Shi Yue: "Yes, I am talking about buying a house, but only buying a house."
He said, "I just saw that housing prices were rising too fast. I figured the money would just sit there anyway, so I might as well use it to buy a house. If we don't live in it now, we can rent it out. When you grow up, we can decide whether to live there or sell it."
Shi Qiushui scratched his hair: "Ah, so that's how it is... Hehe, Dad, I misunderstood."
Shi Yue poked the little girl's face and said, "I haven't even finished talking yet, and you're already screaming?"
Shi Qiushui hugged Shi Yue's arm ingratiatingly and said, "Hey, Dad, I was wrong."
Shi Yue: "Hehe, I forgive you this time."
Shi Qiushui: "Dad, you are so nice~"
Shi Yue glanced at the little girl. His daughter just knew how to act cute.
Shi Qiushui chuckled and said, "Dad, tell me more about buying a house."
Shi Yue: "Well, this matter, what's there to say about this matter? It hasn't even started yet. I just suddenly came up with this idea today, and then I asked around, but there wasn't even a house I liked."
He paused and said, "But I must buy this house."
Originally, when he was at the bank, he just had a sudden idea and wanted to buy a house, but after a walk around this afternoon, he finally realized that he really had to buy this house and he had to buy it quickly.
Shi Yue: "I went out and asked around today, and I found out that house prices here are going up really fast. I heard that three years ago, in our area, you could get a studio in a tube-shaped building for a little over 10,000 yuan, but now it's at least 30,000 or 40,000 yuan. You said it's only been three years, and it's already doubled by 30,000 or 40,000 yuan, which is double every year! It's good to put our money in the bank, and we can earn interest, but with house prices rising so fast, no matter how much interest we earn, it won't keep up. Don't you think this makes sense?"
Shi Qiushui nodded seriously: "Dad, you are right. We must buy the house."
Shi Yue: "I'll try to recruit more people to inquire about the house these days. I'll ask a few more people. The one I asked today didn't work out. I guess I don't know much about it and asked for an exorbitant price."
Although I have to buy this house, I can't afford to lose money on it.
Shi Qiushui: "Yeah. Okay."
Shi Yue instructed: "If I go out, you have to stay at home well and be obedient. You can't skip meals and eat snacks secretly like before."
Shi Qiushui promised earnestly, "Don't worry, Dad. I will be obedient this time. Just go and find out about the house."
Shi Yue nodded and said, "Let me take a look first to see if there is anything suitable. If not, I will have to go to Panjiayuan again."
He actually wanted to buy a small yard, but after asking around today, he realized that the money he had was not enough to buy a yard. If he really wanted to save up enough money to buy a yard, he would probably have to exchange two or three real things for it, and selling them should be enough.
Shi Yue sighed and said, "Let's wait and see. I'll take a closer look."
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