Chapter 11 Dealing with "Garbage"
After arriving at school, Liu Xinghe found the school teacher and took away her high school diploma. After leaving the school, she bought a newspaper and put it away. Then she walked straight to a small house next to the school and knocked on the door. The one
who opened the door was Liu Xinghe's classmate, Zhang Ruoruo, who was the first good friend she met in the city. She and her brother depended on each other for survival and were the orphans of martyrs.
"Xinghe, please come in. Are you feeling better today?"
Zhang Ruoruo happily took Liu Xinghe's arm and invited her in.
"Your appearance a few days ago really scared me. Your face was pale. That family is really vicious. How could they treat you like this? I have some brown sugar here. Take it back to replenish your body when you leave."
"I feel much better now. I think I will have the strength to come to you today." Liu Xinghe smiled faintly and said directly, "I have something else to do with you and your brother today. Where is your brother? Is he at home?"
"He is playing with something in his room. You sit down first. I'll go call him."
Zhang Ruoruo helped Liu Xinghe sit on the chair, poured her a cup of tea, and went to call her brother Zhang Xiaojun.
Her brother is a truck driver on the surface, but secretly he is a black marketeer. In addition to working in the textile factory, Zhang Ruoruo also helps her brother with work in private. Her brother runs outside, and her sister does office work.
Only Liu Xinghe and Zhang Ruoruo knew this clearly because of their good relationship. No one else knew it. Both of them were loyal people.
Therefore, Liu Xinghe did not want to go to the black market, so it was most appropriate to come to Zhang Xiaojun and his sister. It was safe and convenient.
When Zhang Xiaojun came over, Liu Xinghe did not beat around the bush and said straight to the point:
"I came to you today to discuss business. You also know my family situation. I will go to the countryside soon. Now I want to get rid of all the things in my house. For example, this 90% new watch, how much do you think it is worth?"
Liu Xinghe took out the watch that the public security comrade had given her from Shen Qiang and handed it to Zhang Xiaojun.
Zhang Xiaojun put on his gloves and looked at the mechanical watch with great interest: "It's a Shanghai Diamond watch. It doesn't have any scratches. It's a good product. This is the one on Shen Qiang's hand. I can give you 120 yuan."
Liu Xinghe accepted the price, put down the water cup, stood up and said:
"Okay, let's go. I have a lady's watch that Shen Xi wore at home, as well as some cosmetics and other good things. You two brothers and sisters can go and take a look. Take whatever you can take and exchange for money. I guarantee that you two brothers will have a good trip."
"Okay, let's go. I'm looking forward to it. We want to recycle waste for the benefit of others and squeeze out the last bit of value from those three bad guys."
Zhang Ruoruo immediately agreed, took a half-pound piece of brown sugar and stuffed it into Liu Xinghe's arms without rejection, and walked out with her.
Zhang Xiaojun smiled dotingly at his sister's reaction, closed the door, and the two siblings followed Liu Xinghe home.
These two siblings are still okay, they can get along.
After returning home, Liu Xinghe opened the door of the three people's room, pointed to the several large bags of things packed inside and the furniture and other large items inside and said:
"These are all the things to be sold. You can choose them by yourselves and take whatever you like."
"Okay."
Zhang Ruoruo and Zhang Xiaojun went to the house and moved all the things to the yard to put them together for selection.
Liu Xinghe moved a small table to the yard, poured them tea, and sat beside them with a cup of tea to watch them choose.
"I'm jealous of Shen Xi. There are too many good things. I'm really ungrateful. They robbed you of 18 years of your life and are still so vicious. How can these people be so bad?" The more
Zhang Ruoruo picked things, the more sad she felt for her good friend. All these things that should have belonged to Xinghe were enjoyed by the turtledove that occupied the nest.
At the same time, she also felt the same way, and recalled what she and her brother had experienced in the past.
When her parents died, they also experienced the so-called stabbing in the back by relatives, the embezzlement of pensions and the seizure of houses. Fortunately, she and her brother stood up and fought hard to protect all of this.
Therefore, she can empathize with Xinghe and support all her practices.
"Who knows what those people's hearts are like." Liu Xinghe drank tea slowly. She had to drink slowly because her throat had not healed yet. It was fine at ordinary times, but it was really painful when swallowing.
"The complexity of human nature!" Zhang Xiaojun shook his head with emotion.
"Ah, we two sisters are really in the same boat."
Zhang Ruoruo sighed, then raised her head vigorously, looked at Liu Xinghe with a bright smile, and said with vigor:
"Come on, we sisters will never be defeated. The more muddy and bumpy the road is, the more beautifully we can get through it. We will definitely live more and more exciting and live a better life."
Liu Xinghe smiled and agreed with her words. She also knew about her sister's family.
In the period literature she had read before, her sister was the heroine in the period literature who fought against the extreme uncle's family and took back everything that belonged to her family. She killed the Buddha and the devil, became stronger when she met the strong, and lived her life positively after revenge, and worked hard to make money and career.
And Zhang Xiaojun is the brother who loves his sister.
So, she has to learn from Zhang Ruoruo and her brother and sister to be the heroine of her own life, defeat all obstacles, and face challenges head-on.
"Okay, let's work hard together, my good sisters, hurry up and choose things. Whether I can live a good life for a while depends on how well you collect these things. The Shen family's group of ungrateful people are still outside, eyeing us covetously."
"Okay, sister, don't worry about us brothers and sisters, we will make it comfortable for you."
Zhang Ruoruo buried her head in her work.
After looking at all the things, Zhang Xiaojun said, "You can take all these things away. Let's count the money."
"Okay."
Counting the money for each item one by one, it was really a lot of money. Liu Xinghe exchanged Shen Xi and Shen Qiang's watches, as well as the rags of the three members of the Shen family, for a total of 500 yuan.
The transaction was done on the spot, and both parties took the things they wanted and smiled happily.
After Zhang Ruoruo and his sister took all the things away, Xinghe felt much more comfortable looking at the three empty rooms.
This waste utilization is really good. The small treasury has increased by 500 yuan, plus Liu Xinghe's own savings of 150 yuan, and the current deposit is more than 3,350 yuan.
After collecting the money, Liu Xinghe looked at the yard again, thinking in his mind that he had to arrange this house properly. He couldn't sell it, and without planning, he could only rent it out.
And to rent it out, you have to find someone who has the ability to scare those who have evil thoughts and ideas, and who has good character and integrity.
After thinking about it, Liu Xinghe searched the memory in her mind, looking for someone who has the willingness and need to rent a house and meets the conditions.
Finally, the target was set on the comrades in the police station.
It seems that I have to find out the news from Mr. Zhang.
After Liu Xinghe thought about it, she looked at the time. It won’t be long before the news of the execution of the four people is made public. Time is running out, and she will take action as soon as she says. She went out again.
This time she went to the steel plant next door.
She found Mr. Zhang, chatted with him about family matters, and followed him into the steel plant.
Led by old man Zhang, Liu Xinghe went to the office of Director Wu of the union who had come to see her before.
Director Wu stood up and greeted her warmly when he saw her, and poured her tea: "Little sister Liu, come and sit down. Are you feeling well? Is there anything wrong?"
"Thanks to the care of the factory, I feel much better now. Thank you for your concern." Liu Xinghe bent down to take the tea.
"That's good. Sit down. Let's sit down and talk slowly."
Director Wu had been looking forward to Liu Xinghe coming to see her. She had said those words to her for this day. When this person came, she felt relieved and took the initiative to ask:
"Liu Xiaomei, are you here today to see Auntie for something? If you have any difficulties or needs, you can talk to Auntie. Auntie used to be friends with your mother. She will definitely help you within the scope of Auntie's ability."
Director Wu looked at her expectantly.
Liu Xinghe knew what Director Wu was thinking that day. It was nothing more than the matter of her job quota. After all, many people were watching.
It was because of this that she weighed the pros and cons and came to see Director Wu.
Director Wu has a little power and money. He is a bit cunning but a decent person. He has a pair of children at home, one of whom is unemployed and on the verge of going to the countryside. He has urgent needs and is one of the most suitable candidates.
She smiled at Director Wu and said,
"Auntie, I am not here to ask you for help today, but I have something good to ask you."
"Go ahead, Auntie, listen."
Director Wu was very happy to hear this. She guessed that it must be about work. She even thought about how much money she should quote at the beginning.