"Yingying, come and read the newspaper!"
Dad Du Shuisheng rushed into the house with a newspaper.
"Dad, what's wrong? You look so flustered."
Du Shuisheng handed the newspaper to Du Wanying: "Look."
Du Wanying took the newspaper and saw that it was a copy of the People's Daily. On the third article on the front page, there was a headline clearly printed.
16-Year-Old Girl Saves Millions of Lives—She is Called the Most Beautiful Goddess
Below the title was her photo. She was wearing a big red flower, and her face showed the shyness unique to young girls, but also a hint of fatigue.
This photo was taken before the celebration meeting after the earthquake. At that time, Du Wanying had to provide psychological counseling to people every day. Even though she had spiritual spring water to restore her physical strength, she could not fake her mental fatigue.
Du Wanying took the newspaper and read it carefully. It said that she invented the earthquake-proof bed before the earthquake and spared no effort to promote it. After the earthquake, she actively participated in the rescue and provided psychological counseling to thousands of people.
In short, she was praised as a rare figure in heaven and on earth.
"My Yingying has made it big! This is the People's Daily!"
Du Shuisheng was so happy that he was spinning around on the spot. He was even happier than the last time Du Wanying attended the celebration meeting. After all, the mainstream media nowadays is newspapers.
This is equivalent to appearing on TV in a few years. To put it more exaggeratedly, this matter is enough to be written into the family tree.
"No, no, I need to go out for a walk." Father Du snatched the newspaper. It was obvious that he was going to show off to his old friends.
In the evening, the whole family gathered together and had a big meal to celebrate Du Wanying's appearance in the newspaper.
As the main character, Du Wanying did not eat the ready-made food, but still acted as a chef as usual. There was no way she could cook the best.
"Yingying, congratulations, you've done a great job and are the pride of our Du family. You brothers should learn from Yingying."
"Little sister, congratulations!"
"Congratulations, little sister!"
Grandpa and dad, who usually don't drink much, filled their glasses with wine today, and my brothers were also allowed to drink.
After such a night, except for the women who didn't drink, all the men were drunk. It was destined to be a sleepless night...
The very next day, the Hong Kong City Daily also reprinted the article. For a time, Du Wanying's image spread throughout the streets and alleys.
In the past, people only knew the name but didn’t know what the person looked like. This time, when Du Wanying’s photo was published in the newspaper, people realized that the “living Bodhisattva” they thanked day and night was actually just a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old.
Nowadays, Du Wanying is recognized by many people when she walks on the street.
"Hey, isn't this Comrade Xiao Du? Come over to my house and have a seat and some water."
"Sister Yingying, these are the eggs my mother cooked for you."
"Hey, Comrade Du, these are vegetables I grew at home. Take them home and eat them. They're very fresh!"
"This is the cake my brother brought back from the capital. Comrade Du, please try it."
Du Wanying just went out for a walk, and scenes like this kept happening. In the end, Du Wanying had no choice but to run back home as if escaping.
At this moment, Du Wanying finally understood the saying, "People are afraid of being famous, just like pigs are afraid of being fat."
Nowadays, the Du family often finds the doorway filled with vegetables and fruits. They even received a few pairs of hand-knitted cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles. I don’t know which old lady sewed them stitch by stitch.
Today is the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. Du Wanying got up early in the morning to prepare New Year's goods.
Originally, she didn't want to buy it on the black market, but her mother had to follow her. She couldn't take it out of the space in front of her mother, right?
But as long as my mother is happy, it's fine. I've had more money recently, not only from the government subsidies and the factory salary, but also from my translation work. So I'll go shopping with my mother.
With the fame gained from the previous newspaper publicity, Du Wanying no longer needs to bargain no matter where she goes to buy things. The seller will definitely give her the lowest price. Because even if the seller does not know Du Wanying, there is always someone to introduce her. Often, when the seller hears that this is Du Wanying, he will directly reduce the price or even give the item away for free.
Of course, Du Wanying was unwilling to accept it for free, after all, everyone earned their money through hard work.
Fortunately, she still knew the approximate market price, but buying things was a bit troublesome, and most of the time she had to just leave the money and run.
Du Wanying accompanied her mother shopping for the whole morning and bought a lot of chickens, ducks, meat, eggs, and even a lot of seafood. However, the mother and daughter really didn't know where to start looking at all the bags.
Just when they were worrying, the big brother who was selling cabbages nearby also saw the difficulties of the mother and daughter and insisted on taking them home on a flatbed cart.
It was hard to refuse the kindness, but he really couldn't afford it. Finally, at Du Wanying's insistence, the vegetable seller accepted 20 cents for the fare.
The mother and daughter rushed to their new home with the vegetable seller, but before they even entered the door, they were stopped by a group of middle-aged women gathered at the gate.
"Wanying, take your mother and don't go home yet!"
"Aunt Du, can you take Wanying out for a walk first?"
"That's right, I've never seen anyone so shameless!"
"Wait, I've already sent someone to call the police!"
"How did such a person survive? How shameless!"
The chattering of the crowd left the Du family mother and daughter completely bewildered. They hurriedly asked what was going on. They couldn't understand what everyone was saying.
She's just a shameless person trying to blackmail people! Wanying, don't pay any attention to her! "
"What do you mean by shameless? What do you mean by blackmail?"
Du Wanying still hasn't understood what happened!"
"Oh, that crazy woman is here! Wanying, come with me and hide at my house!"
An older woman in a blue cloth coat reached out to pull Du Wanying, but Du Wanying didn't follow her because she saw someone walking towards her from the community through the gap in the crowd.
This is a woman who is about forty or fifty years old. She is wearing a navy blue cotton jacket, black pants, and cotton shoes made of velvet fabric that she made herself. She is holding two children, both boys, in her hands, one on each side.
As for the fact that the three people had hemp ropes tied around their heads, Du Wanying did not find it strange. After this horrific disaster, almost every family had lost a relative.
What threat could a middle-aged woman dressed like this with two children pose to him?
Why does everyone keep carrying her around and asking her to hide?
Du Wanying didn't want to hide. It was not in her character to hide when encountering problems. Most of the things, no matter how much she hid, would eventually fall on her head.
Therefore, Du Wanying stood there without moving, waiting quietly for the middle-aged woman to come over.
During this time, the mother kept holding Du Wanying's hand and stood a little closer to her, even though Du Wanying could clearly feel that her mother's palms were full of sweat.
But at this moment, she put Du Wanying behind her without hesitation.
Soon, the oncoming woman also saw Du Wanying in the crowd. She took out a newspaper and carefully compared it with the newspaper. Then she rushed towards Du Wanying like crazy, shouting, "Du Wanying, give me back my husband's life!"
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