Chapter 3939 [Update 1]
Jiang Ning's first reaction when he saw the GG brand was: "Oh my god, there is such a good thing? Buy it!"
In her previous life, she worked within the system, so her salary and bonus were fixed. Even if her salary increased, the increase was limited. She had no other abilities, so she relied on her honesty and loyalty to her leader, becoming his confidant. Her leader trusted her, so she didn't dare to make any mistakes and was always honest. All her extra income came from writing.
She couldn't afford to buy a house in the first few years of her work. By the time she had a certain amount of savings to buy a house, her salary could not keep up with the soaring housing prices. Although she bought a house later and had a provident fund and no pressure, Jiang Ning was still very tempted when she saw the 6.2-meter-high floor and zero down payment.
It is probably difficult for girls born in the city to have her desire to have a house that completely belongs to her and to settle down.
Because I was born in the countryside, my parents' home is not my home, and my husband's home is not my home. When you quarrel with my husband's family and they tell you to get out, you don't know where to go and feel confused and helpless.
Although Jiang Ning had never experienced such a thing as being told to "get out" by her in-laws, she had seen it a lot since she was a child.
Especially after her grandfather passed away, she felt like she had no place to call home, and she felt lonely and lost as if she had been abandoned by the whole world.
She really wanted to have a house that belonged to her alone, a place where she could always go, a territory that belonged entirely to her and could not be invaded or hurt by anyone. It was a huge, safe, and solid shell where she could rest in peace.
Instead of the place where she trembled with fear when she mentioned it, afraid of being beaten at any time.
In her heart, that place had never been her home. She had countless nightmares of being trapped in that dark and frightening little house.
She quickly took out a pen and paper and wrote down the address on the GG card.
Jiang Ning found the staff at the train station and asked them which hospital was the most famous and best in Shanghai, saying that she wanted to take her grandfather there for a physical examination.
"That's much better. The Sixth Hospital, the Seventh Hospital, the Ninth Hospital. If you want to take your grandfather for a physical examination, then go to Huadong Hospital~" The staff at the train station knew a lot: "Huadong Hospital was just rated as a Class III Grade A hospital this year, so it is very good in our entire Shanghai~"
There are many good hospitals in Shanghai, but each hospital has different focuses. For example, Zhongshan Hospital is good at heart and liver, Huashan Hospital is good at dermatology and neurology, the Sixth Hospital is excellent at orthopedics, and East China Hospital is also very famous in Shanghai for geriatric medicine.
The staff at the train station recommended Huadong when they heard Jiang Ning said that he was taking his grandfather for a physical examination.
Jiang Ning decided immediately to go to East China.
Jiang Ning and Grandpa Jiang were wearing shabby clothes, and it was obvious that they were from the countryside.
The staff at the train station were afraid that they didn’t know how to take the bus, so they told them: “There are no buses now, so you can only take a taxi. Do you see the lights on the roofs of the buses? The ones with lights on are empty, and the ones without lights off are loaded with passengers. Just stop the ones with lights on!”
I also told them: "We just introduced IC card meters in Shanghai this year. You don't have to worry about taxi drivers overcharging you because you are from other places. We are strictly enforcing the rules now!"
Fearing that they didn't understand, he went over to stop a car for Jiang Ning and told the driver, "Take them to the guesthouse near Huadong Hospital." To prevent the driver from taking a detour, he also specifically told the driver how much it would cost to get to the vicinity of Huadong Hospital: "Don't pay more than this price."
The driver also smiled and said, "Don't worry, I guarantee that it will be delivered to you safely, and I won't charge you a penny more!"
The train station staff then closed the door and went back to work with a blank expression.
He was also very tired after working the night shift late at night.
Grandpa Jiang was brought to the big city by Jiang Ning. He was overwhelmed by the sight of tall buildings, colorful neon lights, clean roads, and speeding cars.
Hearing that they also wanted to take a car, Grandpa Jiang was afraid that he didn't have enough money and didn't dare to get in. Jiang Ning pushed him in and said, "Grandpa, don't worry. The organizer said that as long as you have the receipt, it can be reimbursed." She then said to the driver, "Master, when we get to the guesthouse, remember to give me the receipt."
When the driver heard that she could get the money back, he asked curiously, "Are you here in Shanghai for business?"
The driver spoke in Mandarin, which Grandpa Jiang understood. He boasted excitedly, "Yes, my eldest granddaughter won first prize for her composition and it was published in a magazine."
He speaks the dialect of their Shuibu Town. Not to mention people in Shanghai, even people from neighboring cities may not be able to understand him if he speaks too fast.
Jiang Ning translated for Grandpa and said it again in Mandarin. The driver understood and immediately smiled and praised Grandpa Jiang: "Your granddaughter has a promising future!"
Grandpa Jiang was so happy that he couldn't contain his joy. He couldn't stop smiling all the way and kept praising Jiang Ning in dialect.
The driver didn't understand what he was saying but kept agreeing with him. The two of them were talking at cross purposes but still had a pretty pleasant chat.
It was really that Grandpa Jiang was too excited, even more excited than when he was riding the train. He was so excited that he couldn't control his happy emotions at all and kept talking.
This is a car, and he has ridden in a car before. He has already thought about how he is going to brag about it to his old friends when he goes back.
His eldest granddaughter's composition won first prize and was published in a book. She also took him to the big city. The houses in the big city were so tall, and the lights were colorful and beautiful.
This is a completely different place from their small mountain village, and it is just as good as the educated youth said.
When getting off the car, the taxi driver tore off the invoice and gave it to Jiang Ning, "Here you go~"
Grandpa Jiang smiled and nodded repeatedly to thank him: "Yes, yes, but you must take it carefully and don't lose it."
He went to visit the guesthouse that Jiang Ning brought him to. When Jiang Ning was checking in at the front desk, he just sat there, looking around.
Everything here is so new to him.
The guesthouse is a bit old, probably an old guesthouse built in the past, but in Grandpa Jiang's eyes, it is the best place to live.
Jiang Ning only booked a standard room with two beds.
Grandpa Jiang felt the soft bed and the snow-white sheets on it and was a little afraid to sit on it.
"What if you make someone's bed dirty?"
"It's okay. Don't you have clean clothes? Grandpa, go in and take a shower and change into clean clothes first."
With the arrival of National Day, the weather is not so hot anymore. It may even feel a little chilly in the morning and evening, so you need to wear a thin coat.
Jiang Ning went into the bathroom, adjusted the water temperature, and told Grandpa Jiang what to do. There were also bath products for washing hair and taking a bath: "You can use all of these. They are all free. If you are worried about dirtying other people's white sheets, just use these to clean them."
Because Grandpa Jiang is old, it is inconvenient for him to fetch water in the mountains, so he takes a bath every day by using a linen towel and a basin of water to scrub his body. When it is hotter, he goes to the mountain stream and scrubs himself with the towel.
But he was very happy to use these new gadgets that he had never seen before. These were things he could brag about to his old friends when he returned.
His old friends would sit under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village all day long and brag and chat. One of them said that his son took him to a state-owned restaurant and had some delicious food, and how good the chef's skills were in the state-owned restaurant and how delicious the dishes were. They boasted as if they had eaten a state banquet.
Or they would brag about how their daughter took them to some shopping mall and how good and expensive the clothes there were, and they would buy them the clothes, but they refused.
Tsk~
His eldest granddaughter won first prize in her composition and brought him to Shanghai!
Grandpa Jiang was alone in the bathroom. The more he thought about it, the better it became. He wished he could go back to Jiangjia Village immediately, go under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village, and brag to his old friends.
After Jiang Ning helped him adjust the water temperature, he tried to adjust the temperature himself. It turned out that the left side was hot water, the right side was cold water, and the middle was warm water.
The small tiles on the wall are colorful.
The floor is also covered with tiles, there is no dust at all, it is spotlessly clean.
There is also a toilet, and everything is clean after a flush.
Later, Grandpa Jiang went back and described it to his old friends: "The ground in big cities is clean, cleaner than you can lick it with your tongue, and the toilets are snow-white and clean!" He proudly asked his old friends: "Do you know what a toilet is?"
After taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, Grandpa Jiang walked out happily with his back hunched and his hands behind his back. Jiang Ning settled Grandpa down and went to take a shower herself. She also washed the clothes that the two had taken off and hung them outside to dry.
The clothes of Jiang Ning and Grandpa Jiang are both very worn out, especially Grandpa Jiang's. He doesn't know how to mend clothes, and neither does Grandma Jiang. When their clothes are torn, they can only poke them clumsily with a sewing needle. He doesn't care whether the sewing is good or not, as long as they can be worn.
So most of his clothes are crooked. When Jiang Ning was a child, he dressed Jiang Ning in the same way, putting the front to the back and the back to the front. Anyway, the main point is that as long as you don't get cold when you wear it, it's fine.
Jiang Ning's clothes are the biggest, just like a child wearing adult clothes, and the smaller ones are very small. She has worn them for many years and continues to wear them even when they are too small.
These kinds of clothes are usually the few good clothes without any patches that Jiang Ning can take out. Even if they are too small, Jiang Ning is still reluctant to put them away and keeps them to wear.
The bed in the guesthouse was too soft, and Grandpa Jiang slept very uncomfortably. He tossed and turned until two or three in the morning before he fell asleep. When he woke up in the morning, he had a sore back and felt very uncomfortable.
But he said nothing, still with his hands behind his back, like an old turtle carrying its shell, following Jiang Ning slowly.
Seeing that Jiang Ning took him to the hospital instead of going to receive the award, Grandpa Jiang asked: "Didn't you say you would receive the award this morning?"
Jiang Ning said, "I called the organizer this morning. When they heard that I only had two days off left and had to go back to Wucheng tomorrow, they told me to come to the hospital for a physical examination and transfer the prize money directly to my bank account. I should keep the physical examination form at the hospital and send it to them when the time comes. They can just transfer the money directly."
Grandpa Jiang thought worriedly, could it be that his eldest granddaughter was deceived?
But he didn't dare say it out loud, for fear of undermining his eldest granddaughter's self-confidence.
He hesitated for a long time, but still didn't say anything. He just pulled his eldest granddaughter's wrist and said, "I still won't do any physical examinations. Just check yourself."
Jiang Ning took out a stack of money from her bag and quietly put it into Grandpa Jiang's hand, asking Grandpa Jiang to quickly hide it in his pocket to prevent thieves from seeing it and stealing it.
She whispered to Grandpa Jiang, "Grandpa, if the school hadn't asked us to participate in this competition, and my composition had been published, I would still be afraid of encountering a liar. How can there be such a high prize for a composition? One thousand yuan? I am afraid to come alone, afraid that it is fake and I will encounter a liar. I dare not come to receive the prize, but I can't bear to part with the one thousand yuan. That's why I want Grandpa to come with me. With Grandpa here, I am not afraid."
She said: "I didn't expect that when I called the organizer this morning and told them that I only had two days off and would be back tomorrow, the organizer took into consideration that I was from another city and it was not easy for me to come to Shanghai, so they told me that I didn't have to travel a long way to receive the award, and I could just go to the hospital for a physical examination. The award certificate would be mailed to my school, and they also deposited the prize money directly into my savings account. When I went to the bank this morning, I saw that I had so much money!"
Jiang Ning pretended to be moved to tears and wiped away the non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes. "The leaders of the Shanghai government are so good. They don't engage in any fancy formalism at all. They really take into account the most practical needs of us students."
Grandpa Jiang: ...
Grandpa Jiang originally suspected that his eldest granddaughter might have been cheated, but the money was real.
Which scammer would transfer money directly without even showing his face?
Grandpa Jiang believed it and sighed, "Otherwise why are they leaders of big cities?" He looked at this prosperous metropolis and sighed in his heart, no wonder they could develop Shanghai so well, the leaders of big cities do things differently, everything is based on the needs of the grassroots ordinary people.
Grandpa Jiang was also moved to tears.
Afterwards, I took Grandpa Jiang to the physical examination, and everything went very smoothly. There weren't so many people doing physical examinations these days, and there was no need to queue. They hadn't eaten breakfast in the morning, so the physical examination was quick on an empty stomach.
Grandpa Jiang had no doubt that these could all be reimbursed, but he held the receipts tightly along the way, for fear of losing one.
This is all money.
With this 1,000 yuan bonus and his salary at the end of the year, it is enough to pay for his eldest granddaughter's tuition for the next semester, the semester after the next, and the semester after the next.
Thinking of this, the heavy weight that had been pressing on his head suddenly became lighter, and even his pace seemed to be much lighter.
The physical examination report did not come out so quickly. Jiang Ning's vacation was limited, so he had to leave tomorrow. They also had to attend evening self-study classes in the evening, so taking the train was definitely not an option. They could only take a bus directly to Wucheng.
Taking a car is much faster than taking a train. If we leave at noon, we can also find a place for grandpa to stay.
After the physical examination, Jiang Ning took Grandpa Jiang to have lunch, sent Grandpa Jiang back to the guesthouse, and told Grandpa Jiang that she was going to the municipal government. She said that this competition was co-organized by the Shanghai Municipal Government and the organizer, and she wanted to go to the municipal government to sign to indicate that she had received the prize money.
"These bonuses are all issued by the government. If you don't sign, people will think they were embezzled."
Grandpa Jiang no longer had any doubts about Jiang Ning's winning the award for his composition. He was even less worried when Jiang Ning said she was going to the municipal government. How could there be bad people in the government? Wouldn't that be as safe as the Public Security Bureau?
"Go, go, don't worry about me. I'm so old, how could I get lost?" Grandpa Jiang just wanted to take a good look at this prosperous metropolis from the door of the guesthouse.
He felt that Shanghai was better than what the educated youth from Shanghai who came to their brigade to work in the countryside said, and the leaders of Shanghai were also better.
Jiang Ning quickly took a taxi with her schoolbag on her back and went to the address written on the GG sign at the train station.
Uh...it really is a place where neither chickens lay eggs nor birds poop.
It was a completely undeveloped land with only a few buildings standing there alone. There were also construction teams working around and building houses.
Jiang Ning went straight to the sales office. Before he got inside, a salesperson came to greet him. When he saw that it was a young girl in shabby clothes, his excitement suddenly dimmed. He asked her listlessly, "Are you here to look for someone?" He pointed to the construction team and said, "If you are looking for someone, go over there."
He thought she had a family member working on the construction site moving bricks.
Jiang Ning was looking at the houses that had already been built, and smiled at the salesperson: "I'm here to buy a house."
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