one thousand yuan
Early on Saturday morning, Jiang Zhizhi accompanied Cheng Yuping to the morning market to purchase goods. It was almost dawn and the weather was still a little cold during the Spring Equinox. She wore a pastel-colored jacket and curled up in a corner of the pedal tricycle, holding an English book and memorizing words.
The cool wind blew across her skinny body, and the faint morning light was cut through the leaves of the tree-lined avenue and fell into her messy hair.
Jiang Zhizhi was serious and pious, not affected by the traffic around her at all. She quickly memorized the words from the two units. She closed the book, took a deep breath, and looked up at the sky.
The snow-white clouds reflected the blue sky, retreating little by little.
Jiang Zhizhi couldn't remember how long it had been since she had looked at the sky. At this moment, the morning breeze was blowing, and she was sitting in the truck bed looking at the sky, her heart filled with peace.
After an unknown amount of time, the tricycle stopped and they had arrived at the gate of the wholesale market.
The environmental sanitation here is not good, with garbage, discarded rotten fruits and rotten vegetable leaves everywhere.
But this is the busiest place in the entire Dongxin District in the morning. Many vendors come here to purchase goods and then disperse to various places to sell them throughout the day.
Cheng Yuping pushed her tricycle in the morning market, picked and chose, and finally bought a cart of apples.
The original purchase price was one yuan per catty, but Cheng Yuping spent most of the day negotiating and lowered the price to eighty cents per catty.
The retail market price is one dollar and fifty cents, so after buying this truck, I only make a few dozen dollars.
Jiang Zhizhi followed Cheng Yuping and carried ten large bags of apples onto the tricycle.
Today is a holiday and there are no students in the school. Cheng Yuping rides her tricycle to the commercial city to set up a stall.
"Mom, I made an appointment with my classmates to go to the library today." Jiang Zhizhi said casually while placing the apple on the board for Cheng Yuping.
She was not going to the library, but to learn Taekwondo. However, she had no way to explain the tuition fee to Cheng Yuping for the time being, so she had to lie.
When Cheng Yuping heard that they were going to the library, she supported them without hesitation, "Go ahead, Mom doesn't need your help here. Go read more books and have fun with your classmates."
"Where are you going to set up your stall tonight?" Jiang Zhizhi asked.
"Let's go to the stadium."
Jiang Zhizhi smiled and said coquettishly, "Then I'll go to the stadium to find you tonight. You have to wait for me."
Last night, she splashed Feng Mei with feces. Although they had no evidence, they could definitely guess that it was her who did it. She might come to cause trouble for them at night. Jiang Zhizhi couldn't let Cheng Yuping face it alone.
"Okay, Mom will wait for you."
Zhizhi has become much closer to her these days, and Cheng Yuping feels warm in her heart.
After arranging the apples, Jiang Zhizhi picked up her schoolbag and prepared to leave.
"Zhizi..." Cheng Yuping suddenly called her, looking hesitant.
"Mom, what's wrong? Is there anything else?" Jiang Zhizhi turned around and asked.
Cheng Yuping moved her lips for a while before she said, "The money at home...save it."
She is busy every day, but she has only saved a little money so far.
Jiang Zhizhi had said before that she would take care of the money, but Cheng Yuping was still a little worried because she was so young.
She wanted to take it back, but Jiang Zhizhi was right. If the money was in her hands, Jiang Guozhong would snatch it away.
After hesitating, I had no choice but to say this.
Jiang Zhizhi saw Cheng Yuping's concerns and grinned, "Don't worry, Mom, I won't spend this money. When you and Jiang Guozhong divorce, I will return the money to you intact."
Hearing Jiang Zhizhi say this, Cheng Yuping finally breathed a sigh of relief and then instructed: "You still have to buy the things you need to buy, just don't be too extravagant."
Jiang Zhizhi nodded in agreement and left the trade city.
She spent one dollar to take the bus to the Taekwondo gym, found a secluded alley and withdrew three thousand dollars from the system account.
After withdrawing the three thousand yuan, there was not a penny left in the account.
She entered the Taekwondo gym, and the beautiful young woman she had met before just walked out. She was wearing a black and white Taekwondo uniform, with a neat ponytail tied behind her head, looking sunny and pretty.
The young woman recognized Jiang Zhizhi immediately. She smiled and leaned forward slightly, very kindly, "Little sister, you are here again? Did you bring your parents here today?"
"I have money. Can I sign up myself?" Jiang Zhizhi was as mature as an adult.
The young woman was surprised for a moment, "You want to sign up yourself? Aren't your parents here?"
"My mother gave me the money and asked me to register myself. She was very busy at work and didn't have time," said Jiang Zhizhi.
"What about your father?"
"He's dead." Jiang Zhizhi said coldly.
The young woman's expression froze for a moment, but she soon smiled again. "It's amazing that my sister, at such a young age, can sign up for classes on her own."
Jiang Zhizhi looked at her and said, "I'm already eleven years old."
The young woman couldn't help but sigh in her heart that children from single-parent families are precocious and look like little adults.
"Okay, I'll take you to register and pay the fee. What's your name?"
"Jiang Zhizhi."
"My name is Lina, you can just call me Sister Lina. I'm the substitute coach here."
"Good coach."
After paying the fee, Zhou Lina took Jiang Zhizhi to the training room. There were more than twenty students in the class, who were doing warm-up exercises under the guidance of a male coach. They were sweating profusely, jumping and panting.
"Coach Fang, there's a new student."
Coach Fang Hai looks to be about 26 or 27 years old, about 1.8 meters tall. The black and white Taekwondo uniform makes his waist look thin and his legs look long, but he is not thin. The lines of his arms under the gathered sleeves are full and smooth, full of strength. He has a short haircut, which makes him look more energetic and capable.
Fang Hai waved to Jiang Zhizhi. "It just so happens that there's a new kid in the class who doesn't have any teammates to train with. What's your name?"
"Jiang Zhizhi." Jiang Zhizhi walked over.
Fang Hai called out to one of the students, "Lu Xiye, come here."
When Jiang Zhizhi appeared at the door, Lu Xiye was stunned.
He was new and had no teammates to train with, so for the time being he could only do kicking training alone.
He stood there in a daze, his thick eyelashes making his pupils appear even darker. Fine beads of sweat oozed from his honey-colored skin, gathering and sliding down his collarbone, soaking his Taoist robe.
The sunlight coming in from the window was like a layer of gold sprinkled on his skin, making him particularly dazzling among this group of young men in training.
He blinked, and it took him a while to realize that the person who came in was really Jiang Zhizhi.
"What are you standing there for? Come here quickly." Fang Hai urged.
Lu Xiye had no choice but to walk to the front, his face slightly red, and pointed at Jiang Zhizhi and said dissatisfiedly: "She is a woman, how can she be in the same team with me? I can knock her down with one punch."
"The two of you will team up temporarily. We'll assign you guys when the new students arrive." Fang Hai said, and let them go inside. "You came early, so take her to get familiar with the place first. A simple warm-up, and we'll get started later."
Jiang Zhizhi never expected that Lu Xiye was also here.
In her previous life, she didn't spend much time with this person. Except for being bullied by him when she first entered junior high school, she never saw him again after school.
I didn't expect that he actually learned Taekwondo, and here.
If she had known she would meet him, Jiang Zhizhi would definitely not have chosen this place, but now the money has been paid and there is no room for regret.
Jiang Zhizhi believes in making the best use of everything, especially money.
"Sorry to bother you." Although she didn't like this person, she still said politely.
Lu Xiye glanced at Jiang Zhizhi and hummed reluctantly, "Come here."
The training lasted a whole day. There were not many students here, and new students were added in at any time. Many of them had different progress.
In the morning, Jiang Zhizhi first familiarized herself with the training progress and basic Taekwondo etiquette.
During the break after class at twelve o'clock, she went to a nearby place to buy two vegetable pancakes, and came back early, sitting in the stairwell, reading a book and eating the pancakes.
She now had no money left except for the more than 800 yuan from Cheng Yuping.
She needs to read more books and make more money.
The price of the special medicine is one million, but she only has two years, more than 700 days.
Even if you earn a thousand yuan a day from reading books, you can only make more than 700,000 yuan.
She had to do her best and not waste a minute.
"Jiang Zhizhi."
She was watching intently when a voice suddenly came from behind her.
She looked back and saw Lu Xiye.
To be honest, she didn't want to pay attention to him.
But they are classmates and now teammates in the same training class. In the morning, Lu Xiye also told her about the training progress and etiquette. It would be unreasonable to ignore him.
"Is there something wrong?" She tried her best to make her tone less cold.
Lu Xiye asked hesitantly, "Did your family ask you to learn Taekwondo?"
Jiang Zhizhi's family is obviously very poor, but she can use the computer and can also sign up for Taekwondo classes.
He was puzzled.
"Yes." Jiang Zhizhi nodded.
"Isn't your family very poor? How can you afford to enroll you in Taekwondo classes?" Lu Xiye asked his question directly.
Jiang Zhizhi frowned, "Poor people are not worthy of learning Taekwondo?"
"Not really." Lu Xiye curled his lips. "Why do you, a girl, want to learn Taekwondo? You should learn dancing like Lin Qingyu."
"Why can't girls learn Taekwondo? Isn't Coach Lina a girl?" Jiang Zhizhi said impatiently, "If you have nothing to do, don't bother me. I'm reading."
As she spoke, she buried her head in the book again.
Lu Xiye was choked up, and he looked at Jiang Zhizhi, who was sitting there absorbed in her reading. What had he done to offend this guy? Why did he seem so aggressive every time he spoke to him these past few days?
In the evening, Jiang Zhizhi went to the stadium to meet Cheng Yuping. When they returned home, Jiang Guozhong's leg injury might not have healed yet, so he and Feng Mei did not bother them.
In a blink of an eye, it was Wednesday, the second mock exam.
Jiang Zhizhi has reviewed the three subjects of Chinese, math and English, and can do the questions with ease.
What surprised Jiang Zhizhi even more was that because she had been reading books desperately these days, she was very adept at writing the composition and finished it quickly and fluently. When she looked back, she was very surprised that she could write such beautiful sentences.
After the three exams, the last two periods were for self-study. Jiang Zhizhi had already read all the books in the book corner in the past few days, and there were no books worth reading in the bookstore.
After thinking about it, she wrote a note and handed it to her teacher, preparing to go to the library tomorrow.
After school, Jiang Zhizhi was packing her schoolbag when suddenly two books fell on her desk.
"Have you finished reading all the books in the library? I brought you two from home." Xu Qingbo sat sideways on a stool and asked tentatively, "How did you do on the test? Did you get over 250?"
Jiang Zhizhi smiled and took the book that Xu Qingbo brought, "It should be possible..."
"Ding—the system detects that the book the host is touching is the children's edition of A Brief History of Time, with an SS-level reading value. Upon first reading this book, you will receive a bonus of 1,000 yuan."
A familiar electronic sound rang in Jiang Zhizhi's ears. She didn't take it seriously at first, but was stunned when she heard that the prize was 1,000 yuan.
1,000 yuan?!
SS level!
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