Chapter 92 Arrival at Jiangcheng
"Aunt, my mother told me that I must pay you back when I make money. I must remember how kind you are to our family. If I can't pay you back all at once, I can pay you back bit by bit.
She also said that if I rely on myself, it will take a long time to repay the money. If I have the ability, I will pay you more interest. If not, at least I have to pay back the principal. This is also my mother's wish. She has always been thinking about your kindness, and so have I.
It felt much easier after she said it. Zhao Xiaojing tried hard to look up at the ceiling, not wanting the tears that were about to fall.
"Aunt, I'm much better off now than my mom was back then. I don't have a child who has to study hard and spend a lot of money, and the work I do is much easier than she did back then. I'm already very content.
The extra 20,000 yuan in interest may not be a big deal to you, but it is the wish of my mother and me. She would be very happy to see this in heaven. She would be very happy to know that I have the ability to pay back the extra 20,000 yuan.
Zhao Xiaojing's tears finally fell from her eyes. She sighed and wiped them gently with her lips pursed.
Dong Mei kept turning her head to stare at Zhao Xiaojing for a long time, keeping her mouth tightly closed and controlling her trembling jaw.
She was not careful enough. She had wondered about this before. Her sister used to have a formal job and worked in the factory for so many years. She was given gifts during the New Year holidays. She should have saved some money. How could she have lost it all when she got sick?
She had clearly noticed that her neighbor who also worked at the cotton mill had distributed holiday supplies at the same time, but her sister's family had nothing to give; she had clearly claimed to be working three shifts, but her sister's rest time was always inconsistent...
She didn't give her sister enough care!
Dong Mei turned her back and began to tremble uncontrollably, tears and snot streaming down her face.
Zhao Xiaojing gently took the paper and handed it over.
"I don't know... I really didn't know she was like this... I've always wondered why you sold all the houses..." Dong Mei spoke with difficulty, feeling uncontrollable guilt.
"Aunt, this isn't your fault. Don't blame yourself. You've already helped us a lot. If it weren't for you, Mom's late-stage treatment wouldn't have been possible, and I wouldn't have been able to grow up healthily after Mom passed away."
I told you this just to express that setting up a stall is not a shameful thing for us. My mother will support me if she knows. I don’t want to make you sad…”
Zhao Xiaojing held Dong Mei's arm and kept explaining.
It took a long time for Dong Mei to calm down. With red eyes, she returned to her usual serious and stern expression.
"You can go to Jiangcheng. Since you've said so, I have no reason to stop you. But you have to tell me where you are and what happens when you get there.
You have to tell the truth and stop lying to me like your mother did!" Dong Mei paused and added, her eyes filling with tears again.
"Aunt, I get it. I just don't want to lie to you, so I'm telling you these trivial things."
Zhao Xiaojing finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although Dong Mei still had a stern face and was reluctant, she felt relieved that she had finally agreed to her going to Jiangcheng.
When they reached the door, Dong Mei handed over two large bags of food placed at the entrance, saying that she had bought them early in the morning and asked Zhao Xiaojing and the others to take them with them on the road.
Zhao Xiaojing lowered her head and took it, feeling an indescribable complexity in her heart.
[Ding~]
[Main Mission: Pay off 80,000 yuan within 114 days.]
【Mission Completed】
[Congratulations on obtaining system gold x2000, cash x20000, and experience x5000.]
[This task was completed in excess, and the reward is 28,888 yuan in cash. ]
Then came another text message reminder that 48,888 yuan in cash had arrived.
Zhao Xiaojing, who was just going downstairs, quickly opened her cell phone and looked again and again at the text message of nearly 50,000 yuan arriving.
She had just paid out 100,000, and the system gave her 50,000 back the next time! Although the tasks were getting harder and harder, the rewards were also getting more generous.
Zhao Xiaojing felt that her whole body suddenly became light, and the weight of 80,000 yuan that weighed on her heart finally dissipated. At this moment, she also completely gained the right to be herself again.
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The next morning, Zhao Xiaojing and Su Yuchen set off on their journey.
Zhao Xiaojing had already informed the landlord in advance that she was going to check out. She returned the keys before leaving and got the deposit back. Then she officially said goodbye to the small room she had rented for five years.
It takes four hours to get from Yangcheng to Jiangcheng. The long train ride made everyone drowsy. In order to carry less things, the two of them ate a lot of snacks bought by Dong Mei along the way.
It was already afternoon when we arrived in Jiangcheng. The average temperature in Jiangcheng was much higher than that in Yangcheng. As soon as we got off the car, we both broke out in sweat.
It takes two subway transfers to get to where Su Yuchen lives. Zhao Xiaojing changed trains in a daze, got on and off the train, and then walked against the sun for more than ten minutes before finally arriving.
As soon as the door was opened, a wave of hot air rushed in like a steamer. Su Yuchen quickly opened the window to let out the air, and only turned on the air conditioner after a while.
The rental house where Su Yuchen lived was a bit similar to Zhao Xiaojing's previous one. It was also a private house, but it looked much newer than Zhao Xiaojing's, and the rooms were also bigger than Zhao Xiaojing's.
Although it is a one-bedroom apartment, it has its own small kitchen, which is much better than Zhao Xiaojing's previous landlord who casually installed a range hood and placed an induction cooker on a stool.
The room is fully equipped with air conditioning, refrigerator and washing machine.
"It's hot, isn't it? This damn city is like this, freezing cold in the winter and scorching hot in the summer. I used to go to school here, and there was no air conditioning in the summer. We were forced to roll up our mats and sleep on the roof!"
Su Yuchen said as he fanned himself with a fan.
Jiangcheng is the provincial capital and a gathering place for universities. Basically, people from the province who do not go out of the province to study go here.
"It's really hot. I didn't even feel like I needed air conditioning in Yangcheng before. If Yangcheng is like here, my rental house without air conditioning really can't stand it."
Zhao Xiaojing wiped the sweat from her forehead and sent a message to Dong Mei to let her know she was safe, feeling dizzy from the heat.
"Can I take you out for a walk in the evening? In this temperature, we can only go to the mall."
Su Yuchen asked, and Zhao Xiaojing nodded frantically in agreement.
"Comb, how is your guitar learning going?" After the cool air subsided, Zhao Xiaojing began to look around at Su Yuchen's messy things, and immediately saw the natural wood guitar leaning against the wall behind the clothes hanger.
"I can only say I'm just getting started. I was working overtime and couldn't find time to learn, so I've only learned a few songs here and there. They say guitar is the easiest instrument to get started with, but it took me a long time to even get started." Su Yuchen shook his head, looking at the guitar with a dim look in his eyes. "Can you play a song?"
"Okay!" Zhao Xiaojing immediately sat up straight, and Su Yuchen picked up the guitar to tune it.
"This is a show without an end, with all its absurdity and madness
Like a child, full of sorrow, sleeping soundly on the earth..."
As soon as the song came out, Zhao Xiaojing was stunned.
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