Chapter 7 Stocking up. Checking available balance
Chu An sat on the sofa in the living room and entered a string of phone numbers into her mobile phone. Her address book only contained numbers for plumbers, sewer cleaners and a few unimportant numbers. She memorized all the others.
Soon, the mechanical female voice on the other end of the line said that the phone was out of service, and she shouldn't have held out any hope.
She didn't know where Lao Chu worked or when he would come back, but she would receive a transfer every few months, sometimes a few thousand and sometimes tens of thousands.
In the past, it was Lao Chu who took the initiative to contact her, about once a month, and the mobile phone number was different each time.
Every time she asked, the topic was changed. After a long time, she stopped asking. Anyway, people who grew up in urban villages have strong vitality, and she believes in Lao Chu's extraordinary survival ability.
Of course, the most important thing is that she really can't do anything.
The next person to be notified was Mou Ci, the son of Lao Chu's last mistress. He was nine years older than her and the only brother she acknowledged.
Mou Ci has a gentle personality. He looks into her eyes seriously when talking to her, buys her ice cream and birthday presents, tutors her even though she doesn't need it, encourages her to face school bullying bravely, and picks her up from school to give her courage.
When Lao Chu took her to Mou Ci's house, he said that he had finally found true love and they got their one and only marriage certificate, making her mistakenly believe that she could stay in this family forever.
Unfortunately, a year later, Lao Chu couldn't stand it anymore and ran away abroad, ostensibly to relax, but actually to ignore Mou Ci's mother and make her file for divorce.
Mou Ci's mother had no place to vent her anger, so she kicked her out of the house.
She remembered it clearly. It was the Little New Year that day. Beautiful red lanterns were hung on both sides of the street. The big screen in the mall displayed various advertisements for New Year greetings. People coming out of the mall had happy smiles on their faces.
At that time, she didn't know that the adults had already started a cold war, and she just thought that Lao Chu was on a business trip.
She went home from school as usual, fantasizing about the Chinese New Year when she, Lao Chu, Mou Ci, and Mou Ci's mother would sit around on the sofa, eating fruit, chatting, and watching the Spring Festival Gala.
But when she turned into the path in front of the villa, she saw her pink and white suitcase standing alone at the foot of the steps.
In an instant, my whole body felt like it was struck by lightning. A voice came clearly in my mind, and my family was broken up.
She couldn't figure it out, but she was unwilling to give up. She walked up the stairs carefully and pressed the fingerprint lock. The mechanical electronic sound completely shattered her dream. Her fingerprints had been deleted.
Her bloodless lips were pressed into a straight line and she tried to raise her head to let the tears flow back. Crying was useless. She had known this since she could remember.
She opened the suitcase, carefully folded the clothes that the Mou family bought for her, and left them at the door. There was also an envelope in the suitcase with 20,000 yuan in it, which she also kept.
She didn't blame Mou Ci's mother, nor did she blame Lao Chu. Adults have their own difficulties. All she could do was try not to cause them trouble.
I only had fifty yuan on me and didn’t dare take a taxi.
On the night of the Chinese New Year, she dragged her suitcase, took four buses, walked more than ten kilometers, crossed City C, and returned to her old house in the urban village.
After that, she rarely saw Lao Chu. But she kept in touch with Mou Ci, and she didn't tell him that she was kicked out.
Chu An entered Mou Ci's phone number on the dial key, but the call was not connected, so it was likely that he was on a mission.
Mou Ci went to military school, and after graduation he naturally stayed in the army. If you can't reach him on the phone, it means he is usually on missions.
She left a message to Mou Ci, hiding her rebirth and space, saying that she had recently had a very real dream, in which natural disasters occurred frequently and he and Lao Chu were both gone.
Moreover, Gu Ye has a relative who works at the Meteorological Bureau, and he also privately talked about weather changes. However, the matter is of great importance, and it cannot be announced publicly without 100% confirmation.
Finally, he was told to beware of a person with a mole on his lips. There was no explanation for this and when asked, it was just what he saw in a dream.
After her rebirth, the scene of Lao Chu and Mou Ci's accident had become a little blurry. Sometimes, she couldn't tell whether what she saw was a dream or a real thing. All she could remember was that the person who fired the gun had an irregular mole on his lip.
But no matter how blurry the scene was at that time, the pain of being powerless in the face of losing a loved one will never be forgotten in my lifetime.
He took a deep breath to calm himself, then wrote a few more letters and mailed them to Gu Ye, Zhuona and Li Qing.
The last item is to prepare supplies for the coming doomsday.
When I opened WeChat, the balance showed 1,442.55 yuan.
Lao Chu had to use his bank card even though it was hot. He logged into the online banking and the balance showed 1.5777 million yuan.
She seldom paid attention to this card, but she didn't expect the balance to be such a surprise. She thanked all the rich ladies who appreciated Lao Chu.
This money can only be used to stockpile basic supplies and protective gear, and more advanced protective gear and equipment, such as shock-proof vehicles, speedboats and airplanes, cannot be purchased.
Got to find some way to get some money.
Li Qing helped her get a fake ID card. Chu Dadiao, male, 32 years old, works in a public institution.
Using this identity to go to a bank or a regular online loan platform will get you discovered. You can try other underground micro-loan companies, but you need a guarantor.
She sent a WeChat message to Li Qing, asking him to help make some connections so that she could be the guarantor and lend money to Da Diao, who was listed on the ID card.
Within two minutes, a hole was almost knocked into the door of Chu An's house.
Chu An opened the door awkwardly, and standing at the door was a young man with a crew cut, almond-shaped eyes, and an air of "don't mess with me".
"Brother Qing, don't be so anxious."
Li Qing was wearing a black sports suit today, with a lollipop in his mouth that propped up half of his cheek, looking like a cool and handsome senior on campus.
If you think about it carefully, he is only 23 years old, just the right age to go to college.
"Go inside and talk."
Chu An let go of the door handle and turned to go into the house.
Li Qing followed her into the house, stopped beside the chest of drawers at the door, and then raised his foot to hold the door that was about to close. After making sure there was a small gap left in the door, he put his foot down but did not retract it, preventing the door from closing completely.
"Why didn't you give extra lessons to Boss Li's grandson?" Li Qing asked.
"I asked for leave because I was feeling a little unwell." Chu An made up a lie.
After being driven out by Mou Ci's mother, she continued to live in the village in the city. With Li Qing's protection, no one bothered her. However, she accidentally passed the high school entrance examination and was targeted by the Li family.
The grandson of Boss Li is called Li Guoxi. His name sounds like he will inherit the throne, but his IQ is actually not good enough.
The Li family may have had enough of being gangsters and want to cultivate a cultured person. No matter how well their grandson has learned, they will send him to the best public elementary school in City C.
To transfer to a public elementary school, one must take an exam, and money is useless. The Li family is a local tyrant in the village in the city, but it is no match for them outside.
Boss Li "asked" Chu An to give his grandson extra lessons, and Li Qing didn't dare to interfere.
Chu An was not anxious or afraid. He gave Li Guoxi a set of test papers and required him to memorize them.
During the exam, 95% of the questions were from this set of papers. Li Guoxi successfully entered a public elementary school, and Chu An was forced to become Li Guoxi's tutor.
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