If someone in the village wants to write a letter, they usually ask the shop owner to write it for them.
Judging from this, it's probably a letter that Jin Baosheng and his wife wrote to Jin Yin, which they hadn't had time to mail before the careless Jin Baosheng lost it at home.
"Jinhe, come here."
Jinhe obediently ran over.
"These are our parents' things. Sister, put them on the table. No one else is allowed to touch them, understand?"
"knew!"
Jin Shu took the letter into the house, opened it immediately, and saw a thick stack of money inside. She counted it and found it was more than twenty yuan.
She remembered that it had been the same before. When the couple heard that their fake daughter was seriously ill and short of money in the city, they sent out the money they had borrowed for Jin Shu's schooling without hesitation.
It seems that this money was borrowed by Jin Baosheng.
She held the money in her hand, a slight smile playing on her lips.
Since Jin Yin is so short of money, let her come back and get it herself.
As she spoke, she went back into the house and found an identical envelope. She peeled off the stamp from the original envelope and pasted it on the new one. She imitated the boss's handwriting and wrote the same name. She tore off some old newspapers, and after getting the thickness and feel just right, she stuck it on with glutinous rice paste and let it air dry.
During this time, Jin Shu also wrote a letter by hand, imitating the boss's handwriting, and stuffed it in along with the letter.
Around six o'clock, Jin Baosheng and Zhou Yanzhu rushed back in a hurry, looking more anxious than if their house were on fire.
Upon seeing Jinhe, he asked anxiously.
"Little River, did you see an envelope while you were playing?"
"I saw it, I put it on the table."
The couple rushed inside to check, and upon seeing the envelope neatly placed on the table, they quickly picked it up and examined it from both sides. It was intact and showed no signs of having been opened.
That's good, that's good.
"Why don't we open it up and take a look?"
"The glutinous rice is stuck together, so we can only tear it apart. If we tear it apart, how can you not see it?"
"Hurry up, the mailboxes in town are going to be locked up!"
The couple hurriedly borrowed a bicycle and pedaled for over an hour before finally managing to stuff the envelope into the mailbox just before it was locked.
When she got home, Jin Shu had already prepared dinner.
It wasn't specifically prepared for her family. It's just that she's quite picky about food. She'd rather starve than eat something she doesn't like. So this time, she bought some ingredients in town, all of which are things she likes to eat.
When the couple got home and saw the table full of food, they were stunned for several seconds.
"These……"
Zhou Yanzhu wanted to ask, but she was too embarrassed to.
Jin Shu guessed what she wanted to say and said expressionlessly.
"I did some small business in town today and made some money."
"Doing business? What kind of business?"
"The fabric business."
Zhou Yanzhu had actually heard people talking about it that afternoon, about which girl was making money by sewing things herself. She vaguely heard the name Jin Shu, but she thought she had misheard.
Unexpectedly, it really was Jin Shu.
Jin Baosheng, who was standing to the side, was unable to eat anymore.
His eyes stung with tears as his guilt intensified.
Jin Shu is a good child, obedient and sensible. As her biological father, he not only failed to let her continue her schooling, but now he is eating the things his daughter earns to buy, while secretly giving all the money to his former fake daughter.
Seeing Jin Shu's completely clueless expression, Jin Baosheng felt a pang of sadness.
"Father, Mother, what did you just send out?"
"Oh... well, it's nothing, just a letter."
"Such a thick letter? Who is it addressed to? Next time you need to send a letter, you can ask me to write it for you, and it'll save you two cents."
Zhou Yanzhu nodded awkwardly, not daring to look Jin Shu in the eye.
Jin Shu smiled and didn't ask any more questions. She just glanced wistfully outside and then looked at the book she had placed beside her.
Everything is understood without words.
This made the couple, who were already feeling guilty and uneasy, feel as if they had been struck by lightning.
After finishing her meal, Jin Shu took her book and went back to her room.
Jin Baosheng slammed his chopsticks down.
"I'll go to the village chief's house to borrow money tomorrow."
Zhou Yanzhu whispered.
"I've already borrowed more than ten yuan, can they lend me more?"
“It’s been almost a month since school started, and several high school students in the village have already gone back to school. Jin Shu has seen it all. She’s upset, and do you think we, her own parents, can really pretend we don’t see it?”
A semester's tuition, books, and meals will cost at least twenty yuan.
But now all the little money the family has left has been sent to Jin Yin.
Just as the couple were having a hard time, their younger brother, Jinhe, ran out and brought in a bag of things.
"This is what my sister bought today, lots of food, and shampoo too."
When Zhou Yanzhu opened the bag, she was surprised to find a bottle of shampoo and a pack of cigarettes inside.
Besides that, there were also peach shortbread, milk candy, and other snacks that the kids at home love to eat.
Instantly, tears welled up in her already reddened eyes again.
She seemed to be having some regrets.
Shouldn't that money be saved for my real daughter?
"Oh! We're such terrible parents!"
They can't even provide them with good food, drink, and lodging, and now they expect their daughter to earn money for them to spend!
Zhou Yanzhu wiped away her tears and said heavily.
"Borrow it! I'll go borrow it tomorrow!"
In this way, a bag of things costing less than five yuan won the hearts of the whole family.
Jin Shu didn't try to please anyone. She just noticed some small trinkets, and because she had a good memory and could remember things she had seen, she was able to remember the preferences of the people in her family.
In the evening, she would first embroider lace and fabric patches, and then recite the English dictionary.
She made full use of her time, and Jin Shu would not go to bed until her 24 hours were over.
The next day was the same; we followed the tractor to town.
As soon as they arrived, a group of people were waiting there. The moment they saw Jin Shu and Xiao Wang, more than a dozen girls ran over, their target being the bag she was carrying.
"Don't push or shove! You've arrived early, we have plenty of stock, everyone gets some, everyone gets some!"
Xiao Wang continued to hawk his wares.
Although I was exhausted and my voice was hoarse after a long day yesterday, all my fatigue vanished the moment I saw the money.
Today's sales were even faster than yesterday's. Four whole bags were sold out in just one morning, and we even received a few large orders, each for dozens of items.
After going back and calculating the profits again, Xiao Wang was so excited he couldn't speak.
"It's fifty yuan more than yesterday! More than one hundred and twenty!"
My goodness, this money is falling from the sky like a gust of wind! It's too easy to make!
She even felt like she was dreaming, otherwise how could she, who used to only earn fifteen yuan a month, suddenly be earning tens of yuan a day!
And this income is still growing!
Jin Shu was much calmer, after all, this amount of money was less than what she had lost through her fingers in her first life.
When the money was divided, Xiao Wang received nearly forty yuan.
"It's gotten to the point where I don't even want to be an accountant anymore, I just want to work for you."
At this rate, she'll be able to go back to her hometown soon to buy land and build a house!
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