Yu Jiu looked at him strangely.
"Don't misunderstand, that's not what I meant. I'm not a bad person. I just wanted to thank you for saving me. I..."
Looking at Yu Jiu's pretty face, Sun Xiaobo blushed with embarrassment and stammered for a long time, unable to utter a complete sentence.
"You're welcome. Just remember not to come swimming alone in the future. It's so early in the morning. If I hadn't passed by, you probably would have been dead. Go home and calm your nerves."
Yu Jiu ignored him, gave a perfunctory nod, and rode away on her bicycle. Sun Xiaobo didn't dare to stop her seriously, afraid she would get angry, and could only watch Yu Jiu's departing figure with regret. However, this road was either for the Dongtang Production Team or the Xitang Production Team.
She said her name was Yu Jiu, that she was beautiful, had a lovely name, and even had a bicycle to ride. She also had a job at a company. When did such a wonderful girl come along in their neighborhood? Could she be the daughter of some team leader or village chief?
Sun Xiaobo watched Yu Jiu's graceful figure gradually disappear into the distance with lingering affection until she was completely out of sight before turning and leaving.
Yu Jiu went home at noon and told Xu Zijiang about the rescue that morning and that he would be staying to clean up after work that evening. He got off work at 6 pm, and if he cleaned up, it would conservatively take one or two hours, so he wouldn't be back from the commune until 7 or 8 pm.
Even in summer, it gets dark by seven or eight o'clock, and Yu Jiu didn't dare to ride her bicycle back alone, so she wanted Xu Zi to pick her up in the evening.
"Okay, I'll come pick you up. I'll go early so I can help you clean up."
“You did the right thing today. If you can’t swim, never rush into the water to save someone just because you’re soft-hearted. You could easily get yourself into trouble. Do you remember the leader of the Hongri Production Team that we met at the commune hospital yesterday afternoon?”
Four kids from their group went swimming together. One of them was drowning, but the other three went into the water to save him. They weren't very good swimmers to begin with; they could barely swim themselves, but saving someone was very difficult.
The final result was that those who drowned died, one of the rescuers also drowned, and two others were still being resuscitated. Last night, when I went to pick up Lin Zheng and Lin Rong from the hospital, I inquired and learned that only one child had been saved. Out of four children, three were lost at once. You can imagine how dangerous that was, and how heartbroken their families must be.
"Honey, you have to be realistic about your abilities when it comes to saving people. Before you start, you must think about yourself and me, okay?"
Xu Zijiang, feeling a bit scared, hugged Yu Jiu's waist and buried his handsome, rugged face in Yu Jiu's stomach.
"Okay, I know. I won't risk my own life for someone else. Look, I didn't go into the water to save him, did I? If he doesn't live up to his potential, I'm not going to help him anymore."
Yu Jiu held Xu Zijiang's head and stroked his hair with patience and gentleness.
To put it bluntly, her life is more precious than others'; she would never sacrifice herself for someone else's happiness.
Xu Zijiang was very satisfied with Yu Jiu's promise, and the two lingered for a while before taking a nap.
In the afternoon, Yu Jiu rode her bicycle to work again; there weren't many customers this afternoon. She sat there writing and drawing, planning for the future. Currently, her space is filled with food, drinks, and lots of clothes and fabrics.
Forget about gold bars and money; those are definitely things to keep and can't be sold. She was thinking about what survival tools to put in her space, and then how to sell some of them. There were just too many; they couldn't possibly eat them all. It would be better to exchange some for money to build up capital, perhaps starting with the female employees here.
Yu Jiu acted immediately. She ran to Sister Wu's counter and asked her in a low voice.
"Sister Wu, a relative of mine sent us some cured meat, but we don't really like it, and we need some money..."
He didn't explicitly say it, but he made it so clear that Sister Wu would definitely understand. Sister Wu had just said that her children were growing up, but she didn't have enough meat coupons to buy meat for them to eat. She was worried that her children wouldn't grow tall.
She was short of meat, and Yu Jiu delivered meat to her door. How could Sister Wu miss it?
"That's perfect. My family loves cured pork. Xiao Jiu, could you let me have your cured pork? How many kilograms do you have? I don't have any meat coupons, so I'll exchange it with you for money, okay? I'll give you a higher price, how about one yuan and twenty cents per kilogram?"
Sister Wu's eyes shone like light bulbs. She lowered her voice, almost whispering, as if afraid that someone would hear her and snatch the meat away.
"One dollar and twenty cents, Sister Wu. It's not about the money, but..."
Yu Jiu hesitated. If this price were compared to the pork price at the supply and marketing cooperative, it would definitely be much higher. But since no coupons were needed, it would have to be compared to the black market price, which was a few cents more expensive.
"Look at me, I'm babbling. What do you mean 1.2 yuan? It should be 1.5 yuan. I'm not trying to take advantage of you. That's the price on the black market. But meat is in short supply lately, and you can't buy it on the black market. My family has been eating plain water and cabbage for more than half a month. The kids are getting thin from hunger. They don't have any oil or fat at all."
If you really have one, can you give it to me? I'll always think of you when I have good things in the future!
When Sister Wu saw that Yu Jiu did not agree, she immediately raised the price again, which was the price Yu Jiu wanted.
Yu Jiu had no intention of ripping her off, and seeing that the price was right, she nodded with a smile.
"I have three jin at home, so I'll bring them to you tomorrow, big sister?"
"Okay, that's great! I'll be waiting for you!"
Ms. Wu was so happy that her voice was a little louder than usual, and a little of it was overheard by the saleswoman at the next counter. She asked her about it out of curiosity.
"What are you waiting for? Sister Wu, what are you talking about?"
"It's nothing, we were just talking about cleaning after get off work. This place is so big, we don't know how long it will take. If you're free tonight, would you like to stay and help us clean?"
Sister Wu immediately brushed it off.
"No, no, I have to go home and cook dinner tonight."
Upon hearing this, the man immediately waved his hand, politely declining.
After dealing with that person, Sister Wu immediately gave Yu Jiu a happy look.
Yu Jiu smiled and nodded, then went back to her counter. Her ultimate goal wasn't to sell a few pieces of cured meat or clothes.
She wanted to win everyone over with these things, so that they would think she was a reliable and capable supplier and wouldn't be jealous of her or cause her trouble.
Then she would start talking to the manager about setting up shop. She wanted to open a counter for herself here. There were still empty counters on this floor that hadn't been opened yet, and Yu Jiu had her eye on them on her first day.
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