Chapter 487 I Will Try My Best
"ah!"
Su Hongmei cried out in surprise and fell to the ground from the bed, hitting her head on the leg of the square table. Tears streamed down her face from the pain.
She covered her head and looked at Grandma Su, suppressing her anger, and asked, "Grandma, what are you doing?"
"Serves you right!"
Old Mrs. Su, backlit, spat on the ground.
"You ungrateful wretch! You eat my food and drink my water, and you still dare to complain about cleaning up my messes? Let me tell you, if you don't promise to take care of me in my old age, you can forget about eating dinner at home! Didn't your dad give you ten yuan for living expenses? Go use that to eat!"
Su Hongmei knew that she was venting her anger and did not want to argue with her.
He replied in a muffled voice, "...I understand."
Grandma Su snorted and took the fragrant scallion pancakes to Su Youfu's room.
Su Hongmei got up from the ground, arranged the bench, put the bed board on it, spread out the quilt, lay back down, and closed her eyes.
The aroma of scallion pancakes wafted from next door, filling the air.
Su Hongmei's eyes welled up with tears. She turned over, facing the wall, and tears streamed down her face onto the pillow. She clutched the blanket, thinking about how she could eat whatever she wanted after she graduated and made a lot of money.
She ate braised pork, she ate shredded pork noodles, she ate wontons, she ate meat patties, she ate...
I don't know when I fell asleep, but I was woken up in the middle of the night by the cold wind blowing in. When I opened my eyes, I found that Grandma Su and Su Youfu had not closed the door to the main room.
She stared at the roof beam for a while, then resigned herself to her fate, got up, closed the door, and went back to sleep.
The next day, she got up before dawn.
When I got to the kitchen, it was a complete mess. Grandma Su hadn't cleaned up at all after cooking yesterday, and she hadn't even put coal in the stove. The fire was already out.
Su Hongmei paused for a moment, then picked up the coal stove and went to the yard to start a fire.
For a moment, she wanted to abandon this mess and just go to school.
But she did it before, and the consequence was that she didn't get to eat breakfast for a week.
She was hungry.
Yesterday, Grandma Su said she wouldn't let her eat dinner at home, but she didn't say she wouldn't let her eat breakfast.
So she makes breakfast, and dinner...
If they can wait for her to finish her part-time job and come back to do it, then they will wait.
If you can't wait, do it yourself.
If you're not going to cook, then don't eat; just go hungry.
Su Hongmei quickly started the fire, tidied up the kitchen, scooped out flour, added water to make dumplings, heated the water in the pot, added the dumplings, picked two scallions, sprinkled on some chopped scallions and drizzled some sesame oil, and the hot dumpling soup was ready.
She didn't look at Grandma Su's scallion pancakes. After finishing her noodle soup, she went back to her room to get her own money and hurried off to school.
Instead of rushing back early to cook dinner, Su Hongmei simply went to the store to work part-time as soon as she got out of school.
They help serve dishes in the front of the house and wash, chop, and clean in the back of the house, working until 10 p.m. before going home.
Previously, the restaurant didn't provide meals, and the customers would just eat what the customers had left over. But after the new owner took over, the restaurant suddenly started providing meals.
Two meals a day are provided, one at 10 am and one at 7 pm. Whether you are a full-time or part-time employee, you can eat there as long as it is during working hours.
Su Hongmei was just in time for the afternoon meal.
The food wasn't particularly good, but it was a balanced mix of meat and vegetables, and there was rice and steamed buns on an irregular basis. She always ate until she was stuffed.
After persisting like this for a month, Su Hongmei suddenly noticed that her class teacher and English teacher treated her and the other students differently.
After learning about her family situation, the homeroom teacher called her to the office and asked, "The school offers part-time jobs for students to work and study. They serve lunch to students in the cafeteria, and lunch is provided. You also get an extra five yuan a month. Would you like to give it a try?"
"……I want!"
Su Hongmei was so surprised she felt dizzy. The school provided a meal and a subsidy at noon; what an amazing thing!
"Thank you, thank you, Teacher Yu."
Teacher Yu smiled and said, "I've seen your grades. If you study hard and improve a little each year, getting into a good university in your senior year won't be a big problem. I have high hopes for you."
Su Hongmei nodded repeatedly, "I will try my best."
The school provides lunch, and dinner can be eaten at a restaurant, so she can have two full meals a day. Su Hongmei doesn't crave breakfast as much anymore. She devotes herself to her studies, wanting to convince her homeroom teacher, who has high hopes for her, that she made the right choice.
Because she took extra care of her classmates when getting food, she was very popular in the class, and many people were willing to be her friends. Su Hongmei's smile gradually became more frequent.
The English teacher praised Su Hongmei for her solid English foundation, but noted that she needed improvement in grammar application, speaking, and vocabulary. The teacher suggested that Su visit her in her dormitory every week during lunch break.
Let Su Hongmei listen to English programs several times, and teach her step by step how to quickly memorize words and expand her vocabulary.
Having experienced her family's neglect, Su Hongmei cherishes the kindness shown to her by others and tries her best to hold onto it, dedicating herself to her studies.
Surprisingly, she actually got into it as she studied.
She used to find words boring and tedious, but with the teacher's guidance in a language context, she can not only easily memorize them, but also apply them in various situations!
The teacher was very happy with her diligence and rapid progress, and would praise and encourage her from time to time. When she saw that she was still wearing old clothes that exposed her wrists and ankles even in winter, she would buy her new clothes.
Su Hongmei silently kept this kindness in her heart, thinking that one day, when she could earn money and had the ability, she would definitely repay them properly.
In mid-December, Li Banxia took his bankbook and went to Shanghai with Su Lao Er, Li Erge, Xiao Zhanyou, and a few others.
They were among the first to open accounts at the Shanghai Stock Exchange, which opened on the 19th.
As the familiar old stocks were listed on the exchange, Li Banxia looked at the opening prices of only a few yuan, tens of yuan, or a little over a hundred yuan. Thinking about how they would soar ten or even dozens of times in two years, he clenched his fist and found his palms sweating.
She shook her head and chuckled. Having lived two lives, she was still afraid of something like this.
"Mom, which ones should we buy?"
Su Laosan stared at the price written on the blackboard, exclaiming, "The opening price of Feile is over three hundred, which is equivalent to two months' wages for an ordinary worker. It's really scary."
Li Erge nodded in agreement.
Xiao Zhanyou stared at the blackboard that read 'the increase is limited to ±5%', his brows furrowed. He felt that this increase wouldn't be profitable, but seeing that the people in front of him were very enthusiastic, he swallowed back the words he was about to say.
When they returned to the hotel for lunch, Xiao Zhanyou seemed hesitant to speak.
When she returned to her room to rest, Li Banxia asked directly.
Xiao Zhanyou laughed, nothing could hide from her.
He gently advised Li Banxia, "I still think the stock market is too risky. The ups and downs are restricted, so there's not much profit to be made, and you'll be stuck with it all. What if the policy changes one day, causing a sudden surge or crash? If it rises, that's fine, but if it falls… if tens of millions in loans go down the drain, you and Feng Diao will have to spend a lot of time repaying them. It's better not to put all your money in; it's best to keep some aside, just in case…"
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