Chapter 2 Novice Mission
Just as she went downstairs, her neighbor, Grandma Wang, opened the door and came out. After seeing Jiang Ningyue, she was very enthusiastic.
"Xiao Jiang! How did your exam go?"
How come everyone knows about Jiang Ningyue's exam? Did this guy spread the news everywhere?
But this was unfair to Jiang Ningyue. Jiang Ningyue was a timid person, staying at home all day and not good at communicating with the neighbors. This kind of thing was publicized by Jiang's mother the last time she came. After all, it was a bit embarrassing to say that her daughter was unemployed. Saying that she was preparing for the exam sounded much better.
"I've passed the written test."
Jiang Ningyue responded with a smile, "Just waiting for the interview."
"You are a promising person."
Grandma Wang is about 70 years old and a retired employee of a state-owned enterprise. This community is where the employees of her company used to live. "I can't be wrong."
"thank you."
Jiang Ningyue smiled in agreement. Although it was daytime, the windows in this old residential complex were small, and the light was blocked by the tall trees outside, so the corridor seemed a little dim. Normally, there should be lights in the corridor in this situation, but the corridor lights were gone, leaving only an empty shell.
Isn’t this the subject of the scene?
Although the matter is small, isn't it enough to complete the novice task for me?
Thinking of this, Jiang Ningyue took out her phone and started taking pictures of the corridor lights. When Grandma Wang saw Jiang Ningyue taking pictures of the lights, she also said:
"This corridor light! It's been broken for half a year. The neighborhood committee said they would fix it, but they never did. I called them a few times, and then someone came and took the broken bulb away without installing a new one."
"Grandma Wang, do you think the lack of corridor lights will affect our lives?"
“Of course it has an impact!”
Grandma Wang answered with full energy, "I don't even dare to go downstairs at night! My teammates in the dance team are waiting for me to dance in the square, but it's pitch black. How can I go downstairs? At my age, if I fall, it will be a disaster! If you ask me, it was so much better when the community was still under the management of the company. If there was any problem in the community, we could just go to the company directly. Now it's handed over to the local government, and they can't even solve the problem of turning on the lights..."
Grandma Wang started a long speech, so Jiang Ningyue stopped filming. After all, Jiang Ningyue already had a basic experience package on people's livelihood, so the first half of the speech was enough. News required to be short, concise and fast.
Jiang Ningyue helped Grandma Wang down the stairs and watched her leave. She then walked around the entire Xingfuli neighborhood, looking for missing hallway lights. She discovered that at least a dozen hallway lights across three buildings, with multiple entrances, were missing or not working—and that was because Jiang Ningyue didn't want to continue climbing the stairs. If she had climbed every floor, there would probably be even more.
Xingfuli Community is an old community. The property management is only responsible for cleaning and garbage removal. The maintenance of infrastructure is the responsibility of the street neighborhood committee. So Jiang Ningyue called the neighborhood committee and recorded the call.
"Hello, is this the Xingfuli Neighborhood Committee?"
"Yes, what do you want?"
"I'd like to report that many of the corridor lights in Xingfuli Community are not working or are missing, and they haven't been repaired for a long time."
"We know. We've reported it to the street office and are waiting for the money to be approved."
"How long will that take?"
The neighborhood committee staff member paused and asked cautiously, "Which unit are you from?"
“I’m just an ordinary resident.”
"oh."
The neighborhood committee staff member's tone immediately relaxed. "Just wait. There are so many residential areas on this street. Won't there be a queue? Next month, next month will be almost there."
"good."
Jiang Ningyue hung up the phone and thought, "There's a phenomenon, there are citizens interviewing, and there are relevant departments responding. This can barely be considered news, right?"
After returning to her rental apartment, Jiang Ningyue climbed the stairs several times, her eyes drooping with hunger. After searching through all the drawers and cabinets for a long time, she only found half a bag of noodles, not even a single vegetable. Jiang Ningyue put water in a pot, and when it boiled, she added a quarter of the half bag of noodles. It wasn't that Jiang Ningyue had a small appetite, but she was afraid that after finishing this meal, she would starve to death without the next one.
I put the noodles in the water, added some salt, thought for a moment, picked up the cooking oil on the table, and poured a little bit of it in. This was a bit of oil.
Holding the bowl of plain white noodles, Jiang Ningyue almost cried while eating.
Bitter, too bitter.
It’s not that my face is miserable, but my life is miserable.
After finishing the noodles, Jiang Ningyue regained some strength and sat at the desk and opened her laptop.
One minute, two minutes...
"Your boot time of 3 minutes beats 30% of the computers in the country."
Jiang Ningyue stared in amazement at the desktop full of files. The mouse took five minutes to respond after turning on the computer. After opening "My Computer", she looked at the red C drive and the empty D and E drives, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Afterwards, Jiang Ningyue spent an hour clearing out the unnecessary files on the C drive, and then used the file of a nail clipper to unscrew the screws, pry open the back cover of the notebook, and prop up the notebook with a few books so that it would be a little smoother.
"This broken notebook can only be exchanged for a pair of scissors and a metal basin, right?"
After complaining in her heart, Jiang Ningyue downloaded a "Jianying" app, uploaded all the videos shot on her phone to her computer, and started editing. Halfway through the editing, Jiang Ningyue looked at the dark sky outside and suddenly thought,
'Shouldn't we shoot some night shots?'
Thinking of this, Jiang Ningyue walked out of the room with her cell phone and keys. Seeing the pitch-black environment at night, Jiang Ningyue, who was not afraid of the dark, suddenly felt very nervous.
After becoming a woman, are you afraid even at night?
At this time, Jiang Ningyue seemed to have "paranoia", always feeling that there was a gangster hiding in some dark corner, just waiting for her to pass by and then drag her into a corner to have sex.
Jiang Ningyue suppressed her fear and took out her phone to film the scene. "It's eight o'clock in the evening, and it's just getting dark, but our corridor is already very dark, with only this faint light in the window."
Just then, there was a sound of footsteps coming up the stairs from downstairs, and Jiang Ningyue was so scared that she quickly ran back to the rental house.
"I'm so scared, so scared..."
"wrong."
Jiang Ningyue frowned, "I'm a man, what am I afraid of?"
Jiang Ningyue put her hand on the door handle, but hesitated to press it. "Forget it, the camera has already been taken, why should I go out?"
Thinking of this, Jiang Ningyue quietly locked the security door, feeling a little more at ease.
"I hope I can get through this time. I want to move to a cleaner neighborhood with at least corridor lights."
Jiang Ningyue returned to the table, loaded the new video, and began editing it again. After the editing was complete, Jianying, as a Douyin-affiliated app, could be published directly using the Douyin account.
[Complete the novice mission and receive a reward of 10,000 yuan. ]
Just as the system notification tone ended, Jiang Ningyue's phone vibrated. Jiang Ningyue quickly picked up the phone and saw a text message.
Haizhou Bank: Dear Ms. Jiang, your debit card (ending with 0505) has received 10,000.00 yuan (ten thousand yuan). The remaining balance is 10,000.00 yuan.
“I’m rich!”
Jiang Ningyue was so excited that she almost cried. She had never felt that the ten thousand yuan was so important. With this ten thousand yuan, she could spend the next month smoothly.
"I need to buy some nice clothes with this ten thousand yuan. I have a job interview in three days. I also need a new phone. This crappy one just froze up a few times while I was recording videos. I also need a new laptop. This one can't edit smoothly at all! I'm so lucky to have Jianying. I also need to move to a new place... Oh my god, if I calculate it this way, this ten thousand yuan won't be enough."
After hesitating for a long time, Jiang Ningyue opened WeChat, opened the WeChat account with the note "Landlord Auntie", opened the transfer function, and transferred "4500" yuan.
"Auntie, this is two months' debt, plus next month's rent. Thank you for your tolerance and care over these days."
Haining, the capital of Haizhou Province and the second-largest city in terms of GDP, has a population of 11 million and high housing prices. Even in the old town, it costs 1,500 yuan per month. If you want to live closer to the city center, you'll have to pay at least 3,500 yuan.
Unexpectedly, the landlady called me just after I transferred the money.
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