Chapter 1: Rebirth A 28-year-old female editor in a subdivided flat in Hong Kong is reborn...
Chapter 1
It is said that the sound of rain is white noise and has hypnotic properties, but now Lin Mujin only feels irritated when listening to the rain hitting the iron roof, which sounds very much like the typing sound of the old typewriter in the publishing house in her previous life.
"Others were reborn before the stock market took off, but I'm stuck at a time when my family and I have to live in a subdivided flat." She smiled bitterly at the mottled wall.
Seventeen years ago, I was born here, but it was only after I hit my head during the preparatory exam that I remembered my past life. At the age of 28, I was a master of literature who proofread various articles in a publishing house for four years. Finally, I died suddenly in the early morning while working overtime.
I have only just awakened my past life memories. Damn, isn’t this equivalent to missing out on a hundred million?
A silent long sigh...Ah~Ah~Ah~
Fortunately, I didn’t have any worries in my previous life. I was an orphan and a single man.
However, she has one, two, three, four relatives in this life, including her uncle Lin Dayue, her eldest cousin Lin Mubai, her eldest cousin Lin Muqi and her younger brother Lin Muli.
It’s just... I’m so fucking poor!
A family of five lived in an eight-square-meter subdivided apartment, which was an illegally built tin house on the roof. It was cold in winter and warm in summer, making it a completely uncomfortable experience.
There was a curtain in the room that divided the space into two. On one side was a three-tiered bunk bed, where her uncle lived with his eldest cousin and younger brother, while she and her eldest cousin lived on the other side.
Because the room was cramped, apart from the two bunk beds, there was only one three-layer shelf, which was packed full and messy.
The kitchen is outside, with a small stove built at home. The toilet is a public toilet downstairs, and there are time requirements for getting water. It's inconvenient everywhere.
It could be said that she was just unlucky. Two months ago, they were still living in a 30-square-meter tenement building. But as the saying goes, her uncle accidentally fell at the construction site. The high cost of surgery and medicine forced them to move into this illegal building.
The rent is cheap enough, only 220 yuan per month, excluding water and electricity bills, and it is a two-mortgage and one-month rent (two months' deposit + one month's rent).
The rent of the tenement building was previously six hundred dollars per month.
"Sister, does your head still hurt?" Fifteen-year-old Lin Muli stood hunched beside the bed, his eyes full of heartache.
Lin Mujin slowly sat up with the help of her brother. "It doesn't hurt much anymore. It's much better."
She is in a state of both fortune and misfortune.
She worked in an ice cream parlor selling silk stocking milk tea, but unfortunately she encountered two gangs of gangsters fighting over territory. She subconsciously protected a little girl and was pushed and hit on the head, and fainted on the spot.
In fact, the injury was not serious and there was no bleeding. There was just a big bump on the back of the head, which was a bit painful.
I also have a bit of a headache, probably because of the awakening of my past life memories.
So she didn't go to the hospital and walked back by herself.
"Sister, Sister Qi and I made chicken soup and added a small piece of Gastrodia elata." Lin Muli said as if asking for credit.
Lin Mujin naturally knew about Gastrodia elata, a not-so-cheap traditional Chinese medicine. "Did you buy it at the pharmacy? How much did it cost?"
She knew that her brother didn't have much money.
Lin Muli puffed out his chest and said, "I helped the old man in the medicine shop move herbs. He gave me the scraps without asking for money."
Lin Mujin praised, "My little brother is awesome!"
At this time, a fragrance wafted over. It turned out that my cousin came in with two bowls of Gastrodia elata chicken soup.
"Here, drink it while it's hot."
Lin Muli quickly took a bowl and wanted to feed her.
Lin Mujin naturally refused. Her injury was to her head, not her hand. "I can do it myself."
A hoarse voice rang out from the other side of the curtain, "I don't want to drink it anymore. Gastrodia elata is good for the brain. Save it for Xiao Jin."
Lin Mujin immediately said, "Uncle, this is something my sister specially made for you. You need to supplement your nutrition so that you can get better quickly."
The old man had surgery and his condition was much more serious than hers.
The cousin persuaded the old man gently a few more times before he agreed to drink the soup.
Lin Mujin looked at the chicken nuggets in the bowl. There was almost no meat, just bones. She knew that these were the scraps that her cousin got from the food stall where she worked as a helper. She wanted to sigh again.
There are so many rich people in the world, what's wrong with having one more family like them?
"Sister, brother, my headache is gone. Let's drink this soup together."
Lin Mujin is not good at eating alone.
Of course, this is also because this family is really worth it.
In the end, the three of them shared it, but most of it went into her mouth. It was quite delicious.
"Sister, you should have a good rest at home for a few days. I will take your part-time job." Lin Muli said.
Lin Mujin refused without a second thought, "No, you don't know how to make milk tea, the boss won't accept it."
If her memory hadn't recovered, she might have to reconsider it. After all, the ice room owner was a good person, and he might be able to help her in her stead by asking for mercy.
But now she has an extra life's memory, and she has more ways to make money.
"But I've already been working for over ten days, so I still need to be paid."
Let her do the math. The hourly wage for a part-time job in an ice cream parlor is 3.5 cents, which is 21 cents for six hours a day. Multiplying that by 9.5, the total is over 190 cents.
The money is not much, but it can be used as a temporary measure.
"Can they give it directly to A Li?" My cousin thought it was impossible, after all, it involved money.
Lin Mujin had a solution. "There's a public phone next to the ice cream parlor. I remember the number. I can just call and tell the owner."
Then he turned to the younger brother and described the location and name of the ice cream parlor in detail. "The boss's surname is Zheng, so you can just call him Uncle Zheng. The salary is one hundred and ninety-nine dollars, but it could be less. After all, you probably didn't work enough this morning. Be careful on the road, and stay away from any gangsters fighting."
She is a lesson for us.
"By the way, please buy me a few more newspapers, both major and minor ones."
After giving her instructions, Lin Mujin looked at her cousin again, "Sister, what else do you want to buy?"
My cousin shook her head. "No, no, we have everything we need at home."
Lin Mujin retorted in her heart, "It should be that everything is lacking!"
"Please buy another piece of meat and two kinds of vegetables."
Seeing her cousin about to object, she quickly said, "There are two sick people at home, and they both need nutrition."
My cousin pursed her lips and said nothing more.
Lin Muli received the order and saluted in a funny way, "Yes, Madame!"
This made Lin Mujin and her cousin laugh.
"Oh, what time is it? I have to go to work." My cousin ran away in a hurry.
Lin Mujin said a few words to her uncle, then went downstairs with her brother to make a phone call.
Lin Muli was hesitant, but finally mustered up the courage to say, "Sister... I don't want to study anymore."
Lin Mujin's face darkened immediately, and she said sternly, "No! You are so young, what can you do if you don't study!"
Lin Muli was unconvinced. "I can do a lot more. I can be a newspaper boy or help out at a food stall. In two years, I can get a job in a factory."
Lin Mujin put her arm around her brother's shoulders. The boy's shoulders were a little thin, but he wanted to take on the responsibility of supporting the family. This child was so sensible that it made people feel distressed.
Of course she was reluctant to do so.
"I know that our family is in a very bad financial situation after my uncle was injured, but it's not your turn to support the family yet. You should get in line first."
It seems that she will have to go back to her old job as soon as possible!
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