Chapter 12 012 Almost fell into the pit
In the past, Zhao Wanqiu would have tried to stop her, but she had already regretted it once.
Zhao Wanqiu had a miserable life. She was abandoned on the roadside by her biological parents when she was five or six years old and was adopted by a family surnamed Zhao. Unfortunately, the people who adopted her did not treat her sincerely. They just treated her as a free nanny to raise her younger brother. When she was sixteen, Zhao Wanqiu was scolded by her adoptive parents in front of her classmates because her younger brother stole eggs and blamed her. She was so angry that she tried to jump into the river, but was rescued by a girl's school student who happened to pass by.
The girl's school student was Wen Yun's biological mother. Not only did she save Xiao Wanqiu, she also told her to study hard, acquire a skill, and support herself in the future. She also sponsored her to attend a special nursing school and paid for her tuition for several years.
Before graduating from nursing school, she followed her enthusiastic classmates to join the revolutionary ranks and became a battlefield nurse. She traveled all over the country and lost contact with the sister who sponsored her. It was not until a few years after liberation that she got married, had a daughter and lost her husband. She was introduced to the widower Shu Linong for a blind date. By chance, she found out that he was the sister's husband.
Her elder sister had died of illness, leaving behind three children, the youngest of whom was only four years old. Given Zhao Wanqiu's circumstances at the time, she could have chosen a better partner to remarry, but with the intention of repaying her elder sister, she resolutely became a stepmother.
Of course, she also has her own considerations.
The ex-husband's family took away the house, and the mother and daughter were homeless, but the Shu family had two rooms that could shelter them from the wind and rain.
Xiao Jinyue needs a father who is gentle and truly loves her, and Shu Linong is a good candidate.
As for couples who got married later in life, there is no need for so much love and affection. They just need to support each other. She does not regret remarrying, but after seeing Jin Yue's little toe that was frozen off, she regretted agreeing to let Shu Wenyun take over.
She was repaying the favor, but what about her Jin Yue?
Fearing that Jin Yue would do something stupid again like he did three years ago, she held her daughter's hand and asked for compensation. Two hundred yuan was nothing. If you really think about it, two hundred yuan was just a small amount.
Shu Wenyun looked at Jin Yue and bowed deeply. "I am sorry for you. You should have taken over Aunt Zhao's job. It was my selfishness that caused you... You must not go back to the countryside. Go to the job I found the day before yesterday. If it doesn't work out, I will quit and you can go to work at the district hospital. In addition, I will return every cent of the salary you should have received in the past three years to you."
Everyone was shocked. Not to mention that if she quit, even three years' salary would be a huge sum of money. Even Shu Wenyan, who had shouted the loudest at the beginning, didn't say anything.
Yes, Aunt Zhao didn’t owe them anything at all.
Jin Yue still didn't say anything. She wanted to see what Shu Wenyun was up to.
"When I first entered, I was paid 34.5 yuan, and it was not until the third year that it increased to 41.5 yuan. I worked for a total of 38 months. Logically, you should be compensated with 1,409 yuan, but I don't have that much money at the moment. Aunt Zhao has seen it. I only have 280 yuan in my passbook. I'll write you an IOU for the rest and pay it back within five years. Is that okay?"
Shu Jinyue was so shocked that she doubted her ears.
The next second, she suspected that Shu Wenyun was playing a game of retreat in order to advance, but her expression did not suggest so.
She looked so serious and sincere. Such a detailed number must not have been spoken out of her mouth. She had thought of it when she saw her toes just now.
Not only the eldest and second sons, but even Teacher Shu was shocked. She actually took the initiative to accept such a large sum of money!
"Jin Yue, don't refuse yet. According to the market calculation, I should give you half of my salary, but I don't know how to make up for the suffering you have endured in the past three years. If you don't want the other half of the salary, I can't forgive myself... Money can be earned again, but your toes... woo woo..."
It will never grow again.
The whole family was filled with sorrow.
Yes, it will never grow again. Shu Wenyan grabbed a handful of hair in annoyance, and suddenly felt that he and his younger brother and sister were nothing.
Teacher Shu saw the children's expressions, feeling both sad and relieved. He slapped the table and said, "Yes, it belongs to whomever it belongs to. Your Aunt Zhao and Jin Yue don't owe the old Shu family anything, let alone you, Shu Wenyun!"
Jin Yue was shocked. In her previous life, she never let her family know that she was disabled until she died. This time, her mother found out and exposed it in public. She didn't have to say or do anything, but she experienced what it meant to "the crying child gets candy."
It seems that she was a little idiot in her previous life and her death was not unjust.
And she also realized for the first time that her third sister was a very contradictory person, and she seemed to have a secret?
Don't worry, she will figure it out slowly. As for the IOU, of course she has to accept it. Only a fool would have a problem with money!
Shu Wenyun rounded up the money in the passbook to 300, minus the decimals, and promised to pay back the remaining 1,100 within five years. This was a huge sum of money!
Teacher Shu, who had been tense all day, finally relaxed. Based on the children's savings and personal wishes, he finally made the decision: the eldest child would borrow 120, the second child would borrow 150, Shu Wenyun would pay 300 and would not have to pay it back, and the old couple would pay another 200, making a total of 770 yuan. If that was still not enough, Jin Yue was unwilling to let them pay for the rest.
Anyway, she still had 370 in her hand, which was prepared for this purpose.
Shu Linong seemed to have aged ten years after this night. He sighed and said, "I'm tired. You all should go back and rest. It's settled. Tomorrow we'll go to the state-owned restaurant your sister just mentioned. Being a waiter isn't bad either."
"It's okay if your family visit leave is over. You don't have to go back to the countryside for the time being. When your eldest brother left, he said that he knows people in the hospital and the neighborhood office. You can get a medical certificate for your toe and extend your leave for a few days."
Shu Jinyue had never thought of this. He had been busy with work these days and had not thought about taking sick leave. I didn’t do it in my previous life because my letter of introduction was stolen as soon as I got off the train, and the Youth League Office came to my house every day to chase me away.
As soon as she lay down in the bed, she found that her feet were warm. It turned out that Shu Wenyun had silently filled two "hot water bags" for her using the hospital's glass bottle of saline solution for infusion.
That night, she had the first sound sleep since her rebirth, but Shu Wenyun kept her eyes open until dawn, silently shedding tears all night. When she woke up the next morning, her pillow was wet.
However, she did it quietly and Jin Yue didn't know about it.
Jin Yue's face lit up when he thought about having a job soon. Although Zhao Wanqiu's eyes were swollen like two big walnuts, her mental state was very good. She counted the eight hundred yuan again and again, confirmed again and again that not a penny was missing, put it in her shopping bag, and topped it with an onion, two potatoes and a cabbage before going out.
Shu Wenyun couldn't miss her class today, so she gave them her classmate's home address in advance, and the mother and daughter went there accordingly.
Along the way, Zhao Wanqiu was practicing her speech. The most important thing was to be polite and courteous. In order to show her sincerity, she originally planned to buy two kilograms of eggs to take with her, but was stopped by Jin Yue.
Originally, this was a simple trading relationship. Wouldn't it be nice to eat the eggs at home? Why give them away?
"Do you remember Aunt Niu from No. 3 Hutong? Her daughter works as a waitress in a state-owned restaurant. She is so awesome. From now on, Jinyue will also be a waitress, humph!"
"You work hard and try to learn the master chef's specialties within a month. After half a year, you can be promoted to master chef. By this time next year, you may be able to become a manager."
Shu Jinyue was very upset. Her mother not only had a bad temper, but also had some unrealistic "fantasies".
"Don't take it lightly. I really regret it now. If I had been more motivated all those years, I wouldn't be without any connections that could help me this time."
"Oh, yes, yes, with my mother's ambition, she should be the vice president by now."
Zhao Wanqiu's face fell, "You did this on purpose, you little bitch?"
As he was talking, the door opened and a middle-aged woman in her forties stood behind it. "You must be the sister of my daughter's classmate, right?"
"Hello, Aunt Huang. Just call me Xiao Shu."
Aunt Huang's face was yellow, and she looked tired and defensive. The entire circle around her left eye was dark blue, like a giant panda's eyes.
"Auntie, what's wrong with you?"
Aunt Huang touched her face, a trace of discomfort flashed across her face, "I didn't sleep well last night, are you sure you want this job?"
"Yes, yes, yes, sister, we want them. Just consider it as a favor and have mercy on my daughter." Zhao Wanqiu looked around and saw that there was no one around, so she wanted to push the bag over.
Jin Yue didn't say anything, she felt something was wrong.
Aunt Huang's panda eyes were not caused by poor sleep, but rather looked like she had been beaten. She was sharp-eyed and saw that there were bruises of varying degrees on her neck and wrists. She had seen such scars in the countryside, and almost without exception, they all appeared on married women.
At the beginning, she was naive and enthusiastic, and she emotionally advised people to divorce, but after a few days, the couple reconciled and she became the sinner, so she did not intend to meddle in Aunt Huang's affairs.
"If you really want it, let's just give a flat price of 900 yuan." Aunt Huang looked back into the room and whispered, "I can take you to the cafeteria right now."
Zhao Wanqiu was shocked, "Didn't we agree on 800? Why did it become 900?!"
One hundred yuan is the annual income of many families. This Huang family doesn’t keep their word!
Shu Jinyue grabbed Zhao Wanqiu who was still trying to argue, and said, "Mom, let's go home and talk to Dad first."
Zhao Wanqiu hesitated. If she left now, what if the other party sold it to someone else? Just like at the pesticide factory, they were just a little late and someone else got there first... But nine hundred yuan was really a sky-high price.
It took the whole family's efforts to scrape together eight hundred yuan, and nine hundred yuan was far beyond their means.
"Eight hundred and fifty, eight hundred and fifty is fine, hurry up, we can go and hand it over now." Aunt Huang seemed to be more anxious as she saw that Jin was becoming more reluctant.
When Zhao Wanqiu heard this, she thought there was hope. If she kept on trying, maybe she could get a lower price. Just as she was about to speak, Jin Yue pinched her arm.
Zhao Wanqiu immediately came to her senses. She was happy that she could get fifty yuan in one go. But on the other hand, what was the reason that allowed her to get so much? Who would be so stupid as to go against money?
"Yes, let's go back and discuss it with the old man first."
Seeing them turn around and leave, Aunt Huang was anxious, "Then eight hundred is eight hundred, come on, I'll take you there now."
Well, Zhao Wanqiu’s feet won’t move again.
Jin Yue felt that something was fishy and almost dragged her away. Even after running 300 meters, Zhao Wanqiu was still lamenting, "There must be a lot of people watching this job. If we leave now, will we..."
"Since there are so many people eyeing her, she can still lower the price again and again. Doesn't mom find it suspicious?"
Zhao Wanqiu couldn't understand what was suspicious about it. For such a big thing, they could bargain like they were buying vegetables from farmers. It was such a great bargain.
Shu Jinyue didn't know the reason, but she certainly wouldn't take out the money easily. She sent Zhao Wanqiu home, asked Teacher Shu to keep an eye on her and not let her run around, and went straight to the district hospital. She had to find Shu Wenyun to ask again.
Although the two sisters had many thoughts, she believed that Shu Wenyun's guilt last night was genuine, and she would not take out all her savings to compensate her and then set a trap for her.
The current district hospital has not yet had detailed divisions, and is only roughly divided into internal and external medicine departments. Shu Wenyun took over Zhao Wanqiu's shift as a nurse in the internal medicine department. She was exhausted like a cow every day. Even the most beautiful woman would look haggard after working two night shifts a week.
Shu Wenyun didn't sleep last night, and she was looking listless. She was applying needle drops with dark circles under her eyes. When she heard Jin Yue talking about Aunt Huang, she immediately realized something was wrong. "It was wise for you not to pay first. I'll go and ask around."
After preparing the injection and checking it again and again, and finishing all the necessary injections, she hurriedly asked her leader for an hour's leave and went straight to the water plant with Jin Yue.
Her classmate worked at the water plant, but she did not go directly to find the classmate named Huang. Instead, she went to find another classmate named Zhang. They were childhood friends, their fathers both worked at the water plant, and their mothers both worked at a state-owned restaurant, but in different branches. Zhang should be the one who knew the Huang family's situation best.
Zhang was flattered when the class beauty came to see him. He was not angry at all even though he was called out during working hours. He said a lot of flattering words in a flowery way, and Shu Jinyue almost got goose bumps when he heard it.
Shu Wenyun listened patiently for a while, "I came to see my old classmate today to ask for something. I heard that your mother's job can be transferred, so we came to ask."
Student Zhang was stunned. "My mother's job is going to be left to my sister. She won't transfer it. Did you hear it wrong?"
"You heard me right. You said you were my classmate, your father worked in the water plant, and your mother worked in a state-owned restaurant. I was thinking you were the only one in our class who met these conditions."
Student Zhang laughed, "You forgot about Huang Mei. Her family is also... Oh, yes, Aunt Huang is not in good health. My mother said that she retired due to illness. You should be talking about their family, but -"
Huang Mei is Shu Wenyun’s classmate.
Shu Wenyun instantly became nervous, but her face remained calm, "Can't I take their job?"
"Well, we are just old classmates. I won't meddle with other people."
It turned out that the Huang family's job was not easy to take, because the couple had always been in disagreement. Since they had no son, the man typically raised his nephew as his son, hoping that his nephew would serve him well in the future, so he wanted to leave the job to his nephew. Aunt Huang wanted to sell the job and get some money as a dowry for her daughter, but no one could convince the other, and they often fought over this issue recently.
This is not the most difficult part -
The men in the Huang family like to fight when they drink. He was almost fired from the factory because of a drunken fight. Once he directly broke a colleague's bone and had to pay a large sum of money to the boss.
This kind of violent person not only beats his wife and daughter, but also his colleagues, and he beats them to death. Shu Jinyue really doesn't dare to have anything to do with him. Not to mention that he will beat you up with his fists, but he will cause trouble at work every few days, so he can't even go to work.
What's more, there is also the nephew's family who are eyeing him covetously. These days, taking someone's job is like killing their parents. If the matter gets out of hand, everything will be lost and the honest people of the Shu family will have nowhere to seek justice!
After leaving the water plant, Shu Jinyue fell silent.
"Jin Yue, don't worry. I'll ask other people. I will never let you go back to the countryside again. I promise." Shu Wenyun patted her shoulder and wanted to say something comforting, but she felt that nothing she said would seem powerless. She could only silently make up her mind to get the job done for her.
"It's okay, sister, you go back to work first, I'll walk back by myself." It only takes about twenty minutes to walk from the District Hospital to Liuye Hutong, which is not far for people who are used to walking on mountain roads.
It was clearly "expired" information that had been passed on several times, or had been cut off by someone, but when it reached the ears of the Shu family it was great news... This is when the importance of connections is reflected.
If they hadn't been more careful today, they would have fallen into the trap and would have wasted the eight hundred dollars.
Jin Yue felt depressed. He knew he couldn't be so passive all the time. He needed to make more friends in the future.
As I was thinking, I walked to the gate of the compound and suddenly heard someone shouting "Find a doctor". Some said to go to the clinic of the machinery factory, some said the technology in the machinery factory was not good enough and it would be better to borrow a cart and take the person to the district hospital, and some said it was too late.
"Oh, Jin Yue is back just in time. Where's your mother?"
Zhao Wanqiu has been a nurse for many years. Whenever anyone in the compound is sick or has an emergency, she can help and she is very popular.
Aunt Zhao saw that Zhao Wanqiu was not following behind her, and said regretfully: "Your Aunt Li drank pesticide in the backyard. If your mother was here, maybe she could find a way."
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