Chapter 17 017 V-ed big fat chapter, Happy New Year 2025...
Shu Jinyue's mood had not yet calmed down even after seeing Yao Qingqing off.
So exciting!
She was actually able to stay in the city with her own abilities. This opportunity was entirely earned by her own efforts!
Zhao Wanqiu came back from shopping and saw her red face. "Don't tell me you have a fever? I told you to sleep a little longer, but you didn't listen. Why are you getting up so early?"
When Jin Yue was young, he liked to sleep more than other children, especially sleeping in. He could not get up from Monday to Saturday. He combed his hair while pecking at rice like a chicken and almost fell asleep while walking. But he had to get up early on Sunday.
Every time she rubbed her eyes with her yellow frizzy hair and asked in confusion why she didn't have to go to school on Sundays, Zhao Wanqiu and Teacher Shu would laugh.
That seemed like many years ago.
Zhao Wanqiu sighed, "Garlic is so hard to buy these days. Your Aunt Zhao waited in line for several days to get three pounds. Fortunately, we have your second brother, otherwise we wouldn't be able to get any."
"I know you like it. This celery was saved by your second brother. It's fresh, right?"
The white stems and tender green leaves had a special fragrance that made Shu Jinyue's mouth water.
As soon as she got up in the morning, she made herself a cup of fragrant milk powder and drank it. Now, when she smelled the celery, she felt hungry again. It seemed that she was still lacking in nutrition and needed to replenish herself.
It doesn't matter. She will stay in the city and have a salary in the future. She will treat herself well. As the words on the mobile phone in the future say, she will definitely support herself again and make herself the person she likes.
"Hey, girl, did anything good happen to you?"
Thinking of the unpleasant things that have happened recently, Jin Yue swallowed the words back. He decided to wait until things are finalized before talking about it. What if he makes them happy for nothing? The old couple have high blood pressure, and it's not good to be on a "roller coaster" all the time. Of course, although Shu Wenyun showed great sincerity, she still had to be careful and didn't want her to know before things were officially confirmed.
"It's okay, Mom. Do you want to scramble celery with tofu?"
"Well, the Yangcun tofu that your second brother reserved for me is not easy to break and is tender to eat."
"It's good to have someone working in the grocery store. We can eat the freshest vegetables." Zhao Wanqiu picked celery while talking about Shu Wenming. "A few days ago, your Aunt Zhao said she would introduce a girl to your second brother. They will meet tomorrow at People's Park. You are smart. You can help from a distance and don't let your second brother ruin things again."
Shu Wenming was also against blind dates at first, especially since the candidates he met all had some shortcomings, either complicated family backgrounds, poor looks, or were less than 1.5 meters tall. He felt a little self-important at that time.
But who would have thought that after dating for so many times and not being liked by anyone, he started to become withdrawn. How come the one he disliked actually disliked him first?
Full of grievances and resentment, whether intentionally or unintentionally, every blind date he goes on fails.
"The girl from the paper mill last time disliked your brother for being a temporary worker, and she stopped communicating with him after meeting him once."
"Xiao Liu from the second store complained that he didn't have a house."
"That little Li from Huaishu Hutong across the street doesn't dislike him, but he doesn't want to be a live-in son-in-law because she's the only daughter." Zhao Wanqiu sighed, "I don't mind these things, but I dare not say them, in case others think that I, as a stepmother, can't tolerate him and kick him out."
"Mom, please stop worrying about my second brother. Maybe he doesn't like women at all."
"What do you mean? Shu Jinyue, where did you learn these nonsense words?"
Jin Yue curled her lips. When she was a ghost, she had read a lot of novels. When she was bored, she also guessed that Shu Wenming might really not like women. Otherwise, after hanging around in the south for a few years and becoming a big boss, with so many girls liking him, why didn't he get married?
It's not that I don't want to get married, it's that I don't even want to talk about dating.
It can't be that he suffered emotional setbacks when he was young and started to hate women after he became rich, right?
"This time, Xiao Wang said he was from the countryside. Although he had no job, his father was an accountant in the brigade. His brothers were all tall and strong, and his family was not short of food." The key point was that the village was not far from the city. Although city people lived in the city, when it came to food and drink, it was really not as affordable as those in the countryside.
Even something as small as a potato or an egg is hard to buy for city dwellers without tickets or connections. But people in the countryside can just secretly raise a couple of old hens and plant some crops in their own land, and then save up enough money, right?
As he got older, Shu Wenming's blind date partner "fell" from a formal worker with obvious disabilities and an only child in the city to a rural girl who had no commercial grain to eat. Zhao Wanqiu always feels a little indignant, but Jin Yue feels that this is the law of nature.
After all, Shu Wenming's conditions were limited, so why would he want a bicycle?
However, she is still looking forward to her second brother's blind date tomorrow.
***
So, early the next morning, Jin Yue urged his second brother to get up quickly and get ready. His hair had to be washed and styled. At that time, ordinary people did not have such rare things as hair dryers and curling irons, but they had stoves and fire tongs at home!
Jin Yue heated the fire tongs on the stove, lifted up a strand of Shu Wenming's hair slightly, and burned it with the tongs. Smoke sizzled, and he was so scared that he jumped up and down like a monkey.
But after a while I found that after my hair was curled a little bit, it made my long face look less long.
Shu Wenming has been standing at the counter, protected from the wind and sun, so his skin is relatively fair. Apart from some acne marks, his skin looks good overall.
The clothes were good clothes of my eldest brother that my eldest sister-in-law lent to me. It was said that he wore them only when he attended a meeting in the district.
The two brothers were about the same height, so the clothes fit them well. Looking at the energetic and respectable young man in front of him, Jin Yue encouraged him: "Come on, second brother, try to find me a second sister-in-law as soon as possible!"
Shu Wenming blushed, "Go away, there are many people chasing after me, but I don't like them. I, your second brother, pursue lofty ideals and greatness..."
Jin Yue rolled his eyes at him.
It costs money to take the bus, and it was early anyway, so the brother and sister started walking towards People's Park, swinging their legs and bickering as they walked.
Jin Yue was in a good mood today. When Yao Qingqing left yesterday, she said that she would go to the Labor Bureau on Monday to ask, and if possible, she would give the job to Jin Yue.
But when it comes to money, she herself is not sure how much she should ask for. Jin Yue thought about comparing it with the prices of several large factory clinics nearby. Last year, Aunt Zhao's niece spent 600 yuan at the steel factory clinic. After a year, prices have risen and the market has improved. Jin Yue plans to give Yao Qingqing 700 yuan.
The price should be reasonable.
After arriving at the park, Shu Wenming shook his hair and stood at the door waiting for someone. Jin Yue went in first, found a place with a wide view, and hid there.
It's no wonder that Shu Wenming's outfit today played to his strengths and avoided his weaknesses. When he wasn't talking, he looked like a decent human being. Many middle-aged women would take a second look at him before entering, wondering who this young man was and what a spirited look he had.
The reason why Shu Wenming agreed to this blind date was the result of a lot of ideological work done by everyone. Aunt Zhao patted her chest and guaranteed that the girl was beautiful, and not only would the family not lack food, but she would also be able to help the Shu family in the future. Only then did he come here with gritted teeth.
Just as I was thinking about it, a group of people came to the door.
It was clearly a group of seven men dressed as farmers, surrounding a young girl of about 21 or 22 years old. The girl was indeed pretty, with fair skin and big eyes. She was dressed stylishly and wore a pair of black leather shoes.
The girl's name is Wang Xiaohong. She is from a village in the southern suburbs. Although it is a village, the transportation is convenient and it is very easy to go in and out of the city. When she has time, she often goes to the city to watch movies and go shopping in department stores. She looks no different from other girls in the city.
The girl's brothers looked at Shu Wenming from a distance. Their first reaction when they saw his malnourished little body was to frown. Then they looked at his fair skin and made a "tsk" sound. Then they looked at his clothes and their brows were furrowed so much that they could pinch a fly to death.
Before it even started, Jin Yue didn't like their disdainful looks. Maybe she was protecting her brother. Anyway, she felt that her second brother had shown the greatest sincerity in the conditions. Even if he didn't like it, there was no need to embarrass him in front of him, right?
Aunt Zhao must have made it clear to them what the second brother's conditions were. Since they are willing to come, it means they can accept it. If they come and embarrass others, what does that mean?
Sure enough, my second brother was already thinking of backing out.
The girl took the initiative to come over and said, "Hello, are you Comrade Shu Wenming, whom Aunt Zhao introduced?"
Shu Wenming's upbringing made him stop. The two parties confirmed their identities, found a bench to sit on as far away as possible, and began to chat.
I was far away and couldn't hear clearly what they were talking about, but the girl didn't seem shy at all. The brothers were eyeing her covetously, and the second brother didn't dare to look at her casually... I had a feeling that today's blind date might fail again!
Sure enough, when the show was over, Shu Wenming's face fell.
"What's wrong, second brother? I see you guys haven't talked much."
“No chance.”
Jin Yue was silent. She had no right to comment on the girl, but those brothers looked at the second brother as if he were a commodity, making all kinds of small movements. When they left, they even muttered "pretty boy", which was enough to show that they were not easy to get along with.
Even though Shu Jinyue's second brother was not a very good person, she didn't allow others to look down on him like that.
"Forget it, if it doesn't work out, then it won't work out. Let's keep looking for it, and we'll eventually meet the right one." These brothers-in-law who can scold people as gigolos when they meet them for the first time, if they really do work out, they won't be able to live like this in the future.
Regardless of the family conditions of both parties, respect is the most basic.
Shu Wenming remained silent. It was obvious that the blind date, which he thought was a "dimensionality reduction attack", had failed again, making him doubt himself and his life even more.
He lay on the kang for the whole day and couldn't be called to eat.
***
After much anticipation, Monday finally arrived. Shu Jinyue waited until noon and could not hold it in any longer. Just before he was about to go to Jinyu Hutong or the Geological University to find Yao Qingqing, she finally arrived with good news.
"It's done. Because my family's situation is special, the Labor Bureau agreed. I want you to go there tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock to complete the formalities. Bring your household registration booklet and the proof of your queue-jumping."
Jin Yue didn't expect that things would go unexpectedly smoothly!
Even when she went to the street office to get a certificate, everyone's attitude towards her was unexpectedly good. Under the promotion of Officer Liu, several older women actually took the opportunity to pull her aside and asked her to take a look at the "difficult and complicated diseases" of irregular menstruation and headaches.
After issuing the certificate, Secretary Liu even enthusiastically escorted you to the gate and said, "Jin Yue, your uncle Liu has good taste, right? They used to say you were stupid, but I have a keen eye for talent. I have always told people that you are the smartest of the four siblings in your family, and you will definitely have a promising future. Look, now you have connected with Deputy Director Yang, right? Good things are waiting for you in the future!"
Secretary Liu thought that given the Shu family's financial situation, this job must have been helped by Yang Zhengkang.
Jin Yue didn't respond. She remembered Xu Duan's warning that night. People like Yang Zhengkang were complicated and not the kind of people a 19-year-old girl like her should have any relationships with. She did not deny it.
According to the course of history, within a few years, all these people will be liquidated. In addition to the unjust, false and wrong cases they have caused, those who abused public power for personal gain and were placed in various units will also be thoroughly investigated.
Although it may not necessarily affect her job, no one wants to be investigated every other day.
What Jin Yue found strange was that she knew the course of history because she had been a ghost, but why did Xu Duan seem to know it too? It can't be that he is also a reborn person, right?
Perhaps, he has read a lot of books, has a lot of knowledge, and has a long-term vision? After all, this is the big boss behind the future.
Jin Yue was thinking about all sorts of things in his mind the whole way, and just as he returned to the entrance of the alley, he met Xu Siqi who was riding a bicycle.
"Comrade Xiao Shu, I'm here to give you good news!"
"I asked a classmate, his family owns a towel factory, and he said that I could..." blah blah blah, Jin Yue understood that it was indeed a job, but it was just a temporary job.
He felt a little ashamed. "I'm sorry. I know this may not satisfy you, but I did try my best."
He even asked his uncle for help, but unfortunately his uncle was too busy recently and didn't give him any news, so he didn't dare to urge him.
"Thank you, Brother Xu. I was just wanting to tell you that the job has been finalized." Xu Siqi and Shu Wenyun are not in a relationship yet, and it is difficult for them to meet each other normally. In addition, Shu Wenyun was transferred to Lin City for training early this morning for half a month. Even if she came back and Xu Siqi told her, Jin Yue's matter would be a done deal.
She told the Labor Bureau that she had just submitted the documents and was now waiting for a letter from here to go to the place where she was sent to work in the countryside to retrieve her files. With the Labor Bureau taking the lead, she believed that the brigade would not dare to stop her.
At most they wrote some bad words about her work performance, but she didn't care.
She kept all the accounts, and there would always be a day to settle them.
"Working at the epidemic prevention station? That's good. It shouldn't be too tiring, and it's also respectable to talk about it."
Jin Yue was so happy that she showed her neat little white teeth. Of course, the key is that it is close to home and can be reached in five minutes on foot. The salary is not certain yet, but as long as she passes the exam, it will definitely increase step by step in the future.
Hey, high pay, little work and close to home, it's simply an ideal job!
Although Xu Siqi wanted to get rid of the Shu family, he was kind-hearted. After congratulating them, he was concerned: "But where did you find the relationship? Is it stable? Will it be..."
Jin Yue did not talk about his relationship with Yao Qingqing, he just said that she was his friend.
"Her brother died. He is a hero worthy of respect. Comrade Xiao Shu, you must work hard to be worthy of his sacrifice, right?"
Jin Yue nodded, sent the person away, went home humming a little tune, and announced the good news to everyone.
Let alone the Shu family's joy, Xu Siqi returned to Goldfish Alley and just walked into the house with his uncle. "Is my uncle busy recently?"
"What's up?"
"It's okay, it's okay now, it's all resolved."
The relief on his face was so obvious that Xu Duan couldn't help but notice it. "Siqi, you don't have to."
"No need for what?"
Xu Duan thought of the girl looking up at him under the dim light, and felt inexplicably annoyed. "Nothing."
"By the way, I heard that my uncle has been assigned a job at the city's Materials Bureau?"
"Um."
Xu Siqi took two steps and remembered something. "Yesterday I heard... Brother Feiyang... I heard that he died, right?"
Xu Duan uttered a faint "hmm", but the hand holding the towel paused, and the blue veins on it seemed to bulge twice.
Xu Siqi wanted to look at his expression again, but he had already turned around and went back to his room.
Xu Siqi knew that he had brought up a topic that he shouldn't have mentioned. Yao Feiyang is a childhood friend of his uncle. They were a few years older than him and were always shouting about fighting and killing when they were little. At that time, he envied his uncle the most because he had a wooden turtle box, a flying paper airplane, a black clay cannon... Yao Feiyang seemed to be good at everything he did.
But even though Yao Feiyang is good at everything he does, he always follows his uncle's lead. He even follows his uncle in such important life events as joining the army.
Later, the two were fortunately assigned to the same unit. They experienced countless life and death experiences and their friendship was like that of brothers. No one knows how Yao Feiyang died, but it is a fact that after his uncle retired and returned home, he became even more silent than before.
If my father and Yao Feiyang hadn't gotten into trouble, my uncle would still be in the army, rooting in his beloved military career...
***
Although the Shu family was happy, they dared not relax until Jin Yue's file was transferred back. They went to the Personnel Bureau to ask once a day, for fear that something might go wrong there.
At the same time, they were sincerely grateful to Yao Qingqing for giving this opportunity to Jin Yue. The old couple thought about bringing some things to Yao's house to express their gratitude.
"How much money did you give her that day?"
"I gave her seven hundred, but she only took six hundred." I gave the remaining one hundred back to her.
"This girl is a kind-hearted person." Zhao Wanqiu sighed, and took out a pile of change and various bills from the kang cabinet. "She is so pitiful alone. She probably can't eat much of what we buy. How about this, tomorrow is Laba Festival, let her come to our house for a meal?"
The Shilan people have the tradition of Laba Festival. Every household will cook Laba porridge and pickle Laba garlic on this day. No wonder garlic is in great demand these days.
Even if there was no work, Jin Yue liked Yao Qingqing's personality very much. But when he thought about her coming to his house alone and seeing the whole family having fun, he was afraid that she would be sad. "How about this, I won't ask her to come. I'll wait for her to get off work tomorrow afternoon and send some Laba porridge and garlic over."
Zhao Wanqiu thought it made sense, so she started cooking porridge early the next morning. She added as much ingredients as she could, which she was reluctant to add in previous years. Yellow carrots, white tofu, dark fungus, and red peanuts were all cooked together with the rice until they were soft and melted in her mouth.
She scooped out the part with the most and thickest ingredients and filled two large jars. She also filled a can with Laba garlic. She wrapped the porridge in a washed old cotton-padded jacket and urged Jin Yue to go out quickly, for fear that it would catch cold.
It takes eight bus stops from Shujia to Jinyu Hutong. When Jin Yue got off the bus, he touched his cotton coat and found it was still warm.
Goldfish Hutong is indeed a wealthy area. The environment is different as soon as you get off the car. In addition to being clean and tidy, it seems that even the trees on the roadside are more numerous and thicker. In winter, there are even several green trees that I can't name.
If I could live here, what troubles would there be in life?
Jin Yue walked and looked along the way, not noticing anything wrong until he entered the alley, where there was less interference from outside sounds. Only then did he realize that there seemed to be a steady and rhythmic sound of footsteps behind him.
She looked back and laughed, "Uncle Xu?"
Xu Duan didn't say anything, but nodded slightly and looked at what she was holding in her arms. "Are you here to look for someone?"
"How did Uncle Xu know?"
Xu Duan said nothing, "Go and get busy."
This was the biggest boss she knew when she was a ghost, but strangely, Jin Yue was not afraid of him. "I'm not busy, are you busy?"
The girl had very fair skin, and his appearance was reflected in her amber pupils. Her slightly upturned eyes made her look like a cunning kitten. It seems that I have as many little thoughts as a cat.
Xu Duan curled his lips and said, "I'm not busy either. Do you want to come over and sit at my house?"
He pointed to a maroon door not far ahead.
"Okay, I haven't been to Uncle Xu's house yet." She was talking about Xu Ping. Xu Ping and Zhang Zhen had been to Liuye Hutong not long ago. That was the first time she met them.
In general, the couple were gentle and sensible people. They never mentioned their past sorrows, but always told them that if they had any difficulties, they could come to them. Their home was at No. 16 Jinyu Hutong.
If she had known she was going to come to the Xu family, she would have brought an extra Laba gift.
As if seeing through her thoughts, Xu Duan, who was walking in front, turned back and said, "We are a small family, and we don't eat at home very often."
Xu Ping and Zhang Zhen had just resumed work and their careers were just starting up. Xu Siqi was at school. "Are you going to eat at home?"
"fine."
Shu Jinyue curled his lips. What does "good thing" mean? Why is this person's speech so hard to understand? "Are you off work now?"
"Yeah." Xu Duan brought her into the living room and went to the kitchen to pour water. Suddenly, he saw the note left by his sister-in-law on the refrigerator. There were also two bottles of milk delivered this morning in the refrigerator.
Their family has always had the habit of ordering milk, since he and Xu Siqi were children, but he is no longer at the age where he likes to drink milk.
So, five minutes later, Jin Yue received a bottle of warm milk.
"It's cold, drink something hot."
Fresh milk is definitely different from milk powder. It has a sweet and fresh taste of milk. She took a sip carefully and it was really sweet!
The Xu family's house is very big. The living room alone is as big as all the houses of the Shu family combined. The furniture is all made of the finest huanghuali wood. The soft and large European-style leather sofas are enough to make people sink into them. In addition to televisions and radios, there is even a speaker-shaped record player. It is enough to imagine how glorious the big capitalists were in the past.
Maybe it's because the house is too big and there are too few people, making the house seem deserted. Jin Yue held the hot milk in his hands, squinting his eyes with happiness, looking more like a lazy kitten.
"Would you like some candy?" Xu Duan suddenly asked from the opposite side.
Jin Yue took a sip of milk, "What?"
"Chocolate, want some?"
Chocolate, Jin Yue had only seen it on his phone, "What does chocolate taste like?"
It was not her fault that she was ignorant, but for a child of the urban poor who was born and raised in her era, being able to have enough to eat was considered a well-off family. She remembered hearing Shu Wenyun say in middle school that chocolate could only be bought at overseas Chinese stores with foreign exchange coupons. The situation should be better in the next two years and it can be bought in department stores, but she lives in the countryside and has no chance to eat it.
Xu Duan looked gentle as he stood up and took out two beautiful tin boxes from under the cabinet where the TV was placed.
Jin Yue took it and looked at the words on it. He didn't recognize them. "Is it from the Su Kingdom? How come you have everything in your house..."
It turns out that the chocolate is really black, and smells a bit bitter, with a bit of nutty aroma. Carefully break off a piece and put it in your mouth. It is smooth, then becomes soft and fragrant, a bit bitter, but a bit sweet, with some crispy and fragrant nuts in the middle.
It turns out that chocolate is really smooth!
Xu Duan was amused by her expression, "Eat slowly and bring some back later."
When Jin Yue heard this, he didn't bother to be polite anymore. He had already eaten and drunk, so it was too late to be polite now. It was obvious that Xu Duan was a man who was easy to talk to.
A quarter of an hour later, Jin Yue's stomach was filled with delicious food he had never tasted before, and his words began to become sweeter: "Thank you Uncle Xu for reminding me. I will not associate with Yang Zhengkang and the others in the future. I will try my best."
Xu Duan nodded, as if to say that she had done a good job.
This encouraging look made her want to continue to brag, "I also found a job, on my own."
The man's brows relaxed, "Really? What?"
"I'm working as a doctor at our street epidemic prevention station. I'm now going through the paperwork and should be able to work after the new year at the latest... I can finally leave that damn place. I'm so happy."
"I really can treat many diseases, but my mother doesn't believe me."
"One day, I will make them look at me with new eyes."
"Today is my second time drinking milk and my first time eating chocolate."
…
He kept on chattering like a child waiting for praise from his parents.
Xu Duan listened attentively the whole time, his gentle eyes occasionally falling on her, and occasionally looking at her empty milk bottle and the tin box after she finished eating.
Shu Jinyue felt very comfortable. Xu Duan was really a person who made people let down their guard easily. Although he didn't talk much, he was gentle and cultured. Jinyue could see tolerance and encouragement for herself in his eyes.
Yes, she had a hunch that no matter how outrageous or unpleasant the words she said were, he would tolerate her and encourage her not to stop.
"Have I seen you before?" She tilted her head and looked at Xu Duan opposite her, not missing a single emotion on his face.
Of course, he still smiled gently and said, "It will be unsafe after dark. Take the chocolate home and eat it slowly."
Jin Yue agreed without thinking, and took the things he had packed. Then he remembered that he had brought two large jars of Laba porridge. "I'll share half of the porridge with you. Today is the festival."
Xu Duan accepted it happily, "Don't delay, go home quickly after you finish your work, it's not safe after dark."
"I know, I know. Why are you more nagging than my parents?"
It was not until he delivered the porridge and garlic to Yao Qingqing that Jin Yue realized that he had not answered any of the questions she asked him!
This Uncle Xu seems easy to talk to on the surface, but he is actually very cunning!
Humming a song, she leisurely returned to Liuye Hutong. As expected, her family was still waiting for her to have dinner. Her eldest brother and sister-in-law had also returned today. The six of them were squeezed on the warm kang. The room was so crowded that there was no room to stand, but Jin Yue just felt that her own home was not bad.
The big house and big sofa in Xu Duan’s house are comfortable, but it’s cold and lonely. Isn’t it not as warm as their small, shabby bungalow?
"Girl, why are you so happy? I asked you to deliver something, but it's almost dark and you can't bring it back yet."
"If you don't come back, I'll ask your second brother to look for you."
Shu Wenming was lying at the end of the kang with an expression that said "don't get close to me". Zhao Wanqiu winked at him, signaling him not to provoke him.
Shu Wenming has been really unlucky recently. Just as he was shrouded in the shadow of a failed blind date, he was criticized by his unit leader the next moment because he was reported to have sold several kilograms of rotten tomatoes to others at a very low price. The price was so cheap that it was like giving them away for free.
"You said you were the same. Why did you sell it to an old, poor woman like Grandma Hu? You are such a pushover. You are criticized now, right? You deserve it!"
Shu Jinyue then remembered that there was an elderly widower living in the Huaishu Hutong across from them. No one knew her original name. Jinyue only remembered that when she was very young and went there to play with her friends, others would threaten her by saying, "Be careful, Grandma Hu might take you away."
Grandma Hu has no children, is in poor health, and has a withdrawn personality. She relies entirely on subsidies from the neighborhood committee to make ends meet. Although she didn't know Grandma Hu, she felt that her second brother was doing nothing wrong. After all, the vegetables were to be processed cheaply, and taking care of the elderly and widowed was the same as selling them to other people.
"The person who reported it must have wanted to buy cheap vegetables but failed to do so." Liu Huifang disapproved of her husband's gloating and glared at him.
"Yes, yes, yes. He is a good person, a Lei Feng. The company should not criticize him. He should be rated as an advanced individual."
"Stop making noise, it's annoying." Shu Wenming stood up and ran back to his room in his slippers.
"Brother, can you please stop talking? Second brother is already in a bad mood." Shu Jinyue couldn't stand it any longer, "If you are really capable, introduce him to a girl."
Shu Wenyan chuckled twice. It would be hard to find someone with his own brother's conditions.
***
In the next few days, Jin Yue was waiting for news. She was still worried, so she secretly sent a telegram to the commune where she was sent to work in the countryside, and to an elder sister who was working in the same educated youth center as them. It was she who cured her of the strange disease of "big belly".
The female educated youth told her that the brigade had already received the letter from the bookstore. The team leader did not want to stamp it, but he had to do so. They had no right to hold anyone back, and they guessed that the team leader wanted to delay the stamping until the deadline.
The more I feel relieved, this little difficulty is just like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
At the same time, the female educated youth also told her that since she left, a new group of educated youth had come, and because there was not enough accommodation, her bed was temporarily borrowed by the new educated youth, but she helped wash and put away the bedding.
"Thank you, sister. I don't think I will be going back anytime soon. You can keep the bedding. I'll give you all my things. If you think you can use them, use them. If you can't, you can give them to anyone else."
The female educated youth was very grateful, "Thank you Jin Yue, your family is so nice and they even arranged a job for you."
There was envy in her tone, "I might stay here forever."
Jin Yue wants to say that no, within five or six years at the latest, as long as they are not specifically targeted, they will be able to return to the city in large numbers. She had never dared to get too close to her sister because she was afraid that she would be implicated. Now that she was staying in the city, the captain's family might be looking for her.
Jin Yue hardened his heart, gave her a few instructions, and hung up the phone.
She believed that one day they would meet again.
***
On the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, the female educated youth called back and said that the team had finally stamped her application. The file had been transferred and would be back at the bookstore in a few days.
Jin Yue finally let go of his worry and was so happy that he wanted to sing a song right away.
"Hey, what's the matter with you being so happy now?" Aunt Li in the backyard was holding a big piece of fat that was two fingers wide, and her mouth was grinning from ear to ear.
Without Jin Yue's answer, she deliberately lifted the big fat thing high up and said, "This is a gift from my eldest daughter, saying that it will nourish my body. Among my daughters, Daya is the most filial. She..."
Blah blah, everyone didn't like to listen to her talk, but they all wanted to see that big piece of fat.
Nowadays, when people buy meat, only fatty meat is popular, the fatter the better. This two-finger-wide piece of fat is definitely everyone's dream meat, the kind that would make people scramble for it.
Jin Yue is no exception. She is really greedy now. Although she can eat more in the city than in the countryside, the food is still not oily. Occasionally adding an egg is a feast that makes the whole family happy.
She thought of her own little treasury and decided to get up early tomorrow to buy meat!
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhao Wanqiu also came in carrying some food, "Jinyue, look who's here."
A girl followed her in and asked, "Sister Huang Mei?"
"Is Jin Yue busy now?" Huang Mei seemed anxious, "I want to talk to you."
Zhao Wanqiu immediately said that she was going to the yard to pick vegetables. The two girls went into the house and closed the door. Aunt Li in the yard immediately stared at them with her shining triangular eyes as if she had discovered some big gossip. "Who knows what these two girls are talking about. Oops, my thimble fell off. It must be under the eaves of Old Shu's house. I have to look for it..."
"Bah, shameless!" Zhao Wanqiu spat at her.
There is no family in this compound who has not been eavesdropped on by Aunt Li. The key is to just listen to them, but she also likes to make up stories and spread them out, which is really annoying.
Jin Yue and the other person in the room didn't care about her. Huang Mei hurriedly pulled Jin Yue's hand and said, "You're right. My mother has a lot of vaginal discharge and the problem you mentioned. She has been hiding it from me for more than ten years. If I hadn't asked her that day, I don't know how long she would have kept it a secret."
She finally persuaded her mother to go to the hospital, but the doctor scolded them after the examination. "My mother's prolapse is already over the second degree and is developing into the third degree. If we don't take it seriously, then...even her private parts will fall out."
"The doctor also asked why we didn't see her earlier. Now her infection is very serious. We can only take anti-inflammatory medicine first and consider surgery after the inflammation is better."
"Jin Yue, you are amazing. Just by looking at my mother's face, you can tell that she has such a serious gynecological disease."
Jin Yue didn't say anything. Chinese medicine emphasizes observation, auscultation, questioning and palpation. Since observation is placed first, there must be a reason for it.
"Now that we have discovered it, we should get treatment immediately. Surgery will come quickly and it will definitely be cured."
"Don't mention it. My mother was afraid of spending money when she heard about the surgery. She refused to do it no matter what. She only asked the doctor to prescribe some anti-inflammatory drugs, and she had to choose the cheap ones." Huang Mei took a sip of the warm water that Jin Yue poured. "My mother doesn't want to spend a penny on herself now. She wants to save up a dowry for me. My father and grandparents can't rely on them."
"Then you should persuade her to get well. When you get married in the future, you can take her home to enjoy your life."
Huang Mei was drinking water when she suddenly looked over. Jin Yue touched his nose and asked, "Did I say something wrong?"
Huang Mei wanted to say that there is no such thing as a mother-in-law living with her son-in-law in this world, unless it is under very special circumstances. But then she thought about it and felt that it made sense. Why not? Why should she support her parents-in-law but not her own mother?
"Yes, everyone earns the same salary, and women don't rely on men for support."
"Hey, where did you hear that? It makes sense."
Jin Yue straightened his chest. There were so many things like this on the phone. What was the big deal about supporting your own parents? If a woman became strong, she could even leave the father with a son (daughter)!
Haha, if a man is useless, it’s better to have a dog.
"I get angry just talking about this. Last time you asked me to ask my mom how she got sick. Haha..." Huang Mei's eyes oozed crystal tears. "Other people can drink soup and eat eggs during confinement, but my mom can't eat anything during confinement. She also has to take care of the whole family."
She was born in winter, the coldest time of the year. At that time, there was no running water in the area where their home lived, so they had to fetch daily water from the public well at the entrance of the alley and then carry it home.
"No wonder." Jin Yue felt strange. It turned out that there was another hidden reason for Aunt Huang's illness. She went out in the cold winter and did heavy physical work. Even the cows in the production team didn't work so hard.
"Humph, they still blame my mom for not being able to give birth to a son. In fact, it was all their fault. My mom deserves to make their family 'extinct'." Huang Mei gritted her teeth. "My cousin wants to take my mom's job and even occupy my house in the future. He's dreaming."
"I've made up my mind. I won't get married in the future. I'll find a live-in son-in-law and the child I give birth to will take my mother's surname. That will piss them off to death."
Jin Yue burst out laughing. If Huang's father knew that not only was he "extremely childless" but the house was also sold to an "outsider", he would probably be so angry that he would lift the coffin lid even after his death.
"I came to you today to ask for your help. You can tell what's wrong with my mom by looking at her face. Can you help cure her? Prescribe some Chinese medicine for her. I won't blame you even if you can't cure her."
Jin Yue agreed, "Okay, you decide when Auntie is free, I'm not busy recently."
"How about today?" Huang Mei was really anxious. "She has finished taking the anti-inflammatory medicine prescribed by the hospital. I asked her to go for a follow-up check-up but she refused, saying that she felt better. But I am worried. Could you please help her check up as well?"
On the same day, Jin Yue went to Huang's house to help with the diagnosis. As she had judged, Aunt Huang had a typical case of spleen deficiency leading to visceral prolapse. In addition to prescribing some spleen-strengthening and qi-invigorating herbal medicine, she also added some acupuncture treatment.
Since she had nothing to do at home anyway, she would take time every day to go there for two injections, chat with Aunt Huang for a while, and help Zhao Wanqiu cook when she got home. At the same time, Yang Zhengkang also had someone prepare the medical qualifications and delivered them to the door personally.
With Shu Jinyue's cultural level, it was almost impossible for her to get a certificate, but Yang Zhengkang had extensive connections and managed to get her a certificate using her three years of experience as a barefoot doctor in the countryside. It was also within the policy, so although she was only an assistant physician, she could practice medicine legally from now on.
On the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, Jin Yue finally received a notice from the Labor Bureau that she could go to work at the epidemic prevention station!
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