Chapter 4 004 Potential Stock
Regardless of the era, blind dates always require a good match between the two families. For a family like the Shu family, the best relative they can get is the Liu family.
Back then, Liu Huifang's father was a film projectionist. Various factories and mines in the district invited him to show movies. Not only could he save money, but he also had some good connections. Who wouldn't be polite to him?
Liu Huifang is three years older than Shu Wenyan, and her looks are not outstanding. She also does the work of gay men. However, it took Shu Wenyan half a year to catch up with her. He is really marrying above his station.
The Xu family is now so far away from the Shu family that they can't even step on foot to reach it. Since he is an only child and a worker-peasant-soldier student, how could they agree to go on a blind date with an educated youth?
Liu Huifang asked the question that everyone had.
"We only found out about this recently. Back then, Jin Yue's father...her biological father..."
It turns out that Shu Jinyue's original name was Su Jinyue. Her biological father, Su Limin, was an apprentice in the machinery factory of the big capitalist Xu family before liberation. He was studious and able to endure hardships, and was soon noticed by the eldest master of the Xu family who had just returned from studying abroad. He was taken with him to learn mechanical design. Unfortunately, within a few years, the people were living in poverty. The Xu family became a thorn in the eyes of the Japanese because they owned the largest machinery factory in Shilan Province and held confidential technology. When they failed to win them over, they planned to get rid of them.
At that time, Mr. Xu had already been married, and his eldest son Xu Ping was only a few years younger than Su Limin. When the Japanese came to the factory to arrest people, it was Su Limin who hid the young master, lied that his name was Xu Ping, and went to prison in his place, suffering all kinds of hardships until the People's Liberation Army entered the city. The other six children of the Xu family were not so lucky. Some died in prison, some died at the hands of bandits, and some were missing. When the book city was liberated, only Xu Ping survived.
Su Limin did good deeds without expecting anything in return, and lost contact with the Xu family during the war. Instead, the Xu family had been looking for him for many years. Old man Xu had passed away, and Xu Ping was demoted a few years ago because of his background problem. He only resumed work last year. It was only last month that they finally found Su Limin's widow and orphan daughter.
After hearing this, everyone was silent.
"What if it doesn't work?"
"Shut up your crow mouth. We are so good-looking now, how could we not be together?"
Shu Wenming: “…”
"Director Xu is a good man. He said that you two should meet and get to know each other first. I've seen the photo of that child. He looks very energetic." Zhao Wanqiu looked at Jin Yue's face. "Mom knows that you are young and don't understand these things yet, but you have to get married to be a revolutionary, right?"
Before she went to the countryside, she said that she would not return to the city until the Gobi Desert was turned into the granary of the motherland. Get married? That is the stumbling block that prevents her from building a great countryside and must be removed!
Just when everyone thought Jin Yue would refuse, she said, "Okay, Mom, tell them to meet as soon as possible."
Shu Wenyun's face turned a little pale.
After some discussion, Shu Linong looked at the sky and said, "Boss and Huifang, go back quickly. It will be difficult to ride a bike if it snows later."
Liu Huifang hurriedly got off the bed and put on her clothes. On the contrary, Shu Wenyan, who was usually the most active in slacking off, did not move. It was not until his brothers and sisters went to the next room that he spoke with a grumble: "Dad, the last time I told you about that thing..."
"What are you talking about? I have no money. If I keep chewing, there will only be bones left."
"How can you be without money? Lao Er and Wen Yun pay for their living expenses every month. You and Aunt Zhao..."
"You also know that you have brothers and sisters, huh?" Shu Linong sneered twice and said nothing more.
After leaving the house, Liu Huifang glared at her husband disapprovingly, "You can only do what you are capable of. You are just obsessed with power. Anyway, I don't care. Don't even think about going to my dad."
"That's wrong. Women have long hair but short knowledge. Do you know how hard it is to get this chance... Hey, wait for me, Huifang, wait for me. If you ride away with your bike, how can I get back? Oh, you spendthrift woman!"
***
Shu Jinyue didn't know how Shu Wenyan walked home alone in the snow. She slept in contentment. Zhao Wanqiu didn't call her. After she woke up naturally, she took out twenty yuan and cloth coupons and said, "Go buy two new clothes."
Jin Yue took it. Her body shape was very different from Shu Wenyun's, so she couldn't always wear her sister's clothes.
Now, after buying the train ticket, she only had two yuan and thirty cents left. She was really short of money, extremely short of money.
Putting the ginseng that her sister-in-law brought her last night, Shu Jinyue put on her second brother's Lei Feng hat. As a result, just as she reached the entrance of the alley, she saw Shu Linong catching up with her. Without saying anything, he stuffed twenty-eight yuan into her pocket, including a handful of Mao Zedong's banknotes, which were obviously picked out from between his teeth.
"Don't buy the kind your sister has. It doesn't look good."
Shu Jinyue smiled. No wonder everyone called her a little straw bag. In her previous life, she really liked to imitate Shu Wenyun mindlessly. She demonstrated what it meant to imitate someone ugly. The old man hesitated to speak several times, probably because he was afraid of hurting the self-esteem of the adolescent girl. This time, with the blind date being such a big deal, he finally couldn’t help it.
"Okay, don't worry, Dad."
With her hands in her sleeves, Jin Yue first went to the department store for a walk. No one paid any attention to her appearance, but she didn't get angry. She then went to the external window of the herbal medicine company and didn't go home until noon.
After dinner, when it was just getting dark, she put on a patched cotton jacket made by Shu Linong, put an aluminum flashlight in her pocket, and went to the ghost market with her hands in her sleeves.
She wandered around during the day and had already chosen a spot, and came to the bottom of the Jianshe Bridge according to the planned route. This place was originally a wasteland with dim light and large areas of reeds for hiding. In the past two years, it has developed into the largest ghost market in Shucheng City.
At first glance, Shu Jinyue's attire made him look like a skinny, half-grown boy. His skin was a bit white at best, and he looked increasingly malnourished.
As soon as she entered, the vendors wrapped in cotton coats asked her in a low voice if she wanted cigarettes, green rubber shoes, and some even asked if she wanted a watch. Jin Yue pretended to be interested, looked around, and asked in a northeastern accent when the ghost market would start and end, what people could buy during normal times, whether the police would come to arrest people, etc.
She strolled to the bottom of the second-to-last bridge pier and saw a gentle middle-aged man wearing glasses walking over. She observed that he should be the buyer, so she approached him and whispered, "Brother, do you want wild ginseng?"
The middle-aged man looked at her, shook his head and walked away.
After asking two people in succession, neither of them was interested, and Shu Jin became more disappointed.
She carefully examined the ginseng given by her sister-in-law and found that it was indeed wild ginseng from Changbai Mountain, which was the best stuff. I guess the fellow from Northeast China thought it was too small, only as thick as his little finger, and also thought it was of young age. But Jin Yue had a lot of theoretical knowledge and pictures of medicinal material identification in his mind - the fellow was wrong.
But these things were not in such short supply as rice, flour, grain and oil, and she stayed there for another half an hour but still didn't sell any.
The Shu family's children are all very smart, except Jin Yue. When they were little, they asked her to buy half a pound of soy sauce for two cents. She jumped to the store with the pot in her arms, and then slapped her head, "Ouch!" I forgot whether to ask her to be vinegar or soy sauce!
In order to avoid being scolded, she just beat them both and cried and begged her aunt to put the vinegar and soy sauce in the same pot. Before she even got home, the joke that "the old girl of the Shu family put vinegar and soy sauce together" spread around the house, making Zhao Wanqiu so angry that she didn't know whether to beat her or scold her.
But she was very lucky. She picked up a pencil and eraser at school and five cents on the street. The children in the alley knew she was stupid, so they took the things she picked up and passed them to them. When the adults found out later, they were so angry that they called her a fool.
With such a personality, Zhao Wanqiu really didn't dare to let her take over the hospital. She would definitely do something like asking an ophthalmologist for consultation if the patient's pupils were dilated.
Thinking of his past "glorious deeds", Shu Jinyue felt that his nickname was well deserved.
The wind was howling under the bridge, and her cotton-padded jacket was filled with years-old cotton, which was not very warm. She didn't know if she had a good sleep or not, but Shu Jinyue always felt like someone was watching her.
She looked back and saw occasional dots of light in the darkness. Both buyers and sellers looked wary. She looked around and it seemed no one was paying attention to her.
But after taking just two steps, the feeling of being watched came back. Thinking of being targeted and followed by the captain's family in the countryside, this feeling was really not good. Shu Jinyue quickened his pace and walked around the alley far away from home twice. He took off his hat and clothes, let down his two yellow pigtails, and turned into a girl before walking back to Liuye Hutong.
"Where did Jin Yue go so late at night?" Shu Wenyun had just finished taking a shower and was drying her hair.
"Go out and find your classmates."
"Which classmate?"
Jin Yue just made up a name. They were in different grades, and Shu Wenyun didn't know if there was anyone with that name.
"Mom just said, we're going to People's Park tomorrow, so why don't you wear my suit? I had it made last year for the New Year, and I've only worn it three times." Nowadays, there are many families where brothers and sisters can't put together a complete set of clothes, and it's very common to borrow clothes for important occasions such as blind dates.
It was a fashionable Lenin suit with a black turtleneck sweater inside. It looked good and had a nice temperament, but...she had worn something like this in her previous life. The long and wide coat made her look sloppy, and the black turtleneck sweater hung loosely on her neck, making her face look pale and unhealthy.
Shu Jinyue rejected her "good intentions".
"Did you know that the Xu family used to be a big capitalist?" Shu Wenyun reminded in a low voice.
Here it comes, she had reminded her so "kindly" in her previous life. Jin Yue followed that group of junior high school classmates and rushed around, shouting and killing. He was a well-known little grass bag. When she first heard that Xu Siqi's background was so "dark", she lost her good impression of him before they even met. No wonder he said hurtful words.
"It's okay. Anyway, our family is red and professional enough. I will lead him to turn from darkness to light."
"Besides, I was recommended to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University because the organization must have investigated me. I believe in the organization."
Shu Wenyun was so choked that she didn't know what to say.
***
Upon learning that she hadn't bought any new clothes at all, Shu Linong and Zhao Wanqiu were so disappointed that sparks appeared at the corners of their mouths.
What Shu Jinyue was worried about was how to sell ginseng. She felt like being watched, and at least in the short term, she didn't dare to show up at the ghost market again. But she asked regular hospitals and medicinal materials companies, but didn't meet anyone who knew the value of the medicine, and she couldn't sell it at a good price.
What she needs most now is money, so she has no time to buy new clothes.
Fortunately, her sister-in-law heard about it and gave her a new set of clothes that she had just made last year.
Liu Huifang was not much taller than her and was thinner. She bought her black wool coat at the mall. Jin Yue only needed to pair it with anything else inside, no matter the color or style. Together with the black leather shoes provided by Liu Huifang, she looked quite presentable.
The key is fit and spirit.
Even Shu Wenming borrowed the Zhao family's bicycle and personally took her to People's Park. "Behave well and get married. Then I won't call you a straw bag anymore."
Shu Jinyue: "..."
"See? The guy over there wearing leather shoes is Xu Siqi. This guy is quite smart."
Xu Siqi is about 1.8 meters tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, slightly fair skin, and his hair looks well-groomed. They arrived five minutes early, but he was already waiting there. It was unknown how long he had been there.
The Shu family is still satisfied with this attitude alone.
The male protagonist is the male protagonist. Shu Jinyue still remembers many of his deeds. For example, he followed the advice of his uncle and stayed in school after graduating from university. He devoted himself to teaching at the Provincial University of Industry. Because of his rich theoretical knowledge and strong professional skills, he was hired as an engineer by Haicheng Machinery Factory with a high salary after the reform and opening up. Later, with the support of his uncle, he took a leave of absence from work and cooperated with a foreign-funded machinery factory, becoming one of the bosses by investing in technology... However, his smooth sailing did not stop there. After further accumulating capital, his good uncle encouraged him to go out on his own and specialize in technology research and development, becoming the largest private car manufacturer in the history of Longguo.
Before Shu Jinyue was reborn, he had already become famous. He was not only a well-known technical tycoon in the industry, but also a well-known wealthy man in the country.
Unlike some men who became rich suddenly in that era, Xu Siqi's mind was still on his profession and he was obsessed with research and development. He left all his shares and salary to his wife and had no other women around him, which gave Shu Wenyun enough sense of security.
Having rejected such an honest and dedicated potential candidate, it is no wonder that readers regard her as a blind fool.
At this moment, Shu Jinyue, who had died once, just wanted to survive, and she had to make the best choice for herself.
Not to mention, this blind date opportunity was bought with the life of his biological father.
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