Chapter 7 007 Save people & arrange six blind dates for you tomorrow...
Unexpectedly, I met someone who knows the business. I don’t know whether I should be happy or depressed.
"But you, little comrade, you are so smooth-talking. What are you doing here from the Northeast?"
Jin Yue breathed a sigh of relief, "Well, my dad works here, and my mom and I came to visit relatives. We will be back soon. This pure stuff was dug up by my grandfather on Changbai Mountain. Ordinary people can't find it. If it wasn't for my brother to find a wife, our family would not be willing to sell it."
She added some details appropriately, mainly that the accent she learned from the Northeastern brother at the educated youth point was more authentic. The man did not doubt it, and when he asked the price, he said it was one hundred yuan. The man spent twenty minutes bargaining down to 75. Jin Yue finally acted as if she was reluctant to give up and the deal was made.
If you agree too readily, others will think your price is too high.
But the man didn't carry so much money with him, and asked her to wait here while he went home to get the money. Jin Yue began to worry again.
Will he regret it when he gets home and never come back? Could it be that she was fishing and got caught? Will I encounter a situation where a gang of thieves robs me? Will it be...
Never mind, I can only go down this path and wait.
She found a small mound where no one was around but where she could see in all directions. She put her hands in her sleeves, pulled her hat down so that only her eyes were visible, squatted down, and observed.
The selling price of this ginseng was higher than she expected, mainly because she met someone who knew the business. If she had taken it to a herbal medicine company, it would have fetched at most twenty yuan, so she naturally was reluctant to sell it.
Even so, together with the money his parents gave him for clothes, he could only scrape together 120 yuan at most, which was far from enough to buy a job. Yesterday I heard from Aunt Zhao in the compound that a driller in the machinery factory now makes 600 yuan. If it is an easier position, such as office, logistics or packaging workshop, it will be even more popular and can be sold for 800 yuan!
This is a machinery factory with high work intensity. If you go to other relaxed and decent units, it will only be more expensive.
Jin Yue was worried, but he also kept his eyes and ears open. Finally, half an hour later, the middle-aged man came with the money, and there was no one following him.
The two parties settled the money and goods and went their separate ways.
However, Shu Jinyue didn't walk too far. She walked around and returned to the bridge, continuing to stroll with her hands in her sleeves. She still had to figure out how to use the 120 yuan capital to earn at least 800 yuan in a week, which was as difficult as winning the lottery.
At this time, most of the vendors had left, and only a few were still negotiating prices. Jin Yue walked around but couldn't find a way to make money, so she had to go back to the way she had just entered and exit from there. She planned to go around some other places before going home.
Who knew that just as they reached the river, they suddenly heard someone shouting. They didn't hear what was shouted, but everyone's legs were already faster than their ears. They picked up the things on the ground and ran, running for their lives!
Jin Yue was also very scared. After running a few steps, she remembered that she didn't have anything on her. Even if the police or the security team came, she would not be caught red-handed. So why should she run?
Thinking of this, she slowed down her pace and then she heard some movement in the river.
At first, she didn't take it seriously, but it sounded more and more like something was flapping its wings.
The river surface is frozen at this time of year, and children will skate on it during the day. Occasionally there are a few holes in the ice that the greedy children break open to fish, and everyone will carefully avoid them. She noticed it when she came to check out the location a few days ago, and kept reminding herself not to get too close.
At this moment, she looked in the direction of her memory, but she saw a dark mass and a red patch. The light was not good, so she was not sure. She looked closely and actually——
It's a person!
The person gradually sinking in the ice hole!
The sound just now was probably made by this person. Not only did it not attract rescue, but it also scared away the people around him. How unlucky he is... While thinking about it, Jin Yue picked up a branch from the shore and approached cautiously.
The person's clothes were soaked with ice water and she was sinking extremely heavy, as if a hundred pairs of huge hands were pulling her down. Her stomach was also filled with ice water, and her entire chest was squeezed so hard that it was extremely painful, as if it would explode in the next second.
Her eyes were weak and she couldn't open them. She could only scratch and kick around, and by sheer luck she managed to grab a branch that was stretched out to her accurately... However, she really had no strength left, and her consciousness was floating in the air. Apart from holding on to the branch tightly, she was getting closer and closer to death.
Jin Yue was too thin, so he could only hold her steady while shouting for help, "Someone fell into the water!"
Two traders who had not run far heard it, turned around to see that no one was chasing them, observed for a while, gritted their teeth and turned back to help.
But they did not dare to stay for long. After helping to pull the people ashore, they immediately wrapped themselves in thick military coats and ran away, fearing that they would not be able to escape if they made a big noise.
Jin Yue couldn't just run away. The person got to the shore, but he was not breathing. She quickly touched the carotid artery, but found it was dead, so she immediately performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
She uses this set of first aid measures seven or eight times every year in the countryside. There are young girls and wives who jump into the river, young and strong laborers who fall into coma due to heatstroke, and old men and women who have heart attacks. Whenever the members call her, she rushes to the front line immediately, so she is not nervous when operating it, and the whole process is quick and organized.
"call--"
“Ahem—”
The drowning man coughed up a mouthful of water.
Jin Yue observed the rise and fall of her chest, felt her pulse, and confirmed that she was alive. Then he fell to the ground trembling. It's really not easy for her small body weighing less than 80 pounds. She is either worried or frightened from morning to night.
The rescued female comrade was in her early twenties. Her jet-black braids were wet and stuck to her face. Her red sweater was soaked with water. She looked like a drowned rat, staring blankly at the night sky and gasping for breath.
"Look at you, too. Why are you skating on the ice in such a dark day? What if no one hears you... Alas." Jin Yue really wanted to scold her.
“Wuwu, why did you save me? Why didn’t you let me die? Just let me die. Wuwu… I don’t want to live anymore. Wuwu… It’s meaningless. Wuwu…”
Jin Yue rolled her eyes. She had been trying to survive in the countryside despite the hardship, but this girl, she wanted to die and almost took someone else with her.
"Wow, my brother is gone, I don't want to live anymore, why leave me alone, I don't want to live anymore..."
The girl cried and complained, but Shu Jinyue was too lazy to listen. She was so tired that she almost collapsed. "Hey, are you going to leave or not? If not, I'll leave first."
The girl looked up at her. "Thank you, little brother."
“I’m a woman.”
The girl paused, but thankfully she was interrupted and stopped crying. She got up, shivering and followed her, her teeth chattering from the cold.
Jin Yue walked very fast on purpose, so she could only jog to catch up with him. As she ran, her body gradually became hot.
"Go back and change your clothes first." Don't follow me.
"I, I don't want to go back. It's boring to be alone."
Shu Jinyue was speechless, "Then don't follow me." Ever since he knew that she was committing suicide, Jinyue didn't want to bother with her anymore.
In her opinion, love and dignity in this world are not as important as life. As long as she can survive, she is willing to do anything. She even thought about it. If she really couldn't stay in the city, she would just go back to the place where she was sent to work in the countryside. Even if she had to pretend to be nice to that family or endure hardships, she had to survive first and find evidence to bring them down. She would eventually get through it.
"Little brother...sister, what's your name? My name is Yao Qingqing, and I live in Goldfish Alley. Where do you live?"
Shu Jinyue found her annoying and kept silent.
"You look really young, are you fourteen?"
Shu Jinyue: "..."
"I am 23 this year, and my brother is 27. If he were alive, today would be his 27th birthday, wuwu... He said that when he comes back to visit his family this time, he will marry my sister-in-law, and he wants me to join the army in the future. How can he go back on his word, wuwu..."
Okay, okay, Jin Yue didn’t interrupt because she had just lost a loved one.
It turned out that her brother was a soldier and died while on a mission. Just last month, when she received the news of his death, she cried for a few days before gradually calming down. But today happened to be her brother's birthday, and her future sister-in-law's family came to make a scene again, saying that he had ruined their daughter's youth and wanted her to pay compensation. If she couldn't pay, they would use their house as collateral. She was so upset that she jumped into the river.
"Are you stupid? If you die, wouldn't it be a good thing for their family?" According to her, the siblings' parents had passed away and they had no relatives, but they left behind a courtyard house in a good location like Jinyu Hutong.
That’s a whole courtyard house! Jin Yue screamed in her heart. Her family of five was squeezed in the east wing of the compound. She wanted to survive even though she was pickled by her second brother's stinky feet, but she didn't know how to appreciate what she had.
What's more, Jinyu Hutong has been a place where wealthy people have lived since ancient times. It is located on the first ring road of Shucheng City, directly opposite the provincial party committee compound, the provincial hospital and many provincial-level units. It has good public security and a good environment. It will appreciate rapidly in the future. She had seen it on her mobile phone, and later a small courtyard house there was sold at an eight-digit sky-high price!
Perhaps her expression was too straightforward, Yao Qingqing felt a little embarrassed: "Do you think I am moaning without reason and not cherishing my life?"
"Ah, I feel the same way now...Ahhh!"
Jin Yue looked at her shivering body and said, "Go home and change your clothes quickly, and live well."
"Hey, you haven't told me your name yet, where do you live? Can I come and play with you?"
"Liuye Hutong, Shu Jinyue."
***
That night, Shu Jinyue dreamed that he lived in a spacious, bright and clean courtyard. There were wisterias in full bloom, bluestone slabs warmed by the sun, a chubby tabby cat, and a big, fragrant, steaming roast duck...
However, when I woke up, I smelled my second brother's stinky feet and heard the sound of his teeth grinding.
Shu Jinyue sighed, people are so greedy, they haven’t found a job yet and don’t even know if they can survive, but they are already dreaming of living in a big house.
However, the good news came so quickly!
Just after lunch, Xu Siqi was basking in the sun in the yard when she was brought in by Aunt Zhao's grandson. "Sister Jinyue, this uncle said he wants to see you."
Xu Siqi looked around the yard curiously. There were many people living there, and every household wanted to occupy more space, so it was inevitable that they would build in a disorderly manner. Even the Shu family was no exception. They built the kitchen under the eaves, and piled up firewood and coal briquettes.
Xu Siqi grinned with his neat white teeth, "Comrade Xiao Shu, I have good news for you."
Jin Yue was delighted. Considering the large number of people in the courtyard, he took the man under the eaves. After seeing that no one was paying attention to this place, he asked in a low voice, "Brother Xu, is there any progress on my case?"
Xu Siqi also felt relieved. "Yes, we have picked out a few suitable ones for you. My dad wants you to take a look at them as soon as possible and decide on the ones that are suitable."
He always felt that if he could accomplish this big thing, he would be able to show off in front of his uncle.
In just two days, he was able to find “several” and “suitable” jobs. Shu Jinyue’s eyes lit up incredibly.
Her eyes are actually very well-shaped, with a beautiful shape and slightly upturned corners. The pupils are light brown, and when you look closely, they have a childish clarity.
A sentence flashed through Xu Siqi's mind: In fact, Comrade Xiao Shu will be very beautiful when she grows up.
"Don't worry, you can pick any of the six. If you don't like any of them, we can help you find another one."
"Pick...someone?"
"Yes, I have arranged six blind dates for you tomorrow, three in the morning and three in the afternoon."
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