Chapter 81 081 Auntie carefully & quit another & business opportunity...
The He family has strict family education, and expert He sets a good example. Since childhood, little Shitou has been with a group of old experts with dignified conduct, integrity and selflessness. They all say that teaching by words and deeds is the key. No one has ever taught him to steal food, so logically he would not do that.
Unless someone instigates him and keeps telling him that chicken legs are delicious, eggs are delicious, eat them if you want, there is nothing wrong in eating a little, you are a child, no one will be angry, just eat it.
And this person must be someone he trusts.
As expected, Little Shitou was a little scared, but he still nodded. "Aunt helped me get it. She said if I'm hungry, I should eat more. This is a treat from Yinyin's family. They won't be angry if we eat it."
Sure enough, no one was angry, but instead felt sorry for his suffering.
But this is not a matter of being angry. She clearly knew that the child had a weak spleen and stomach, but she still instigated and even helped him secretly eat so many high-protein foods. Every time he was hospitalized because of the secret eating, she said nothing after the hospitalization and allowed the doctor to treat the child as epilepsy and use large doses of anti-epileptic drugs... Her heart is despicable.
Judging from the way she took temperatures and cleaned the ward, she should have some medical knowledge. She herself said that she had attended a health school for a period of time and learned some things through osmosis.
She clearly knows all the dangers and consequences of cheating!
This is why he wished he could "cure" Xiao Shitou into a fool. Shu Jinyue was so angry that his chest heaved. This was too bad!
Not to mention what Xu Duan found in Mr. He's pen... In order not to alert the enemy, she took Xiao Shitou to Yin Yin to play with him as if nothing had happened, and let them deal with it themselves.
Yin Yin had just come back from school and was doing her homework seriously in the living room. Her aunt and the nanny were helping to cook in the kitchen. They were talking and laughing, but they kept their voices low so as not to disturb the host family.
Shu Jinyue didn't dare to look at her aunt for fear of revealing her true identity and alerting the enemy. She took her two children to play in the living room and took a look at Yinyin's homework.
"I have a best friend. Do you know who he is?" Yin Yin asked in a pretentious tone.
Little Stone was silly and excited: "Yes, is it me?"
Yinyin didn't expect this answer. She was stunned for a moment, but quickly said, "Yes, Xiao Shitou is my good friend!"
Seeing this, Jin Yue guessed that she was probably talking about Xiao Huzi, but she couldn't bear to make Xiao Shitou sad, so she could only go along with his answer.
What a kind little girl.
The more Shu Jinyue thought about her childhood, she had rarely thought about those unpleasant things in the past two years. But the heart-to-heart talk with her mother that day made her realize that the memories that disappeared before the age of three were sweet.
Her father loved her too, just like her mother.
The knot in my heart that had been there for two lifetimes was slowly untied as I spent the past few years with my mother.
No one is perfect, because no one could have imagined that she would encounter those bad people and bad things in the countryside. Moreover, it was Shu Jinyue herself who proposed to go to the countryside and not want to take over. Her mother also strongly opposed it at the beginning, but her opposition was ineffective.
At that time, she was passionate, impulsive, and did things without considering the consequences. She was the one who should be most responsible for her own life.
Looking back now, she could have been very happy in her previous life, but she pushed away the people who were good to her, and finally walked towards a deeper abyss step by step.
In this life, she did not have a high IQ, nor did she have strong communication skills, but she relied on her early efforts to slowly pull her life, which was gradually going off track, back on track.
It's time to start looking for the missing young educated youth, but she knows she will never find him now, because the big boss who helped her take revenge in her previous life did not find him until two years after her death. The situation has been unclear in the past few years, and he must be hiding very well. She will probably have to wait another four years to find him.
Four years, and at that time she was about to graduate from university.
Just as I was thinking about it, Xu Duan came down and said, "Let's go."
Shu Jinyue didn't dare to ask more questions, for she was afraid that her poor acting skills would be exposed, so she held her breath until she got in the car.
Xu Duan chuckled, "You can breathe normally."
"Phew - I'm scared to death. How about it, have you guys come up with a solution?"
Xu Duan nodded. "There is a bug in the pen. I don't know how long it has been bugged, and I don't know how many secrets have been leaked. If it doesn't have to be traced back to ten years ago, the matter should not be that serious... However, Mr. He can be sure that the culprit who caused them to stay on the farm for the past two years is that aunt."
Jin Yue was a little confused. "Since we don't know how long we've been wiretapped, how do you know we don't have to trace it back to ten years ago?"
Xu Duan laughed, "How old is Xiao Shitou? How many years has she been with Mr. He?"
Under the pretext of taking care of Xiao Shitou, she willingly came to work as a nanny for Mr. He and followed them to the place with the most difficult conditions. She was not well fed and clothed every day. Mr. He asked her to go back many times, but she said that she had a good relationship with her sister-in-law and did not want her to die with regrets, and she could not bear to see her child suffer... These words are really touching.
In addition, she has always been very low-key, never asked about anything, never asked about things that are not related to the child, and took good care of the child, so Mr. He gradually trusted her.
After all, before the son and daughter-in-law got married, they went through multiple inspections to prove that the daughter-in-law's family had a clean background and there was no doubt about it.
But who could have imagined that such a dear aunt with a clean background would not only lurk beside him to steal their seed secrets, but also "cure" Xiao Shitou to death silently.
"This incident is a big blow to Mr. He. His health has not been good to begin with... They may need to stay in the bookstore for a longer period of time. When the time comes, I will need you to help him."
Jin Yue agreed, "Then you haven't arrested her yet, are you trying to play the long game and catch a bigger fish?"
"Yes, Aunt Hu means that since we know who the spy is, we can use her to pass false information to the enemy, so that they can shoot themselves in the foot. After all, if we remove this nail, who knows what kind of spy they will plant next? It's tiring to be on guard against thieves all day long."
So that's how it is. Shu Jinyue felt that the spy dramas he had watched finally came in handy. This tactic is called turning the tables!
"By the way, you may need to come over a few times in the next few days to announce to the public that Xiao Shitou's illness has not been cured, but has become more serious."
"Okay, I know what to do." She knew how to cooperate in acting and paralyze her aunt.
The two of them hadn't seen each other much for a while and missed each other a lot, so Xu Duan went to buy some food, drove the car to a secluded place, and sat in the car chatting and eating snacks.
Of course, Shu Jinyue basically ate alone, and he helped pass paper and water from time to time.
"You eat too, aren't you hungry?"
"I'm not hungry. I came out after eating."
While eating, Jin Yue asked, "Didn't Sister Bao go home? Who cooks in your family?"
"Sometimes my eldest brother does it, sometimes I do it, but more often I do it because I want to be like him."
Xu Siqi, Jin Yue felt quite sympathetic towards this poor man. Although she didn't know what Shu Wenyun was crazy about, she knew that Xu Siqi was actually a good person with good abilities, and he was deeply in love with her. She didn't know when they would be able to achieve a happy ending.
However, speaking of sympathy, she remembered something: "Do you think Sister Bao has been acting strange recently? She didn't like me before, but now she feels... I met her near Goldfish Alley that day, and she felt a little sympathetic towards me?"
Xu Duan also felt puzzled. She stared at him that day and even though she knew he was going out, she still kept chasing him and asking him where he was going, who he was looking for, and who he was meeting.
He was a little annoyed. If Bao Wengui hadn't been there, he wouldn't have wanted to pay any attention to her.
Shu Jinyue also thought of Bao Wengui, who had been under the same sky with her on a snowy night. They had never met, but she knew everything about him. He had completely lost his ability to work, and his three children were all in school. It was a time when money was needed, and the family burden was indeed heavy.
Although she refused to admit that she was disabled, she could not help but sympathize with Bao Wengui at this time. "Sister Bao has lost her job now. What is the source of income for her family?"
"The commune and county armed forces will pay the allowances on time."
Jin Yue felt that it was still not enough. "If they always rely on this little allowance, will it make their family lazy and unwilling to work?"
"She is just too idle. Find her something to do."
Xu Duan spread his hands, indicating that he was powerless. Because Sister Bao is illiterate and has never attended a literacy class. If you ask her to go out to buy groceries, you'd be worried that she would get lost.
"How's her cooking skill?"
Xu Duan nodded, "It wasn't possible before, but now I've improved a lot."
"That's it. It means she is still capable of learning and is willing to learn. Why not let her learn from others and open a small restaurant of her own? You can lend her the capital. As long as she is not lazy, she will not lose money."
Although business licenses have not been issued yet, some people with a keen sense of smell have already started quietly running small businesses, and the higher-ups are turning a blind eye.
"Liu Jinbu from our unit, his wife is now selling stewed food outside. He didn't reveal how much he earns, but I guess it's definitely higher than working at a delicatessen."
Delicatessens are just state-owned businesses and everyone is used to buying things there, but their service is poor and the taste is just so-so. Once a private shop with the same taste and better service opens up, they will no longer be popular.
"Isn't his wife a manager?"
"Yes, but she definitely didn't sell it herself. She asked her family to sell it."
When the spring breeze blows, everyone starts to get excited, but only the timid ones are still struggling over whether to do it or not.
"That's a good idea. I'll ask Bao Wengui some other day." If Sister Bao is willing, he is willing to provide a certain degree of help.
After Jin Yue finished her snack, he poured water from the kettle for her to wash her hands. After washing, Jin Yue began to settle accounts: "Comrade Xu Duan, do you know you are wrong?"
Xu Duan laughed, "Why, are you unhappy again?"
Jin Yue pouted, "What do you mean by unhappy again? Am I the kind of person who is always unhappy and gives you the cold shoulder?"
"Yes, yes, you are right. Comrade Su Jinyue doesn't bear grudges at all. She is magnanimous and generous."
"Shut up and stop talking." Jin Yue wanted to cover his mouth, but as soon as her hand touched his lips, she was pulled over and bullied by him.
“The dessert tastes very sweet.”
"Hate it, could you please stop talking?"
"I don't say anything and you say I'm cold. Am I cold? Touch me and see..."
As a result, Jin Yue's hand was scalded. Although it was covered by cloth, the feeling was really unbearable. She felt her heart beating faster, breathing became difficult, and she was about to faint.
Xu Duan himself is a very restrained person, but the bottom line between lovers is lowered again and again, moving towards more intimate contact again and again.
Especially the little hand that was actively moving up and down, as if measuring the length. He was so hot that he was about to explode. "Are you satisfied?"
"It's not real. How can you tell whether it's real or not through the cloth?" Although she was very satisfied in her heart, she was stubborn.
Sure enough, the man's breathing became heavier. The two of them quarreled in the car for a long time before they reluctantly "braked".
"Okay, let's go to the riverside and get some fresh air?" Xu Duan said, touching her hair.
Jin Yue took a few breaths to calm down, got out of the car first, and ran far away, not wanting him to see his embarrassment.
Ahhh, Shu Jinyue felt that if she didn't get married, she would suffocate herself to death. This love life was really slower than that of a turtle!
This clear water river runs across the entire Book City, with green willow trees on both sides of the river. On the bluestone slabs under the trees, some people are washing clothes, some are washing vegetables, some are taking a bath, and some are fishing. Miraculously, these four types of people can swim in the same water without interfering with each other.
"Do you still go to Xishan Reservoir often?"
"I haven't been there this year. If you want to go, let's go some other time." This was the place where he and Jiang Weijun and Sun Aihong caught fish and grilled fish for her when they took her on an outing. Later, she even brought home four rabbits.
Time flies so fast, these things happened two or three years ago.
"I have something I want to do..."
"Are you going to quit?"
The two spoke at the same time, talking about the same thing. Xu Duan smiled and asked, "How did you know that?"
"I saw you talking to Aunt Hu just now, and Aunt Hu seemed a little angry." Thinking about his past life, it was time for him to go into the sea.
He has been very busy recently and has not been seen much, probably because of this incident.
"Aren't you angry?" He held her hand and walked to a place with fewer people, while looking into her eyes.
"Are you angry that you gave up your job in the system? It's just a job. Being a leader and being a boss are just different social roles. What's important is that you are happy."
Jin Yue squeezed his calloused hands. These hands could carry guns, sign and stamp documents, and they could also make waves in the business world.
“You’re not actually that happy in your leadership position, are you?”
Xu Duan did not deny that this was related to his personality. Although he was more tactful than the Shu brothers and sisters, many things could not be solved by being tactful. If he wanted to do practical things in a big way, there were too many relationships to coordinate and too many areas to compromise. He still missed his previous military career more.
"Besides, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Shu Jinyue was reluctant to say that the news of reform and opening up would soon be announced, but she knew that he must know what opportunity was.
"So, if I quit and lost my job, we would still get married, right?"
Jin Yue nodded, then shook his head, "For now, we should be married, but it's hard to say what will happen in the future. If you dare to do something to let me down, we will definitely not be together."
Xu Duan slapped her forehead and said, "Nonsense."
***
Over the next few days, Jin Yue went to the Hu family to see Xiao Shitou intermittently. Every time he saw him, his expression became more serious, as if he was wondering, "Why is the child in such poor health?"
As usual, every time my aunt sent Jin Yue out, she would quietly ask about the child's situation.
"Doctor Shu, you've come to see us several times. Just tell me the truth about Xiao Shitou's condition so I can know it better." She said while wiping her tears, her face full of worry and anxiety for fear of hearing bad news.
These days, Little Shitou has been taken care of by Expert He personally on the pretext of taking him to exercise, or Yinyin and Little Tiger have come to play with him, so his aunt has never had a chance to get close to the child alone.
"Alas, I understand your feelings, but... Alas!" He hesitated to speak, expressing just the right amount of helplessness and regret.
My aunt's tears fell even more fiercely. "Doctor Shu means that Xiao Shitou is not well?"
Jin Yue nodded heavily, "I don't know why this happened. Logically, the prescription I prescribed is appropriate for his condition, but he... To be honest, I'm a little suspicious. Is there something wrong with the anti-epileptic drugs he took? You know, the side effects of many drugs in clinical practice are unknown. He has a weak physical foundation, and I'm a little worried about him using so many sedatives that suppress nerve reactions all at once."
My aunt looked sad and covered her mouth with her hands as she cried.
Shu Jinyue looked reluctant, "Okay, don't worry, I'm just suspicious now, it's hard to say whether it's true or not."
She paused, and said with a look of trust in her aunt: "Xiao Shitou only has you two relatives in this world. Expert He doesn't want him to undergo too many tests, fearing that it would be harmful to his health, but I suggest that he should undergo a comprehensive check-up. I hope you can persuade him more. Some tests are indeed harmful to the body, but it is not a solution if the disease continues to heal."
My aunt had an idea in her mind and smiled, "Okay, thank you, Dr. Shu, I will persuade you."
Sure enough, given her blood relationship with Xiao Shitou and her hard work over the past few years, no matter how others tried to persuade her, Expert He finally agreed after her persuasion.
However, considering that the child was too young and his condition was unclear, the provincial hospital requested that the child be admitted to the hospital and parents were not allowed to accompany him.
This was equivalent to isolating Xiao Shitou from everyone else. His aunt was worried that no one would take care of him, that the medical staff would not be patient enough, and that... Anyway, she cried sincerely, and everyone was very moved. They all praised her for being a good aunt who valued love and friendship.
Since then, after she was isolated, Expert He also fell "sick" and stayed in the hospital for more than half a month. When he came back, most of his hair had turned white. It was said that Xiao Shitou's condition deteriorated rapidly and she had to be admitted to the intensive care unit, so even visits were not allowed.
Now, the aunt was panicking. She just wanted to silently worsen Xiao Shitou's condition and prevent Expert He from going to Beijing, so as to delay the research progress. At the same time, she would have a reason to stay and take care of the sick Xiao Shitou. She would follow Expert He wherever he went.
But if anything really happened to Xiao Shitou, she would have no reason to stay! Her nail is useless!
So, she couldn't bear it any longer and contacted her superior in a panic.
What she didn't know was that during the half month that Expert He was "ill", her background had already been thoroughly investigated. Once she contacted the online contact, it was equivalent to completely exposing this line.
Shu Jinyue had no idea what happened next. She only knew that the "seriously ill" Xiao Shitou settled down at the Jiang family, eating, living and going to school with Xiao Huzi. With the addition of Yin Yin, the three children seemed to be ready to swear a blood oath and would become the best of friends in the future.
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Jin Yue had a very fulfilling summer vacation. He worked and read at the same time, and put the theoretical knowledge into practice while studying. On weekends when he was free, he went on outings, watched movies, and went shopping with friends. His life was extremely comfortable.
The focus of Liuye Hutong gradually shifted from Shu Wenming, the first person to resign, to Tian Meizhi and Niu Xiaofang.
"Here she comes, look, this is the young widow of the old Tian family, isn't she pretty?"
Jin Yue quickly stuck his head out. Tian Meizhi had a curvy figure and fair skin. Although her facial features were not as outstanding as those of Shu Wenyun and Niu Xiaofang, she had a sweet feminine charm. She was the kind of person who you could tell at a glance that her hormone levels were very good and her menstruation was very regular.
This kind of femininity is very attractive to men. Didn’t she immediately “behead the director as a warning to the public”?
"The Niu family is really ruthless. After the marriage fell through, the whole family was so angry that they went to the factory to write letters of denunciation and post big-character posters. Although we don't want to restore the Cultural Revolution, who can't control themselves and really have a child?"
"Look, he even lost his position as director."
"The future mother-in-law and her stepsons were not happy about it. They went to the Niu family and made a scene for several days. Then they went to Niu Dagang and Niu Xiaofang's workplace and made more trouble. They fought back. I heard that they even got into a fight!"
The more Shu Jin listened, the more shocked she was. Neither the Niu family nor the director's family were good people. They were fighting with each other, which was a dog-eat-dog fight. Everyone was busy watching the fun and ignored Tian Meizhi. She hid herself beautifully behind the gossip. When she heard that the man had lost his position as director, she immediately asked for an abortion and nutrition fee. Within a few days, her son was riding a brand new bicycle.
It took more than half a month for everyone to react.
"Is she really pregnant?"
"Who knows? Anyway, the hospital examination form has been taken out."
"It's not like that thing can't be forged."
Everyone was shocked. Yes, how could they have forgotten about this? All kinds of conspiracy theories were rampant.
However, regardless of whether it was fake or not, the man deserved it. If he hadn't touched Tian Meizhi, how could Tian Meizhi have had the possibility of getting pregnant and find him? He wanted to use the little power in his hands to sleep with his female subordinates, but he forgot that the best hunters always appear in the form of prey.
What a deserving life you have!
The Shu family was also discussing this in the house, "From now on, let's stay away from the old Tian family. This family is not easy to mess with."
Why do I say that? Because among Shu Linong’s bad chess friends, one of them is Uncle Tian, Tian Meizhi’s father!
Teacher Shu smacked his lips and said, "What the younger generation's business has to do with us old men."
"It's none of your business, but you'd better stay away. If the Niu family can't swallow this anger and makes a fuss, it will be bad if it gets you involved."
With the Niu family's extremely vicious and revengeful character, this matter will definitely not just let go, because -
"Yesterday I heard from your Aunt Zhao that she saw Niu Xiaofang and that man walk into the guesthouse on Qingming Festival... We have to let Aunt Niu know about this, there will be no end to it."
"Wow!" Xu Wenli suddenly became excited. In this day and age, a man and a woman entered a guesthouse in broad daylight. There is no news more explosive than this!
Shu Jinyue couldn't help but sigh. She knew what they were doing with her toes. She just thought that this bastard was despicable. On Qingming Festival, did he just visit his deceased wife's grave and then go to get a room with someone else?
Niu Xiaofang is an unmarried girl. If people knew that she had been to a guesthouse with him, her reputation would be ruined.
He couldn't control his lower body and harmed two women. This bastard deserves to suffer from impotence and premature ejaculation for the rest of his life!
"Hush, Aunt Zhao only told me about this. She's very tight-lipped. Don't tell anyone else. This kind of thing has a big impact on Niu Xiaofang."
Xu Wenli nodded quickly, like a chicken pecking at rice, "Okay, I won't say a word."
"Where's the second brother?" Shu Linong didn't see Shu Wenming, and he got angry again. "It's been almost three months since he resigned. Is it human nature for him to be idle like this every day?"
Xu Wenli quietly defended herself, "Dad, Wenming is actually not idle. He sleeps at home during the day, but when he wakes up, he helps me wash clothes and clean the house."
Teacher Shu wanted to get angry, thinking that it was a coward for a grown man to not go to work and do these things, wasn't that a coward? But he was still very kind to Wen Li. He just sighed and said, "You, don't spoil him. Ask around the world and find out which man doesn't work. Keep your own salary in your pocket and give it to him. Take care of yourself first, okay?"
No matter when, the family members always helped Wenli. Wenli was very touched and almost told Jinyue that Wenming went out at night. Fortunately, Jinyue pulled her back.
Second brother has been hiding during the day and coming out at night. Everyone is used to it now and no one talks about it anymore. But he must not become the focus again.
At times like this, it's always better to keep a low profile.
***
Soon, Shu Jinyue started school, and the first thing he did when he arrived at school was to announce the results of the final exam of the previous semester.
Although she had the basic knowledge and studied very hard, her total score only ranked fourth, not even in the top three, because her grades in public courses other than her professional courses were average. But at this time, the professional courses are just basic theories, and anyone who can recite them will not be bad and will not be able to make up the gap with other students.
On the other hand, Lin Zhen, who had no medical background, ranked first in the class in terms of total score because she was smart and good at studying.
Shu Jinyue: “…” We can’t compare, we can’t compare. One is a 15-year-old genius girl, and the other studied hard for two years to barely get into university. Our IQs are not on the same level, woohoo.
However, she also discovered that today's college students are really studious and hardworking, because there is no one failing in the class in any subject, and the lowest score in each subject is around 70 points.
She thought of the college students she saw on her phone. It seemed that there were a few students who would fail in every subject, and some didn't even bother to take the exam.
This college entrance examination was resumed after a wait of ten years. Anyone who passed the exam would cherish this opportunity. When she didn't have classes, she could hardly find an empty seat in the library. Even in the cafeteria where the lights were on for free until 10 pm, there were people studying.
Oh, what an exciting era!
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And in this busy late autumn, following Shu Wenming, Xu Duan also resigned.
The Shu family was shocked by the news. "The second brother resigned because the leader didn't like him and wanted him to vacate his position. Why did Comrade Xu also resign? If he works harder, he can become a deputy director-level cadre..."
Shu Wenyan held Mengmeng in his arms and looked at Jin Yue in surprise, "Do you know about this?"
"Know."
"Then why did you let him resign? If he works harder, he can be a deputy director..."
Jin Yue rolled his eyes. "First of all, we are just boyfriend and girlfriend. I can't stop him from resigning. Secondly, this is just a resignation, not going to jail."
Shu Wenyan was speechless because of her retort. Just then, the eldest daughter Mengmeng slapped him in the face, causing him to grimace in pain.
"Hey, little aunt, aunt, why are you hitting me? You are so mean, helping your aunt instead of your dad."
Jin Yue found it more funny and took Meng Meng over. The little girl could walk now. She wouldn't be held for long before she started to make a fuss about getting off the ground, walking around with a clattering sound.
Yaya is a little quieter. When adults hold her in their arms, she will hug their necks obediently. When asked to learn to walk on the ground, she will take a few steps obediently. Both sisters are equally lovable.
"What's wrong with the second child? It's not a good idea to keep him idle all the time. Can I talk to someone and ask him to go to the street to clean toilets?" Shu Wenyan really wanted to help, not to tease. "Wenli's health is not good to begin with. We can't put the burden of supporting the family on her shoulders."
Jin Yue also felt it, but she knew that her second brother definitely wouldn't want to do this. To be precise, he no longer wanted to work in any unit and be controlled by others.
Sure enough, Shu Wenming turned over and continued to lie dead, "I'm not going, no need to look for me."
"You've been idle for a few months, don't you want to find something to do?"
"I would like to do it. Someone introduced me to cotton from Xinjiang Province. I want to buy some before the weather gets cold, but the cost is too high and there are too many people doing it. I don't have any advantage in getting involved now."
The traders in the ghost market also form gangs. For example, he is in the same group as Zhang Liangwei. What they do is more diverse, all of which are small-scale operations. The group that can deal in cotton not only has strong financial resources, but also solid connections.
He ignorantly wanted to get a piece of the pie, but he didn't know what was going on when he was sent to jail.
Shu Wenyan now has access to more and more updated information. Unlike Shu Linong, who is old-fashioned, "If you want to do something that others haven't done, you have to have some ideas."
Yes, what we lack now is ideas.
The more I think about it now, it seems that my second brother started out in the construction industry in Shenzhen in his previous life. He first worked as a laborer on a construction site, and later joined forces with a few co-workers to contract out the work themselves. After he had enough capital, he gradually expanded his engineering team and established a professional construction company.
But construction in the south hasn't started yet, so this route is temporarily blocked. He can't just sit there and do nothing for a year, right?
By then, if the second sister-in-law had no objection, Teacher Shu and Shu Wenyan would be unable to resist and would rush him out to work.
Shu Jinyue thought for a while but couldn't think of anything suitable for his second brother to do, so he had to return the child to his eldest brother, "You don't have to wait for me for dinner."
"Where are you going?"
"Go play with Qingqing."
The two met at the entrance of People's Park and headed straight for a nearby department store. Thanks to Xiaolin's continued purchases, Jin Yue got a lot of money this year, and now she can finally buy things without any restraint.
The weather was about to get cold, so they planned to buy two woolen sweaters, a tweed coat, and a down jacket. They did buy the coats, but unfortunately they couldn't find a suitable down jacket.
"Let's go and fill our stomachs first."
The two of them came to Canteen No. 6, ate a bowl of beef noodles, and ordered some ready-made snacks - laoyouxiang.
The chef in this store has great skills. The crust of the fried dough sticks is golden and crispy, while the core is soft and has a wheat aroma when chewed. Shu Jinyue ate two in one breath. His stomach was bloated, but his eyes were still looking at the big iron basin at the door.
It was a bowl of glutinous rice noodles, fried golden and crispy, covered with sugar grains, and tasted crispy, fragrant and extremely sweet. How wonderful it would be if I could have a bite...
Look at each other and buy!
Each of them bought two kilograms of stuff, wrapped in oil paper, a big bag. Fortunately, Qingqing was riding a bike, and since she couldn't put it in her bike pocket, she hung it on the faucet. "I haven't bought a down jacket yet. Let's go take a look under the Jianshe Bridge, shall we?"
The current Jianshe Bridge is no longer the ghost market it used to be. There are people here not only at night but also during the day. Many young people who can't find jobs set up stalls here to sell small things, or set up a tailor stall to mend things for people, or set up a coal stove to steam some meat and sugar buns. As long as they are not lazy, they can earn some living expenses.
Yao Qingqing wanted to carry her things and go shopping, but Jin Yue stopped her and asked her to leave her things with her old friend Zhang Liangwei. "The market is very chaotic recently, and there are many unemployed people. If we carry a lot of bags, won't it be a clear sign that we are fat sheep?"
I thought they had a lot of money on them, but they were fine when they went in, but when they came out, all their pockets were empty.
Yao Qingqing's eyes were full of envy: "Jin Yue, why are you so smart?"
“I’ve suffered.”
The two soon saw several small stalls selling clothes, but they didn't dare to hang them out. The man was wearing five, six, seven or eight pieces, and the rest were stuffed into two large pockets.
Jin Yue discovered that the colors of clothes here were more numerous and brighter than those outside. In state-owned stores, there were only four colors: black, white, blue and gray, but here there were rare yellow and red, and even green!
Although Jin Yue doesn't like this color, it looks really bright, the kind that suddenly makes people's eyes brighten... The key is, these are sweaters and pants, which are warm to wear when it's cold.
There was no need for the salesman to sell her clothes. She just bought two pieces for her mother and one each for her two sisters-in-law. As for herself, she bought a set of white ones to wear as autumn clothes.
Seeing how generous they were, the dealer was immediately delighted. "Comrades, do you like bright colors? My sister has even better ones, all down vests from western Jiangxi."
Down jackets are no longer rare in department stores and overseas Chinese stores, but down vests are rarely heard of. Jin Yue hurriedly looked in the direction the dealer pointed.
There was a woman there who was about 27 or 28 years old. Her skin was a bit dark and yellow. She was wearing several colored vests, which made her look like a rugby player.
"Doctor Shu?!" Song Yingying shouted, "Brother, this is the Doctor Shu I told you about. She was the one who helped me when I gave birth to Lingling. Otherwise, we would have wrongly blamed the doctor who helped me with the birth."
It turned out that this was Song Yingying, the mother of the "disappeared baby" that Jin Yue had visited in the municipal hospital two years ago. It was Shu Jin Yue who told them about the strange disease of vanishing twin syndrome at that time, which not only helped Qin Haiyang and others out of the predicament, but also broadened the horizons of the entire internal medicine and surgery departments of the municipal hospital.
Because she had changed so much, Jin Yue didn't recognize her at first, "You...how are you doing recently?"
Song Yingying smiled bitterly, "Well, that's all."
It goes without saying that their family is too deeply involved with Ge, and how glorious they were in the past. Now when it comes to liquidation and rebellion, it will definitely not be easy for them. However, Jin Yue did not expect that she was so bold that she dared to come and sell things at this time.
"My wife was implicated because of my uncle and is now in labor camp. My parents-in-law are so angry that they are sick. Everyone in the family, young and old, is waiting for food to be cooked."
Song Yingying sighed, then quickly smiled again, "But it doesn't matter. Although my parents-in-law are sick, they take good care of Lingling. Every day when I go home, my child is well fed and clean. Seeing her smile makes all the hard work worth it."
Her face was filled with the confidence and hope of a working woman. Jin Yue felt that he had been right in judging her. She was an outstanding female comrade.
"Then I wish you can get out of this predicament soon, and I also wish Lingling grows up healthily."
Song Yingying smiled even more happily. "I took her for a checkup last year. The doctor said that chimera sounded like a strange disease, but she is fine now. He told me not to worry too much and just take care of her as I want."
Jin Yue and Qing Qing were infected by her smile and thought that the colorful vests she was wearing looked more vivid, so they asked if they could try them.
"Sure, you can try any one you want, as many as you want... Well, but Dr. Shu's friend is tall, so he might need a larger size. Dr. Shu, a smaller size... Oh no, the smallest size might be more suitable."
She quickly and skillfully dug into the two large pockets of clothes, taking out two pieces of each color and asking them to try them out quickly.
Today’s down vests are very simple, without any particular styles or patterns. They are just simple vests with sweetheart collars. If you don’t wear a turtleneck sweater or something underneath, your neck will be cold.
But speaking of the vest itself, it is very warm and close fitting.
However, Jin Yue also discovered that the stitching was not good in several places, and the duck down inside had come out, appearing yellow and white, and you could even smell the stench of duck shit... It was so simple that there was no design or craftsmanship at all.
Song Yingying also noticed it and said with a wry smile, "This is my cousin, the younger brother of the big brother you bought the sweater from just now. They are brothers. The younger brother works in a village clothing factory run by educated youth in western Jiangxi. They hire women from the village to make the clothes. Their skills vary, but don't worry, there is a lot of duck down, so it's very warm."
Shu Jin became more and more interested. Why did people from Shilan go to western Jiangxi to work, and why did educated youth set up factories?
"They were educated youth who went there together. When they saw a lot of ducks being slaughtered in the Poyang Lake area, the duck feathers were difficult to deal with, so they thought about doing something about it. It just so happened that one of them said that when he was a child he saw Soviet aid experts use sleeping bags filled with duck feathers, which they said were very warm. So everyone thought about sewing this thing into the vest, maybe it could keep warm..." And so, a group of passionate young people accidentally made down vests.
Shu Jinyue and Yao Qingqing nodded repeatedly after hearing this. It turned out that the creativity of the working people of Long Country was immeasurable.
"If you like it, I'll give it to you." Song Yingying said in a low voice, afraid that her cousin would hear her and scold her for doing a favor for free when their life was already like this.
Shu Jinyue and Yao Qingqing certainly couldn't accept it, "We won't lose a cent no matter how much you sell it to others."
"Don't be too quick to refuse. We want to buy a few more. There are many people in our family, and we want to give them one each."
When Song Yingying heard this, she hurried to find some for them and asked them how much they wanted. Her cousin had some, and they even learned to make the duck down sleeping bags used by the Soviets, but their technology was limited and the appearance was not very good.
Shu Jinyue thought of something——
“I wonder if their factory makes down quilts?”
"Hey, who wants to sleep with duck feathers? It stinks like duck shit." The cousin of the Song family came over and said, "If you are afraid of the cold in winter, I can find you some cotton. You can sew it into a quilt and it will be so warm!"
Shu Jinyue thought that quilts were good, but they were heavy and easily damp. If the kang was not heated, it would be freezing cold to wear a quilt in the winter. Her current bed cover had been used for a long time and had become solid, and was not as warm as a new bed cover.
How comfortable would it be to have a light, fluffy duvet?
She hasn't used it, but she has seen it on her phone!
She knew what to let her second brother do!
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