Chapter 89 089 No shortage of water & thank you & look at who I am...
To verify whether your guess is correct, it is also very simple. All you need to do is make a phone call.
Shu Jinyue immediately got on her bike and headed straight to the subdistrict office. She had become a frequent caller of that phone in the past few days. The attendant yawned as he sat on a recliner. "Jinyue is here. Go ahead and call."
It would have been better to go to Shilan Hotel and ask in person, but it was too late now and Jin Yue didn't want to travel far.
Recently, with the gradual promotion of the rural contract responsibility system, some rural people who are not doing their jobs properly and are not good people have begun to move into the city. Coupled with the existing street thugs in the city, the two forces are fighting for territory and bullying the common people, resulting in the city's public security being worse than before.
The call was quickly connected, and it was Mr. Sato's voice.
"Hello Mr. Sato, I'm Shu Jinyue."
"Hello, Dr. Shu. It's so late. What's the matter?" Sato yawned. In the past few days, Mo Shuyi took him to several academic conferences, gave several speeches at the provincial hospital, and provided various trainings, including clinical skills, experimental operations, and even how to apply for funds and how to establish projects... The two countries have different systems, but some scientific research things are similar.
Normally, the hospital alone would never be able to hire a big shot like him. Mo Shuyi maximized the value of his mentor and wanted to squeeze out his surplus value, not letting him rest for a single day!
What a inhumane disciple!
"Can I have a chat with Miss Meiko?"
Sato agreed, and Miko quickly came to the phone, "Are you still awake?"
Jin Yue smiled, "I had some delicious food with my friends today. It was our Dragon Country's specialties of braised pork and sweet and sour pork tenderloin. I ate three bowls of rice and drank some delicious wine. Do you want to know what it tasted like?"
Miko was stunned. She hadn't had a craving for food for a long, long time. She was not curious at all about what the food tasted like. Anyway, what was in front of her was nutrients that were good for her and could maintain her basic vital signs, not gourmet food.
As for the taste, she didn't know.
Jin Yue ignored her silence and continued, "I heard from Mo Shuyi that you used to be a little girl who loved eating. You liked sushi, sashimi, tempura, and ramen, right?"
"Your tempura is probably the same as our fried food. My favorite is fennel cake. One autumn many years ago, I was isolated in a small village because I had contact with a tuberculosis patient. There I ate the most delicious fennel cake. They were golden and crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, and had a fresh herbal fragrance. Dipped in grains of white sugar, they were crunchy and delicious."
Hearing this description, Sato Miko's mind flashed with the delicious food she had just mentioned. Suddenly, she felt inexplicably sour in her mouth, and she wanted to swallow her saliva... This was a feeling she hadn't had for a long, long time.
"Now, thinking about these delicious foods, do you feel like drooling?"
Meiko said honestly, "Yes."
"Does your stomach growl?"
Meiko nodded, then thought about her inability to see and said, "Yes, I often have this symptom, but the doctors always say that it's just my active bowel sounds."
Jin Yue also asked her if she had this symptom at the beginning, and treated her according to the active bowel sounds, but now she finds that she was led by the nose by Western medicine——
Once it is determined that this is active bowel sounds, it will be considered that this is increased gastrointestinal motility and a "self-rescue" behavior of the intestines during constipation. However, the more she was inspired by Master Wu, the more she found that she was following the thinking of Western medicine!
In the theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine, gurgling sounds in the intestines, like the sound of water shaking, are a clear manifestation of water accumulation in the intestines. This matches her pulse, not some active bowel sounds. Traditional Chinese Medicine thinking should be used when treating patients!
"So you don't like drinking water?"
"Yes, how did you know?"
Jin Yue Xiaoxiao, this is what the pulse says.
"And I also know that you don't urinate much. No matter how much water you drink, your urine volume won't increase?"
"Yes, did you feel this when you touched my hand?"
Jin Yue smiled and did not answer her question, but continued to ask: "Do you feel like vomiting every time you drink a little water? If you force yourself to drink it, your whole body will swell up?"
"Yes, that's it!" Sato Miko became excited. She was right about everything! It was exactly the same, all of which were bothering her, but no doctor would believe it if she told him about it, because the doctors and her father had checked her kidney function and urination many times, and they all said that her kidney function was fine and it was impossible for her to have the discomforts she described. She just didn't want to drink water and was making excuses on purpose.
"When I first became constipated, the doctor told me to drink more water to promote bowel movements. I drank a lot, but I felt uncomfortable, nauseous, and wanted to vomit. My stomach was rumbling, so I didn't dare drink anymore." As she spoke, she became aggrieved. Everyone blamed her for dieting and inducing vomiting, and said it was all her own fault, but no one cared about her initial symptoms.
She wanted to defecate properly at first, but drinking water was useless.
"I told them I couldn't drink water because it made me feel uncomfortable, but they didn't believe me."
"It's okay, it's okay. Now I know you didn't lie. You really can't drink more water."
Jin Yue can be sure that he has finally found the right idea! I don't know what the reason is, maybe it's the climate in Japan, maybe it's the high humidity in the air, maybe it's because she didn't pay attention to keeping warm and was attacked by cold and dampness, or maybe it's because she consumed too much raw food, which damaged the spleen yang. The spleen and stomach were unable to transport and transform water and dampness in time, and water and dampness condensed in Sato Miko's body, blocking the circulation of Qi, blood, and body fluids.
If the blockage is at the top, it will cause symptoms such as not wanting to drink water and feeling nauseous and vomiting after drinking water; if the blockage is at the bottom, it will cause intestinal obstruction, constipation, and ineffective drinking of water. Therefore, her stool is different from that of other constipation patients. Its texture is not too dry or too hard, so she will vomit after drinking water because she is not lacking water in her body at all!
"Ms. Meiko, your body is like a ditch. The amount of water in it is normal, but the downstream is blocked. However, water is still flowing in from the upstream. The water level will continue to rise until it overflows."
Sato listened for a while and asked hurriedly: "Then what should we do?"
"Remove this blocking stone, which is Miss Meiko's body
Moisture inside. ”
Mr. Sato was very anxious and wanted Jin Yue to go over and prescribe the medicine right away, but Jin Yue refused. Her second brother and Xu Duan were not at home, and there was no one to send her off. She didn't want to take the risk of going out late at night.
To be honest, Sato Miko's condition was not so urgent that she couldn't wait for several hours.
To put it more bluntly, the reason why she has developed to the point where she has to rely on enema for a living is also largely due to Sato. Now that she is anxious, what were you doing before?
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There was no class the next day, so Jin Yue got up and had breakfast first.
Now only she and Xu Wenli need to go to work/class. For breakfast, the old couple only have some light porridge and pickles, while they have the thick porridge scooped from the bottom of the pot, with two boiled eggs. If there are leftovers from last night, they can still be full with them.
Jin Yue wiped her mouth and was about to leave when a child called out at the door, "Sister Jin Yue, someone is looking for you!"
Shu Jinyue stretched his head and saw that it was Sato's family of three.
Although they changed into their daily clothes, the mousse in Sato's hair, Mrs. Sato's silk skirt, Miko's lace socks and tan leather shoes... after all, they were different from the simple and enthusiastic local Long people. Everyone in the compound who hadn't gone out was looking at them.
Of course, what is more important is that Sato Miko is too thin. The last time she put on pants, she was so skinny that her bones were visible. Today, she wore a skirt with bare legs, and her legs were so thin that they were only as thick as chopsticks. The bones on her knees protruded outward like two sharp stones, and the shape of the two big bones could be clearly seen under the thin skin... It was simply shocking.
"Mr. Sato, please sit here." Jin Yue didn't expect them to come directly to his door, so he took them to Grandma Sun's room. Since the Chinese New Year last year, this room has become the Shu family's real living room for entertaining guests.
Although it looked ordinary from the outside, the walls inside had been repainted, the roof had been rebuilt, and even the window glass had been replaced with a larger and more translucent style. There were also the only two color TVs in Liuye Hutong, a sewing machine, a sofa, a combination cabinet, and a coffee table. It was fully equipped and very warmly decorated. Its cleanliness and beauty were in no way inferior to their home in Japan.
Jin Yue poured each of them a cup of warm water. After they sat down, Jin Yue began to take Meizi's pulse.
Three minutes later, Sato couldn't wait to ask, "How is it?"
"It's still the same wet pulse. Just follow what I said on the phone last night. I'll give her some water-clearing and dampness-clearing medicine to try."
"What if... would it be..." Mrs. Sato, who had always had little presence, said in a low voice.
"After taking the medicine, if it's effective, Meiko will experience increased urination. If she's lucky, she'll be able to defecate on her own soon."
Sato Miko's eyes lit up and she asked excitedly, "No... no... no need to use an enema, will I be able to defecate?"
"Need not."
Meizi immediately turned around and whispered to her father that she hoped to take Dr. Shu's medicine as soon as possible. She was willing to try and was not afraid of failure. She was really afraid of enema and never wanted to experience such a nightmare again.
Mrs. Sato also quietly and earnestly begged her husband not to let their daughter suffer such humiliation again.
Shu Jinyue kept shaking his head as he watched. Sato was a well-deserved high-level intellectual and social elite, a good father who could visit famous doctors and seek medical treatment across international borders for his daughter's illness, but the family atmosphere was like this. He couldn't imagine how low the status of female family members was in other ordinary working-class families.
As soon as Sato agreed, Jin Yue gave them the prescription. Mo Shuyi was too busy with work, so he could only find a guide for them to accompany them or help them with affairs during their stay in Shilan Province. The Sato family stayed at Shu's house to chat, and the guide went to the hospital to get medicine for Miko.
"Jin Yue, tell them to stay for dinner. I'll go buy some groceries." Zhao Wanqiu didn't speak English. She pulled Jin Yue to the door and whispered to him.
Shu Jinyue raised his eyebrows, "Didn't you say that the thing you hate most in your life is..."
"That's different. I think this family is okay."
Shu Jinyue also nodded. "During the years that Dr. Mo was in Japan, his family took good care of him. Sato was not at all reserved and taught him almost everything he had learned in his life. After Dr. Mo returned to China, he often helped Dr. Mo and his department buy imported medicines and sent him the latest international academic journals on schedule so that he could understand the world's advanced level of this profession." Just these few days, Mo Shuyi asked him to go around non-stop to give meetings and speeches to everyone, but he had no complaints and did not keep anything to himself.
It can be said that, in terms of professionalism, he is an excellent expert and scholar and a person worthy of admiration.
"Ms. Meiko, my mother invites you to stay at our house for dinner. What do you think?"
Sato Miko looked at her father, and Sato agreed. Miko immediately smiled shyly, and quickly stood up and bowed to Zhao Wanqiu.
Soon, Zhao Wanqiu bought back a basket of fresh vegetables. She didn't know how to cook Japanese food, so she just followed Jin Yue's instructions and cooked whatever her family ate normally. There was no need to change her eating habits to accommodate their tastes.
Two hours later, looking at the table full of eight dishes, the Sato family actually felt flattered. "Thank you very much for your warm hospitality!"
The family of three bowed together, and the Shu family was embarrassed.
The braised pork made by Zhao Wanqiu was soft, sweet, and melted in the mouth. It was fat and lean, but not greasy. Meizi ate several pieces of this dish alone.
The sweet and sour pork tenderloin is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, sour and sweet, with a long aftertaste.
These two are still understandable, but what Jin Yue can’t understand the most is that their favorite is actually Mapo Tofu? !
It’s not that Mapo Tofu is not delicious. The authentic Mapo Tofu is very delicious and Jin Yue also likes it. But the “Mapo Tofu” made by Zhao Wanqiu is no longer the classic Sichuan flavor. Instead, it is made with sugar and has a slightly sweet taste. And they... actually eat it with relish? !
Highly praise!
If they didn't really eat this dish the most, Jin Yue would have suspected whether they were just being polite. To be honest, she didn't usually like sweet mapo tofu and always felt it was weird.
What’s even more strange is that Jin Yue has no idea how they managed to survive on such little energy. The combined appetite of the family of three is almost the same as hers! Even so, half of their stomachs were still filled with Mapo Tofu!
Mrs. Sato humbly asked if anyone could teach her how to make Mapo Tofu. Zhao Wanqiu immediately said a lot of things, but she seemed to understand them vaguely. Sato helped to explain, and with the help of Ms. Zhao Wanqiu's gestures, it took her half an hour to "teach" one recipe.
For Meizi, this was the most satisfying and delicious meal she had had in the past few years. It was obviously the Chinese food she had eaten often before, but the one made by the Shu family was so delicious and tasty, and it seemed to have a different taste.
"From now on you don't have to worry about anything, just be yourself, you can be fat or thin, your body shape doesn't affect your beauty."
Miko smiled shyly and secretly looked at Jin Yue from time to time. She thought Jin Yue was very beautiful.
Although Jin Yue is not tall and her figure is not that graceful, she is confident and has a sunny vibe. Isn't this worthy of admiration and learning?
Jin Yue looked over, met her eyes, and whispered, "I'll tell you a secret. I used to be dissatisfied with my figure. I always felt that my breasts were not plump enough and not attractive enough, but now I like my figure."
Miko's eyes quickly and secretly glanced at her breasts, her face blushing and she said nothing. In fact, she also felt that they were not plump enough.
"Yes, although it has been a few years and I am still the same, I have learned to accept different kinds of beauty. When we are confident enough, we will feel that appearance is the least important, and personal ability and character are the most precious things." With the improvement of her professional skills, the smooth sailing of life, and the praise and encouragement from her lover, she now really feels that figure and appearance are not that important.
"I can care. I will still put on exquisite makeup and choose beautiful dresses when I go on dates, go shopping, and attend important occasions, but I will no longer be anxious about my figure."
Miko blinked her eyes. Jin Yue knew that she would not understand so quickly at her age. When she was 19 years old, she was also unhappy because of her physical shortcomings. Everything has a process. What she said today was just to give Miko some "chicken soup". Whenever she was dissatisfied with her appearance and figure, she hoped she could think of what she said today.
After the medicine was boiled, the Sato family went back to the Shilan Hotel to take it. That night, Mo Shuyi came to deliver a message, "After taking the medicine, Meizi actually urinated a lot."
What was even more miraculous was that at noon the next day, the Sato family came again with gifts. This time, as soon as they entered the door, they thanked Dr. Shu. Sato shouted in his serious voice: "Miko's bowel movements were relieved on their own!"
In their country, Miko has become dependent on enema. Without it, she would not have a bowel movement for twenty days. But this morning, after taking the medicine three times in total, she suddenly felt the urge to defecate, and she did!
Sato Miko's eyes turned red from crying. She felt that she had hope and was saved!
The family of three left excitedly, but the neighbors in the compound could not calm down. "Did Jin Yue cure the Japanese people's strange disease of constipation?"
"Not being able to defecate isn't considered a strange disease, right?"
"That little girl looks too thin. Even monkeys have more flesh than her. Is she malnourished?"
Shu Jinyue didn't explain, mainly because it was not easy to explain too much, as this concerned the privacy of a 19-year-old girl. Sato was indeed too straightforward, without any beating around the bush. As soon as he entered the door, he started shouting loudly in his poor Mandarin, and the neighbors had no choice but to hear him.
Zhao Wanqiu in the room was puzzled as she looked at the pile of exquisitely wrapped gifts.
"Just looking at the box, this is a high-end product. It's not cheap."
Jin Yue took a look at the English letters on it and found that they were actually some small things like ties and cufflinks. They were very exquisite and the brand was also an international brand bought from an overseas Chinese store.
"Who among us ordinary people would wear that thing?"
"The price of this pair of cufflinks is equivalent to our family's annual salary."
The old couple opened their mouths wide enough to fit an egg in: "That's it?!"
Jin Yue nodded, and the old couple immediately felt that these gifts were hot potatoes. "Give them back, or else people will think you are corrupt and taking bribes."
Shu Jinyue found it laughable. At that time, the hospital did not have very strict management on these things, and everyone's salary was a fixed salary, without any commission or performance-based compensation. But Jinyue had been reborn for so many years, but she seldom accepted things from patients and their families, unless the other party was firm in their attitude and she could not proceed to the next step if she did not accept it. She would then pick out some worthless agricultural and sideline products and accept a little bit at her discretion.
As for the registration fee, she only collected it at the epidemic prevention station and never collected it from anyone outside.
She couldn't help but think of the topic she had recently talked about with Mo Shuyi. If she wanted to make money, it would be impossible for her to make a lot of money within the system with her current sense of morality. If she wanted to make a lot of money by practicing medicine, she would have to open her own private hospital.
"What are you thinking about, Jin Yue? I asked you to return the things."
Jin Yue agreed, and after two days she took the time to deliver it to the restaurant. However, the Sato family refused to accept it, so she could only ask Mo Shuyi for help.
Mo Shuyi persuaded her instead: "Just accept it. This little thing may seem expensive to us, but it is nothing to the teacher's family. Do you know how much he earns a year?"
He lowered his voice and said, "One of our fellow students secretly calculated that his income from teaching at the Tokyo University School of Medicine is equivalent to 300,000 Dragon Country Dollars. He also works as a specialist at Tokyo Hospital, earning more. In addition, he does health management consulting for pharmaceutical companies outside, and some bonuses from project awards... Well, all in all, it's at least 3 million Dragon Country Dollars a year."
This is at least what students can see from their limited perspective. There are probably many more things that they cannot see and do not know!
Shu Jinyue didn't even think about cufflinks anymore, she was so shocked.
Are doctors' incomes in Japan really so high? Is this real? She didn't believe that his workload was much greater than hers, but her income was only one millionth of his... He must be trying to piss her off to death.
Shu Jinyue was silent.
"Well, don't be discouraged. Their salaries are high, but the cost of living is also high."
Shu Jinyue thought about it and it made sense. In Long Country, one could buy a courtyard house in an ordinary location for one thousand yuan, but in Japan, that was the price of an ordinary bicycle.
When they returned to Liuye Hutong, the old couple saw her carrying the things back again and sighed. In the eyes of their generation, treating patients was Jin Yue's job, and the country had already paid her a salary, so no matter how many patients she saw, no matter how hard it was, she could not charge extra money or take extra things.
Jin Yue was quite shocked. She was too lazy to explain and had to go back to her room to rest.
***
A few days later, Sato Miko came for follow-up visits several times, and her pulse returned to normal. Not only did she have bowel movements every four or five days, without the need for additional medication or methods, but her appetite also tripled!
"That's because you used to eat very little. Look at how much I eat in one meal." Jin Yue comforted her, "It's okay. Health is the most important thing. We Longguo people like your chubby and cute look. Why don't you come to Longguo?"
She was just joking, but Sato Miko took it seriously.
"Are you inviting me?" she asked cautiously.
"Of course, your family are all good people, we welcome you."
This is different from Kobayashi and Yamaguchi Sachiko back then. Kobayashi has evil intentions. Although Yamaguchi Sachiko brought some funds and technology to Longguo and created some jobs for Shilan Province, how should I put it? She is actually a businessman in essence. She was carefully trained by old Yamaguchi as the only heir, and every decision she made is based on the interests of the family business.
Although he has not done anything to harm Dragon Country yet, it is hard to say what will happen in the future.
But the Sato family is different. His care and teaching to Mo Shuyi over the years are genuine, and Michiko's kindness is also visible to the naked eye. All these show that they are ordinary, flesh-and-blood, kind people.
"Yes! I will suggest it to my father, but he is sometimes very stubborn. I may have to spend a long time trying to convince him, and I may not succeed in the end."
"What if I can't convince you...will you be angry?" She looked at Jin Yue cautiously.
Jin Yue laughed, "How could that be? Your father has his reasons for making every decision. Whether you come or not, it won't affect my love for you. Anyway... I will wait for your good news!"
Sato had to rush back to work, and the family of three hurried back to the country after Miko's condition stabilized. They agreed that if Miko's condition relapsed, they would come to see Konko again.
After finishing this work, Master Wu's fake bronze figure was also made, and he asked Wu Zurong's wife to deliver it.
Jin Yue looked at the fake first, then at the real thing, but really couldn't see any difference. Not wanting to believe it, he put the two things together for comparison. Whether it was the size, the words on it, the acupoints, the direction of the meridians, or the place and size of the paint peeling, or the verdigris spots, they were exactly the same, a complete one-to-one copy!
They were so identical that she looked left and right and changed her position several times, but she couldn't tell which one was the real one and which one was made by Master Wu!
Shu Jinyue was completely dumbfounded, "Ah, what... should I do?"
She can't even tell which one should be treasured and which one should be just for show. What if she gets confused?
Wu Zurong's wife is a working woman in her thirties. She has not received much education, but she is very hardworking. She has been taking care of her father-in-law for many years and is very familiar with his habits. "Look here, is there a small shadow between the third and fourth toes on the left side of the bronze man?"
The closer Shu Jin got, the more he saw that it was indeed the case!
"When you didn't tell me, I thought it was a shadow formed by natural light."
"Actually, this is my father-in-law's habit. He would leave a small mark on everything he touched in his own unique way, usually a small 'Wu' character."
The more Shu Jin studied it carefully, the more he couldn't see it at first, but when he looked at it with a magnifying glass, he found that it was indeed the case.
"My father-in-law said that he doesn't know what use you have for this thing, but if you need to prove your innocence in the future and he is no longer alive, this is the best evidence. You must remember it."
Shu Jinyue kept it in mind that the old craftsman’s skills were really not exaggerated.
Jin Yue took thirty kilograms of flour and fifty kilograms of coarse grains from home, and brought three large pieces of bacon to Mrs. Wu, and collected a bunch of canned brown sugar and white sugar, which are hard to buy in the countryside, to thank them for their help.
There were too many things. Mrs. Wu waved her hands quickly and said, "No, no, we can't have them. We should thank Captain Xu."
"If it weren't for him, my daughter wouldn't have been able to go to school yet. Now she is very good, always ranking first in her class. She even taught me how to read when she got home, but I was too stupid to learn much." Mrs. Wu said a little frustrated.
Jin Yue knew that their family was in financial difficulty. "Then you should take it. Don't be polite to me. This is what your Captain Xu meant. Go back and give the child good nutrition so that he can grow up in the future."
She said it was for the child, so Mrs. Wu accepted it reluctantly and said "thank you" several times.
After sending the people away, Jin Yue hid the real bronze man in a rat hole. Xu Duan had secretly left a hole and dug a bigger hole underneath, so it was no problem to hide the man in the rat hole. She took the fake one back into the house and hid it in the closet.
***
Not long after, the weather turned cold and Book City began to enter winter. As for Xu Duan and Shu Wenming, except for a phone call every now and then, they never came back.
Shu Jinyue was very busy every day and didn't think it was a big deal, but Xu Wenli was not having a good time.
She wanted to be civilized too much. There was a time when she finished watching movies and novels, and a time when she finished eating delicious food. Whenever she had some free time, she would think of him, think of his good points, think of his bad points, and think of his warm bed in the winter.
Just when she was about to fall in love with him, the two of them finally came back quietly one night.
Jin Yue was half asleep, and woke up instantly when he heard the door open. "Who?"
"I."
Today was a very happy day, so she was afraid that if she spoke so quietly at this time, others might hear her, so she didn't turn on the main lights and only turned on the small desk lamp on the writing desk.
Xu Duan, whom I haven't seen for almost two months, has become as dark as charcoal. Dark colors make people look thinner. He is even thinner now. He put down several bags as big as his body and took off his coat. Under his red vest, his muscles seem to be harder and bigger.
"What is this?" Jin Yue forced his eyes to focus on the big bags.
"Some southern specialties. Take a look and pick whatever you want."
It's a good thing to have gifts. Jin Yue opened the drawstring and saw a pile of food on the top, including seafood like salted fish and shrimp paste. There were also some seaweed and kelp, but not as much as fish and shrimp. I guess it was just for everyone to have a taste.
Below were some southern candies and three large jars filled with a yellowish, translucent liquid. "Honey?"
"When we went there, lychees were out of season, so we could only buy lychee honey. Try it."
It turned out to be lychee honey, a specialty of Lingnan. It was amber in color, and had a light scent of lychee flowers, which was particularly clean and pure. He still remembered that year Jin Yue said he had never eaten fresh lychees.
Jin Yue couldn't help but tasted a little with a small spoon. "It's really sweet, but it's not the same sweetness as the honey I usually eat. It seems to be sweet with a slight sour taste."
"This is not like eating lychees. It won't make you get irritated. You can keep it for yourself."
Jin Yue thought about it, three big jars, each jar is almost four pounds, it will take him forever to finish more than ten pounds... Besides, good things should be shared. She found two small glass jars and split one of the large jars in half. "One for my parents, and one for my brother and his wife in Goldfish Alley."
Her family members had worked so hard to carry them back from Guangzhou, so of course she had to keep the two big jars for herself!
"Okay, can you share some of the others as well?"
Jin Yue had no objection, of course. The two of them packed the things on the spot, leaving two large bags that she couldn't even carry. "What is this?"
"radio."
"so much?"
Xu Duan nodded gently, "Before we left this time, we exchanged all our money for cigarettes and tea leaves, and followed Zhao Dayong's car to the Northeast."
"So during that initial period, you were calling from the Northeast?"
"Yes, Wenming and I didn't tell our family because we were afraid they would worry."
Shu Jinyue thought that these two people had kept it a secret, and neither she nor Xu Wenli knew about it. "What are you doing in the Northeast?"
"We exchanged cigarettes and tea for specialties from Northeast China and made double the profit. We then exchanged them for wild ginseng from Northeast China and brought them to Guangzhou, making double the profit again." In fact, it was more than double. If you count the gross profit, it was almost 1.5 times. It's just that when reselling, you have to maintain relationships and the expenses are not small.
"So, the 2,300 yuan in your hands has become 4,600 yuan?"
Xu Duan shook his head. "That was last month. Once all these radios are sold, the total might be 9,000 yuan." It might even exceed 10,000 yuan, or even 12 or 13,000 yuan.
Guangzhou is very close to the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, and Shenzhen is close to the port city. Many things are common in the port city, but in the inland areas they are rare goods that cannot be bought with money. For example, any one of these radios can be sold for three or four hundred yuan on the black market.
Although he said it lightly, as if he was just going on a trip somewhere, Jin Yue knew that things would not be so smooth. They were in an unfamiliar place and didn't know how many dangers they would encounter.
In the past, my second brother didn’t dare to go alone, but now, the two of them go together. They can help each other when they encounter danger, and both families will have meat to eat when good things happen.
"But this is mainly a civilized idea. My biggest gain is not this." Xu Duan took off his shoes and washed his feet. After washing, his face seemed not so dark. Jin Yue then realized that it was a disguise, as if it had been smeared with coal ash.
"What did you gain?" Jin Yue wrapped himself with the quilt, leaving only a pair of big eyes exposed. It was really cold.
"I may have to go to Changchun again in a few days. They are short of a type of axle that can be installed on cars, and I just happened to find it in Shenzhen."
Jin Yue's eyes widened. "Do you want to transfer the goods in the middle, or..."
He nodded, took the foot washing water out and poured it out, closed the door tightly, and whispered: "Well, I want to sell it first, and then do it myself when I have enough funds."
"You still need to accumulate funds. Isn't the five thousand yuan you have now enough? I'll give you as much as you want."
Xu Duan laughed, "You, don't worry about it."
Shu Jinyue is now a real millionaire and will soon receive a lot of dividends from the Chinese medicine factory. Kang Yongxin secretly revealed that the sales of Weishengye have been very good this year. With the domestic sales plus the sales from Kobayashi in Japan, her dividends will at least double.
"You really don't need my funding?" She still wanted to be the biggest spiritual shareholder behind the boss.
"No, I have plans."
Jin Yue didn’t know what the plan was, and it was too late to find out. A short separation is better than a new marriage. They were still in the honeymoon period, so it goes without saying that they were very loving. Anyway, they used a whole box of small umbrellas that night, and the next day they washed all the sheets and quilts and hung them in the yard.
As expected, Xu Duan didn't stay at home for long, only a week at most. He and Shu Wenming sold all the radios they brought back to someone they didn't know.
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That evening, the two men sat in the living room and divided the bill.
The matter was initiated and led by Xu Duan, and Shu Wenming followed him to see the world. Although he contributed 300 yuan more in capital, he only got 30% of the profits, which was more than 4,000 yuan.
"In just two months, I earned more than 4,000 yuan with 1,300 yuan?!" Looking at the piles of money neatly stacked in front of him, he couldn't believe his eyes.
"Um."
Shu Wenming quickly put away the money and was eager to try: "When are you going out again?"
Xu Duan shook his head. "I have to go to Changchun and Shenzhen first. You stay at home and watch over me."
Now that the H countryman can find the address of the Shu family, he will come a second and third time. He hasn't shown up in recent months perhaps because he was busy with other things. Once he has time, he will come again.
It is indeed inconvenient not to have a gay man at home.
Shu Wenming quickly agreed, "Okay, if he dares to come again, I will make sure he never comes back."
Xu Duan chuckled, "In a civilized society, don't be impulsive."
Shu Wenming touched his nose and said, "I know." He was obviously the second uncle and older than Xu Duan, but he couldn't act like the second uncle in front of this brother-in-law, who had always helped him when he was in the most embarrassing times.
"Can you go alone?"
Xu Duan nodded, seeming a little tired and not wanting to talk. In the past two years, he has often traveled between Changchun and Shenzhen. He has connections in both places. With the help of his former comrades and friends, he can find help wherever he goes...if he needs it.
Therefore, Jin Yue doesn't have to worry about him at all.
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Shu Wenming, who stayed at home, lived a good life every day. He had a lot of money and hadn't seen his wife for a long time. The first thing he did when he came back was to take her shopping.
Not only did he buy a bunch of new clothes for Xu Wenli, he also bought a lot for Zhao Wanqiu. They were all chosen by Wenli with her own taste, and he paid for them.
One of the coats was a dark purple cashmere coat with a large brown fur collar. The seller said it was fox fur, which was beautiful and warm. Zhao Wanqiu put it on as soon as she bought it.
"It's different from the cotton coat I usually wear. This must be very expensive, right?"
None of the young people spoke. Shu Wenming laughed and said, "Not bad."
"How much?"
“Not expensive.”
Zhao Wanqiu scolded, "Kid, just tell me the truth, how much money?" She wanted to give it to him. It would cost a lot of money for the young couple to raise a child in the future.
In front of the eldest brother and his wife, there was something she hadn't had time to tell Jin Yue. Yesterday, the second brother secretly gave her two hundred yuan, saying it was pocket money for her filial piety, and asked her not to tell the old man for fear that his father would think something.
It's strange to say, Shu Linong is obviously the biological father and her mother is the stepmother, but the second child, when he was at work, he often gave her two or three yuan secretly, saying that his clothes had no pockets and it was difficult to put money in.
However, he didn't give Shu Linong a penny and asked her not to give her money to the old man, saying that the old man would spend it recklessly.
This time it was even more exaggerated. They directly gave her 200 yuan in "pocket money". Those who didn't know would think that she was the biological mother and Shu Linong was the stepfather.
Xu Wenli was quick to speak and said with a smile, "It's not expensive, just two hundred and eighty."
"What?!" Zhao Wanqiu staggered and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Liu Huifang supported her.
She stared with a pair of horrified eyes and confirmed in a shocked tone, "Just this one piece of clothing, two... two... two hundred and eight?"
Shu Wenming was really speechless about his wife's mouth. They had agreed on the way to tell her not to say anything, but she still didn't keep her word.
"Auntie, just wear it. You've worked hard for so many years. We were ignorant before." Shu Wenming stood up and supported her. "You look good in it. If you don't believe me, ask Jin Yue. Does it look good?"
Shu Jinyue gave a thumbs up. Xu Wenli was indeed worthy of being named "the most spendthrift daughter-in-law in Liuye Hutong" by the aunts, sisters and sisters-in-law. Her aesthetic taste was very good. My mother has fair skin. She is over 50 and has no blemishes on her skin. Her skin is fair and clean. She is also plump, and the fat makes her skin plump and shiny. The purple color perfectly reflects this aspect of her.
The length also matches her height, so she won’t be like Jin Yue, who has trouble wearing a long coat to show her temperament.
In the past, Zhao Wanqiu either worked day and night or stayed at home around the stove. She was just an ordinary middle-aged woman in Longguo. But after putting on this dress, her "housewife" feeling disappeared instantly - it is true that clothes make the man!
What's more, this color and style are very classic and can still be worn even fifty years later when you are older.
"When mom puts it on, she looks like a warlord's wife during the Republic of China era."
"If she gets her hair permed and carries a handbag, she'll look more like a real lady." Xu Wenli was very proactive and immediately took her mother-in-law to get her hair permed.
Liu Huifang was happy to watch the fun and said, "Come on, come on, I'll pay for your hair perm, don't you dare snatch it from me, okay?"
Shu Jinyue would of course not snatch it. She would just go along and see. The eldest sister-in-law's aesthetic taste...well, how should I put it, a bit traditional and too simple, far inferior to the second sister-in-law.
Two hours later.
Seeing a "lady" with curly hair and a purple cashmere coat with a fox fur collar walk in through the gate of the compound, Aunt Zhao, Aunt Feng and others were a little confused. Aunt Feng looked unhappy, "Sister, who are you looking for? Are you here to visit your relatives?"
The "lady"'s round, white face turned red.
Aunt Zhao turned to Aunt Feng and said, "She looks familiar to me. She looks like the guy from our courtyard."
"Who does she look like? She looks like Zhao Wanqiu. I guess she is Zhao Wanqiu's sister." Aunt Li put her hands in her sleeves and said sourly. She thought that Zhao Wanqiu was really lucky. Her daughter and son-in-law were both successful and filial. They brought good things home every day. Who knew that even her sister was so rich, young and beautiful. It was obvious that she had lived a good life for many years.
It's like this, everyone knows Zhao Wanqiu's background, and they also know that she has several younger brothers and sisters living in the suburbs. Usually when the family goes to the mountains to hunt, they claim that they are visiting these relatives.
When everyone heard this, they all stood up quickly and greeted politely: "Wanqiu, your sister is here."
Zhao Wanqiu Benqiu squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "Why don't you... take another look at who I am?"
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