Chapter 109 109 My house was stolen & I got cheated again & I can’t tell you…
At this point, everyone's hair stood up on their backs. Someone shouted, "Listen, thieves inside. All the young men in our compound are at the door. You have been surrounded. Someone has already called the police. The police will be here in less than ten minutes. Come out quickly if you know what's best for you. We promise not to hurt you."
The room was quiet.
The young man shouted twice again, but still no one answered, so two stronger young men tiptoed in together, while the others surrounded the front and back windows and the door, ready to catch the turtle in the jar.
"Eh...no one?"
"Gone?"
After searching the house twice, no one was found inside or outside the house. Aunt Li immediately ran to the place where she hid her money and passbook. Seeing that everything was safe and sound, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Buddha, please bless this thief to be blind. Please bless him."
Most people just pretended not to notice, anyway she would definitely go to a different place next time. Occasionally, there were two or three people whose eyes twinkled and asked jokingly, "How much money is in Aunt Li's passbook?"
"Speaking out will also broaden our horizons."
"That's right. You said you lived frugally. You still run a snack stand at such an old age. You must have made a lot of money, right?"
"I went to the police station just to make money!"
…
With more people living there and a few new tenants, Courtyard No. 16 began to become a mixed crowd.
Aunt Zhao coughed heavily and said, "Say less and don't make fun of the old man."
"It's good that nothing is missing, okay... wait, how come the lock of this room was also pried open?" Someone took a flashlight and shone it towards the main room on the far left.
And that happened to be Shu Jinyue’s house!
The smile on her lips froze instantly. She had to eat the melon herself! The key point is that there are really a lot of things in her room, in addition to the huge passbook, there are also things dug out from the rat hole. Although they are hidden, no one can guarantee that they are safe. She will cry to death if any of these is lost.
Shu Jinyue rushed into the house. The passbook and several pieces of jewelry and blue-and-white ornaments were placed separately, and the storage locations were very hidden. They were not in the cabinet, under the cotton wool, or on the wall, but under the floor tiles and in two hollowed-out large books.
There were many people around, so she just glanced at these places lightly and inconspicuously. Seeing that the dust was still there and there were no signs of movement, she felt relieved.
She was relieved, but the rest of the Shu family was not. Everyone's eyes quickly scanned the room and were about to turn away when Zhao Wanqiu suddenly asked, "Where's the vase?"
Someone asked: "What vase?"
The person asking the question was suddenly stunned. "Oh! I remember now. Not long ago, Xiao Xu bought a vase and wrapped it in cotton wool. I heard from someone that it was an antique and that he bought it from a scrap collection station worker... Wait, could it be that the vase is lost?!"
Xu Duan is usually such a steady man, but everyone saw him carrying the vase back that day so carefully. Later, everyone talked about it, saying that the vase must be something special and must be a very precious antique.
Some people were even curious enough to ask Teacher Shu who bought the vase from, and then they went to Sister Wang's house. Sister Wang is not only greedy for money but also a boaster. In order to attract more potential customers, she has to show off her abilities, so she insisted that the vase was an authentic Yuan Dynasty blue and white "Uncle Mao Loves Lotus" vase.
If you don't believe it, ask an expert.
This kind of thing is something that everyone does just for fun, and no one would really ask about it. Besides, Xu Duan's character and financial situation are there for everyone to see, so even if everyone in Liuye Hutong was cheated, no one would believe that he would be fooled!
Therefore, everyone was certain that the vase was as valuable as the large blue and white bowl and teapot sold by Sun Laoliu. Usually, whenever the couple opened the door, there would be someone waiting outside to take a look.
It's not that he had any intention to steal. After all, Xu Duan's skills were there for everyone to see. If anyone came to his house to steal things, it would be like an old man eating rat poison, seeking death.
Now, this good thing that everyone knows is suddenly lost? !
Shu Jinyue was not yet sad, but the others were already distressed, "Hurry up and look for it. Did you put it in the closet, or you can't remember where you put it?"
"Think about it quickly and look for it."
"I think we should report it to the police. We need to contact the police if something this valuable is lost."
Someone said sourly: "This thief has good taste." He didn't like Aunt Li's wealth, but took away Jin Yue's vase.
At this time, Shu Jinyue's wooden face looked "heartbroken" and "heartbroken" in the eyes of everyone. The women comforted her, the men reported the case to the police, and some investigated the scene (yeah, learned from the movies).
The police officer who came was none other than Li Xiangdong, who was also a relative of Aunt Li.
With a cold face, he asked Aunt Li a few questions. He ignored her warm greeting and did not step into her house. Instead, he came to Shu Jinyue's place.
Jin Yue poured him a glass of water and asked, "Why is it Li Gongan who came today?"
"Since Xiangyang's nose was cured, he went back to work at the daily chemical factory. Now, because of his positive performance and extraordinary talent, he has been promoted to perfumer by the factory. His treatment has also improved a lot. He doesn't go home often, and my mother is not in good health, so he wanted to be closer to home to take care of her, so he applied to be transferred back to Xinqiao Police Station." Become the director.
He quickly drank up the water, then walked around the room, frowning and saying, "Jin Yue, no one is here now, why do I feel like something is wrong in your room?"
The items in the entire room were neatly arranged, and there was no sign of rummaging at all, as if he had come specifically for the vase and knew exactly where her vase was placed. He stole every time without any unnecessary movements - this was the first thing that was wrong.
The second is the mood of the "owner" Shu Jinyue, who was too stable and too calm. Even Aunt Li, who didn't lose anything, pulled him aside to complain for a long time, talking about all sorts of things, but Jinyue was not anxious or angry at all the time.
Li Xiangdong was supposed to be resting today. In the evening, the farce between Aunt Li and Liu Ermei spread to the police station. Aunt Li insisted on telling the police officers in charge of the case that she knew Li Xiangdong and was his relative, and asked the police officers to notify him so that he would know when he arrived. Li Xiangdong didn't come at that time, but later on thought about it and decided to come and take a look, in case Aunt Li caused some other trouble and made it difficult for the police officer to handle it.
As it turned out, Aunt Li had already passed away. Her crime would have to wait for multiple departments to investigate and confirm before she could be punished. As she was old, she had to go back first. Liu Ermei's child went to the hospital for examination and treatment. By then, if it was indeed Aunt Li who sold rotten food and caused the child to become sick, she would definitely be punished and compensated according to the law.
He was just about to go home when someone from Liuye Hutong came to report the case, saying that a thief had broken into Yard No. 16 and that very valuable things had been stolen.
When he asked the owner's name, it turned out to be Shu Jinyue, the doctor who treated Xiangyang. He rushed over immediately.
Fortunately, it was Li Xiangdong who came. If it was someone else, it would be hard to say. Jin Yue apologized sincerely, "My friend and I were just joking. In fact, the vase is not a valuable thing at all. I just bought it to make it look good. Now it's lost, so it's not a big loss. I'm sorry for bothering you to come in person. I was wrong."
"Really? You don't have to worry about bothering us. As long as it's something ordinary people have lost, no matter how valuable it is, we will do our best to help you find it back. You really don't have to worry about causing us any trouble."
He spoke very sincerely, and I felt even more ashamed now.
"Thank you, but it's really not worth much. Maybe the kid broke it, or maybe I just can't remember where I got it."
Li Xiangdong confirmed again and again that she was indeed not feeling sad and did not need to retrieve her lost property, so he did not think about it too much and went home.
After seeing Li Xiangdong off, Shu Jinyue sat on the kang. She was not stupid. The moment someone discovered that her lock had been picked, she knew what was going on.
Xu Duan bought this vase specially and placed it in a conspicuous position on purpose. Today's "theft case" was probably also designed by him, but what was his purpose in doing so, Jin Yue couldn't figure it out.
She knew, but others didn't. Zhao Wanqiu looked angry and said, "Why did you have to steal vases when you could steal anything else? Why are you so short of them..."
Jin Yue coughed lightly and interrupted her.
Aunt Zhao quickly asked Jin Yue: "What did the police say? Can we get it back?"
Jin Yue sighed, "I don't know. They just told us to keep a record of it and try to find it. But there are quite a few antiques and paintings lost in the market recently, and almost none of them have been found... Alas!"
"This vase of yours is worth a lot of money. It's different from theirs. You must get it back!" Zhao Wanqiu was almost getting angry. She trusted Xu Duan unconditionally. Xu Duan's attitude proved that this vase was definitely not an ordinary item.
"For such a large amount, we must keep an eye on the police and urge them to pay in a few days. Otherwise, they have so many cases to deal with that they might forget about it."
After all, the current security conditions are not as good as before, and even small police stations have too many cases to handle. Although everyone is afraid to deal with the police, it is reasonable to urge them to do their job.
Jin Yue gave a thumbs up in her heart. After Ms. Zhao Wanqiu went out to open a clinic, her perspectives were indeed different and her concepts changed a lot. She remembered that when Wang Xiaohong's family came to make trouble that year, she was the last to report the case, for fear of having any contact with the police. But only a few years later, she dared to go to the police to ask about the progress of the case.
That's good. Jin Yue was just about to praise her and change the subject, but the neighbors were still very interested in how much the vase was worth. They asked her indirectly, so she just gave a vague and distressed answer.
Everyone: As expected, Jin Yue is really heartbroken this time. He is even listless when talking. Who wouldn’t be heartbroken after such a huge loss?
Soon, within three days, the whole Liuye Hutong was talking about how Jin Yue's priceless antique vase was lost. She was a doctor, but she got so angry that she fell ill and was unable to leave the house.
Because of dysmenorrhea, Shu Jinyue, who was wrapped in a quilt and drinking brown sugar water in the room, said: "..."
Since her nutrition has improved, her menstrual cycles have become normal in the past few years, but she still suffers from dysmenorrhea. Every time before winter comes, she will have pain for half a day. Before every winter, Xu Duan would help her prepare a hot water bottle. The warm kang could only warm her limbs and torso, and she still needed a hot water bottle to warm her stomach.
In the past, when she was working, time passed quickly and she could just cover herself with a hot water bottle and the pain would pass. But this year is different. She has more time to read at home, and she seems to be less able to bear it than before. She always feels the pain.
After eating a bowl of brown sugar eggs, she lay on the kang with a hot water bottle, too lazy to move.
Teacher Shu asked worriedly, "Are you still feeling uncomfortable? How about you give yourself a couple of injections or get some painkillers?"
Jin Yue laughed, "No, I can bear it, but I'm just too lazy to move. By the way, where's my sister? Has she called back these days?"
"I called and she said she would be back for the Chinese New Year. Her work in Hong Kong was going well and she even bought some stationery and toys for the three children."
In the first two years, Shu Linong was quite depressed, but now he is used to it. Shu Wenyun would call him back, and he felt relieved to know that she was living well in Hong Kong and traveling all over the world. She was walking a different path from her other brothers and sisters.
"The only thing I'm worried about is him and Siqi. I don't know when they will get married."
In the first few years, Xu Ping and Zhang Zhen would come to urge him and Zhao Wanqiu, but now people have seen that they cannot influence Shu Wenyun, so they don't urge them anymore and just treat it as a visit by relatives.
Shu Linong was sad for two seconds, then he saw Fan Qiuyue coming from the middle courtyard, and he hurried over to ask, "Xiao Fan, are you back because of something at the factory?"
"It's okay. Wenming has negotiated a big contract with someone. Starting today, the whole factory will have to work overtime. I came back to tell my family and asked the children to bring me lunch later."
"What order?"
Seeing that many people were looking at her, Fan Qiuyue laughed and said, "I don't know that either."
Jin Yue also became interested, but it was not convenient to ask in detail in front of so many people. She has been troubled by something recently, which is the collaboration with Aunt Sato.
Last time, Sato strongly expressed Aunt Sato's willingness to cooperate on the phone. Xu Duan was also very concerned and specifically looked up a lot of policies and information on this kind of cooperation, contract writing requirements, etc., and was ready for the negotiations.
Not long after, he called again and apologized to say that his aunt could not come because she was seriously ill and needed to be treated first. After that, she would have to recuperate for a while, so the cooperation had to be shelved.
Jin Yue wanted to ask what the disease was and if she could help, but Sato's tone was hesitant, as if he had something to hide, so she didn't ask.
Thinking about this, Jin Yue went to the store with a hot water bottle to find her second sister-in-law. The result was the same as hers. She also knew nothing about her second brother. "He did come back last night. He drank a lot of wine. He was suffocating."
"No, I have to wait here and I have to stop him."
The aunt and sister-in-law were sitting in the store. Jin Yue was eating melon seeds while covering her stomach and legs with a small blanket. "I saw Teacher Zhang coming a few days ago. Was she here to look for Xiao Ping An?"
"Yes, she said she hadn't seen the child for two months and missed him so much that she came to see him. She also brought a lot of things with her. I said they were not necessary because we had everything we needed at home, but she said they were gifts from her and her lover, so I had no choice but to accept them."
"Xiao Ping'an still remembers her. He hugged her and talked to her for a long time. This boy is so sweet. He made her very happy."
Jin Yue also laughed. This kid could always make anyone happy as long as he wanted to. Even a serious person like Xu Duan could often be amused by him.
Sometimes she wondered if they could have a child, wouldn’t it add a lot of fun to their lives?
"By the way, you two have been married for several years, why don't you want a child?" Xu Wenli asked in a low voice.
Jin Yue was not in a hurry to answer yes or no. In two or three months, she would get her university diploma, and she would be 28 years old at the latest. Using the calculation method used by the aunties to calculate the age in lunar years, that would mean she would be 30 years old.
You are mature enough physically and mentally to have a child.
"Let's discuss it first." The main thing was that Xu Duan was already thirty-four years old, even older in terms of age. If he had married earlier, he would have almost become a grandfather.
Wen Li sighed, "You can have children but don't want to, I want to have children but can't."
"Don't you think people are just greedy? They used to think that just being alive was enough, but later they felt that having a boy and a girl was the only way to be complete. Will they have even greedier demands in the future?"
Jin Yue teased her, "Second sister-in-law, you are just too idle. If Xiao Ping'an was disobedient like other children every day, I don't think you would still have the heart to think about these things."
Just like Aunt Li, she is too idle and ends up doing something stupid. Xu Wenli also thought of Aunt Li. "The police came yesterday and tested the food she was selling and found that the bacteria exceeded the standard. The market bureau fined her 100 yuan. She cried in the courtyard."
According to Jin Yue, the hundred yuan was too cheap for her. Anything related to food safety and hygiene should be severely punished. Otherwise, the cost of making a mistake is too low and she will make the same mistake again in the future.
"She said she had worked so hard for several months and hadn't earned even a hundred yuan. Now she's fined all of it. Even the landlord's long-term workers wouldn't let people work for nothing like this."
Jin Yue laughed out loud, "Did Liu Ermei's child really eat her ice jelly?"
Speaking of this, Xu Wenli was helpless. "He really ate it, but Aunt Li didn't lie. She really didn't sell it to him. He ate it secretly when Aunt Li was taking a nap... I didn't know until I asked. I found out that this child was not very clean. He usually liked to steal things from neighbors and classmates' stationery."
Uh...so, this time, Aunt Li was really blackmailed by this mother and son!
"All of them are villains, not one is innocent."
"He ate it on his own, and Aunt Li seized on this point and refused to pay for his medical expenses. She also said that he should pay her for the ice jelly first. She also said that she suspected that the ice jelly was sour because he had poisoned it and put something in it. In the end, the police were really annoyed by their quarrels, so Aunt Li should be punished, and Liu Ermei should pay for the child's medical expenses herself."
Both sides were punished with fifty lashes. Jin Yue felt that Li Gongan's way of handling the matter was good and fair. He did not use the excuse of "he is still a child" because Liu Ermei's child was in the hospital, nor did he condone Aunt Li because she was his sister's mother-in-law.
"This Li Gongan is so capable, maybe he can get promoted in the future."
As he was talking, Shu Wenming whistled and turned in from the alley. Jin Yue hurriedly called him in, "What have you been busy with recently? I haven't seen you for a long time."
Shu Wenming wore a floral shirt, jeans, and a shiny black leather jacket. If he had worn a gold chain as thick as his little finger, he would have had the perfect nouveau riche vibe.
Jin Yue had a hunch - "Second brother, have you made a fortune again?"
It is only early autumn now. Logically speaking, it is not the peak sales season for down jackets. They are just sold individually, one for cold and one for hot. The batch of Hong Kong-style skirts has also passed its peak period. There is no shortage of money, but it is not possible to make a big fortune in the short term.
Shu Wenming whistled, "Sort of. I made a small fortune."
Xu Wenli immediately stood at the window to keep watch for them, pricking up her ears.
Jin Yue asked quietly, "How much?"
Shu Wenming stretched out two fingers and shook them.
"Twenty thousand yuan?!" Shu Jinyue pinched him, "That's a small amount, how did you get so much?!"
Shu Wenming was also very straightforward. He took out a passbook from the inner pocket of his leather jacket and said, "Here, this is your dividend."
There was 10,000 yuan on it. Jin Yue was confused. It was not the time for the garment factory to distribute dividends yet. "Where did the dividends come from? If you don't tell me where the money came from, I won't take it."
"Some idiot asked me to take something from you and gave me 20,000 yuan. Let's split it between us."
Jin Yue reacted quickly and immediately remembered what happened recently, "Vase?"
"Um."
Jin Yue was not happy, "You and Xu Duan teamed up to cause trouble, right? Although we love money, we can't cheat people like this. We must have a bottom line as human beings..."
“It’s Kim Hyun Joong.”
Jin Yue immediately took back what she had just said. What bottom line? The other party had no bottom line, and she still repaid evil with kindness? Who are you being a fool?
"He has been busy in Long Country these past two years. He has collected several of our cultural relics. However, Xu Duan has someone to keep an eye on them, so he hasn't had much luck." Shu Wenming laughed strangely twice, and Jin Yue touched the goose bumps on his arm.
"Do you have any ancient books on Chinese medicine? After he bought a bronze statue from you that year, he asked around to see if there were any ancient books for sale. He actually found a book on gynecology or some thousand-dollar prescription. I don't know what it's called."
"A Prescription Worth a Thousand Dollars for a Woman?"
"Yes, yes, that's it. It's said that he bought it from the descendant of an old professor in your medical school. When he was about to take it abroad, Xu Duan asked someone to stop it. By the way, how did you know about this book? Logically speaking, Xu Duan wouldn't bother you with such trivial matters."
Jin Yue laughed, "I was the one who sold this book to Professor Zhang, how could he not know?"
In order to stay in the city, she tried every means to make money. This book was received by her at the scrap recycling station. Later, she sold it to Professor Zhang through the middleman introduced by Zhang Liangwei. However, Professor Zhang died of illness not long after that, so Jin Yue never saw him after she was admitted to university. She felt strange and asked her class teacher Gao Haiping if there was an old professor named Zhang in the school who liked to study Chinese medicine. Gao Haiping then told her that Professor Zhang had passed away.
The fate between people is so shallow. That was the only time they met and also the last time.
But she was able to stay in the city and drink milk powder, all thanks to Professor Zhang buying the book. She could only keep her gratitude silently in her heart.
"In short, Xu Duan is behind this. Kim Hyun Joong is not good at anything he does in our country, and fails at everything he buys. But he still refuses to give up. He thinks your medical skills have improved so quickly that you must have some secret recipe, and he wants to bribe me to steal it... hehe."
Jin Yue laughed, with the cunningness of his second brother, "So you fooled him, not only did you not help him steal any medical books, but you also sold him the fake vase at the price of the real one? And you used the name of stealing?"
A villain like Kim Hyun Joong will not value something the easier it is to get it. He will only feel that he has made a good deal if he gets it through some dishonorable means.
"right."
Shu Jinyue thought to himself, no wonder Xu Duan fell in love with the fake vase at first sight at Sister Wang's house. It turned out that he had been paying attention to Kim Hyun Joong's movements and knew that he had "hooked up" with the second brother, so he took advantage of the situation.
Cunning, both of them are very cunning!
"It's sold for 20,000 yuan. We can split it in half. Is that okay with you?"
"No problem." She makes money so easily! You have to know that in order to coax Kim Hyun Joong into taking the bait, the second brother has been going out early and coming back late, and he drinks a lot, so he deserves half of the money.
Jin Yue touched the number on the passbook. She was not pretending, money was really just a number to her now.
"By the way, what about Fan Qiuyue saying that you received a big order?"
Shu Wenming crossed his legs and swayed, "You said, how can I not kill this fat sheep?"
Not only did he trick the vase out, he also used it as an excuse to get several down jacket orders from Kim Hyun Joong in the Northeast. He came from there as a member of the Joseon tribe and had a certain foundation in the Northeast. Xu Duan obtained the details of these people and reported it to his superiors, thus gaining merit; Shu Wenming relied on these resources to get big orders. This is called everyone getting what they need!
Very good, the world where only Kim Hyun Joong is injured has been achieved.
"Oh, right? Didn't he buy a bronze man from you that year? After he brought it back to China, he took it to various exhibitions, swearing that it was an heirloom from his family, passed down from the Goryeo period of the Wang family, and was a prop used by the medical office at the time. He used it to prove that Chinese medicine originated from their Goryeo."
The more Shu Jin listened, the less angry he was. On the contrary, he was very happy. It was because the higher he climbed now, the harder he would fall in the future.
"How much did you cheat him at that time?"
Jin Yue smiled and said, it’s not much, just sixteen thousand and five hundred. However, that was a few years ago. The sixteen thousand and five hundred at that time was not the same as it is today.
"You guys are so tight-lipped. You didn't even tell me such an important thing."
"What if you can't act out that feeling after I tell you?" Shu Wenming sat up straight and got back to the point. "I've been running around these past few days, mainly looking for shops. I thought why don't we just open a few Mingyue Garment Factory stores, so we don't have to be exposed to the wind and sun under the Jianshe Bridge."
Exposure to wind and sun is one thing, but the more important thing is the "loss of quality".
"Originally, our clothing is of good quality and beautiful in style, but because we are selling our products in a free market, we can't raise the price. Some pretentious customers even joke that we are selling our products at such a high price. I'm thinking that it would be better to open a few clothing stores myself."
Jin Yue nodded quickly, "It would be best if it was a high-end, classy decoration that would make people feel it's worth the price at first glance."
From the beginning, she supported Mingyue brand to take the mid-to-high-end route.
"In the past, I was always busy with production, and I would set up stalls as soon as the finished products came out. This time, when I contacted those customers in Northeast China by phone, I learned about their situations. They all have clothing stores in the city, and they are doing quite well... Of course, the economy in Northeast China is developing well, and there are many factories and mines, so the consumption capacity is definitely stronger than here."
Xu Wenli continued: "How does the shop look?"
"I've already picked out three places. They're all in the bustling areas of various districts. They're popular enough, but the rent is a bit expensive."
"It's okay. I have money. The store has been making money in the past few months. I'll give it all to you."
Shu Wenming gave Wenli a big kiss on the face and said, "Silly, why do I need your money? Just keep it in your pocket and buy whatever you want. I don't need your money."
"You are so nice, woo woo..."
Shu Jinyue: “…” Can you please look at me? I’m still breathing!
***
Fortunately, Xu Duan came back within a few days, and Jin Yue no longer had to be fed dog food by his second brother and sister-in-law every day.
"You're so tight-lipped. You did so many things behind my back without telling me."
Xu Duan had just finished taking a shower and came into the room. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "I can't bear to see you waste your time on these little things."
She mentioned Kim Hyun Joong's evil deeds once, and he started to pay attention to them. It would be easy to find someone to follow him. As a person who came to Longguo without formal legal procedures, as long as he reported this clue, someone would naturally pay attention to Kim Hyun Joong.
"You are going to be an expert in the future. I am different. I am used to doing odd jobs."
Jin Yue touched his perfectly muscular chest and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Tell me what you are doing next time, or I will be really angry. Do you hear me?"
"Do you know what happens when I get angry?"
The man raised an eyebrow, "How?"
"I will make you pay with your flesh, lots of flesh..."
If he can tolerate such words, is he still a man? Xu Duan lay down directly, holding her to sit on his waist, and quickly released little Xu Duan, "Come on, you can do whatever you want."
Jin Yue naturally couldn't show weakness. She liked to take the initiative. He went from having a look of anger in his eyes to being in a daze and losing his mind. Every time, he felt a kind of excitement of having succeeded in his destructive desire... Sure enough, everyone has some destructive desire in their body.
…
Forty minutes later, Jin Yue paid a heavy price for her desire for destruction. Her waist was almost broken and she was tired like a dog, but he was still energetic and even wanted to pull her to do it again.
"Please forgive me. I won't say such things again." As soon as he finished speaking, he felt his chest, which she was resting on, vibrate. He was trying to hold back his laughter.
"Let me be serious with you. We have been married for several years. When are we going to have a child?"
"what ever."
"Don't just follow me, tell me what you think."
Xu Duan looked her straight in the eyes. "I think now is a good time. You'll graduate soon, and I'll be back at the bookstore. If you're ready, we can work hard together."
Jin Yue tried to hold back his laughter, and he paused, "With our frequency, we should be able to succeed soon without any special effort."
Yes, as long as he is at home and she is not on her period, they have sex almost every night.
"Pregnancy and frequency are not necessarily positively correlated."
"How do you know if you don't try?"
Well, since they had decided to have a child, they didn't use the small umbrellas anymore when they came again. Xu Duan even folded up the small umbrellas and threw away those that were about to expire. It would be awkward to give such things as a gift, so let it be wasted.
The next day, after breakfast, Jin Yue went to work and Xu Duan went to sort out the factory matters. The factory site has been selected long ago, the land has been purchased, and the factory building is now almost completed. He has been traveling between the two places during this period and has indeed earned a lot of money, so life is not as tight as before.
Shu Jinyue's outpatient clinic is still crowded. Since the outpatient hours have been reduced, the patients have been piling up together, and she can't see all of them. Sometimes there are so many people waiting that she doesn't even have time to go home for lunch.
"Jin Yue, your last classmate, the one who took the photo for you, why haven't I seen her come to see you recently?" Zhu Daqiang took two sips from the teacup and spat out a few tea leaves.
"You ask this because..."
Zhu Daqiang was a little embarrassed. "It was my third kid. When he came back to visit his family last year, he came to see me and happened to meet you and your classmates. He felt that they were quite compatible, but he couldn't speak, so he missed the chance to get to know you. He came back to visit his family a few days ago and secretly came here to find me. In fact, he wanted to find your classmate and muster up the courage to get to know him. Who knew that after so many days, he didn't meet you."
The site search failed and I was extremely depressed when I returned.
Shu Jinyue laughed, "Then he is late. Lin Zhen has just been admitted to graduate school and is now studying for a master's degree."
Zhu Daqiang widened his eyes and swallowed his saliva, feeling both happy and disappointed: "This girl is really outstanding. My third son is not worthy of her."
Although one's own children are the best, he still has some self-awareness. Lin Zhen graduated from a five-year undergraduate program at the age of 20. Isn't this a genius?
"My third child graduated from high school and joined the army. He didn't have much education and was not worthy of the title."
Jin Yue comforted him: "But he is also ambitious. Didn't he pass the military academy from the army two years ago? Why did he get promoted?"
"It's different. He got extra points for his meritorious service. He really doesn't have much knowledge. How can he be worthy of the girl?"
Well, since he said so, Jin Yue changed the subject and talked about something else. Lin Zhen was indeed admitted to graduate school, but she did not study in China. Instead, she applied for a government-funded study abroad program in Country M. Brian wrote a letter of recommendation for her and introduced her to a professor at Harvard Medical School, and she is currently studying there.
Whether now or fifty years from now, Harvard Medical School will be one of the top universities in the world. The number of students admitted each year is very small, and the probability of students from Asian countries being admitted is extremely low, let alone students majoring in traditional Chinese medicine.
For others, this is a cross-disciplinary subject, but for Lin Zhen, these are all things she has learned before, and she can get close to full marks if she puts a little effort. The only thing she lacked was scientific research, and Mo Shuyi, Qin Haiyang and Yang Moli helped her find a way to do it. With Brian's letter of recommendation, she was eventually admitted to Harvard as an exception.
This incident only made a splash among a small number of people in the medical community, because the vast majority of people didn't know what it meant for a student of Traditional Chinese Medicine from an ordinary medical school in China to be admitted to Harvard Medical School! For Zhu Daqiang, he had no other feeling except admiring the excellence of the girl. But what they didn't know was that in the many years to come, this girl who seemed to be a high school graduate and changed her major would bring what kind of changes to the field of traditional Chinese medicine.
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While Jin Yue was busy seeing patients and reading, the children's autumn semester had just started. The weather was getting colder day by day, and Mingyue Garment Factory ushered in the peak sales season of the year.
Last year, the down jackets produced by Mingyue Garment Factory were very popular. The saying "One Mingyue down jacket is worth two" was widely circulated in the market. The people of Shilan, who were used to being thrifty, naturally took action.
"There are many people selling down jackets under the Jianshe Bridge, but our Mingyue brand is so famous that many people come here to buy." Mrs. Zhang came to deliver something and happened to meet Zhao Wanqiu who was off work. They started chatting while standing in the yard.
"This year we have a few more designs than last year, and they are more popular among young girls. On Sundays, many girls come in groups to buy them." Other brands of down jackets rarely allow customers to try them on, but Mingyue is different. Anyone can try them on, and it doesn't matter if they get dirty by accident, because a salesperson will come out and deal with it with a smile.
This kind of service attitude is something they cannot experience in state-owned stores.
So, what reasons do they have for not buying it?
"It just so happens that the Wenming clothing store has also been renovated as fast as it can. It will be officially opened in a few days. While we are selling under the bridge, we are telling customers about the location of our new store. I heard that there is a separate fitting room with a curtain and a large mirror to see the whole body effect. Many customers can't wait to urge us to open quickly."
Zhao Wanqiu was happy to hear that and took some time to go for a walk.
The location of the clothing store is really good. It is in a prosperous area and there are only a few clothing stores around. It is basically equivalent to having no competitors and it is the only one in the market. "I don't know how he found it. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be a shortage of tenants in these places. For example, Xiao Xu's place is relatively remote, so I can understand that it would be cheaper to build a factory there."
Xu Duan's factory was built in the southern suburbs. The site was large and cheap. The area was all industrial land. Mingyue Garment Factory was also there, but the scale of the garment factory was completely different from that of his auto parts factory.
"By the way, people are saying that Xiao Xu's factory is hiring. Is that true?"
Jin Yue nodded, "Yes, it will be put into production in two months at most, and we are planning to recruit people."
Teacher Shu paused, "Um...your Uncle Tian asked me to ask, his daughter doesn't have a proper job now, and it was fine for her to set up a snack stand in front of the school, but Aunt Li messed things up, so the school doesn't allow people to set up a stall. If Xiao Xu's factory is hiring, can you see if his daughter can do it?"
Except for Shu Jinyue, everyone refused in unison: "No!"
"Your uncle Tian's daughter is not as bad as the rumors say. In fact, she has a very hard life."
Shu Wenming snorted coldly: "Just because you have a miserable life, you can have an affair with a man? Don't let her harm your family."
Especially since Xu Duan is in the prime of his life, there are probably many lesbians out there who like him. It would be fine if he was a well-behaved man, but if a playboy like Tian Meizhi goes there, who knows how much trouble she will cause. As a man, he understands men best. Although Xu Duan seems to be a reliable person at the moment, no one can predict what will happen in the future, especially men. He cannot let Jin Yue's marriage face such a crisis.
Zhao Wanqiu and Xu Wenli had the same concerns. With Tian Meizhi's looks and charm, there was no man she couldn't win over as long as she was willing.
Shu Jinyue couldn't help laughing when he saw their fearful expressions. "What are you thinking? Xu Duan is not that kind of person, and Tian Meizhi may not be what people say she is."
"Everyone's impression of her is based on hearsay from the grandparents. As for who actually saw her doing anything with a man? No one really saw it."
Everyone thought so too. Rumors are just rumors, but -
"That year, she competed with Niu Xiaofang for a man, and the man was punished. Niu Xiaofang broke off the engagement, but she was the one who got the money and received sympathy from everyone. She hid behind them beautifully. You are no match for her in terms of scheming."
Shu Jinyue felt helpless. Why did they have to be opponents? Can't we be partners? Besides, the director was not innocent in the sex scandal that year. Objectively speaking, it saved Niu Xiaofang by making it happen before her marriage, allowing her to stop the loss in time. She was the only one who was ungrateful and confused.
However, before she could explain, there was a sudden knock on the door, "Is Jin Yue home?"
No one could remember who this familiar voice belonged to. Jin Yue's painful memory of preparing for the exam first attacked her mind. She called out tentatively, "Teacher Wang?"
The person who came was teacher Wang Mingchao. Five years ago, when she was preparing for the college entrance examination, Xu Duan invited him to help her with tutoring. It can be said that without Teacher Wang Mingchao's study plan tailored for her and his dedicated tutoring, Jin Yue would definitely not have been able to get into university.
During the Chinese New Year that year, Jin Yue wanted to thank him, but he went to his son's house to celebrate the New Year. He has been staying at his son's house in the past few years and even sold the house in Shucheng City.
She thought that their fate would only end five years ago, but who knew that they would meet again today.
But after not seeing him for five years, Teacher Wang seemed to have aged a lot, his hair was completely white, his eyes were cloudy, and he no longer had the wisdom and calmness he once had. Only anxiety and pain remained.
Teacher Wang just glanced at her quickly and said, "Let's talk about the past later. I wonder if it would be convenient for Jin Yuefang to have a chat for a moment?"
Jin Yue took him to the living room and poured him a cup of tea. "Teacher Wang, if you have anything to say, please tell me. As long as I can help, I will definitely help."
Wang Mingchao was very pleased to hear her say this. He had agreed to tutor her just because he wanted to establish a relationship with Xu Duan. Who would have thought that after these years, the only person willing to help him was this half-baked student.
"It's like this, my daughter is ill, and I want you to take a look."
Shu Jinyue saw that he seemed a little embarrassed, so he encouraged him, "Just tell me what's going on."
Teacher Wang hesitated for a moment, then said, "Her illness is quite complicated. She has been married for many years and has no children. I have never been able to ask about it. I only found out last year when they had a conflict that she had a problem. It hurts when she has sex, and she has always resisted it, so she... has not gotten pregnant."
Sexual intercourse pain?
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