Jiang Sinian nodded stiffly and placed the gift in his hand at the captain's feet. "This is a gift my sister brought you. Please don't dislike it."
The captain lowered his eyes to glance at the gift, and when he looked up again, he was more enthusiastic.
Chen Shanhe and Mike sat on the side as a background wall.
The main team leader spoke in dialect, which was beyond Mike's knowledge. Chen Shanhe obviously did not intend to be his translator, and Jiang Shiyue was the protagonist.
He could only try hard to understand what the captain said.
As a result, I am always a step behind and miss the opportunity to interrupt, so I am too lazy to say anything more.
Jiang Shiyue only listened to a few words from the captain and was too lazy to say anything else.
Despite his big appetite, the captain is still not very tactful in dealing with people.
He's ambitious enough, but not cunning enough. He's also impatient.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have come here eagerly waiting for them after hearing some news.
If it was Jiang Shiyue, she would patiently wait at home for them to find her.
Sure enough, when the captain heard Jiang Shiyue bluntly express that she wanted Jiang Sinian to return to the city, his eyes lit up and he asked her how much she could offer.
Jiang Shiyue: “…”
A little more stupid than I thought.
Shouldn't a normal person pretend to be embarrassed and refuse by saying things like "The number of places to return to the city is limited!", "It's really difficult if everyone wants to return to the city!", "The forest farm has heavy production tasks and is really short of manpower" and so on.
Jiang Sinian wanted to speak, but Jiang Shiyue secretly pulled his clothes to stop him and raised two fingers to the captain.
The captain frowned, "Two thousand?"
Jiang Sinian took a breath.
He only earns one dollar a day working.
He would work for seven years without eating or drinking for 2,000 yuan.
Jiang Shiyue smiled and said, "Captain, this is a different time now. I heard from my brother that many educated youth have applied to return to the city in the past two years. Because of the limited number of places available and the heavy production tasks at the forest farm, the captain is in a difficult position and has to hide away from time to time. However, the capable and wealthy educated youth at the forest farm should have almost all left, right?"
Captain: “…”
Isn't it? Since the beginning of this spring, there have been as many people applying to return to the city as ever, but the remaining ones are just ordinary young people with simple lives and little financial resources, and they really can't come up with any money.
He hasn't had any income for two months, otherwise he wouldn't have rushed back as soon as he heard that a wealthy man had driven to Jiang Sinian's house.
But, it can’t be just two thousand yuan.
He shook his head. "Big sister, you can't say that. We don't just look at the money, we have to consider the person as well. Brother Si Nian saved my life, so I have to give him the spot first no matter what. But I gave him a chance and he gave it away. If I let him go now, the rest of the comrades will gossip! This makes it very difficult for me to do it!"
Jiang Shiyue didn't waste any words and stretched out another finger.
The captain still disagreed.
Jiang Sinian was so anxious that he kept picking at the seams of his pants, but Jiang Shiyue didn't let him speak, so he could only endure it.
After some bargaining, Jiang Shiyue stretched out his palm.
Five thousand!
The captain was still hesitant.
Jiang Sinian got angry, stood up suddenly, and pulled Jiang Shiyue out, "Go! Go back quickly. The forest farm is great, I don't want to go back!"
The team leader hurriedly stood up and pulled Jiang Sinian, "Brother Sinian, why are you so ignorant? I feel sorry for you and want to take you home. Why are you so anxious? Don't you know what the conditions are like in our forest farm? In the summer, you get prickly heat all over, and in the winter, you get sores all over. When you come home, there are flies, mosquitoes, poisonous ants and pests, and when you go out, there are tigers and wolves. You have to work from dawn to dusk every day and still be worried!"
These words were mostly said to Jiang Shiyue.
Jiang Sinian waved his hand and shook off the captain. "Captain, my daily wage is only one dollar. If I don't take any leave, don't eat or drink, and don't get sick, I can only make 360 yuan a year. In 10 years, I can only make 3,600 yuan. It will take me 15 years to earn 5,000 yuan. In another 15 years, I will be over 40 years old. I will never be able to pay my sister back!"
Jiang Shiyue opened his mouth and closed it again.
The captain knew Jiang Sinian's temper very well. He knew he was a stubborn donkey. If he provoked him too much, he wouldn't get a penny. So he immediately offered Jiang Shiyue: "Five thousand is five thousand!"
Jiang Shiyue then signaled Chen Shanhe to pull Jiang Sinian aside.
Pay the money and get the goods.
Only after seeing the captain sign and stamp the relevant documents did Jiang Shiyue give him the money.
The captain looked at the brand new stack of big unity in his hand and reminded Jiang Shiyue with a smile: "Sister, if you want to go back to the city, you have to go to the city to handle the procedures. I'm afraid you still have to prepare this amount."
Jiang Sinian was about to shout when he heard it, but Mike quickly covered his mouth with his hands.
Jiang Shiyue was moved and thanked him, and kept praising the captain as a good person.
I cursed the captain in my heart as an idiot.
The captain kept praising Jiang Shiyue for valuing family ties and being good to his brother.
But, Jiang Shiyue guessed that he was probably also calling her an idiot in his heart.
Jiang Sinian, who was forcibly dragged away, felt so painful that he kept complaining to Jiang Shiyue that he was wasting money. When he came to his senses, he found that he had already left the forest farm.
"Huh? Leaving now? I still have things to pack!" Jiang Sinian realized that the road was wrong and didn't bother to nag Jiang Shiyue anymore.
"What's there to pack up with all that stuff of yours?"
Jiang Sinian: “…”
Yes, no.
Even though I've been working for so many years, I haven't saved any money.
In fact, he lives a very frugal life, but the conditions here are poor, so he spends all his money on buying medicine, either to repel mosquitoes, insects and snakes, or to treat people. He takes medicine for external and internal injuries all year round.
As for the bedding roll, the patches are so many that you can't even see the original fabric. Its only advantage is that it's clean.
"I have given all your things to your coworkers. And I have left the things that Shanhe and the others bought yesterday to your coworkers." Jiang Shiyue explained.
She originally wanted to take Wang Dazhi with her, but she didn't have that much cash on her, so she would come back to get him.
After all, Jiang Sinian said that Wang Dazhi had always treated him as a brother and taken good care of him for so many years. This time, he was injured because of him.
Jiang Shiyue left a lot of things and also left a thousand yuan for Wang Dazhi, telling him that the country now allows individuals to do business, and he can try to open a small store in the forest farm.
Although there are fewer people in the forest farm than at the beginning, there are still about a hundred people including men, women, young and old, and they all have some needs in life.
The forest farm is inconvenient to enter and exit, so business is not bad.
After listening to this, Jiang Sinian turned his head away and wiped his eyes with the back of his hand. "As your brother, I'm ashamed to hold you back."
"There's no need to talk about this between brothers and sisters."
After leaving the forest farm, the group of four headed straight for the county town.
After arriving at the county town, the troops split into two groups.
Chen Shanhe took Jiang Sinian to find his teammates to handle the remaining procedures.
Mike accompanied Jiang Shiyue to the police station to report the case.
The police officer who received them took notes and asked, "Excuse me, what case do you want to report?"
"My money was stolen. Five thousand dollars in total."
The policeman's hand holding the pen trembled, and he subconsciously looked up at Jiang Shiyue.
What kind of family? Carrying 5,000 yuan in cash?!
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