Make a Fortune and Become Well-off [90] - Chapter 15
Jiang Yueqin followed her step by step. When she saw her throw the leech, although it wasn’t in her direction, she still jumped back several steps, then came over with a look of disgust on her face and said, “I want you to come work with me, but you still don’t want to.”
She stood on the muddy ground beside the well, wearing snow-white sandals. The pure white on her feet contrasted sharply with the mud on Jiang Ning’s feet. “Look at me, then look at you.” She pointed to her new clothes and then to the shabby clothes on Jiang Ning’s body. “What’s the use of studying? You can’t make any money. Even if you finish studying in a few years, you can only earn a hundred yuan a month as a teacher. It’s not as good as working part-time.”
She looked very proud. “Do you know how much money I brought back this time?” She spread her fingers, stretched them out in front of Jiang Ning, and waved them. “Five thousand.”
She turned around and looked at the old house of the Jiang family and clicked her tongue twice. “This house of yours still has earthen walls. Which house still has earthen walls these days?”
The Jiang family’s house was built the year Father Jiang got married. All the other houses had replaced the mud walls with red bricks and cement.
The Jiang family’s house was indeed the only one in the neighborhood that was shabby and small.
She said, “Aren’t you embarrassed to see your house in such a state of ruin? Why don’t you make some money for your family and change the house to a bungalow or a large building?”
Jiang Yueqin was very proud of the large house she built for her family. When she walked in the village, she held her head high, feeling extremely proud.
Everyone in the village praised her for her ability, her filial piety, and her parents’ blessings.
“When I build another big house, I can get married.” There was a yearning expression on her face. At the age of nineteen, she had a mature innocence on her face.
She followed Jiang Ning, and her eyes fell on Jiang Ning, who was concentrating on pancakes in the dim and small kitchen. She looked like an adult who had seen the world, looking at a country girl, full of superiority.
“You’ve never been to a city. The lights in the city are all colorful, more beautiful than a rainbow. There’s no mud on the road. It’s nothing like our hometown. When it rains, your feet can sink into a mud pit three feet deep.”
“In the city, both sides of the road are full of apples, oranges, and dates. You can pick them as you like. I take them and throw them away. I don’t eat them.”
“Have you ever seen a car that drives very fast?”
After saying so much, she saw no reaction on Jiang Ning’s face. She was neither envious nor curious. She couldn’t help but worry. “Do you want to go with me? It’s really profitable. You can be a waitress first. The monthly salary is only two hundred yuan.” She held out two fingers. “If I hadn’t been short of people, I wouldn’t have hired you. It’s only for your mother’s sake, who begged me.”
She raised her chin proudly.
“Not going.”
At that time, workers in the city only earned about a hundred yuan a month, and many were still facing the crisis of being kicked. Two hundred yuan a month was a huge salary that many rural girls could not even imagine.
When people heard her talk about two hundred yuan a month, their first reaction was to marvel at “good dragons” and then want to join.
Jiang Ning looked unmoved and drove her out with a cold face, holding the pancakes. “I don’t want to make money, I just want to study and get into college. You can go.”
Jiang Yueqin was anxious. “Hey, aren’t you exhausted from studying for college?”
Jiang Ning put the prepared breakfast into the vegetable basket and looked up at her. “I’m not. I can study easily.”
Jiang Ning’s words left Jiang Yueqin speechless. Jiang Ning implied that studying was tiring only for those who were not smart. Angrily flailing her arm, Jiang Yueqin said, “I won’t take you even if you beg me again.”
After that, she didn’t come to Jiang Ning’s house for several days. Instead, Mother Jiang became anxious and went to Jiang Yueqin’s house several times, hoping she would take Jiang Ning out to work together.
In a long and sinister tone, Jiang Yueqin said to Mother Jiang, “I don’t dare to take your Jiang Ning with me. Your Jiang Ning said that she doesn’t want to work. She is the one who wants to take the college entrance examination.”
Mother Jiang said anxiously, “Don’t listen to her nonsense. Girls will already be in their twenties after four years of college. At that age, girls have children running around. How can it be as good and promising as you, who has built such a big house for your family?” Mother Jiang’s praise was sincere. “Your parents are really lucky to have given birth to you.”
Jiang Yueqin’s chin was held high with pride.
Seeing that Jiang Yueqin was finally coaxed, Mother Jiang said, “I’ll be satisfied if Jiang Ning could be half as good as you. When the time comes, you can take Ning Ning with you. You don’t need to do anything else, just let her follow you. Wash the dishes, wash the vegetables, ask her to do whatever you usually have to do. Ning Ning is an honest person. I don’t feel comfortable letting her go out alone. I just want you to take care of her. If we have a family member to take care of her, we won’t worry.”
She referred to Jiang Yueqin as a member of the family.
For people in their hometown, as long as they were from the same hometown, they were considered family members when they went to other places.
They lived in the same village and had the same surname. They all shared the same ancestor. How could they not be family members?
Jiang Yueqin then took Mother Jiang’s arm and said with a smile, “Okay, I’ll take Ning Ning with me then.” Thinking of finding a few more young sisters, she added, “I’ll call you before I leave. You can ask Ning Ning to come to my house.”
Mother Jiang went back with great gratitude.
The first thing she did when she got back was to open the door to Jiang Ning’s room. “Don’t read any books. I’ve already made an agreement with Yueqin. She will take you to work as a waitress. The salary will be two hundred yuan a month. If you do well, you will be promoted to a foreman and earn hundreds.”
She quickly collected two pieces of clothing for Jiang Ning. “I don’t expect you to be promoted to a foreman and bring your salary back at the end of the year.” She said nonchalantly, “I won’t be able to count on you in the future. You can take advantage of these few days. You haven’t gotten married yet, so if you earn a little more money for me, I won’t have raised you in vain.”
Seeing that Jiang Ning was indifferent, she couldn’t help but shout, “Bring me back a lot of the money you earn. For every penny you waste, I will peel an inch of your skin.”
During her third year in junior high school, Mother Jiang gave her twenty cents a day, because she had to pass through the ferry on her way to school. It cost ten cents to go there and ten cents to come back. She got a meal ticket from the canteen, and she could bring her own vegetables, a can of salted radish, or a can of xuelihong (stir fry mustard greens), and sometimes her grandpa would bring her a can of salted fish, which would last for a week.
If Mother Jiang said that she wouldn’t let her spend a penny more, she really wouldn’t.
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