Although Xiaoxue is not experienced in the world, she also knows that the massage room is not a good place, so she refuses to go in. The leopard-print girl feigns anger and says: "Do you think the eldest sister is not a good person?" Then she opened the glass door and found that it was clean inside.
There is a clean barber chair, a large mirror, a massage table covered with clean sheets, and acupuncture and massage pictures on the wall.
More importantly, a little girl in a green school uniform was lying on the table doing her homework. When she saw the leopard-print girl come in, she raised her head and called "Mom". This made Xiaoxue's resistance disappear. She was serious.
It's business.
So Xiaoxue parked her bicycle at the door and walked in. The leopard-print girl poured her tea and greeted her warmly: "Sit, sit down." Then she said to her daughter: "Xiaoya, don't you have a question?
If you don’t know how to do it, ask your sister.”
The girl was thirteen or fourteen years old. She was obviously still a junior high school student. When she saw the school badge of No. 1 Middle School worn by Xiaoxue on her chest, she felt a little in awe. She took an algebra book and asked her for advice. Xiaoxue saw that it was an equation from the second grade of junior high school.
After reading the disc, he patiently explained it to the little sister.
The leopard-printed girl lit up a cigarette with a smile and asked casually: "Girl, your accent sounds like you're not from here, right? It seems to have a Northeastern flavor."
Xiaoxue said: "When I was a child, I grew up in Horqin Grassland, which is very close to Jilin Province."
"Haha, where exactly is it?"
"My father was at the Baicheng Weapons Testing Center at that time. Later, his job was transferred and he came to Jiangbei."
"Oh, what a coincidence. I am from Baicheng. We are fellow villagers." The leopard-print girl became excited and started chatting with Xiaoxue. She was already a familiar person, and after a few words, the atmosphere became warm.
Get networked.
"Auntie, why did you come to Jiangbei?" Xiaoxue asked, holding the tea cup.
"Oh, don't mention it. I'm laid off and can't afford to eat. I just go south to make money. But I'm a good fortune teller and I've made a lot of money over the years. I bought a house and a car and brought my daughter over."
Seeing the disbelief on Xiaoxue's face, the leopard-printed girl smiled slightly and explained: "Sister, I'm in the business of running a business. I use traditional Chinese medicine massage to activate blood circulation and remove blood clots. I have many repeat customers. I bought this store for 300,000 yuan.
It didn’t take five years.”
Three hundred thousand, another three hundred thousand, this word hit Xiaoxue's heart like a heavy hammer. Even the masseurs on the street could earn three hundred thousand, buy a house and a car. She seemed to be eighteen years old, but she only
I could helplessly watch my father die of illness.
The leopard-print girl noticed that Xiaoxue looked a little sad and asked: "Girl, which unit in Jiangbei is Dad assigned to?"
"Chenguang Machinery Factory."
"Oh, that factory is not good. I heard it is about to close down. Didn't dad find a job for himself?"
"No, he has a chronic disease and cannot work." Xiaoxue's eyes were moist again.
The leopard print girl sighed and said: "Well, I was in the same situation back then. I was only in the third grade of junior high school that year. My dad got uremia and his whole body was swollen. The family was selling iron and steel and couldn't raise the money for medical treatment. I was studying well.
Okay, it’s not a problem to get into a vocational high school. Just because of my father’s illness, I dropped out of school and went to work. But after not even a year, I left. After another two years, I got married and gave birth to a child. The father of the child spent all day
I drank instead of doing my job, and I went south in a fit of anger. It's not easy to get to this point."
The leopard-print girl's heartfelt words moved Xiaoxue very much. Others had the same fate as her, but they persisted in fighting against fate and achieved some success until today. But what about herself? Thinking of her father who was seriously ill in bed, she couldn't help but lower her head and shed tears.
"Girl, my name is Wang Mei, you can just call me Sister Mei. I think you have something on your mind. Tell it to Sister Mei. There is no obstacle that you can't overcome, right?" The leopard-printed woman put out the cigarette butt on the stove.
, said while holding Xiaoxue's hand.
"My father is also uremic. He won't be able to survive without a kidney transplant, but I don't have money..." Xiaoxue whispered.
"Oh... you poor child, why do we have to suffer such things? How come those factory directors and secretaries live so well? Girl, what is your name?" "My name is
Wen Xue." "Xiaoxue, Sister Mei, I think it's not easy for you. Let's do this. My daughter's study is not very good. If you have time, help her with tutoring. The money is calculated according to the class time. It's fifty yuan per hour. What do you think?
Sample?"
"Too many, I'm still a student." Xiaoxue declined subconsciously. Although she wanted to make this money, the current salary standard for college students in Jiangbei Normal University to work as tutors is only thirty yuan per hour. She is just a high school student.
How could it possibly be worth such a high price?
"The best results come from students teaching students. Xiaoya, did my sister teach well? Can you do the question just now?" Sister Mei asked.
Xiaoya nodded: "My sister teaches me better than the teacher. Our teacher knows how to scold me. I want my sister to teach me."
Sister Mei said with a proud look on her face: "Look, Xiaoya already likes you. Sister Xiaoxue, you have the right to do this favor for my sister. Sister Mei, I haven't graduated from junior high school and I don't want my children to follow my old path."
Xiaoxue bit her lip and thought for a long time, and finally nodded.
Sister Mei got excited, looked at her watch and said, "It's still early, why don't we start now." After saying that, she picked up a sign that read "Please wait" and hung it outside the door without even doing business.
There is a stove in the massage room, and the temperature is suitable. The junior high school algebraic geometry questions that made Xiaoya so anxious are simply pediatrics in Xiaoxue's eyes. She explains various formulas and the elements of problem-solving to Xiaoya in an in-depth and simple way, speaking in a slow pace.
, with a friendly attitude, this kind of one-to-one tutoring is very useful, Xiaoya didn't even have a chance to lose focus, she listened to the senior sister with her big eyes open, and nodded from time to time.
Unknowingly, an hour passed and it was completely dark. Xiaoxue stood up and said, "It's getting late. I have to go home to cook, so I have to go back quickly."
Sister Mei came over, holding fifty yuan in her hand and said: "You take this money, we will pay it off in installments, and we will never default on it."
"Thank you, Sister Mei." Xiaoxue took the green banknote with excitement. This was her first time making money.
"And this, your sister Mei just made it. Take it back and give it to dad to try. It's a low-protein food and won't affect the kidneys." Sister Mei pulled out a hot lunch box like a magic trick.
Xiaoxue felt warm in her heart and almost burst into tears again. She took the lunch box and said sincerely: "Thank you, Sister Mei."
"Fellow, that's right. Just bring the lunch box along the way tomorrow."
"Well, I understand, I'm leaving, Sister Mei." Xiaoxue walked out of the massage room carrying her lunch box. When she disappeared into the darkness, Sister Mei's smiling face suddenly became a little complicated.
Turning around and coming back, a fat man walked out from behind, took out two hundred yuan and stuffed it in Sister Mei's chest, puffed out a puff of smoke and said, "Good job, keep up the good work."
Sister Mei smiled charmingly and said, "Why did Mr. Hu only give you two hundred? I spent the entire evening just for your plan. You should compensate me more."
Master Hu smiled, took out two more banknotes and stuffed them into them, saying, "Don't worry, wait until this little girl comes to the rescue. After the work is done, Master Hu will give you a lot of rewards."
"Master Hu, you must keep your word." Sister Mei happily put away the four hundred yuan, twisted her waist, and showed off the pair of treasures on her chest.
Master Hu chuckled, stretched out his hand to touch it, and said, "Mei Zi, how many years have we had nothing like that?"
Sister Mei said to her daughter: "Xiaoya, go home!"
Xiaoya packed up her schoolbag and left through the back door very obediently. Master Hu pounced on the food and pushed Sister Mei down on the massage bed.
…
Liu Ziguang paid three thousand yuan to the man who injured Li Zhiteng as agreed. This was the second time they cooperated. Compared with the first time, there was less strangeness and more tacit understanding. The man accepted the money.
He counted them quickly, and after confirming that they were correct, he said, "Thanks, come back to me if you have any business."
Liu Ziguang nodded and said, "The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Is three thousand yuan enough?"
The man was startled and said, "What do you mean?"
Liu Ziguang said: "Will you take the big job?"
The man hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't do murder."
Liu Ziguang smiled: "Since you have killed the first one, what does it matter if you kill a few more."
The man's pupils shrank sharply, he took a step back and pressed the stick in his pocket and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Haha, the guy you pushed into the frying pan that day is dead."
The man's color changed slightly, but he was not as shocked as Liu Ziguang imagined. This also proved his other conclusion that this guy had more than one case on his back.
The first time I paid him to fight Yan Dong, it was purely as a favor and to establish a cooperative relationship to see if this person could be used. It turned out that he was very suitable as a thug. The effect of Yan Dong's injuries was exactly what Liu Ziguang was pursuing.
of.
The second cooperation was more in-depth. Li Zhiteng was much stronger than Yan Dong. It was not easy to deal with him. The fact that this man was able to succeed easily showed that he was not only very brave, but also very intelligent. He was a useful talent.
This man has a murder case on his back, and only Liu Ziguang knows about it, which invisibly strengthens the loyalty of the cooperation, unless he leaves Jiangbei immediately and goes to the next city to make a living.
"Don't be afraid, they didn't report the case. Even if they did, the police wouldn't have time to deal with such a headless case. In short, just don't go to that place again if you have nothing to do." Liu Ziguang comforted him.
The man nodded and said dryly: "Who do you want to kill?"
"I haven't thought about it yet."
"If you think about it, let me know. Don't forget to bring money. The big job will be at least 100,000 yuan."