A group of five of us went to the district government employee dormitory compound where Xiang Jin and her grandmother currently lived. While walking on the road, they happened to meet an acquaintance.
"Brother Yan, Sister Xiang?!"
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen were also startled. They both raised their heads and looked at their surroundings. Xiang Jin said, "Hey, why are you here?" Didn't they say they were selling cakes near the Internet cafe?
?There is a certain distance between here and the Internet cafe.
Yang Qingmiao said, "Oh, I'm here to get medicine for my aunt."
"Oh, that's it!"
Xiang Jin, her grandparents, and Yan Fei all had question marks clearly written on their faces, but the young boy said again, "Oh, brother, sister, sister Lei Jia told us before that you have transferred to another school.
I studied in Maode Middle School, is it true?"
Xiang Jin said, "Of course it's not true."
The child was confused, and Xiang Jin immediately said, "But don't blame your sister Lei Jia, we asked her to say that. We know that your family is a person who attaches great importance to friendship and repays kindness. When the time comes,
They will definitely inquire about us, but we don't like to be remembered like that.
The reason why we chose to help you in the first place was not out of gratitude and repayment from you, but because we felt that you needed to be helped, not by us but also by others. We just hope that your life can change and become better.
, it’s no longer so miserable and embarrassing, that’s all, so you don’t have to mind it!”
"Sister?!" Yang Qingmiao was immediately moved. He even felt a warm current flowing from his heart through his limbs. After what happened one after another in their family, except for his grandparents,
He had never felt this kind of warmth again, and for a moment he didn't know how to speak.
Xiang Jin said, "Okay, manly man, please stop being so sensational. Sister, I, and you, brother Yan Chen, are not suitable for this kind of sentiment.
Let’s all just relax and take it easy, eh? Just pretend you haven’t seen us today, and don’t tell your grandparents when you go back.”
"But sister..."
Xiang Jin interrupted, "No but, if you really want to thank us, then promise us to always keep a kind heart, and then extend your helping hand to others when they are in need in the future.
"
"I can do this!" The child immediately nodded to her and assured her.
Xiang Jin nodded, then reached out and patted his thin shoulder gently to encourage him, "Well, good boy! Okay, let's go back. The sun is getting strong, be careful of heatstroke!"
"Well, sister, brother, and grandparents, you too!"
Yang Qingmiao turned around and left, but Xiang Jin suddenly called him and said, "Oh, by the way, I heard that you are doing very well in studies. You must continue to work hard and remember that knowledge can change your destiny!"
Yang Qingmiao turned around, looked at her and Yan Chen, and nodded vigorously, "Yes, I remember! I will definitely strive to be the academic master and the most powerful person like my brothers and sisters!"
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen were startled again, and then they felt dumbfounded. Xiang Jin asked jokingly, "Who told you that we are top students, the most powerful people?"
Yang Qingmiao said, "Sister Lei Jia told me that you and Brother Yan are the best and most talented people in the school, and you also know a lot of things that others don't know. Sister Xiang, you are the best at cooking."
, the food they make is the most delicious, and Brother Yan is not only good at painting, but he is also the best at basketball."
Xiang Jin said, "We are not as powerful as your sister Lei Jia said. Your sister Lei Jia is exaggerating. Don't believe her blindly, but you can become the most powerful person yourself! And brother,
My sister and I both believe in you!"
Yang Qingmiao nodded vigorously, "Well, I will definitely work hard in this direction!"
What Xiang Jin didn't know was that it was precisely because of their unrequited help to their family, and precisely because of her words today, that they had a profound impact on this child's life.
Throughout his life, he always upheld and continued to be a kind person, providing warmth and help to others when they needed help.
Precisely because this child followed her and Yan Chen as role models, he always believed in the saying that knowledge changes destiny, so that he later entered a prestigious university, and after working hard to further his studies, he became the most loyal and loyal partner to her and Yan Chen in their lives.
Effective generals, of course, these are things for later and will not be mentioned here for the time being.
After they parted ways with Yang Qingmiao, Yan Fei couldn't help but ask, "Hey, who is that young boy? When did you help them? I don't know what happened? And why did you help them?
They?"
Xiang Jin and her grandparents also want to know.
Xiang Jin said, "It's nothing, I just accidentally learned that their family was in some difficulties, and then I helped, but it didn't help much. I just taught them how to make several kinds of cakes, and Yan Chen gave them a cake.
A thousand yuan, and now their family makes a living by selling it."
Xiang Jin gave a brief explanation, and Yan Fei only caught the most crucial sentence, which was that Yan Chen gave the other party a thousand yuan, so he immediately stared at Yan Chen and screamed, "
No, Yan Chen, you are so generous and so philanthropic that you actually gave their family a thousand yuan. You, you, you, why aren't you so generous to me? When will you give me one?
A thousand dollars?!"
Yan Chen glanced at him angrily, "When did I stop being generous to you? Isn't the meal for you enough?"
Yan Fei muttered and retorted, "Then it doesn't even add up to a thousand?"
Yan Chen asked, "Are you short of money? Is your family short of money?"
Yan Fei plausibly said, "It's lacking! Why isn't it lacking? I only have a few hundred yuan a month for living expenses."
Yan Chen sneered at him with disdain in his eyes, and then didn't bother to watch him pretending to be sour.
Xiang Jin said, "What do you think you are short of money? You are already pretty good, right? You have meat to eat every day, and you can always take out your spare money to rent novels online. You know that kid and the others just now
What's going on at home?"
Yan Fei asked, "What's going on?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's hard for people to have a meal of meat in a month or two. If you want to eat a few taels of meat, you have to buy two cucumbers in exchange for it. But as a rural person, who can afford it this season?"
Are you short of cucumbers?”
"No way?" Yan Fei and Xiang Jin's grandparents were all surprised, "In this day and age, no matter how poor the family is, they won't even have to spend a few dollars, right?"
Xiang Jin nodded to them, "There are people who can't even get out a few dollars. I've seen this with my own eyes!"
Her grandma frowned, and then her grandma asked her what was going on? Xiang Jin didn't want to talk about these things behind others' backs, which made her feel like they were gossiping about people behind their backs, but she
Seeing Yan Fei keep fuming there, she was afraid that he would misunderstand that Yan Chen didn't really regard him as a friend, so she had to tell them, and then she told them the whole story.
After hearing this, everyone sighed and lamented that this family was really having a hard time. Then Xiang Jin said to Yan Fei, "So Yan Fei, just be content. Your parents will give you a few hundred yuan a month."
money for living expenses, you still earn one hundred per month
With an extra two hundred yuan, your second uncle will ask you to come to their house for dinner every now and then and prepare delicious food for you. You will live a much happier life than many people! With the Yang Qingmiao brothers
In comparison, you are like a honey pot!"
Yan Fei argued with a guilty conscience, "I'm not dissatisfied!"
Xiang Jin asked, "Then why were you so sore just now?"
Yan Fei said again, "I'm not angry, I was joking."
Xiang Jin said, "It's okay if you don't. The reason why we help others is because we think they should help and they are worth helping!"
Yan Fei nodded, "Help, you really should help! Also, if we encounter this situation again next time, can you also call me?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's hard to say. What if you're not with them like last time? How can we call you?" In this era, mobile phones have not yet become widely popular, and they have not yet reached the point where everyone has a mobile phone.
situation.
Although she and Yan Chen do have the ability to buy a mobile phone at the moment, they don't seem to need it very much yet, so there is no need to buy it for the time being. After they go to college, they will almost be able to have a mobile phone with them.
A laptop.
Yan Fei said, "When you go to their house that day, you can call me there when you pass by our Sunjiawan."
Xiang Jin rolled his eyes at him angrily, "I'm sorry, the weather was too hot. We were all in a hurry that day. How could we have free time to go around to your house to call you? How much delay would it take?
Time, I don’t want to suffer that pain.”
Yan Fei groaned, "You only know how to find excuses for your laziness!"
Xiang Jin just stared at him as a matter of course and said with a fake smile, "I think sometimes some 'laziness' is still necessary, because it is good for us and we will suffer less!"
Yan Fei said, "You are using strong words to make excuses!"
Xiang Jin said, "Isn't it reasonable to argue with strong words?!"
Yan Fei was silenced by her, and then started to grumble. Xiang Jin and her grandparents couldn't help but laugh when they saw them bickering. They originally thought that their granddaughter was a serious and quiet person, but she didn't expect it.
She also has a lively side, good, good, so they feel relieved.
Everyone chatted and laughed as they arrived at the district government compound. After Xiang Jin and her grandparents opened the door to let Yan Chen and Yan Fei go in to rest for a while, they led Xiang Jin to find someone to check out.
.
After seeing them, the other party first said hello to her grandparents, and then asked them if they had anything to do with them. Her grandparents expressed their intention to check out apologetically.
The other party suddenly became excited and said, "What, is it because we did not provide good hospitality or you are not comfortable living here? It doesn't matter. If you have any requests, just ask them and we will try our best to meet them."
Xiang Jin thought to himself: He is indeed a flatterer!
Xiang Jin and her grandma said no, no, they took good care of her, and they were all grateful, and told them not to think too much!
Then Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "That's right, the main purpose of our coming here is to get closer to our children. The children will be in the third year of high school soon. There is a lot of pressure to study, so we just want to get close to each other."
Keep her close so that you can make more nutritious meals for her to nourish her brain.
We went to the school to visit her today, and then we happened to meet the school leader of their school. Then during a casual chat, we learned that there was a vacant house in their school, and then we asked them if they could rent it to us.
After a while, the other party agreed after learning our idea.
It is true that everything is good here, the people are nice, and the environment is good, but it is not convenient for us to visit our children. After all, there is such a long distance, and their school management is very strict.
For example, students who live on campus are not allowed to go out of school on weekends. We wanted to pick her up for a meal today only after talking to the young guard at the gate. So, we thought we had to move there.
It’s also easy to take care of.”
After hearing what she said, the other party immediately nodded and agreed, "That's right. The management of Maode Middle School is relatively strict. It's a key middle school, so we can understand it!"
Xiang Jin and her grandma nodded and said, "Yes, yes!"
Then the other party said, "Okay, then we will respect your wishes." After that, he led Xiang Jin and her grandparents to the finance office to find someone who would refund the money, and then said, "Then we will
Go and help you clean up, and then find two more people to send you there?"
Xiang Jin and her grandfather refused and said, "No, no, we don't have many things to pack, just a few clothes and some sheets and quilt covers, they are very easy and convenient, and there are a few of us, so if you have anything to do, you can
Busy yourself!"
The other party nodded, "It's okay. I'll take you to the gate then. It will also save you the trouble of having to wait to return the key to us."
Since the other party mentioned this, Xiang Jin and her grandparents couldn't refuse anymore, so they nodded and let him go.
Xiang Jin and her grandparents did not have many things. As they said, they only had some simple clothes, bed sheets, quilt covers, a bed of thin cotton batting and a mattress pad weighing only three kilograms.
Seeing that they had only taken a few things, the other party asked, "Uncle and aunt, do you have beds in your house over there, as well as kitchen utensils, air conditioners, refrigerators, and electric fans?"
Xiang Jin's grandpa was startled, and then Xiang Jin's grandpa said, "It's okay, we'll just go over and buy more."
The other party said, "That's a lot of trouble. How about I have someone pull all these things over to them?"
Xiang Jin and her grandmother quickly waved their hands and said, "No, no!"
But the other party said, "Oh, it's okay. The things in this room were originally prepared for you. You see, once you leave, this room will be empty. These furniture, home appliances, etc. will no longer be of any use. Put them there."
They can only be left here. If no one uses them for a long time, they will become scrap metal."
Xiang Jin and her grandparents were immediately embarrassed and apologetic, and her grandmother said, "We thought these things were originally in this house?"
The other party laughed and said, "Where?! This house was originally unoccupied. Later, I heard that you were going to live here, so the leader arranged for us to buy more."
Xiang Jin and her grandma looked at each other, and then Xiang Jin and her grandma said, "Then you spent a lot of money, right?"
The other party smiled politely and said, "No, no, it didn't cost much. You are Secretary Ouyang's parents. We have to take good care of you when you come here. We must make you feel at home."
Xiang Jin felt that these people were really flatterers. Look, isn't this just bribery in disguise? Unknowingly, he made them accept their kindness and accepted their kindness. Then nothing would happen.
Okay, but if something happens,
This kind of thing will be expanded indefinitely and become a stain on Secretary Ouyang's life. If the situation is more serious, let alone his continued political career, he will be blamed for resigning and his official career will be cut off. Even if he faces prison, he will be imprisoned.
It is possible.
You must know the intrigues in the officialdom. Those people bickering and framing each other for their own interests are endless. They are extremely loose and ordinary. Those who have offended someone like Secretary Ouyang sitting in his current position will certainly not
It will be less, and it will be terrible if some villain makes an anonymous report to him.
Xiang Jin and her grandparents also thought about this, so they looked at Xiang Jin, and Xiang Jin stood up and said, "How about this, uncle, please tell your leader, like this
We'll move all the pots and pans, refrigerator, air conditioner, electric fan, TV, and this bed..."
"Xiaojin?!" Her grandmother stopped her immediately.
Xiang Jin said, "Grandma, listen to me!"
So her grandma fell silent.
Xiang Jin continued, "Don't worry, we didn't ask for these things from them in vain. They must have had invoices and receipts when they purchased these things. You will also have to purchase these things when you move there anyway.
Why don't we just repurchase it directly from them and pay them according to their original purchase price, so that they won't have a deficit in their account when the time comes."
Her grandmother was a little hesitant, but Xiang Jin and her grandfather said, "Just follow what Xiao Jin said. In this case, you go to the bank with me to withdraw some money first."
"Oh, okay," Xiang Jin and her grandmother could only nod in agreement.
The uncle on the other side frowned immediately when he saw it. He suddenly felt that he had messed up the matter, so he said, "You guys wait a minute. I'll go talk to our leader." After that, he let out an annoyed sound.
Sighing, he turned and walked away.
Xiang Jin's grandfather said to her grandmother, "Shall we go?"
"Oh," Xiang Jin and her grandmother nodded slightly.
After the two old people walked out of the government compound, Xiang Jin's grandmother couldn't help but said to Xiang Jin and her grandfather, "Old man, do we really have to move all the appliances and furniture there? But we are only here.
Staying for more than a year? You said that once Xiaojin finishes her college entrance examination next year, we may not be able to stay here. What will happen to those things then? We also have those things at home, and it is impossible to move them back.
, what a pity it would be to throw it away?”
Xiang Jin and her grandfather said, "Oh, I know what you mean. It's just that we don't need to spend that money to buy those things. But Xiao Jin did the right thing. We can't leave anything to others that might attack your son."
You also know that those things were purchased without our knowledge at all. They want to flatter your son, regardless of whether we have any consequences or not.
I didn’t take those things away, but it was always recorded in their books that they had withdrawn such a large amount of money for us. If anything goes wrong, it will be their use to attack your son, so no matter whether we will do it or not in the future
We have always needed them, we have to buy those things from them today, otherwise it will be evidence of your son's corruption and bribery, we can't be confused!"
The more Xiang Jin and her grandmother listened, the more she felt uneasy, so she asked, "Then how much money can we get later?"
Xiang Jin and her grandfather pulled her, "We'll talk about this later."
Half an hour later, Xiang Jin and her grandma took the money back, and the person who had negotiated with them also came back. Then the other person said that he had just spoken to their leader on the phone, and their leader meant not to collect their money.
, just ask them to move the furniture and appliances away directly.
Xiang Jin and her grandfather said, "We accept your offer, but the money that should be paid must still be given, otherwise we will not be able to explain to my son when the time comes. Young man, if you really want to help us, you
See if you can call a car for us and take these things over there for us. We’re not very familiar with this place and don’t know where to call one?”
The other party said, "Don't worry, I've already contacted you, and the truck driver is on his way here."
Xiang Jin and her grandfather nodded, "Oh, thank you, thank you," and then he asked the other party to go with him to the finance office to pay the money. Seeing that they insisted on doing this, the other party had no choice but to accompany them.
Xiang Jin said, "I'll go with you too!"
Seeing that she was just a child, the other party probably just wanted to play with her, so he didn't pay much attention.
When Xiang Jin and the others got there, the other party's accountant said that she couldn't find the invoices and receipts for the things they had purchased before, so she didn't know how much to charge them. She also persuaded them to give those things to them since the leaders had said so.
If they do, then they will ask, what kind of money should I give them?
The person on the other side who led them also nodded and said, "Yes!"
Xiang Jin and her grandparents frowned. Didn't the other party intentionally force them to accept their favor and accept bribes?
"This? This..."
Xiang Jin and her grandparents looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment. The other party had made up their mind to let them accept it or not!
Xiang Jin stepped forward and said, "It doesn't matter. I roughly know the price of those things. You can calculate them based on this price later. You are in finance. I see that your drawer is not locked and your financial seal is not locked."
Yes, just give us a receipt later, and stamp it with your financial seal!"
Everyone looked at her in surprise, and at the same time, there was a hint of discomfort on the face of the finance officer, as if his suspicion had been exposed.
The uncle who led them looked at her with a suspicious look on his face and said, "You know?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "I know roughly, oh, maybe you don't know it yet, but I have a very good memory, and everything I have seen has a very deep impression!
I also carefully looked at the brands of those electrical appliances just now. At the beginning of last winter, I went shopping in the county town with a neighbor of ours. At that time, we went to the first large shopping mall in the county town that sold household appliances. At that time, he was in
We bought a color TV, a refrigerator, and an air conditioner there. Because we needed to compare products, we went shopping around every brand and then picked the ones we liked. My main responsibility at that time was to help him remember
Product price and performance.
So I happened to have seen several things in that house before. Although it has been more than half a year, I think the price at that time was higher than now. In this way, we will take advantage of you.
Cheap."
After saying that, Xiang Jin walked over and picked up a pen and a piece of paper from the other party's desk, then lay there and wrote down the specifications and models of the most important household appliances in the rental house.
He also wrote down the price, and then added, "As for the price of the pots, pans and bed, I don't know. I might have to trouble you to estimate this."
After saying that, she asked the accountant to issue them a receipt according to the content on her piece of paper, "Oh, by the way, grandparents, come and write your names to them, otherwise they won't know how to write this receipt to them later.
Which one is it for?"
"Oh, okay!" Her grandfather stepped forward and wrote down his and her grandmother's names.
The other party's finance officer looked at the middle-aged man and saw the middle-aged uncle sigh helplessly, then nodded towards her and said, "Then do as this little girl said."
The other party nodded, and then issued a receipt to them in a polite manner.
After a while, the receipt slip was opened, and then the other party showed it to Xiang Jin and the others. After Xiang Jin looked at it carefully, she quickly paid her grandparents, and at the same time, she did not forget to remind the other party.
Put a stamp on that receipt.
After the other party stamped it, Xiang Jin took it and took a serious look at it. Well, what came was the financial impression of the district government, and then she gave it to her grandma to keep!
After finishing all this, they went back to the rental house together. However, as they were walking on the road, the middle-aged uncle said, "Oh, look, you are still so polite!"
Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "Young man, this is not polite, this is how it should be, your intentions are good, and we understand it, but we can't let you lose money? We
I used to work in a government department, so I know your salary levels well. You said you bought these things for us, so when can you pay back the public funds you owe?"
Xiang Jin felt that her grandma actually knew a lot about art when speaking. Look, this was clearly embezzlement of public funds, and everything was shady from top to bottom, but she insisted on treating this matter as a personal friendly relationship between them.
That's right, the middle-aged man actually burst into laughter after hearing this!
This not only cleanses people of their serious disciplinary mistakes, but also saves them enough face, making them think that they are still people who value love and justice!