Liu Yingying tugged at Cui Yansheng's sleeve: "How did my sister know about your difficulties back then?" It's hard to disobey your parents' orders! Let's go back to the house, it's so cloudy, I think it's going to rain in a while. By the way, what a rare gift is in this box. ”

"It's all handpicked by me. You are the most fashionable person in our world, and your words and deeds are the weather vane and guiding light here. So only the best cosmetics, the most beautiful clothes, and the most beautiful bags are worthy of you. I asked a friend to bring it back from the concession, and you must like it. Cui Yansheng responded with a smile.

Liu Yingying raised her eyebrows proudly, she glanced back and found that Meng Xi was standing motionless with an expressionless face, and her heart was a little panicked.

Watching the two leave, Meng Xi turned back and took Mrs. Cui's money for the medicine.

This is the money that the original body pawned in exchange for the hairpin.

Meng Xi knew that Mrs. Cui was rich, but the money was stored in the bank, and she couldn't get it.

Meng Xi bought a very small suitcase and got on the train.

Train tickets are not cheap.

Second-class car, a small space for four people on the car, two beds on the left and right, divided into two floors, bedding, lights, fans, you can buy food when you are hungry, the only bad thing is that the conductor's attitude is not very good.

The conductor greeted the passengers in the first-class carriage with a smile, because he knew that the people sitting in it were either rich or noble, and they could not afford to offend.

Passengers facing second- and third-class carriages always have a straight face, and it is difficult to see a smile.

Meng Xi didn't dare to sleep in the car, after all, she went out with a "huge amount of money".

When the train arrives at the station, the first thing to do is to shake the soot off your body.

And then there's making a living.

This is a big city, naturally luxurious, and there are some restaurants and restaurants on the street......

There are very few pastry shops here, and all the people who buy pastries in it are Chinese, and Meng Xi knows the reason after tasting them, these are not authentic.

The business of the pastry shop is good, and if you go to the big city and buy osmanthus cake and mung bean cake to go home, it is no different from being in a small town.

After Meng Xi left.

The Cui family was in a mess.

Liu Yingying was so angry that she almost fainted: "You have to call the police, she steals money, and she is a thief when she steals things." ”

"But that's Miss Meng's stuff." The girl Xiaocui was indignant, "When the young lady came over, she brought so much dowry, and now there is only a little bit left, is it still illegal for the young lady to take away her own things?" Even if it's a new era, it doesn't mean that you can reverse right and wrong, you have usurped Miss's things, and you are bandits. ”

"I can't breathe." Mrs. Cui almost lost her breath.

"Yingying, go and call the doctor." Cui Yansheng asked her mother-in-law to bring the medicine to Mrs. Cui and said, "Mother, you drink the medicine while it's hot." Let's go see Western medicine. I have friends who know doctors at St. Mary's Hospital. I have long said that Chinese medicine is useless and useless, so you don't believe it. Look at your body, the more you drink medicine, the worse your body becomes! ”

The black decoction was very bitter, and Mrs. Cui drank it with her breath, so bitter that she smacked her lips: "I listen to you." ”

Mrs. Cui's illness did not improve after seeing a foreigner doctor.

Foreigner Doctor: "·#¥%~·#¥"

Cui Yansheng was extremely embarrassed, he couldn't understand, he whispered, "Chinses, can you speak Chinses."

"Mistri, let's ask Ling's mother to be smart, I can't save it." There was regret in that voice, and the Chinese pronunciation without a flat voice sounded a little awkward.

"Let's go home, I won't be cured, I heard people say that foreigners have to be disemboweled." Mrs. Choi looked at the blonde foreign doctor, whose legs were a little weak, and the doctor was wearing a white coat with a stethoscope around his neck, which made her feel uneasy.

The doctor prescribed painkillers to her, and told Cui Yansheng that Mrs. Cui was terminally ill and asked him to go to the big city and the concession, maybe he could be saved.

Mrs. Choi refused to go to the big city.

Since the disease is not cured, it will not be cured.

In the era when there is no medical insurance, a serious illness can drag a middle-class family down.

She wants to leave some money for Cui Yansheng.

After she went home, she called Liu Yingying to her, told her carefully, and gave Liu Yingying the housekeeping rights.

After Liu Yingying took charge of the finances, she found that the expenses of this family were too terrifying.

If it goes on like this, the year will not pass.

She tried to find a job, she felt that she was educated and capable, and it was easy to find a job.

She could easily earn a few hundred silver dollars a month, but she overestimated herself, until she found a job as a scribe.

In the early days of the Republic of China, all bookstores and newspapers hired a group of scribes to be responsible for transcribing manuscripts. The scribe had a nickname - "Transcription Gong".

If the work is perfunctory, copy the manuscript, and copy the typos and sentences.

Read carefully before transcribing the content, and then correct the sentences and typos.

By this time of the Republic of China, thanks to the increasingly sophisticated printing technology, there were fewer and fewer scribes, and they became less and less valuable.

For example, in the bookstore where she stays, there are three "transcription dukes" who are responsible for copying, but the salary is pitiful.

The salary is only a pitiful amount, which is only enough for her to go to a western restaurant for two meals.

If you want to live a decent life, where is there enough money for such a small amount?

Of course, this is enough if it is a poor family, but she is not born in a poor world, and she is even more pampered after marriage.

She felt that the work was bitter and boring, and the days were very tormenting.

She hopes that Cui Yansheng will also go to work.

Cui Yansheng is not, he is the eldest young master of the family, he grew up in a honey pot, he has never suffered at all, and now he suddenly has to fight for life and future - how to think about it with his ass I know.

He even told Liu Yingying not to go to work, the family has money, why bother to suffer for yourself!

He felt that Liu Yingying was not cute.

Her careful calculation became stingy in his eyes.

What he likes is the woman who talks to him about the ups and downs, not the philistine woman who opens her mouth and closes her mouth to make money.

The problem came quickly.

For example, the wages of the maids and mothers-in-law in the family. It is more than Liu Yingying's salary in a month.

For example, Cui Yansheng often drives out to show off, and the cost of car fuel is a big expense.

In total, it's just a little money, and in the end, Liu Yingying is about to shut herself up.

She has a sense of crisis.

She knew that without money, she couldn't get by.

So when Cui Yansheng wanted money to fill the scene, she got angry.

"Madame! Madam! Hurry up and take a look, the young master and young lady are throwing things! The girl outside the door was scared to death, and her voice was like crying, "The two of them are about to fight!" The young master couldn't find the money, so he said and said some very unpleasant things! Take a look! ”

Mrs. Cui sat up strongly, the sallow face of the girl outside the door was colorful, crying and crying, the six gods had no master, and when she saw Mrs. Cui, it was like seeing the backbone of the master, and said: "The young master said that he wanted to entertain his friends, and asked the young lady for money." The young lady said that the family is difficult, and the money cannot be spent indiscriminately, and a decent family like ours can't borrow money from others at the end of the year. If it gets out, it's going to make people laugh. ”