bookbashuk Chapter 13 The First Pot of Gold
Chapter 13 The First Pot of Gold
Gu Yunzhou looked at Xu Sui again, making sure she wasn't joking, and after a moment of silence, nodded and said, "Okay."
"I will file the marriage certificate tomorrow. If you change your mind before the certificate is submitted, you can come to me at any time."
He had no good feelings towards Xu Sui for what she had done, and he knew exactly what kind of person she was.
But now his and Qin Shu's identities have been completely reversed.
He really didn't expect that this person would abandon Qin Shu and choose him instead.
"Don't worry, I won't go back on my word," Xu Sui said.
"As for you, if you don't want to, I won't force you."
Gu Yunzhou doesn't like her.
She could clearly sense that he was willing to marry her partly because of the engagement and partly because they had a relationship.
Gu Yunzhou didn't ask any further questions. "Then let's leave it at that."
I will submit my marriage application tomorrow.
After finishing their business, the two parted ways without asking each other why they had ended up there.
Xu Sui returned to the abandoned house with her worn-out watch, now properly calibrated, and began working. The cracked dial needed replacing, and the watch strap needed polishing...
In short, it won't be easy to completely repair this watch and successfully earn your first pot of gold.
Especially since she didn't have any suitable tools, she could only use some unsuitable scrap iron blocks for polishing.
Fortunately, after so many years, her skills and strength are still there.
Not long after.
The originally broken watch was repaired and transformed from a completely discarded piece of junk into a decent second-hand silver-white women's watch, without a trace of wear and tear.
Xu Sui put the watch on her wrist and glanced at the time; it was already past four in the afternoon.
If I'm going to walk back, I have to go back now, otherwise it'll be difficult to walk at night and I could easily have an accident.
However, if you had a 28-inch motorcycle, there wouldn't be any problem.
It will be much more convenient to go anywhere from now on.
Xu Sui looked at the pile of junk on the ground, her gaze falling on the largest abandoned bicycle. Apart from the two wheels which were barely usable, the rest of the bicycle was basically rusted.
It would be very difficult to repair it; it's much bigger than this watch.
However, things can be accomplished by human effort.
Xu Sui gestured in mid-air at the pile of discarded parts on the ground, finally calculated the approximate values needed, and then buried herself in her work.
As for the tools for modification, use whatever you have. Even a scrap steel bar can be a tool if used properly. She just found quite a few scrap items that could barely be used as tools...
I was so busy that I didn't even notice that it was getting dark outside.
Mission accomplished.
Finally, after it had completely darkened.
A 28-inch bicycle appeared in front of Xu Sui.
Everything else is fine, the only problem is that there is no special paint. All kinds of parts for modifying the 28cc motorcycle are available, and the paint looks bumpy and not very aesthetically pleasing.
If you have a professional paint job to touch up the color, it will look almost brand new.
However, it does not affect its use.
I spent the whole afternoon making these two things.
Xu Sui was exhausted and covered in sweat; her stomach was growling.
Unfortunately, she didn't have much money, and she had to continue to be frugal until she earned her first pot of gold.
It's getting dark, we need to hurry.
Xu Sui hopped on her newly modified old bicycle and, in the pitch-black night, following her memory of the way there, pedaled hard and rode back home.
Fortunately, on the way back, because she was riding her bike fast, nothing happened.
I finally arrived safely at the unit and returned to my dormitory.
in the dormitory.
Du Yue and Qiu Ju, who were talking quietly, immediately stopped talking when they heard the door open and stared at the door instinctively.
Xu Sui pushed open the door and walked in. Without even glancing at the two of them, she took the washbasin and towel and went out to wash up.
Other people's dorm rooms are for four people.
There were only three of them. Xu Sui joined midway through, and there were rumors that she got in through connections, so she had almost no relationship with the other two and they barely spoke to each other.
Xu Sui had just left.
Shortly after, Du Yue and the other person started whispering to each other again.
"Didn't they say that Battalion Commander Qin and Xu Sui broke off their engagement? But it seems more like Xu Sui doesn't want Battalion Commander Qin anymore?"
"I don't know, but it's all over the place. Everyone's saying that Xu Sui is cunning and managed to hook up with two men at once. Even Political Commissar Gu, who didn't have a good impression of Xu Sui before, has fallen out with Battalion Commander Qin because of her."
"Xu Sui is so lucky. Not only is she beautiful, but she's also incredibly shrewd. She managed to win over two of the most promising young officers in the army and even turned their two best friends against each other for her sake," Qiu Ju said enviously.
If someone were that good to her, she would have given them her heart long ago.
Du Yue sighed, "It's a pity we're different from them; we don't have their fate."
She finally understood.
Xu Sui is no ordinary person.
Who has a newcomer who has only been in the performing arts troupe for a month and can already perform solo on stage and amaze the audience?
This is clearly something they're hiding; they might have even more skills than that.
The two chatted for a while.
Xu Sui finished washing up and returned to her dormitory with a basin and towel.
As soon as she came in, the two of them immediately shut their mouths and pretended to be asleep.
Xu Sui took the watch off her wrist and walked to Du Yue's bedside.
"Do you want this?"
Du Yue was stunned and hadn't reacted yet.
I was immediately drawn to the small, exquisite silver-white women's watch in front of me.
Her eyes suddenly lit up, and she became excited.
"It's so beautiful, is it okay?"
Du Yue's family was fairly well-off, neither rich nor poor, but she was the middle child and not valued. Any good things in the family were always given to her older brother and sister, or younger brother and sister who were favored.
She alone had nothing; she had to earn everything she wanted on her own.
Especially last month, she saw that her family had gotten a watch for her older brother, while she had nothing.
My desire for a watch of my own is growing ever stronger.
Unfortunately, buying a watch requires a special ticket and costs at least a hundred dollars. She neither had the ability to get a ticket nor had that much money on her, so she could only consider buying a second-hand watch, but even that was beyond her means.
Thinking about this...
Du Yue hesitated, her eyes lingering on the beautiful watch before her, before she spoke with difficulty.
"...Never mind, I...I don't have that much money."
A secondhand watch without a receipt costs at least seventy or eighty dollars on the black market, and the newer and better it is, the more expensive it is, which is beyond her means.
Xu Sui was someone who built her business from scratch, and she immediately saw the problem with Du Yue, her target customer.
So he asked directly, "What's the maximum you can offer?"
She urgently needs to eat, and finding other target customers is too troublesome. High risk doesn't necessarily mean high return, so it's better to deal with the local one.
Du Yue was stunned for a moment. She originally wanted to refuse him, but she couldn't take her eyes off him.
This watch met all her expectations. It wasn't too new, but it wasn't too old either. Most importantly, it was exquisitely beautiful, and the color was her favorite silver-white.
With a heavy heart, she closed her eyes and reluctantly offered her price: "Fifty, plus two two-foot cloth coupons and one two-jin grain coupon."
"This is all I can offer."
This is almost half of the wealth accumulated over the years.