Chapter 25

Following the address Ding Hongmei gave her, Jiang Nianzi asked all the way and finally found the tailor shop where Jiang Xue worked.

She saw Jiang Xue from afar, holding a tape measure and measuring a woman. Jiang Nianzi smiled as she ran over, ready to surprise Jiang Xue.

Before she got close, she saw Jiang Xue suddenly pushed by the customer. Jiang Xue staggered back a few steps.

Jiang Nianzi was stunned.

The customer said in an impatient tone: “Do you know how to measure? You’re hurting me.”

Jiang Xue said to the customer in a low voice: “Sister Li, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to…”

“What’s the use of apologizing, you stupid thing.”

Jiang Xue endured it, and finally lowered her head and said: “I’m really sorry, please forgive me.”

Sister Li saw her humble expression, she was annoyed. This little slut, she has a white lotus face.

Sister Li disliked Jiang Xue because her son had come to the shop to get his clothes measured once, and he had fallen for this stinky girl.

Sister Li thought that this stinky girl must have seduced her son when she wasn’t around.

She snorted, reached out and pulled the fabric behind Jiang Xue, and as she pulled it, she deliberately threw the fabric on Jiang Xue’s face, making Jiang Xue gasp in pain.

Jiang Nianzi stood there, unable to recover for a long time.

In her impression, her sister Jiang Xue was not someone who would suffer a loss.

But now?

She had seen clearly, Jiang Xue’s tape measure couldn’t possibly have hurt the customer.

But facing the customer’s scolding, she chose to swallow her anger.

Jiang Nianzi silently retreated.

She wanted to rush over and help Jiang Xue, but she knew that going there at this moment would only embarrass Jiang Xue.

Besides, she wasn’t sure if Jiang Xue could decisively leave this shop, if she stepped in and offended the customer at this moment, it wouldn’t necessarily be a good thing for Jiang Xue.

The customer quickly left.

Jiang Nianzi heard Jiang Xue’s boss, who was very kind to her, say: “Jiang Xue, it’s hard on you. Just endure it. Sister Li is an old customer of mine, we can’t lose her. I’ll give you an extra yuan in your salary later.”

Jiang Xue covered her burning cheek and said in a low voice: “I understand.”

Jiang Nianzi waited for a long time before going into the shop, pretending to have just arrived.

“Sister.” She called out.

Jiang Xue was stepping on the sewing machine, sewing clothes.

Hearing the voice, she thought she had heard wrong.

Until Jiang Nianzi ran to her, smiling at her: “Sister, didn’t you hear me?”

Jiang Xue came to her senses, she subconsciously covered her face, afraid that there were marks on her face.

“Zizi, why are you in the county?”

“Yes, there’s something, I’ll tell you later. When do you get off work?”

“Is this the sister you’ve been praising?” The boss, who had been silent, asked.

Jiang Xue turned to the boss and said: “Yes, she’s my sister.”

The boss felt bad about what happened to Jiang Xue today.

Hearing her say this, he understood and said: “It’s rare for your sister to come to the county, so I’ll give you half a day off. Take your sister out for a walk.”

This time, Jiang Xue finally smiled genuinely, her eyes curved into crescent moons, and she said with a smile: “Thank you, boss. Zizi, come on, sister will take you shopping.”

Jiang Nianzi was pulled out by Jiang Xue, she took her to the bun shop next door.

“Boss, five pork buns.”

Jiang Xue had just received her salary yesterday, twelve yuan.

It was clear that Jiang Xue was very happy.

The boss brought the buns to the table, Jiang Xue reached out to take them, but she got burned, she tossed the buns back and forth between her hands.

“Whew, so hot. Zizi, eat quickly, they won’t be good when they get cold. Sister remembers, you love pork buns the most.”

Once, Ding Hongmei took Jiang Xue and Jiang Nianzi to town.

Ding Hongmei went to exchange something, Jiang Xue and Jiang Nianzi waited at the bun shop.

The two sisters were in town for the first time, they didn’t dare to wander around.

The aroma of meat came from the bun shop from time to time, Jiang Xue was also tempted, but she wasn’t as obvious as her sister.

She only remembered that an adult bought a bun, and as soon as he took a bite, it fell to the ground.

The ground was covered in dust.

After the person left, her sister carefully picked up the bun and took a bite.

Jiang Xue still remembers that scene.

From then on, she vowed that she would definitely make money, she would make her family live a good life, she would make sure that her sister could eat pork buns and wouldn’t have to pick up the ones that fell on the ground anymore.

So she couldn’t lose this job.

Seeing Jiang Nianzi not reaching out to take it, Jiang Xue said: “Zizi, you’re silly, eat quickly, they won’t be good when they get cold.”

Jiang Nianzi thought about the scene she had just seen, her heart ached.

Jiang Xue was a little hot-tempered, if it wasn’t for Jiang Xue’s sake, she would have already rushed out.

Jiang Nianzi didn’t want to bring up the matter, but she couldn’t help it.

Seeing Jiang Xue with her right cheek red, but still excitedly feeding her buns, Jiang Nianzi felt uncomfortable.

“Sister, does it hurt?” She reached out and gently touched Jiang Xue’s right cheek.

All of Jiang Xue’s movements froze, she looked at her blankly, after a while, she lowered her head: “Did you see it?”

Jiang Nianzi “hmmed”: “Sister, let’s quit this job.”

Jiang Xue suddenly raised her head: “How is that possible? Zizi, do you know what you’re saying?”

“I know.”

“You know, and you still…”

“I don’t want to see you being bullied, but you don’t even have the right to fight back.”

What human rights, what equality for all.

No, this job, it was destined that even if it wasn’t Jiang Xue’s fault, she still had to bow her head.

Jiang Nianzi’s tone was a little excited, Jiang Xue wanted to argue with her, but seeing her red eyes, she sighed helplessly.

“Silly sister, where in the world is there such easy money to make? If I quit this job, how will sister help the family? How will she live?”

“If this path doesn’t work, we can take another one.” Jiang Nianzi looked at her, her tone serious: “Sister, come back with me. That person is your boss’s old customer, your boss feels sorry for you now because you haven’t been bullied many times. When it happens more often, she’ll think it’s your fault, and she’ll be more and more dissatisfied with you.”

From the moment she heard the boss’s words, Jiang Nianzi decided that she had to persuade Jiang Xue to go back.

Jiang Xue also understood this.

This was the second time.

And this Sister Li was not only an old customer, but also a very wealthy and generous old customer.

More than half of the shop’s business was supported by her.

She not only had a lot of clothes made herself, but she also introduced many customers to the boss.

Jiang Xue lowered her head and said, her words were realistic and helpless: “Zizi, sister was playful when she was young, she didn’t want to go to school, she only knows a few characters, she doesn’t have much education, and she doesn’t have any skills to rely on. If I lose this job, sister won’t have any way to make money.”

“Who said that?” Jiang Nianzi knew she was worried about making money, she comforted her: “Sister, the other day I took brother and Doudou to the mountain to collect herbs, you know, we made over forty yuan in a day.”

“What? Forty yuan?”

“Yes, you heard right, over forty yuan. So sister, there’s more than one way to make money.”

Jiang Xue was excited at first, but soon she became disappointed: “But sister likes making clothes.”

“It’s okay if you like making clothes. Sister, didn’t you say when you went back last time that you knew the basic steps of making clothes? Let’s go back and buy a sewing machine ourselves, and make clothes to sell.”

Jiang Nianzi had originally come to find Jiang Xue, she wanted to give Jiang Xue’s boss some clothing designs, she planned to make a few pieces of ready-made clothes to show customers first, and bring them along for sales.

She didn’t expect to encounter this.

It was okay if she hadn’t seen it, but she had seen it, how could she let Jiang Xue continue to be bullied here.

Making money was about selling labor and selling brains, not selling your character.

Working as a service worker, you could be humble, you could apologize for no fault of your own, but you absolutely couldn’t let people touch you.

Hearing Jiang Nianzi say she would buy a sewing machine, Jiang Xue was happy at first, but then she thought, sewing machines are so expensive.

Where would their family have that much money? Even if her sister could make money, she couldn’t spend it like that.

“No.”

She refused immediately.

Jiang Nianzi looked at her with a stern face, and finally told Jiang Xue why she came to the county.

When Jiang Xue heard that Gao Wen Guang and his mother dared to bully her sister like this, she was furious, she suddenly stood up and slapped the table: “That bastard Gao Wen Guang, where is he? Take me to kill him.”

“Kill him? What are you talking about? It’s just a little bullying, I can handle it.” Jiang Nianzi deliberately said this, she didn’t tell her that she had already dealt with it.

“You…”

Jiang Xue was furious: “Jiang Nianzi! What are you talking about? What do you mean, it’s just a little bullying? As long as I’m your sister, whoever bullies you, I’ll kill him. Even if I can’t win, I’ll at least tear a piece of flesh off him.”

Looking at her fierce sister, Jiang Nianzi couldn’t help but “puffed” out a laugh.

Jiang Xue was stunned, seeing her laugh until tears came to her eyes, she instantly understood.

She immediately sat back down, her face tight.

“You’re just relying on your sister doting on you, right?”

“Yes, I’m relying on my sister doting on me.”

Jiang Nianzi leaned over and smiled: “Sister, you can’t bear to see me being bullied, how you can expect me to watch you being bullied and do nothing? Promise me, quit this job. If you really don’t want to quit this job, you have to promise me, next time that understanding person dares to hit you with something, you’ll hit her back.”

Jiang Xue: “…”

What’s the difference between that and quitting?

She pushed Jiang Nianzi, pushing her head over: “Alright, let me think about it. Even if I quit, I can’t just leave, I have to finish the work in my hands first.”

Saying that, she took out a pile of change: “Here’s ten yuan, take it back and give it to Mom. I’ll keep two yuan, that’s enough. When I finish work, I’ll go back and talk to you.”

With this assurance, Jiang Nianzi was relieved.

She smiled and took the money: “Okay, then come back soon.”

It was almost afternoon, Jiang Nianzi didn’t dare to stay too long, she was afraid she wouldn’t catch the bus back to town.

Jiang Xue was worried, she personally saw Jiang Nianzi off on the bus, then she went back.

Looking at Jiang Xue’s receding back, Jiang Nianzi sighed with infinite emotion. In her previous life, she must have accumulated a lot of good deeds to be able to enter such a beautiful family.

The bus shook all the way forward, passing through the wilderness, the driver got off the bus to use the toilet, and many people followed him.

Jiang Nianzi couldn’t hold it anymore, seeing everyone getting off the bus and going into the woods to relieve themselves, she also got off.

She ran far away, trying to avoid being seen.

Jiang Nianzi thought that the driver would definitely count the number of people before leaving.

But…

She was assuming, thinking it was the modern way of doing things.

Standing on the national highway, which wasn’t even paved, looking at the yellow mud on the road, Jiang Nianzi opened her mouth, wanting to spit out a mouthful of smoke.

No way!

The car left.

She was in the middle of nowhere, heaven wants to destroy her!

Just as she was feeling helpless, a green military jeep sped towards her.