Chapter 10

Xu Zhixin glanced at the gatekeeper again. He was still looking outside instead of inside. She couldn’t see what she was doing. Xu Zhixin smiled again with relief and waved her hand. The wind went into the pile of scrap copper and iron. The next second, a dirty and black object that looked like it was taken out of coal ash and was shaped somewhat like a tripod appeared in front of Xu Zhixin.

At present, I really can’t tell how it looks like a treasure, but if you can tell at a glance that it is a treasure, it wouldn’t appear in a scrap yard, waiting for you to pick it up and get it.

Xu Zhixin waved her hand again, and the “huge treasure” entered the space.

Xu Zhixin asked Feng to search the scrap yard again to make sure there were no treasures, and then she turned her attention to the pile of books.

When I came in, I told the gatekeeper that I wanted to find two books, so naturally I had to have books in my hands when I left.

Xu Zhixin started looking for books and found several junior high school and high school textbooks. She thought that although she had graduated with a doctorate, the things she learned in junior high school and high school must be very simple for her, but she should still buy a few junior high school and high school textbooks to see what she was learning so that she would have an idea.

When the college entrance examination is resumed in the future, I will take the exam by myself and I will definitely pass it easily.

I have already thought about how I will live in this era and have planned my future carefully.

Go to the countryside first, and when the college entrance examination is resumed, take the college entrance examination, go to university, and graduate, you will naturally have a bright future.

College students of this era were very valuable, unlike modern college students who are like cabbages grown in the fields, abundant and very cheap.

College students two thousand years ago were very popular, especially in the late 1970s and early 1980s, that is, after the resumption of the college entrance examination. As long as you were a college student, you would have a very good future. You could say that you were in great demand everywhere and could pick any job you wanted.

It is now 1973, and the college entrance examination will be resumed in 1977. I just need to survive in the countryside for four years.

As for life in the countryside, although the period dramas and novels all describe how hard it was for the educated youth to go to the countryside, especially the female educated youth, who not only had to worry about not being able to do the hard and heavy farm work, but also had to worry about being bullied and abused by the bullies and hooligans in the place where they were sent to work, but who were they?

She is the female devil Xu Zhixin. She is the only one who can bully others, and no one else can bully her.

Moreover, she has amazing superpowers and space in her hands, so she will definitely be able to live a good life in the countryside and prosper. Therefore, she is not afraid of going to the countryside at all and is not worried about her life there.

Xu Zhixin searched for a while and found three books on traditional Chinese medicine and decided to buy them as well.

She has always been interested in medicine, especially traditional Chinese medicine, but she never had the time to study it before.

Now that I am no longer the captain of the Superpower Team, I don’t have to bear the responsibilities of a captain every day, and I don’t have to be busy with all kinds of things, nor do I have to go on missions every day. I finally have some free time, and now that I have found these books on traditional Chinese medicine, I naturally have to read them carefully and study traditional Chinese medicine well.

She believed that with her IQ and learning ability, she should be able to learn it.

Xu Zhixin flipped through the books again and found that there was no book she wanted, so she left and walked towards the door.

“Uncle, I have found the books and I want to buy them.” Xu Zhixin arrived at the gate and smiled at the uncle, speaking softly and in a very pleasing voice.

“Okay, wait for me. I’ll use the scale to weigh them for you and see how many pounds they are. I estimate these books weigh two or three pounds.” The old man smiled back at Xu Zhixin, then stood up, picked up the scale beside him and weighed the books Xu Zhixin wanted.

After weighing it, they found there were 3.7 jin. The old man told Xu Zhixin that one jin was 1 cent, so the total was 37 cents.

Xu Zhixin quickly took out forty cents and handed it to the old man, telling him that he didn’t need to pay for the three cents, which made the old man very happy.

Although it was only three cents, eggs only sold for three cents each, which meant he earned an extra egg. How could he not be happy?

“You are a good girl, and I like you. If you want to find a book or something in the future, you are welcome to come here. I will give you a discount of eight cents per pound.” The old man said with a smile.

“Thank you, sir.” Xu Zhixin thanked him, thinking that it was a pity that there were no more treasures to be found at the scrapyard, and the books did not contain what she wanted. She did not plan to come here again in the future, but she still wanted to thank the sir.

After saying goodbye to the old man, Xu Zhixin prepared to go back to the guesthouse to read, but before going back to the guesthouse, she wanted to go to Guo’s house first. Although she already knew that Guo Dapao’s family had been arrested, she was a person who liked to gossip, and thought that going to Guo’s house to have a look, maybe she could get some gossip.

She had just thought of going to Guo’s house to see if she could get some melons, so she went now. If she had thought of it earlier, she would have gone there a long time ago.

Because it was not far away, Xu Zhixin walked for more than ten minutes and arrived at the intersection where the Guo family lived. She saw that the door of the Guo family was closed, but the gate was surrounded by people. They were discussing the arrest of Guo Dapao’s family.

It turns out that everyone likes to eat melons! Just as Xu Zhixin came to a conclusion, she heard someone calling her.

“Isn’t this Xiao Xu?”

Xu Zhixin looked in the direction of the voice and found that it was Aunt Fang who lived next door.

“Aunt Fang!” Xu Zhixin called out, thinking that the original owner was a well-behaved and polite girl who was always polite to her neighbors.

“Xiao Xu, I want to tell you, something happened in Guo Dapao’s family.” Aunt Fang ran to Xu Zhixin anxiously, and pulled her to chatter with gossip. She told Xu Zhixin that Guo Dapao’s house was ransacked by the Red Guards early in the morning, and banned books were found, and a corpse was found. The corpse was Guo Dapao’s wife, and Guo Dapao killed his wife.

Aunt Fang also told Xu Zhixin that Guo Dapao had been in a terrible situation. He was beaten half to death by the Red Guards on the spot, and both of his legs were broken when he was dragged away. His mother and sister were also beaten, although not as seriously as Guo Dapao, but they also had bruises on their faces.

“I heard that Guo Dapao’s family is guilty of serious crimes and they can’t escape the death penalty. This is retribution for their family’s habit of bullying others and being extremely bad, especially Guo Dapao.

You said your family had just suffered a disaster yesterday, so he wanted to bully you and take you home to abuse you. He is worse than a beast. Fortunately, he got his retribution. You don’t have to be afraid of him in the future and can come back with peace of mind. “Aunt Fang cursed indignantly, and then she smiled happily at the end.

Xu Zhixin nodded, “Thank you for telling me this.”

“By the way, Xiao Xu, after you went to report to the police last night, a few police officers came not long after. They said they had received your report and that after they had carefully investigated your family, they went to look for your father and his family. However, there is no news from them yet…”

“Xu Zhixin, I heard that your father and my sister were swept away by a tornado. What should I do with my money?” Suddenly, a familiar female voice came from behind.

Xu Zhixin and Fang’s mother looked back together, and saw a woman who looked somewhat like Wu Ruifang standing a few meters away. Xu Zhixin thought about it and knew who she was. She was Wu Ruifang’s sister, Wu Ruiqiong.

Wu Ruiqiong and Wu Ruifang are sisters. Her personality is exactly the same as Wu Ruifang’s. She is evil, vicious, and greedy for money. She is not a good person.

She just said, “I heard that your father and my sister were swept away by a tornado. What should I do with my money?” Why does it feel like she’s here to ask for money?

But I haven’t heard that Xu Youcai and Wu Ruifang owed her money. On the contrary, her family was not well off and she often had trouble making ends meet, so she came to Xu’s house to ask Xu Youcai and Wu Ruifang for money.

“What do you mean when you say what to do with your money?” Before Xu Zhixin could speak, Fang’s mother asked Wu Ruiqiong first.

“Sister, you don’t know that Xu Youcai and my sister Wu Ruifang borrowed a full 500 yuan from me before. They said they would pay me back next month, but now Xu Youcai and my sister have been swept away by the tornado. I’m afraid they are in great danger. What should I do with my money? That’s a full 500 yuan, all my belongings!” Wu Ruiqiong said, revealing an extremely anxious expression.

Wu Ruiqiong is really good at bragging. She even said that Xu Youcai and Wu Ruifang borrowed 500 yuan from her. She probably doesn’t even have 50 yuan, but she still lent 500 yuan to Xu Youcai and Wu Ruifang.

Xu Zhixin almost couldn’t help laughing out loud. A hint of confusion flashed across her eyes. She couldn’t understand why Xu Youcai and Wu Ruifang couldn’t possibly borrow 500 yuan from Wu Ruiqiong, so why would Wu Ruiqiong lie?

No wonder Wu Ruiqiong heard that Xu Youcai and Wu Ruifang were swept away by a tornado and were in great danger of death, so she thought of defrauding me and asking me to pay back the 500 yuan. She was blackmailing me?

Xu Zhixin immediately knew that she had guessed right.

“Xu Zhixin, although your father and your stepmother are gone, it has always been the son who pays the father’s debts. Children have the responsibility and obligation to bear the debts owed by their parents and help repay the debts, so you have to pay back the 500 yuan your father and your stepmother owe me.” Wu Ruiqiong suddenly stared at Xu Zhixin and reached out to grab Xu Zhixin, but Xu Zhixin dodged him.

I really guessed it right. How could this woman be so bad and evil? Her own sister was swept away by a tornado and was in great danger, but she was not worried and actually thought of blackmailing me.

A cold light flashed in Xu Zhixin’s eyes. She was really looking for death!

“Zhi Xin doesn’t have the 500 yuan to pay you back. Everything in the Xu family was swept away by the tornado. Zhi Xin doesn’t even have a roof over her head now. How can she pay you back?”

Just as Xu Zhixin was about to speak, Fang’s mother spoke for her.

“I know the current situation of the Xu family. Xu Zhixin has no money to pay me back, but I can’t be the scapegoat. Fortunately, Xu Zhixin’s father has a job. Her father is probably dead like my sister. Xu Zhixin can sell her father’s job to pay me back. Xu Zhixin’s father’s job is not bad, it should be able to sell for 500 yuan easily.” Wu Ruiqiong said hurriedly, with an expression that said, “I’ve thought of it all.”

Without waiting for Xu Zhixin to speak, Wu Ruiqiong continued, “I know you don’t know who will buy the job for the time being, so it’s not good to not be able to sell the job right away. How about this, I’ll take a loss and not take the cash, but the job. You give me your father’s job, so that you can repay the debt he and my sister owe me.”

Xu Zhixin rolled her eyes in her heart. It turned out that Wu Ruiqiong came for Xu Youcai’s job.

It’s really ugly but has beautiful dreams!