It was the last ten days of August, and Jiangcheng Media University was getting more and more lively. Students who went home for the holidays were coming back one after another.
Ding Xiang was one of them. She spent the summer working, but she took time to go home to visit her grandmother who had suddenly fallen ill. She didn't stay for long. She reunited with her grandmother for two days, then hurried down the mountain and rushed back to Jiangcheng.
Back at school, Ding Xiang sat alone in the dormitory and breathed a sigh of relief. But she didn't dare to slack off. She took off her shirt, opened the tightly sewn needle and took out the 4,000 yuan note that she had been carrying all the way back.
She wanted to take the money back to bring her grandmother down the mountain to the city for a check-up and treatment, but her grandmother refused, saying that the barefoot doctors in the village were better than those outside. Of course, Ding Xiang knew that her grandmother didn't want to waste the money that her granddaughter had worked so hard to earn.
But Ding Xiang couldn't persuade her grandmother. Seeing that her grandmother seemed to be in better spirits after drinking a few bowls of black herbal medicine, she had to take the risk and bring the money back to school.
Don't ask why she didn't deposit the money in the bank! How could there be a bank in the mountains? And on the way back, there were all kinds of people in the cars and trains. Who knew if there were pickpockets staring at you?
Ding Xiang didn't dare to reveal the "huge sum" of 4,000 yuan. She held it in her arms all the way back to school, and only dared to take it out.
In front of the school ATM, Ding Xiang deposited the money into her card, but the girl's eyes were filled with worry.
With the money she had saved from her job in the past year and the scholarship, Ding Xiang had enough for the next school year's tuition fees. But it was just enough.
Suddenly going home to visit her grandmother, the unexpected expenses of the car fare and expenses made Ding Xiang feel strapped for cash.
The balance shown in the ATM was 8,102 yuan.
Including the pitiful dozens of yuan in her wallet, Ding Xiang's entire fortune was less than eight thousand two hundred yuan … That was to say, after the school deducted eight thousand yuan from her tuition fees at the beginning of the next month, she would be left with very little money. It was simply not enough to cover the next month's food expenses!
"What should I do?" She took out the bank card and carefully put it away. The tanned and thin Miao girl was worried.
She definitely had to find a part-time job to earn money, but the problem was that part-time workers were also paid monthly for their services! How could Ding Xiang survive until the day when the money would be distributed a month later?
"Do you want to see if there are any temporary jobs available?" Ding Xiang pondered as she walked towards the dormitory. "Although it's a little hard and the pay is less, at least we can get through this difficulty first, right?"
"Ding Xiang!" At first, Ding Xiang was preoccupied with her own thoughts and didn't pay attention to it. She only heard it when the person shouted a few times.
She turned around and saw a short-haired, fair-skinned girl running towards her.
Ding Xiang hid the sadness in her heart and smiled brightly, revealing her white teeth. "Senior Sister Mao! Sorry, I didn't hear you. "
"It's okay!" Mao Peifu waved her hand indifferently and asked, "Ding Xiang, when did you come back? How is Grandma's condition? Are you alright? "
"I'm fine. I just got back to school," Ding Xiang said. Although her skin was a little dark, she was full of smiles, giving people a positive and cheerful feeling!
Mao Peifu smiled and said, "That's good! Oh right, this year's welcoming ceremony is about to start. Can you come over tomorrow and help me? "
Mao Peifu was the new vice president of their school's student union. Last year when Ding Xiang just came to school, she was the one who volunteered to welcome the new students. She had a good relationship with the new students and liked the hardworking and hardworking Ding Xiang from the bottom of her heart.
She had always wanted to bring Ding Xiang into the student union but unfortunately, Ding Xiang was busy working to earn her school fees and living expenses after school so she didn't have time to participate in student activities.
But if there was a chance, Mao Peifu would often bring Ding Xiang to participate in some paid activities. On one hand, it was to let her junior sister earn some extra money. On the other hand, she sincerely hoped that Ding Xiang could gain more experience and make more connections.
But this time's welcoming ceremony didn't have any remuneration. Mao Peifu was really too busy and the student union didn't have enough manpower so she wanted to ask Ding Xiang to help organize it.
This was something that Ding Xiang had agreed to two months ago. At that time, Ding Xiang didn't expect that her grandmother would suddenly fall sick!
"Okay!" Ding Xiang agreed. How could she go back on her word when she had promised someone?
But this way, she wouldn't be able to do her part-time job during the day!
…
"Yang Yi, come and take a look at this kindergarten. What do you think?" Murphy held a stack of flyers in her hand and walked to the door of the study room. She called out to Yang Yi who was quietly reading a book.
After the conversation with Mo Xiaojuan, he had an additional burden of earning money on his shoulders. So Yang Yi had been thinking about what new book he wanted to start.
However, now that he had an answer, Yang Yi needed to add some relevant knowledge. After all, this time, he was no longer copying the entire book. Instead, he was using his own writing to adapt the video story into a book without any reference.
Murphy, on the other hand, was very busy. She asked someone to get a big box of kindergarten flyers and decided to do a good selection to ensure that her daughter could enter a kindergarten that was satisfactory to her.
Of course, this "satisfactory" referred to Murphy's own satisfaction …
"What's so special about this?" Yang Yi put down the book in his hand and followed Murphy to the living room.
Xi Xi was sitting next to the cat bed. She was playing with her Xiao Guai and the other two kittens with the cat teaser that her father had bought.
In front of the cat teaser was a small cloth bag that was made into the shape of a mouse. Then, a clump of furry artificial feathers appeared behind the cat teaser. It was very sturdy.
The staff was right. No matter if it was a big cat or a small cat, they had no resistance to the cat teaser. Xi Xi shook the cat teaser left and right. The three kittens also shook their little heads left and right. Then, as long as one of them jumped out and scratched, the other two would definitely follow suit.
"Giggle!" Xi Xi was playing more happily than the kittens. She couldn't stop giggling.
Yang Yi and Murphy shook their heads. They didn't want to disturb the little girl's fun. They went to study the kindergarten.
"This kindergarten is bilingual, and it's relatively close to Jiangcheng Media University. It'll be very convenient for you to pick up Xi Xi," Murphy said.
Originally, Murphy wanted Xi Xi to go to kindergarten in the wealthy district of Binhai. But later, she considered that Yang Yi would need some time to drive to Binhai, and it would be very troublesome in the future. So, Murphy took a step back and tried to choose the nearest kindergarten.
Yang Yi looked at the flyer. He frowned and said, "This kindergarten said that they will hire college students to teach the children part-time? It's not a full-time kindergarten education. Isn't this misleading the children? "
"No! That's good. College students have a wide range of knowledge and solid English skills. Xi Xi can learn a lot from them! "Murphy laughed.
However, when he heard her praising the college student, Yang Yi fell silent.
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