On the night the Shanghai socialite accompanied the military officer, he broke his vow.

Chapter 8 Consumption Makes People Happy

In the end, Wu Cuihua bought Song Jinyue's job for 1,200 yuan.

The job in the factory's publicity department is easy and has a secure job with a monthly salary of thirty. This twelve thousand yuan is well spent!
Song Jinyue and Wu Cuihua agreed to keep this a secret for now and let her daughter come to work at the factory in a few days.

With Director Liu covering for them, no one knew that Song Jinyue had sold the job to Wu Cuihua's daughter.

Upon seeing Song Jinyue emerge, Shen Yurou and Lu Manman rushed to greet her with eager expressions.

"Jin Yue, how's it going? Have you transferred the job to Manman's name yet?"

Song Jinyue remained expressionless. "Yes, the factory manager said I can start working at the factory after I leave."

"Great, Mom, I have a job now! I don't have to go to the countryside anymore!"

Lu Manman was so excited she almost jumped up.

They had booked ferry tickets to Hong Kong ten days later, thinking everything was going smoothly. But then a policy was suddenly issued from above, requiring a group of unemployed, educated youth from Shanghai to be sent to the countryside.

Lu Manman, a high school graduate, fits the bill perfectly. If she doesn't resolve her employment issue before being sent to the countryside, she will inevitably be assigned there.

It would have been fine if the list of those sent to the countryside had been released after they went to Hong Kong, but it happened before that.

These boat tickets were bought by Lu Weiguo with great effort and at a high price. If he wanted to smuggle himself across the border earlier, it would cost a lot of money. Given his stingy nature, how could he possibly waste money?

Moreover, he has only transferred a portion of the Song family's assets to Qingcheng so far, and he is unwilling to leave until all of the assets have been transferred.

Ultimately, it all comes down to being too greedy.

Since we can't leave early, we can only try to find a job for Lu Manman.

But at this critical juncture, money couldn't buy them jobs, so they had no choice but to target Song Jinyue, forcing her to give up her job and go to the countryside to suffer in place of Lu Manman.

From the very beginning, Song Jinyue was the one who was abandoned.

Even when he heard rumors and decided to smuggle himself into Hong Kong, Lu Weiguo only bought four boat tickets.

Song Jinyue had always been outside his plans.

"Mom, let's go back quickly and tell Dad the good news."

Shen Yurou nodded. "Your dad should be back soon. Let's go home now."

After they finished speaking, they linked arms and left without even glancing at Song Jinyue.

They had achieved their goal; Song Jinyue was no longer of any use to them, and they no longer needed to fawn over her.

Watching the two figures disappear into the distance, Song Jinyue curled her lips into a smile.

She did say that to Uncle Liu, that after she left, the person who would replace her would go to work at the factory.

But she didn't say who would replace her.

If you only listen to half of what I say, then don't blame me.

Song Jinyue did not go home with them, but turned around and went to the department store.

Many of the tickets her scumbag father gave her were local tickets, which could only be used in Shanghai. She had to use them before leaving Shanghai.

"Waiter, I want fifty catties of wheat flour, fifty catties of rice, twenty catties each of chicken, duck, fish and pork, twenty catties of salt, twenty catties of sugar and twenty catties of White Rabbit milk candy."

"I also need two barrels of cooking oil, some seasonings for stir-frying, five cans of malted milk powder, a set of pots and pans, and thirty feet of cloth."

"I want the best skincare and makeup products. Oh, and do you have any Shanghai-brand watches? I'd like a Shanghai-brand watch."

Song Jinyue rambled on and on, spending all the local tickets her scumbag father had given her, and then picking out some more that she needed.

She has five or six watches at home, but they are all imported brands like Rolex and Cartier. Wearing them at this time would be suicidal, so she has no choice but to keep a low profile and buy a new Shanghai-registered watch.

"That's all for now. Just have someone deliver it to the alleyway to the east."

Song Jinyue couldn't think of anything else she needed for the time being, so she bought these first and would buy more later when she thought of anything else she needed.

The waiter standing nearby was dumbfounded, his mouth agape, wide enough to fit half a fist.

"Miss, you...you really want this much?"

Song Jinyue nodded with absolute certainty, "You have all of these things, right?"

"Yes, we do, but you ordered so much. Are you sure you can finish it all? It's hot now, and meat can't be kept for too long, otherwise it will spoil and make you sick," the waiter reminded Song Jinyue, worried that she might not be able to finish all the meat she bought.

"It's okay, there are many people in my family, we'll finish it in a few meals."

Song Jinyue was making up nonsense with a straight face.

The reason she dared to stock up on so much food and meat was because the storage space had a freshness-locking function, so the food would not spoil no matter how long it was stored and would remain as fresh as when it was first bought.

"Okay, please wait a moment, I'll go and check the goods now."

After receiving another affirmative answer from her, the waiter, Xiao Li, went to check the goods.

While taking inventory, Song Jinyue wandered around the department store again. It would have been better if she hadn't gone around, because she ended up buying quite a lot more.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Xiao Li jogged up to her with the stock list in hand.

"Miss, everything you ordered has been checked. I'm so sorry, all the meat is sold out for today. If you want to buy some, you'll have to wait a couple of days."

With an apologetic look, Xiao Li looked around after speaking, then leaned close to Song Jinyue and whispered, "If your family needs meat urgently, you can check the black market. It's a bit more expensive there than at the department store, but you don't need coupons."

Song Jinyue smiled at her, "Thank you for letting me know."

Finally, Xiao Li called a few workers to move the things to the alley entrance that Song Jinyue had mentioned.

The area was sparsely populated. After the workers left, Song Jinyue looked around to make sure no one was there, and then put everything into his spatial storage.

After doing all that, she went to the black market again, intending to stock up on some meat in her spatial storage.

Once at the black market, we went on another shopping spree, buying twenty pounds of everything: chicken, duck, fish, shrimp, and crab. There was plenty of space, so we could fit as much as we wanted.

Besides buying meat, Song Jinyue also bought more than a dozen poultry, chicks, and rabbits. Finally, under the strong promotion of the shopkeeper, she also bought two cute little piglets.

I have to say the boss was really nice; he gave her two packets of boar breeding medicine for free.

Thinking of the small fenced courtyard in the space that she was very satisfied with, Song Jinyue bought some more flower, grass and fruit seeds. The farming gene ingrained in her bones finally awakened.

After putting everything into her spatial storage, she hummed a song as she walked home.

It's true that spending money can make people happy.

Song Jinyue was having a great time spending money, but Lu Guangzong, who was being besieged in a corner because of his debts, couldn't laugh at all.

"Brother Biao, please give me a few more days. I promise I'll pay back all the money I owe in a few days!"

Lu Guangzong huddled in a corner, begging the fat man covered in tattoos in front of him to give him a few more days.

"You little bastard, how many times have you said that? Do you think I'd still believe you? I've already given you several days' grace out of respect for the Song family. If you don't pay me back today, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

The leader, Brother Biao, snorted coldly, and his henchmen immediately pulled out knives from their pockets.

Seeing the gleaming knife in the blond-haired man's hand, Lu Guangzong trembled with fear. "Brother Biao, let's talk this out. I really don't have any money on me. Give me a few more days, and I'll pay you back!"

"Since he has no money, there's no point in wasting time talking to him. According to casino rules, cut off three of his fingers."

At Brother Biao's command, the blond-haired man menacingly approached Lu Guangzong with a knife in hand.

"No, please don't come any closer, please don't come any closer."

Lu Guangzong broke out in a cold sweat, shaking his head and trying his best to back away, until he was cornered with nowhere to escape.

"Go, hold him down."

Huang Mao ordered his other henchmen, who immediately stepped forward, grabbed Lu Guangzong's shoulders, and pinned one of his arms against the wall.

"Pah! Lu Weiguo's son is broke? You're kidding me. Since you don't respect Brother Biao, then leave us with three fingers!"

After Huang Mao finished speaking, he raised the knife in his hand and slashed at Lu Guangzong's hand.

"do not want!"

Lu Guangzong felt a heat in his crotch and peed himself in fright.

Seeing the knife about to fall into his hand, he quickly shouted, "Brother Biao, don't you want a beautiful woman? I have one here, I guarantee Brother Biao will be satisfied!"

(End of this chapter)