This blade was a pencil sharpener that she picked up when she went out. It was used for self-defense. It was very thin and was usually kept at the bedside and had never been discovered by anyone.

She cut open the side of the pillow right above the patches.

Gu Wan’s mosquito net was extremely worn out. Not only could its original color no longer be seen, but the mosquito net above her head was almost covered in patches.

There were many holes even in the places where it hung down. The cloth seemed to have been there for a long time and was a little aged. It looked like it would break if touched lightly.

Everyone at the educated youth site thought that Gu Wan was too picky to use such a shabby mosquito net. They really didn’t know what to say.

So no one knew that in every patch on the mosquito net above Gu Wan's head, there was a lot of money and tickets, as well as certificates of deposit with large amounts.

These were given to Gu Wan by her grandfather when she went to the countryside.

It took a total of five days and four nights to travel from Shangjing to Jiangxi Province and then transfer to Minkang Commune in Anping County. This was the first time Gu Wan went out alone, not to mention carrying a huge amount of money.

His whole body was tense, and by the time he reached the village, he was so tired that he fainted.

This was also the reason why she didn't have time to change some of the money into loose change. After all, she was dressed so poorly, and if she gave out a big Unity note, it would still arouse some suspicion.

Because of this concern, I went to the village with a ten-yuan note in my hand and refused to exchange it even if I starved to death.

Not to mention the money on the mosquito net. Gu Wan counted it carefully and found that, apart from the deposit certificates, there was actually 2,000 yuan in cash alone. The tickets were all national grain tickets, industrial tickets, sugar tickets and the like.

These are nothing. The most important thing is the string of zeros on the deposit certificate, which makes people exclaim in amazement.

The total value of the four deposit certificates is actually 250,000. What does 250,000 mean?

Nowadays, the average salary of an ordinary worker is only 20 to 30 yuan a month, but Gu Wan actually has more than 200,000 yuan in liquid funds.

If this isn't a rich woman, what is she? She was too embarrassed to exchange money, afraid that people would find out about her money, and ended up starving to death!

In fact, this simple (stupid) girl didn't know that everyone who went to the countryside could get 100 to 150 yuan in resettlement allowance and some other things from the Youth League Office.

So it didn't matter even if she took out ten yuan to use. Maybe she was scared by the other two girls in the same educated youth point.

Because when she first came, she heard on the bus that some people went to the countryside with only two or three dollars on them.

In her opinion, if bringing two or three yuan to the countryside is considered poor, then if she just takes out a ten-yuan bill, then she is not considered poor, right?

After all, these days things are bought by cents or gross.

Ten yuan is just like taking out a hundred-yuan note in later generations. This is totally inconsistent with her image of a girl from a poor family.

Isn't ten yuan a lot? So she went to the countryside for more than half a month, but she didn't find a chance to go to the town's commune to buy things. Maybe she was afraid and didn't dare to go out alone.

Gu Wan carefully gathered the money together. She was not like the original owner who was afraid to spend money carelessly.

The money in the mosquito net was sewed in by her nanny when she was at home in Beijing.

Before going to the countryside, she put an extra two hundred yuan on her to buy things.

Because it is difficult for one person to carry everything, I brought almost nothing except for a change of clothes, which I had to buy when I got here.

However, because she fainted after arriving at the place, she didn't buy it, which made everyone think that Gu Wan was very poor and must be an unpopular person at home.

Otherwise, everyone else went to the countryside with big and small bags, but she only took a bag of clothes?

But it was not wrong for the original owner to be cautious. She was a little princess living in an ivory tower, so it was inevitable that she would be afraid when she suddenly went to the countryside. But she was different.

After all, she has experienced more than the original owner, so naturally she won't be so restrained.

As for what happened today, after a little thought, Gu Wan probably understood why Xiao Wen wanted to turn over her bed.

After all, if the original owner hadn't been struggling over whether to take the money that day, Xiao Wen wouldn't have seen it. And how could Xiao Wen turn over her bed when she fell into the water?

That’s right, when Gu Wan was so hungry that she couldn’t bear it anymore, she took out the money that she had hidden in her bag and wanted to exchange it for some things with the villagers.

But she was so conflicted and timid that she sat on the bed and hesitated for a long time.

Until she didn't know when Xiao Wen pushed the door open. She heard the sound and then quickly swept the money on the bed under the pillow, pretending nothing had happened.

At that time, Xiao Wen didn't say anything, as if she didn't see it at all.

Gu Wan is a very simple person, so she didn't take this matter to heart at all.

Before, the money had always been kept under the pillow. No one would see it anyway. After all, everyone knew how poor the original owner was.

It just so happened that the original owner was so hungry today that he put the money hidden in the pillowcase into the lining of his clothes, and prepared to ask the captain for leave and lie down in the town.

Who could have thought that on the way, because he had been hungry for too long and was too weak, he would fall headfirst into the river?

But now it seems that Xiao Wen obviously saw her money that day, but she pretended not to know, just as it was written in the book.

The original owner should have died today.

That would explain why Xiao Wen in the book suddenly had the money to prepare to return to the city, buy a job, and even buy jobs and wives for so many of her brothers and sisters in the family.

To do this, a lot of money is needed.

Because I was just reading books before, I didn't pay close attention to these logical problems.

When Xiao Wen was first introduced in the book, it was mentioned that Xiao Wen's family was a family that strongly favored boys over girls, and the family conditions were very poor.

She dropped out of school to go to the countryside to work in place of her younger brother, so her family certainly couldn't give her a lot of money.

After going to the countryside, an adult woman can do a maximum of eight work points a day.

For those who had just arrived in the countryside, six work points at most were considered good. One work point was worth three cents. If they wanted to earn enough money to go back to the city, they would probably never be able to do so in their lifetime relying solely on the few work points they had.

Not to mention that Xiao Wen in the book not only returned to the city but also bought several jobs.

So where does the money come from? Is it a reward for doing good deeds? Obviously, that is unlikely, as the average job salary nowadays is 600-800.

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