A wonderful life through the 1970s

Chapter 2: Breaking off relations and exchanging money on the black market

When I opened the door, I saw a family of three eating in the restaurant. It seemed that they really wanted her to die. They knew that she was injured and unconscious, but they didn't take her to see a doctor and didn't care about anything.

Lan Xiyue glanced at them and walked straight to the dining table and sat down to eat.

When Zhang Lan saw her actions, she wanted to curse, but was stopped by Du Cheng.

Du Cheng said to Lan Xiyue lovingly: "Xiyue! Don't blame your mother. Your brother is still young and has been spoiled by your mother since he was a child. She is reluctant to let him go to the countryside, so she discussed with you whether you can give the job to your brother first. But don't worry, after a year or so, I will definitely find a way to let you return to the city."

Lan Xiyue looked at the adoptive father in front of her. This man was very face-conscious, but in private he was a selfish villain. He said that his younger brother was still young. Du Xin was only a year younger than the original owner Du Xiyue. In the final analysis, he just couldn't bear to let his biological child go to the countryside to suffer, so he had to sacrifice his adopted daughter who was not his biological child.

Lan Xiyue drank the porridge in her bowl slowly before speaking: "I can give you the job, but I have a condition."

Zhang Lan couldn't hold back her anger after hearing Lan Xiyue's conditions. She yelled at Lan Xiyue, "You are a money-loser, an ungrateful bastard. If we hadn't adopted you out of kindness, you would have died somewhere by now. What's wrong with having a job? You're still putting forward conditions? Why don't you just go to heaven?"

Lan Xiyue glanced at her coldly, and Zhang Lan felt cold all over. Her voice suddenly stopped and she could not make any sound.

Du Cheng also narrowed his eyes and looked at Lan Xiyue. This girl seemed different. She looked unpredictable and it seemed that she was out of control at some point.

So he asked cautiously: "Tell me what your conditions are?"

"I can give you the job, but I want to leave the Du family and no longer have the last name Du. My job is a formal employee in the textile factory office. If I sell it, I can get nearly a thousand yuan, which can be regarded as repaying the kindness of raising me over the years. Besides, we all know whether it is a favor or a grudge, and I will not pursue it. From now on, we will all be strangers and owe each other nothing. What do you think, Director Du?" Lan Xiyue said slowly.

However, Lan Xiyue exuded a strong oppressive force, which made the family of three face the pressure directly. They turned pale and broke out in cold sweat, as if they were being stared at by a wild beast and could be torn to pieces at any time.

Du Cheng looked at Lan Xiyue in horror. When did this adopted daughter become so terrifying? Now his only thought was to stay away from this demon.

He nodded and agreed immediately, "Okay, we will go and move our household registration now, and we will have no relationship anymore from now on."

Lan Xiyue glanced at him indifferently, stood up and walked outside. Du Cheng went into the house, took the household registration book and followed her out.

The two of them quickly went to the police station and moved Du Xiyue out to set up a separate household. Lan Xiyue also changed her surname to Lan. From then on, Du Xiyue officially changed her name to Lan Xiyue and had nothing to do with the Du family.

The two of them went to the textile factory again to hand over the work, and Lan Xiyue left without looking back.

Du Cheng stood at the entrance of the textile factory, looking in the direction where Lan Xiyue left with a complicated expression, wondering what he was thinking.

But these have nothing to do with Lan Xiyue, she will not deliberately retaliate against them, although the original owner Du Xiyue suffered a lot in that family and was often beaten, but it cannot be denied that she survived safely in that family. Just like Zhang Lan said, if she had not been adopted by them, who knows what her fate would be?

Now is the right time, I can give them jobs as a way of fulfilling the grace of adoption. As long as they don't make trouble, then we can be fine.

From then on, there was no Du Xiyue from the Du family, only Lan Xiyue. The sky was high and the birds were free to fly. Her free life had just begun.

But Lan Xiyue is penniless now. She only has this set of tattered clothes when she left that home. She has to go into the space to see if there is anything that can be exchanged for banknotes here. She has to get some money of this era first!

I found an empty alley, slipped into the space and came to the first floor to see if there were any things that could be used in this era. After looking around, I finally set my sights on those watches. There were several good retro mechanical watches, which were made in China and had good water-repellent performance. Clock technology was very advanced in later generations. The quality of watches that cost more than ten or twenty yuan was no worse than that of watches in this era, and they were beautiful in appearance and could definitely be sold at a good price. Watches are small in size and expensive. A watch costs more than one hundred yuan. Moreover, the supply is in short supply. If you sell it for dozens of yuan in this huge Beijing city, it will not cause any waves and will not attract attention.

This is it. I found a cloth bag in the mall that contained more than 20 watches, both men's and women's. I left the space and headed for the black market. The original owner knew where the black market was in his memory.

Lan Xiyue followed her memory and came to an alley behind the hospital. There were two people smoking at the door, probably on guard duty.

Lan Xiyue didn't go in, but walked directly to the two men. "Could you two brothers introduce us to your boss? I have something good to sell."

The two men looked at Lan Xiyue warily and asked, "What good stuff?"

Lan Xiyue took out a watch and handed it to him without any further ado, then asked if he would accept it.

The man took it and looked at Lan Xiyue in surprise, then said, "Wait."

Just ran into the alley.

Lan Xiyue didn't care about him. She leaned against the wall of the alley with her arms folded across her chest, looking at the ruffian with a wicked smile on her face.

The remaining person looked at Lan Xiyue and thought that this little girl was definitely not as harmless as she appeared.

Soon, three people came out of the alley. One was the man who had just entered. One was a middle-aged man who looked like he had just come from the army. His eyes were deep and sharp. There was also a gentle young man with gold-rimmed glasses on his nose. He was gentle and elegant. Well, an elite with high IQ.

These two people, one literary and one martial, are quite interesting.

The middle-aged man walked over and extended his hand to Lan Xiyue, "Hello, Zhao Guoliang, what's your name?"

Lan Xiyue stretched out her hand and gently shook it, "Hello, Lan Xiyue."

"Well, now we know each other. It's not convenient to talk here, why don't we sit down and talk inside?" the middle-aged man invited.

Lan Xiyue nodded and followed them into a courtyard deep in the alley.

Sitting in the living room, the gentle young man brought tea and sat down at the seat next to him. At this time, Zhao Guoliang introduced: "This is Lu Xiangbei, one of my juniors."

Lan Xiyue nodded at him politely.

Lu Xiangbei looked at Lan Xiyue and asked, "I wonder how many watches of that quality Comrade Lan has?"

Although this man looks gentle, he is actually very straightforward and doesn't beat around the bush.

"The men's version is ten yuan, and the women's version is fifteen yuan." Lan Xiyue said and put the cloth bag on the table.

"You can inspect the goods first and then negotiate the price." Lan Xiyue said readily.

The two of them opened the cloth bag and took a look. They were all new goods that had not been opened.

Zhao Guoliang asked, "What price does Comrade Lan want?"

"That depends on what price Comrade Zhao can offer. If it's suitable, I'll keep it for you. If it's not, I'll take the things and leave. These are good things and there's no problem selling them. Don't you think so, Comrade Lu?" Lan Xiyue raised her eyebrows and looked at Lu Xiangbei.

Lu Xiangbei chuckled and said, "Comrade Lan is a smart man. How about this? The female version is 170 yuan, and the male version is 180 yuan. What do you think, Comrade Lan?"

Lan Xiyue thought for a moment and said, "Both the men's and women's watches are priced at 50 each. How about I send you another watches in three days?"

"Deal done. Uncle Zhao will go get the money for Comrade Lan." Lu Xiangbei was not stingy either.

Zhao Guoliang stood up and went to get the money without saying anything. Lan Xiyue was right. This Lu Xiangbei was the real black market boss. But this had nothing to do with her. They were just doing a deal.

At this time, Zhao Guoliang came out with the money and handed it to Lan Xiyue. "Comrade Lan, please count it."

"No thanks," Lan Xiyue took out 500 yuan and returned it to him.

He casually said, "Please exchange these for tickets for me. It doesn't matter what kind of tickets they are, as long as they are valid throughout the country."

Lu Xiangbei returned the money and said, "No need to pay, just deduct it from the next payment. Uncle Zhao, go find some tickets."

"Okay, wait a moment," Zhao Guoliang responded and went out.

After a while, Zhao Guoliang took out a stack of tickets from the inner room, including all kinds of colorful tickets.

Lan Xiyue collected the money and said goodbye without saying anything more. "See you in three days."

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