Reborn 1980: Scientific research leader farms to serve the motherland

Chapter 485 Slums

The co-pilot An Ning looked at Jiang Xia who was driving.

"Split me in half?"

"Yes, your skills are the key. I think what the above means is to use your skills, so I suggest you take half of it from me. No matter how much the above gives, you should keep it."

When it comes to Jiang Xia here, it goes a little deeper than An Ning.

"An Ning, your intelligence is unquestionable, but many things can change in an instant. I like to prepare for the worst, so I suggest you take down everything you can hold. At least these will become Your future bargaining chip.”

"Having chips in hand and not using them are two completely different things, do you understand?"

What Jiang Xia said was heartbreaking, and An Ning naturally understood what he meant.

"I understand, don't worry, I won't push out the benefits."

"That's good."

Jiang Xia didn't need to say more. After the car arrived home, the two of them went back separately.

The moment she walked in, Jiang Xia was still thinking, when will she be able to live under the same roof?

He didn't dare to confess, he really didn't dare.

Forget it, just wait.

One night passed, An Ning continued to take the exam.

She handed in her paper today and walked out of the campus early, planning to buy some things to take back to her hometown in Shiligou.

Along the way, An Ning calculated how many people there were and what was appropriate to buy for each person.

After all, including the uncle's family, there are really quite a lot of people.

She first bought some fabrics, and then some ready-made clothes and shoes, but she couldn't fit them all in anymore.

She put her things in the fabric store and followed the boss's directions to find a rickshaw.

As she walked, the road went a little awry, and just when she wanted to turn around, a very small cry caught her attention.

An Ning followed the sound into an alley and found a little girl in a garbage dump.

The little girl was supposed to have her hair in two buns, but now it was scattered and stained with dirt. She was still wearing sandals on her feet in the winter, and her trouser legs were also a lot too short.

"Little girl, what's your name?"

The little girl had a small box in her hand. She tried hard to hide the cardboard box behind her, and said with some fear: "I--I'm not stealing, I'm not."

"This - I picked it up."

The little girl looked at An Ning timidly, with fear and worry in her eyes, but she tried very hard to express herself.

"I know, are you lost?"

The girl nodded.

"I was chased. I ran a long way and couldn't find my home."

An Ning probably understood what the girl meant. She was misunderstood as a thief and was chased. She ran here to hide and couldn't find her home.

"I'll take you to the Public Security Bureau - don't be afraid, don't be afraid, that's not what I meant."

An Ning said something to the police, and the girl wanted to run away, but An Ning carried her back.

"Stand still and don't move."

With a "click" sound, the little girl raised her hands high in a gesture of surrender, and the carton hit the ground.

"No, that's not what I meant. I meant don't run. No need to run. I'm not sending you to the police station. I'm asking the police to help you find a home."

"Don't don't!"

The little girl was still shaking her messy head wildly. She seemed to be afraid of the police.

"Don't call the police, don't call the police."

"Okay, I'm not looking for you. Do you know where your home is? I can take you back."

The little girl nodded vigorously and said six words to An Ning.

"XC ghetto."

ghetto?

Is there such a place in China?

An Ning didn't know, but she chose to take a look.

She took the girl out, and first found a place to call Yu Zheng and asked him to pick up the things she bought.

After An Ning hung up the phone, he caught the little girl's curious and surprised look and asked, "Do you know what this is?"

The little girl shook her head.

"This is called a telephone. By dialing a fixed number, you can talk to someone thousands of miles away. This is the receiver and this is the microphone."

The girl nodded, her eyes full of surprise and shock.

An Ning took the girl to the store and told the proprietress that Yu Zheng was coming to pick up something. He left the license plate number and Yu Zheng's name, and asked the proprietress about the way to the XC area.

The old bridesmaid pointed the way and kindly reminded An Ning: "You'd better wait for a while. It's very chaotic over there. It's too dangerous for you to go there alone as a girl."

"Thank you."

The landlady wanted to give some advice, but An Ning had already left.

An Ning walked with the girl for more than an hour, and finally arrived at an area the girl was familiar with.

For the first time, the girl said in a somewhat relaxed tone: "Sister, I can find a home by myself."

"Send Buddha to the west, and I will take you back."

An Ning insisted, and the girl gently said thank you.

But before the two of them arrived at the slum the girl was talking about, a worried woman rushed over. First she hugged the girl and cried, and then checked her body for any injuries.

This process lasted about 20 seconds. At No. 20, the woman slapped the girl hard on the butt.

"You stinky girl, you scared me to death, you know that!"

"Didn't I tell you not to go out by yourself!"

"What if you disappear too! What do you want me to do? I'll only have you!"

After being beaten several times, the woman hugged the girl and cried bitterly.

The girl did not resist at all, but hugged the woman and said comfortingly: "It's okay... I'm back, and I won't wander around anymore."

"I saw a nice-looking box, and I picked it up because I thought I could sell it for money."

The mother and daughter cried for a while and were driven away by the owner of a store.

"Get out of here! Two beggars, why are you crying here! How can I do business!"

"Get out! If you don't get out, I'll splash water on you!"

The boss didn't scare anyone. He really prepared a basin of cold water and was ready to pour it out at any time.

The mother and daughter are not slow, and it seems that they are used to this kind of thing.

An Ning followed the two of them. She was curious about the slums the child mentioned, and she was also curious about what her mother said about missing.

At this time, the woman learned that An Ning had sent the girl back and was thanking An Ning.

"No, I just happened to see it."

"No, no, no, it should be. You happened to be the one who saw it before you could send it back. Others may not."

The woman spoke sincerely, and even took out a handful of money from her pocket, most of which were worth one and two cents, and only a few were worth one or two cents, not even fifty cents.

"Thank you---"

"Put it away. I want to ask a few questions and treat it as your reward."

Although the woman didn't understand how she, a scavenger, could help An Ning, the difficult financial conditions made her agree.

"Can I come to your house and see you?"

The woman subconsciously refused and told An Ning: "It's not that I don't let you go, it's that our home is too shabby and it's not peaceful there. They are all the lowest class people."

"I understand, you don't need to worry, I... specialize in killing pigs, I am very powerful."