圣岛

"Cousin Qi Xin, I'm here to play with you." The cute little Xinghui, carved in pink and jade, called out loudly, "Hey, cousin, what are you doing?" When he took a closer look, his voice suddenly increased: "Cousin You are playing a game, I want to play too."

"Hush..." Qi Xin turned her head and said, "Slow down, my mother will find out that I'm going to be unlucky again."

"Okay, okay," Xinghui lowered his voice, "What kind of game is this? Is it fun?"

"It's fun," Qi Xin said, "It's called Yuanyang Pei."

"Mandarin duck match?"

"That's right, it's to find someone you think is suitable and match them up. If you match well, you will be rewarded with merit points."

"Sounds like fun, I want to play too."

"Okay, but you can't tell my mother, or I won't be able to eat and walk around."

"rest assured."

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"Doctor Li."

Li Xia, who was eating steamed buns, heard someone calling her, quickly swallowed the steamed buns in her mouth, turned her head and said, "I'm here, what's the matter?"

Nurse Xiao Lu walked up to Li Xia and said, "Doctor Li, the new Dr. Sun said that she is going to have a treat at the Liuguo Hotel at eight o'clock tonight. Let me ask if you can come."

Li Xia thought for a while, she didn't seem to have anything to do at night, so she nodded and said, "Sure, Liuguo Hotel at eight o'clock, right? I'll be there on time."

"Doctor Li," Xiao Lu looked at the steamed bun in Li Xia's hand, very puzzled, "Why do you only eat this every day?"

Li Xia is not poor. She graduated with excellent grades from National Shanghai Medical College half a year ago, and is now the mainstay of the hospital.With a monthly salary of 200 yuan and no one else in the family, she can live comfortably.But she is so self-sufficient, it is really incomprehensible.

"No other reason, I just want to save more money." Li Xia smiled.

Xiao Lu still didn't quite understand, but in the end it was none of her business.After exchanging a few pleasantries, she left.

After lunch, Li Xia took out her passbook.Looking at the numbers above, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Three years ago, she was a MD student.When returning to China to pay homage to parents and sister, the plane crashed, and when I woke up, I traveled here.You can imagine how helpless she was at that time.No money, no place to live, not even a single acquaintance.Fortunately, she was wearing some jewelry at the time, including a pearl necklace, a diamond ring, and a pair of emerald bracelets.In addition, there is a piece of jade pendant, which is a family heirloom left by his mother during his lifetime. It is said that it has been passed down for dozens of generations.

In order to survive in this world, she had no choice but to go into the pawn shop and pawn the accessories on her body, leaving only the jade pendant.It was my mother's relic, and she didn't want to take it as long as there was a bite left.The pawn jewelry got a total of [-] yuan. For safety reasons, she rented a small house in a good location and lived in it.Also opened a bank account.

With money and a place to live, there is no need to worry about starving to death at first, but the future is still bleak.After learning some information about this era, she decided to be a doctor in this world as well.So, she was admitted to the National Shanghai Medical College.The annual tuition fee is 20 yuan, and the accommodation fee is 12 yuan. There are also meals, transportation, and clothes, all of which need money.During school, she kept saving as much as possible, ate the cheapest food, didn't take a car if she could walk, and didn't buy clothes if she could.Fortunately, her grades are very good, and she can get a scholarship every year, which can be regarded as some support from the school.

After graduation, she came to this hospital.Only then did she truly gain a firm foothold in this world.But she knew it wasn't over.

In 1937, Japan launched a war of aggression against China.In the same year, the August [-]th Incident broke into Shanghai.After the eight-year Anti-Japanese War, it was not long before the civil war...

She is not superman, nor is she a big hero, she is just an ordinary woman.She doesn't have the ability to save all people from fire and water, and she doesn't have the ability to help the world at the same time. She just wants to live well.Even if it's not for herself, she still wants to live for her parents and sister in heaven.

Therefore, from the first day she came to this world, she started saving money.She hardly eats meat dishes, and there are very few vegetarian dishes, mainly pickled vegetables and steamed buns.Clothes are also cheap to buy.When she has saved enough money, she will find a way to go abroad to escape those turbulent years.

But having said that, although she is used to eating only steamed buns and pickles for every meal, she still feels uncomfortable sometimes.Since there is a treat today, it's not bad to eat something good.

"Shanghai at night, Shanghai at night, you are a city that never sleeps. The lights are on, the cars are ringing, singing and dancing are peaceful..."

On the stage, the glamorous and charming singers with heavy make-up sang with emotion.Off the stage, Li Xia sat down with her colleagues.After dinner, Dr. Sun proposed to come to Paramount.Li Xia is also not good at being too out of gregarious, so she had to come.

"I saw her, greeted with a smiling face, but who knows that she is depressed in her heart. Nightlife is all for food, clothing, housing and transportation..." The singer continued to sing.

"cheers!"

Li Xia didn't like drinking very much, so she just took a sip.Fortunately, my colleagues didn't try to persuade me to drink.

"Doctor Li, why don't we dance?" Dr. Sun leaned forward and asked.

"Sorry, I can't dance." Li Xia said, she really can't.Moreover, she is a bit introverted and doesn't like these places.

"If you don't know how to dance, I can teach you!" Then, Dr. Sun stretched out his hand and pulled Li Xia, "Come on."

"Alcohol is not intoxicating, everyone is intoxicated, and the youth is wasted indiscriminately..."

At this time, a senior class brought some seventeen or eighteen-year-old ladies over and sat down with them.

Dr. Sun's attention was attracted by those girls, and he finally stopped pestering Li Xia.Li Xia also picked up the wine glass and took a sip, counting it as a shock to herself.

Colleagues got up and danced in twos and threes, and Li Xia was the only one left sitting.During the period, colleagues also invited her to dance, but she declined them all.In the end, she looked around casually with a glass of wine alone, feeling very bored.The crowds here are dense, the air is not very good, and the strong smell of wine and perfume filling her nose makes her very uncomfortable.

Just as she was thinking about whether to go out to get some air, a loud noise caught her attention.

"Damn it, if I treat you to such an expensive wine, it's fine if you don't appreciate it, and you even broke my pocket watch!" the man scolded angrily.

Another voice with fear and helplessness was heard: "Sir, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

He heard another sharp voice: "Li Lu, what did you do?"

Li Lu?

Li Xia subconsciously turned her head and followed the voice.I saw a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl with heavy makeup full of grievances, apologizing to the man with tears in her eyes.

"What's the use of apologizing? My watch is worth 50 yuan, you have the ability to pay me back!"

"Sister An, I really didn't do it on purpose. He touched my thigh just now, and I was taken aback..." Li Lu said intermittently.

"Hey, these days, you want to be a magistrate and also want to set up an archway?" Another man joked.

Li Lu clenched her lips and said, "Sir, although I am a dancer, I have always kept myself clean. You can't slander me like that."

"I don't care if you slander or not, you have to pay me for breaking my watch!"

Li Xia stared at the girl with the same name as her younger sister in a daze.If my little sister is still alive, she should be this old, right?In an instant, memories flooded out like a tide.The little girl with a baby voice and wearing a pink lace dress, called her sister, and threw herself into her arms happily...

Li Xia looked at the jade pendant in her arms, and couldn't help but burst into tears.Mom, dad, sister, she misses them so much...

On this side, Li Lu also fell into despair.

A year ago, her father passed away.In order to support her family, she had to drop out of school and divorce, and became a dancer.However, even though she is a dancer, she has always insisted on keeping herself clean.Her salary as a dancer is 50 yuan per month, which is not low.But there are too many people in the family, grandma, mother, three younger brothers, two younger sisters, and myself, a total of eight people.The younger sister is in junior high school and will soon enter high school; the three younger brothers are all in elementary school, and there is a younger sister who is about to study soon.Tuition alone is a huge expense.When younger brothers and sisters are growing up, there must be no mistakes in diet, and they have to eat meat almost once every two or three days.There are also books, paper and pens, and their clothes.Grandma is getting old, sometimes she will get sick, and she has to ask a doctor...

Almost every month, she spends all of her salary, and sometimes not enough.How can she come up with 50 yuan to compensate now?Thinking of this, overwhelming despair surged in her heart.

"Mister," Li Xia still couldn't bear to see this girl being cornered, and walked over, "If you have something to say, why bother getting angry?"

The man took a look at Li Xia and said, "Why, you want to help her get ahead? No problem, I'll let her go if you help her pay back the money." In fact, the man saw that Li Xia was dressed plainly, so he expected that she wouldn't be able to come up with such a thing. It's a lot of money, so I deliberately said that to make her quit.

It was within Li Xia's expectation that the man said that.To be honest, she saves money every day, and her monthly expenses are only about three to five yuan.She is really reluctant to ask her to spend 50 yuan to help a stranger.

Although Li Lu wore heavy makeup, for some reason, Li Xia could see the shadow of her younger sister from her face.But Li Xia knew that she absolutely couldn't be the younger sister.The younger sister had already died in a car accident with her parents.

Speaking of which, although my sister passed away early, she was always a carefree little princess when she was alive.The girls who are also as beautiful as flowers, also named Li Lu, some are pampered in the greenhouse, while others are trampled like dirt.

After all, Li Xia opened her wallet, took out 50 yuan, and handed it to the man.

The man was taken aback for a moment, but the words had already been spoken, so naturally it was difficult to take them back.

At this time, the colleagues also noticed that there was movement on Li Xia's side, and they gathered together to ask what happened.When there are more people, there is momentum.Seeing that Li Lu seemed to be frightened, Li Xia bid farewell to her colleagues and led Li Lu out.

Li Xia led Li Lu to a small shop and ordered some simple snacks and a glass of milk.

Li Lu choked up and thanked Li Xia.Without Li Xia, she really didn't know what to do just now.Thinking of Li Lu spending the 50 silver dollars—that was her one month's salary, she felt a little bit sorry, and said, "Miss, thank you for helping me out just now. But, I can't pay you back so much money for the time being. Why don't I issue an IOU to you?" After a pause, she continued, "The interest..."

"Don't worry, I don't want your interest." Li Xia pushed the milk in front of Li Lu, "Little girl, forgive me. Does your family know that you work here?"

"I know." Li Lu replied flatly.

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