Sienna and the new man talked by the field for a long time?
Heard this man is going to help Sienna shovel cow dung tomorrow?
Getting this news, Matthew was going crazy with worry. His mother wasn't home, he ran into the kitchen like the wind to find his grandmother.
Grandmother just had a fight with his mother, ignored him.
Matthew hurried to find his second uncle.
"Uncle, what to do, my wife she..."
"What 'your wife'?" Barda originally wanted to scold his nephew, glanced around and saw no one, his serious leader face immediately showed a mysterious smile.
"What are you worrying about? These people came from far away, they’re just born to suffer.. You are different, when you get your driver's license, you can drive tractors, big trucks, maybe even an ambulance at the county hospital!"
"By then, you still worry that little girl won't like you? We won't even want her then."
Matthew wanted to say more, his uncle directly shouted:
"Go home and study!"
Matthew had no father, second uncle was his father, he could ignore his mother, but absolutely must listen to his second uncle.
Watching his second uncle whistle and walk away with hands behind his back, Matthew had to go home and memorize books with a slumped head, but all the cartoon traffic police in the books had Sienna’s face.
Restless Matthew ran to the yard and hit his head with a book, accidentally throwing a large piece of paper tucked under the book away, plus the wind blew it outside the wall, just picked up by the passing Marco.
Marco was illiterate, but he knew this paper was useful, could make paper planes, start a fire, or sell to the old man smoking tobacco for 0.2 pesos. If he saved ten, he could trade for candy.
Hearing Matthew looking for keys in the yard, Marco quickly ran away.
On his way home, he ran into Elena who just finished lunch.
"Wait, what are you holding, let me see."
When Elena took the paper and scanned the words, she was shocked.
This was an announcement released twenty days ago, the half-blown-up county hospital was to be rebuilt, needing two emergency drivers, twenty nurses, one cashier, one accountant, and four pharmacists.
Also, the county state-owned feed factory was restarting, needing 20 workers.
Anyway, the point was:
For fairness, every military camp gets at least one male and one female recruitment quota, extra spots, everyone can apply.
One month after the announcement, the written exam starts.
So now, isn't there only ten days left?
Hearing Marco explain the paper's origin, Elena’s head was about to explode, this didn't happen in her last life.
But Barda got the notice and didn't post it, obviously to guarantee his family got the spots.
She remembered her last life, although she was reported by Sienna, the one who sent her to the labor reform prison was Barda, he did it without even checking if the report was true.
This life...
Since things changed, Elena didn't know if Barda would still attack her, but from this matter, this life's Barda was still not a good person.
She took a candy from her pocket.
"This paper, I'm taking it."
Marco quickly shook his head, "Sister Elena helped us a lot, what's a piece of paper, just take it, I can't take the candy."
"Really don't want it?" Elena smiled, moving the candy two steps closer.
Marco swallowed, but still shook his head.
Dinner time, three people discussed in Elena’s yard.
Elena advocated exposing this matter, making sure the corrupt Barda couldn't be camp commander.
Lucy was hesitant, she worried Elena and Marco would be retaliated against.
Roan thought reporting might not be effective, then Barda would explain to the higher-ups that he actually posted the announcement, but it was blown away by the wind, or torn by Marco, anyway, how to explain was all up to his mouth.
"This matter cannot be left like this."
This main point, Elena said it several times, her idea finally got Roan’s cautious support.
But Roan’s support had conditions, Elena had to keep helping him make jam.
"Help you make it?"
"Uh..." Roan actually wanted to talk about cooperation, but just said it as helping.
Roan saw Elena was unhappy and finally came around: "Let’s cooperate. How about it? We make money together."
"Oh, by the way, for the ten bottles sold today, I’ll give you a cut of 10 pesos each." After saying that, Roan handed Elena two bills, one green fifty-peso and one red ten-peso.
Elena didn't take it, she scoffed in anger: "You mean, cooperating with you only gets me one-sixth?"
Is one-sixth not enough?
Roan widened his eyes, thinking how could this woman be so greedy, he had the sales channels, and took all kinds of risks like illegal business, speculation, and following the capitalist road.
Getting caught means prison!
Result, she only helps make jam, and actually wants more!
But because Roan already took Mateo’s deposit, now he didn't dare to argue a single word, could only stare with big eyes.
Lucy didn't want to get involved, went to cook.
"Hmph! One-sixth, I might as well go for a driver's license!"
Roan’s eyes widened even more? What a joke? A woman not going for nurse, going for a driver's license!
He had never seen a woman driving.
Rarer than a sow climbing a tree.
Seeing this man dawdling, Elena was a bit annoyed, directly chasing him away: "Hey, you leave quickly, I’m ready to eat."
"One-sixth I won't do."
"Fifty-fifty I can barely consider."
Roan didn't know whether to laugh or cry:
"What? Half? And barely consider?"
"Exactly, give it to me." Elena stretched out a hand.
"What?"
"The 10 bottles you sold today, give me one-sixth first, 100 pesos, hand it over."
It killed Roan to part with the money, he went home today and already recorded the money in the "sister's surgery fee" account, now actually wanted him to spit out 100 pesos.
But despite the heartache, he still pulled out another green bill from his pocket, a total of 100 pesos to Elena.
Result, Elena took the money, actually ran to show off to Lucy: "Yay, I earned money too, this weekend I’ll treat you to chestnut braised chicken."
"..."
Roan really couldn't understand, the woman who was just fierce, how did she become so happy in an instant.
Who can handle this kind of person?
No, if he leaves it's over, Roan decided to go for it.
"I’ll give you thirty percent? Okay?"
"No half, no consideration." Elena answered decisively, she was determined to live only for herself after rebirth, forty percent won't do, dream on.
But given Roan’s situation, she was willing to save a sum of money to lend to Sofia for surgery.
The problem was, this money must be hers, lending only counts as lending.
She didn't want to be half a bit lower in the cooperation with Roan.
"Half, I’m saying this for the last time, half then I’ll consider, if you don't want to give then leave, I’m going to eat."
Elena opened the wooden yard gate, making a gesture to see the guest out.
"Fine, fine, I’m really defeated by you." Roan not only surrendered verbally, but also pulled out a handful of money from his pocket, counted 10 fifty-peso bills, and handed them to Elena.
Seeing Elena not taking it, Roan got anxious again: "What, you regretted it again?"
"I said, half then I’ll consider, it's consider, you forgot?"
My god!
How are women this kind of animal!
Roan was stunned, the cursing words played in his heart several times, but not a single word could jump out.
"Consider? What else do you want?"
"Help me take down Barda, go find a man named Leo."
"..."
Roan was dumbfounded, he really couldn't understand why Elena would know Leo, Leo came off the battlefield and had been living in a mental hospital.
Who exactly is she?
Actually Elena really didn't know Leo, she just heard Lucy crying in her ear the day before she died in her last life, saying Leo took down Barda.
Lucy told Elena not to leave this world with such hatred.
How would Elena know, Roan just met Leo this morning.
"So, I take this paper to find Leo, and you agree to cooperate, right? I can't guarantee Leo will help you anyway, much less guarantee he has the ability."
Elena heard this and confirmed, Roan knows Leo.
"Deal."
Roan handed the money half a step forward:
"Here, your cut from today."
"No need, just keep it with you as starting capital for the investment." Elena waved her hand, not only didn't chase him, but also made a gesture of invitation. "Mr. Roan, would you like to have dinner here?"
"..."
Roan shook his head, and quickly left.