Are you really willing?

Don't underestimate the value of trash; for her at that time, when she had no money or connections and couldn't even afford to go to school, it was the best way out.

At first, before she was seven years old, she barely survived by picking up scraps and eating rotten vegetable leaves and wild vegetables.

After she turned seven, she began to secretly attend classes at a rural primary school to learn to read. As she learned more characters, she looked at her neatly dressed peers sitting in the classroom.

For the first time, Xu Sui felt envious, and she decided to take herself to school.

In order to save enough money for school fees.

She rummaged through the trash every day, and after a long time, she finally saved enough for her tuition and fees.

The student who gets first place in school receives a 200 yuan bonus, and that 200 yuan will always belong to her.

Later, picking up ordinary garbage was too time-consuming and didn't make money, so Xu Sui changed her strategy and used all the money she had earned over the years to invest in herself, buying all kinds of mechanical modification skill books and studying like crazy.

When she turned eleven, she took on the responsibility of collecting scrap metal from the entire surrounding area all by herself.

Useful discarded appliances could be repaired and refurbished by her, and then sold for several times the price. She was young at the time, had a tragic background, and was very eloquent, so some kind adults would introduce her to business opportunities.

I made my living through this business when I was fifteen.

To outsiders, she appears to be a lonely, destitute woman who makes a living by scavenging for garbage. In reality, she has saved up tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan, and going to school is no longer a distant dream for her.

With this money, Xu Sui invested heavily in herself, studied diligently, and eventually got into university for further education. Before even graduating, she had already established her own brand and company, and owned several factories.

Too much time has passed.

We are back to this difficult period.

Xu Sui was already feeling uncomfortable. She took small bites of the cold, hard, and throat-irritating black bread, but couldn't eat anymore. She then took a sip of the bland cabbage soup.

I can't not eat it.

There's a famine everywhere right now; if we don't eat this, we'll starve.

After lunch.

Xu Sui returned to her dormitory and tidied up her belongings.

Good news, my salary was paid a few days ago.

The bad news is that the original owner only had 1.87 yuan and three or four 2-liang grain coupons left, which was not enough for her to get through the month.

Xu Sui carefully put away the colorful money and bills in her hand and began to plan how to get through this month so that she could make it to next month's paycheck.

The original owner only arrived this month and received a salary once. Although she hadn't worked a full month, salaries in this era were paid as a full month's wages.

The monthly salary is 23.5 yuan, plus various subsidies and benefits, such as soap coupons and industrial coupons.

Her family felt sorry for her, as she had just started working in a strange place. Before she came, her mother secretly slipped her three ten-yuan bills.

Although they weren't married yet, Qin Shu would send one-third of his monthly allowance to the original owner. The battalion commander's monthly allowance was over eighty yuan, so one-third was about twenty or thirty yuan, which was equivalent to a month's salary for an ordinary worker.

After deducting travel and food expenses, there should still be a considerable amount left.

The problem is that the original owner, like her, also liked to invest in herself.

The original owner's way of investing in herself was to spend a lot of money to ask someone to help her buy fashionable leather shoes, dresses, face cream, and so on from the sea market. In short, she would rather save money and scrimp and save to buy anything related to dressing up.

In years of famine, others were so hungry that their eyes were blurred, their faces were sallow and thin, and they wore patched clothes.

The original owner, however, relied on subsidies from her family and Qin Shu to dress herself up in a glamorous way, with fair and smooth skin, making her look like a girl raised by a family with a powerful background.

This is why the people in the performing arts troupe thought the original owner had a powerful backer.

Xu Sui did a quick calculation and realized that this amount of money was still not enough to get through the month.

If you don't want to starve to death, you only have two options left.

First, borrowing money.

Second, make money.

The original owner's family was also struggling financially. Her father died early, and her mother, Wang Yinhua, worked in a textile factory, earning about twenty yuan a month.

But this twenty-odd yuan is needed to support three children.

The original owner was the second child in her family and the only daughter. Her older brother and younger brother were not as favored as her, and even her three-year-old nephew had to take a backseat in front of her.

The original owner's sister-in-law was very dissatisfied, but Wang Yinhua shut her down with a single sentence: "Everyone loves their own child. So what if she loves her own daughter? She's her own daughter."

If you ask your family for money, they will definitely give it to you.

Xu Sui thought about it and decided to reject the idea.

Before she came to the army, the three ten-thousand-yuan notes that Wang Yinhua gave her were already the majority of her family's savings.

With so many people, none of them have a formal job, and they all rely on Wang Yinhua's salary to support them. In these times of famine, it's already quite good that the family can save any money.

Now, the only remaining option is to make money.

In those days, private business was forbidden; it was called speculation and profiteering. If caught, the lightest punishment might be imprisonment, and the heaviest punishment could be losing one's job.

After thinking it over, Xu Sui finally decided to go back to her old profession.

Go to the recycling station and see if you can find anything usable.

It just so happens that it's the weekend and I have time to go to the purchasing station in town.

I just went out, not long ago.

Someone came looking for us.

"Are you Comrade Xu Sui from the cultural troupe?"

Xu Sui paused, looking at the stranger in front of her. "Yes, that's me. And you are?"

Liu Zhang took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to her, his scrutinizing gaze quite obvious. "I'm here to deliver a letter for someone. He's currently unavailable and can't come over."

"He told me to tell you that he would take responsibility for that matter if you wanted to."

Xu Sui took the letter and glanced at it.

It was written by Gu Yunzhou.

This person is actually quite kind; even after being drugged and tricked, he's still willing to take responsibility.

After delivering the letter, Liu Zhang didn't leave immediately. His eyes were full of curiosity, and he suddenly asked, "Are those rumors all true?"

The news has spread throughout the military.

Qin Shu not only had his identity as the only son of a high-ranking official taken over for more than 20 years, but he was also betrayed by his fiancée and best friend.

Everyone sympathized with Qin Shu and was filled with disgust for Gu Yunzhou and Xu Sui; their reputations were practically ruined.

If it weren't for the fact that this is a military base, there would probably be even more gossip.

Xu Sui glanced at the man and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll be going now. I have other things to do."

Liu Zhang realized his words had been somewhat offensive, and said, "I'm sorry."

I'll go first.

After everyone left.

Xu Sui went to the purchasing station in town, and on the way, she opened the letter.

This letter was indeed written by Gu Yunzhou himself.

I didn't write much.

In short, he would take responsibility if she was willing, and that was all.

Xu Sui wasn't surprised; she disposed of the letter.

In the book, Gu Yunzhou is portrayed as a responsible man.

He disliked the original owner of the body; in fact, one could say he disliked him.

However, because the two had a relationship, the original owner's reputation was ruined afterwards, and because Qin Shu discovered that she had slandered Gu Yunzhou, the two had no chance at all.

He still offered to take responsibility only if the original owner was willing, but that was all.