National Tide 1980.

Chapter 306

Su Jin's life was picked up.

When he was born 25 years ago, the first surprise to everyone in the delivery room was that he didn't cry.

The doctor in charge of delivering the baby immediately began to pinch him.

The strength used is quite capable of expressing the level of stimulation.

But it was useless at all, Su Jin's heartbeat stopped, and even her breathing stopped.

However, when the doctor tried almost all the stimulation methods, he almost told his exhausted mother and father who was waiting outside the news of the little life's death.

Fortunately, the nurse who took him away discovered something suspicious and saved the mistake in time.

After a long time, the nurse found that the child was still warm, although very weak.

So what happened next was that the doctor reiterated his careful examination, and finally noticed a weak heartbeat.

In this way, Su Jin finally survived dangerously.

It's a pity that the saying "surviving a catastrophe will bring blessings" that the old people often say didn't seem to have any effect on him.

As if he shouldn't have come to this world, his fate has always been bitter.

The first was polio when he was three years old.

Although a well-known old Chinese doctor was introduced by a neighbor, the treatment was successful and did not cause too many sequelae.

But it also made Su Jin's lower limbs develop more slowly, far less robust than other children.

It wasn't even until the age of five that he regained normal walking ability through acupuncture and exercise.

When he was nine years old, his mother died of dystocia.

And also left a little girl named Suxiu for the family, waiting to be fed.

The special year came again, not only the work unit of Su Jin's father Su Shenzhen - Lei Meng Clothing Store was ordered to disband by the superior.

Moreover, the cheongsam craftsmanship passed down from generation to generation by the Su family's Guangchu Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been useless since then.

After that, Su Shenzhen was placed in the Kunqu Opera Troupe, and changed from a serious tailor who made clothes to a tinkerer who repaired costumes.

He completely lost all his extra money and his income plummeted.

In this way, even the young Su Jin had to do whatever he could, such as picking out thread, pasting paper boxes, and picking up trash.

Helping my father to earn childcare fees for my younger sister, and buying pastry powder.

And after his father took his sister home, he would also act as a nanny to take care of her.

In this way, until the age of 16.

Like many of her peers, Su Jin left the city and went to the countryside.

It takes six years to stay in a poor country.

It was not until August 1979 that he returned to the capital with great difficulty and relocated his household registration to No. 8 Shitou Hutong, Meishi Street.

But finding a job has undoubtedly become a big problem.

After waiting at home for more than half a year, the street finally arranged for Su Jin a not-so-good job—to do pedicure in the bathroom of Tsinghua Pool at the entrance of the street.

Maybe it's because I'm too sensitive to the smell, or the psychological suggestion is too strong.

This job made Su Jin quite uncomfortable, and always felt that her hands always had a strange smell.

But his poor family background left him with no choice and no choice.

He couldn't help but force himself to give people a stinky foot every day.

So much so that he ended up with a special problem, he loves to wash his hands every day when he has nothing to do.

And you have to use chopsticks to eat anything, never touch it with your hands.

However, this is not the end yet. I have just lived a slightly more stable life for two years.

God, as if he couldn't see their family well, once again brought a disaster.

Su Jin's father, Su Shenzhen, suffered from severe nephritis and had to go through the formalities of being discharged from the unit.

Such a disease not only requires rest, but also expensive medicine, which is extremely costly.

However, the Kunqu Opera Troupe is not a large unit with good returns.

In addition, since the early 80s, because of the huge increase in medical expenses.

The hospital has canceled the bookkeeping, and the employees need to pay the medical expenses in advance to see a doctor, and then ask the unit for reimbursement.

Therefore, there is a problem of whether the reimbursement can be made in time and whether the reimbursement can be made in full.

Needless to say, with his father's illness and his younger sister still studying, the burden of the Su family's life suddenly fell on Su Jin alone.

No matter whether he has a way, whether he can find a way, he must bear it, carry it for his family, and find a way out for his relatives.

So Su Jin took practical actions just like the attitude he had faced countless times in the face of life crises.

The "Liaoyuan Day and Night Store" on Qianmen Street, which is open 24 hours a day, has a hardworking porter at nine o'clock every night.

After moving the goods, there will be another figure rummaging through waste paper and old bottles and cans on the streets near midnight.

It's a pity that manpower is sometimes poor, and not all efforts can be exchanged for sufficient returns.

Even Su Jin fights for every opportunity to make money, and spends all his energy and time in exchange for money.

But the money he earned was still too little, far from enough to cover his father's medical treatment and the whole family's expenses.

You can only rely on talking to acquaintances, or going to a blood bank to donate blood to fill the hole.

Finally, one time, he passed out while changing his overalls in the Tsinghua Pool bathhouse.

As a result, the blood donation receipt in his hand, because he didn't have time to put it in the locker, exposed his secret in front of his master and colleague Bian Jianjun.

The two were shocked when they saw it, and together they took him to a bunk in the bathroom to rest.

Bian Jianjun hurried to fetch a teapot of hot water, while the master took the sugar pancakes he brought to replenish his energy.

"Stupid, are you! How did you get to this point? You are short of money, why didn't you tell me?"

At that time, after listening to the master's scolding, Su Jin was moved when he took the oil cake, but he really couldn't open his mouth again.

Because emergency rescue cannot save the poor.

He had already borrowed 50 yuan from his master, and 20 yuan from Bian Jianjun.

He also spoke to almost all the other colleagues in the bathhouse, who owed money to others more or less.

Since he clearly knew that his father's incurable disease was a bottomless pit, he was unable to repay these debts.

How could you be ashamed to ask someone to borrow money?

But what surprised people was Bian Jianjun's words.

"Brother, I figured it out. You are a strong person, and you must have met Kaner. Otherwise, you would never be a temporary worker outside and do this thing of drinking poison to quench your thirst and taking your life for money. I will give you How about thinking about it? As long as you are not afraid of losing face, you may be able to earn a lot more money than you do now if you hang out with a bunch of old women every day."

"Of course, Brother Bian, I... I'm not afraid. Tell me, what can I do..."

Su Jin's words are definitely from the heart, because life is very practical.

He has come to this point, what face is he still concerned about?

That's too extravagant. It's true that I can earn more money to maintain my family.

"Aren't you a family handed down craft, can you do tailoring? How about doing this? Will you?"

"Aren't you kidding me? Ask me to be a tailor? I don't have my dad's skills, I can't make ready-made clothes. At most, I can do mending, like nailing a button, sewing a hem, shrinking a trouser leg and so on. ..."

"Hey, don't be polite, don't be polite. I don't know your situation yet? You are much better than my wife. Right? Don't you know how to use a sewing machine? That's enough!"

In order to dispel Su Jin's concerns, Bian Jianjun then explained in more detail.

"That's how it is. Our courtyard neighbor is now the manager of a foreign clothing company. Recently, he is going to set up a sewing agency with our street. He plans to give us a few alleys in Meishi Street. Women comrades whose families are relatively poor in financial conditions, can come here. Find some odd jobs in your spare time."

"I heard from my mother that the house has been found now, and it may open in a few days. After the opening, the work to be done is actually to make some clothes, remove the stitches, nail the buttons, and fix the defects, according to the piece. Let’s count the money. It’s about two or three cents a piece.”

"According to me, it only costs you fifty cents to be a porter for a night, so you might as well go there and try. I will say hello to my mother, and it will be cheaper than being a porter."

"What's more, the clothes that my neighbor got are in the sea. There are tens of thousands of them. As long as you want, you can make money quickly. There are five or six of them in one night, and he has ten or eight. The son is also him. Do more or less casually, you think about it?"

(End of this chapter)