Chapter 306: The end of the road
Su Jin’s life was saved.
When he was born twenty-five years ago, the first surprise to everyone in the delivery room was that he did not cry.
The doctor who was responsible for delivering the baby immediately started strangling him.
The intensity used is quite enough to express the excitement.
But it was no use. Su Jin's heartbeat stopped and even his breathing stopped.
However, after the doctor tried almost all stimulation methods, he almost told his exhausted mother and father waiting outside the news of the little life's death.
Fortunately, the nurse who took him away discovered the suspicion and saved the mistake in time.
After a long time, the nurse found that the child still had body temperature, although he was very weak.
What happened next was that the doctor reiterated his careful examination and finally detected a weak heartbeat.
In this way, Su Jin finally survived dangerously.
It's a pity that the saying that old people often say, "If you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed later," it seems that it didn't take effect on him.
It seems like he should not have come into this world, and his fate has always been very bitter.
The first was polio when he was three years old.
Although the neighbor introduced a famous old Chinese medicine doctor, the treatment was effective and there were no major sequelae.
But it also made Su Jin's lower limbs develop slowly and were far less strong than other children.
It wasn't even until the age of five that he regained his normal ability to walk through acupuncture and exercise.
When he was nine years old, his mother died in childbirth again.
And he also left a little girl named Su Xiu in the family, who was waiting to be fed.
The special years came again. Not only the workplace of Su Jin’s father Su Shenzhen, Raymond Clothing Store, was ordered to be disbanded by the superiors.
Moreover, the cheongsam craftsmanship passed down by the Su family from generation to generation, made by Guang Chusi of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, has no use since then.
After that, Su Shenzhen was placed in the Kunqu Opera Troupe, and changed from a serious tailor who made clothes to a tinker who repaired costumes.
He completely lost all his extra money and his income plummeted.
As a result, even the young Su Jin had to do whatever he could to make a bed jacket, select threads, glue paper boxes, and pick up garbage.
Help dad earn childcare fees for my sister and buy dried cake powder.
And after his father took his sister home, he had to act as a nanny and take care of her.
That's it, until I was sixteen.
Su Jin, like many of his peers, left the city and went to the countryside.
I stayed in a remote place for six years.
It was not until August 1979 that he finally returned to the capital and resettled his household registration in No. 1, Shitou Hutong, Meishi Street.
But finding a job has undoubtedly become a huge problem.
After waiting at home for more than half a year, the street finally arranged a not-so-good job for Su Jin - to work as a pedicure worker at the Tsinghua Chi Bathhouse at the corner of the street.
Maybe it’s because I’m too sensitive to smells, or the psychological implications are too strong.
This job makes Su Jin quite uncomfortable. She always feels that her hands always have a strange smell.
But his poor family background left him with no choice and no choice.
He had to force himself to show off his dirty feet to others every day.
So much so that he ended up with a special habit: he liked to wash his hands every day when he had nothing to do.
And you must use chopsticks to eat anything and never touch it with your hands.
However, this is not over yet, it has just been two years of a somewhat stable life.
God seemed to hate their family, and once again brought disaster to them.
Su Jin's father, Su Shenzhen, actually suffered from severe nephritis and had to be discharged from the work unit.
A disease like this not only requires rest, but also the medication is expensive, which is extremely expensive. Unfortunately, the Kunqu Opera Troupe is not a large and profitable unit.
Coupled with the huge increase in medical expenses since the early 1980s.
The hospital has canceled bookkeeping. For medical treatment, employees need to advance the medical expenses themselves and then seek reimbursement from the unit.
Therefore, there is the question of whether reimbursement can be made in a timely manner and whether it can be reimbursed in full.
Needless to say, since her father is ill and her sister is still studying, all the burden of the Su family's life suddenly falls on Su Jin alone.
No matter whether he has a way or not, whether he can find a way or not, he must bear it, bear it for his family, and find a way to survive for his relatives.
So just like he had done countless times when faced with crises in life, Su Jin took practical action.
The "Liaoyuan Day and Night Store" on Qianmen Street, which is open 24 hours a day, has a diligent porter at nine o'clock every night.
After moving the goods, there will be another figure rummaging through waste paper, old bottles and cans on the streets near midnight.
It’s a pity that manpower is sometimes poor, and not all efforts can necessarily get sufficient returns.
Even though Su Jin fought for every opportunity to make money, he did not hesitate to spend 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 family's expenses.
The only way to fill the hole is by talking to acquaintances or going to blood stations to donate blood.
Finally one time, he fainted while changing into work clothes in the Tsinghua Pool Bathhouse.
As a result, the blood donation receipt in his hand was exposed in front of his master and colleague Bian Jianjun because he did not have time to put it into the locker.
The two of them were shocked when they saw it, and they took him to the bunk in the bathhouse to rest.
Bian Jianjun hurriedly went to get a teapot of hot water, and the master brought the sugar cakes he brought to replenish his physical strength.
"Are you stupid? Why have you reached this point? You are short of money, why didn't you tell me?"
Listening to the master's scolding and taking the cake, Su Jin was moved, but he really couldn't open his mouth anymore.
Because rescuing people cannot help the poor.
He had already borrowed fifty yuan from his master and twenty yuan from Bian Jianjun.
He had spoken to almost all the other colleagues in the bathhouse, and more or less owed money to others.
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 so embarrassed to ask someone about borrowing money?
But what was unexpected was what Bian Jianjun said.
"Brother, I can see that you are a strong person, and you must have really encountered difficulties. Otherwise, you would never be working as a temporary worker outside, and you would drink poison to quench your thirst and risk your life for money. Come on. How about I give you an idea? As long as you don't worry about losing face, you can probably make a lot more money than you do now by hanging out with a bunch of old ladies."
"That's great, Bian. Brother, I...I'm not afraid. Just tell me what to do..."
Su Jin definitely said this from the bottom of his heart, because life is very practical.
He has come this far, why should he care about face?
That’s too luxurious. It’s only true if you can earn more money to maintain your family.
"You are not a family craftsman, can you do tailor's work? How about doing this? Are you willing?"
"Are you kidding me? Let me be a tailor?" I don’t have the skills of my father, so I can’t make ready-made clothes. At most, I have the ability to sew and mend, like sewing buttons, sewing hems, shrinking trouser legs and so on..."
"Hey, Don't be polite, don't be polite. I don't understand your situation? You are much better than my wife, right? That's enough!"
In order to eliminate Su Jin's concerns, Bian Jianjun explained in more detail.
“That’s what happened. Our neighbor in the courtyard is now a manager of a foreign clothing company. Recently he wants to set up a sewing club with our street and plans to give us some alleys in Meishi Street. Our family’s financial situation is relatively difficult. "Female comrades, find some odd jobs in your spare time."
"I heard from my mother that the house has been found and the business may be opened in a few days. In fact, the work to be done after opening. Just give me some clothes, remove the seams, fix the buttons, correct the defects, etc. The price is about two or three cents per piece."
"You have to follow my advice. It only costs 50 cents for a night as a porter, so I might as well go there and give it a try. I'll tell my mother and I'll get it. It's cheaper than being a porter."
"Not to mention that my neighbor got it. There are tens of thousands of clothes. As long as you are willing and quick, you can earn as much as you like, from five to six pieces a night, or from ten to eight pieces. Whatever, you think about it?”
(End of this chapter)