The Gold is Yours, You Are Mine

"What? You're going to work part-time!" Hearing her thoughts, Zhou Mu let out a groan, which scared most of the birds in the forest away.

Jian Changnian turned her head and glared at her: "What the hell, you almost have a heart attack."

She climbed the mountain fast, and Zhou Mu followed suit, panting.

"Hey, it's not that you're waiting for me. You're not yet sixteen, so how can you get a part-time job? It's impossible for people to ask for child labor."

After climbing the mountain for a long time, Jian Changnian finally found a suitable jujube tree, cut off its wrist-thin branches, and made a walking stick for grandma, which was half the battle.

She answered while working: "Jiangcheng City is so big, I don't believe that I can't find a suitable part-time job, and I don't choose anything. I do everything from washing dishes, serving dishes, cleaning up, and handing out leaflets."

Zhou Mu also came to help: "Then you won't go to the training camp?"

Jian Changnian was silent for a while, then went down with a hatchet to cut off the branches, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Grandma is like this now, how can I have the heart to ask her to ask for money, besides, the training camp may not be able to be selected, it is better to study for two years and come out to work honestly to subsidize the family."

Having said that, Zhou Mu always felt a little pity.

Because of the heat, Jian Changnian took off her coat, and inside was a round neck and short sleeves, revealing the black lanyard around her neck.

Zhou Mu suddenly had an idea.

"Don't you have a pendant you picked up? Grandma is going to take medicine again, so you can just take it out and sell it for some money."

Jian Changnian was taken aback for a moment, because she had been wearing it for so long that she couldn't remember it for a while.

Reminded by Zhou Mu, she pulled the pendant out of her clothes and touched the complicated lines on it. She checked it later and found that it was a kind of platycodon flower. The jade feels very warm and clear in the sun. .

Someone in the village had taken a fancy to this piece of jade before and came to ask her the price.

Jian Chang thought about it, but still put the jade back.

"Keep it, I've been wearing it for a long time, I'm a bit reluctant."

"Okay, okay, I know your stuff means a lot to you, and you want to find the owner, but it's been so many years."

On the way down the mountain, Jian Changnian remembered another thing.

"By the way, if my grandma asks, one is about the part-time job, and the other is about the training camp. She doesn't know yet, so don't let it slip."

Zhou Mu changed from the way the tortoise climbed up the mountain, and pushed her away from behind.

"Okay, okay, I got it, I'm starving to death, let's go."

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After staying at home for two days, Jian Changnian almost didn't go anywhere, she didn't even play ball, she cooked three meals a day, took her grandmother to hang water, and spent the rest of the time doing farm work and messing with her crutch .

On the day of returning to school, the crutches were finally ready. She had never done this kind of thing, but she had an image in her mind, and the work was not very delicate, but grandma didn't dislike it. She walked around the courtyard several times with the crutches, even The mental head is much better than it looked a few days ago.

After infusing the last bottle of liquid, the doctor also said that the recovery is good, and I don't need to use it tomorrow, but the medicine still needs to be taken on time for a long time.

Jian Changnian's heart skipped a beat: "My grandma..."

With her limited and superficial medical knowledge, she also knows that it is not necessary to take medicine for a long time if her ankle is sprained.

The doctor waved his hand: "Let's go."

Seeing that grandma was still packing things on the hospital bed inside, Jian Changnian grabbed the doctor's sleeve and begged.

"Doctor, please, tell me, what's wrong with grandma, you don't need to take medicine for a long time if you sprain your ankle..."

They are all from the same village, and they don't see each other when they look down. Everyone in the village knows what happened to Jian Chang's family.

The doctor also couldn't bear it, opened his mouth, and suddenly remembered something, and changed his words.

"High blood pressure is a common disease among the elderly. The medicine I prescribed to your grandmother is not expensive. Remember to urge her to drink it on time."

Jian Changnian tugged on the doctor's sleeve and still did not loosen it, her eyes were full of sincerity.

The doctor sighed and said, "They all belong to the folks in the village, so I don't need to lie to you."

"Xiao Nian, all right, let's go."

While talking, grandma came out from the back room on crutches. Jian Changnian let go and bowed slightly to the doctor.

"Thank you, doctor."

It was already afternoon when I got home, and Jian Changnian was packing up her things and preparing to go back to school. She still had one thing to do today, and she had to go to the city to find a part-time job.

Usually it was grandma who told her to send her to the entrance of the village, but now it was her who told grandma not to let her see her off.

"Grandma, the doctor said that the medicine should be taken on time. Don't worry about the money. The medicine is not expensive, and I will send money home."

"I just fertilized the crops in the field, and I don't need to touch them again within three to five days. If you are worried, please ask the neighbor's aunt to take a look, and don't go to the field again."

"I've also piled up all the firewood, and bought some rice, which is in the kitchen."

Grandma stood in the yard leaning on crutches, hunched over, and waved to her: "Oh, I see, let's go, let's go."

Jian Changnian left home step by step.

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It was already past three o'clock in the afternoon when Jian Chang read the city, and she rushed to the job market non-stop as soon as she got off the bus, she could do everything from supermarket salesmen to restaurant dishwashers, and even handing out leaflets and delivering milk, but Either they don't recruit part-time jobs or they dislike her for being young.

She entered another barber shop with hope, and there was a sign on the door of the shop: Apprentices are recruited, no age limit.

"Go and go, it looks like a minor, we don't employ child labor here."

Before he could say a few words, he was kicked out.

Seeing that it was getting late, and the time for evening self-study was approaching, Jian Changnian sat down on the steps in front of the store to rest his feet.

The neon lights of the city came on one after another, vehicles kept flowing, and passers-by in a hurry walked past her.

When she searched for any shops that she hadn't asked about, Zhou Mu's words suddenly popped up in her mind.

"Don't you still have a pendant? You can just sell it for some money."

Her eyes stayed on a jewelry store across the street. The sign at the door of the store said: Gold and silver jewelry, jade appraisal, for sale.

The boss was watching TV with his feet up, babbling along with the characters in the play, when he heard movement at the door of the store, he turned his head.

"What do you want to buy?"

As soon as the voice fell, seeing that it was a child, he waved his hand again.

"Go and go, children can't afford it, let your adults come."

Jian Changnian swallowed, and carefully placed the pendant on the counter.

"I...I don't buy anything, I want you to help me find out how much this thing is worth?"

The boss had no interest at first, and was a little impatient, but he only glanced at it. He didn't care about watching TV, and immediately sat up straight, picked up the jade pendant, and looked at it carefully under the light.

"Where did you come from?"

Jian Changnian was not sure how much it was worth, and it was hard to say, so he hesitated.

Everyone in this business is a genius, the boss glanced at her and understood.

"I picked it up. In this way, the jade is not bad, but there are impurities. I will give you a thousand yuan, no more."

"It's only... just a thousand." Although Jian Changnian didn't understand the market, he had worn the jade for seven or eight years, so he had some feelings.

"You are short of money. If it weren't for the fact that you are still a child, I wouldn't give you five hundred, but only one thousand, whether you like it or not."

Although the boss said he would like to sell it or not, his eyes were glued to the jade like an awl, and he couldn't bear to let it go.

Seeing that she was still hesitant to make up her mind.

With a cigarette in his mouth, the boss opened his wallet, took money from it, and put them on the counter one by one.

"Here, one thousand and two, no more. With this market, it doesn't matter how many stores you go to."

Jian Changnian slowly stretched out her hand and touched the counter.

The boss was overjoyed. Looking at her actions, he secretly rejoiced: Damn, today can be regarded as a fortune.

Unexpectedly, at the next moment, she spread her hands and said decisively: "Give me the jade, and I won't sell it."

"Bah! What!"

Even though Jian Changnian was out of the store, she could still feel the spit spraying from behind her.

She shook her head, feeling a little helpless, then hung the jade pendant around her neck and hid it in her collar.

She didn't understand the market, but she could see the greed on the boss's face. Although she had never met the owner of this jade, she was kind to her. Even if she couldn't find the owner, she shouldn't be treated so lightly.

Jian Chang, who couldn't find a part-time job, returned in vain. This week, she was so worried that she couldn't eat.

The time soon came to Thursday afternoon, and the date agreed with Yan Xinyuan was tomorrow. Whether he went to the training camp or not, he should give someone an answer.

Jian Changnian stood in front of the phone booth, took a deep breath, and then raised his hand to press the button.

The call was quickly connected.

Over there coughed twice: "Hello, who is it?"

"Hi Coach Yan, it's me, Jian Changnian."

Hearing that it was her, Yan Xinyuan had a smile in his voice.

"How about it, have you thought about it?"

"I..." Jian Changnian muttered.

"You don't have to be afraid, as long as you train well, according to my experience, there is a great hope of staying..."

Yan Xinyuan thought she was still worried about the elimination rate.

Jian Changnian's hand hanging by his side clenched into a fist, and he almost exhausted all his strength to make this difficult decision.

"I... I won't go."

Yan Xinyuan, who was still eloquent, was startled, and his voice became a little urgent.

"Why don't you go? What a rare opportunity, you have this talent..."

"Coach Yan..." Jian Changnian called out in a low voice, as if telling him to stop talking.

"Is there any difficulty?"

"No."

"Is it a deliberate decision?"

Jian Changnian was silent for a while: "Yes."

"Well, since you don't have this idea, I can't force you."

It was obvious that he was disappointed in himself.

Yan Xinyuan is one of the few people who have expected her since she was a child. If she can, she doesn't want to disappoint Coach Yan.

"I'm sorry, Coach Yan."

Jian Changnian thought she was covering it up very well, but in fact, her trembling voice had already betrayed her.

Yan Xinyuan sighed: "I can see that you really like badminton. When I was in the gymnasium that day, I heard what you said in the corridor. If you said you don't want to win, what's the point of that?"

"Persistence is one of the most precious qualities of an athlete, as well as being a human being. Whether you still play badminton or not, I hope you can find the value of your life."

Jian often reads the environment in which she grew up, and almost no one told her about it. Yan Xinyuan's gentle and friendly attitude is like an elder, and he is like a teacher when he is persuasive.

She sniffed: "Well, thank you, Coach Yan."

"Do you remember my phone number?"

Jian Changnian nodded: "I remember."

"You can find me to play basketball in your spare time, anyway, I am idle when I am idle."

Jian Changnian's eyes lit up, and he burst into tears.

"Really? Can I really play ball with you?"

"Of course, your school doesn't have a school team, so you can't be a professional athlete. It's not bad to develop a hobby."

If he is in front of her now, Jian Changnian really wants to give him a deep bow.

"Thank you, thank you."

At the end of the phone call, Yan Xinyuan still felt a little pity.

"Of course, I still hope that you can come to the training camp. Besides finding me to play, if you have any other difficulties, I can help you, and you can also tell me."

Jian Changnian squeezed the receiver, a little moved and a little puzzled.

"You said that athletes should be cultivated from an early age. I don't think I have any extraordinary talent. Why..."

Yan Xinyuan wanted to treat her so well.

Yan Xinyuan smiled and extinguished the cigarette **** in the ashtray.

"Not giving up any good seedlings is also one of the excellent qualities of a coach."

There is a stack of materials in his hand, on the cover is "List of Badminton Team Members of Binhai Province"

The wind from the open window gushed in, flipping the pages with a clatter, revealing the green faces in the upper right corner.

Who knows if these teenagers will become world champions in the future.

The phone hung up, the wind stopped, and the list was frozen on the last page of A4 paper.

The girl in the photo in the upper right corner has a beautiful face, a cold demeanor, and an unyielding spirit in her eyes.

There are three words written in the name column: Xie Shi'an.

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"Ah-" Xie Shi'an sneezed loudly, and handed over a tissue in front of him.

"What's the matter, have you caught a cold?" Facing his friend's concern, Xie Shi'an took the tissue and rubbed his nose.

"No, my nose suddenly felt a little itchy."

Qiao Yuchu sat down opposite her with a dinner plate.

"That's good. The training camp will be held next Monday. At this juncture, you can't be sick."

Xie Shi'an smiled, picking and picking in the bowl with chopsticks, but he didn't move his chopsticks much.

"I know, just pay attention."

"Hey, hey, Xie Shi'an, are you listening to me?"

The sound of someone blowing hair came from the mobile phone on the table.

I was so busy talking to Qiao Yuchu that I forgot about this.

Xie Shi'an pressed the speakerphone, and after saying "no time", he was ready to hang up.

Who knew that Cheng Zhen raised his voice eight degrees as if he knew what she was going to do.

"Don't hang up, it's not that you are thinking about the training camp next week, and it's not easy to come out to play. It just happens to be my birthday on Friday, and everyone will come out to have a meal together. If you don't go, forget it. Anyway, Yu Chu My sister has promised me."

At the end of the story, he was a little complacent.

This guy clearly knew that as long as Qiao Yuchu went, she would definitely go too.

Xie Shi'an frowned: "You—"

Cheng Zhen didn't give her a chance to get angry, and hung up the phone faster than anyone else.

Qiao Yu spread his hands at the beginning: "I don't want to go either, but I can't stand someone being soft-spoken, and I'm a little tired from training recently and want to relax..."

Xie Shi'an shook his head helplessly, already drawing countless villains on Cheng Zhen's face in his heart.

"This guy does it every time."

It was lunch time, and many people poured into the cafeteria, and some teammates sat down beside them with dinner plates.

"Hey, have you heard? Coach Fang is leaving, and a new head coach will be sent over for this training camp..."

"Go? Where are you going? Hasn't he been leading the team for a long time?"

"Hey, what do you know, he left just because he led the team for a long time but failed to produce results, and he should retire too."

Coach Fang is her mentor. Now that he is leaving, Xie Shi'an is holding chopsticks in his hand, but the food in front of him has not moved at all. I think this is the reason why he seems to be in a bad mood today.

Qiao Yuchu put a piece of braised pork in her bowl.

"Shi'an, let's eat, we have training in the afternoon."

After training in the afternoon, Coach Fang stopped him.

"Shi'an, come to my office later."

When Xie Shi'an returned to the dormitory and took a shower, Coach Fang was sitting at his desk and putting on reading glasses to sort out the documents.

He handed Xie Shi'an a form.

"This year's national youth team has a recommended spot in our provincial team. I want you to try it."

Xie Shi'an watched, but didn't answer.

"Coach, you know I play doubles..."

"Why, can't the national youth team play doubles?" Coach Fang took off his reading glasses, looked at her and said earnestly.

"With your ability, you shouldn't be here long ago. How old are you this year? You will be an adult soon! The golden age of an athlete is very short, don't waste your time here!"

Xie Shi'an was silent for a while, when he raised his head, his voice was very low, but his eyes remained firm.

She didn't call the coach, she called the teacher.

"Teacher Fang, I want to stay and participate in this training camp, and win the championship with Qiao Yuchu."

Calculating the time, after the end of the three-month training camp, less than ten days will be the start of the national competition.

Coach Fang had nothing to do with her. She had been like this since she was a child, with a stubborn temper, so she sighed and took the form back.

"Shi'an, you know that I'm going to retire soon, and I don't want to see you linger here year after year. Like your grandfather, I want to see you win the championship, but it's not just a national competition. Champion, do you understand?"

At the end of Coach Fang's speech, there were tears in his eyes.

Speaking of grandpa, Xie Shi'an's heart was also stung.

She bit her lip, lowered her head, and bowed deeply.

"I know, thank you, Teacher Fang, I assure you that the national competition is just the starting point, and I will get more honors."

"Okay, you go out, I'll pack up."

There were already people waiting for her outside the corridor.

Seeing her come out, Qiao Yuchu went up to meet her.

"Well, I didn't scold you, did I?"

The coach's office is not a good place. Usually, people who come here are there to be trained.

"No, Coach Fang, why don't you leave now, let me help him organize his things, and say goodbye by the way."

Coach Fang was about to leave. Qiao Yuchu knew that she was feeling uncomfortable, so he put his arms around her shoulders and shook her.

"Okay, don't be unhappy. Although Coach Fang has retired, he is still in Jiangcheng City. We can go and see him together when we are on vacation. And after the training camp, we will play the national competition. Let's work hard and win A champion, also makes him happy!"

Xie Shi'an had a smile in his eyes.

"Okay, but I'm a little hungry now."

Qiao Yuchu pulled her and ran away.

"Walk, walk, eat, eat."

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After the setbacks encountered in finding a part-time job last week, Jian Changnian was not discouraged. Instead, after chatting with Yan Xinyuan, she built up new confidence.

Let's get rid of the predicament first, anyway, even if it's just a hobby, she won't give up badminton.

Jian Changnian thought so, and as soon as the bell rang after class on Friday, she carried her schoolbag and went straight out of the campus to continue looking for a job.

There were already people waiting for her outside the school gate.

From afar, Zhou Mu waved at her.

"Chang Nian, here."

Jian Changnian trotted through the crowd.

"How did you come?"

Zhou Mubai glanced at her: "I came to look for you to go home together. I didn't realize until you were at the gate of your school that you shouldn't be going back this week."

Jian Chang wanted to laugh, and walked with her with her schoolbag on her back.

"Well, I have to find a part-time job."

"Haven't found it yet?"

Jian Changnian shook her head: "No, it's either that I dislike my young age, or that they only recruit full-time candidates."

Zhou Mu really couldn't help her in finding a job, so he could only worry with her.

"Then do you have any money with you?"

"Yes, I'll look for it again. I haven't been to the east part of the city yet. In such a big Jiangcheng City, you can always find a job."

"Ah, by the way, this is for you," Zhou Mu seemed to suddenly think of something, and handed her the bag in his hand.

"These are all snacks that I bought too much. When I bring them home, my mother will scold me again when she sees them. You can help me solve them."

After all, without waiting for her to refuse, he stuffed it directly into her hand.

"I'll go first, or I won't be able to catch the bus."

"Hey—" Jian Changnian looked down, and saw that the plastic bags were filled with biscuits, instant noodles and the like.

Her heart warmed up, but her stomach grumbled. In order to save money, she really didn't eat much this week.

Jian Changnian raised her head to say thank you, but Zhou Mu had already disappeared in a flash.

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"Hi, may I ask if you are hiring people in your store? I can do any job..."

Before Jian Changnian finished speaking, he was pushed out.

"Go, go, don't you see that I'm busy?!"

This was the case after looking for several companies in succession, and the only one whose attitude towards her was a little better, even if I heard that she was still in school.

"Sorry, we only recruit full-time employees in our store."

Jian Changnian sighed, opened the store door and walked out, dusk slowly fell in the city.

While walking, she looked at the shops on both sides of the street, and was bumped into by someone unexpectedly.

She hadn't had a serious meal in the past few days, her body was weak, and she was bumped violently, her head buzzed, and her eyes went dark.

"Hey, are you okay?"

Fortunately, someone helped her, so she didn't fall to the ground.

Jian Changnian came back to her senses and forced a smile.

"No... nothing."

"It's fine, it's fine, if there's something wrong, I can't take the responsibility..."

While muttering, the man let go of his hand and continued handing out leaflets without a word of apology.

"Come, come, take a look. The newly opened KTV offers a 20% discount on all beverages, and you can enjoy four hours of karaoke for 288 yuan."

Jian Changnian picked up a piece of coloring page paper that fell on the ground. The colorful title read "Original KTV Opening Big Deal" in large characters, and used most of the page to introduce some wine discounts, only a place was circled at the bottom , which says recruiting supervisors, foremen, waiters, scrubbers, etc., regardless of age or gender, with good remuneration.

She looked at the address, it was not far from here, let's try her luck again.