If Du Honghong had been sarcastic like this at other times, she would have been unable to hold back. However, today, after Du Honghong said a few words, she did not say anything and instead went back to her room silently.
Jiang Se seemed to have changed a little recently, but Du Honghong was too young to tell what had changed.
I'm afraid no one in the Du family noticed Jiang Se's change. Du Honghong rolled her eyes. Did he suffer a broken heart
Jiang Sela turned on the light in the room and took out the money she earned yesterday from her bag.
Jiang Se originally had twenty-four dollars saved, and she spent half of it on a bus yesterday. It was too late when she returned from Shenzhuang. Fortunately, the city subway only stops at eleven o'clock on holidays. She spent two dollars on the bus to return to the Du family before it stopped. Jiang Se only had ten dollars left of the twenty-four dollars she had saved.
She earned three hundred and seventy yesterday, but spent one hundred on accommodation, so she now has two hundred and eighty left in total.
This little bit of money was just a drop in the bucket for her in the past, but for Jiang Se now, it is a rare and huge sum of money.
It’s really too poor!
She had never known what poverty was like in the past twenty years, but now she was worried about making money.
Jiang Se sighed, put the money away, and put it in the notebook under the pillow. Just as he put the notebook back in its place, the door was pushed open by Zhou Hui from outside.
She frowned slightly, but Zhou Hui didn't notice her subtle movement. She just looked at the light in the room.
"Why are you turning on the lights in broad daylight? Your uncle Du will come back and start scolding people again."
Zhou Hui has not worked a single day in the years since she married Du Changqun, and has been managing the household for more than ten years.
Jiang Se didn't need to ask about these situations. At the dinner table every day, Du Changqun's mother would always make a few sarcastic remarks.
Those who said that Zhou Hui brought her burden to the Du family to enjoy a good life often made Zhou Hui blush, but she did not dare to refute Du's mother.
The Du family strictly controls Jiang Se's food, clothing and expenses. The monthly expenses are managed by Du's mother. If the family uses too much water and electricity, Jiang Se will be scolded by Du Changqun.
Jiang Se was originally very young, and sometimes when Zhou Hui talked to her, she couldn't help but argue.
The room where Jiang Se lived was just a partition, less than three square meters in size, and had no windows. Even with the door open during the day, it was still pitch dark.
As soon as Zhou Hui finished speaking, Jiang Se reached out to turn on the light. Seeing her like this, Zhou Hui said:
"Don't worry yet."
She looked outside, entered the room and closed the door:
"Where did you go last night?"
She reached out to hit Jiang Se:
"Where did you go last night? How did you come back this morning?"
Jiang Se leaned back a little to avoid Zhou Hui's hand. Her fingertips brushed Jiang Se's shoulder and there was anger on her face.
"I went to the library with my classmates yesterday." She said the excuse that Lu Baobao had come up with earlier, glanced at Zhou Hui, and didn't tell the truth:
"I came back last night and knocked on the door, but no one came to open it, so I went to stay at a classmate's house for the night."
"Did you know that your uncle Du came back last night to take you out to meet a friend and arrange a job for you?" After she said this, she glared at her daughter again: "But you didn't even come back home after dark, and your uncle Du wasted his time."
Jiang Se laughed twice after hearing this:
"I have no intention of dropping out of school to work."
Zhou Hui obviously didn't expect her to say that, and a look of surprise appeared on her face:
"What?"
She had mentioned to Jiang Se many times before about working after graduating from high school. Jiang Se had not refused before, and even seemed to agree, saying that she wanted to enter the entertainment industry, let people see her on TV, and let all Chinese people know who she was.
A few days ago, Zhou Hui had told Jiang Se about this, but she didn't react. Zhou Hui thought she had agreed in her heart, but she suddenly made such a fuss. Zhou Hui was a little anxious:
"What are you going to do? What are you going to do?"
She sat on Jiang Se's bed, and this action caused the steel bed to shake twice, making a creaking sound.
"Your grades are not good, so reading that book is just a waste of time." At this point, Zhou Hui couldn't help but want to reach out and pinch her daughter:
"It's not certain whether you can get into university. Even if you do, where are you going to get the tuition?"
Jiang Se had already anticipated that sooner or later he would face this problem after he said he wanted to continue his studies:
"I'll find a job to make some money during the summer vacation."
Zhou Hui showed disappointment in her eyes:
"Money is not as easy to make as you think. Look at your uncle Du, he is busy all day long and doesn't dare to take a break for a month, but he only makes about 3,000 yuan. You are not very old, what can you do?"
Her words revealed her fear of the outside world. Jiang Se didn't know why, but he felt something in his heart. He looked up at her and saw the timid expression between her eyebrows.
It can be seen that Zhou Hui had beautiful facial features when she was young, otherwise Du Changqun would not have married her even though he knew that she was divorced and had a daughter.
But at this moment, all the things in life were engraved on her face, wearing away that beauty.
She was like a pigeon that had been spoiled by Du Changqun, afraid of the outside world. Jiang Se couldn't help but think of herself.
If she had not experienced rebirth, she would have come into contact with the heir of Jianghua Group as arranged by the Feng family, and most likely proceeded to discuss marriage, and finally jumped from the Feng family to the Zhao family, trapped in a small world and becoming a vassal of a man.
The only difference between her and Zhou Hui is that Du Changqun expressed his dissatisfaction and disdain in words, and it is very likely that her husband will express that contempt in another form in the future.
"Anyway, you won't know until you try it."
Jiang Se originally wanted to say something to her, but after seeing the impatience on Zhou Hui's face, he naturally kept silent.
"Whatever you want."
Zhou Hui was somewhat disappointed:
"It's fine if you don't listen to me, but you need to study, and my family doesn't have the money to waste on you."
After saying this, she got up and went out, turning off the lights.
There are still four days left before the college entrance examination. When Lu Baobao went to school on Monday, he lay listlessly on his desk. When he saw Jiang Se, his eyes were filled with tears:
"When I went back that day, my parents scolded me to death and my cell phone was confiscated."
She is usually known as an internet addict and she even uses her mobile phone during class. No wonder Jiang Se didn't see her holding a mobile phone when he came today.
"Do you know how I spent yesterday and today?"
Baby Lu held Jiang Se's hand:
"My face was sunburned and peeling. I felt pain all over after being tied up that day. My parents found out that I went to Shenzhuang and confiscated the 40 yuan I earned. They also forced me to get up at 6 a.m. to study and memorize some stupid words."
Jiang Se reached out to push her face away from the back of her hand, but Lu Baobao hugged her tighter:
"Now I am penniless, I can't sleep at night, and I can't get up in the morning. My father said that if I don't do well in the college entrance examination, he will kill me." (To be continued)