At the end of the summer vacation, the two parents gave Wen Yun a total of 15,000 yuan in class fees.
She bought several pieces of clothing for Wang Xiufen, two pairs of shoes for Ji Huai, and a lot of things for the courtyard and home. From large items to small items, she had been at school for a week and had not finished receiving the express delivery.
There are storage cabinets at home, unique outdoor lights in the courtyard, garden decorative lights, landscape trees and pendants...
Wang Xiufen likes to walk in the yard at home when she has nothing to do. She smiles until her eyes crinkle. In the past, she didn't care whether the yard was dirty or not. Now when she digs the ground, she pays special attention to not getting dirt everywhere when watering.
Whenever it rains, I have to take a broom to sweep the floor as soon as it stops raining. I clean the small western-style building a lot more often.
After Ji Huai applied for the food production trademark and completed all the procedures, he went to other provinces for field inspections, bought back a machine, and hired two more people to carry out processing and production.
In the past six months, he has been building up a lot of contacts, and soon he was supplying goods to several supermarkets in the town, and two large supermarkets in the city also wanted his supplies.
The duck eggs produced by the laying ducks at home were no longer enough to sell, so he began to purchase duck eggs on a small scale from other farmers, and everything was going on in an orderly manner.
Wen Yun really got the scholarship, and she is also working part-time at an institution outside the school. Because parents reported that their children's grades have indeed improved, she went from tutoring three students to one-on-one tutoring.
The institution charges parents 400 classes and gives her 151 classes, two on Saturdays and two on Sundays.
Wen Yun received another month's salary. She was no longer so harsh on herself and would buy herself a delicious meal as a reward.
The food in the school snack street is cheap and delicious. After returning from the institution, she bought a piece of fruit, a chicken wing, and a piece of jelly. She went back to the dormitory and put the things on the table, ready to wash her hands and video chat with Ji Huai.
As soon as she walked to the balcony, her cell phone rang. Seeing that the caller ID showed an unfamiliar number, she hesitated and picked up.
"Wen Yun." A familiar voice came from the other end, making her frown.
"What's the matter?" Her expression became much calmer.
"Do you have any money? Lend me some, I'm in a hurry now." Xu Qingqing's attitude in asking for money was straightforward and confident.
"No." Wen Yun refused without any hesitation.
This was not the first time that Xu Qingqing asked her for money. When they were in the Xu family, the living expenses of the two were unequal. The other party had 150 a week, and she only had 100 or even 780. The two elders of the Xu family would sometimes give each other another piece of cake in front of her, but she could only watch helplessly.
Even so, Xu Qingqing never had enough money and had to ask her for it, sometimes a few yuan, sometimes twenty or thirty yuan, but never returned.
"How could you not have it? You must have gone to work." Xu Qingqing said and accused her again, "My family has raised you so much, even if you don't come back for the New Year, you haven't sent a penny back to my grandparents and my dad. You’re so kind.”
Wen Yun's voice was cold, "Even if there is, I have no obligation to give it to you. My mother also contributes to this family. I am not raised by your family."
Although Wen Qiulan left her behind, she had been busy at home and working part-time. The Xu family's money was earned by Wen Qiulan and Xu Zhuang. They went to the construction site to work together. Sometimes Xu Zhuang was lazy, but Wen Qiulan went to the construction site every day.
"That brother of yours spends money..."
"That's the son born to my mother and your father." Wen Yun reminded her.
When had Xu Qingqing been refuted like this by her? She immediately cursed, but Wen Yun didn't listen and hung up the phone directly, adding the number to the blacklist.
She stood on the balcony, her hands hanging down tightening.
The youngest son of Xu Zhuang and Wen Qiulan is the only person she has a blood relationship with in the Xu family. However, the Xu family has taught him not to get close to her since he was a child, saying that she is an "outsider". When he was very young, he often threw stones at her. , and Xu Qingqing and the others were laughing next to them.
A banquet for college entrance examination was held in her name, and all the gifts received were used to send Xu Qingqing to school. It was held with such great fanfare that several nearby villages knew about it and invited everyone they could.
Wang Xiufen once said that eating looks ugly. Other families also have to have college students who have passed the exam, and they have to host a college entrance banquet for them, so that the Xu family will pay back the money, otherwise it will be regarded as "subsidizing" their family. Some relatives and friends have been admitted to college this year, but they didn't hold a college entrance banquet, and the Xu family didn't know about it.
It is said that he received a lot of money, and his relatives and friends were too embarrassed to express their disapproval, so they treated him as charity and despised him behind his back.
Outsiders who don't know the real situation think that she and Xu Qingqing owe each other a favor. If other people's children are admitted to college, and they don't come to give gifts, they think that both of them are dishonest.
She worked a lot of work in the Wen family and lived without enough to eat or starve to death. If Wen Qiulan forgot to give her living expenses and she went to Xu Zhuang, it would be like begging.
In public, the other party will be reluctant to give, and may even refuse.
Maybe it brought back bad memories. She stood still and her original good mood disappeared.
"Click." The bedroom door was opened.
Shi Jing's irritated and sharp voice came, "Who should I tell? What do you want me to say?"
Wen Yun came to her senses and was about to walk into the bedroom when Shi Jing suddenly cried and shouted, "Who cares about me? Who cares about me? What should I do?"
Her tone was broken. Maybe she saw that no one was in the dormitory, so she cried loudly, her shoulders shaking violently, "I don't want to go home. Do I have a home? Is that home?"
"It's up to you, whatever you want, okay? Don't worry about me, just do whatever you want!!!"
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Shi Jing hung up the phone and threw the phone on the table with a bang, crying so hard that she couldn't breathe.
Hearing the cry, Wen Yun slowly retracted her foot, standing there feeling a little embarrassed. She didn't want to eavesdrop but listened.
Shi Jing came back to her senses and found the food Wen Yun put on the table. She looked stunned, wiped her tears and stood up, heading to the bathroom.
Wen Yun didn't want to hide, so she simply walked in. Seeing her red eyes, she asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"
Shi Jing took a breath and shook her head slightly.
After waiting for a while, she came out again, her expression not very good. She sat back on the chair, turned around, and took the initiative to talk to Wen Yun about her family.
She has several apartments at home, but her father is addicted to gambling, has a bad temper and is violent, and has a bad relationship with her mother. She has already mortgaged two apartments, and her grandparents are retired employees who support her.
Although he looks glamorous on the outside, his family's financial situation is actually not very good.
Her parents didn't care about her and she was nowhere to be seen. Her grandparents were in poor health and were gradually unable to do what they did.
Xu Shi was so depressed that Shi Jing told many things about her family, which surprised Wen Yun. Although the other party is easy to get along with, she is also a bit high-profile and pursues high-quality things. She likes to emphasize that her family background is good and show off a little. She and Li Ru often sang and sang together before.
"Li Ru is actually the same. Although she is aloof and looks at people with her chin, she is even worse than me. Her family values boys over girls. Her grandparents ignore her at all. Her father doesn't care about her much. Her mother is very harsh on her. . It is said that she will not leave anything at home to her, so as not to take advantage of outsiders." Shi Jing ate the fruit Wen Yun gave her and felt that it felt much better to tell her. She also talked about many things about her family, feeling helpless and complaining. , even more angry, and regarded Wen Yun as the target of confiding.
Wen Yun also racked her brains to comfort her.
She originally thought that these two people had a good family background and a prosperous life. Compared with them, she was the one who lived the worst life, but it seemed that was not the case now.
Li Ru no longer stays with them. She goes to the bar every day and often stays up all night, maintaining a superficial harmony with them.
When Ji Huai contacted her, she briefly talked about this matter, and he said, "Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite, but some people just don't say them out. Whatever is lacking, it will show up. Let's live our lives well." life."
Wen Yun felt that what he said made sense. Fortunately, she was busy enough and didn't know or care much about these things in the dormitory. The relationship in the dormitory was pretty good now.
She didn't tell Ji Huai about Xu Qingqing, thinking that she didn't need to pay attention since she had blocked him.
Not long after, a big event happened in the Xu family.
Xu Zhuang picked up a chair and was so angry that he wanted to smash Xu Qingqing to death, but he was stopped by Mr. Xu.
Mrs. Xu quickly went to close the door, fearing that the neighbors would find out and be embarrassed.
"Dad, I won't dare next time." Xu Qingqing knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.
After she went to school, the money given by her family was not enough, so she borrowed a lot of money from the Internet to finance the loan, but she couldn't pay it back. When the school found out, she called the police and was sent back.
In addition to irregular high-value loans, she had to pay back some money, and she had to pay back bits and pieces of about 50,000 yuan.
If you don't pay it back, you will be sued and possibly jailed. Then your relatives and friends will know about it.
Xu Zhuang was so furious that he couldn't help but slap her twice and kicked her. He wanted to beat her to death.
People in the Xu family love to save face, and Wen Qiulan's incident has already caused shame. If Xu Qingqing revealed such a thing, it would make people laugh out loud.
Even if he was so angry that he vomited blood, he still had to pay it back, but he pointed at Xu Qingqing and said, "You can pay back the money, but you can't go to school."
She has two years to go before she graduates, and it costs so much money to go to school.
"Dad, I really don't dare anymore. I have to go to school..." Xu Qingqing turned pale and begged. In the end, her living allowance was cut off, and the school also processed her withdrawal from school.
The little money I collected from hosting a college entrance banquet is now all gone.
Mrs. Xu saw that she was unwilling to go out to work and was too lazy to work, so she said, "Since you don't want to work, just get married and have children and let the man support you."
Xu Qingqing is also twenty-one this year. Some girls in the village who do not study get married and have children before they are twenty, and they all have two children.
"I don't want it, I want to go to school, I want to go to school!" Xu Qingqing resented the Xu family for not letting her go to school, but she had no money in her pocket, so she could only hang out at home.
Wen Yun is in school, why shouldn't she
"Are you going to school? You've given up on this!" Old Mrs. Xu said without being polite, "If you don't get married, you go out to work, take your salary back to honor us, and eat and drink for free at home. Do you have any shame?"
Xu Qingqing had offended Xu Zhuang in the past few days. She didn't dare to talk much. She gritted her teeth and was full of resentment.
Old Mrs. Xu saw that she was also angry, so she started to make arrangements to marry her off, with a betrothal gift. That bitch Wen Qiulan ran away, and there was one less person in the family to make money. Xu Zhuang hadn't taken on much work recently. If Xu Qingqing's family You can also receive betrothal gifts.
Many men and women in the village get married through blind dates. They all keep an eye on which family has a diligent young man and which family has a smart and sensible girl.
Mrs. Xu went to the village entrance to chat and heard several old ladies talking about Ji Huai. She was full of praise.
"How can young people today be so hard-working? That grandson of Wang Xiufen is really good. He delivers goods in the morning and comes back to raise ducks in the evening. He also built several factories, hired several people, and bought a machine to make salted duck eggs for sale."
"That's right. She has a car and a house built. Wang Xiufen is also hard-working. She goes to the town every morning to set up a stall and sells rice dumplings. She can earn hundreds of yuan a day."
"They have several fish ponds at home, and just raising fish costs a lot of money."
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"How old is Wang Xiufen's grandson?" Mrs. Xu felt that her family was in a good situation, so she paid special attention to it.
"I think it's only around 20, it should be about the same as your Qingqing." Another old lady replied.
"Isn't his home over there in the back mountain? Wang Xiufen's son and daughter-in-law are all dead. A few years ago..." Mrs. Xu started to inquire about the news.
She was originally from a neighboring village, and everyone had some impressions. It didn't take long for her to understand the situation clearly, and went directly to Ji's house to prepare for further inspections.
Ji's house occupies a large area and is not close to the people in the village. She has never been here before.
She walked to the door of Ji's house, looked in, and was very surprised.
The small courtyard not only has flowers, but also various fruit trees and a lot of vegetables. It is neatly planned and looks like a beautifully decorated small garden.
The western-style building has also been built, and there is a car parked inside. I heard there is also a pickup truck.
While she was watching happily, a dog suddenly appeared, baring its teeth and yelling at her, "Woof, woof, woof!"
Mrs. Xu was so frightened that her face turned purple. Wang Xiufen walked out and scolded, "Bitch!"
The Samoyed wagged its tail and barked at her twice more before reluctantly turning around and leaving.
Wang Xiufen was also surprised when she saw Mrs. Xu. They were not familiar with each other, but they knew each other, but she didn't have a good impression of the Xu family. She didn't show it on her face and walked forward to open the door.
Mrs. Xu would also make excuses, and said with a smile, "I heard that your family sells salted duck eggs. I'll buy some and take them home to eat."
Wang Xiufen nodded, "How much do you want to buy? I'll get it for you."
"Buy five." After Mrs. Xu finished speaking, she came in to look at the yard and couldn't help but say, "Your yard is beautiful. You can really do things like that, and you can even plant flowers and grass."
"The child made it on his own." Wang Xiufen quickly brought her five.
"How much?" Mrs. Xu said and went to pay.
Wang Xiufen: "Ten yuan."
Mrs. Xu paused and hesitated, "Is it so expensive?"
She thought it was only one yuan, two or three dollars a piece, and people from the village committee patronizing her business might only cost one dollar a piece.
Wang Xiufen smiled, "Normally they sell for RMB 1.5, but recently they are out of stock. Supermarkets are rushing to get them. If they can't deliver them, they have to sell them for RMB 2 each. During the Dragon Boat Festival, they will be out of stock, so people are rushing to buy them for RMB 2.5 each."
Whether there is a shortage or not is up to them.
She had also heard about Mrs. Xu. She was skinny and skinny, with shrewd and calculating eyes. She was not an easy person to get along with.
"It can't be less..." Mrs. Xu had just finished speaking, but she thought that she couldn't care too much, so she could only swallow it back and gave Wang Xiufen the ten yuan.
This money actually hurts my body and I feel like I am losing money.
Wang Xiufen was not polite and took it and put it in her trouser pocket.
Mrs. Xu still wanted to chat and get closer, but she had already made an excuse and turned to work, "I'm going to pull the weeds first. There's still a lot of work to do."
"It's still early, take your time." Mrs. Xu laughed dryly and had no choice but to leave.
Wang Xiufen's face dropped when she saw she was gone.
When Ji Huai returned home, she complained, "Let me make it cheaper. If I weren't afraid that it would be too obvious and people would talk about it, I wouldn't want to sell it."
"Opening the door for business, why not sell it? If you have money, why don't you make money?" Ji Huai didn't care.
Wang Xiufen thought about it and it made sense. She even sold it for two yuan. Generally speaking, people in the village would buy one yuan for two or three yuan, and they would charge a token fee, which was just a few duck eggs.
She felt that there was no need to be cheap when treating the Xu family.
On the other side, Mrs. Xu went home and had a meal at the dinner table.
Xu Qingqing looked impatient. She went to university to gain more knowledge. How could she like such a country bumpkin who did farm work? So he said with a dark face, "Stop it, I won't marry such a person!"
Mrs. Xu raised her voice and cursed: "How nice is this family? He can't even sell out all the duck eggs. He sells thousands of them a day. What's wrong with marrying such a person?"
"That's also in the countryside. Who wants to do farm work? Illiterate, right?" Xu Qingqing was disdainful.
"He also has a car, and he also runs a factory. He has built a house at home. He is about the same age as you, and there are flowers planted in his yard. You can see how beautiful it is when you go and see it. Besides, the factory hired people, When you get married, you will be the boss's wife. What kind of work do you need to do? Just give birth to a child and take care of the child. At least you can earn hundreds of thousands a year. Are you worried about having no money to spend?" Old Mrs. Xu wanted to wake her up.
Xu Qingqing was proud and arrogant, but she was also moved by the comment, "Is he in high school?"
The village next door was also very big, and she didn’t know who it was.
"You haven't read it, have you? You have been working for a long time and opened a factory. I don't think you have read it." After finishing speaking, Mrs. Xu emphasized, "His family has dozens of acres of land and five fish ponds, and now they are all breeding. His I know grandma. She works every day and sets up a stall in the town to earn hundreds of dollars a day."
Xu Qingqing thought that it would be better to handle things without studying.
The whole family is a hard-working person, and they definitely only make money but not spend it, and have no time to spend it. Although I am illiterate and ignorant, I can barely accept it, mainly because I have money.
"I'll take you to see his house another day." Mrs. Xu decided.
Xu Qingqing did not refuse this time.