9th Story 2
Li Yueran and Zhang Feifei went to the Hot Spring Holiday Hotel, Li Yueran didn’t have a swimsuit, Zhang Feifei threw her a set directly, “I worn it, I gained weight, I can’t wear it anymore, you are so thin, it’s really nice to wear, save you from buying a new one.”
Li Yueran saw that the swimsuit looked like it had been worn, and knew that Zhang Feifei was taking care of the original owner’s self-esteem, so she was a little moved, “Okay, Feifei, thank you!”
The two went to take a bath wearing the swimsuit in Hot spring, Zhang Feifei observed Li Yueran’s face, hesitated for a moment, and then said: “Feiyan, there is something I want to remind you, you have to be careful, you start working now, your family will definitely ask you for money. I’m not saying it’s wrong for you to send money to your family, but you have to think about yourself. During the four years of college, your family didn’t give you a penny. You earned it all by yourself. It’s not easy to work outside, so you should be more careful in everything, don’t let your family say whatever you must do and you just following do what you want. Do you know?” Zhang Feifei didn’t want to say it at first, because she knew that Xie Feiyan wouldn’t listen to her, and she would be brainwashed the same, stubbornly think that this is all taken for granted. Zhang Feifei wouldn’t have said these things if Xie Feiyan hadn’t relaxed her attitude this time and promised her to come here for fun.
“Feifei, thank you, I know it all. Since I was a child, every family member around me, my parents, my aunts, they told me all the time, saying that I am an older sister, I must take care of my younger brother, and that is not easy for my parents to support me to study. I have to be filial to them and listen to their words. I have always done this. But at that moment when I lay on the table, I had a dream that I worked hard, sent money to the family on a monthly basis for five years, and I had no savings at all. Later my younger brother was getting married, and the woman wanted a bride price of 200,000 yuan, but my family couldn’t get it, so my parents listened to my second aunt, marrying me to a man whose wife died in his forties and he has two children, just because the man said that as long as I marry him, he will give my family a gift of 200,000 yuan. With the 200,000 dowry gift he really married me but the man would beat me whenever he drank, and after each beating, he would give my parents a sum of money, and my parents would not pursue it. Later, he would give it to my brother and sister-in-law by arranging them a job, my parents didn’t care about me anymore. Later, I was beaten to death by that man. The man gave my parents a million dollars, and my parents took the money, so they stopped fighting. Do you know, Feifei? This dream feel so real, I can still recall it now. I lay there, feeling the blood flowing away, mind stripping away, and life disappearing little by little. This feeling is so terrible!”
Li Yueran said with red eyes trembling all over.
Zhang Feifei was very distressed, “Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, this is all a dream, just a dream. Okay, you are fine now, nothing bad happened”
The reason why Li Yueran said this to Zhang Feifei is to lay the foundation for her future transformation. After all, she was too obedient before, and if her attitude changed too quickly, it would be suspicious.
“Although this is just a dream, I know that this dream will become a reality one day. As long as it is for my brother, my parents will definitely sell me without hesitation. Feifei, do you know? I am very I’m afraid, afraid that I will really die helplessly like in my dream!” Li Yueran cried.
Xie Feiyan’s appearance is delicate, belonging to a pampered style, because she usually doesn’t take care of herself, so it is not very eye-catching, but now the natural appearance of hibiscus carved out of clear water looks pitiful, which makes people feel distressed. This is the case with Zhang Feifei. She put her arms around Xie Feiyan, “So, we are reminding you to be careful and don’t be as stupid as before. Parents’ nurturing grace must be repaid, but the premise is that you have to arrange your own life, repay them within the scope of ability. Instead of being obedient, just do what they say.”
Li Yueran nodded, “I know, I won’t be so stupid again.”
Zhang Feifei nodded in satisfaction. The next day, Zhang Feifei sent Li Yueran to the company to report, she helped her move from the dormitory. During the period, she also gave her a lot of things that Li Yueran didn’t need before but they happened to be what Li Yueran needed now. Li Yueran accepted everything except the mobile phone. The first month’s internship salary is only 2,000 yuan. Li Yueran did the math. Fortunately, there is a staff dormitory and a canteen for meals, which saves a lot of expenses. Otherwise, the 2,000 yuan would not be really enough. Li Yueran gave a mobile phone with prepaid phone bills in the mobile business hall. Although it is not a good mobile phone, it has basic functions and is enough. But instead of using her mobile phone to call home, she found a public phone booth.
“Hello, mom? I’m working for internship now with salary for 1200 yuan.” Li Yueran said expressionlessly.
“Why are so few? Didn’t you say that college students earn thousands of dollars when they come out?”
“I just graduated, and I don’t have any connections, so I can’t find a good job.”
“Your younger brother failed the college entrance examination and plans to repeat it, so he has to pay the tuition so you have to send more money!”
“No, I have to spend money on food and lodging here with balance of 200 yuan which is not even enough for the rent when the rent is 300 a month!” Li Yueran was talking nonsense, and Xie’s mother was really embarrassed to ask, she wanted 1000 to 2000, didn’t she think about Xie Feiyan’s life and death?
“What? Still need money for the rent?”
“I used to live in the school dormitory. Now that I have graduated, the dormitory will naturally not let me live in it. The rent, water and electricity all cost money. How about this, I will send 600 yuan back. You send the card number to me, at this time next month, I will transfer money to the card again.” Li Yueran said.
“The card number is ****, no, you can apply for a card and buy a mobile phone, otherwise how can we contact you in the future! ”
” I use this money to buy a mobile phone and get a card?” Li Yueran asked deliberately.
“No, you send the money back, and you can buy the phone when you have money!”
“Mom, have to put down the phone, the phone bill is very expensive, I’m hanging up!” Li Yueran hung up the phone after speaking. Then she turned around and went to the bank, she transferred 600 yuan to the card. She decided to keep in touch with her family through a land line in the future.
Li Yueran called Zhang Feifei and asked her if she had time, since she has her own salary, she wanted to treat her to dinner. Zhang Feifei readily agreed. When the two met, Li Yueran asked Zhang Feifei what she wanted to eat.
“I, I miss the Guoqiao Rice Noodles sold on the street behind our school. It tastes great. It’s not good now. My family doesn’t allow me to eat it. Let’s eat that! By the way, is this your new number? You finally bought a mobile phone. By the way, this is Mimi and Tiantian numbers. Remember to save it. They must be very happy. What kind of package do you buy? Is the data enough? By the way, does your dormitory has Wifi? Why don’t you use the phone I gave you last time? You also know how many phones I have eliminated. This phone will get stuck after a long time.” Zhang Feifei chirped.
Li Yueran knew that Zhang Feifei was sympathetic to her low salary, so she said that she wants to eat bridge rice noodles, and she was talking about it for her own benefit, so she answered them one by one with a smile. When they got to the place, the two sat down separately, when Zhang Feifei asked her again about her family. Li Yueran smiled and told Zhang Feifei what she did, Zhang Feifei patted the table excitedly, “Well done, you finally got the hang of it! That’s right, you can pay by the month and contact through land line, this way you can save a lot of trouble. But, what if they come to look for you? Oh, why is there no solution once and for all!”
Li Yueran thought for a while, then shook her head and said, “I don’t think so. First, the travel fare is too expensive, they are reluctant. Secondly, the farthest place my parents have traveled in their entire lives is the county seat, a metropolis like S City, they dare not come. Thirdly, they don’t have my contact information. Even if they come, they will can’t find anyone. There is no way.” Then she said to Zhang Feifei with a smile, “Feifei, don’t worry, no matter what, I won’t be like before.”
Zhang Feifei nodded happily. Just as they were talking, the rice noodles came. Li Yueran helped Zhang Feifei break the disposable chopsticks and handed them to her, “Feifei, now I can only treat you the bridge rice noodles. Please do have a good meal.”
Zhang Feifei smiled, “Even if you treat me to a 1 yuan steamed bun, I’d be happy. Eat it quickly, there’s beef in it!”
Li Yueran also smiled, and at the same time, she felt a little worried. It’s sad, there is such a friend who is wholeheartedly for her a
but Xie Feiyan didn’t cherish it. Instead, she took the vampire’s parents and relatives to heart, and died so miserable in the end. But in the future she won’t. Mother Xie took Xie Feiyang to the bank in the town early in the morning, and after checking, it turned out that there was an extra 600 yuan. Mother Xie quickly asked Xie Feiyang to withdraw the money, “Aren’t you going to buy clothes? Go, Let’s go buy it.”
“It’s only 600 yuan, what can I buy. Mom, why don’t you ask the eldest sister for more.” Xie Feiyang complained.
“Your sister salary only 1200, and she also has to pay for rent, water and electricity, etc., which is not enough.” Xie Mu said.
“Listen to her nonsense! She has been in college for four years, and family didn’t give her a penny. Didn’t she make it through? College tuition costs 10,000 yuan a year! If you don’t have money, you can get more jobs!” Xie Xie Feiyang said.
“What you said makes sense. In this way, the next time she calls back, I will tell her to ask her to send one thousand yuan next month.” Xie’s mother said.
“Did the elder sister buy a mobile phone? No, without her mobile phone number, we can only wait for her to call home, which is inconvenient when asking for money.” Xie Feiyang himself has a smart phone, Samsung’s, he bought it for more than 2000 yuan.
“You don’t need to spend money to buy a mobile phone! Besides, you don’t know your sister’s temperament. She listens to the family’s words the most. She dare not forget to call at home! Don’t worry!” Xie mother said nonchalantly.
Xie Feiyang thought about it, yes, from childhood to adulthood, the elder sister never dared to say no to the family. “Then you remember, ask her to work more jobs and earn more money. Her salary only 1200 a month. She’s a college student, so it’s not as much as Wang Ermazi’s sister.” Xie Feiyang muttered.
“Don’t talk nonsense, the daughter of the Wang family is doing that outside. Your sister is a college student, much better than her. In the future, we will find a decent family to marry her out and our family will not have to worry about it in the future.” Mother Xie patted his son gently and said with a smile.
Xie Feiyang rolled his eyes and said nothing. The mother and son used the money to buy clothes for Xie Feiyang. Li Yueran performed very well at work and was good at handling interpersonal relationships, so she got along very well with her colleagues and leaders in the company, so the leaders ended her probationary period ahead of schedule, signed a formal contract with her, and her salary was raised to 4,000 yuan , The company also bought five insurances and one housing fund for her. Li Yueran finally breathed a sigh of relief. She still sent 600 yuan home. And decided that in the next year she will add 100. As for the phone, she doesn’t want to talk to her family for the time being.
Xie’s mother saw that the second month was still six hundred, and her daughter didn’t call home, so she couldn’t sit still, “Is this kid stupid? Why don’t you even make a phone call?”
“It’s not you who said, let her stop calling home, the phone bill is expensive.” Father Xie lit a cigarette, took a puff, exhaled the smoke ring, said lightly.
“How could it be the same. At that time, she was still studying. I was afraid that she would ask family for money, so I didn’t let her call home. But now she is working and starting to make money. Is it the same as before? This fool, I’m really mad at her.” Mother Xie said angrily.
“Anyway, as long as she sends money home on time every month, you don’t care if she calls or not!” Father Xie said indifferently.
“What do you know? I’ve asked. Cui Cui next door, she said that the internship period is three months. After the internship period, the salary will be raised. She can’t only pay 600 yuan a month. It’s too little! At least Add to one thousand!” Xie Mu said while rolling her eyes.
“She is a stickler. If you tell her to stop calling, she will stop calling. Now that she can’t be found, what do you want to say?” Father Xie said.
“You go, go to her aunt, let her aunt think of a way or maybe find her. This damn girl, I’m really pissed off.” Xie mother said.
“I won’t go, you go!” Father Xie stood up, patted his buttocks and left.
Xie’s mother was full of anger, but there was nothing she could do. Xie’s father had always been like this, he was lazy about everything! After being angry for a long time, Xie’s mother had no choice but to go by herself. Mother Xie told Aunt Xie about this, Aunt Xie frowned and said, “Looking for Feiyan? What’s the matter? Do you have her contact information? Do you know where she works? You don’t know anything, how can you find her?”
“Isn’t we know her university located? I thought, if it’s not possible, go to her university and inquire about her, maybe you can find out!” Xie’s mother said the method she came up with on the way.
“That’s a good idea, then you go!” Aunt Xie’s family didn’t know what her siblings meant, and she wanted them to spend money to find someone for her!
“Auntie said this, I am a woman, I have never traveled far, and your brother is a man who doesn’t get ahead in everything, what can we do!” Xie mother said.
“Auntie means to let my mother go to find my cousin. That’s fine. Auntie can figure out the round-trip fare, accommodation fee, etc.! Let me do the math. From here to S City, it takes about 400 yuan by train. It costs one hundred yuan a night for accommodation, plus meals, etc., at least more than 1000 yuan! I’m not sure how long it will take to find her. If it takes a long time, the money may not be enough. At least I have to bring a 2000 yuan to be on the safe side!” It was Aunt Xie’s eldest son Ji Wei who spoke.
“2000 yuan! So much?” Mother Xie gasped and said in surprise. “Forget it then, I’ll wait until Nizi to calls back!” After finished speaking, she left in despair. She also knows that the aunt’s family has long been dissatisfied with the aunt’s subsidies to the Xie family for so many years, especially after the two sons grow up, it cost a lot of money to study and get married. Brothers and nephews are important, but so are sons. If the eldest nephew is not here, maybe the aunt will agree, but now that the eldest nephew is at home, so she can’t count on it.
Aunt Xie’s family took a look at her son, “That’s your aunt, how can you say such things!”
“Mom, let me remind you that grandpa and grandma have a lot of opinions on you, if it wasn’t for my brother and me, For grandparents have aydivorced you and your father a long time ago, so be careful! Don’t forget, Xiaojuan is about to give birth, and her second brother is about to get married, the family doesn’t have so much money for you to subsidize your uncle’s family. Uncle is also really strange, he doesn’t educate Feiyang well, he only knows how to toss Feiyan. For four years in Feiyan’s university, it’s fine if he doesn’t give a penny, but now she’s finally working they want to exploit her. Do you know what outsiders say about Uncle’s family!”
Aunt Xie’s face was a little ugly, but she also knew that what her son said was the truth, “Okay, I understand.” Then she complained, “But Feiyan is also, why is she so stupid! Knowing to make a phone call home, if her mother won’t let her buy a mobile phone, she won’t buy a mobile phone, and if her mother won’t let her make a phone call, she won’t make a phone call. Why is she so obedient!”
“It’s not you, Second Aunt and others brainwashing her successfully?” Ji Wei said disdainfully.
“Why are you talking to me like this! What brainwashing? As a daughter and a sister, you should be filial to your parents and take care of your younger brother.” Aunt Xie said angrily.
“That’s such a pity, Mom, why didn’t you give birth to more daughters, so that my second brother and I would be more relaxed! Uncle’s three daughters shouldn’t be given away. They will be raised like you and your aunts when they grow up. Wouldn’t Feiyang be more blessed.” Ji Wei smiled mockingly, turned and left.
The eldest daughter of the Xie family was trembling with anger, but she didn’t dare to speak out. Her in-laws have long been dissatisfied with her subsidizing her natal family, and her husband has also expressed slights about it. Now even her son has clearly expressed his opposition. If she insists on going her own way. I’m afraid it will be difficult to end. She has to pay more attention in the future! However, Aunt Xie’s family inevitably complained about her niece, thinking that this niece was too naive.
Xie’s mother even ran to several sister-in-law’s houses, each with her own excuses, they refused to pay and send people to find Lu Yueran. Xie’s mother was a little frustrated, and after thinking for a long time, she finally had to ask the people in the village who went to work in S City for help. If they could see Feiyan, she would send a message. It’s just that Xie’s mother didn’t think about how big S City is, how can it be so easy to meet. But, by coincidence, three months later, they actually met with Lu Yueran on the subway, Li Yueran was leaning against the wall of the car with a book in her hand and flipping through it. Suddenly, someone exclaimed in surprise, “Is it Xie’s daughter?”
Li Yueran raised her head and saw a forty-something middle-aged man looked at her in surprise, “You don’t remember me, ohh yes, you haven’t been home for four or five years. I’m Uncle Zhang from the west of the village. Your mother is also true, just to save a few yuan, you will not be allowed to go home for four years. By the way, your mother asked me to send you a message to call home since they have something to do. I didn’t expect to meet you in S City.”
“Hu? My mother asked me to call home? Didn’t she say that the phone bill is too expensive and won’t let me often call home?” Li Yueran said in surprise.
“It’s probably for you to send money back home! Your mother is really too.” Uncle Zhang said with a smile.
“But since the month I started working, I already sent money home every month! Although it wasn’t much, only six hundred, but I was alone in city S, and there were quite a lot of places to spend money. I couldn’t send all of it to my family. It’s not at school now, I don’t need to spend money on anything and everything is cheap.” Li Yueran deliberately lowered her head and said sadly.
“You send money home every month, your mother never said that.” Uncle Zhang also knew the situation of Xie’s family, and after thinking about it for a while, he understood what was going on. Looking at Lu Yueran clothes are not new, and there is a plastic bag in her hand, which contains two steamed buns. I know that it is not easy for this child to live in S city.
“Otherwise, just pretend you didn’t see me today! Just pretend I didn’t say anything.”
Li Yueran thought for a while, “Forget it, I’ll call home when I get back at night! Otherwise, my mother I will blame you.”
Uncle Zhang sighed, “Nizi, you are a good child, what a pity.”
Li Yueran arrived at the station, and greeted Uncle Zhang, “Uncle, I have arrived, I’m leaving.”
After Li Yueran left, his mate asked Uncle Zhang, “What’s going on?”
Uncle Zhang then told the Xie family’s tradition, “Poor girl, she has been in college for four years. The family didn’t give her a penny, she earned it through work-study programs. Now that she’s working, she’s been paying 600 yuan a month but to her parents are not enough, oh! Even my son is not like that!”
The people around were discussing and complaining. Li Yueran thought for a while, and finally called home from a public phone booth, “Hey, Mom, I met Uncle Zhang on the subway today and said you have something to do with me, what’s the matter, Mom?”
“My silly girl, I have inquired about the internship period is only three months, you have already become a regular now, your salary has also increased, and you still pay 600 a month, you are out of mind!”
Thankless Nima to the person who told Xie mom about internship, she scolded. Sure enough, Li Yueran rolled his eyes, “Mom, my salary has been raised by a thousand. But didn’t you and your aunts say that you want me to find a good family and take care of my younger brother? I can’t wear the shabby clothes, which good people will take a fancy to me! So, I used the money to buy some new clothes, new shoes, and a few bags. I don’t have much money left every month , I don’t even have enough money for meals, and I still eat steamed buns at night. I still want to discuss it with my mother that I won’t send money home next month.”
“You are killing me! You don’t want to send money home! What kind of clothes and shoes to buy! What are you doing so fancy! Let me tell you, you sold all those clothes and shoes for me, send me the money 2,000 yuan next month… …”
“Oh, Mom, the signal is not good, so I’ll hang up first! Goodbye, Mom.” Li Yueran hung up the phone without waiting for Xie’s mother to speak. Then she went back to the dormitory in a happy mood. Thinking of Xie’s mother jumping angrily, she felt that she would definitely have a good dream tonight.
