Deng Juan’s original family was very bad. To have today’s career, it was absolutely a rural girl’s comeback.
Working at “Shrimp King” was not like being a nanny at Chen Li’s house. Deng Juan had to improve her shortcomings and overcome her personality defects, helping Qin Jiao to expand the market in the capital. The current success condensed Deng Juan’s many sweats.
Wen Ying had seen and heard such things and was long accustomed to them. Qin Jiao found it hard to imagine. “Why do they treat their own daughter like this?”
It was no wonder Qin Jiao was not grounded. Her growth environment made her unable to be grounded.
There were no poor people among Qin Jiao’s friends. Once Wen Ying was the one with the most ordinary family background in Qin Jiao’s circle. Even if Wen Ying did not make money from writing novels, Chen Ru did not become a business backbone, and Wen Dongrong was still working in the hometown county, in Qin Jiao’s eyes the “ordinary family background” could still outdo the Deng family by eighteen streets!
In these matters, Qin Jiao’s understanding was quite lacking.
In the Qin family, Qin Jiao and her brother Qin Yi received the same educational resources from childhood. Whatever clothes and toys brother Qin Yi had, Qin Jiao must have too. Even because she was the younger sister, sometimes new clothes and toys were one or two more than her brother’s.
After adulthood, Qin Xianming promised each child one million yuan in entrepreneurial funds. Qin Yi took it, and Qin Jiao’s share was also not a penny less.
Even Qin Xianming’s business would not naturally have inheritance rights because Qin Yi was the son. Qin Xianming said that whoever between Qin Yi and Qin Jiao was more capable, the family business would be handed over to manage!
Throughout Qin Jiao’s growth experience, the word “equality” always ran through it. Such a family environment made Qin Jiao confident and excellent. She never limited herself by gender. What brother Qin Yi could do, she could do too.
In other friends’ families, Qin Jiao had not closely observed samples of “favoring sons over daughters”. In the special era background, friends’ families were all only children.
Of course, Qin Jiao was not completely detached from the world. She had vaguely heard of it, just never really faced it. So after hearing Wen Ying’s words, Qin Jiao was both shocked and confused.
Before Wen Ying answered, Qin Jiao added, “I mean, even if the Deng family favored sons over daughters before, now seeing how capable Deng Juan sister is, they should change their thinking, right?”
Deng Juan was capable. The Deng family should rely on Deng Juan, not frequently call to pressure Deng Juan!
Although not knowing what the Deng family specifically said, based on the information provided by Wen Ying, Qin Jiao guessed it was related to “money”.
More than 90% of the world’s troubles arose from money. In theory, as long as a person was rich enough, 90% of the troubles would collapse on their own.
Before, Deng Juan earned 1000 yuan a month and sent 900 yuan home.
Now Deng Juan’s monthly salary had tripled, with year-end bonuses higher than basic salary, but only sent 500 yuan home each month.
…Was this what made the Deng family dissatisfied?
“Sister Jiao, if thinking was so easy to change, would there still be backwardness and ignorance in this world?”
With Qin Jiao’s thinking, if there was a request, one should bow one’s head. Business people wanting to make money had to bend over. If the Deng family was not satisfied with only getting 500 yuan a month from Deng Juan, they had to spend more thought to make Deng Juan happy, make Deng Juan willingly send more salary back.
Wen Ying denied Qin Jiao’s thinking. “They are used to being tough. In their eyes, Deng Juan’s fate was planned at birth. Casually raise her, when grown up receive a sum of money and marry her off. Even marrying was not liberation for Deng Juan sister. After marrying, her responsibility to her natal family’s younger brother was not unloaded. Until the day she lay in the coffin, she had to devote to her younger brother! So they won’t change their thinking. In their cognition, this is a matter of course. Why change?”
If the Deng family had Qin Jiao’s level of thinking, even in an impoverished rural area, they would have long lived prosperously and would not always suck Deng Juan’s blood!
“However, I think it may not be complaining that sending 500 yuan a month is too little…”
Wen Ying pondered. Qin Jiao was curious. “Why not?”
Wen Ying was full of confidence. “Because when Deng Juan sister changed jobs, I let her temporarily not tell the family. The Deng family still thinks she is working as a nanny at my little aunt’s house!”
“…”
Qin Jiao was surprised. “Deng Juan sister is honest and dutiful. She actually agreed to your suggestion?”
“I let her think more for herself, more for the Deng family’s future. Money in her own hands, she can give to whoever she wants later. If too much money is sent back home, it might be drunk away by her dad. If sending more cannot save, why not save it herself? Rural living expenses are not high. 500 yuan a month is enough. Anyway, at least enough for her little brother to study. She thought what I said made sense and agreed.”
Deng Juan’s younger brother was three years younger than Deng Juan, already 19 years old this year.
The Deng sisters dropped out early. This younger brother had been studying. Enrolled late in childhood, Deng Juan’s little brother was older than Wen Ying but in the same grade as Wen Ying, now also in senior three.
Only half a year left for the college entrance exam. Even if the Deng family had any ideas, they should not make trouble now.
Wen Ying was puzzled. Qin Jiao was also silent.
Li Mengjiao was originally a carefree person. Earlier she was shouting about being hungry and wanting to eat quickly. After hearing Wen Ying’s words, she was stunned for a long time. Wen Ying and Qin Jiao had no time for her. Li Mengjiao held her breath on the side.
Really could not hold it anymore. Li Mengjiao suddenly asked, “Then has the building in Deng Juan sister’s family been built?”
“What?”
Wen Ying did not follow Li Mengjiao’s train of thought for a moment.
Li Mengjiao gritted her teeth. “Wasn’t it marrying daughters to collect money to build a building? Deng Juan sister did not marry. Only her sister married and only received 20,000. Was the money enough to build the building?”
So angry!
There were actually such parents.
Eldest daughter marrying received 20,000. Second daughter marrying prepared to receive 30,000. Was this wanting to get rich by marrying daughters?
If wanting to build a new house, go earn money. Relying on daughters, what ability was that? Not considering what kind of life the daughters would have after casually marrying. Li Mengjiao clenched her little fists.
Wen Ying was not very sure. “I think you asked the key point. Whether the house was built or not, I really don’t know. I have to go home and ask my uncle.”
Back then, not receiving Deng Juan did not marry. Only relying on the 20,000 from Deng Juan’s eldest sister’s marriage to build a building was definitely not enough, but building a bungalow should be no problem.
In the countryside, families using red bricks to build bungalows were better than some and worse than others. When the son entered the blind date market, he would not be despised by the female side.
In Wen Ying’s view, if money was not enough to build a building, build a bungalow. Having a new house was always better than no new house.
Some rural people when building houses, if short on money, would build one floor first, add floors later when having money.
Or first build the house framework, doors, windows, furniture and so on slowly furnish. These were very common operations.
But the Deng family… thinking could not sync with Wen Ying, probably also different from ordinary rural people. Wen Ying really was not sure if Deng Juan’s dad used the eldest daughter’s bride price money to build a new house.
And the wages Deng Juan sent home each month.
If all this money was spent by the alcoholic dad, and they decided to rot, the situation Deng Juan faced now was quite tricky.
“Okay, you quickly ask Uncle Deng. Must ask clearly.”
Li Mengjiao and Deng Juan were not familiar at all, but Li Mengjiao was born with some chivalrous spirit, particularly could not stand such injustice.
Qin Jiao was also very concerned.
For public and private reasons, Qin Jiao cared a lot about Deng Juan’s personal state.
The five directly operated stores of “Shrimp King” in the capital opened one after another. Opening stores, with funds in place, what store could not open?
Whether a store could profit, could stand firm, the prerequisite investment was important, daily management was more important!
Thinking of the Deng family’s “favoring sons over daughters”, Li Mengjiao had no appetite when eating dinner. Wang Shuang was still strange. “The food I arranged doesn’t suit your taste?”
Not seen for several months, Li Mengjiao’s taste changed so much?
Wang Shuang was a bit uneasy.
Taste changed, would other things also change?
Li Mengjiao was completely unaware of Wang Shuang’s thoughts. Seeing Wang Shuang, Li Mengjiao thought of the Deng family’s “favoring sons over daughters”.
Why were boys more precious than girls?
What society was it now!
So Li Mengjiao glared fiercely at Wang Shuang, and heavily “hummed” with her little nose.
Wang Shuang was both innocent and helpless.
Observing carefully again, not only Li Mengjiao, Wen Ying and Qin Jiao’s moods were not high.
Wang Shuang scratched his head. Xie Qian had only left for one day, and this study group could not be led?
—Should he tell Xie Qian to finish things quickly and come back?
