Chapter 57
"Then why did you and Song Xing quarrel?" Zhong Miao was curious. Could it be that the model couple quarreled so badly?
"Because I spent a little too much money, but I still couldn't get into university." Wang Yingying sniffed, took a sip of water, and continued.
Song Xing used to earn 52 yuan a month, 15 yuan for his husband's family and 10 yuan for his own family. He lived in the staff dormitory and ate in the cafeteria, so he didn't spend much money at all and could save about 20 yuan every month.
But since the company allocated housing and Wang Yingying moved to the city, the expenses have increased.
Song Xing didn't care about it. He left all the money with Wang Yingying and asked her to save it. When she got into college in the future, she would have to pay tuition and other things. After all, Song Xing was the only one who earned money in the family, and he was under a lot of pressure.
"But the city is not like the village. In the village, I don't have much expenses. All my food and drink are at my in-laws' house. Occasionally, my parents' family will give me some money to buy clothes and so on. I can barely get by."
Wang Yingying wiped away her tears. "Since we moved into the residential building, I've had to pay for water, electricity, gas, sanitation, food, and everything else. Some of my neighbors are a bit snobbish, always talking about me behind my back and thinking I'm unsophisticated. I didn't want to be looked down upon, so I bought some clothes and some daily necessities."
It's okay if you haven't seen it before going to the city, but once you open the door to the colorful world, it's normal for people like Wang Yingying to find everything new and have a desire to consume.
"Brother Xing used to live and eat at the factory, so he didn't spend any money at all. But once I moved in, the little money he earned wasn't enough. His salary recently increased to 62 yuan, but he's still struggling."
"I understand his thinking, but how else can I save? I originally thought that once I got into university and was assigned a job, we'd be a dual-income family and could earn over a hundred dollars a month. But I knew I wouldn't be able to get in this year, so I told him."
"Is this what caused the fight between you two?"
In the original text, it was written that Wang Yingying failed to get into university, had a quarrel with Song Xing, and returned to the village but was persuaded by her family to go back. This plot has nothing to do with the female supporting role in the control group. I really don’t know how Zhong Miao encountered it.
Besides, the original text didn’t mention anything about money at all. I didn’t expect such a thing to happen.
"Well, I know what Brother Xing is thinking. I'm going to college a year later, so I have to stay home for an extra year. Other families have two working parents, or one works while the other does some small business to supplement their income. They don't have to give as much to the family, which is much better than us."
"He's under a lot of pressure. He bought appliances and furniture when he moved, so he doesn't have much money left. He's always worried that he'll get sick or something will happen and he'll be out of money. But I'm already frugal enough. I just bought a few extra things, woo woo woo."
"He said I don't know how to live and spend money recklessly, I can't make money, I can't study well, and I'm nothing."
In the original text, Wang Yingying also went to the city and repeated a year before she was admitted. In the village, she had to serve both her natal and in-laws' families, and had little time to read. Her father-in-law was definitely not as attentive to her tutoring as he was to Song Xing, and she didn't understand much.
She was able to pass the exam only after she came to the city and enrolled in a tutoring class.
"What's the point of you telling me all this? I can't help you, and you wouldn't appreciate it even if I did."
"I didn't think you could help me, I just couldn't help it, so I wanted to talk to you."
"Hehe, you are treating me as a trash can." Zhong Miao was speechless.
"What trash can?" Wang Yingying didn't understand what Zhong Miao meant. Her emotions had calmed down a lot, but when she thought about facing her responsibilities to a room full of people when she got home, she couldn't help but tremble. She didn't know where she had done wrong.
"Nothing."
"Tell me, if you were me, what would you do?"
"I am not you, and I will never become like you." Zhong Miao has this confidence. She is a realistic person and is essentially not the same as Wang Yingying, who is love-brained.
"Then tell me, what am I like?"
"You're the type of person who's greedy for fame and fortune, loves to compare yourself with others, is afraid of being looked down upon, has low self-esteem, and is weak. You always want to outdo others to prove how good you are, only then can you find a little confidence."
"You, how could I be such a person? What gives you the right to say that to me? What about you, how good are you?" Wang Yingying didn't expect Zhong Miao to say that.
"Unlike you, I'm very realistic. I always weigh the benefits I can get from doing anything. I rarely let my emotions affect my actions. We are not the same kind of people, so there is no comparison."
Seeing Wang Yingying’s face flushed, Zhong Miao continued speaking.
"Don't let your guard down. Your parents favored boys over girls, which led you to believe that women are inherently inferior to men. Because you're not valued, you feel inferior. The more inferior you feel, the more you want to compare yourself with others and prove your worth. You think you married well, your vanity is overflowing, and you want to outdo others. Am I wrong?"
Wang Yingying didn't say anything. She didn't want to admit that Zhong Miao was talking about her, but she couldn't refute it. Every word Zhong Miao said was like a stone pressing on her heart. There were so many stones that she couldn't breathe.
"If you ask me, Song Xing's biggest mistake was arguing with you. You don't support your family, so you don't understand the pressure he faces. What's more, he is also pulling your family back."
"As for you, you should have clung to Song Xing's thighs during difficult times. Just because someone said something that hurt your self-esteem, you went out and spent money to gain a sense of existence. You might as well have scolded them back on the spot. If they called you unsophisticated, you should have called them a gossip. If they said you weren't worthy of Song Xing, you should have retorted, 'You're better than me, why didn't he marry me instead of you?'"
"In short, you're still plagued by inferiority complex. Furthermore, Song Xing expects you to be gentle and considerate, has high expectations of you, and is so difficult to please. Are you really willing to serve him? Do you know why you couldn't get into university?"
"What, what's the reason?"
Wang Yingying is timid and she never thought that she could curse back when someone gossiped about her. If this happened in the village, she would definitely curse back.
To put it bluntly, people still have a filter for city people and think they are superior to village people.
She just wanted them to see her new clothes and dispel the rumors. As for why she didn't pass the exam, wasn't it her fault?
Are you stupid?
"You're in the village, and you have to take care of both your husband's and your own family. How can you have time to study? You're still thinking about your father-in-law tutoring you. Can he teach you with the same attitude as when he taught his son? If he really teaches you, he won't let you do this and that, let alone cook. Did Song Xing ever cook when he was reviewing? Did he work?"
"But it was Brother Xing who tutored me these past few months. He's much better than my father-in-law."
"Just because he's tutoring you, you don't have to wait on him? And if you're busy scheming with the neighbors, how can you focus on studying?"
"You mean, I couldn't get into college not because I'm stupid?"
"Haha, let Song Xing be busy with both his in-laws' and his own family every day, and then serve you in return. Let's see if he can pass the exam. Is he stupid?"
"So, what should I do now?"
Wang Yingying gained some confidence. She thought Zhong Miao would take advantage of her misfortune, but she really couldn't help it. She would suffocate to death if she didn't say it out.
She didn't expect Zhong Miao to say that. What Zhong Miao said made sense, so she couldn't help but want to ask a few more questions. Now she was like a headless fly, and any good trick was better than no trick at all.
"Admit your mistake to Song Xing and ask him to pay for your college entrance exam. You've served his family for so long, you can't serve them for nothing. You have to get some benefits in return. Ask him to find a decent school in the city for you to audit, or even find a cram school. When you pass the exam, you can live with him if you want, or leave him if you don't."
"What about after I go to college? He'll have to support me until I graduate. Will he be happy with that?"
"There will be a way once you get into college."
"What's the solution?"
"There are two options. One is to work part-time while studying, earning money while studying, but this will also take up your energy and prevent you from focusing on your studies. The other option is to divorce Song Xing and find someone who is willing to support you through your studies. College students are very popular these days, and even second marriages are very popular."
"If I get into university, I will definitely focus on studying. I don't want to delay my studies to make money, and divorce is even worse. I have never thought about divorcing him."
Wang Yingying is not a naive person. By then, she will be a college student, and Song Xing will also be a college student. If Song Xing wants to find a girl from the city, it will be very easy.
Their marriage was arranged because the two families' elders had a good relationship. Song Xing and she had been childhood sweethearts, otherwise, she would not have had a chance.
"Then there's another way. Your family doesn't even treat you as a human being, so why do you care about their ten dollars? Just tell Song Xing that you won't give them any money. They won't be able to say anything. Ten dollars is enough to support you. If you don't buy things carelessly, it will definitely be enough for you to spend."
"Besides, won't things get better once you graduate from university and get assigned a job?"
"What you said is too difficult for me. My family won't agree to it. They rely on these ten dollars for food."
"They don't care about your life or death, but you worry that they will starve to death without this little money. Do whatever you want. I said it, just do a good deed today. How you want to live your life is up to you."
"Zhong Miao, even though your words were harsh and irrelevant, I still have to thank you for taking me in today and for saying these words to me."
"Oh, come on, thank you. Just say thank you, but you're still being rude. I haven't even felt tired of talking to you all this time. How dare you say that?"
Wang Yingying blushed, "I'm sorry for saying that. My real intention was to thank you."
Wang Yingying got over the discomfort and poured out everything she wanted to say. After she calmed down, she realized that Zhong Miao's words were really from her perspective and for her own consideration. Besides being surprised, she was also sincerely grateful to Zhong Miao.
She thought Zhong Miao would make fun of her and they would have another fight, but Zhong Miao's reaction was beyond her expectations.
"Alright, alright, do whatever you want. Don't make me uncomfortable in the future. We don't have that good of a relationship."
Zhong Miao opened the cabinet. She had brought a lot of snacks when she came back. She picked a few and threw them on the table. "Eat something. Don't faint from hunger."
Wang Yingying was indeed scary today. She was trembling all over, and the bloodshot on the whites of her eyes had not yet faded. It was obvious that her emotions were fluctuating too much and she could no longer bear it.
It looked like Wang Yingying had been arguing all morning, so how could she have had time to eat? Better to eat first, or I'd faint from hypoglycemia at her house.
Zhong Miao took her home, firstly because he was afraid that she would faint on the road and be picked up by hooligans, and secondly because he wanted to test the boundaries of the plot.
Although she didn't like Wang Yingying, she was even more disgusted by those hooligans. She didn't sympathize with Wang Yingying. Since she had brought the person home, she could just say whatever she wanted to say. It was Wang Yingying's business whether she wanted to listen or not.
She has already launched a dimensionality-reduction attack on the heroine Wang Yingying, and her presence in her world is not that strong.
She wanted to see if she could influence the heroine beyond the plot. If the heroine changed, could the plot still support the characters in the book?
"Why don't you scold me and laugh at me for not being as good as you? That's how I treated you before. Now that you have the chance, why don't you return it?"
Wang Yingying took the pastry handed to her by Zhong Miao and expressed her doubts.
"I don't have the time to compete with you. I've already won, so why would I bother with you?"
"You speak so harshly, huh." Wang Yingying took a sip of water.
"The truth is often hard to accept. Haha, isn't this also considered as paying it back to you?"
"Hmph, don't make me angry. I'm about to explode." Wang Yingying had completely recovered and could even make a joke.
"Yeah, if you want to blow it up, don't you have to pay for it if my house is blown up by you?"
"You, forget it."
Wang Yingying ate without saying a word for a long time. After thinking for a while, she made a decision. "Do you think I should go back to the city and apologize to Brother Xing now?"
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