Chapter 35 Poverty is not a sin, but the self-esteem that poverty brings...
When Xu Heye came out of the yard, she happened to run into Sun Hui coming out of her yard with a schoolbag on her back.
The two nodded in tacit understanding, a greeting, and then went their separate ways. Although they were classmates and even neighbors, neither of them had any intention of getting too close to the other.
This kind of alienated attitude is the norm for colleagues and neighbors to get along with each other in later generations.
Xu Heye is very accustomed to this way of getting along.
On the contrary, Kong Xiaoyue is the most special one.
He is timid but full of enthusiasm.
When Xu Heye walked into the classroom with her schoolbag, Kong Xiaoyue had already arrived. She was sitting in her seat, drinking a bottle of fresh milk in her hand, with a circle of white mustache on her mouth.
Seeing Xu Heye, Kong Xiaoyue couldn't help but said happily: "Xu Heye, come here quickly, I have something to tell you."
"What's wrong?" Xu Heye walked over, took off her schoolbag and put it on the table, then sat down in her seat.
Kong Xiaoyue took out a bottle of fresh milk from the hole in the table and placed it on Xu Heye's table. "Heye, this is for you."
Of course Xu Heye refused: "I can't accept it."
Kong Xiaoyue: "Take it. This is what I brought from home. My dad ordered it for me. If you don't drink it, it will be a bargain for my uncle's family." To be honest, Kong Xiaoyue was really annoyed by her uncle's family's greed.
She was a bit short, only 1.35 meters tall at the age of 14. Her parents had heard that drinking milk could make her taller, so they specially ordered milk for her to drink. But since she came to her uncle's house, she has never drunk fresh milk again.
It’s obvious that my parents decided on a lot, taking my grandparents and two cousins into consideration.
But every time the milkman brought fresh milk, her aunt would take it to her room. She asked her aunt about it, but she would say that she was the older sister and should give in to her younger siblings. Or she would say that she was taking advantage of her family by living there.
This morning, Kong Xiaoyue was waiting in the living room early. When the milkman delivered the fresh milk, she grabbed two bottles and put them in her schoolbag.
"My aunt wanted to take the fresh milk back, but I disagreed. She started the same old thing again, saying that I was taking advantage of her by living at her house. I got angry and said that if my aunt really thought I was taking advantage of her by living at her house, then I would ask my father to buy a house outside, hire a nanny for me, and I would live out on my own. As soon as I said this, my aunt fell silent."
"This is the first time I've seen my aunt speechless."
Kong Xiaoyue was so excited when she spoke that she looked at Xu Heye with bright eyes, "Xu Heye, you don't know how ugly my aunt's face was at that time.
She always says that I am taking advantage of her by living in her house, but that is not the case at all.
I live with my uncle, but my clothes and daily necessities were all bought by my mother in advance when we arrived in Hucheng. She also ordered milk and nutritional supplements for me, and also for my grandparents and cousins.
When my mother goes on a business trip, she buys clothes for me and also buys a set for my cousins and sends them back.
In addition, my parents give her a large sum of money every month, saying it is for my living expenses. But in fact, I don’t need that much money at all.”
Her only expense in that home was food.
But she bought breakfast outside every morning and ate in the school cafeteria at noon. She only went back home for one meal of the day at night, so she couldn't eat much at all.
Just for this meal, my aunt would be naughty and cook some rotten vegetable leaves at night, secretly cook for herself, or wait until she is not at home to cook delicious food at noon.
I always wonder what others are thinking, but no one is a fool living under the same roof.
She knew it, but she kept it to herself.
But this morning she discovered that it wasn't that difficult to speak her mind.
But after leaving home, she felt somewhat bored. What good was it to win the argument with her aunt? After all, her uncle's house wasn't her own home. No matter how much money her parents gave her, she wouldn't feel a sense of belonging living there.
Xu Heye understood Kong Xiaoyue's feelings.
Regardless of whether one is rich or poor, living in someone else's home is like living under someone else's roof. Living under someone else's roof means being bullied. So, after failing the college entrance exam in her previous life and finding a job, she immediately moved out of Old Dong's house and into the factory dormitory.
"But fortunately, you have learned to refuse other people's unreasonable requests and to protect your rights." Xu Heye gave Kong Xiaoyue a thumbs up. "You did a great job."
"Hehe." Kong Xiaoyue giggled twice, "I think so too."
"Silly." Sun Hui, who was sitting in the back seat, looked at the two of them coldly and cursed them inwardly. After cursing, she felt something strange in her heart.
Being stupid is, to some extent, a result of being spoiled.
Unlike her...
Sun Hui thought about it, shook her head, took out her textbook and started memorizing. She had to focus all her energy on studying, as she had a chance of getting into a technical secondary school in a year and a half.
The study time passed by so quickly and so slowly that it felt like the fourth period had already arrived. Middle school students are all growing taller, and by this time, their stomachs are rumbling with hunger.
Xu Heye took out two steamed buns from her schoolbag and handed one to Kong Xiaoyue. Although the steamed buns were cold, they were fluffy and soft, and eating them cold did not affect the taste at all.
They were in class, not daring to move too much, so they could only tear the noodles into small pieces and eat them. There were many people in the class who ate the same way as them, and who knew who was so smart that they dared to eat spicy noodles during class, but soon the whole classroom was filled with the smell of spicy noodles.
Xu Heye subconsciously raised her head and glanced at the Chinese teacher on the podium. The old man looked normal and explained the text calmly, as if he didn't smell the rich fragrance at all.
After waiting for a long time, the bell rang for the end of get out of class. As soon as the old man said the get out of class was over, a group of people rushed out like hungry wolves and tigers and rushed to the school cafeteria.
Xu Heye and Kong Xiaoyue ate a steamed bun to fill their stomachs. Since they were not that hungry, they were not that anxious.
After getting the meal ticket, Kong Xiaoyue asked her new classmate: "Classmate Sun Hui, do you want to go to the cafeteria together?"
Sun Hui shook her head: "No, I brought some food." She had specially reserved some extra food for dinner last night and put it in an aluminum box to eat now.
"Okay then." Since Sun Hui was not going, the two of them left together.
When she reached the stairs, Kong Xiaoyue suddenly burst out laughing.
Xu Heye was a little surprised: "What are you laughing at? It's so weird."
Kong Xiaoyue said, "Xu Heye, do you remember that when you first came to the classroom, you invited me to the cafeteria for lunch."
Xu Heye: "Of course I remember."
"I still remember you rejecting me."
"Hehe." Kong Xiaoyue laughed dryly. She didn't have any companions at the time and didn't want to go to the cafeteria, so she bought a lot of cookies, snacks, small cakes and other things to eat at noon.
After eating there for a month or so, she got tired of it. Later, she became familiar with Xu Heye, so it was natural for her to follow Xu Heye to eat in the cafeteria.
Kong Xiaoyue thought of Sun Hui again: "Isn't she eating snacks as meals like me?"
Xu Heye didn't say anything.
But the probability is that it won’t happen.
Cookies, cakes and snacks are much more expensive than meal tickets in the school cafeteria.
It is highly likely that Sun Hui’s family background is not very good.
Although the clothes she was wearing looked new, the style and color were a bit old-fashioned.
Besides, it was already May and the weather was very hot. Everyone was wearing short-sleeved shirts and jackets, except Sun Hui, who was still wearing the same outfit as yesterday.
But Xu Heye said nothing.
Poverty is not a sin, but the inferiority complex that poverty brings is no less than a sin.
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