Zhou Na was in a very good mood.
Because she found it very easy to find part-time jobs, a parent, after learning about her excellent grades, was willing to hire her as their child's tutor without even haggling over the price, and immediately offered to pay her 30 yuan per hour.
Zhou Na originally asked for thirty yuan, but after cutting it down by ten yuan, she only needed to earn twenty. Unexpectedly, the other party was so generous and readily agreed to her tutoring fee without any haggling, allowing her to receive the same salary as her senior. No wonder they are rich people in the city; they are so generous.
With a salary of thirty yuan, if you spend ten yuan on food and save the rest, you can save twenty yuan a day, which adds up to six hundred yuan a month. That's roughly the amount some people earn.
She earned most people's monthly salary before she even graduated.
This made Zhou Na even more emotional. Knowledge is money, and knowledge can change one's destiny. Right now, she's only a freshman in college, and she can already earn this much. When she graduates, or continues to improve her education, she will only earn more, not less.
Four words came to Zhou Na's mind: a promising future!
Things are looking up more and more promising.
However,
My great mood came to an abrupt end with a phone call.
Looking at the call from my third sister, Zhou Ling,
Zhou Na hesitated, wondering whether to accept the call.
Calling that troublemaker is never a good thing.
After making the phone call for a while...
Zhou Na didn't answer, but the phone kept ringing.
well……
After thinking it over, Zhou Na decided to answer the call. She thought about how Zhou Ling was raising her child alone in Fanjia County, which was not easy for her. As her older sister, it would be too cold-hearted for her to just sit by and do nothing.
Although she disliked Zhou Ling in every way, she could not change the fact that she was Zhou Ling's older sister.
"Hello……"
"Second sister, you finally answered! What are you doing? Why didn't you answer my calls?"
"I muted it, I didn't see it, what's wrong?"
"Second sister, how's university? Is it good?"
Zhou Ling first inquired about Zhou Na's university life, then asked if she had seen Zhou Dana and Wang Xiuhua, or received any phone calls from them. She then told them about her argument with the two and their disappearance.
Zhou Na did not hide the fact that Zhou Dana and Wang Xiuhua had come to Yanjing to find her. Upon hearing this news, Zhou Ling became even angrier: "Second sister, you are right. They are here to get benefits from us. Once I am no longer of use, they will turn around and come to you. You must not trust them and do not give them any benefits."
I was so naive before. Now I understand completely. Their heartless abandonment of us wasn't for any noble reasons they claimed—like being afraid of being caught by loan sharks and getting us into trouble. It was all a lie, just an excuse.
Hearing Zhou Ling's words, Zhou Na thought to herself, "You've finally come to your senses. She warned you before not to trust those two people, but you, Zhou Ling, stubbornly refused to believe her. Now you've hit a wall and suffered a great loss before you finally realized this."
"Is there anything else? I'm going to the library to study in a bit. If not, I'll hang up now."
"Second sister, wait a minute, that..."
Seeing that Zhou Na was about to get busy, Zhou Ling quickly called her back, stammering and unable to express herself clearly.
"Second Sister, you know, Brother Kun is in jail, and I have a child to take care of, so I can't go to work. We're out of rice. I... can I borrow some money from you? I can manage on my own, but your niece can't. She's so young, she cries nonstop when she's hungry. Second Sister, you're the only person I can rely on right now..."
Zhou Ling revealed the real purpose of making the call.
When Zhou Na heard that she wanted to borrow money from her, she wasn't surprised at all. Zhou Ling hadn't gotten into any trouble; the only things left were related to money.
"Open a bank account and send me the account number. I'll transfer some money to you tomorrow."
"Thank you, second sister. I knew you wouldn't let me go hungry. Daughter, quickly thank your aunt..."
When Zhou Na heard Zhao Xiaoya's babbling, she felt her heart melt. The reason she was willing to give the money, besides being Zhou Ling's older sister, was mainly because of her niece, Zhao Xiaoya. She felt sorry for and sympathized with the little girl.
Although she was not well-off, with her tutoring job, she wouldn't be spending all her money and running out of savings. In the end, her life would be much better than Zhou Ling's.
After hanging up the phone,
Zhou Na rubbed her temples. She had promised to give Zhou Ling money today, and she would probably have to continue helping Zhou Ling in the future. She had thought that she would get away from Fanjia County, break away from her former living environment, and cut off all ties with her original life. However, some things are still hard to completely sever.
Just like when Zhou Ling told her that she couldn't get food, could she just stand by and watch without doing anything?
cannot!
She could be cold and ruthless towards Zhou Chen, her older brother who wasn't related to her by blood, but she couldn't bring herself to be so cruel to her troublesome younger sister, Zhou Ling. After all, they were sisters, family who had depended on each other since childhood.
never mind!
As long as she could ensure Zhou Ling had food to eat, she considered her responsibility as the eldest sister fulfilled.
It's simply a matter of taking out a portion of the money you've saved through frugality.
At worst, she'll just save less.
The next day, after Zhou Ling got the bank card, she immediately sent the account number to Zhou Na. When she received a text message from Zhou Na confirming that the transfer was complete, she immediately grabbed her daughter and ran back to the bank to withdraw all the money.
"Only two hundred?"
"Second sister, you're being too stingy."
Zhou Ling looked at the two hundred yuan and felt it was a bit little. After buying rice and flour, she estimated that there wouldn't be much left.
"Alright, Second Sister has it tough too."
Zhou Ling pouted, put the money away, and prepared to go shopping.
However, before going to the grain and oil store, she had to go to the vegetable market to pick up the vegetables.
The vegetable vendor did indeed save some vegetables for her.
Zhou Ling thanked her with a smile, took the vegetables, and walked quite a distance before bringing the bag of vegetables to her eyes. After examining them for a moment, she frowned and complained, "Not only are there fewer vegetables than yesterday, but the quality is also worse. They're all rotten. Did she sell the vegetables that were supposed to be given to me?"
Thinking about this, Zhou Ling felt a great deal of resentment. The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Her initial gratitude was quickly replaced by displeasure.
What kind of kind lady? That's fake, isn't it?
If you dare to give her a bag of shoddy vegetables today, you'll dare to give her even worse leftovers tomorrow.
snort,
The world is going to the dogs; there are all sorts of people here.
Doesn't her conscience hurt?
Knowing full well how pitiful I am, they didn't even leave me some good food, really...
If Zhou Ling weren't currently at a low point in her life, she would never have eaten this junk; she would have thrown it straight into the trash can without even glancing at it.
"No one suffers forever. After hardship comes happiness. My low point will surely pass soon."
"When I have money, I'll buy all the vegetables in the market."
Zhou Ling secretly vowed that one day she would realize her dream.
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