"You unfilial daughter, how could I have given birth to such an ungrateful child? If I had known you would turn out like this, I should have strangled you the moment you were born."
If the original owner were still alive, she would surely be heartbroken to hear these words!
Unfortunately, she couldn't do that. She was an orphan in the 21st century and had to rely on herself for everything.
She has never felt the love of her family, nor does she care.
"How am I now? I'm far inferior to you. You don't want me as your daughter, but do you think I want a blind and heartless father like you who treats his own daughter like dirt?"
"You, you..."
"Stop using 'you' and 'your.' If you can't speak properly, then don't speak at all, lest you hurt your tongue."
"How dare you talk to your father like that?"
Su Mu, who had just gotten up, heard Su Li's outrageous remarks as soon as she came out.
"Su Mu, I should have strangled you when you were little, so you wouldn't have become such an ungrateful wretch who can't see anything right now."
Upon hearing this, Su Mu's body trembled, and his pupils contracted sharply. "What did you say?"
Su Li sneered, "Didn't you hear what I said very clearly? I said I regret raising you, you ungrateful wretch."
A pang of pain flashed through Su Mu's heart. She had never said before that she regretted raising him.
She's his own sister, how could he say he regrets it?
Su Jiaojiao came out when she heard the noise. She saw Su Mu's ugly expression and her father's stunned look.
She sensed something was wrong and quickly smiled, advising, "Sister, Dad didn't mean anything by it, but the way you're talking about him is indeed a bit disrespectful to an elder. Xiao Mu was just reminding you, why are you being so aggressive, sister?"
"Su Jiaojiao, are you feeling smug because I ate a lousy sweet potato that I specially saved for you? These two idiots are already nagging me. I know what you're afraid of. Don't worry, I won't argue with you. I don't need family members with such low character."
"Su Li!!" Su Guoqiang never expected his daughter to say such a thing. She used to be so timid and petty, but suddenly she started to be so calculating. He wondered if she had suffered some kind of trauma.
Su Li picked at her ear, saying nonchalantly, "I already said I can hear you, so keep it down, or you'll disturb the neighbors."
When Su Mu heard her say that she and her father were a tasteless family and that she didn't need them, she felt inexplicably irritated and somewhat panicked.
He rarely spoke softly: "It's just a sweet potato, you can eat it now. Dad, you're going to be late for work, hurry up and go!"
Su Guoqiang gave Su Li one last deep look, a hint of warning in his eyes, and then left.
Then he said to Su Jiaojiao, "Sister Jiaojiao, if you want to eat sweet potatoes, I'll bake some for you tomorrow."
A hint of resentment flashed in Su Jiaojiao's eyes, but she quickly regained her composure. "Our Xiaomu has really grown up. It's just a sweet potato, it's nothing. If you want to eat it, you can ask Dad to bake it every day. I don't mind."
Su Li found it pointless and ignored the group of idiots, striding outside.
She was about to go to the countryside, and she had a lot to prepare. However, over the years, the original owner had handed over almost all her money, and now she only had the three yuan she had before, plus the one hundred and twenty yuan subsidy for going to the countryside.
I need to get my work sorted out quickly, and then I can start buying supplies for the rural areas.
Stepping out of the house, he exhaled a breath of stale air. He arrived at the place he had arranged to meet Liu Wen, where she was already waiting, with a middle-aged man in his early forties standing beside her.
Su Li stepped forward and greeted her, "So early?"
Upon seeing her arrive, Mr. Liu visibly breathed a sigh of relief.
My daughter shouldn't have to go to the countryside anymore.
Liu Wen said with a smile, "My dad and I came over right after breakfast. We were worried you wouldn't be able to find us, so we waited here early."
"Okay, it's just the start of working hours now. Let's go, I'll take you to the textile factory to hand over your work."
"Are you really sure? Are you really willing to sell your job to us?" Mr. Liu asked, still somewhat incredulous.
"Yes, I sold it to you. Did you bring the five hundred yuan?"
"I brought it, I brought it."
He not only prepared 500 yuan, but also some tickets. After all, he had taken advantage of others, and he didn't want Su Li to suffer too much.
Liu's father took out a wad of cash and tickets from his pocket and handed them to Su Li; "Count them, there are still some tickets here, you can take them too."
Su Li took the money, counted it in front of everyone, and took Liu Wen to the textile factory to complete the onboarding process.
After they came out, Liu's father dared to ask Su Li, "You sold this perfectly good job. What will you do if the neighborhood committee sends you to the countryside?"
“I’ve already signed up to go to the countryside. If I don’t sell the job to you, my dear father will give it to his adopted daughter for free. So I might as well sell it.”
Hearing this, Liu's father felt a pang of sympathy for the girl in front of him. They were from the same county, and he knew a bit about Su Guoqiang's situation. He had supported his adopted daughter all the way to high school, while his biological daughter never attended school. His adopted daughter was fair-skinned and beautiful, while his biological daughter was as thin as a bamboo pole.
He couldn't understand why they didn't love their own child but doted on someone else's. They even wanted to give her job to someone else; it's truly rare to find parents like that.
Thinking of this, he took out all the remaining coupons in the house and handed them over; "Daughter, thank you for thinking of our Wenwen for this job. I still have five catties of meat coupons, industrial coupons and cotton coupons here. Please accept them as a token of my appreciation."
Su Li didn't stand on ceremony and readily accepted the ticket. Only when she held it in her hand did she realize that besides the ticket, there was something hard inside.
She lifted the ticket and glanced at it, only to find it was a small yellow croaker, a very small one.
Su Li remained calm and smiled, saying, "Thank you, Uncle."
On their way home, Liu Wen and her father were still discussing: "Dad, what do you think Su Li's father is thinking? Why would he take his biological daughter's job for his adopted daughter?"
Mr. Liu sighed, "Who knows? But I think Su Li is a good child. There will come a time when her father regrets it."
After receiving the money and coupons, Su Li went to the supply and marketing cooperative.
She bought a teapot, two quilts, two sets of cotton-padded jackets and trousers, two tubes of toothbrush and toothpaste, soap and towels... She bought almost all these daily necessities, as well as some vegetable seeds and a hoe, so she could grow crops in the space later.
The sales clerk looked at her with a hint of envy when she saw how much she bought; these days, very few people are willing to spend money like that.
So I took out a batch of unevenly dyed wool yarn that the leader had been dealing with a couple of days ago.
Even if it were sold off, most families wouldn't buy it.
"Miss, I have a batch of cashmere yarn here, no coupon required. Do you want it? The color is a bit uneven, but if you don't mind, I'll give it to you at half price, how about that?"
She then placed the cashmere yarn in front of Su Li. Su Li glanced at the so-called flaws on it, but in her eyes, they were nothing.
In the modern world, she actually had similar hobbies to the original owner; she loved making clothes, and she could also knit sweaters.
For her, such color imperfections were nothing more than weaving a flower on top of it.
"I'll take all of these cashmere yarns. How much do you want?"
Upon hearing this, the saleswoman laughed, realizing she hadn't misjudged him.
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