Wu Ni didn't feel too wronged. To be honest, she was doing quite well as a physics teacher and could even make some extra money on the side.
Although she is one year older than Shuying and has not found a partner yet, that is because she does not want to settle down so early. However, there is no shortage of people who can introduce her to potential partners, and most of them come from well-off families.
But she didn't want to comfort Lin Yulan or say anything. After all, she was really wronged when she was a child.
Wu Ni patted Jiu Ni's head and said softly, "It will be your turn next year, so you have to study hard. If you get into university, you will have more opportunities."
Jiu Ni nodded vigorously, "I will definitely pass the exam!"
***
The Ma and Lin families hosted the graduation banquet together. They were all cousins, so there was no need to separate the guests so much. However, they hosted a few private banquets for each other's friends.
After so many years, Ma Dexiang finally felt that he could hold his head high in front of his parents.
You guys want a child to carry on the family line, right? Ma Jiawei, right?
You want a child who will bring honor to the family, right? Bani, right?
He has 9 daughters, and now he has them all, including those who are educated, those who are rich, those who have connections and abilities!
Who says women are inferior to men? The nine girls in his Ma family are all amazing!
When he said this, he was inviting Lin Guoqing and his family to dinner, and there were only their two families at the table.
Old Mrs. Ma and Old Man Ma have obviously spoken much less in the past two years, and their bodies seem to have shrunk a lot. They just stay in their seats and eat slowly and quietly, without any rebuttal or response. The children of the Ma family seem to have gotten used to it.
Lin Guoqing and Shen Chunhua looked at each other across the table without saying a word. Only Liang Shengdi couldn't stop herself from eating someone else's chicken leg.
"That's not what you said before, otherwise why would you have so many children..."
"Grandma, try it! The tendons are all stewed until tender and smell delicious!"
Lin Shumei quickly picked up a medium-sized piece of pig tendon from the braised pig trotter plate in front of her and stuffed it directly into her pacifier, filling her mouth with all the remaining words Liang Shengdi said.
Ma Dexiang was a little drunk and probably didn't hear what his mother-in-law said, but Lin Yulan heard it and distributed food to each child with a red face.
The older girls are already mothers themselves. To be honest, it’s a bit late to make amends or apologize now.
But they did not specifically point out what was wrong with their parents. After all, it was all in the past, and there was no point in saying more about things that could not be compensated. It would be better for them to spend more of the childhood they lacked on their children.
Liuni was chattering with Sanni about buying a house for Ba Ni in Shanghai.
She didn't have time to experience the Rome she had seen that year, so she let Bani go see that world for her. Her uncle and aunt bought a house for her cousin Shuying in Shanghai. Their parents didn't have that much money, but she did!
"Bani, we'll go over there early to register and look at houses. If you like any of them, Sixth Sister will buy them for you!"
Bani was drinking soda and almost choked to death.
"Sixth sister... that's not necessary..."
"Why not? My aunt said that the price of housing in Shanghai is rising every year. You might end up working in Shanghai like my cousin. Isn't it said that it's getting harder and harder to get a house now? What if after you graduate... Anyway, the sooner you buy, the easier it will be! If you don't live there, you can just help me collect the rent!"
Liu Ni had already bought houses in both the provincial capital and the city with Chen Chunhua, and the monthly rent was enough to cover their living expenses. As for the house in Shanghai, it was because no one from the Ma family was in Shanghai, otherwise she would have bought one too.
Ma Liuni’s financial philosophy is very simple. She follows her aunt and buys whatever her aunt buys. She spends money like her aunt does, so she won’t suffer any loss or be cheated!
Bani: ...
Lin Shumei was admitted to Zhejiang University, so there was no excuse for the whole family to go to Shanghai for a large-scale purchase. Liang Shengdi found it troublesome to make a special trip, and even Lin Shumei felt it was unnecessary.
So Lin Guoqing took the opportunity to go to Shanghai to discuss business and took Lin Shuchao with him. The two of them took a ride with Qi Jinzhou and went to Shanghai, bringing a lot of good things for Lin Shumei.
Lin Shuchao pushed a bag in front of his younger sister.
"Give!"
"What is that?" Lin Shumei looked at the thing in the black plastic bag with a little suspicion.
"2800." Lin Shuchao replied unhappily.
2800?
Others don’t know what 2800 is, so how could Lin Shumei not know what 2800 is?!
She jumped up from the sofa and rushed to the bag on the table. Wow! There was a high-end fashion bag inside the black bag! Lin Shuchao had deliberately put a plastic bag on the outside to deceive her!
“Ahhhhhhhh!!! Brother, brother, brother…!”
Lin Shumei kept waving her skirt in front of her, calling him "brother." Lin Shuchao assured her that this was the day he had heard Lin Shumei call him "brother" the most in his life. Okay, the 2,800 yuan was well spent.
"That's enough. If someone didn't know, they would think we had another chicken at home."
Lin Shumei rushed upstairs to try on clothes. The high-end floral dress actually looked a bit old-fashioned on a 16-year-old girl.
But its brand and price directly make up for this problem.
"I'm going to wear this to school!"
Chen Chunhua had a headache. "...I think you should wait until you have an important occasion to wear it...reporting to school...there's no need."
Lin Shumei firmly stated that the reporting date is very important.
"You're going to school, so it's better to keep a low profile. Look at your sister, she doesn't have..."
"My sister just doesn't wear expensive clothes. She can't really be called low-key."
Lin Shumei discovered it clearly from the letters her sister sent home every month during her four years in college.
University is actually a small society. Most people respect clothes before people. For example, since they all come from rural areas, why is Lin Shuying not looked down upon by her city roommates, and why do they even get along with her in various ways?
Isn’t it because her mother went up and equipped her sister with equipment everywhere?
For example, why was Lin Shuying pulled into various activities at school and met so many people? Because she had the latest color camera at the time! She had no shortage of money to develop her photos!
For example, why do students in the same major have different job assignments? Isn’t it because they have enough money and can accumulate more opportunities than others?
Therefore, Lin Shumei feels that if she wants to do well, she still has to be high-profile.
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