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Wen Kai laughed when he heard Wen Ying's words.
Although Wen Kai would not give up the idea of repeating the year just because of his cousin's opposition, he was still happy that Wen Ying supported him because he felt that he was not fighting alone.
He scored 569 points in the exam. His parents were very happy and his relatives also praised him for his promising future. It seemed that everyone had such high expectations for him.
But Wen Kai wanted better.
The children from the countryside want to go to college in Beijing.
If his parents can move from the countryside to the city, why can't he go from a small city to the capital to try his luck?
Wen Kai stopped the topic and asked about Wen Ying's tutoring in Rongcheng: "I didn't expect you to do so well in the high school entrance exam. If you keep up this momentum for three years of high school, you'll probably do much better than me in the college entrance exam."
There was no jealousy in Wen Kai's words; he was genuinely happy for his cousin.
He felt that he was the eldest brother among the younger generation of the Wen family and had the responsibility to take care of his younger brothers and sisters.
Only losers are afraid that their younger siblings will surpass them. A good family atmosphere should be one of healthy competition where everyone is trying to catch up with each other. If he lives well in the future, he will help his younger siblings like his second uncle. If he does poorly, even if his younger siblings become successful, they will not be indifferent to him.
Wen Ying's life in Chengdu is much more fulfilling and exciting than Wen Kai imagined. As for how the college entrance examination will go, Wen Ying will not compare it with Wen Kai, she will only compare it with herself... Her current goal is to be better than in her previous life, so as not to be reborn and end up worse off.
Wen Ying only had lunch at her uncle's house. She had to rush back to Chengdu in the afternoon. The food festival was about to be held and the warm-up had already begun. Wen Ying was very concerned about this matter.
During the meal, Wen Ying's parents came, and Wen Ying's aunt asked Chen Ru about going to Chengdu to study at the dinner table.
Grandma Wen has three sons and one daughter. Wen Dongrong is the second son. He has an older brother and a younger brother and sister. Because of Wen Dongrong, the four siblings of the Wen family now live in the city.
However, compared with the down-to-earth uncle and his wife, Aunt Wen Ying was not so down-to-earth. She married a very impetuous husband. At the beginning, the couple also worked in the factory. Uncle Wen Ying saw others making money by doing business, while he himself got a fixed salary every month, so his mind became fickle and he also clamored to quit his job to do business.
Aunt Wen Ying couldn't control her husband, so she just followed his wishes.
In the past three or four years, Wen Ying's uncle lost all the family fortune in business. Wen Ying's three brothers and even Wen Ying's uncle's family bought houses in the city, while his aunt's family still rented a house.
Last year, Aunt Wen felt that she could no longer make ends meet, so she bypassed her brother and sister-in-law and contacted Chen Li directly, wanting Deng Shangwei to take her husband Shu Guobing to do business.
Deng Shangwei's relatives from his hometown wanted to work in the fishery company, but Deng Shangwei didn't agree to any of them.
But for the sake of Chen Ru and Wen Dongrong, Deng Shangwei agreed to let Shu Guobing go to Chengdu and work in his own company first.
Shu Guobing felt a little arrogant when he entered the company. Deng Shangwei was the boss of the company. He felt that he was a royal relative and acted like a big boss in the company. He had to be more restrained when Deng Shangwei was around, but when Deng Shangwei was not around, he was the boss.
Deng Shangwei could tolerate this kind of character if he had some ability, but Shu Guobing was not good at anything and was the best at bragging. After working in the fishery company for a few months, he committed many crimes against Deng Shangwei's big clients. He secretly replaced the high-quality seafood ordered by customers to make a profit from the difference. Sister Fang got the evidence and presented it to Deng Shangwei, who immediately fired this plague god.
Shu Guobing was fired and returned to his hometown in disgrace.
Of course, this kind of person is unwilling to admit that he is wrong. He goes home and says that Deng Shangwei is intolerant and does not really want to lead him in business. He arranges him to do odd jobs in the company, which wastes several months of his time. He is simply malicious.
"He's just petty, afraid that I'll make more money than him!"
What Shu Guobing said was true. Aunt Wen Ying would definitely ask her brother and sister-in-law for an explanation. Wen Dongrong also suspected that Deng Shangwei was not serious. After thinking carefully about his brother-in-law's past "record", he chose to stand on Deng Shangwei's side.
This incident made Chen Ru secretly laugh at it for a long time, and Wen Dongrong felt ashamed.
Before Wen Dongrong "took charge", Shu Guobing used to pretend to be ambitious, but after that he simply gave up and stayed at home instead of going to work. He got drunk every day and complained about everything when he was drunk, as if all the failures in his life were due to being fired by Deng Shangwei... In his previous life, Chen Li and Deng Shangwei divorced, and Deng Shangwei's aquatic products company was sold. Shu Guobing was the happiest person. He spoke ill of Deng Shangwei everywhere and belittled Deng Shangwei as worthless.
Wen Ying hated Deng Shangwei for being unfaithful to the family in her previous life, but she also didn't like her uncle Shu Guobing taking advantage of Deng Shangwei's misfortune, because compared with Deng Shangwei, Shu Guobing was a real example of what it meant when ugly people are prone to mischief, and he didn't behave like an elder at all in the way he spoke and acted.
Today, all the relatives gathered together to celebrate for Wen Kai. Shu Guobing did not come, but Aunt Wen Ying came with her cousin Shu Lu.
Ever since Shu Guobing lost his job last year, Aunt Wen has often cried poor in front of Chen Ru and Wen Dongrong. Wen Dongrong had to subsidize the Wen family when they moved to the city to settle down. After so many years, Uncle Wen and Uncle Wen's family have long been self-reliant, but Aunt Wen still has to rely on Wen Dongrong for support.
The excuses were always the same: the daughter had to pay the registration fee, the daughter had to pay for supplementary lessons, the daughter had no living expenses, Aunt Wen got married early, and cousin Shulu was only one year younger than Wen Ying. Although Shulu's surname was not Wen, she looked like a child of the Wen family. In the past three or four years, her uncle had spent all the family's wealth, and Shulu had to rely on Wen Ying's family for support.
Chen Ru was very dissatisfied with this. Wen Dongrong asked what to do. Should he just watch his niece drop out of school?
That definitely won’t work.
If parents are unreliable, children should study even more. After all, they cannot rely on their parents' help. Without academic qualifications, it will be very difficult for them to survive in the society in the future.
Although her aunt likes to cry and take advantage of the poor, Wen Ying has no prejudice against her cousin Shulu. The money of her parents is earned by her parents, and it is not Wen Ying's business to decide who to spend it on.
But Shu Lu has a lot of opinions about Wen Ying.
Whatever Wenying has, Shulu must have.
What Wen Ying doesn’t have, Shu Lu must have.
At school, Shu Lu directly asked Wen Ying about her family background, saying that her father worked in a government agency and her mother worked in a bank.
In her previous life, Wen Ying was unwilling to follow her parents' arrangements and insisted on going to a big city to make a living. In a fit of anger, Wen Dongrong gave the path he had arranged for Wen Ying to his niece Shulu. He spent money and effort to send Shulu to training classes, arranged for Shulu to take the civil service exam, and finally introduced a leader's son to Shulu as her husband... It is said that that was the son-in-law chosen by Wen Dongrong himself, but Wen Ying did not appreciate it, so Wen Dongrong gave it all to his niece.
Does Wen Ying hold a grudge?
Don't hold grudges.
To some extent, she even felt that Shulu was taking the blame for her. Wen Ying didn't like her parents' dominance, but Shulu adapted to it very well. They got what they wanted, and they both lived the life they wanted.
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