As soon as Aunt Wen Hongyan asked Wen Ying about her studies in Rongcheng, Wen Ying knew what her aunt was going to do.
Not only Wen Ying is familiar with these routines, but who in the Wen family doesn’t know them?
Sure enough, Chen Ru frowned:
"It's not difficult to go to Rongcheng to study. Wenying passed the exam on her own and didn't give us any worries. Are you asking this because you want to send Shulu to Rongcheng to study as well?"
Are you crazy!
Chen Ru usually endured subsidizing her sister-in-law. Just as Wen Dongrong said, the child is really pitiful and cannot be delayed by unreliable parents.
My sister-in-law is becoming more and more demanding now that she has someone helping to raise the child. Isn't it enough for Shulu to study in the city? She insists on sending Shulu to the provincial capital?
Wen Ying went to Rongcheng because she passed the exam.
Even if she failed the high school entrance exam, Chen Ru would still complain, but she would not hesitate to pay for the child. After all, the child was her own. If she and Wen Dongrong didn't give the money they earned to Wen Yinghua, would they use it to support someone else's child?
Besides, Chen Ru felt at ease letting Wen Ying go to study in Rongcheng because her family had relatives in Rongcheng. It was reassuring to have someone watching over a teenage girl... Could it be that her sister-in-law was planning to send the child to Rongcheng and ask her sister Chen Li to take care of her?
Not to mention that Chen Li's marriage is on the rocks and her own life is a mess. Even if Deng Shangwei's scandal had not yet come to light, Chen Ru would never send her in-laws' sister-in-law's daughter to be taken care of by her own sister on her natal side.
What's going on? It's not enough that I've been working like a slave for the Wen family for the past twenty years. I have to drag my sister along to contribute to the Wen family too. What do the Wen family members want to do? Do they want to wipe out the entire family?
Wen Hongyan pretended not to notice Chen Ru's anger and continued, "Sister-in-law, I'm just curious. Why are you reacting so strongly? Is it true that Wen Ying is the only one who can go to the school in Rongcheng, and our Shulu can't go?"
Wen Dongrong didn't say anything, and Chen Ru felt a lump of anger stuck in her throat.
Who says Shulu can't go?
As long as you can afford the exam, go for it!
As long as Wen Hongyan and Shu Guobing can pay for it themselves, Chen Ru has no objection even to sending Shu Lu to study abroad!
Shu Lu put down the bowl and spoke before Chen Ru could lose her temper: "Mom, why are you asking this? Our family is poor, so it doesn't matter where we go to school. Wen Kai studied locally and still got into a top university."
Wen Hongyan grumbled, "That must be different. Otherwise, why would your second uncle and aunt send your cousin to Rongcheng? Our family is not well off. If you don't achieve anything, you will be trampled underfoot for the rest of your life."
Who is being stepped on by whom?
These words were full of innuendo, and even Wen Ying's aunt Zhu Meiqun was unhappy about it.
Zhu Meiqun was already worried about Wen Kai having to repeat a grade, and after hearing what Wen Hongyan said, she couldn't help but think: If she had sold everything she had to send her son to Chengdu to attend high school, would her son not have to repeat a grade this year?
Wen Ying looked at Shu Lu and her daughter, then looked at her own mother.
Wen Ying wasn't stupid. Compared to her cousin and aunt, she was closer to her mother. She and her mother had internal conflicts, which separated her from these relatives. In her previous life, Wen Ying was indeed very slow-witted. She didn't know that Chen Ru had such a hard time in her husband's family. Her father was simply the "Phoenix Man" that everyone online hated. He had advantages and disadvantages.
Wen Ying didn't care about money. At a time like this, her father shouldn't remain silent and let her mother fight alone.
To put it bluntly, what Aunt Wen Hongyan did was to live off her brother and sister-in-law for free. She relied on her brother and sister-in-law for financial support, but also wanted to make her sister-in-law unhappy.
Wen Ying still felt a little unbalanced.
As her own daughter, she relied on her parents to provide her with money for food and drink, but she didn't dare to go against her parents. She had to be financially independent before she could fight for her freedom. She is still selling crayfish at the night market to make money. Isn't her aunt Wen Hongyan too happy? She can get the money and doesn't have to be obedient...tsk tsk!
Wen Ying put down her chopsticks. "Aunt, there are so many high schools in Rongcheng. As long as Lulu's grades are good enough, the doors of all schools are open. You don't have to worry about not being able to support Lulu's education. Lulu still has a year before she graduates from junior high school. If you and uncle start saving money now, it will be just enough for her in a year."
The tuition and living expenses in Chengdu are indeed more expensive than in small places.
But if both husband and wife are working and have no other burdens, it is not impossible to support a child to study in Chengdu. Wen Hongyan and Shu Guobing are such a couple who have no burden. Grandma Wen has always been supported by her three sons and has never asked Wen Hongyan to contribute.
As for the elderly of the Shu family, they still live in the countryside. Shu Guobing, Wen Hongyan and other children of the Shu family support them together. Shu Guobing only needs to provide some food and vegetable oil every year.
Unfortunately, Shu Guobing is not very ambitious. Wen Hongyan is the only one earning money in the family, so they really cannot afford Shu Lu to go to Chengdu to study.
Wen Ying was just telling the truth, but this truth really hurt Wen Hongyan. Wen Hongyan felt that Wen Ying was making indirect accusations and started to cry in front of everyone.
Wen Hongyan's crying was just thunder without rain. She said that Wen Ying looked down on the relatives on the Wen family's side and sided with her aunt and uncle. She told Wen Ying not to learn the bad habit of despising the poor and loving the rich at such a young age.
"If it weren't for that Deng guy's mischief, would your uncle be like this now? He's so miserable that he can only drink to relieve his boredom. Now even the younger generation can point fingers at him and call him a loser. Next time you get together, don't call us family!"
Uncle Wen was the host today and couldn't stand hearing this: "What nonsense are you talking about? What did Wen Ying say wrong? A man with hands and feet doesn't go out to earn money. He just drinks at home every day. Sooner or later, he will get sick from drinking too much..."
Wen Hongyan was pretending to cry, but Shu Lu lowered her head and shed tears. She was really crying because she felt her self-esteem was hurt.
When Uncle Wen saw his niece crying, he didn't want to say anything more unpleasant. The Wen family all felt sorry for Shu Lu and thought it was pitiful that she had such an unreliable pair of parents.
Shu Lu started crying, and Wen Dongrong had to speak up at this time, "Wen Ying, apologize to your aunt. It's not your turn to speak when the adults are talking."
Chen Ru didn't expect Wen Ying to speak up for her. In the past, in such situations, Wen Ying would be dazed, as if she was completely unaware of the hidden swords and shadows in a big family.
This time she actually knew to help herself... Could it be that being friends with those rich second generation people in Rongcheng made Wen Ying smarter?
Chen Ru nodded. "Yes, apologize to your aunt. Children are not very careful with their words. Aren't there some things you should say?"
Wen Ying almost burst out laughing.
"Aunt, I'm sorry. I was wrong. I was ignorant and didn't understand my uncle's frustration. He just stayed at home drinking. As for Lulu... I believe Lulu is so smart. Whether she goes to Chengdu or not won't affect her future. On the contrary, a stupid bird like me is more dependent on the external environment. It's all thanks to good schools and good teachers that I have been able to move forward. Sometimes I really envy Lulu."
Shu Lu and Wen Hongyan were both stunned by Wen Ying's words.
An apology is an apology, why does it sound so wrong?
What does it mean to stay at home and drink?
Why are you envious of Shulu? Can't you afford the tuition?
Wen Hongyan was about to speak when the door to Wen Kai's house was pushed open. Speak of the devil, and he appears. Shu Guobing, carrying a bottle of wine, his face flushed, staggered in. He muttered something about how everyone had started eating before he did, and plopped down on a stool, unable to suppress his excitement, deliberately lowering his voice:
"Have you heard that something happened to Mr. Deng?"
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