That night, Lao Wen slept on the floor on the balcony of the living room.
It's too stuffy if the window is not opened, and too cold if the window is opened.
Also, because Lao Wen kept tossing and turning when he lay down, there was not much heat retained in the mattress, and he tossed and turned for most of the night before he fell asleep.
As for why you don’t turn on the air conditioner or sleep on the sofa?
People in Chengdu usually endure the cold in winter and avoid turning on the air conditioner if possible. Why waste electricity on the air conditioner when the body can withstand the cold!
Wen Dongrong couldn't sleep on the sofa now. Although he could sleep there secretly, if Chen Ru came out in the middle of the night and saw him, he would have no sympathy at all.
With this little trick in mind, Wen Dongrong fell asleep in the late night.
Driven by the dignity of the head of the family, Lao Wen hoped to leave the balcony after his wife woke up and before his daughter left the room... He only wanted Chen Ru to see him sleeping on the balcony and didn't want to be laughed at by the black-hearted Mian.
But he overslept and was woken up by someone. He found Wen Ying squatting beside him and looking at him. Wen Dongrong was startled and turned over and sat up wrapped in the quilt, "What are you doing?"
Wen Ying looked at him with sympathy: "It's eight o'clock, why are you still sleeping here?"
Wen Dongrong was not afraid of losing the battle, "What do you know? Sleeping on the floor occasionally is good for your lumbar spine. Where's your mother?"
"I don't know either. At 7:30, I heard the door open. I got up and saw she was gone. Isn't today Saturday? Why would she go out so early?"
Working overtime at the company?
Wen Ying was worried that Manager Chen wanted to avoid the conversation.
This won’t work!
Wen Ying is afraid of quarrels, and even more afraid of cold wars. The atmosphere of a cold war is more depressing than quarrels!
If young people are afraid of Wen, there is no reason why old people shouldn’t be afraid of Wen.
Wrapped in a quilt, Old Wen waved his hand to send the others away: "Make way, I need to get up and wash up first."
After tidying up the bedding on the balcony and changing out of his pajamas, Lao Wen regained his respectable image.
He first called Chen Ru but the call didn't go through. Wen Dongrong wasn't sure: "Did he go to your aunt's house?"
The two Chen sisters live in the same residential complex. Chen Ru is unhappy and is likely to complain to her younger sister Chen Li. Wen Dongrong stopped making the call, straightened his clothes, and went to find his brother-in-law Deng Shangwei.
Deng Shangwei must also know that Hei Xinmian has invested in Tianjiao.
Wen Dongrong did not drag Deng Shangwei into this, which was a great gesture of brother-in-law friendship. Deng Shangwei should at least help him think of a solution!
Old Wen left. Wen Ying touched her face. According to the original plan, she was supposed to go to Xie Qian's house to study today. What should she do now?
After hesitating for a few seconds, Wen Ying decided to go study first.
Perhaps, the letter last night had touched Manager Chen, and we should give him some space to calm down.
Wen Ying went to Xie Qian's house as usual.
Li Mengjiao was unaware of the storm in Wen Ying's family, and heartlessly asked "Wen Qianwan" to fulfill his promise to treat her to three meals of fried skewers. Wen Ying was amused by this naiveté: "Please, please, please, three meals of fried skewers are nothing."
Xie Qian did not stop Li Xuezha from acting rashly.
Wen Ying still had the mood to respond to Li Xuezha's request. It seemed that the storm in the Wen family was not as severe as imagined.
Xie Qian couldn't help but become curious about the letter written by Wen Ying.
——What did Hamster write that could touch the strong Aunt Chen?
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Wen Ying went to Xie Qian's house to do homework. Wen Dongrong, dressed neatly, went to Deng Shangwei's house. Chen Ru was not there, but Deng Shangwei was about to go out. When he saw Wen Dongrong, he was happy: "Brother-in-law, I was just about to call you. It's almost time to leave now!"
Wen Dongrong slapped his head.
It turned out that today was the day the two of them had agreed to go to the countryside to visit poor students, but the "storm" at home last night made Wen Dongrong forget the appointment.
"Let's go, let's talk on the way."
Wen Dongrong urged Deng Shangwei to leave. "You don't know, that list of rich writers in the newspaper really hurt Wen Ying and me!"
Wen Dongrong said that Chen Ru already knew that Wen Yinghua had invested 10 million in Tianjiao. Deng Shangwei couldn't help but shrink his neck, "What should we do now?"
"What else can I do? Just let it sit."
The two drove all the way to the countryside.
The straight-line distance was not far, only over 100 kilometers, but the road conditions were very bad for a short section in the second half. It was almost noon before the two of them arrived at the home of the poor student they were going to visit today.
This student started school late and only entered the first grade of junior high school at the age of 14.
Her father died of illness early, and her mother is disabled and has almost no labor force. The relatives at home think that this family is a burden and are unwilling to help. If it were not for Wen Dongrong's financial support, this girl would have dropped out of school last year.
The girl has good grades and is a bit introverted. She cherishes the hard-won opportunity to study and her teachers at school praise her for her hard work.
Wen Dongrong helped pay the tuition and provided an additional 200 yuan per month for living expenses. This money covered all the girl's expenses at school.
The girl was very sensible and ate the cheapest meals at school. She once wrote a letter to Wen Dongrong, saying that she could not spend 200 yuan a month and 100 yuan was enough.
It's heartbreaking to hear this.
How to live on 100 yuan a month?
In order to improve the enrollment rate, junior high schools in rural areas usually arrange for students to live on campus and give them a leave of absence once a month. This means that this girl has to eat and live in school for 28 days a month, and her average daily living expenses are less than 4 yuan.
What can you do with 4 yuan? It wasn’t even enough for Wen Dongrong to smoke half a pack of cigarettes.
Of course, the girl's mother is also trying her best to provide her daughter with living expenses, but for a family that is almost dropping out of school, the living expenses provided by a disabled mother are negligible.
Wen Dongrong has sponsored several students, but this is the first one who wrote to tell him that 200 yuan a month is not enough to spend. He and Deng Shangwei came to visit the girl's home today.
Very poor indeed.
It was already the end of 2006. Wen Dongrong looked at the low mud brick house of the female student and for a moment he thought it was a rural area in 1996!
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