"I think I understand. Why are you asking this?"
In her previous life, Wen Ying did not understand her youngest sister, Deng Juan, well enough. Later, when she grew up, she always felt that she had let down Deng Juan's friendship.
Anyway, every time she went to Chen Li's house, Deng Juan was there. Young and unaware of the impermanence of life, Wen Ying thought Deng Juan would always be there. Later events proved Wen Ying's naivety ridiculous. With the divorce of Chen Li and Deng Shangwei, Deng Juan, the nanny, also left. Wen Ying lost a true friend.
In her previous life, every time Wen Ying thought of her youth, she would think of Deng Juan.
Deng Juan is short and fat.
Deng Juan is very hardworking.
Deng Juan came to the city from the countryside to work.
Deng Juan is a relative from Deng Shangwei's hometown.
This was all Wen Ying knew about Deng Juan in her previous life.
To live her life again and make up for her regrets, Wen Ying dragged Deng Juan to study, planned her life, turned Deng Juan from a nanny into a white-collar worker, and was willing to spend time to learn about other things about Deng Juan... Wen Ying felt that the two of them were more like friends now.
After hearing Qin Jiao's words, Wen Ying intuitively felt that Deng Juan was in trouble.
This is indeed the case.
Qin Jiao whispered, "I heard Sister Deng Juan answer the phone twice. It seemed like it was from her home. I don't know what they said, but Sister Deng Juan cried behind people's backs after she answered the phone."
Deng Juan is not willing to cause trouble to others. Qin Jiao wants to help but cannot because Deng Juan is very tight-lipped.
Qin Jiao thought that if Deng Juan didn't tell her, she might be willing to tell Wen Ying.
Wen Ying got angry when she heard this, "Maybe her family is asking her for money again, or...forcing her to get married."
When it comes to "getting married", Wen Ying narrowed her eyes.
Those who are familiar with Wen Ying should know that Lawyer Wen is not very happy now.
When Deng Juan worked as a nanny in Chen Li's family, she would send her monthly salary back to her hometown. She would only keep 100 yuan out of the 1,000 yuan salary each month. Since Chen Li's family provided food and accommodation, Deng Juan did not spend any money herself and could save even the 100 yuan left each month.
Deng Juan’s salary increased after she stopped working as a nanny and started working at Xiawang.
At this time, Wen Ying reminded Deng Juan that she could no longer send all her salary home. What could she do with only 100 yuan a month? Deng Juan worked in the company and wanted to take the adult self-study exam to improve her academic qualifications. She needed to buy clothes and socialize with colleagues, so 100 yuan was far from enough!
Deng Juan was honest at the time and asked Wen Ying how much she should send back. Wen Ying actually wanted Deng Juan not to send a penny. From the age of 15 to 20, Deng Juan worked as a nanny for five years and supported the family for five years. It was time for her to plan for herself.
But Wen Ying also knew that Deng Juan would not agree to not send a penny, because Deng Juan's family not only had an alcoholic father, but also a mother, an older sister, and a younger brother - in cities and some towns, family planning was implemented better, and only one child was born, whether a boy or a girl. The village where the Deng family lived was poor and remote. In order to have a son, Deng Juan's parents gave birth to two daughters in a row, and finally a son on the third one.
The eldest sister is three years older than Deng Juan, and the younger brother is three years younger than Deng Juan.
Deng Juan and her sister dropped out of school one after another, but the younger brother was determined to continue studying.
Deng Juan could ignore her alcoholic father, but she couldn't bear to ignore her mother and younger brother.
In 1999, when Deng Juan was fifteen years old, her father wanted to marry her to an old man for a betrothal gift of 30,000 yuan, so that he could use the money to build a house.
That year, Deng Juan's eldest sister was only 18 years old. She had been married off by Deng Juan's father the year before, and the betrothal gift was 20,000 yuan.
In 1999, fifty or sixty thousand was enough to build a very nice house in the countryside.
In rural areas, a son can only marry after a house is built. At that time, Deng Juan's younger brother was only 12 years old, and Deng Juan's parents were already making plans for the younger son. The alcoholic father only cared about the son who would carry on the family line. He didn't care what kind of man his daughter married or whether she would live happily in the future. He would marry his daughter to whoever offered the highest bride price.
Sichuan Province has never been a region with high bride prices. In 1999, if a woman in a rural area could offer 30,000 yuan as a bride price, the man must have had major defects.
The drunkard father chose an old man for Deng Juan, who was older than the drunkard father. No matter how stupid Deng Juan was, she would not agree.
People in rural areas do get married early, and some people have not yet reached the legal age for marriage. They usually hold a wedding banquet two years later and then get a marriage certificate.
But fifteen is too early!
Deng Juan's elder sister finally waited until she was seventeen to get married. Marrying off a fifteen-year-old daughter for the sake of a dowry was a form of scorn in the village. Because the villagers couldn't stand it, someone brought Deng Juan's predicament to the attention of Deng Shangwei when he returned home.
Deng Shangwei felt pity for Deng Juan, so she became the nanny of Deng Shangwei's family.
Even so, Deng Juan's father was still very dissatisfied, and kept saying that he could receive a one-time betrothal gift of 30,000 yuan for marrying his daughter, and that it would be easy to lose everything if he went to work in the city. He would not receive the money and his daughter would run away.
Deng Shangwei was so angry that he was dizzy: "How can Deng Juan's salary make up to 30,000? If she doesn't earn that much, I can make up for it for her!"
Deng Shangwei was doing business in Chengdu at that time and had not yet been supported by Qin Xianming. The scale of his business was far smaller than it is now, and he was not yet a big figure.
Even so, in Deng Shangwei's rural hometown, anyone who can hire a nanny is already a big boss.
Boss Deng’s words were quite effective, and Deng Juan’s alcoholic father accepted the matter with a grumble.
Anyway, my son is only 12 years old and he still has several years to go before getting married, so it’s okay to build the house a few years later.
In the past few years, let Deng Juan go to the city to work and earn money, and send all the money she earns back home. When she is about 20 years old, call Deng Juan back to her hometown to get married, and then you can receive another betrothal gift!
The alcoholic father has a very clever plan.
Deng Juan worked as a nanny in Chen Li's home for several years. Chen Li often brainwashed Deng Juan, telling her that she now had autonomy in marriage and that it was up to her to decide who she wanted to marry, instead of her parents just arranging a man for her to marry after receiving the betrothal money.
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