Jiang Wencheng was the first one who couldn't help himself. He was six years older than Jiang Yilu and had always treated this roommate as his younger brother. Especially since he had been in a well-protected family since childhood, and now a younger brother who needed his care and concern (he thought so) finally appeared. Now, seeing Xiaobao being bullied, he immediately burst like a punctured balloon.
"Fu Yunsheng, what on earth are you trying to do? Jiang is just a fourteen-year-old kid. Do you think it's fun to target a kid younger than you?"
He stood up and reached out to push Fu Yunsheng in the chest.
Fu Yunsheng knew Jiang Wencheng's temper very well, so he fell backwards and fell to the ground.
"Student, why are you hitting someone?"
After hearing Jiang Wencheng say that Jiang Yiliu was only fourteen years old, the soft-hearted onlookers suddenly strengthened their stance.
"Student Jiang, I know you are good friends with Jiang Yilu, but this is a matter of principle. You should join me in persuading him and let him think more about his parents who are working hard in his hometown."
Fu Yunsheng stood up with the help of onlookers. He looked kind and calm, as if he didn't care at all about Jiang Wencheng's attack.
"What a waste." Jiang Wencheng couldn't help but swear. "I think you are blind and need to see a doctor. There are three living people sitting here. What makes you think that all these dishes were bought together?"
"This one's mine."
Xia Ai, who had been silent all the time, silently moved two of the dishes in front of himself.
Fu Yunsheng had noticed Xia Ai who was sitting opposite Jiang Yilu a long time ago. He also knew something about this classmate who had always been elusive in the class. In his impression, although Xia Ai, Jiang Yilu and Jiang Wensheng were in the same dormitory, they had little interaction. He often saw people from their dormitory talking to Xia Ai, but Xia Ai had no reaction.
Unexpectedly, Xia Ai would speak up to defend Jiang Yilu today.
Fu Yunsheng's expression froze for a moment. Seeing this, Jiang Wencheng proudly took his meal and said, "Yi Liu only bought a plate of spicy fish fillet and a pile of stir-fried spinach. How can these two dishes be regarded as a luxury and waste in your mouth?"
"Student Jiang, you are from Haicheng and your parents are government workers. You don't know how hard life is for farmers." Fu Yunsheng quickly calmed himself down and spoke to Jiang Wencheng in a gentle tone.
"Look at Mao Dashuang in your dormitory who also came from the countryside. Have you seen him eat rich fish and meat, dry rice and white noodles for every meal? Let's not talk about Mao Dashuang, look at the children from rural areas in our school. They are either saving money from their teeth or reducing the burden on their parents back home. I have been paying attention to classmate Jiang for a long time. He orders at least one meat and one vegetable for every meal, and sometimes he orders two meat dishes. Even children from the city are not as wasteful as him." Fu Yunsheng sighed, and looked at Jiang Wencheng as if he was looking at a child deceived by a bad guy.
He was the Youth League Secretary who was temporarily rejected by his classmates. He had read all the files of his classmates. When he went to the archives to sort out the materials, he also took the opportunity to look at the materials of classmates from other classes, just to find out which people in the grade he could not afford to offend and which people he could curry favor with.
Jiang Wencheng's parents' information was just that of ordinary government employees, which was of little help to his future. Moreover, as they were separated by several provinces, it would be difficult for his parents to do anything.
But there is no need to offend him now. He is only targeting Jiang Yilu and has nothing to do with Jiang Wencheng.
"Yes, I am from the countryside too. I only eat two steamed buns for every meal and at most buy a plate of the cheapest cabbage."
"Listen to what that classmate said. That rural kid has several older sisters. In order to support him to go to college, the other sisters had to drop out of school to support him. I see he eats so well, maybe it's all squeezed out of his sisters. Aren't rural people the most patriarchal? I have a classmate who is from the countryside. In order to find a wife for her younger brother, her parents married their daughter to the stupid son of a rich family. Maybe his sisters are the same."
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Human hearts have been like this since ancient times. Under similar conditions, if I drink thinner drinks and you drink thicker drinks, that's no problem. But if I eat steamed buns and pickles every meal and you have fish and meat, then there is a problem.
As a student who also came from the countryside, looking at the white rice and rich meals in front of Jiang Yilu, he felt unbalanced no matter how he thought about it.
Jiang Yilu had just been wondering how Fu Yunsheng knew so much about his situation, even knowing that his fourth sister was repeating a grade. However, he obviously didn't want to explain the matter clearly, and his vagueness made people think that their family favored boys over girls and forcibly deprived his fourth sister of the right to go to school.
"Student Fu pays a lot of attention to me and even knows what I eat for every meal."
Jiang Yilu stopped Jiang Wencheng who was about to attack and asked Fu Yunsheng.
Fu Yunsheng was stunned for a moment, then quickly replied calmly: "I just care about my classmates. Apart from you, I care about other classmates as well."
"Student Jiang, please don't change the subject. What we are discussing now is your extravagant and wasteful lifestyle."
He has been observing Jiang Yilu for a long time, and he also knows from his grandparents that the Jiang family is not a well-off family. They are just lucky and have hooked up with the old man Bai who has turned his life around. The reason why Jiang Yilu can eat and drink well now is probably because of the money given by Bai Fangqiu.
His family also has relatives in the countryside, and they all live a hard life. They only know how to beg for money. This is a rural area on the edge of the capital. The conditions in Jiang Yilu's hometown must be even worse.
Jiang Yiliu smiled and asked Fu Yunsheng, "Since Mr. Fu is so dissatisfied with my lifestyle, I would like to ask what Mr. Fu has for lunch today."
When asked about his lunch, Fu Yunsheng's eyes flickered, revealing a hint of joy. He had already calculated that the other party would use his food to attack him, so for lunch today, he specially chose a bowl of assorted noodles, which was cheap, only 30 cents.
But the fish, vegetable and rice that Jiang Yiliu ordered together cost fifty cents.
Looking at the half-eaten bowl of mixed noodles that Fu Yunsheng brought over, Jiang Yilu smiled, without any of the panic that Fu Yunsheng had expected.
"Student Fu's parents are both workers, I wonder what their job level is and how much they earn every month."
Jiang Yilu asked calmly, Fu Yunsheng frowned, and the students watching on the side were also a little puzzled.
"Xiaobao, why are you asking these questions?"
Jiang Wencheng tugged at Jiang Yilu's clothes. He was confused by his words. Fu Yunsheng was obviously well prepared. Didn't he see the admiration from the onlookers when he brought out the bowl of mixed noodles?
Fu Yunsheng couldn't figure out Jiang Yilu's intention, but when he thought about it carefully, he realized that his parents' salary was far higher than that of the Jiang family. Their family was so wealthy, but he was still so frugal. Isn't this the most favorable evidence to criticize Jiang Yilu for his extravagance and waste?
"It's true that my parents are both workers, and their combined monthly salary is over 150 yuan, but it's also earned by my parents through hard work and diligence. As an educated youth who has not yet started working, I shouldn't waste my parents' hard-earned money just to satisfy my own appetite."
Fu Yunsheng spoke with great righteousness, and the people around him were also inspired by his words.
"It's over one hundred and fifty dollars. That's too much money."
Fu Yunsheng's family conditions were considered middle class in this era. Many people were envious of his parents' income after hearing about it. Although they were also born into working class families, most people's parents did not earn as much as Fu Yunsheng's family. Especially some girls who already had a good impression of Fu Yunsheng looked at him with more shyness.
Jiang Yilu looked at Fu Yunsheng, who had a smug look on his face. He seemed to have not yet realized that he had dug a hole for himself.
"Student Lu, I remember that your father is the only worker in your family. What did you eat today? And student Zhang, your parents are both workers, but you have a brother who is getting married, two sisters and a brother. What did you eat today?"
There is a spirit of comparison these days, especially among those who have elders who are officials, soldiers or workers. They will reveal it intentionally or unintentionally soon after school starts.
Lu Feng and Zhang Quan, who were pointed out by Jiang Yilu, were stunned for a moment. They just heard the noise and came to join in the fun, so how come the fire burned them?
"I had braised pork and steamed egg, Zhang Quan had steamed fish and cabbage stewed with vermicelli, and each of us also had 4 taels of rice." Lu Feng looked at Jiang Yilu's mature and steady eyes that did not match his age, was stunned for a moment, and then told him about his meal today exactly as it happened.
"The braised pork is from window number five, right? I didn't get one today."
After hearing Lu Feng's answer, a bystander couldn't help licking his lips and asked, "These days, those who can go all the way from elementary school to university are those whose families have some spare money. People like Mao Dashuang are only a minority after all."
"It's soft, sticky and fragrant, and melts in your mouth. It has a unique taste."
Lu Feng gave a thumbs up and said to the person who asked the question. There was a commotion around them. Everyone thought that they must come to the cafeteria early tomorrow to grab a portion of braised pork.
"Student Jiang, why are you asking these questions? Is there any connection between this and the problem you are having now?"
Fu Yunsheng saw that the topic was gradually drifting away, so he quickly spoke up to draw everyone's attention back.
"It's related. It's very related."
Jiang Yilu smiled, and Fu Yunsheng was a little flustered by his smile.
"Student Lu and Student Zhang are so extravagant and wasteful, shouldn't they be criticized? Student Fu, please don't be partial to one and ignore the other."
"What!"
Lu Feng and Zhang Quan looked at Jiang Yilu in surprise, wondering how they could be so extravagant and wasteful.
"Student Jiang, I know you are young and cannot stand criticism, but you can't falsely accuse other students in an attempt to cover up your own mistakes." Fu Yunsheng rebuked righteously, but he became even more flustered.
Jiang Yiliu pointed at Fu Yunsheng and pretended to be innocent: "Did I wrong them? Isn't this what classmate Fu said? You can do as much as you can with your money. Your family is so well-off, but you only eat a bowl of plain noodles for every meal. Classmates Lu and Zhang's families are not as well-off as yours, but they are eating delicious food. Isn't this a waste?"
Jiang Yiliu paused and turned his gaze to the other students who were watching: "Not only them, but also all the students present whose families are not as well off as Fu's. They don't like to eat meat or fish. This is a luxury, a waste, and a lack of consideration for the elders."
Everyone was confused by Jiang Yilu's words. It seemed to be right, yet also seemed to be wrong.
Jiang Wencheng's eyes lit up: "That's right, Fu Yunsheng, don't you think you are the most frugal and virtuous? Then does that mean that those people whose families are not as good as yours eat and dress better than you, which means they are extravagant and wasteful? According to what you said, half of the students in our school are within your scope of accusation."
"That's right. What they said makes some sense. The Fu family is so well-off, but he still forces himself to be a vegetarian. We are not rabbits, and our family is not really in financial difficulty. Is it a sin to eat a bowl of meat?"
"Yeah, why can't we eat good food just because our family is rich? It doesn't make sense."
Those students whose families did not earn as much as the Fu family and who liked to eat meat on weekdays spontaneously stood on Jiang Yilu's side. They did not want to be labeled as extravagant and wasteful for no reason like him.
He was clearly in an advantageous position from the beginning, but how come Jiang Yilu convinced most of the onlookers with just a few words?
"That's different, Jiang, don't change the concept and deliberately misinterpret my words."
Fu Yunsheng's face was almost unable to hold back, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he pointed at Jiang Yilu, somewhat angry and embarrassed.
Jiang Yiliu smiled sarcastically: "No?"
"What you just said means that country folks don't deserve good food!"
"You're talking nonsense!"
Fu Yunsheng glanced around and saw the thoughtful expressions of the onlookers. He finally lost his composure and spoke angrily to Jiang Yilu.
"With your family's financial situation, how can you afford to eat such sumptuous meals every day? You should explain it to everyone."
"Explain." Jiang Yiliu snorted, "Why?"
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