She thought this girl looked gentle and weak, but she didn't expect her to be sharp-tongued and not to be trifled with.
So he could only laugh awkwardly, then turned to Fang Ru and Gu Huaiqian and said:
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"Uncle Seven, Aunt Seven, we'll be relying on you for Qingqing's future. She's been smart and studious since she was little, and her grades are among the best. I'm thinking, our village hasn't produced a college student in eight or ten years. If our child does well, our family will be able to walk around the village with our heads held high!"
Fang Ru said, "You can leave Qingqing to us. If you don't have anything to do at home, you can stay a few more days. It's not easy to come to the city, so you should go out and have some fun."
If it were a reasonable person, they would have taken Fang Ru's words as mere politeness and wouldn't have actually stayed. But Wang Hongfang said quite bluntly:
"I agree! Wow, this capital city is really big. On the way here, I saw so many delicious foods and fun things to do. I'm just a country girl who's never seen the world before. I'll have to trouble Aunt Qi to show me around!"
Fang Ru smiled somewhat awkwardly.
She is now the president of the Imperial University. Not to mention she is extremely busy, she is so busy that she doesn't even see the sun or moon. How could she have time to eat, drink, and have fun with her?
Shen Jingyan chimed in, "Sister-in-law, my parents are busy with work, so please feel free to stay here. I'll go shopping with you this weekend."
Wang Hongfang said, "Okay, okay! It doesn't matter who takes care of him, we're all family!"
As soon as Gu Qing heard that they were going shopping, she forgot all about her sulking and excitedly started talking about it:
"Mom, I want to buy a dress, a trench coat, and leather shoes! I see all the city girls dressed so beautifully!"
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Wang Hongfang nodded repeatedly, saying, "Buy, buy, buy whatever you want! Look at your aunt, she knows how to dress so well, her taste is definitely top-notch!"
Upon hearing this, Fang Ru and Gu Huaiqian became even more uncomfortable.
Isn't this clearly an attempt to get Shen Jingyan to spend money on clothes for them?
To everyone's surprise, Wang Hongfang didn't treat herself like an outsider at all, and made a whole bunch of demands of Fang Ru.
"Seventh Aunt, I'm entrusting my Qingqing to you. She's an easy child to raise, so you don't need to spoil her. Just buy her a few outfits and a few pairs of shoes. Also, you don't need to cook special meals for her. As long as she can eat meat, white flour, and drink milk at every meal, that's fine!"
Hearing this, Chen Jingyan sneered inwardly.
"Easy to raise, don't spoil them, feed them meat, white flour, and milk every meal."
Keep in mind that this was in the early 1980s, when the country had just begun to develop. Even city dwellers couldn't afford to eat meat and drink milk every day.
It seems that Wang Hongfang's cost in raising her child is indeed very high.
No wonder they ate a fifteen-year-old girl into this state.
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Come to think of it, a family living in the countryside, receiving a subsidy of thirty or forty yuan a month, wouldn't their life be incredibly comfortable?
Fang Ru couldn't very well refuse in front of Wang Hongfang, so she could only nod in agreement.
Shen Jingyan finally understood that Wang Hongfang sent Gu Qing to the Gu family because she clearly wanted to take advantage of the situation.
"Sister-in-law, there's something I need to tell you in advance."
She smiled politely, "Brother Yun sends you his monthly royalties of thirty or forty yuan. It's what we should do. We won't stop giving you your family's share of the allowance, but—"
The smile on her face faded slightly, and Wang Hongfang involuntarily shrank her neck, feeling a chill wash over her.
“Although our family lives in the city, we still receive a fixed salary every month. Since Qingqing will be living with us from now on, we will naturally have to cover all her expenses for studying and living. You also mentioned before that the majority of expenses are for the child. In that case, twenty yuan should be enough for the money we send you from now on, right?”
Fang Ru and Gu Huaiqian both looked up, almost with admiration, at Shen Jingyan.
If Gu Zhiyun continues to give Wang Hongfang forty yuan every month, and the family also has to bear the extra expenses for Gu Qing, it will definitely be a huge burden.
Shen Jingyan knew that it would be inappropriate for Fang Ru, Gu Huaiqian, or Gu Zhiyun to bring up these words; it was most appropriate for her to do so.
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Wang Hongfang was displeased upon hearing this, but she couldn't find a reason to refute it.
He could only stare at Chen Jingyan and stammer a few words, but in the end, he couldn't come up with a legitimate reason for asking for money.
With a smile, Shen Jingyan said, "Since you don't say anything, that means you agree!"
She stood up cheerfully and said, "You two sit and continue chatting, I'll cook dinner!"
Gu Zhiyun also stood up, wanting to go into the kitchen with her.
He was never the kind of man who expected to be waited on hand and foot. Whenever Chen Jingyan was asked to do something, he would lend a hand.
In his eyes, his wife should dress up beautifully every day, and making his delicate wife do chores is to make her suffer.
As soon as he stood up, Gu Qing grabbed him.
"Uncle, aren't you ashamed to be in the kitchen, you're a man?"
Gu Zhiyun disliked Gu Qing's tone of voice and felt that the child's values were also very problematic.
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"It's not shameful; being lazy and gluttonous is shameful."
He only said that one sentence before following Shen Jingyan into the kitchen.
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