Su Li felt that the process of her and Wang Yijing returning home was like a dream.
At first, I didn’t feel much, even though Wang Yijing was walking towards the west.
The urban changes in Biandong are, in a sense, a microcosm of the changing times.
In the beginning, the east and south were the most prosperous because the big factories and state-owned enterprises were all there.
By the 1980s, these factories had gradually gone out of business, and the residential areas in these two directions also became increasingly deserted.
As the city integrated, the western side adjacent to the provincial capital began to rise.
So although it is not necessarily the case, in everyone's concept, people who live in the west are rich.
Although Wang Yijing never showed it on purpose, everyone could see the cup she used to drink water and the bag she used to carry things.
They actually didn't know what brand it was, but they knew that the quality looked different.
But as Wang Yajing arrived at a residential area, Su Li began to wonder, isn’t this a villa area?
In fact, it was not a proper villa. At that time, there were no villas with swimming pools and gardens like those shown on TV in Biandong, or there would be none for many years to come.
But every house here does have a yard, and the houses are at least two and a half stories high.
The same is true for Wang Yijing's family.
When she arrived at her home, Wang Yijing did not use her key to open the door, but directly pressed the doorbell. Soon, her mother came out.
"Mom, this is my classmate, Su Li." Wang Yijing introduced.
"Okay, okay, welcome, welcome. I made shrimp wontons. Xiaoli, can you eat them?"
As her mother spoke, she went to take Su Li's schoolbag. Su Li was carrying her schoolbag and shaking her head.
As they were talking, they had already entered the yard.
The yard of Wang Yajing's house is not very big, but there is a flower bed on the east side with bamboo planted. The bamboo is lush and green, and it contrasts with the red marble floor.
Before she entered the house, Su Li felt a little dizzy, and when she entered the house, she felt even more dizzy.
She had never thought that the living room could be so big!
Su Li felt that this living room alone was bigger than their entire home!
The living room was furnished with a complete set of Chinese-style furniture, including a full set of sofas, coffee tables, and a TV that was twice as big as the one in their home. However, these only took up half of the living room. The other half was occupied by a billiard table!
And after that, there are special restaurants.
The restaurant is not very big, but the table is big enough to seat four people.
Wang Yijing's mother asked them to sit down and said the wontons would be ready soon.
"Mom, I told you I won't eat at night. I've already eaten at school. I'll just have some milk when I come back."
"How can that be possible? You've trained so hard. Chaos doesn't have much, and it's still just shrimp."
Wang Yajing didn't say anything else, just asked her whether she wanted yogurt or milk, at room temperature or at low temperature.
She shook her head and said no, and Wang Yijing said you're welcome, and then gave her a box of room-temperature milk with a name she had never seen before.
Wang Yijing also drank this. While drinking, she told her that drinking milk at night would help her sleep. After all, they were still Chinese, and their stomachs were probably not used to the cold. "Or are you used to it?"
Su Li felt that she had adapted to it. She used to drink cold water often, but this time she just shook her head.
Wang Yijing’s mother quickly brought out the wontons.
The wontons in the small blue porcelain bowl are not big, but you can see the red inside from the outside, which should be shrimp.
It is true.
The shrimps were so big that you could bite them in one bite. There was no shrimp skin, just shrimp meat. Su Li felt that she had never eaten such shrimps before. Her family also cooked shrimps, although not many times. But her mother asked them to eat the shrimp skin as well, saying that it was for calcium supplement. She didn't like to eat it because she really thought it didn't taste good, but her parents and her brother ate it, so she had no choice but to eat it too.
Wang Yijing's room is on the second floor.
The living room on the first floor of Wang Yajing's house is as big as a small living room on the second floor, and there are four other rooms.
"The one on the far west belongs to my brother, the one in the middle belongs to my parents, and the one on this side is mine." Wang Yijing said to her while pointing.
"What about this?" She was completely stunned and asked casually.
"No one uses this, so I just use it to store some miscellaneous things." Wang Yijing said as he opened the room.
That’s not some messy stuff, it’s a room full of clothes and dolls!
Her expression was so shocked that Wang Yijing felt a little embarrassed: "Now, I don't play with dolls that often."
She just let out a cry, and then she saw Wang Yajing's room.
A perfect princess room.
The bed frame is pink, the curtains are pink, the table is creamy white, and even the walls are pink and pale blue. The night light is a dim yellow.
Su Li was dizzy at first, but now, she is envious... or jealous.
So, she couldn't hold back any longer and said that sentence. After she said it, she regretted it. But she didn't expect Wang Yajing to say that it was a good thing for her to say so.
How can she be okay like this?
What's good about it!
Their house has only three rooms in total and they don’t have their own bathroom.
Not to mention two houses, she doesn't even have one of her own. In the past, I shared a room with Su Sheng, and now I still share the same room. The only difference is that there is a curtain in the middle.
Well, if these are material conditions, then in terms of spirituality, she is far from being comparable to Wang Yijing.
Her mother never cared whether she was hungry at night. Not to mention preparing wontons for her, she wouldn't even heat up a steamed bun for her!
She gritted her teeth and didn't say anything else. She never expected Wang Yijing to say that.
"From now on, everything you have will be earned by yourself!" Wang Yijing said again, "I know this sounds a bit easy to say, but don't you think it's great to conquer the world with your bare hands?"
Su Li felt that her earlier anger suddenly disappeared, and she said like a parrot: "Did you shoot them all down yourself?"
"Um!"
"Wang Yijing, you really don't know the hunger of a hungry man."
"I……"
Wang Yijing wanted to say something, but Su Li spoke first: "But what you said is indeed a great thing! I tell you that I will have two rooms in the future... No, I want three rooms! I won't use them to store dolls, I want to use them to store shoes, all kinds of shoes, I want signed ones! I also want to collect footballs, the kind with real leather! And basketballs, did I tell you? I almost went to play basketball earlier."
Su Li became more and more excited as she spoke, and Wang Yijing yawned.
"Wang Yijing!"
"I have to get up early tomorrow."
"Who doesn't get up early?"
"I arrived earlier than all of you."
…
"It's okay, you can get up later, and my mother will cook for you."
"Let's go to bed."
"Huh?"
"Go to sleep, go to sleep."
Wang Yijing smiled gently. Su Li wanted to pinch her, but she didn't move in the end. She originally thought she would not be able to sleep, but she soon fell into a deep sleep, and when she woke up it was already the next day.
Su Li stayed at Wang Yijing's house for three days. She was actually a little embarrassed, but Zhang Sheng analyzed with her that she didn't know how her brother's matter was going. If she went back too early, her parents would probably take it out on her. Moreover, staying outside for a few more days could also show her attitude.
"My attitude?"
"Aren't you angry?"
"Give birth! I'm so angry!" Su Li shouted.
“So let them know.”
"I told you, didn't I tell you everything when they came that time?"
"Just saying it is not enough." Zhang Sheng's words were meaningful. Su Li was a little confused, but since Zhang Sheng said so, and Coach Ni did not object, then why not leave it this way for now?
"Yeah, listen to the captain." Wang Yijing nodded, "If you stay outside for two more days, your parents will only worry about you."
Su Li finally stayed there until three days later when Su Sheng found her and said, "Come back. I won't use your place."
Sully looked at him.
"Then you can still live outside every day?"
"What do you care about me?"
Su Sheng's face changed. In the past, he had quarreled with Su Li every day and didn't think anything of it. But now he felt different. He took a deep breath and said with some difficulty: "Our parents... don't want to use your quota. They... just want to save some money. They just want to save some money!"
"They can't use it anyway!"
Su Sheng's face became even uglier, but he didn't say anything else.
He is conflicted now. On the one hand, he thinks what his parents did is not a good thing - he is not quite sure exactly why it is not a good thing, because according to his parents, his place is between having it or not having it, which means he can have it or not, and this is a fact. Using Su Li's money in exchange is actually adding a bargaining chip. Without this bargaining chip, their family will have to pay.
Is their family rich?
My parents work so hard every day selling breakfast at the stall, but they can only make ends meet.
Of course every bit of money saved is a bit of money saved.
Of course, this doesn't seem good for Su Li, but it just adds a bargaining chip. Two years later, can the school really not give Su Li a place? Su Li is only in the first year of high school! Wang Yijing is only in the first year of high school! With such a result... at least they can enter the national competition, so they still have a chance. So when you think about it this way, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with this matter.
On the other hand, he felt that Su Li’s attitude was not very good - although he could understand it, he also felt that Su Li really didn’t care about her parents at all.
It's really not easy for their parents to make money.
He is so contradictory that I don't know what to say.
Su Li didn't say anything else, but went back that night. Wang Yijing was a little worried, thinking that she had not been outside long enough.
Su Li shook her head: "If they really hit me, I will run away!"
"Then you have to run faster." Fan Jiajia said.
"Do you want to compete with me?"
Fan Jiajia raised her head and didn't respond.
It’s not that she didn’t have the confidence to beat Su Li, but she felt there was no need to compete with her.
Su Li's return home this time was peaceful.
When she got home, her parents were already asleep. Her brother didn't say anything. The next morning, she got up early, but her parents were still out.
This time she got up earlier than before - in the past she would sometimes practice with Zhang Sheng and Wang Yijing, but it was just casual practice, and only in the afternoons and mornings... It was painful to get up early.
But now she decided to get up earlier than Wang Yijing... at least not later than her.
Wang Yijing is a proper princess and she works so hard. If she wants to make a name for herself, she can't be worse than her!
It was already late October and the weather was already cold. Su Li pinched her neck unconsciously when she went out. When she ran to the street corner, she saw her parents' stall. She took a look and ran over.
She didn't know if her parents saw her, but they didn't call her.
She felt a little relieved, but also a little sad.
She shook her head and decided not to think about it.
"Su Li!" she said to herself, "You are a woman who will make a name for yourself!"
Time always passes quickly.
When the chrysanthemums all over the city were in full bloom, Biandong also welcomed its own quarterfinals.
This time when Bian Dong came out, it was different from the last time. Needless to say, the school leaders followed him, and there was also a local reporter.
Coach Ni was not welcome to these things, but she had no choice but to teach her students how to play the game.
"Don't worry, Old Ni!" Su Li said, "We are going to dominate!"
She spoke very seriously, and all the team members nodded vigorously. When Coach Ni saw this, he couldn't help but smile.
"Okay! Then let's really give it a try!"
It was the first time she had such an attitude. The players' eyes lit up and they were about to cheer, but Su Li said, "What do you mean by try? I just want it!"
There was a moment of silence, and Su Li said again: "That's it!"
"Yes, that's right!" said Wang Yijing.
"Old Ni, you say you don't have the confidence to give it a try?" Fan Jiajia also shouted.
…
The players howled one by one, and Coach Ni looked at them with a smile on her face. Then, one by one, they lowered their voices. Although they stopped making any noise, they still looked stubborn. Seeing this, Coach Ni couldn't help but laugh out loud. Her smile reassured her players: "Ah, Old Ni, you are so mean!"
"Our next opponent is Imperial Capital No. 4 Middle School." Coach Ni said slowly, "They were the third place winner last time."
The team members didn't say anything, but they all had determination on their faces and their backs were straight.
The author has something to say:
Finally got here. I said this a long time ago - who would want to be strong if they could be weak? If you can win without doing anything, who wouldn’t want to win without doing anything? But now I think about it, actually, there is nothing wrong with not winning easily. This may sound a bit like chicken soup for the soul, but it is my true thought. My original family is probably more like Zhang Sheng and Su Li. I have always believed that girls with good original families are naturally calm, and I am very envious of them - it is still like this until now. But, I am not. There's nothing we can do about it. I bought an apartment in 2016. It is considered a relatively good one here, a fully-decorated house. Everyone knows the problems of fully-decorated houses. Although the materials are good, the workmanship is rough. Fortunately, the developer repaired it, and we were not in a hurry to move in. We went to see it after a while and asked them to repair it. It was repaired for two years, and the warranty period was over... Well, the house was delivered in 2019, so it was completed in 2021. After that, we would take care of it a little when we had time, such as arranging the appliances that needed to be drilled, hanging up curtains and so on. Then we hired a cleaning service that day. After the cleaning, my husband said to me, "Lao Zhang, look, this is all the world you have conquered." I didn't say anything at the time, but I felt a sour feeling. It is obviously not true to say that I bought this house entirely by myself. It is my marital property and my husband also contributed. But it is true that I could have bought it entirely by myself. Along the way, I met many noble people, but I did not rely on my family. A girl once said that she also struggled on her own and envied those who were born into a wealthy family. Yes, that is indeed worthy of envy, but this feeling is completely earned by myself, and it is also very sweet, o(*￣︶￣*)o Thank you everyone~ Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution during 2022-04-22 17:33:06~2022-04-24 19:22:05~
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