When Pan Ning mentioned the salary, Li Li gloated and said, "Hey, I'm really happy when you talk about salary. Before I started working, my family's life was just like that, similar to the people around us.
After I started working, I had to hand in most of my monthly paychecks, leaving me with barely enough to eat in the cafeteria. The occasional defective items and benefits I received were also taken by my mother.
Thanks to my things, my family could eat meat every now and then, and my eldest nephew had candy and cookies all the time, and he even had malted milk. But I didn't enjoy anything.
When I get married and lose my salary, I wonder what these people who are used to enjoying themselves will do. It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Will my eldest nephew cry? Oh, just thinking about it makes me happy and I can eat two more bowls of rice.
After saying that, he laughed and took a big mouthful of rice. It was obvious that he was really happy.
That's right. Apart from her and her second brother, there is no good person in the Li family. Seeing them living a hard life really makes her happy.
"You." Jian Shu nodded at her helplessly, but didn't say much.
You reap what you sow. Don’t advise others to do good without first experiencing their suffering.
Without having experienced everything Li Li has experienced since she was a child, you have no right to judge her attitude towards the Li family.
Seeing that Li Li was eating a little too quickly, Jianshu was worried that she would choke, so he quickly handed her the soup he had made and asked her to take a sip.
She eats very quickly. This is a habit she has developed since she was a child. If she doesn't eat quickly, the food in the bowl may not be able to enter her stomach.
Later, after she started working, this habit was gradually corrected, but when she recalled the past and her emotions fluctuated greatly, she seemed to have a stress response and became Li Li again who was very anxious to eat.
These are all proof of her past experiences, and are the deep marks left by those years that cannot be erased.
Just like she had long been accustomed to ordering the cheapest meals, even though she was rich now, she couldn't change her years of habits in a short time.
Happy people use their childhood to heal their whole life, while unfortunate people use their whole life to heal their childhood.
"The betrothal gift has been agreed upon, but what about the dowry? What does your family plan to contribute?" Jian Shu asked after Li Li stopped.
Dowry and betrothal gift correspond to each other. Chinese people pay attention to reciprocity, and both are very important.
The bride price represents the man's degree of importance to the woman, and the dowry also greatly affects the attitude of the woman's in-laws after she gets married.
Especially since the Qi family gave a high betrothal gift, if Li Li's dowry was too little, it would easily arouse the in-laws' concerns.
Besides, Qi Jianan has an older brother who just got married two years ago, and it is too easy for sisters-in-law to compare with each other.
"My mother said that I don't have any dowry, so I don't want anything." Li Li ate her meal as if nothing had happened and said casually.
"You accepted the betrothal gift, but didn't give any dowry? Not even a washbasin, a thermos, a quilt, or anything?" Jian Shu and Pan Ning looked at her in shock.
No way, the Li family is so ruthless?
They originally thought that Li Li's dowry would not be much, after all, they knew the character of the Li family, but they never expected that there would be no money at all.
Now it's a new society. Who would marry off their daughter without giving her a dowry? No matter how poor the family is, they have to give something. It's all a token of appreciation.
Besides, the Li family isn't particularly poor. They accepted a high betrothal gift but gave nothing in return. Do they really care about their reputation? Aren't they afraid of neighbors gossiping about them selling their daughter?
"Yes, nothing. My parents told me that the things in the house have nothing to do with me and I don't need to worry about them." Li Li said.
If it weren't for this reason, she wouldn't have tried to get the watch back. She hadn't intended to get it back when she gave it away.
Jianshu and Pan Ning remained silent. They didn't know what to say to comfort Li Li. Anyone would be sad to be treated like this by their loved ones.
Recalling the scene when her mother said this to her, Li Li felt a little sad.
She was a child that her parents did not expect from her since she was born. If it were not for her second brother, she would have died for various reasons long ago.
She had been burdened with household chores since she was little, and was often used as a punching bag by her older brothers, who would beat and scold her at will. At that time, she still longed for her parents' love and longed for their embrace, hoping that they would see her grievances and come to comfort her.
But all she got was disappointment. Even if she mustered up the courage to talk to them, all she got in return was their impatient backs or ruthless beatings and scolding.
At that time, her second brother was busy working to pay for their tuition and living expenses, so he couldn't take care of her at all. Whenever she was wronged, she could only hide in a corner and cry silently, not daring to cry out loud, lest her parents think she was unlucky.
When I was little, I was picking up a piece of meat at the dinner table when my father hit me hard on the hand with his chopsticks. The meat instantly fell back onto the plate. My mother also scolded me, saying that I was a loser and didn't deserve to eat meat. My hand was swollen for two days and I couldn't move it.
From then on, she never dared to look at the plate of meat when eating at home, and she would even avoid picking up vegetables if possible, for fear of attracting someone's attention.
One time, she came home late from school and found the door locked. She didn't have the key. Her second brother was away at the time, so she called out to the door but no one opened it for her. She could only curl up and sleep in the doorway. The next day, her brother kicked her out because she was in the way.
From then on, I was the first one to rush out of the classroom and run home after school every day. I didn’t dare to go out to play with my friends because I was worried that if I went out, I would never be able to return home.
No, that had never been her home, never. She would have a home of her own in the future, she would have the key to it, she would no longer be locked out, crying out to heaven and earth for help.
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