She happens to be in her senior year of high school.
The pressure at home is understandable.
She ate the noodles and sighed imperceptibly. She wanted to share the burden with her parents, but was unable to do anything about it. I wonder if this is a path that a person must go through to grow up. It's a bit hard, she thought.
At that time, little did she know that the real suffering in life was yet to come.
When she came home after eating rice noodles, she saw her father's shoes at the door. She stood by the door and listened quietly. Sure enough, after a while, there was another quarrel from her parents' room.
Her mother's voice was a bit sharp: "Can you take care of your family? Lanlan is about to take the college entrance examination. You don't care about anything."
Dad's voice was very tired: "You think I'm just playing outside? I'm also very tired. I have a lot of things to do at work."
"Your unit has a lot of things going on. Is my unit okay? The higher ups are going to send out a list of dismissed personnel soon, and I'm afraid I'm one of them."
Dad's voice finally calmed down: "Is the family's money enough for you and Tinglan to use until she graduates from college?"
"Shu Minghai, are we discussing money now? I want you to spend more time taking care of your family and your daughter who is taking the college entrance examination."
But dad still insisted on asking: "How much money does the family have? Is it enough for you and Tinglanhua?"
My mother's voice also became quieter, and she asked in a strange tone: "Why do you always ask this question? You have saved all your salary in the past few years, it is enough."
"Just enough flowers."
Tinglan walked quietly to his room, but on the way, he accidentally bumped into a chair in the living room and made a clang sound. His parents hurriedly came out of the room and turned on the lights in the living room.
The three members of the family had different expressions. The mother was still angry, the father looked tired, and Tinglan was a little embarrassed. But now that she was discovered, she said, "Mom and dad, don't worry about me. I can take care of myself in my senior year."
It’s yours, so you can just go about your work in peace.”
It’s not like she’s missing an arm or a leg in her senior year of high school, so there’s no need to shift the whole family’s focus to her.
Mom put away her angry look, changed the subject, and asked: "Are you hungry? Mom will make you a midnight snack."
"I'm not hungry, I ate outside."
"Okay, mom will cook it for you when you go home when you are hungry. The food outside is not clean, so you should eat less."
"knew."
After that, maybe her parents were worried about her hearing, so they rarely quarreled anymore. But the atmosphere at home was never as good as before. The most important thing was that dad often sat in the living room all night long.
Occasionally, his mother would ask him what was wrong, and he would just say that he was fine, but that he was under a lot of pressure from work.
Shu Minghai knew that his strength was exhausted. When he sent people from the capital to investigate secretly two years ago, he was still lucky and thought that he could escape. After all, all the money had not passed through his hands.
hand.
But now, the higher-ups are following the clues and have found him, and they are just waiting for strong evidence to arrest him.
Is he doing it for money? Yes, but it doesn't seem to be entirely true. No matter how rich he is, he only needs three meals a day. What's more, he doesn't dare to spend any of this money, let alone his wife and children, for fear of involving them.
It's probably a kind of vanity satisfaction, just like some people who put money in piles at home to build a castle. They don't spend a penny, but they enjoy looking at it every day.
This is true for money, and it is also true for Wen Lan and his daughter. It is the product of his most primitive and unevolved evil nature.