Listening to Zhu Shushu's inquiry, Zhao Xuanying's eyes wandered as she looked at the book in her hand.
After a pause, he continued.
"Because my family had no money at that time."
"Ah? What do you mean?"
"It was very hard for my grandma at that time. Because she met a scammer, she lost all her money earned for several months. During that time, grandma would always look sad behind her back, but she would look relaxed in front of me.
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Zhu Shushu's inquiry reminded Zhao Xuanying of the past.
At that time, she had just entered the first grade of junior high school and had just left the ranks of primary school students. Not long after the new semester began, her grandma was defrauded of a large sum of money because of an encounter with a bad person.
At that time, food seemed to be a problem at home. Fortunately, because I was working in a market at that time, I knew many people who helped the two of them.
Therefore, I don’t even have to eat.
Although Zhang Cuilan never told her granddaughter about the family's lack of money at that time, Zhao Xuanying, who was in junior high school, still learned about this situation from other vendors.
Because of this, while other students in the class prepared notebooks for various subjects, she never asked for the money because she was afraid that a few cents would put a heavy burden on her grandma.
In terms of learning, Zhao Xuanying is not naturally the type to learn quickly.
The reason why her grades have always been good is all due to her conscientious study.
A good memory is worse than a bad pen.
Even if you learn slower than others, your grades will improve sooner or later as long as you work harder than others.
Precisely because she has a good foundation in learning, she has never experienced a serious decline in her studies, except for the fact that she was not interested in studying last semester when she was hit hard by Liu Weicheng and Lin Nianwei's announcement of their relationship.
At other times, her results have always been at the top level.
"Because I have no money, I can't buy beautiful notebooks. I use all the notebooks issued by the school to write homework. They are all numbered, so I write down the notes of each subject directly in the books."
"..."
"But this situation didn't last long. In the second semester, my family had some savings. But by that time, I was already used to taking notes in books, so I just kept this habit."
As she spoke, Zhao Xuanying unfolded the book she was looking at and displayed it in front of Zhu Shushu.
Books full of English are full of various marks made with pens.
"Actually, I think this is pretty good. At least books are not as easy to lose as notebooks."
Saying such a sentence with a smile, Zhao Xuanying seems to have always treated life with a very optimistic and positive attitude.
Living in such an environment, she still maintained her original intention, and it was precisely because of this character that the two Zhu sisters especially liked to be close to her.
When her cousin brought Zhao Xuanying back to her hometown, Zhu Shushu had a good impression of her after meeting her for the first time.
I have always imagined that the other person will become my sister-in-law in the future.
However, judging from the current situation, this wish is likely to come true.
After all...the relationship between my brother and that woman shows no sign of collapse.
"I always thought our family was very poor, but after hearing what you said...it feels like our family was much richer before."
He said this sentence with emotion.
Such remarks were not made randomly by Zhu Shushu. Even in the county town, her family of three children was in a serious financial crisis. Even if the eldest son of the family, Liu Weicheng, later went out to work, the situation would be difficult to alleviate.
At that time, the Zhu sisters did not have the concept of pocket money at school, and they would only go home to find food when they were hungry.
Comparing with other classmates, she originally thought that her family was relatively poor, but after hearing Zhao Xuanying's past, she realized that at least the two sisters had never been hungry at home.
There is never any shortage of stationery that should be used for study.
Occasionally, my cousin would give them some pocket money when he came home.
It's just that the past days have become memories after all. Now my cousin's career is booming, and his father, who is taking advantage of it, has begun to earn a lot of money.
From the original poor family, it has become a well-off level.
"But it's all in the past. To be honest... I never imagined that my brother is so capable. How could an ordinary person earn so much money in such a short period of time at his age and even buy a house now?"
Let us live..."
"Your brother is quite powerful."
Smiling and agreeing, Zhao Xuanying had the same view as Zhu Shushu on this point.
There is still some time before school starts, and school will not officially start until the National Day.
The Zhu sisters were in the last semester of the third grade of junior high school after school started, and one was still in elementary school, so the start of school was later than that of Zhao Xuanying.
During this period, the Zhu sisters were reluctant to go home, perhaps because they hadn't had a good get-together for half a year, and their father and mother were always tired of being together these days.
As she gets older, Zhu Shushu understands a lot about some things, and she also knows all the normal things that happen between husband and wife.
Don't disturb or ask questions, and give the couple a comfortable environment to get along. This is what she should do as the daughter of the Zhu family.
That's why she took her sister out to make room for her parents to get along well, on the grounds that she didn't want to stay at home.
These days, my younger sister Zhu Qinqin has been staying at her cousin's house. Because there is a room available, it doesn't matter how long she stays, and she sleeps in the same room as Zhao Xuanying.
The two people, who are not much different in age, have very similar thoughts and views on some things. They chat for a while every night before entering into dreams.
In addition, the new semester is coming soon, and she, who is not sure about the teaching level in the city, can take advantage of this free time to ask Zhao Xuanying for advice.
After all, my brother has been away from home for a long time, and my cousin who has graduated from junior high school really doesn't make people confident that he can tutor others.
"I don't know if Qinqin is awake. She likes to stay up late recently, and I don't know what she does at night."
"I heard she was watching TV. Before you woke up this morning, I met your brother when I went out to throw out the garbage. She said that Qinqin secretly gets up to watch TV these days."
Thinking of the words Liu Weicheng learned for herself, Zhao Xuanying felt a little funny.
"I said I was afraid of waking up your brother, so I turned off all the sounds and just watched the picture."
"Really or not?"
"That's what your brother said, but sleeping until noon every day... the possibility is quite high."
"This damn girl!"
Zhu Shushu had no idea about this matter. She originally thought that her sister was sleeping more than before as she reached the developmental stage. Who would have thought that she stayed up late watching TV.
As the eldest daughter, there is an old saying that an eldest brother is like a father. The meaning is not much different if the gender is reversed.
Which mother wants to see her children's lives turned upside down day and night?
"I have to teach her a lesson. When she wakes up, I have to fix it..."
"Bang bang bang."
Before he could finish his shouting words, he was interrupted by a knock on the door from outside the next second.
When the two people in the house heard the noise, Zhu Shushu was about to get up and go to open the door, but was stopped by Zhao Xuanying who was getting out of bed.
After casually placing the book beside the bed, Zhao Xuanying put on her slippers and headed to the door first.
"I'll open the door and go to the bathroom on the way."
"oh."
After a response, Zhu Shushu lowered her head and looked at the books on the table again.
After a while, the sound of the security door opening reached her ears from outside the house.
By the way, there was also Zhao Xuanying’s doubtful inquiry.