Nine flowers, wrapped in newspaper, it looks like the packaging is very thoughtful.
Logically speaking, she was the first girl in the dormitory to receive flowers first, so she should have received a lot of attention.
However……
At this moment, everyone glanced at it indifferently, and soon Ding Wei was immersed in typing. Bai Shanshan and Chen Siyu gathered together with their notebooks and muttered, continuing the topic in a low voice.
To be honest, this feeling of being ostracized and cold-violated was very uncomfortable. But Lu Li's heart was pounding——
The flowers were sent by Zhou Wenkang.
Lu Li knew that he seemed to like taking advantage, so she didn't like him. But this was her first time being given flowers. At this moment, girlish feelings and reason collided. It's no wonder that her heart was pounding and her face was tangled.
She bit her lip——
Anyway...he was happy to give the flowers anyway. Zhou Wenkang was not even as good as Ding Wei's boyfriend, so she would not date him.
It was only then that she came back to her senses and found that no one in the dormitory paid any attention to her roses, and she couldn't help but look a little embarrassed.
Turning around again, Ding Wei was typing words on the computer keyboard...
This made her immediately think of her unpaid royalties. At this moment, she immediately let go of her girlish thoughts and became entangled again.
——One hundred and ten thousand words, which is only one or two thousand in royalties, but the effort and thought involved are far more difficult than tutoring. It is precisely because of this that Lu Li values this money more and more.
But the more important things are, the less they are given. Looking at Ding Wei's obviously prosperous life now... How can this not make her worried?
She couldn't help but send another message to the editor: "My royalties..."
The editor's responsibility is still the same: "Wait patiently, don't worry, as a publishing house as big as ours, will we still owe you this manuscript fee? Recently, the main focus has been on promoting copyright, and the financial department does not have time..."
The words are different from last time, but the central idea has not changed at all.
Lu Li was sitting on the bed, thinking about the blow that life had had on her during this period - the resentment of her parents and sister-in-law, the failure of tutoring, and the arrears of royalties. She couldn't help but feel sad and shed tears one by one.
She sobbed silently for a while, but no one in the dormitory paid attention to her, which was a bit embarrassing.
As everyone knows, Bai Shanshan and Chen Siyu are also whispering——
"She always stays in the dormitory since she has less tutoring classes...it's so troublesome..."
"yes……"
If it were other students in the class, they would not be so secretive under any circumstances, but it was Lu Li.
This is such a ruthless person who even bothers his sister-in-law to give birth to a child! Compared with this, plagiarism from Rongge is such a small thing...
Chen Siyu looks down on her now and really doesn't want to have anything to do with her.
Just at this moment, Wang Xuemei from the dormitory next door knocked on the door:
"Do you want some snacks?"
She was holding a box with a pile of paper in it——
"I'm selling snacks, drinks, instant noodles, tissues, and sanitary napkins...here, here's the list. Leave one for your dormitory. If you need it, send me a QQ message or call me and I'll deliver it to you."
Come on, this is another businessman, and Chen Siyu has a friendship with her - Ding Wei is busy typing every day and has little social interaction, but Chen Siyu is a social expert, and there is no one in the class who has no friendship with her.
Oh, except Lu Li.
Just after listening to the business experience, she became excited when she saw Wang Xuemei:
"Xuemei, is your business easy to do?"
Wang Xuemei was also quite modest: "I don't know either. I'm doing it for the first time today. It's not because I don't have enough living expenses. I might as well give it a try. If it doesn't work, I can keep it for myself and use it for my own use. It's not a loss."
She thought for a while, then looked longingly at Ding Wei, who was wearing earphones to code, and said to Chen Siyu: "Siyu, please remember to tell Weiwei that it's cold now, and going to the canteen every day is quite a waste of time. I
You can help with the meal, and the errand fee is 50 cents per meal."
Bai Shanshan's eyes widened: "(⊙o⊙)Wow, you have such an idea..."
Wang Xuemei's cheeks turned red: "Hey..."
She put the box on the ground: "Come here, you can pick and see if you need anything. It just opened today. If you really like it, I will give you a discount."
Her box was quite big, but because it was filled with snacks and the like, it wasn't heavy. Ding Wei wasn't really blind to what was going on outside the window. She took off her earphones at this moment and couldn't help but move over to take a look -
"Wang Xuemei, you are so inspiring! I think it's cold now and everyone is reluctant to go out. Your business should be pretty good."
Their dormitory was the first dormitory that Wang Xuemei tried. This was because it was right next door. Seeing that everyone had calm expressions and didn't think she was doing business, Wang Xuemei's expression became much more relaxed.
And Ding Wei was also rummaging around in the box——
"I need this tissue paper, but I want three packs. Are they available? There is also a piece of handkerchief paper."
“Does this brand of sanitary napkins have night-use ones?”
"Ah, spicy strips! I want these three packs - can I buy a carton of this milk? I think I can put it on the radiator and drink it in the morning."
"I want some honeysuckle soap?"
These are indispensable in life, and Ding Wei also carefully selected them. After all, the dormitory is still some distance from the school supermarket.
Moreover, Wang Xuemei’s price is the same as that of the school’s small supermarket, and it’s delivered to your door—so why not buy it?
Wang Xuemei was already overjoyed: "Yes, yes, yes - yes - if not, I will send it in bulk after class in the afternoon!"
Ding Wei had bought so much, so Bai Shanshan and Chen Siyu naturally joined in. The three people in the dormitory were picking and choosing. Wang Xuemei's notebook was almost full, which greatly boosted her confidence.
However, the three of them were all quarreling, but Lu Li was sitting there with red eyes. Wang Xuemei didn't know about their conflict and thought they were quarreling. At this moment, she carefully smoothed things over:
"Lu Li, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Do you want to see if you need anything?"
Lu Li forced a smile: "I won't read it. After all, poor families from rural areas don't know how to make money, so they have to save money."
Wang Xuemei:……
She always felt that these words sounded a bit uncomfortable, but after all, she was so careless. At this moment, she patted her chest and said: "Look at what you said, you are polite, aren't you? Who is not from the countryside, me too! Isn't this learning to be self-reliant!"
Lu Li:......
She was also a little embarrassed, and her classmates asked, is it okay not to buy it?
But I couldn't bear to spend money... So I sat there and asked, "How much do you get for wholesale? Do we have to make money in the same class?"
Wang Xuemei's face looked a little embarrassed.
To put it bluntly, no one is born to do business, so she is just trying it.
Fortunately, she has a generous personality, so she said: "My main customers must still be my classmates. If I don't make money, why should I do this business?"
Ding Wei couldn't help laughing and quickly spoke to ease the embarrassment: "Xuemei, you are so financially minded! I was just thinking that it's cold and I don't want to go out to buy things."
Only then did Wang Xuemei smile again: "Thank you for your support, great writer. You can choose. Once you have chosen, I will give you a pack of spicy strips."
Ding Wei nodded: "Thank you then - I want this prosperous one!"
"no problem!"
The wholesale price of spicy strips is 30 cents a pack. Ding Wei bought so many things, so naturally Wang Xuemei would not be reluctant to part with them.
Seeing that she was about to be excluded from the center of the topic again, Lu Li was silent for a while and then said: "This is also good. I heard that the more inconspicuous the small business, the more money it makes. Writing novels might not be enough."
I don’t make as much as you do.”
She was telling the truth. The price of fifteen thousand words was not as profitable as Wang Xuemei's.
But...
The atmosphere became awkward again.
No matter how careless Wang Xuemei is, she doesn't want to talk to her anymore.
Lu Li bit her lip and couldn't help but come up with those old words: "I really envy you for having the courage to try like this. I don't dare. The living expenses are just that little. There are brothers, sisters-in-law and younger brothers at home... My monthly living expenses now are only
Three hundred yuan... girls from rural areas are really worthless."
What I said is three parts sarcasm, three parts self-deprecation, and four parts self-pity.
When she said this, Wang Xuemei seemed to understand something immediately. She sighed and couldn't help but comfort her:
"I also have three hundred, but if I really don't have any money, I can still ask for some. I have a younger brother, but he is very good! My parents are also very good to me... Don't think too much, sometimes the elderly at home are
Concepts cannot be changed.”
She seems to have a lot of experience:
"Although my family doesn't favor boys over girls, I know that some people's families are like this. In fact, you shouldn't think too much. Just be kind to yourself and make more plans."
"Furthermore, the thinking of the older generation is also due to the fact that they have been here for many years, coupled with the actual situation at that time - after all, my grandpa did not have enough to eat when she was a child, and she almost starved to death. At that time, there were men in the family.
, they must be able to work and earn more rations. They also like boys from generation to generation."
"Now everyone's life is gradually getting better. You see, we have also gone to a good university, and the gap between men and women is not that big. Working hard is better than anything else."
She was very consoling and had considered all aspects, but she didn't expect that Chen Siyu would want to cause trouble when Lu Li opened her mouth. At this moment, she maliciously revealed her background:
"No, my brother was a college student in the 1980s and 1990s. He didn't go to school to take care of the family. Now he is working outside to pay for his sister's tuition..."
There were only a few words, but the content was quite rich. Wang Xuemei’s eyes immediately became strange——
College students in the 1980s and 1990s were amazing!
After all, there was no nine-year compulsory education at that time. There was not even a single teacher in the village. It was really promising to be admitted to a junior college. Not only were there subsidies for schooling, but jobs were also assigned after graduation.
The house...her uncle is.
Such an outstanding brother did not go to school and was still working to support Lu Li in school...
So what did Lu Li mean by what she just said?
She couldn't help but look over.
But Lu Li's cheeks turned red instantly, and she glared at Chen Siyu fiercely: "You! How did you -" You know!
Chen Siyu looked left and right, lowered his head and picked through several packages of spicy strips, but didn't answer——
snort!
Look where you are going with your narrow-mindedness!
Lu Li was really about to cry: "You are talking nonsense! You have no idea about my family's situation!"
Ding Wei also looked over: "Siyu."
As I said before, don't do such direct things to irritate others... just in case.
Chen Siyu realized that she was so insincere at the moment: "I don't know, I don't know, I'm just talking nonsense..."
But looking at her expression, it was obvious that was not the case.
Involved in the conflict within the dormitory, Wang Xuemei was quite embarrassed when she stood. At this moment, she quickly said: "I forgot, I have to go from dormitory to dormitory to advertise. You pick it up first, and I will give it to you later."
After saying that, he quickly ran back to his dormitory.
She has a carefree personality, but carelessness doesn't mean she doesn't like gossip. When packing another box of things in the dormitory, she couldn't help but say:
"Do you know? Lu Li next door..."
…
Lu Li was going crazy.
There was never a moment when she thought about rushing forward and grabbing Chen Siyu's neck -
And Ding Wei, her sarcastic obstruction was simply because she wanted to see a joke——
Chen Siyu looked at her red eyes and trembling body, and felt a little scared. At this moment, she quickly turned around and pulled Bai Shanshan:
"Shanshan, let's discuss it again..."
Ding Wei:……
She looked at Lu Li and sighed: "Actually, what Wang Xuemei said makes sense..."
There is really no preference for boys over girls in her family - what does Lu Li think? She has such a good life, but she still feels that her family is sorry for her?
Not to mention how hard it is to work at home and take care of the family if you don't go to college - in the village, if a man is thirty years old and has not yet married a wife, is it possible that no one will comment?
Social pressure does not differentiate between men and women.
Lu Li wiped her tears: "Stop talking sarcastically - you are an only child in the city, what kind of countryside do you know?"
She looked around at the three people in the dormitory: "I know you all look down on me, but at least it's better for me to earn and spend my own money now than for those people who ask for money from their families every day - what's so great about you."
When she spoke like this, Ding Wei breathed a sigh of relief——
At least I didn't get into too many corners.
Alas, she has not lived in a group for a long time, and now she is really helpless - with her strength, she can even fight hard, but after the fight, Lu Liwan can't think about it, either hurting herself or hurting them...
None of them can afford this!
Seeing Lu Li rushing to the bathroom to wipe her tears again, Ding Wei glared at Chen Siyu:
"Just be quick with your words!"
Chen Siyu sneered——
"What the hell - you guys think, how about I go to Dongjiayuan to wholesale some clothes? I heard from the two girls studying art that the clothes there are cheap and good-looking, and they all buy them there."
Bai Shanshan also whispered at this moment: "Although it is not good for Siyu to do this, but... Weiwei, don't you feel good?"
Ding Wei reluctantly let go of the topic: "You guys have discussed it, I think it's okay, but don't invest too much at the beginning - and don't you know a lot of people?"
"Is there anyone who studies photography? Contact us and I can take pictures of your things - otherwise, even if we rent a camera, you won't be able to take good pictures."
Chen Siyu breathed a sigh of relief, and now he couldn't help but admire him——
"Weiwei, thank you for not studying economics and leaving me a way to survive."
