What’s the first thing to do during the National Day holiday?
Ding Wei enjoyed the quietness of the dormitory, and after calculating that a month had passed, it was time to pay for living expenses.
She took the phone card that not many people used anymore and slowly dialed digits one by one until Bai Xiujuan answered the phone at the other end.
"Hello?"
She smiled slightly: "Mom."
"Oh, Weiwei, why are you willing to call back? I thought you forgot about this home when you went out!"
Ding Wei thought to herself: I want to forget it! I'm afraid that after forgetting, one day a younger brother will suddenly appear waiting for me to raise him.
She heard a noisy voice on the other end of the phone, as if someone was talking: "Xiujuan, Weiwei's phone number? Quick, quick, quick, press the speakerphone, I'll say a few words to this girl -"
She waited patiently, vaguely remembering whose voice it was.
"Weiwei."
"Auntie."
"You kid, you're so worried about going to school that you won't come back during the holidays, and you don't even know how to call your parents..."
Ding Wei sighed directly: "Auntie, I also want to fight, and I also want to go back, but my living expenses are not enough, only 600 yuan. You said that in the imperial capital, this little money is not enough!"
She counted her fingers for her aunt: "I have to pay class fees, I have to pay club fees, I have to pay for drinking water and bathing, I have to buy mosquito nets and mats... I also need money to make phone calls. I don't have any money. I didn't even have breakfast this morning.
Gotta eat…”
Well, I didn't have breakfast, but I drank milk, ate an apple and two slices of bread.
Tsk tsk tsk, life is different after you have money!
Sure enough, the aunt on the other end of the phone immediately started yelling:
"Oh Xiujuan, what did you do? It's not like the family doesn't have enough food to eat. We Weiwei went to Mingda University, and we are the first in the Ding family! You told her to live a busy life, how can she meet people when she goes out!"
"600 yuan a month? Haitao, who goes to high school and doesn't live on campus, has to pay 800 yuan a month!"
Bai Xiujuan listens to Ding Haiyang the most, and Ding Haiyang is very face-saving.
Sure enough, Bai Xiujuan's explanation came from the other end of the phone: "Her aunt, I also think about girls. When I have more money, I don't worry about studying. I just think about dressing up..."
"What are you talking about?"
The eldest aunt is the eldest sister. She is very authoritative at home, at least in Ding Wei's family. At this moment, she said unceremoniously: "What are you talking about? The children in our old Ding family are all very well-behaved and dedicated to studying. What do you think?"
Like the ones from your natal family..."
Ding Wei held the microphone casually, leaning against the wall relaxedly, and suddenly couldn't help laughing.
——Look, the food chain family is so simple.
She suffered a disadvantage in her previous life because she cared too much for her parents and gave them face.
However, if the aunt's cousin's monthly living expenses are 800, why does she always say that she spends a lot of money? Bai Xiujuan told her how much her living expenses are?
The aunt is indeed Weiwei's caring person. Her loud voice was heard on the phone for a moment, and then a voice came: "Weiwei, did you just say how much your mother gives you a month?"
Ding Wei said innocently and sweetly: "The first month is 600 yuan, and then it is 500 yuan per month."
She exuded a strong smell of green tea: "Auntie, don't talk about my mother. I know that our family's conditions are poor, and my father doesn't earn much. He only needs to eat a few meals for 600 yuan, which is enough to live on. That's it.
I don’t have money to buy a phone card, so I don’t dare to make more calls…”
At this moment, she couldn't be more considerate: "But don't worry, aunt, if the living expenses are less next month, I won't buy a phone card. Everyone who goes to school in the imperial capital is rich, and my classmates all have mobile phones and computers. Sometimes I can't even eat porridge."
They even invited me to dinner when I was hungry. I borrowed their mobile phones to make calls..."
Sure enough, stimulated by the high content of tea polyphenols in green tea, the aunt became excited and energetic: "Bai Xiujuan, tell the truth, did you steal our Ocean's money to support your parents' family... The top students of Lao Ding's family go to school
She can’t afford to eat, and her classmates know she is poor, so you are going to shame our family into Tiananmen Square!”
"Where is the money we gave Weiwei to go to school? You let the child go hungry without giving it, where did you do the money-"
Bai Xiujuan's fighting ability is not worth mentioning in front of an aunt who can stand up to five geese.
Ding Wei took the microphone and looked out the window of the corridor. Under the hot sun, a fair and fat boy was walking slowly without fear, holding a lunch box.
Oh, it's that Xiu'er.
Xiu'er walked into the tree-lined avenue next to the girls' dormitory.
He seemed to be aware of it. He raised his head and saw Ding Wei, who was smiling.
Subconsciously, his ears also turned red.
——What a poetic scene!
The beautiful girl was lying by the window, holding her chin in one hand and holding the receiver in the other, with a familiar smile on her lips——
Xie Yan looked at it and suddenly became a little silent.
For some reason, the smile on the corner of the girl's mouth felt a little familiar, as if he was caring for Zhou Wenkang, a poor young man who lost the national award again two days ago.
This Weiwei definitely didn't do anything good.
Xie Yan lowered his head, looked at the lunch box in his hand, pursed his lips, and left.
…
Ding Wei stared at Xiu'er's back, but her voice was full of surprise: "Really, aunt? Does my mother really want to buy me a mobile phone and computer? I...I don't want these, my family's conditions are poor..."
Listening to Ding Wei's trembling voice that was so moved that she was about to cry, the aunt felt refreshed and contented -
This Bai Xiujuan, after so many years of marriage, has not turned to their family, huh! Fortunately, Haiyang has turned to her, the eldest sister.
Lao Ding's family is so united and respectful to their elders. Hey, it's so proud.
The aunt quickly said: "Don't say that to Weiwei, your mother is lying to you! She must want to save money to support your uncle and aunt... Besides, your second aunt and I gave you 6,000 yuan when you went to college.
"We are not trying to compare. Students should have enough food and clothing, buy a cheap mobile phone and computer, and don't let others look down on them. Don't you think so?"
Ding Wei held her stomach, laughing so hard that tears were about to come out. At this moment, she struggled to hold back, sniffed twice, and said in a crying voice: "Auntie, you are so kind..."
The aunt is getting more and more swollen. At this moment, she is the patron saint of the top students in the Lao Ding family!
She promised: "Weiwei, I told your mother that I will send you money later. If you haven't received the money by night, you can call your aunt and she will help you!"
Ding Wei was moved to tears: "Auntie..."
She decided to forget her aunt's condescension and harsh words when she criticized her for not getting married, and repay her aunt——
The kind that is sincere.
"Auntie, Haitao is about to enter his third year of high school. How are his grades?"
Oh, when the aunt thought about business, she just wanted to ask Weiwei if she would come back during the summer vacation? Come back to make up lessons for her son!
Before she could say anything, she heard Ding Wei say: "Auntie, don't worry, I'm in the imperial capital now. There are test papers and exercises from all over the world. I bought them all for brother Haitao!"
"And auntie, you also know that my grades are a bit reluctant to get into the University of Ming Dynasty, but many of my classmates are the top scorers in the college entrance examination. They go out to work as tutors for two to three hundred an hour, and the parents are begging her! I will beg her too.
, it’s too far away for her to teach, so I bought her study materials and teaching lesson plans, and kept them for Brother Haitao to arrange clearly!"
