183. Life of a Miser

"Zhenzhen, why don't you agree to come out recently?"

Xu Linxi knew that Yan Zhen would go to Shenzhen with her father during the winter vacation, so she came to see Yan Zhen after the New Year.

Originally, she only played well with Yan Zhen, her deskmate, when she transferred to the school. Now Yan Zhen doesn't go out with her, and she feels bored alone.

"Is it because your father doesn't want to give you money?"

Xu Linxi looked at the little girl sitting opposite him with a look of regret. With her soft temper, she will be bullied to death by her brother in the future.

In Xu Linxi's view, all brothers are demons, and brothers are not much better. Parents only have their sons in their eyes, and girls like them are not loved by anyone.

Although Yan Zhen's brother is still young and is still a very sensible child in Yan Zhen's mouth, in Xu Linxi's view, when the child grows up, he will show his demonic talent. At that time, the girls of the Yan family will wait to work like cows and horses for him, the root of the old Yan family, for the rest of his life.

She didn't think what she was doing was wrong, she just saved a cabbage from suffering early.

"This time, my sister and I went to Shenzhen with my father. My father had a hard time."

Yan Zhen described to Xu Linxi in detail what she saw and heard when she set out from the provincial capital to Shenzhen, emphasizing her father's hard work.

"I also tried to sell couplets for half a month. I had to get up at dawn every day, endure the picky customers, keep smiling to every customer, be sweet and talk, and talk until my mouth was dry. I only made three or four yuan a day, and this was because my father gave me the money for the train ticket to Shenzhen."

This place is different from Shenzhen. The people who buy goods here are ordinary people who have demand for goods. There are no merchants who purchase goods in large quantities. There are many people selling couplets on the street before the New Year. Most of them purchase goods from small factories in the surrounding areas. The style of couplets is not as novel as Yan Zhen's, so naturally they are not as popular as hers.

In addition, the small factories that have sprung up in Shenzhen have caused the prices of these small commodities to be extremely low due to competition. They all take the road of small profits but quick turnover. In this way, Yan Zhen's profit can be higher than others.

However, as mentioned before, this is all because Yan Chu contracted the round-trip train tickets.

After this period of training, Yan Zhen really realized how difficult it is to make money.

It's not that it's wrong to want to live a good life, nor that liking skating is a bad hobby, but such a consumption level is not something she can afford now.

"But you also said that your father can always get a lot of good things every time he goes there. Semiconductors and pagers are so popular now. He has connections to get a fixed source of goods. He must have made a lot of money. Why is he so stingy with you sisters and doesn't even want to buy a few boxes of lunch."

Xu Linxi insisted that Yan Zhen was brainwashed by her father. Such a silly girl might be taught to be a big fool who is willing to sacrifice for the family and selflessly dedicate herself in the future.

"That's because there are many places to spend money at home. Besides, we bought a house, and we still owe so much debt, so my dad naturally doesn't want to spend money." Yan Zhen defended her father.

"House, house, no matter how good the house is, it will belong to your brother in the future."

Xu Linxi looked at Yan Zhen's room. Now the children all slept in separate rooms. Except for the Feicui sisters who strongly requested to sleep in the same room because they were twins, the other children, including Yan Yuanbao, who was only six years old, already had their own independent houses.

Although this little man was a little timid, he would always run to his grandmother or father's bed with his little pillow when there was a rainstorm and thunder, and he called it to protect his grandmother and father.

In fact, just from the layout of the house, it can be seen that the girls are very loved by their families. Yan Zhen made a lot of dolls with those scraps of materials, and also made a very artistic assembly curtain. The room is not big, but it is tidy and very girlish.

But Xu Linxi is a demon. Because of his own experience, he doesn't believe that there is a family that doesn't like boys.

"Even if it was given to my brother, so what? I didn't earn the money to buy a house anyway. Besides, I can earn money in the future and buy a house for myself."

Xu Linxi said bad things about her father again and again, and Yan Zhen was angry. It was the first time that the good friends had a dispute, and then they parted unhappily.

"Stupid, stupid, big stupid."

Xu Linxi rushed out of Yan's house, and when she got out of the door, she stomped her feet angrily, then wiped her eyes and turned away.

In fact, when she was a child, she was also loved by her parents, but that memory was too short, and she was young at that time, and she didn't remember the happiness she had.

When she was a little older, the contradictions between her parents gradually began to appear, because her mother never got pregnant after giving birth to her, and her grandparents and father all wanted a boy, and quarrels began to occur frequently in the family.

Later, her mother couldn't stand the scolding from her father and chose to divorce. No one asked her opinion. Before she accepted the breakdown of the family, one remarried and the other remarried.

Her stepmother got pregnant the second year after she got married and gave her a younger brother.

Her mother got pregnant quickly after remarrying and gave birth to a younger brother for her.

In the end, both of them got what they wanted, but she, the fruit of their previous love, became an eyesore.

The stepmother doesn't like her because she thinks she has a bad temper and spends her son's money. The mother prefers the hard-won son and doesn't care what kind of life she leads.

So from a very young age, Xu Linxi had a concept, that is, everyone likes sons, and as a girl, she is destined to be unlovable.

Gradually, she understood that those people didn't like her not because she was ignorant and disobedient, not because she was poor at studying and not good-looking, but because she was a girl, so they didn't like her.

Xu Linxi looked away. They didn't like her, and she didn't have to like them. Don't compromise in order to please them. She began to learn to be bad and began to ask for money from her parents without any scruples, especially when she was having sex with her stepmother. After driving her to her grandma's house in the provincial capital, she had no feelings for her at all.

If that woman dares to deduct her living expenses, she dares to take a long-distance bus overnight to go to her father's work to cause trouble. She is not yet an adult, so it is appropriate to provide her with food and drink.

She didn't feel that the man and the woman needed to be moved if they gave her living expenses. The living expenses she had to ask for were not given by them sincerely, so there was nothing to be touched about.

When they get old in the future, they will have to rely on their precious son. Unless they can be as shameless as her and ask for money in a lowly manner, maybe she will be in a good mood and give them some mercifully.

In Xu Linxi's opinion, Yan Zhen's situation is similar to hers. People who don't like sons can give birth to five daughters in a row and then continue to have children, even losing their wives' lives because of giving birth to children.

She felt that the old lady of the Yan family and Father Yan were just hiding better. When their daughters interfered with their son in the future, it would be these kind-faced elders who would be the first to give up on them.

"Sooner or later I will let Zhenzhen see your true face, and I won't let her be fooled like me."

Yan Chu was about to enter the house when he was suddenly stopped by a strange little girl. After looking at her carefully, he recognized that she was a friend of his second daughter-in-law, whom he had met several times at home before.

He subconsciously covered his pockets. Could it be that the fact that he was rich was exposed?

The character is about to collapse!

"You all like sons and sons. If you can, you will kill all the women in the world to see who will give you a son."

Xu Linxi is a girl who is fighting against her parents. How can she be afraid of other people's fathers?

When he was about to leave, he saw Yan Zhen's father coming back from outside. Xu Linxi stopped him without hesitation and protested and shouted for his good friend.

"Are you Erzhen's friend? I remember you, Xixi."

Xixi is Xu Linxi's nickname. Her parents used to call her that when she was a child, but not anymore. As a disobedient and unfilial daughter, even calling her by a given name seems unlucky.

"snort."

Xu Linxi didn't want to admit it, but the handsome middle-aged man opposite her said softly, which made her feel a little dazed for a moment.

"Wow - Dad, I'll give you money, please, if Yuan Bao doesn't wear pink clothes, please."

Yan Yuanbao heard his father's voice and came out with his little fat legs. He looked at the bag in his father's hand and saw a corner of pink fabric protruding from it, and he suddenly felt like the world was shattering.

The original scene of the confrontation became ridiculous because of Yan Yuanbao's episode. Yan Chu waved to the arrogant little girl. Xu Linxi wanted to ignore him arrogantly, but in the end she was honest and followed Yan Chu in again. The Yan family.

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"So that's why you think we'll treat Erzhen badly?"

In the hall, Yan Chu didn't know what to say after hearing Xu Linxi's suspicion and watching her voice getting softer and softer under his sight.

"Then do you think you can achieve your wish now?"

Yan Chu felt that he might have come to this world to be an education expert, not only to teach his own children, but also to teach other people's children. If the Education Bureau did not give him a position, it would be a failure for his efforts.

"You giving up on yourself now will only make your parents think that they are right in not liking you. They will only think that you are indeed not as good as your brother. That's it. Do you still want to make your parents regret it in the future?"

Yan Chu shocked the little girl's pride.

"If I were you, I would study hard, stand out in the future, and then stand in front of them with a higher attitude, let them see that you are thousands of times better than the son they like, and then proudly say that it was you who If you don’t want me, now you don’t want them.”

Yan Chu's words completely opened up Xu Linxi's inner defenses. Her lips moved and it took a long time before she spoke.

"Don't you think such a child is very unfilial?"

The mainstream idea now is that parents are all good. No matter how your parents treat you, as long as they don't let you starve to death, you must be filial to them. Even if they beat you and scold you, you must be considerate of them because they brought you here. This world has given you this flesh and blood, so you naturally owe them.

Her grandparents were very kind to her, but they were always worried about her temperament and advised her to understand her parents more, but the man in front of her, whom she despised, said something refreshing to her.

Thinking about it carefully, her self-destruction now seems to be of no use except to make her two stepmothers and stepfathers who are not used to her happy.

"Parents can choose whether to let their children come into this world, but children have no choice."

Parents’ love and children’s filial piety are relative in Yan Chu’s view. The little girl in front of him has never received the care and consideration of her parents. She even asked for living expenses without caring about anything. Bystanders have never felt the pain she has felt, so they are naturally not qualified to forgive her.

The money spent over the years will be returned when they are old, and neither of them owes anything.

Of course, the right to choose is still in Xu Linxi’s own hands. All Yan Chu can do is to let this silly girl not joke about her future.

People who don’t care about you will not feel sorry even if you fall into the mud, and will dislike you for being dirty if they rub against the mud on you. Her childish desire to attract attention and secretly want those people to regret is wrong from the beginning.

“I now believe that Zhenzhen is right. You are a good father.”

Although the conversation was short, Xu Linxi’s view of Yan Chu has changed drastically.

Yan Chu’s sitting posture is a little straighter. He certainly knows that he is a good father.

After sending away a lost lamb who had been enlightened, Yan Chu looked at his little son who was standing by with his hands clenched into fists and covering his mouth with his hands. His face was red with sulking.

There were no outsiders around, and looking at the pink corner sticking out of the bag, Yan Yuanbao grinned and wanted to cry again.