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Chapter 830: 210: Domineering!_3
A month is eighty yuan, a year is 960 yuan!
In the past, they could only earn a bit more than 200 yuan a year, and now it has increased nearly fivefold!
Seeing how happy her parents were, Wu Yanyun was also very happy.
What made her happy was that she could finally go to school.
Her parents no longer had to worry about making a living in the future.
For a poor family, education is the best way out. Once she got into university, she would lead her family to a better life!
Yan Erju turned her head to look at Wu Yanyun and said with a smile, "Xiaoyun, the fortune teller in our village was right after all, you are the auspicious star reincarnated from heaven, capable of bringing good fortune to our family!"
Wu Yanyun replied, "Mom, that’s all superstition. I think we really ought to thank Yangyang. If not for her, you and Dad wouldn’t have found such a good job."
Neither Wu Jinshu nor Yan Erju could read, and Wu Jinshu had a disability, which meant that no shop would normally hire them.
Yan Erju nodded her head, "You’re right, we should thank Yangyang properly. Speaking of which, Yangyang is really capable too, owning several storefronts and even becoming a boss at such a young age. She looks only around seventeen or eighteen. By the way, Xiaoyun, how did you meet Yangyang?" 𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝙘𝙤𝒎
Wu Yanyun answered, "Yangyang and Xiaoyu are classmates and good friends, I met her through Xiaoyu."
"Oh, I see."
Just then, Grandma Wu walked in from outside, carrying two strips of pork in her hand, "Erju, take this meat and stir-fry it for the kids to ease their cravings."
Yan Erju exclaimed in surprise, "Mom, where did you get this meat from?"
At that time, pork fat was 2 yuan per jin, and the two strips of meat that Grandma Wu had were at least three to four jin, which was worth seven to eight yuan. The Wu Family was so poor that even money was scarce – where could Grandma Wu get the money from?
Grandma Wu replied, "Of course I bought it. What, you think I stole it?"
Yan Erju took the strips of pork, "Was it Jinjin who gave you the money?"
Wu Jinjin, though her family’s situation was not bad, was definitely not that generous. Usually, the gifts she gave were secretly passed to Grandma Wu, like a couple of lard cakes or two chicken legs.
Grandma Wu gave Yan Erju a glance, "It’s my own money! What’s the matter, you don’t allow this old woman to have some private savings?"
"No, no, that’s not what I meant." Yan Erju quickly shook her head, then said to Wu Yanyun, "Xiaoyun, let’s go cook in the kitchen."
"Okay." Wu Yanyun nodded her head and followed Yan Erju’s footsteps.
After the mother and daughter left, Wu Jinshu said to Grandma Wu with a smile, "Mom, I’ve got some good news for you."
"What good news?" asked Grandma Wu.
Wu Jinshu replied, "Yanyun helped Erju and me find new jobs at the Noodle Restaurant, cleaning for forty yuan a month. We get four days off each month, and there are benefits during the holidays too."
Under normal circumstances, Grandma Wu would have been delighted to hear this.
But today, she showed little reaction.
After all, she had seen a bit of the world by now.
Grandma Wu said, "Forty yuan a month, what’s that? Put together, you two merely earn eighty yuan. Over twelve months, that’s only nine hundred and sixty yuan. At this rate, when will you be able to buy a two-story house with a yard in Beijing?"
The Wu Family alone gave three thousand yuan as a bride price, which could let Wu Jinshu and Yan Erju work for three years! Not to mention, it included a two-story house.
Wu Jinshu did not expect this reaction from Grandma Wu.
"Mom, when did you get so extravagant? You’re even looking down on forty yuan? Keep in mind, I used to earn just a few cents per day working on the construction site!"
Grandma Wu glanced at Wu Jinshu, "That was then, this is now. I’ve done my research. In Beijing, building a two-story house costs at least twenty thousand yuan. Those twenty thousand yuan, even if both of you didn’t eat or drink, would take twenty years to save. After those twenty years, you would both be old, and the kids wouldn’t need spouses anymore!"
Wu Jinshu laughed, "Money is earned gradually; don’t worry!" At that moment, Wu Jinshu suddenly remembered something Ni Yang had said in the afternoon, and continued, "Good days are created from bad ones. I believe that our family’s life will keep getting better!"
Grandma Wu snorted, "Without me in this house, you can forget about the days ever getting better."
With that, she turned around and headed inside the house.
