Xia Qing knew Su Yu had prepared a lot of valuable things for her, but she didn’t have enough space at home to store them all! Moreover, keeping them in the bedroom felt very unsafe! She needed to deal with these things. Thinking about the considerable wealth on the other side, Xia Qing was overjoyed! Why bother with blind dates? Why bother with romance? Making money! Building a career! That’s what’s appealing. The more money you have in a big city, the more you can enjoy. What equality? That only exists within the same level. The things the wealthy enjoy are beyond the imagination of ordinary people! Cars, villas, those designer brands they mocked her for not being able to afford, she could buy them all!

The next morning, she scanned another book and immediately submitted a signing application for 20,000 yuan. Then, in the morning, she went to the county town. She had her first driving test today.

“Dad, Mom, hurry up and study! You’ll be taking your first driving test in a few days too.”

“Okay, okay!” Xia Guohua said.

Someone was coming this morning to install a TV, air conditioner, dishwasher, and a robotic vacuum cleaner for their home.

“This air conditioner’s wind is so cool!” Yang Xia said happily, standing in her bedroom and feeling the coolness. Otherwise, every summer, especially during the hottest days, she would get heat rash all over her body.

“Yang Xia, come and see this big TV! The picture quality is so clear; you can even see the pores on the people’s faces.”

“And this sofa Qing Qing bought for us. I can sleep on it during lunchtime; it’s even electric, so rare.”

“Jicheng, look at this big refrigerator Qing Qing bought for us. It doesn’t make any noise, and it opens by itself when you put your finger on it!”

“And this dishwashing machine, you just put the pots and bowls in and press a button, and you don’t have to worry about it anymore!” Yang Xia said with novelty. She had washed dishes for half her life, her hands were rough and dry, and now she wouldn’t have to wash dishes anymore!

Old Lady saw that all the appliances in the house had been replaced. She hadn’t even enjoyed it for a day yet! Today was the day she had to go to her eldest son’s house. She was supposed to go three days ago, but she stubbornly delayed it for a few days. Any longer, and it wouldn’t look good.

So, Xia Jicheng’s wife, Tian Caihua, came specifically to pick up Old Lady. She still had to farm and do housework. Her second son was boarding at school, and she had to pick up and drop off her youngest son every day. Having Old Lady there to help with cooking would save Tian Caihua a lot of trouble.

“Mom, I’m here to pick you up today.” The smile on Tian Caihua’s face faltered the moment she entered the door and saw the large color TV in the bedroom. Although she had heard many people in the village discussing it yesterday, seeing it in person was still a psychological shock. She had been to the appliance store in the county town before, and a liquid crystal TV of this size would cost at least several thousand, even ten thousand yuan.

Old Lady was also reluctant to leave. Although she favored her eldest son’s family, it was more comfortable living with her younger son, and she didn’t have to cook.

Yang Xia took out a large package filled with Old Lady’s belongings and said, “It’s okay, Mom, I’ve already packed everything for you! I’ll pick you up again next month.”

“…”

Old Lady reluctantly followed behind Tian Caihua.

“Then I won’t see you off.” The corners of Yang Xia’s eyes crinkled with laughter, and she could barely suppress the smile on her lips. Old Lady had looked down on her from the moment she entered the door. When she gave birth to Xia Qing, she was scolded for eating a few extra pieces of pumpkin for a month. In the end, her own mother and sister came to take care of her. She was now able to take care of Old Lady with a good attitude because her husband treated her well.

Tian Caihua’s eyes swept over the big TV and the brand-new refrigerator, wishing she could move them all to her own home. Once Qing Qing married out, these things would all be hers after her younger son inherited them.

Xia Qing successfully took her first driving test in the morning. She didn’t know if it was because she had absorbed the crystal bead, but she felt that her memory had become better. In any case, she passed the first test smoothly. Next was driving practice, two or three times a week, and then the second test in half a month. She was also paying for the fast-track route.

She ate lunch in the county town and bought a lot of meat-filled buns, steamed buns, and sesame cakes. Su Yu said that these things were filling, so she could get more of them. She bought a lot this time, 500 in total, buying them from several different stores.

Then, she went to the jewelry store and sold two diamond rings. The recycling price for diamonds was good, and she discovered that gold prices were also on an upward trend.

In the afternoon, she went to a large shopping mall in the county town to buy a set of clothes and get her hair done. Coupled with her now pale and fair skin, her entire aura had risen a lot.

She glanced at the restaurant address Wang Sisi had sent for the return invitation and took a taxi straight there.

She went to the restroom first, and then she heard voices outside.

“I heard that Xu Le is coming today?”

“Yeah! I also notified Xia Qing. Xu Le’s girlfriend is my husband’s younger sister. I didn’t expect she’d be coming too.”

“Then there will be a good show to watch! Wasn’t Xia Qing secretly in love with Xu Le back then, but Xu Le rejected her in front of so many people?”

“Also, look at what kind of family Xu Le comes from. The biggest shopping mall in the county town is owned by his family. He’s also the school heartthrob.”

“And Xia Qing? A country student who came from a village, confessing her love to Xu Le.”

Wang Sisi frowned slightly. Xia Qing was, after all, the one she had invited, and she looked quite good now.

“Jiajia, don’t say anything later. You’re my good friend, and Xia Qing and I are from the same village. Don’t make it too ugly,” Wang Sisi said with a frown. If she had known that Xu Le would be coming today, she wouldn’t have invited Xia Qing.

Xia Qing, who was in the restroom, frowned slightly. This was also a cliche drama. Back then, she had taken money to help deliver a love letter. As a result, Xu Le saw her, didn’t even look at the love letter, and directly rejected her. Everyone who saw this scene thought that she was the one confessing her love.

She knew that her parents worked hard to support her education, getting up early and working until late at night. Someone gave her money, enough for two days’ worth of meals, and she agreed. She didn’t expect this matter to become everyone’s laughingstock.

From then on, she understood that some money was not meant to be earned.

She was actually a very good student. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for her to be admitted to a design university in Shanghai in that kind of environment.

Poor people all thought that going to college was the way out, but very few were actually able to succeed. The major she was studying was too expensive.

Only after arriving in Shanghai did she understand that some things, talent, luck, come second. Money and power come first.

Can you blame those people for being snobbish? Everyone is like that.

“What is it? Just a village college student who got into a Shanghai university? Isn’t she back home farming now?” Sun Jiajia said disdainfully. Back then, Sun Jiajia and Xia Qing were both in the top three in the class, but later Xia Qing was admitted to Shanghai, and she was also admitted to a university. The former’s parents scraped together money to support their child’s education, while the latter’s family disagreed, valuing sons over daughters, and only let her go to a vocational school before coming out to work.

Xia Qing waited for the two of them to leave before coming out of the restroom, looking at herself in the mirror.