Chapter 10: You’re That Su Jinyan Who Scored 509?

As soon as Zhao Yuanyi spoke, the surrounding people also remembered the abuse that Zhao Yuanyi’s family had suffered. The sympathy and resonance that had just arisen instantly vanished.

A cold heart is not frozen in a day.

But Li Donghua was a shameless person, and her face was useless to her.

“Wuwu, Grandma knew you still resented those trivial matters, Yuanyi, you only saw Grandma secretly giving them extra, didn’t you see how thin and weak they were?”

“Your little aunt was like a little chick when she was born. If Grandma hadn’t given her extra nourishment, could she have grown up? Look, even after so many years of extra nourishment, she’s still not tall.”

Zhao Yuanyi sneered, “Isn’t her being short a genetic inheritance from your Li family?”

“She was born short, even drinking big bone soup every day, that’s just how she is.”

Heart-piercing!

Vicious!

Li Donghua, who was naturally shorter than others, choked with anger, her head practically on fire, so angry she couldn’t even speak.

She had always hated people saying she was short!

After grinding her teeth for a while, she was about to open her throat and cry again.

They couldn’t afford to fall out now; she could only try to gain sympathy and get them to take her daughter to the big city to enjoy a good life!

Su Jinyan didn’t want to listen anymore; it was a complete waste of time.

“Grandma, stop crying. Since we want to resolve things, constantly talking about the past, about things that may or may not be true, isn’t very useful, is it?

Since you brought up filial piety today, I also said just now that since you said we haven’t severed ties and haven’t divided the family, my father must provide for you in your old age. My parents, me, and Yuanyi are not unfilial people. So, since we’re talking about old-age support, let’s do it according to the rules.”

“You said we haven’t severed ties, then good. When you and Grandpa asked my parents for fifteen hundred yuan when writing the severance letter, shouldn’t that be returned?

My father served in the army for eighteen years. The first five years of all his subsidies can be considered as repaying your and Grandpa’s kindness in raising him. Let’s calculate based on the remaining thirteen years. We won’t calculate his subsidy based on his company commander rank, just as an ordinary soldier, thirty yuan a month, which is three hundred and sixty a year, and thirteen years is four thousand six hundred and eighty yuan.”

“During these thirteen years, my mother and Yuanyi and his brother both worked and earned enough work points to support the three of them. So, that four thousand six hundred and eighty yuan, even if Yuanyi and his brother spent a thousand on schooling, there’s still three thousand six hundred and eighty left.”

Zhao Yuanyi interjected coldly, “From elementary school to junior high school graduation, my tuition and fees totaled forty-eight yuan and seventy fens. Thirty-six yuan of that was borrowed by my mother from the brigade and offset with work points. The cost of books and pencils was all exchanged with the brigade using work points I earned by cutting grass and picking up cow dung. My brother went to second grade and spent a total of more than three yuan.”

Okay, she was being superficial.

Su Jinyan looked at the man in front of her, a bit speechless. Schooling was really cheap in this era.

Unlike her, just three years of kindergarten cost hundreds of thousands, and that was for a well-off family. Wouldn’t wealthy families spend millions on kindergarten?

“Alright, then we’ll calculate the cost of schooling high for Grandma, at five hundred yuan. Then Dad’s subsidy is still at least four thousand one hundred and something.”

“Grandma, this four thousand one hundred, rounding down, four thousand yuan. According to our country’s law, a man’s first responsibility is to support his wife and children, and secondly, to be filial to his parents. My father is filial and gave half of his subsidy, two thousand yuan, to you and Grandpa. Then the remaining two thousand yuan, you return it to my parents.”

“Three thousand five hundred yuan, you return it to us, and then we will be a harmonious family. Whether my parents become wealthy or remain poor in the future, they will provide for you two in your old age.”

“When we settle down in Beijing in the future, it won’t be a problem for Yuanyi to take you to live in Beijing. After all, it’s a son’s duty to provide for his parents, and we must all abide by the traditional virtues of China.”

“Pui, you little vixen, I knew you were up to no good!”

“Three thousand five hundred yuan, why don’t you just rob it! So many years, a big family, wouldn’t they need to eat and drink?”

Su Jinyan’s smile didn’t change. “Grandma, I’m talking to you nicely, why do you have to curse? I always thought you were a civilized and kind old lady.”

“A big family eating and drinking? What does that have to do with my parents? He’s a son, he has an obligation to support his parents, but there’s no law that says he also has to support his brothers and sisters, let alone, didn’t my father even support his sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nephews, and nieces?”

“This man, if he doesn’t have the ability to support his wife and children, then don’t marry and have children. If you can’t afford it, don’t keep having one after another. Marrying a wife and having children but relying on your brothers to support them, there’s no such logic anywhere, so shameless!”

“The world is big, there are all kinds of birds.”

“The village is small; most people are relatives from the same clan. Everyone is usually too embarrassed to say things openly, but that doesn’t mean they’re stupid, it doesn’t mean they don’t ridicule you. You even take it as an honor, thinking it’s my father’s glory to support his elder brother, younger brothers, sisters, and their wives and children?”

“Yes, in this era, every family is poor, every family has difficulties. But no matter how difficult things are, I’ve never seen the logic of driving an injured son out of the house and seizing his medical expenses, have you?”

“Now that Yuanyi and I are going to Beijing, you say we haven’t severed ties and want us to take Aunt with us? What, do you think you can afford her living expenses in Beijing? Or can we two students support her?”

“And find a job and a man for Aunt? Do you really think your daughter is a fairy descended from heaven, that everyone in the world is vying for her? Or do you think people in Beijing are all fools, missing a screw in their heads?”

“You, you—, you little hussy, I’ll let you talk nonsense, I’ll tear you apart—”

Zhao Xiaofei was so angry that her face turned red, and her cheeks puffed up. Her parents praised her beauty and plumpness every day, saying she would definitely be an official’s wife in the future, and she had always believed it. Su Jinyan’s words directly made her lose face in front of the villagers, and she was so ashamed that she wanted to tear Su Jinyan’s mouth apart.

As she spoke, she rushed towards Su Jinyan, reaching out her arms to tear Su Jinyan’s face that she envied.

Zhao Yuanyi pulled Su Jinyan behind him and just raised his foot when Zhao Xiaofei, being too lazy to move usually and overweight from eating, tripped and fell flat on the ground.

Su Jinyan pulled Zhao Yuanyi back, dodging far away. “Aunt, you can’t try to extort us, Yuanyi and I are still far from you, and all the uncles and aunts in the village are watching.”

Although the crowd didn’t know what “extort” meant, combining the context, they understood the meaning of the sentence.

“Educated Youth Su, don’t worry, we’re all watching, you didn’t touch her!”

“That’s right, that’s right, don’t worry, didn’t touch her!”

“Hahaha, Educated Youth Su, does ‘extort’ mean ‘falling down on purpose’?”

The sound of the crowd’s hearty laughter made Zhao Xiaofei cry even harder.

Due to overnutrition, Zhao Xiaofei, who was only a little over five feet tall, weighed more than 150 catties. She was usually too lazy to move, and her body was inflexible. This fall was quite heavy, and she lay on the ground for a long while, unable to react, not knowing how she had fallen.

Li Donghua was momentarily stunned, then rushed over in a stride, picked up the obese Zhao Xiaofei, and began to examine her all over. “Fei’er, how are you? Let Mom see, oh dear, this is going to kill your mother!”

“Look, my darling’s heart has been bruised.”

“You little bitch, if anything happens to my daughter today, I’ll never forgive you!”

“Oh dear, I can’t live anymore! You heartless killers, Zhao Zhengjun, you have no conscience! Your mother raised you with her own hands, yet you don’t support your own sister but raise outsiders!”

“You’re not close to your own mother, not close to your brothers and sisters. Wait until you go to Beijing, and that family will bully you to death. Who will stand up for you?”

“Wasn’t I trying to support you by letting your sister go with you?”

Su Jinyan’s lips curled into a smile, amused. “Grandma, you’re going a bit too far. Aunt attacked me herself and fell down herself. From beginning to end, I didn’t even touch a single strand of her hair. Are you really going to blame me for this? Do you really think I’m that easy to bully?”

“Yuanyi, your own son, has become an outsider, but your daughter is family? You are truly knowledgeable.”

Then her tone turned cold, her smile not reaching her eyes, she said coldly, “You called me a shameless person and a little bitch one after another. Do you believe I’ll go to the police station and sue you for ‘personal attack’ and make you compensate me for my reputational damage and emotional distress??”

Everyone: Learned something new!

They didn’t expect that being cursed could lead to reporting to the police. Reputational damage and emotional distress, they didn’t understand what they were, but the university student said that if they were cursed, they could make the other person pay for it!

“Is this the home of Comrade Su Jinyan?”

Suddenly, a male voice interrupted Su Jinyan’s words.

Comrade Su Jinyan?

Everyone in the courtyard looked towards the source of the voice.

Suddenly, seven or eight people surged in through the gate, all wearing clean Zhongshan suits, looking like important figures at a glance.

The crowd was startled. Before they could react, the person who had just spoken asked again, “Is this Su Jinyan’s home?”

Su Jinyan stepped forward a few steps, secretly sizing up these people while nodding slightly. “Hello, I am Su Jinyan.”

The man looked at Su Jinyan, momentarily stunned. Although the information showed that Su Jinyan was an educated youth, he hadn’t expected this educated youth to be so fair-skinned and beautiful.

After looking for a good while, he asked doubtfully, “Are you that Su Jinyan from our city who scored 509?”