Chapter 260 Settlement and Grievance

The man remained silent. His daughter, who was already in elementary school, was used to it, and the two of them finished their homework in tacit understanding.

He graduated from a 985 prestigious university, but unfortunately his major was a real pit, history.

I found two jobs that were not related to my major in a big city. I couldn’t stand the oppression of 996, so I chose to write novels to make money.

Fortunately, I was able to make money at the beginning, and that's how I bought this house.

But as the market develops, novel routines are constantly updated, and if you are not careful, you will fall behind.

My monthly income is now stable at around 3,000 yuan, which is enough to support my family.

Fortunately, it is a fifth-tier city and prices are still cheap, otherwise this salary would be unsustainable.

"boom!"

The man’s wife placed the hot dish heavily on the table, the anger on her face still not subsiding.

Ten years ago, she was attracted by the man's education background, conversation, and gentle temperament, and felt that he was very different from the big and strong men around him.

They then got together and had a daughter, but as the man's income decreased, she was compared everywhere at work, and her mentality gradually became unbalanced.

The same thing happened today. At work, several women started gossiping about who had the best or worst marriage.

Undoubtedly, as a person working in the system, she married a man with no future, lived in a shabby apartment, and rode a bicycle to work all day, becoming the most miserable person.

The husbands of other women are either from middle class or even wealthy families, or they marry into the system, which is stable and has good welfare benefits.

So when I came back today and heard my husband tell me that his monthly income was 2,600 yuan, I couldn't help but feel overwhelmed.

"Wife, sit down and rest. I'll go serve the food."

The man said, walking into the kitchen and bringing the remaining dishes to the table.

Family status is mainly based on income. If your income is not even as high as your wife's, you will not have the confidence to refute others when they criticize you.

"Dad, I'll serve the food too."

The child from the poor family was sensible and followed the man into the kitchen. Soon, the three of them started to eat.

"I was a little harsh just now, but can you find a new job? At least when other people's children are taking tutoring classes, we can still afford to enroll, right?"

“Are we going to let our children lose at the starting line?”

The daughter pursed her lips and said, "Mom, my grades are very good, much better than those of my classmates who go to cram schools. Dad is the best tutor!"

Indeed, after all, as a graduate from a 985 university, it is easy for him to teach in elementary school.

The woman was so angry at her daughter's words, but she was telling the truth.

But what she wanted to express was to make more money, it was just that the example was inappropriate.

"Your father makes a lot of money, so he can buy toys for you when others buy them, and he can invite you to other people's birthdays, but we don't dare to invite our good daughter to our birthday. Why? Because the house is too small. If we can make more money, we can buy a bigger one..."

The woman spoke earnestly, as if she was speaking to her daughter, but in fact she was advising the man not to dwell on writing novels and reading books.

The man quickly ate the rice in the bowl, sighed in his heart, and said, "I know. I submitted my manuscript a few days ago. If it is not selected, I will go out to work as a delivery man."

"How much money can you get if you are selected? I'm not saying anything bad about you, but after all these years, you still haven't faced the reality..."

"Ten million!"

"What good can a thousand dollars do?"

"I said 10 million!"

The woman stared at him as if he were a fool and said, "Don't be fooled! Our family is poor to begin with, and we won't even have a place to live when the time comes!"

The daughter also looked at her father worriedly.

"This time I'm submitting an autobiography for Mr. Luo of Puzhao Group. I'll pay you 10 million for 100 words."

The man clicked on the call for papers and showed it to his wife.

"I know Puzhao Group! It has a very handsome chairman!" said the wife.

"I know that too, that uncle is really handsome!" said the daughter.

The man smiled. His wife and daughter were not jealous at all about Luo Feng's praise. After all, they were all telling the truth and the gap was too big.

The woman returned the phone to the man and said, "I won't discourage you now. I hope that after the results come out, you can face the reality and do what I just said."

To be honest, it is even more embarrassing to let my husband deliver food, especially since some of my colleagues know him.

If I happened to meet him on the road and ran back to the office to tell him, I couldn’t even imagine the scene.

But now I have no income, so I have to put my face aside for now.

"I know. The results should be out tomorrow."

The man actually had no confidence, but he felt that the sample manuscript he was given this time was very well written, because it was about Luo Feng's days before he became famous, and he understood that kind of poverty better than anyone else.

With his own writing skills, although he lacked imagination in writing novels, he felt that there was still some hope in writing about people's deeds.

……

Deng Yingying leaned on the windowsill with both hands and looked at the beautiful scenery outside the window.

This is a single-family villa, with lake views, green trees, and red flowers outside the window...

Some birds flew by and seemed to have found a habitable place, circling and chirping there.

Luo Feng was behind Deng Yingying, helping her check her health while listening to the birds singing. It was really pleasant.

Deng Yingying was probably feeling hot. When Luo Feng examined her, he saw beads of sweat on her face. When he examined her legs, he found a lot of sweat running down her thighs.

"You don't exercise enough, so you feel a little weak, right?"

Luo Feng slowed down his pace and spoke softly.

"Yeah, just a little bit."

Deng Yingying lay completely in front of the window, as if she was doing nothing, with her buttocks raised high.

Luo Feng felt the fleshy figure and silently added physique to her.

Half an hour later, Luo Feng and Deng Yingying walked out of the room. In the restaurant, Xu Rong was already seated, waiting for them to come over for dinner.

When Xu Rong saw her daughter's cheerful face, she knew, needless to say, that this beautiful flower was well nourished.

At the same time, he was impressed by Luo Feng's strength. After all, it was less than an hour before he could fight continuously. And from his voice and expression, one could tell that they were both doing high-quality exercise.

"Mom, what kind of makeup are you using? You look so young!"

As soon as Deng Yingying sat down, she was very surprised to see Xu Rong's appearance. If no one knew her, people would probably think she was her twin sister, right?

"Oh, I just did some exercise recently. Maybe exercise makes people younger."

Xu Rong didn't know how to explain it, so she just made up a reason.

Luo Feng looked at her with amusement. Xu Rong met his gaze and blushed.

There seems to be ambiguity!

"Brother Feng also said that I don't exercise enough. I will follow mom to exercise in the future. I also want to be an ageless beauty like mom."

Well, daughter and mother exercise together...

Luo Feng nodded silently, this was a very good suggestion.

Looking at Luo Feng's expression, Xu Rong knew that his mind was full of color, and she couldn't help but quietly stretch out her leg and touch Luo Feng's leg.

She originally wanted him to stop being so timid, but she didn't expect that she was much bolder than before. Luo Feng was quick-witted and quick-handed, and when she retracted her legs, he grabbed her calf.

"ah!"

Xu Rong exclaimed.

"Mom, what's wrong?"

Deng Yingying had just eaten a piece of meat and asked curiously when she heard the sound.

"It's okay. My butt hurts a little when I was exercising today. I didn't sit still just now."

Xu Rong unknowingly told the truth again. This afternoon, things in the cinema were really too intense. She hadn't felt such a shock in many years and it did hurt now.

"Oh, I think I have a little bit, too."

Deng Yingying touched her butt. Luo Feng had not been gentle to her in the first half, and it still hurt a little.

At the same time, both mother and daughter looked at Luo Feng.

He was calm and quietly put Xu Rong's legs down, then ate the food as if nothing had happened.

"These two dishes are delicious, you can try them too." "Yes."

"it is good."

The meal was finished quickly.

Deng Yingying pulled Luo Feng aside to talk about serious matters.

"Brother Feng, I think the submissions from three people are pretty good. Can you take a look at them yourself and decide on the author today?"

"Well, yes."

Deng Yingying pulled out three documents and then gave up her chair.

She played a trick and took off the headrest, then stood behind the seat herself.

After Luo Feng sat down, he tilted his head back and immediately felt the extremely high-quality brain pad waves.

"It feels good...Press it for me."

There's nothing wrong with my head, but it feels great to have someone serve me like this.

"Ah."

Deng Yingying's slender fingers began to fall on Luo Feng's head and pressed gently.

Luo Feng relaxed completely and comfortably, pressing the weight of his head completely on Deng Yingying's chest.

He picked up the tablet and began to read the manuscript.

ten minutes later.

"Let's take this one called Li Shu."

The lower-class characters written by this person are very realistic, and you can tell at first glance that they are experienced.

And judging from his personal information, he is also a talented middle-aged man who is frustrated. Luo Feng doesn't mind giving him a hand.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

Deng Yingying sent the manuscript to the staff below.

After making the arrangements, Luo Feng became interested again because of the brain wave he had just had, so he pulled Deng Yingying aside and started helping her learn English.

As soon as Xu Rong came out of the shower, she heard the undisguised sound of studying, and felt extremely stressed.

My daughter studies so frequently and works hard to get good grades, so I wonder if I should study secretly too later.

Thinking back to the excitement she felt in the afternoon, she felt like she had opened Pandora's box and was simply unable to stop.

When Luo Feng was exercising diligently.

Li Shu was in his small bedroom, leaning against the headboard and looking at job information for takeout, express delivery, etc. on the Internet. He sighed and silently sent his resume to several positions.

His wife beside him also felt uncomfortable, and always felt that it was cruel to force her husband to give up his dream.

But this is life, there is no poetry or distant places, just to get through this life.

Li Shu's wife's cell phone suddenly rang.

Someone @ed her in the group.

"Ajun, this is your husband, right?"

After this message, there is a picture, which is Li Shu’s resume.

"I was free and was helping my husband screen resumes for couriers, and I saw that your husband had just submitted one."

"But he looks skinny and has no previous work experience. Can he do this?"

Li Shu's wife Zhang Jun's face suddenly turned red, she was filled with shame and anger.

Moreover, posting it directly in front of so many colleagues in the group was a complete loss of face. I probably won’t have any dignity left in the company from now on.

Soon there were messages from other people in the group.

"So this is Zhang Jun's husband? He looks pretty good."

"Haha, that's true. He is such a loser that he has to work as a courier to support his family."

"Why don't you just recruit him directly, Zhen? Give him more orders so that he can earn more. Otherwise, I'm afraid that one day Jun will also send you his resume..."

There was a more cheerful atmosphere in the group, with more and more people joining in the discussion, but there were also some rational people who suggested that everyone stop discussing this topic.

But no one paid any attention. A few gossipy women who usually liked to gossip and tease others were still discussing tirelessly.

"Husband, stop sending out resumes."

Zhang Jun turned off his phone and did not reply to the message in the group.

Just now, several colleagues chatted with her privately to comfort her, but none of them responded.

At this time, his face had calmed down, only his eyes were a little bloodshot, and even a little tearful.

Li Shu turned around and glanced at Zhang Jun, confused by her condition.

"What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

"No, I just saw a video and found it touching."

"You just said you wouldn't submit your resume?"

"Well, you can either go to a big city to work. Local jobs don't pay much, but there are many acquaintances there. It might not be good for your daughter's classmates to see you sending a courier..."

Li Shu looked at the ceiling; the ceiling light made his eyes dizzy.

"Row."

Li Shu exited the recruitment software, feeling extremely upset, and decided to wait and look at it tomorrow.

At this time, Li Shu's daughter also came in.

Tears flowed down her pretty face as she said aggrievedly, "Mom and Dad, my classmate just called me on the phone to make fun of me, saying that my father is a beggar and that I am a beggar's daughter..."

Before she could finish her words, she burst into tears.

Zhang Jun's eyes suddenly widened, and he angrily said, "How can they talk like that! It's fine if they talk about me in the group, but why do they do that to children?!"

At this time, Zhang Jun remembered that the person who had @ed him in the group just now had a son who went to the same school as his daughter, but his academic performance was far worse than his daughter's.

Li Shu didn't know the situation, but he immediately got out of bed, picked up his daughter, and kept comforting her.

"Be good, Daddy is not a beggar, and you are not a beggar's daughter. It's your classmates who are talking nonsense."

"But, the fat guy said that if you go to work at their house, you will be begging for food from them."

"It is honorable to earn money through labor, and dad will not work for them. They think dad is not willing to do that."

"Dad, we have a deal. You won't work for them. They are too mean!"

"Well, don't worry, daddy will never go."

Li Shu comforted his daughter with kind words and let her go out and sleep on the bed.

He walked back to the bedroom and saw his wife with a hideous face.

She was arguing with the colleague who sent the message in the first place, and the intensity of the words she used had almost reached a fever pitch.

Both sides used all kinds of dirty words, and the other people in the group gradually became people watching the joke. They kept silent and let the two of them curse each other out.

Li Shu glanced at their chat history and roughly understood the cause and effect.

At this time, a notification appears in the mailbox, indicating that a new email has arrived.

Click in and take a look.

First of all, the title shocked him greatly.

〈Congratulations on your manuscript being accepted...〉

He quickly clicked in.

And his wife Zhang Jun also received a call.

It was her boss calling.

"Don't you want to do it anymore?"

"Do you know who her father is?!"

"Just bear with any grievances you have, unless you don't want to do this anymore, or even your whole family doesn't want to stay in this small county town anymore!"

(End of this chapter)