Chapter 699: Chapter 699: Suppressed her by a head
“Uncle, I’m now working as a translator at our town government, earning over twenty bucks a month. The job is easy and not tiring at all, pretty good,” Su Wanyu explained.
“Working as a translator, huh, that is indeed good, and it’s because your dad was far-sighted. Back then, despite the many objections, he hired several language teachers for you, and now it’s really paying off,” Big Uncle Su said somewhat sentimentally, bringing up Su Wanyu’s father.
“Yeah, I’ve never seen a father dote on his child like Wanyu’s dad does. Whatever she wants, he gives,” Aunt Su chimed in as well.
Speaking of doting on children, Aunt Su recalled what Su Wanyu had just mentioned—that she had a daughter—and with a puzzled look, she asked, “Wanyu, why didn’t you bring your child back with you this time to visit your family?”
“Aunt, this trip to Haicheng was a last-minute study opportunity from my work. My daughter had just started her summer vacation and went off to Capital City to play with a friend. I’ll bring her over to see you all another time when I have the chance,” Su Wanyu said, her smile becoming a lot more genuine as she talked about Jiang Mianmian.
It had been more than a week since she last saw her daughter, and she really missed her.
Aunt Su was astonished to hear that Jiang Mianmian had gone to Capital City and asked, “You know people in Capital City?”
She had thought this niece had only been living in the countryside these past few years.
“It’s a brother Mianmian knows. The child’s family is from Capital City. The two kids get along really well. Right after Mianmian started her vacation, he took her over,” Su Wanyu explained briefly.
Big Uncle Su nodded, “I see, it’s good for the young one to go out and see the world a bit when they’re still young. Next time you have a chance, bring her to Haicheng for a stroll, let her get to know the relatives from her grandmother’s side.”
“Yeah, maybe another time,” Su Wanyu responded vaguely, as she wasn’t very keen on rekindling ties with these relatives.
Su Wanting, who was sitting on the side, was only concerned with the first part of the conversation.
Hearing that Su Wanyu was now a rural translator, she suddenly felt herself a cut above as a middle school homeroom teacher in the city.
Although she wasn’t as pretty as Su Wanyu and not as sweet-talking, she had always had good grades and was hardworking.
Whereas Su Wanyu had relied on their second uncle’s doting, was indulged from a young age, lazy and uninterested in studying.
But now, she had finally become a middle school teacher, thanks to her brains and hard work, and could look down on her at last!
She was truly overjoyed!!
“Wanyu, the compensation in your rural place really isn’t much, just over twenty bucks a month. That wouldn’t even be enough for a family’s monthly expenses in Haicheng, nowhere near as good as my middle school teacher’s salary. Look at me, I earn over fifty bucks a month, and I don’t even have to pay for food at work. I get all sorts of vouchers every month, and during festivals, my workplace also hands out benefits. We can’t even use up all the things they give us, so I have to give them to my mom to finish off,” Su Wanting said proudly.
Jiang Changhai looked at his wife’s cousin, who seemed to be looking down on others from her high horse, and retorted bluntly, “Big sister, you’re wrong there. Our family doesn’t rely on my wife’s salary to get by. Making money for the family is the man’s job. Whatever my wife earns, that’s her pocket money, and she can spend it on whatever she wants.”
Su Wanting didn’t expect Jiang Changhai to be so boastful. Twenty-some bucks a month as pocket money for Su Wanyu?
“Comrade Jiang Changhai, you’re really talking big, aren’t you? Twenty bucks a month as pocket money? May I ask where you’re employed that lets you earn so much every month?” Su Wanting asked defiantly, clearly unconvinced.