Chapter 27

Yang Yuyan’s mother used to be very fond of counting, often from the time Yang Yuyan wrapped diapers, how much a bag of diapers, how much a can of baby milk powder, etc. This way down to the utility bills, Internet bills, heating bills, telephone bills, tuition fees, books, extracurricular tutoring fees. This way all the way down to the utility bills, Internet bills, heating bills, telephone bills, her childhood tuition, books, extracurricular tutoring fees, she wore clothes, shoes, and friends to eat a McDonald’s, a cup of milk tea, a variety of costs, all written down into an astronomical figure, so that Yang Yujan doubly tortured.

Now that she is in a different place, Yang Yuyan finally does not have to suffer from the torment of conscience, and does not have to think about how to pay back such a large sum of astronomical figures in the end, and whether it is a lifetime can not pay back and so on.

But the skill of counting is learned. And also learn from the example, especially good at using this way to increase psychological pressure.

Yang Yuyan simply counted a time, Yang Yucan went back to half the night did not sleep. She got up in the middle of the night and wrote a bill herself. After all, she is a college student with a good character, so how can she jump to conclusions without investigating?

After a few days, Yang Yuchan up early in the morning and late at night, but also day after day to follow Zhang Ma went out to buy food, back to this a fine account are written down, less than ten days to converge into a let her fear of the number!

After all, Yang Yuyan was just talking, not investigating on the ground.

Yang Yuchan’s real figure was even more exaggerated.

Because Yang Yuyan’s account does not include some of the family’s “daily expenses”.

For example, Yang Yuchan had to drink coffee every morning, but the coffee beans were imported from India and had to be bought from a specialized coffee shop!

Zhang Ma is particularly careful, from the unpackaged buy, every back to let people give her weigh one or two beans, every week to buy a coffee shop, the Indian people know her.

This one or two coffee beans to four dollars, 50 grams, a small paper bag.

Yang Yuchan has been extra sensitive to the amount and unit price when counting, and when she heard that it was four dollars, her eyes glazed over.

But that’s not all!

Zhang Ma followed the cake store, or the British opened the authentic foreign cake store, the cake chef is a fat foreigners.

Although Zhang Ma is not as well dressed as the ladies and gentlemen who spend money in the cake store, she walks in especially naturally.

Zhang Ma does not speak English, and cake chef exchanges all rely on sign language, but still through a so frank and generous savvy temperament.

Mrs. Zhang wanted to take a bag of fresh bread, three dollars; a bag of milk cookies, three dollars; a piece of butter, four dollars; a piece of cheese, four dollars.

That’s another fourteen dollars going out.

Yang Yucan’s eyes widened again.

Zhang Ma put all of this in a basket and went out to weigh a large bag of dim sum at a dim sum store down the street for a dollar.

“Divide these into two, one for Wu Xiaoping to eat when she comes, and one for Mr. Su.” Zhang Ma skimmed her lips, she didn’t pity when she bought coffee and bread, but buying this one dollar snacks made her pity!

When Yang Yucchan saw that this dollar was exchanged for such a big bag of snacks, she immediately felt that the snacks were too affordable!

On the way back, she went to Zhang Ma and said that in the future, the family’s snacks can also be bought in this snack store, without having to go to a foreign cake store to buy cookies.

Zhang Ma immediately laughed coldly: “Yo, for our second miss to change the snacks? Let’s see if she’s happy about it!”

Yang Yu Cicada: “I can also stop eating bread. I’ll just eat this ordinary snack with Yan Yan.”

The frugal Zhang Ma was not happy, “Save your money, my young lady! There are so many things that cost money in the house, and this amount of money isn’t enough for your mom to play at the poker table for a day.”

Yang Yucan had no way to say this. Zhu Yanshu played cards day in and day out, losing a lot and winning a little, but who could keep her from playing cards? What did she do if she didn’t play cards? From Miss Zhu family to Mrs. Yang family, to now an abandoned woman with two daughters, Zhu Yanshu only had this one hobby left.

Zhang Ma: “Missy, you’ve grown up now and know that it’s good to experience the hardships of the family. But saving money is not the way to live! Saving money is only a way to dishonor yourself and your own family! Your mom is having a hard time, and you don’t let her play cards, so what else does she have to do in her spare time? Your sister is bored at home all day, can’t she even have a snack?” She slanted her eyes and said slowly, “If you ask me, there are three women in your family, and two of them are idle at home every day, so the housework can be done by dividing up the labor! If you want to save money, just fire me first!”

Zhang Ma left Yang Yucan behind and left quickly.

Yang Yucan had mixed feelings in her heart and silently followed her home.

Zhu Yanshu went home at noon to eat and found that today, Zhang Ma’s movements were extraordinarily flamboyant, the movement was extraordinarily large, and her expression was extraordinarily rich, revealing a sense of aggression of waiting for someone to take care of her.

Yang Yucan was looking at a piece of paper like she was thinking about the highest philosophy of life.

Only Yang Yuyan, as soon as she saw her come back, she rushed over like a swallow throwing itself into the forest, pulling her down and whispering: “These two people went out to buy groceries and came back just like this! They don’t talk to each other, I don’t know what’s wrong! They were fine a few days ago.”

Zhu Yanshu calmed her down, “Don’t worry about it, if you’re hungry, take the cookies and go inside to eat first.”

Yang Yuyan took the cookies as she was told, and then stood in the doorway of her room with her head stretched out and her ears pricked up.

Zhu Yanshu went back to the house and changed her clothes, went into the kitchen, washed her hands first, then picked and picked in front of the vegetable basket, said, “Zhang Ma, I want to eat rice cakes, do you have any at home?”

Zhang Ma put the bowl down heavily, without a good voice: “No. Mrs. wants to eat, I’ll go buy some rice cakes now! Mrs. wants to eat, I’ll go buy it now!”

Zhu Yanshu seems to have just realized it, holding Zhang Maa’s shoulder in surprise: “Zhang Maa, what’s wrong? What’s wrong? Tell me what’s wrong! Tell me what’s wrong! I’m here!”

Zhang Ma sang out, her eyes immediately red, rubbing her eyes with one hand and calling, “Madam, I am aggrieved on your behalf!”

Then she went on to say this and this and this.

Zhu Yanshu pretended to be fully concentrated on listening, listening to the Yang Yucan these days followed to buy food, inquiring about the price of food, inquiring about the price of meat, inquiring about the price of oil, and even Zhang Ma to buy coal have to ask the exact question, the moment you ask, you will say that you’re doing a social study, and then go home to write down these prices, and also ask Zhang Ma how often to buy something back.

Zhang Ma thought Yang Yuchan was checking her account!

Today, Yang Yuchan even questioned if she spent more money on the things she bought, going so far as to side-step the need to save money! She even suspected that the cookies that Second Miss Yang ate were expensive, and that Zhu Yanshu wasted money playing cards every day.

How is this talking about others? It was clearly pointing at Zhang Ma!

Zhang Ma was half shocked, half acting, and cried, “I’ve been coming to your house for more than ten years, and both Miss Yang and Miss Yang were raised by me, but now I’m starting to get suspicious of me! Even thought I stole the family’s money! You said my heart ah, all the pain broken ah!”

To say that Zhang Ma did not save private money from the usual grocery money it …… that God has no way to testify on her behalf.

But Zhang Ma has no children, no daughter, in the Zhu family for almost twenty years, she just want to save some private money, Zhu Yan Shu will turn a blind eye.

Zhang Ma is afraid that when she gets old and can’t work anymore, the Zhu family won’t care about her and will kick her out. Zhu Yan Shu knows in her heart that she treats Zhang Ma as her own family, but she won’t swear a hundred or eighty times a day. She is also afraid of Zhang Ma’s reliance on the old, the old servant bullying the master is not uncommon.

She had long ago learned from Yang Xuhe that her own goodness is good enough for her to know, and she must not tell others! If kindness is publicized and known, it will be taken advantage of by others! Kindness becomes a bargaining chip for others to blackmail you.

How she treats Mrs. Zhang will be known later when she’s too old to move, so she doesn’t have to talk about it every day.

Zhang mom usually save private money, she also as did not see.

Now it’s Zhang Ma who has been scared by Yang Yuchan and has become weak.

Zhu Yanshu shook Zhang Ma after hearing this, “Zhang Ma, you’re overthinking it, Big Sister’s noble nature, how would she calculate this? I’m telling you that’s what happened!” Then she learned the words she heard Yang Yuyan say to Yang Yucicang outside the door that day!

Not only Zhu Yanshu was impressed by Yang Yuyan after hearing it, but even Zhang Ma was shocked when she heard it: “This is what our second young lady said? She’s been enlightened by Er Lang Shen! She’s been enlightened!”

It can be seen that the talismanic water that she drank at that time worked!

Zhu Yanshu had long wanted to show off to others, and at this moment, she grabbed Zhang Maa with excitement: “You said that our Yan Yan ah, usually look unlike, but in the heart of everything is clear!”

Zhang Ma said in a deep voice: “Ma’am, you don’t know. When it comes to children in a family, the oldest is stupid, while the second is smart! If the second child is not smart, won’t all the benefits be taken up by the oldest child? That’s how they learn to snatch milk when they’re young!”

Zhu Yan Shu sighed: “Why don’t you say the old saying is right? In the past, I never worried about big sister, only Yan Yan. Now take a look again, big sister is really raised dull, half a point of defense are not. Yan Yan …… Oh, this little smart power yo!” Really call her like!

The two spoke hot and happy, Zhang Ma also heart knot all go.

Zhang Ma has the intention to show, take off the apron, said: “Mrs., you wait, I went downstairs to buy two two ribs, and then buy a plate of rice cakes up.”

Zhu Yanshu was just looking for a topic to talk about and stopped and said, “Forget it, there are dishes here. It’s the same to eat tomorrow.”

Zhang Ma was even more nimble and diligent, slicing the ginger as fine as hair, the blade like a shadow, not long, the dishes were all ready!

Zhu Yanshu then retired, washed her hands and went out, with a stack of napkins in her hand.

Before she went out, she said, “Zhang Ma, in the next few days, if Big Sister asks you again about your family’s spending, you might as well tell us more!”

Zhang Ma understood: “I know!”

On the next day, Zhang Ma had already bought rice cakes and steamed them early in the morning for breakfast.

As soon as Su Chunjun came in, Zhang Ma smiled and said, “Mr. Su is here. This morning we will have steamed rice cakes at home, do you want to serve them with sugar or honey?”

Su Chunjun was flattered, “Zhang Ma, I’ll do whatever you want.” He went inside.

He went inside and asked Yang Yucan, who was sitting on the sofa, good morning.

Yang Yucan’s gaze was like electricity, a tiger’s eye, her voice cold: “Good morning, Mr. Su.”

This is the same for the past few days, I think it must be that Miss Yang has sought out Second Miss to take lessons from her, and has changed her temper to one of picking on people all day long.

He then asked Zhu Yanshu, who was standing by the radio tuning the channel, good morning.

Zhu Yanshu smiled and turned her head and said, “Good morning, Mr. Su.”

Lastly, there was Second Miss Yang who was standing on the balcony combing her hair and looking at the street scene.

He walked over, and behind him three pairs of eyes and six gazes watched his back.

Su Chunjun looked back, Zhang Ma retreated back to the kitchen, Zhu Yanshu tuned the channel and hummed, Yang Yucan smiled coldly and lowered her head to continue counting.

Su Chunjun didn’t know what was wrong with him in the past few days, but once he entered the Zhu family, he didn’t feel very comfortable.

Yang Yuyan saw him and turned around and smiled, “Good morning Mr. Su, have you found my job yet?”

Mr. Su smiled and said, “No, I haven’t! It’s not that easy to find one. Let’s talk about it after the new year.”

Yang Yuyan wasn’t too disappointed, after all, she had been saying the same thing for the past few days.

She turned back and continued to look downstairs on the street to and from the hurried pedestrians, such as a group of swimming fish, a group of birds, suddenly gathered, suddenly dispersed, bustling, busy.

On top of the condescending, see clearly, but there is no sense of superiority, but the rise of the bystander’s feelings.

The world of the people on the street had nothing to do with her. Her world is also irrelevant to others.

Alas, loneliness.

Yang Yuyan savored the fact that she had managed to experience a bit of an unusual state of mind, and as she went deeper into it, she looked like she was about to head towards becoming a philosopher!

Su Chunjun took out a gift and pulled her back to earth.

“I’m getting paid. Look, here’s the powder box I promised you as a New Year’s gift.” He handed it over like a treasure.

Yang Yuyan’s eyes steeply crystallized! Immediately turned around, took it with both hands, opened the bag, took out a palm-sized golden enameled round box, opened it, and inside there was a mirror that illuminated people extraordinarily clearly and beautifully.

Only there was no powder.

Su Chunjun cleared his throat and said in a small embarrassed voice, “I don’t have enough money, I only bought a box.”

But this couldn’t alleviate Yang Yuyan’s joy at receiving the gift.

Yang Yuyan gently pouted, “Who uses powder in the middle of winter? I happen to want a carry-on mirror!”

Su Chunjun felt the gaze behind him again and turned his head, still nothing happened.

Yang Yuyan was holding her new mirror and admiring her own beauty, beaming and winking as she held her cheeks.

Su Chunjun went up and squeezed half of his face into the round mirror.

When the two of them are put together, they look like they have the same fair skin and the same dark eyes.

Yang Yuyan said in disgust, “Why are your eyelashes so long!”

Su Chunjun touched his own eyes, already accustomed to Second Miss Yang’s habitual tone, and couldn’t help but confide why he only bought one box, and where the paychecks were spent, “I bought a pair of new leather shoes, two wool sweaters, a hat, a scarf, and two pairs of wool socks.” It was getting cold, so one could not continue to wear a single coat.

Yang Yuyan asked, “Where’s the coat?”

Su Chunjun: “I’ll buy the coat next month when I get paid.”

Yang Yuyan took a look at the exquisite powder box in her hand, which was worth at least four or five dollars.

Su Chunjun also looked over and said, “A coat costs more than twenty dollars, so I can’t afford to buy a powder case.”

Yang Yuyan counted the things he bought, pondered for a moment, and asked, “You just got paid, how much money is left now?”

Su Chunjun said cheerfully, “There’s still a dollar and a few cents left.”

Yang Yuyan stared at him, shaking her head and sighing in the middle of the day, “No wonder mom said that men don’t know how to manage money! I’ve only collected ten dollars of New Year’s money, so I’ll lend it to you first.”

Su Chunjun loved to borrow Second Miss Yang’s money, and sniffed with a long bow, “Thank you for your help, Second Miss!”