strictlysupreme Chapter 320 A Mind So Heavy It's Frightening
Chapter 320 A Mind So Heavy It's Frightening
She lowered her head and remained silent for a long while before saying, "I thought they were happy because they had books to read."
Lin Yuyao: “…”
How could there be someone even more foolish than myself in my past life?
"Actually, I also thought that they came to show off, to laugh at me. But... but then I thought, maybe I'm overthinking it, and I'm misunderstanding them."
Lin Yuyao shook her head and sighed.
Luo Yanni wiped away her tears again and said, "I always thought they were my good friends because they were like me, with brothers in their families, born into families that favored sons over daughters, where daughters were disliked. Today I found out that they lied to me. They... they said it was for my own good, so that I would have a companion when I was disliked."
Lin Yuyao had never encountered such a prankster before, and for a moment she didn't know how to comfort her.
After thinking for a moment, I asked her, "Are your grades better than theirs?"
Luo Yanni nodded.
"So you said you wouldn't pass the exam and that's why you didn't take it?"
Luo Yanni sniffed and said, "My family won't let me go to school. My parents have long wanted to stop me from going to school. I had to beg to finish junior high."
"Why? You have good grades, so why aren't you allowed to go to school?"
“I’m the eldest in my family, with younger brothers and sisters. With so many children, my parents are under a lot of pressure. They can’t support all of us siblings on their own, so I, as the eldest sister, have to help out…”
She looked up at Lin Yuyao and said, "My parents told me a long time ago that I should start working after finishing junior high school, earn money for the family for a few years, and then find a husband when I'm older."
Lin Yuyao asked, "But you fought for yourself the opportunity to study for a few more years if you can get into a vocational school?"
Luo Yanni nodded.
"Then why didn't you take the exam in the end?"
“My grades were just right, I might pass or I might not. My parents had initially agreed, but when they heard how much the registration fee was, they backed out. They wouldn’t give me the money and told me to find a way myself.”
"You can't do it yourself?"
Luo Yanni nodded, then shook her head. "No, actually I wanted to borrow it from my uncle. But Wang Jing and the others said they heard that the admission process for vocational schools this year is stricter, and someone like me who isn't very confident probably won't have a chance. The application fee would mostly be wasted, so there's no need to go into debt to take the exam."
Plus, my uncle said he'd only lend me the money if I guaranteed I'd pass the exam 100%, and if I failed, I'd have to pay it back immediately. I wasn't 100% sure, so I hesitated to agree. Later, Wang Jing said, "At worst, we can all go out and work together. I won't take the exam; we'll save money." I... so I agreed.
She broke down in tears at the end.
She regretted it, but at the same time felt that her friend had done it on purpose.
Even though they were going to expand enrollment this year, they told her that the admission process would be more difficult this year and asked her to give up.
She gave up, but Wang Jing, whose grades were not as good as hers, got in.
She felt uneasy, but secretly she was also looking for faults in herself, wondering if she had been too petty.
Lin Yuyao told her that it was all because the other party was too eloquent, constantly mentioning their friendship, but in reality, they were just showing off and didn't consider her a friend at all.
Luo Yanni was sad for a long time, and Lin Yuyao comforted her, saying, "What you lack most right now is money. You should work hard and make money first. If you really want to study, you have to earn enough money first."
Fortunately, there are no age requirements for studying these days, so Lin Yuyao quickly came up with a solution for her.
I'll take a year off from school, earn some money, and then take the exam again next year.
Hearing her words, Luo Yanni felt a glimmer of hope.
"Sister Lin, thank you."
"Don't mention it. Just don't be sad about those two anymore."
She nodded and said, "No, they won't be my friends anymore. They're not on my side anymore."
Lin Yuyao patted her shoulder and said, "Work hard to earn money. Vocational school is not the best way out. Go to high school and take the college entrance exam in the future. That's better than vocational school."
Luo Yanni blinked, "But vocational school graduates are guaranteed a job."
"University graduates are also assigned jobs."
"But university takes a long time."
"That's why I'm making you work hard to earn money."
Luo Yanni nodded hurriedly.
"Okay, I'll work hard to earn money."
She goes to get off work during the day, and after work, she collects garbage to sell, never missing a chance to make money.
The next day, she went to Zhou Jing again and asked her to talk to her family about the amount of money less.
Zhou Jing, unaware of yesterday's events, looked puzzled and asked, "Why?"
Luo Yanni said, "My mother will definitely take away all the money I earn, but I still want to study and I want to save some money myself."
Zhou Jing gasped. "Hey, young lady, you're the one who said you weren't going to study anymore and wanted to work here long-term, that's why I agreed to hire you. You haven't even been working for a few days, and you're already going back to school?"
"No, I'm not going now. I'll take the exam next year. If I pass, I won't go anymore. If I don't pass, I'll continue."
"Hey, does that mean I have to leave after a year?" Zhou Jing asked, her face full of displeasure.
Lin Yuyao stepped forward and told Zhou Jing about yesterday's events, as well as Luo Yanni's difficulties.
Although Zhou Jing can be fierce at times, she is also a kind person.
Upon hearing that Luo Yanni had been tricked by her classmates into not taking the exam, and learning that she was indeed a promising student, he couldn't help but feel sympathy for her.
"Oh, I see. That's a real shame. Oh well! Alright, alright, I promise you, if your mom asks, what price should I say?"
The current offer for her is eighty, less than that for Liu Yihuan and Lin Yuyao.
But compared to other jobs she could find, eighty is pretty good.
After hesitating for a long time, Luo Yanni whispered, "How about I tell my mom it's sixty?"
Zhou Jing: "..."
"Sixty? If you save twenty a month, how much will that be in a year? Is that enough to cover the registration fee?"
"It's enough, but..."
Zhou Jing continued, "But that's not enough for you to finish high school?"
Luo Yanni nodded.
"That's settled then. Here's what I'll do: I'll tell your mom you get fifty a month, and you can save an extra ten. If you trust me, you can keep the money with me for now, and I'll give it to you when you leave. Is that alright?"
Luo Yanni nodded hurriedly, "Okay, thank you, Sister Zhou."
She was quite clever; she had been working there for several days, and when her parents asked her how much she earned a month, she didn't say.
Just tell them that the bookstore needs to assess her capabilities, and that they won't discuss salary during the probationary period. They'll talk about money only after she passes the assessment.
Now that everything is settled, if her mother asks again, she can tell them that she is fifty-one months old.
……
Luo Yanni's classmates can't come; their character is too bad. Even if they were to come, Lin Yuyao wouldn't accept them.
Today, an acquaintance came to apply for the job.
Lin Yuyao listened to Pan Xiaohua ramble on for a long time, starting from how she could no longer work at the men's clothing store, and then to how she was now looking for a job.