Fast Travel: Endangered Pup Rescue Project

Chapter 648: The Mother Exploiting Her Daughter

"Wei Zhu, are you transferring money to your mother again?"

"Yeah." The girl lowered her head slightly. Although she was smiling, there seemed to be some lingering sadness between her brows.

The female voice that just spoke up defended her: "You said that as soon as you got your salary every month, your mother called you and said that the family needed money. You just graduated, how much money can you earn? This time you transferred, you don't have much living expenses, right?"

Wei Zhu said softly: "The company provides food and accommodation, and it doesn't cost much on weekdays."

"Where can you not spend money? Look at yourself. How many sets of clothes do you have for the four seasons? You only have two pairs of shoes to exchange. Forget about cosmetics. You only have one bottle of cream for skin care products. Don't you save some money for yourself? How can you live like a young person?"

"My dad passed away two years ago, and it's not easy for my mom to support my brother's education alone."

"But you only keep 500 for yourself every month, and transfer the remaining 4,500 back. Can your brother spend so much in a month?"

"My mother said she would save the extra money for me."

Yue Ting, a colleague, friend and roommate, was so angry about her words: "You really believe what your mother said! You have a younger brother, how can your mother save money for you?"

"Yue Ting!" Wei Zhu was a little unhappy to hear these words, "I know you are doing this for my own good, but I know what's going on."

"You...ah! I really don't know what to say about you. You said you are a good college student. After graduation, you don't want to work in those high-end buildings. It's fine to come to our factory. Why don't you dress up well? You are not bad looking and have a good personality. You can definitely find a high-quality man to be your husband. I warn you, these guys in the factory are chasing you, you must not be moved by their small favors, you deserve better."

"Yue Ting, don't flatter me. Although I am a college student, I only studied at a second-tier university, and my major is even more ordinary. If I work in those buildings, I may not get as high a salary as I do now."

"But working in a factory means you can't expect to get promoted. Even if your boss gives you 5,000 this year, you may still get the same salary in a few years. You don't get many holidays, and overtime is unpaid."

Wei Zhu knew this, but his family needed money. Working in the factory now, with food and accommodation provided, the salary was 5,000 yuan, and that was 5,000 yuan. If he went to work in a company in a high-end building, some companies would pay him 6,000 yuan, but he would have to rent a house and cook for himself, and pay for social security and medical insurance. The rent in big cities was expensive, and apart from these living expenses, he could hardly save any money. As for his mother and brother...

Forget it, maybe it will be fine after my brother graduates and gets a job.

Yue Ting snorted: "I, a junior college student, am not satisfied yet, and you, a college student, are so devoted to me. When I finish college, I will definitely leave here. Although the salary outside may not be as high as in the factory, there is more hope."

Wei Zhu looked at Yue Ting with envy. He had heard Yue Ting say before that she also had a brother, and her family often asked her to send money. However, Yue Ting was stubborn and couldn't get along with her brother and sister-in-law. She often disobeyed her parents' words and didn't even go back home for the Chinese New Year. She spent the money she saved on night school and buying clothes and shoes.

Sometimes she wanted to learn from Yue Ting and be rebellious, but after listening to her mother's complaints, she couldn't bear to do it. After all, her mother paid for her to finish college and she used to be a housewife. How could she survive on her own after her father passed away?
"Yue Ting, you don't plan to go back this year?"

"What are you going to do? Go back and listen to them introduce blind dates to me? Don't think I don't know their plans, just waiting to sell me for a high bride price!" Yue Ting warned Wei Zhu, "I can't control you if you want to go back, but Wei Zhu, you are not allowed to go on blind dates and get married casually, okay?" Wei Zhu was stunned: "It shouldn't be, my mother has never mentioned such a thing to me."

Although she said so, her mother called her a few days ago and kept saying intentionally or unintentionally that someone of her age in the village got married on National Day, and the man gave a betrothal gift of 200,000 yuan. She said that the girl had only graduated from high school. She also said that someone had a boyfriend through an introduction, and the boyfriend's family had arranged a job for his younger brother, and the adults in the family didn't want to worry about anything. What did her mother mean by saying these things to her?

Wei Zhu felt heavy-hearted. If her mother really asked her to go on a blind date, she really didn't know what to do.

Deep down, she didn't want to marry so casually, but her mother had discussed this topic with her aunt before, saying that since they knew the person well, at least she wouldn't be cheated by outsiders, and if she got upset, her family would be there to support her at any time.

"Wei Zhu, have you ever thought about what kind of person you will marry in the future?" Yue Ting suddenly asked.

"No." Wei Zhu shook his head.

Yue Ting turned over and asked: "Did you have a boyfriend when you were in school?"

Wei Zhu continued to shake his head: "No."

She pursed her lips slightly, but a figure emerged in her mind. It was a senior student she met in a milk tea shop when she was a student. She could feel that the senior student was interested in her, but she was too poor at that time, and the senior student was also poor. Neither of them had time to fall in love, so she suppressed that little thought in her heart.

The senior came to see her a few times after graduation, and then when she graduated and changed her phone number, the two of them lost contact completely. She didn't know how the senior was doing now.

"Ah?" Yue Ting looked disappointed. "You didn't have a relationship when you were in college. Do you expect to have a pure and sweet relationship after you start working? I had relationships when I was in technical secondary school, but the boys who were in the same school as me and who were interested in me were not very good. We broke up decisively after the novelty wore off."

As she spoke, she sat up and said, "I have thought about my future life. I must find someone with good financial conditions and no burden on my family. Of course, I will study and work hard and not be a burden to my new family. If I can't find one, forget it. I will use the money I earn from work to live a good life."

Wei Zhu looked at her with admiration. Perhaps she would never be able to learn Yue Ting's elegance and independence!

"Tingting, you are very good. You will definitely live the life you want in the future."

"Don't look so envious, Wei Zhu. You have better innate conditions than me. If you want to, you can do it."

Wei Zhu smiled and said, "I want to wait until my brother graduates from college before considering changing jobs and finding a boyfriend."

"But isn't your brother just a freshman now? It will be three or four years before your brother graduates from college. Although you will be young then, you will not be as young as you are now. And if you change jobs then, which good company will want you, a factory graduate? Besides, you will be unmarried and childless at that time, and many companies will avoid this. And if you find a boyfriend, you will be looked down upon if you don't have money to dress up for a date."

Yue Ting really wanted to knock her friend's head open to see why he was so stupid.