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Chapter 1674 A New Generation of Young People (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
What does the world look like?
People have different perceptions of the world.

To Wang Huijuan, who was only 17 years old, the world in her eyes was simple and well-stocked. Born in , she had never known what hardship was.

For her, that's life.

That's why, in the morning, when she opened the refrigerator and saw the leftovers in the refrigerator that had been heated for who knows how many times and even changed color, she turned around and shouted to her mother:

"Mom, these leftovers have been around for a few days, why are you still eating them?"

"Isn't that the chicken that your uncle and his family roasted a while ago? There's still quite a bit left, so I mixed some in..."

Without waiting for her mother to finish, Wang Huijuan dumped the leftovers into the trash can and said:
"Mom, how can I eat so much left? I'm throwing it in the trash!"

Hearing this, the mother, who was busy at work, was stunned for a moment, then preached:
"You kid, you don't know how precious food is. Back then, let alone leftovers, even..."

Listening to her mother's lecture, Wang Huijuan did not refute. She looked at the breakfast on the table - tea eggs, milk, and buns. Her younger brothers and sisters all had such breakfast in front of them.

And what about the parents?

There was only porridge, pickles, steamed buns... and at most an egg.

They are always like this, giving the best to their children, but what about themselves?

Wang Huijuan pursed her lips and said in her heart:

“It obviously doesn’t cost much.”

Yes, how much is an egg?
How much does steamed buns and milk cost?

While thinking this in her heart, Wang Huijuan heard her mother ask:
"Huijuan, do you have any plans for today?"

"Go to Tianxin City with my classmates."

Tianxin City is a shopping mall. Every weekend, she would hang out there with her friends.

"Sister, can you take me with you? I want to go to the amusement park..."

Of course, that's impossible.

For Wang Huijuan, who is already seventeen years old, she has her own life.

Soon, she and a few friends took the subway to Tianxin City, a shopping mall located in the city. Unlike ordinary shopping malls, the brands sold here are mostly luxury brands.

Even such large indoor shopping malls have different grades.

For Wang Huijuan and her friends, this was their first time to come to such a place. They always looked at the beautiful dresses curiously and exclaimed in amazement.

"Wow, my goodness, that's expensive."

“This skirt costs thousands of dollars.”

"Yeah, that's enough to buy a car."

The girls were chattering away, watching all this with curiosity, inevitably with a certain desire in their eyes.

But most of the time it's just curiosity.

The reason they came here was just to satisfy their curiosity.

"Okay, let's go see the pedestrian street later."

"Yes, yes, let's go to the pedestrian street. The things there are more suitable for us."

Just as they were walking towards the elevator, Wang Huijuan unexpectedly saw someone.

"Huh? Why is he here?"

Lu Yanan, who was beside her, followed his gaze and saw the handsome boy. Her eyes lit up instantly. She said:
"Wow, what a handsome guy!"

"Huijuan, is she your friend or classmate?"

"We were just classmates in elementary school. Later, when I was in middle school, he went to another school."

"So you're childhood sweethearts, why don't you go over and say hello?"

The friend next to her followed Wang Huijuan's gaze and saw a boy staring at the display window, as if he was looking for something there.

"What should I give to my sister?"

Li Yiyu frowned. What is the biggest advantage of having many brothers and sisters?
There are always lots of gifts on birthdays.

What is the most painful thing?
There will be a lot of birthday gifts that need to be given out.

I just celebrated my younger sister’s birthday two days ago, and now I have to celebrate my older sister’s birthday. Next week I will also celebrate my older brother’s birthday…

"How about a pair of earrings?"

Staring at the pair of earrings worn by the model in the window, just when Li Yiyu made a decision, someone patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Old classmate, what are you doing here?"

Wang Huijuan looked at the boy in front of her and asked with a smile.

"Huh? Wang Huijuan!"

Li Yiyu recognized the girl in front of him. She was his elementary school classmate. They had delivered school meals together many times when they were in elementary school.

"Why are you here too?"

"I'm here to watch a movie, what about you?"

Wang Huijuan glanced at the gestures displayed in the window and said curiously:
"It's a birthday present for my girlfriend."

"girlfriend?"

Li Yiyu waved his hands repeatedly and said.

"How could that be? How could that be? It's my sister. I'm buying a birthday present for my sister. I was just thinking about what to buy?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lv Yanan, who was following Wang Huijuan, took a curious look at the jewelry brand and said:

"I want to buy a gift for my sister. Should I buy something like this?"

The jewelry sold here are all luxury items, even the most inconspicuous ones cost hundreds of dollars.

"Well, I just found out it's going to be so expensive."

Li Yiyu knew the prices of these things, otherwise he wouldn't have felt so bad. However, he still explained it with some embarrassment.

Wang Huijuan saw Li Yiyu's embarrassment and immediately said:

"Haha, that's for sure. When it comes to birthday presents, the key is not the price, but the thought behind it. Then let's go to the pedestrian street together."

Walking in the pedestrian street, Li Yiyu's clear eyes wandered around, full of curiosity about the goods displayed on the stalls.

Although he went to public school in elementary and junior high school as his father requested, he went to a private school in high school as his mother requested.

When he was a child, he rarely went shopping and knew nothing about such markets.

Pedestrian streets like this are quite famous in Chang'an, because most of the items sold here are counterfeit goods made abroad, with very low prices and a wide variety.

No matter which country it is, students who don’t earn money can be described in one word - poor.

If they don't have a part-time job, they don't have much pocket money. Even if they do have a part-time job, it's usually for a longer-term goal, such as buying a car or traveling overseas.

In short, for them, the money earned from part-time jobs has special uses.

So most of them are very "poor".

This kind of poverty is relative, because on weekends, they would come here in groups of three or five to shop, but what they buy are basically things that look good but are not practical.

Li Yiyu had probably heard others talking about this place at school, so when he came to the pedestrian street for the first time, he was very curious about everything around him.

The way he looked around curiously on the pedestrian street was seen by many people as just two words - fat sheep.

"Handsome guy, look at my shoes, the latest Nike model, only 10 bucks a pair."

Li Yiyu, who was stopped, looked at the pairs of shoes on the cloth and saw that they all had the Nike logo.

"What? New Nikes? Only 10 bucks!"

The price is so cheap, even less than 1/3 of that in the specialty store.

"Yes, handsome, these are the latest models. A friend of mine..."

Without waiting for the vendor to finish his words, Wang Huijuan said:
"Fake!"

Li Yiyu was puzzled:

"what?"

"This is a high-quality imitation made in Hong Kong Island. It's worth only 5 dollars at most."

Wang Huijuan's words filled Li Yiyu's clear eyes with questions.

“This is actually fake.”

“No police came to ask questions?”

“Can fake goods be sold?”

Throughout the rest of the journey, Li Yiyu completely transformed into a curious baby. He asked questions curiously, and sometimes he was even attracted by those little gadgets.

When Lu Yanan and the other girls saw him, they were curious and even asked Wang Huijuan:

"Huijuan, where did you get this from? Are you curious?"

"Yeah, he seems to have never been shopping."

"Yeah, it looks really pitiful."

“I’ve never been shopping…”

Wang Huijuan looked at her old classmate as if she were a mentally retarded child. She could never have imagined that she would be so unfamiliar and curious about everything here.

"Yi Yu, have you never been shopping before?"

“Only went to the mall occasionally.”

Li Yiyu answered truthfully.

"This is my first time to come to a place like this. My mom and sister have never brought me to the pedestrian street."

His words made Wang Huijuan feel sympathetic. Could he be the kind of child from a pushover family mentioned in the newspapers?
Even in SEAs, there are some parents who do all they can to push their children to succeed, trying to fulfill their dreams by spending more time with them - getting them into a prestigious school.

With a try-it-out attitude, Wang Huijuan asked:

"Yi Yu, which university are you going to apply to?"

"Nanyang University,"

Li Yiyu answered without thinking:
"My elder brother didn't pass the exam, so of course I have to try..."

What did he get in return for his words?
Of course, Wang Huijuan and the girls sympathized with her. Lu Yanan said indignantly:

"I can't imagine how you have survived all these years."

"Yeah, yeah. It's really pitiful that he has never come out to play."

"If such a simple guy were in the past, he would definitely be coaxed away by someone."

The girls' words made Li Yiyu want to explain, but he couldn't explain it clearly. At this time, Wang Huijuan said.

"Where do you want to go next, poor creature?"

what?
When did I become a pathetic creature?
Although he wanted to refute, Li Yiyu still couldn't resist facing such a bustling pedestrian street with a wide variety of goods.

"Go eat those snacks!"

Li Yiyu stretched out his hand and pointed his finger at the alley in front of him which was filled with all kinds of snacks. His eyes were shining with anticipation, which made the girls around him feel sympathy for him.

What kind of life did this poor creature lead in the past?

"Well, let's go get some snacks."

Wang Huijuan said.

"I'll treat you to a meal later."

(End of this chapter)