After feeding the Lilliputian Kingdom, I became rich through plane trading

Chapter 8: Small is small, big is not necessarily better

Yunzhen picked up his cell phone and checked the time. It was already 11 o'clock in the morning.

She raised her eyes and glanced at the bookcase. Pei Hao in Lilliput was actively exploring the surrounding environment. Seeing that he was moving freely and without any problems, she went straight downstairs to the next room.

Yun Zhen, who was in a good mood, returned home and found that his second aunt Feng Xiaojuan had come with her daughter Yun Jiali. The two were sitting on the sofa drinking tea and chatting, with a hint of anticipation on their faces.

Those who come with evil intentions will not be welcomed by good people. Yun Zhen suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

As expected, as soon as Second Aunt saw her, her harsh mouth couldn't wait to start talking: "Zhenzhen, I heard that you quit your good job in Shencheng? And you ran back home to be an online writer? Young people are impulsive. How much can you earn from writing this? Can it be higher than Shencheng's salary?"

Yun Zhen did not answer, but asked with a cold look: "Second Aunt, the Dragon Boat Festival hasn't arrived yet, why are you here so soon to get the rice dumplings? My mother is working alone and it's very hard, how about you give her a hand?"

Mother Yun is an excellent cook and her rice dumplings are famous for being delicious. Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, she makes some extra dumplings to share with relatives and friends to improve their social skills and strengthen their relationships.

After a long time, this kindness is taken for granted by others.

Look, I just bought the rice dumplings leaves and someone has already come to my door to ask for delivery.

Second Aunt was so embarrassed by what she said that she was about to get angry. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Mother Yun immediately stepped out to smooth things over: "The job in Shencheng is not very good. There are too many things to do and it is difficult to get a promotion and a raise. If Zhenzhen doesn't like it, then don't do it. Returning home is a good opportunity to inherit the family supermarket, so that her father and I can retire early and enjoy our lives."

Hearing this, Second Aunt was very unhappy: "Zhenzhen is already 26 years old and has never had a boyfriend. Shencheng has so many high-quality resources, but she quit her job and ran back to Ya City. She had excellent grades when she was young, so why did she become mediocre when she grew up? It's not good to dream of becoming a great writer all day long. You still have to be down-to-earth!"

He sarcastically disparaged Yun Zhen, and then praised his eldest son with a smug look on his face.

"Our Jiarui works as a programmer in an Internet company in Beidu, and now he earns 2 yuan a month! In my opinion, it is better to study a good major than to get into a good university. Although Zhenzhen graduated from a 211 university, she is not as capable as Jiarui in terms of work. Sister-in-law, you have to be careful. If the child is confused, he can't manage such a big supermarket."

My cousin Yun Jiali also fanned the flames: "Cousin, my friend said that the online writing industry is very unstable. There are many people who earn a few hundred or even dozens of yuan a month. The threshold for increasing income is very high. It is as difficult to earn a little money as to speculate in stocks. You are so unwise this time. You actually gave up the bright future of Shencheng."

The mother and daughter sang in unison, their tone as if Yunzhen had done something stupid and self-degrading.

Everyone present knew exactly why he pretended to be giving sincere advice.

Yun's father and mother opened a large supermarket called "Fuhuiduo" locally. Their family was well off. The couple loved their only daughter Yunzhen very much and raised her carefully so that she could grow up without worries about food and clothing.

The Yun family is small. Yun's father has only one brother, Uncle Yun. Uncle Yun and Aunt Yun have a son and a daughter. The eldest son, Yun Jiarui, is 25 years old and currently works in Beijing; the daughter, Yun Jiali, is 20 years old and is a junior at a normal university in the province.

Yunzhen has always been the best student among her peers since she was a child. However, she failed to get into her first choice, architecture, in the college entrance examination. Instead, she was transferred to polymer materials. This unpopular major, which she filled in just to make up the numbers, later became her biggest regret. She wasted four years on a major she disliked, and encountered obstacles everywhere after she found a job.

She studied a poor major in a first-class university, while her cousin Yun Jiarui studied a good major in a third-tier university. After graduation, their situations were very different. Second Aunt felt proud and extremely proud of herself. In recent years, she often used the two as a control group for comparison.

Second Uncle Yun is the principal of a local key high school. He has many students but limited wealth. Second Aunt Yun favors boys over girls and looks down on Yun Zhen. She always thinks that the supermarket owned by Yun's parents should be inherited by his cousin Yun Jiarui. Southerners value clan unity, and Yun's parents don't have many blood relatives. For the sake of Second Uncle Yun, the couple tolerates the cunning and mean Second Aunt, but they are not stupid enough to give up their family property.

Yun Zhen didn't like his second aunt and cousin, and he knew what they feared the most. Seeing their sarcasm, he immediately fought back: "It doesn't matter. If I can't make any progress in writing novels, I'll go home and inherit the supermarket."

After saying that, she looked at Yun Jiali, who was wearing heavy makeup and luxury goods, and asked, "When are you going to pay back the 3000 yuan you borrowed from me last year? How could a junior spend so much money all at once? Are you dating a Phoenix man who has to pay for the relationship?"

Yun Jiali immediately shut up and never mentioned paying back the money.

Second Aunt also smiled awkwardly, and changed her tone and said, "Young people should pursue their dreams. It's good. Managing a supermarket is tedious and boring. The people you deal with every day are all middle-aged men and women. It will be even harder to find a partner then."

This is because they are afraid that Yunzhen will really come back and take over the family business in a fit of anger.

Mother Yun, who was picking vegetables, looked at them and urged them calmly, "It's almost lunch time, sister-in-law, you should take Jiali home for lunch. I've been too busy and tired lately and my waist has been sprained, so I can't make zongzi. Remember to go to the market and order some later, so that you don't miss out on preparations for the festival."

The order to leave was so obvious that even if Second Aunt was thick-skinned, she couldn't stay there any longer.

The original purpose of this trip was to ridicule Yunzhen and also to have a good meal.

Now, after just a few words, he hasn’t even given me the annual holiday gift.

Second Aunt dragged her daughter away angrily, poking Yun Jiali's forehead as she walked away and swearing, "It's useless for girls to study. They won't be as good as men in finding jobs after graduation. It's better to get married and have children while you're still young, so that you won't end up being an older leftover woman with no place to get married in the future!"

"Your father and I don't have that much wealth for you to squander. If you dare to stay at home and rely on your parents for support, I will kick you out of the house!"

The annoying person left, and Yunzhen's mood became worse.

Such conversations had happened more than once over the years. Even her second uncle, who was most concerned about her reputation, had said to her in a roundabout way that "a child may be smart, but may not be good when he grows up."

This is the unspoken rule of the secular society: the first twenty years are based on academic performance, and the second twenty years are based on how much money you make. If you have not achieved success by the age of forty, people will define you as a mediocre person.

No one is immune to this. No matter who you are, you cannot escape the comparisons of others, nor can you escape the evaluations and gazes of others.

Yunzhen doesn't like to compare himself with others, but comparison always comes to him.

Although she appears calm and composed on the surface, she actually has a very high self-esteem. It is impossible for her to be completely indifferent to the ridicule and criticism, but she has never shown it.

(End of this chapter)