There are still three days left on the day of the UM alumni reunion, and Huang Xiaoya has just received her second month's salary. She decided she was going to buy a new outfit.

"You've got so many clothes, and you're still buying them." In Tan Xiaojuan's opinion, Huang Xiaoya is a bit wasteful.

"You don't know, when I was in school, I was the most economical person in the whole dormitory." Huang Xiaoya laughed at herself, only she knew that she was not only the most provincial, but also the poorest.

Most of the students who can afford to go to school are very wealthy families, and a small half are people who use the wealth of the whole family to support their children's education. Of course, Huang Xiaoya does not belong to either the majority or the small half. She is in a situation where her parents have restricted her consumption. Did her parents have any money, and how much did they earn? She didn't know much about her since she was a child, and in her memory it seemed that her parents were very busy and rarely cared about her. They always have something to do, she is a boarding student in elementary school, she is a boarding school in junior high school, and she is a boarding school in high school. When she was in college, she studied abroad without hesitation.

Children who spend a lot of time in boarding school have a natural ability to protect themselves and are sometimes seen as independent. However, children who are really boarding know that it is difficult to be truly self-willed in group life. You have to admit that the school is not an ivory tower place, and the chain of contempt between children is naturally generated for various reasons.

"Were you under a lot of financial pressure when you were studying abroad?" Tan Xiaojuan remembered the difficulties of her study and life in college, and sighed sincerely.

"No, as long as you don't go to classmates' reunions, you don't buy any luxury goods. I still have more than enough money. "The money that Huang Xiaoya's parents sent to her is indeed not too small. So that she won't go to work like some other classmates from worse backgrounds to earn money and go to school on her behalf. She just can't spend like her wealthy classmates who spend a lot of money.

"When you were in school, did anyone look down on you?" Tan Xiaojuan folded the clothes that the two of them had dried out during the day.

"Of course there are, and there are people who bully themselves." Huang Xiaoya's face changed.

"Me too, but there's no point in worrying about that." Tan Xiaojuan has obviously had a lot of unbearable experiences.

"Well, anyway, we'll both go to the mall tomorrow night." Huang Xiaoya decisively patted Tan Xiaojuan's back. The shock made Tan Xiaojuan stumble.

They turned off the headlights that were a little bright, and turned on the lamp at the head of the bed, and the misty light reflected the small room, hazy and warm.

The two girls lay on the bed and began to chat.

"Have you ever attended a class reunion or alumni reunion?" Huang Xiaoya asked Tan Xiaojuan.

"I've only been to elementary school reunions, and none of the others." Tan Xiaojuan replied.

"Why?"

"Because my classmates in elementary school were simple, they were complicated in junior high school, and they would bully people."

"Well, how did you get bullied?" Huang Xiaoya doesn't quite understand how rural children bully people.

"Hehe, that's a long story. I offended a female classmate from a relatively wealthy family while playing a game with my classmates during recess. After that, my school life was overwhelming. Tan Xiaojuan's eyes fell into pain.

"You will find toads in your drawer, walking on the road, the girls led by her will throw me with all kinds of small clods, and ......" Tan Xiaojuan didn't say any more, she paused and bit her lip with her teeth.

Huang Xiaoya was even worried about whether she would bite her lip.

"It's too painful, so don't say it anymore." Huang Xiaoya muttered softly.

"Well, it doesn't matter now, I really didn't want to go to school at that time." Tan Xiaojuan smiled and didn't continue.

"Speaking of happy things, did you have anything that made you happy when you were at school?"

"Yes, when I first came home with a certificate of merit for the first time, my mom rewarded me with a big apple." Tan Xiaojuan suddenly became excited: "Later, I felt that I had never eaten such a delicious apple again." ”

"Oh, eating apples makes you happy." Huang Xiaoya thought that Tan Xiaojuan's requirements were so low.

"You don't know, then my brother and sister were born. Our family's situation is getting worse and worse. They eat apples and the like, even if I have to eat them occasionally. But it's too much. ”

"Well, tomorrow we're going to buy apples to eat." Huang Xiaoya looked at Tan Xiaojuan, and suddenly felt that she had never felt such a tightness in her chest.

"No, when I was in college, I worked part-time to earn some money, and I used to buy apples to eat at night after work. I just didn't think it was so delicious anymore. Tan Xiaojuan smiled mischievously.

"What about you, you haven't said anything about what happened to you at school?" Tan Xiaojuan raised the pillow she was leaning on a little higher.

"I'm not as bullied as you are. Compared to yours, it's all trivial things," Huang Xiaoya felt that her grievances were really not worth mentioning compared to Tan Xiaojuan's.

"Tell me, complain."

"It's nothing, it's just that I often lose things in the dormitory."

"Ah, there's a thief."

"Actually, I later learned that it wasn't a thief at all, someone deliberately threw my things in the trash."

"Ah, it's incredible. Why is that? ”

"Let's take revenge, because I didn't understand much at that time, and I had a small report to the teacher. So, offended that girl. ”

"Was this when you were in elementary school or junior high school?"

"Elementary school. I didn't dare when I was in junior high school, and I had already learned how to get along with these people when I was in junior high school. Huang Xiaoya understands in her heart that people will eventually learn to protect themselves in collective life. Repeated experiences and setbacks make it impossible not to grow.

"How did you spend your college years?" Huang Xiaoya just heard Tan Xiaojuan talk about the work-study program in college, and she became even more curious.

"I can't help it, I work all kinds of hourly jobs, working in some fast food restaurants. But it's quite happy. Tan Xiaojuan really didn't feel bitter, she ate dinner in the store at that time. Not only do you save money, but you also eat well.

"You earn your own tuition and living expenses?"

"Yes, I earned it myself. And sometimes I put a little upside down for my family. ”

"You're amazing."

"This is my fate, and I can't complain. I'll be fine if I suffer for another three years. My brother and sister are graduating from college. Tan Xiaojuan is full of yearning for the future life. Huang Xiaoya read the light from her eyes.

"I admire you, self-reliance!"

"Well, there are actually many ways to change your fate, but I learned the most difficult one." Tan Xiaojuan came to say this.

"Really?"

"Yes, there were several girls who worked with me at that time, but then they stopped working and found boyfriends." Tan Xiaojuan laughed.

"Oh, you mean the sugar daddy?"

"Yes, there were a lot of girls like this in college, and it was a shortcut for them."

"Well, the best shortcut. Haha, it doesn't have to be a sugar daddy. We had two roommates in college, and our family was super rich, but my boyfriend paid for my daily expenses. Huang Xiaoya couldn't help but admire Mo Xiaoying and Ling Yan when she thought of them.

"That's because there are a lot of rich boys in universities like yours, like ours. There are fewer rich boys. Tan Xiaojuan smiled, she was self-aware, and she couldn't attract those rich boys with her appearance.

"Or, you can join me at the alumni reunion the day after tomorrow." Huang Xiaoya proposed that she was thinking that if Tan Xiaojuan met a suitable one, it would end her financial pressure.

"Forget it, I still want to work hard for a promotion and a raise, so that it is more secure."

"Come on, look at our current money, such a working environment, I don't know how many years we have to survive for promotion and salary increase? At that time, everyone was old. ”

"You can just go play with me, what if you find true love?" Huang Xiaoya hurriedly instigated Tan Xiaojuan.

"I'm sleepy, I'll talk about it then." Tan Xiaojuan couldn't resist Huang Xiaoya, and drilled her head into the quilt.

Huang Xiaoya turned off the lamp, but she tossed and turned in the quilt, the reason why she wanted Tan Xiaojuan to follow was that she was afraid that she would be at a loss when she faced it alone......