Quick travel to save a miserable life

Lin Hui packed her things, carried her bag, went downstairs to find her original electric bike, and rode home in the direction she remembered.

It is now November in the Gregorian calendar, and it is also October in the lunar calendar. Although Su Province is considered a southern province, it is still a bit cold and windy when riding on the road.

Because Lin Hui and Wang Haoyu's new house is a demolition resettlement house, the location is a bit remote. The cram school she teaches is located in a prosperous area of ​​the city, more than ten kilometers away from home, and it takes about [-] minutes by electric bike.

Although the house where she lived with her father before her marriage was just a shabby old house, it was in an excellent location. It was located in the city center. It took less than ten minutes to go to work from there. This was also the reason why she chose to work here in the first place.

When they first got married, the roads were unfamiliar and she was a little scared to go back alone at night. She wanted Wang Haoyu to come pick her up. At that time, they were newly married and their relationship was officially strong, so he naturally agreed.

But just two days after picking her up, it was stopped because her mother-in-law Zhong Aihua was unwilling and would not let her son pick her up. Wang Haoyu apologized and told her that he could no longer pick her up.

Zhong Aihua said to Lin Hui: "Hui, although our home is far away from where you work, there are street lights along the way and people are constantly on the road. What are you afraid of? Haoyu finally returned home after working all day. When you get home, let him rest and ride back by yourself."

What else could Lin Hui say? She was originally introverted and timid. She was newly married at the time and was too embarrassed to contradict her mother-in-law, so she had no choice but to agree.

From then on, whether it was windy or rainy, Yuan Shen rode an electric car to and from get off work by herself, and Wang Haoyu never picked her up again.

In fact, Wang Haoyu's job is not hard at all. He works as a follower in a small company, responsible for processing order information, contacting customers, etc. It is basically the same as back office. There is no work pressure and no need to work overtime. Of course, the salary is also high. Not much.

Lin Hui teaches in a cram school and earns more than [-] yuan a month. Wang Haoyu earns a little less than her, around [-] yuan. The two of them earn more than [-] yuan a month. They neither buy a car nor have a mortgage or car loan. Logically speaking, in Jinghai Life in this third-tier city should be pretty good.

However, because of the presence of her mother-in-law, who loves flowers, the Wang family's life remains as difficult and simple as ever.

When Lin Hui got home, it was almost ten o'clock, the lights in the living room were not on, Zhong Aihua went to bed early, and Wang Haoyu was playing games in the bedroom with headphones.

Lin Hui glanced at Wang Haoyu who was addicted to the game through the crack in the door, turned around and went to the kitchen without saying a word.

Sure enough, the pot in the kitchen was covered with half a plate of vegetables and a bowl of rice, which had already cooled down.

The leaf tips of the green vegetables have turned yellow, and they are not fresh at first glance. Zhong Aihua must have gone to the vegetable market to "pick up leaks" again in the afternoon!

Since Wang Haoyu started working, his salary card has been held by his mother, who gives him hundreds of pocket money every month. He does not smoke or drink, and rarely socializes with friends. He goes home after work every day, and at most he takes a taxi. Playing games, so the money is basically enough.

After the couple got married, Zhong Aihua was too embarrassed to ask for her daughter-in-law's salary, so she resorted to tricks to make her son spend her daughter-in-law's money.

Ever since Lin Hui married him, this pocket money was no longer given to his son. The reason was that they would have to raise children in the future. They young people were lavish, so she had to save this money.

In this way, Wang Haoyu would have to ask Lin Hui for his pocket money. Although it was only a few hundred yuan a month, Lin Hui would feel uncomfortable if he gave this money away.

It's not like Lin Hui never asked him to get his salary card from his mother-in-law, but every time Wang Haoyu always shied away and said, "Mom is doing it for our own good and helping us save money. Let her take it if she has it." Come on!"

Lin Hui was angry, but she was too embarrassed to confront her mother-in-law, so she endured it until now.

Zhong Aihua holds her son's salary in her hands, but is reluctant to spend it. She works as a housekeeper in the community and earns [-] yuan a month. She also rents out another house. In total, she earns nearly [-] yuan a month. The amount of money that can be used for family living expenses every month is less than [-] yuan.

How did she save it?

Zhong Aihua goes to the vegetable market to buy vegetables after getting off work at around [-]pm every day. At that time, the vegetables are all leftovers picked by others. The quality is not good and the prices are cheap.

The same goes for buying chicken, duck, and fish, not forgetting pork. When it comes to fish and shrimp, she only buys fish and shrimp that have been fished out dead because it is so affordable.

Lin Hui once saw that the eyes of the shrimps she bought had changed color and their heads were about to fall off. She couldn't help but tell her that in the future, she should buy them live and fresh.

Zhong Aihua said plausibly: "When you buy these fish and shrimps, you always have to kill them to eat them. They were just dead when I bought them, but the price is half the price. Don't they all taste the same?"

How can this be the same? The meat of dead fish and shrimp is not firm and fresh, so how can it taste the same?

Anyway, no matter how hard Lin Quanyou saved, he never bought rotten vegetable leaves or dead fish and shrimps for his daughter to eat.

Ever since Lin Hui and Wang Haoyu got married, the Wang family has never seen anyone buy garbage bags. All the garbage cans are made of plastic bags that Zhong Aihua buys from the vegetable market. There are red, blue, white and black ones. , in various colors and sizes.

Sometimes, even though the bag was smaller than a trash can, she still insisted on putting it over her head. Lin Hui couldn't stand it. When she came back after buying a few rolls of garbage bags, she was scolded by Zhong Aihua: "Oh, there are so many garbage bags at home that I can't even use them." It’s over, you still have to waste that money on it, and you are not allowed to buy it again in the future!”

Yes, there are too many garbage bags to use up. These various garbage bags occupy a cupboard to store them. If Lin Hui accidentally opens the cupboard while looking for something, some garbage bags will fall out. Falling.

The original person really didn't understand that a roll of garbage bags only cost a few dollars, so there was no need to save for this.

However, apart from excessive frugality, there seems to be nothing wrong with loving flowers.

She is a good cook and can cook delicious dishes even with stale ingredients. She also keeps the house clean and is very diligent, so she got the cleaning job in this community.

Because it is a demolition and resettlement community, most of the people living in it are people from the same village. There are many middle-aged and elderly women who are unemployed. Cleaning work is not just for anyone who wants to do it. People who love flowers love to be clean and do things quickly. , defeated a bunch of competitors to win the cleaning position.

She was very proud when she talked about this. It was good to work in her own community. She would cook a little more when cooking in the morning and save the rest for lunch.

During the lunch break, she went home and heated up the leftover food from the morning for lunch. She still had time to rest at home. In her opinion, this job couldn't be better.