Pandora's Box

I complained to LEE that night.

"Why do you think he is so nosy? He didn't pay the tuition fees, and I won't cause him any loss by skipping classes! My own father doesn't care about me, so can't he turn a blind eye? ?”

LEE said: "It is said that Cheng Yichen was a top student when he was young, so he is a bit obsessive-compulsive about it."

"Scholarly master?" I thought about the middle-aged man with a boring life, "I can't tell."

"He used to be a top student of X University, and his degree from X University more than 20 years ago has a much higher gold content than it does now."

"..."

Those who were admitted to X University in those days were indeed among the best, but speaking of it, with such a starting point, it is quite a failure to become what it is today, right?

Cheng Yichen runs a bookstore with a modest business, and lives in this ordinary community far away from the city center, spending his daily necessities, thinking about which supermarket has a special price, and what time will the discount be.Although he was dressed warmly, could not die of hunger, and was not poor, but he definitely did not belong to the type of living well.

In this way, he is simply a living negative teaching material.

If I study so hard and end up at this level, then what else should I study?

Because of the existence of the demon-suppressing talisman, I can't just stay at home when I have classes, and I can only go out to find a place to pass the time.

It takes money to pass the time, and I have no money, so I have to go to school as a last resort.

The classes that are like a bible, the misfit classmates, the depression at home, and the empty wallet, all of these make me restless and disgusted with this trip to return to school.

Looking back, I was so good at playing, so popular, and my life was so colorful.

At that time, I always thought that I was able to eat everywhere because I was loved by everyone and my flowers bloomed when I saw them.

It is only now that I suddenly realize that a large part of my demeanor back then came from my money.

Money is the most gorgeous special effects filter, life without money can only be a black and white movie.Right?

My dad told me to ask Cheng Yichen for the lack of money, and I did ask for it, and then he took out all the cash in the bag and gave it to me, which was only 600 yuan.

What can 600 yuan be enough for? It’s not enough to buy a new sneaker, and you need 648 krypton gold for mobile games.

I'm embarrassed to keep asking for it, he looks so poor.

Today, I managed to survive another day that was devastated by the violent storm of knowledge, and returned home dying, hiding in my own little world to play games.

Games are the cheapest form of entertainment.Oh, no, mobile games are not included in this list. I can’t afford mobile games anymore, so I can only play PC.

298 buy a shooting game, you can play forever.

This night was not going well, either I met a cheating teammate, or I met a cheating god.The more you fight, the more you lose, the more you lose, the more unwilling you are.I thought I would go to sleep after winning, but when I lost, I lost until five o'clock in the morning.

It was only after sleeping for more than an hour in a daze that there was a knock on the door.

My eyelids seem to weigh a thousand pounds, and the knock on the door is still persistent, as if knocking on my eardrums one after another.

When I was finally woken up by the knock, my urge to get up was already going to explode, and when I climbed out of bed, I slammed open the door, ready to quarrel with the other party.

And Cheng Yichen, as if he couldn't read other people's faces, continued to murmur: "Breakfast is ready. If you don't eat any more, it will be cold."

I vented my anger about getting up: "Don't eat!"

He asked, "What's the matter? Are you uncomfortable?"

"No."

"What's the matter?"

I said, "I just don't want to go to class."

"……why?"

"Why do you have to go to class?"

He seemed to be very surprised, and he was taken aback for a moment before he said, "What are children of your age going to do if they don't go to school?"

"What's the use of reading?"

He said: "How can reading be useless? Reading can make people..."

I didn't have the patience to listen to his long speeches, so I said irritably, "You've read so many books, but you don't see much use for them!"

He was quiet for a while, and stood there, as if a little at a loss.

I didn't feel sleepy at all now, so I put on my clothes, took my bag, squeezed past him, and went out.

I walked aimlessly near the school, passed by Starbucks, and habitually went in for breakfast.A box of salty snacks is 48, a ham and cheese croissant is 25, and a cup of caramel macchiato is 37. When I checked out, I was stunned for a moment. There is also 100 yuan in cash, Cheng Yichen gave it to me.

The clerk looked at me, and I could only force myself to be unrestrained: "Pay separately, part cash, part scan code."

Little Starbucks, not worth mentioning, and I could go bankrupt eating breakfast here.

I stare at these four miniature treats that can be swallowed in one bite.Tuna and tomato tart, spinach bacon cheese pie, shredded beef puff pastry, turkey black truffle pie, lo and behold, not even enough time to read the names.

In the past, when the balance of living expenses in my account was five figures or even six figures at any time, this kind of consumption was not considered at all.

Now eating breakfast has reached the point of breaking the boat.

While chewing on the remaining croissants, I used my mobile phone to browse around the rental app.

It's not a long-term solution to rely on others, and I contradicted Cheng Yichen again this morning.I have never been good at getting along with elders, and it will be even more embarrassing to live under the same roof in the future.I have to seriously and urgently consider my plan to move out.

To move out, you first need to be able to rent a house, that is, you need money.

I looked at my account and sighed.

Back then, I was sad and sad all day long, moaning without illness, feeling that I had nothing but money (given to me by my father).Life with nothing but money is very boring.

Now I can't wait to give myself a big slap in the face.

I don't know the blessings in the blessings!

Money is precious only when you are poor!

It doesn't matter if you lack anything, as long as you don't lack money.Anything goes, just not without money.

For a house in a relatively central location, if you are willing to share with others, it will be 4000 yuan a month. If you want to live alone, it will be at least [-] yuan. If you want to live alone, you can rent a one-bedroom apartment for [-] yuan.

For me who can't receive living expenses from my father at present, it is simply difficult for me to move forward.

I have never been so poor as I have grown up.

If you don't want to make some money, you will not be able to survive this day.

I feel that my immediate priority is definitely not to acquire knowledge, but to earn money.

But how to make money?

I have never worked part-time, so I really have no way to get in.

After all, my family is considered well-off, and I have LEE to help me. Basically, I can have money when I want to use it. I really haven’t bothered about it.

Now I have fallen to the point where I have to ask Cheng Yichen for money even to buy a Hearthstone card pack. Thinking about it, I feel miserable.

So I reluctantly checked some work-study information on the Internet.

Tutoring, 60 yuan per hour, teaches English to primary school students, once a week, one hour at a time.

The restaurant serves dishes for 15 yuan an hour, seven days a week, and it takes time to stabilize.

Distributing leaflets costs 15 yuan an hour. Three or four hundred leaflets are required to be distributed, and the leaflets cannot be lost. A daily subsidy of five yuan is required for the fare.

The upgraded version of leaflets is to assist parents to fill in the experience papers (return slips) of free trial lessons for foreign teachers. Three receipts per hour are required, the basic salary is 80 yuan, and there is a commission.

I:"……????"

Is this what people do?

Was life really that difficult?

I couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

After eating, he continued to swipe his mobile phone boredly in his seat.The morning passed quickly, and I was finally too embarrassed to hang on - I didn't have enough money left to order another cup of coffee.

I resentfully pushed the door out.Leaving the drowsy heating inside Starbucks, the cold wind on the street in winter relentlessly blows out goosebumps all over my body.

I suddenly woke up a little bit.

For the first time in my life at this age, I thought of a question that hit my soul: "What can I do?"

I am 22 years old, I am ignorant, and I am hopelessly poor at reading. Even if I did not lose my school status due to too long sick leave, it is estimated that I will soon be dismissed because of my grades.

In addition to spending money, in addition to eating, drinking and having fun, I don't seem to know anything.

I froze for a while on the street.Between the open world, the sun is shining and bustling with people, but I am like a bubble that is lighter than a feather.