Volume 13: Out of the Rubik's Cube (24)
"I don't know how my mother survived it," Jiao Shuyin couldn't help but blush her eyes. "She always said that she didn't leave for our three siblings, but sometimes I couldn't help thinking, maybe she left, so the three of us wouldn't live in such an environment all year round... For her, that was a kind of liberation, and for us, it was also a kind of liberation."
As Jiao Shuyin said, it is actually a tragedy for her parents to stay together. She would rather have the battle between Jiao father and Jiao mother not only an internal problem of the Jiao family, but also escalated by Jiao mother's family's help. This is a war on the road of growth of three children. This war has put the three young children in an unescaped dilemma. Jiao Shuyin was always synonymous with introvertedness in her youth. Jiao Shuhuan was also indifferent and unsociable, with almost no few friends who could speak. Jiao Shuyuan was eager to cover up the dilemma of her family and thus became
He is vain and loves to dress up, and is extremely generous to his friends and classmates, but he makes himself extremely tight. For a while, Jiao Shuyin has insomnia and can't sleep all night long. However, Jiao's father and Jiao's mother do not take it seriously, only paying attention to the money and the war between them. They should be family members who depend on each other, but in the Jiao family, the word "family" seems to have become a poisonous knife, which comes from each other's hearts, and wishes to pierce into each other's hearts. As long as they kill each other, they can feel relieved.
At that time, Jiao Shuyin could hardly change any status quo for a teenage girl who was not financially capable. During high school, she began to understand that no matter what she did or said, she would not get reconciliation from her parents. Jiao Shuyin began to try to make money in various ways. In addition to providing her daily expenses, she also gave most of the money to her younger brothers and sisters. In fact, no matter what Jiao Shuhuan and Jiao Shuyuan's temperament was, at that time, the three siblings depended on each other, and their relationship gradually deepened with Jiao's father and mother becoming more and more cold. Jiao Shuyin no longer felt that her younger brothers and sisters were not adorable like she was when she was young. She began to feel that her own situation was already tragic enough, so she should not let her younger brothers and sisters repeat the same mistakes. She had to do something to change the sad environment of the status quo...
So when he graduated from the college entrance examination, Jiao Shuyin changed his application. When Jiao’s father and mother stopped her from going to college, she left the Redwood Inn with her luggage in the middle of the night, leaving her suffocating home, and went out to work to earn tuition. At that time, only Li Yingsheng said goodbye to her late at night at the gate of the town. It was dark and the wind was very loud, and the river was clamoring. Li Yingsheng only asked if he wanted to send her away, but Li Yingsheng’s family was strictly controlled.
Shaking her head, she carried a bag of luggage and dragged the bicycle she had borrowed from the grass from the grass, then rode the bicycle all the way to the county town, bought a one-way train ticket with her only change, and set foot on the city where she was in college, working until the new semester starts, and then took a bunch of old luggage to the university to report. The moment she saw the university gate, Jiao Shuyin almost thought she had completely entered a new life.
Jiao Shuyin is indeed trying to get rid of her previous life and the family that brought her countless nightmares. When she was in college, she never mentioned her family, nor would she compare luxury goods with others. Even because she was short of money, she could not do anything related to entertainment, and eliminated everything that would cost more money. The only time she went to a class trip was because she was going to climb a free mountain. The class monitor gave each person a bottle of water, and without spending a penny, Jiao Shuyin dared to go out with them. She was secretly heartbroken for the two yuan fare. She used the time she could use to read, study, exercise eloquence and work part-time, absorb everything she could learn like a sponge, adapt to the rhythm of the city, and integrate herself into the life of the city.
Later, Jiao Shuyin could chat and laugh freely with his teachers, chat with strangers calmly, and talk about any topic with friends everywhere. Standing on the playground of thousands of people and talking calmly and giving speeches received thunder applause. She was elegant and calm, confident and strong, and she could respond to all kinds of calls in the class. Some people would dislike her and would disdain to deal with her, but no one would say that she was not a special girl. She was not very delicate, never put on makeup, and she was very simple in dressing. She could not be an internet celebrity or play directly.
But many people will call her sister, and men will say to her that I am not as good as you, and countless people think she is their goddess. If someone says that Jiao Shuyin comes from a broken family in a poor town, I am afraid no one will believe that she is in a big city with tens of millions of people, like many ordinary people who have poured in for their dreams, trying to use her own strength to change her life. But at some point, she thinks of Lingxiao Flower in Lingxiao Town, and her parents, brothers and sisters, and she shed tears in nowhere.
In fact, Jiao Shuyin missed home very much, but apart from sending money to Jiao Shuyuan and Jiao Shuhuan, she could not think of a reason to go home. She was afraid that she would be locked up by Jiao’s father and mother as soon as she got home, so she would not let her continue to go to school.
So during the four years of college, Jiao Shuyin never went home. She waited until she finished her senior year internship and saved more than 20,000 yuan, but she dared to drag her luggage to go home. During this period, Grandpa Jiao and Grandma Jiao had passed away one after another. The Redwood Inn also fell into Jiao's father's hands in another fierce competition among Jiao's father and Jiao's mother. Because Jiao Shuyin brought a lot of money for Lingxiao Town, Jiao's father's attitude became very good, and Jiao's mother was also happy. They no longer said that "studying is useless" and "it still costs 1,000 yuan to go to the supermarket after graduating from junior high school", but instead praised the benefits of going to college. Jiao Shuyin suddenly discovered that if her success made Jiao's father and mother let Jiao Shuhuan and Jiao Shuyin go to college, it would be a great thing that changed her destiny.
But unexpectedly, when Jiao Shuyin felt that the future had turned around, Jiao’s father and mother began to go on blind dates frequently, and the requirements were not high. As long as there was a house and a stable job and salary was sufficient, it would be even better if she could help her provide tuition for her younger brother and sister. Jiao Shuyin was simply shocked. Should she marry a house or a job, or their ATM? She tried to explain to Jiao’s father and mother that she did not want to get married so early, but they said to Jiao Shuyin that there is no guarantee for girls not to get married, and that only when they get married can they ensure full food and well-dressed clothes. Jiao Shuyin wanted to ask them at the time, what kind of guarantee is if they are like them after marriage?
Although Jiao Shuyin does not have the idea of love first, she still does not want her marriage to be decided so rashly. She has seen enough of her parents' marriage tragedy, so a fierce quarrel broke out in the Jiao family. In the end, Jiao Shuyin, who could not convince Jiao's father and mother, closed her mouth tiredly, because even Jiao Shuyuan also said to her sorely, "Sister, what kind of strong woman do you do? Anyway, so many people like you, wouldn't it be better to find a good marriage?"
Jiao Shuyin wanted to say nothing except looking at her sadly.
After this battle, Jiao Shuyin left Lingxiao Town with her thin luggage and returned to the city where she was studying for college. She found that she did not have enough financial ability. She had no right to do anything in the Jiao family, let alone change her destiny. So Jiao Shuyin was once again a strong woman who was targeted by others. She worked hard in big cities, working overtime, taking exams, taking postgraduate entrance examinations, seeking promotions, and waiting for a raise. She got a lot of money, but she was very tired, and her relationship with her younger brothers and sisters was becoming increasingly alienated. It was not that she didn't want to care about them, but she was too busy, so she couldn't think of any way to care about them except to give money. She was too tired. She was thinking about survival every day and couldn't care about their lives.
Jiao Shuhuan gradually had nothing to say with her, and became increasingly numb to life. It seemed that one day was counting and he was not interested in anything. People were like walking corpses sitting on their bodies, and it didn't matter if they starved to death. Jiao Shuyuan was vain and would rather save money than eat, buy the best clothes, put on the most exquisite makeup, and go out to visit the most fun places with friends. Every time she chatted with Jiao Shuyin, she ended with a different viewpoint and turned into an argument. She felt that Jiao Shuyin was old-fashioned and conservative, and was rather unreasonable when she had overtaken the line. She would rather believe her friends.
I didn't want to listen to her say anything more. Jiao Shuyin gradually became numb in the repeated conflicts again and again, and she really couldn't raise her spirit to deal with them. However, with the second brother Jiao Shuhuan's approaching graduation, the business of the Redwood Inn at home has stabilized due to the tourism development in Lingxiao Town in recent years. Only Jiao Shuyuan needs to support her in school. The situation of the Jiao family can be said to have improved and gradually become prosperous. Jiao Shuyin thought, she should have changed her destiny, right? Then can she finally live for herself?
Jiao Shuyin said to herself, and after sending Jiao Shuyuan's tuition to her card, she quit her job and returned to Lingxiao Town in a casual manner. Jiao Shuyuan was shocked when she saw her and asked her why she came back. Jiao Shuyin said that she had been living too hard outside. Jiao Shuyuan retorted disdainfully: "Isn't it your dream to be a strong woman? Why are you afraid of being a tired?"
Jiao Shuyin looked at her almost unfamiliar sister almost blankly. Didn’t she know why she wanted to become a strong woman?
"I never thought of living like that. I liked reading, astronomy, geography, history and politics when I was very young. My dream was to become an academic expert who could stay in the institute without seeing people. In fact, I don't like dealing with people, I don't like being vain, I don't like wearing masks to face customers, and I don't like climbing up for money and power," Jiao Shuyin stroked her face, looked at Han Lu and Yiling, and her slender fingers seemed to be able to peel off a thick mask from her face. Her eyes were so sad that I felt sad, "But before I could come back to my senses, I had already lived the life I least wanted."
So Jiao Shuyin chose to overthrow and start over. Since she could go from nothing to a corporate executive, from a poor girl to a dazzling goddess, then she was not afraid of starting over again. She welcomed her new life with confidence, but unexpectedly, she was facing a new nightmare.
Jiao Shuyin looked at the white lanterns floating on the door, the sun was shining outside, and the redwood inn was dark and cold. She whispered: "The tragedy is that it is pathetic and infinitely circulated, right?"
Han Lu unconsciously turned the Rubik's Cube in her hand and said a little distractedly: "No matter what you do, can't you change it?"
Chapter completed!