Early in the morning, when Wen Man left the house, his mother Xu Yu'e chased him to the door and said, "Manman, Yuanyuan needs two brushes and a box of gouache paint. When you get off work, take a detour to the stationery store next to the Academy of Fine Arts to buy it."

After saying this, Xu Yu'e didn't wait for her eldest daughter to agree, and she would not get any money in it, so she returned to the house.

This has been like this since childhood. Wen Man is the eldest in the family and gives way to her sister Wen Yuan. This law seems to be taken for granted by her parents and her sister.

Wen Man opened her wallet and looked inside, and it cost less than one hundred yuan. She thought of the stationery store next to the Art Academy, which was the most expensive stationery store in the city. She turned back to her room, took out the salary she had just received the day before yesterday, and took out another two hundred yuan from it. In this way, apart from the family support fee she paid to her parents, she had no pocket money this month.

When I arrived at the company, my college classmate and his best friend Chu Xia took Wen Man's shoulders: "My husband is not at home tonight, and I don't want to cook, so I'll go eat Japanese sushi together, how about it?"

"No money." Wen Man said honestly.

"You only received your salary the day before yesterday." Chu Xia was a little surprised, and immediately sighed, "Manman, uncle and aunt are really biased. Don't you resist?"

Wen Man's lips pursed slightly, and her smile was like a lady in a TV series, and she could not miss her teeth.

Chuxia knew that this best friend was not astonishing in appearance on weekdays, but when she smiled, her two bright eyes were like crescent moons, and could kill both men, women, and young people. However, Wen Man's smile could only be spread to those who trust. The average person saw Wen Man, a thin melon-shaped face and black glasses, covered most of her face. She liked to hide in the corner, like an invisible person.

I remember one class reunion, she and Wen Man were present together. As a result, when the show was about to end, the host counted the list of attendees and sent gifts, shouting: "Hey, didn't Wen Man come tonight?"

Wen Man silently raised her hand in the corner: "On."

The host was so embarrassed that he almost dug a hole in the ground and drilled in.

"Early summer. I heard that you want to accompany your husband to travel to Beijing." Wen Man interrupted his best friend's wandering.

Wen Man's voice is born, like a little lamb, soft. Some people hate her voice, some people like it. Early summer likes it, but Wen Man's family, especially Wen Man's sister, hates her sister's voice very much.

Chuxia often was amazed after listening to the voices of her friends, and then said, "What's wrong? Have you figured it out? Finally, I thought of leaving that home?"

Wen Man pursed her lips and did not answer.

Chu Xia held her shoulder: "If you want, go with us and the three of them will take care of each other, it's okay."

In the evening, I clocked in at the company on time to get off work. In the early summer, I accompanied Wen Man to the most expensive stationery store in the city. I bought Wen Yuan two brushes and a box of paint, both of which were good brands. I removed more than 230 yuan at the checkout. Wen Man thought: Fortunately, I brought two hundred more yuan.

Chu Xia complained again for her: "The money you earn is invested in your sister. When she becomes famous, will she repay you?"

"Our whole family invested in her, not only me." Wen Man used this to evade the concern of her best friend.

"Tsk. With her ability, I don't believe she can get into the Central Academy of Fine Arts." Chu Xia made arguing, and she really couldn't stand it.

"Better than me. I'm just a second-tier student. She is a key high school and should be able to attend the first one." Wen Man said gently.

"I really want to curse her that she can't get a copy." Chu Xia swears to the death.

Wen Man pursed her lips: "Improper."

Wen Man often makes a witty remark like a bead in silence.

Chuxia feels that after dating for so many years, she still can’t see through what kind of person Wen Man is.

The two were about to take the bus to a Japanese sushi restaurant in the city center, and they were invited by early summer. Wen Man's cell phone rang.

"Mom, is there anything wrong? I'll be there tonight-"

"You come to your second uncle now. Tonight's family gathering, all girls must attend." After Xu Yu'e finished speaking, she hung up the phone without her daughter's reply.

"What's wrong?" Chu Xia asked.

"My mother asked me to go to my second uncle's house. Our family gathered tonight." Wen Man made a bitter face, "I'm sorry, Chu Xia."

"It's okay. I'm paying less for a meal, so I'm not too happy." Chu Xia grinned generously, then looked at Wen Man's clothes, "You big family gathering, can you wear this?"

Wen Man works in the mounting room and often stains some pigments on his clothes, so he goes to work with the most ordinary clothes. For example, today, a dot shirt has some colored paste on the hem of the clothes, which cannot be washed off, and the jeans below are even covered with two ink marks.

"It's not a problem, it's just a family gathering." Wen Man looked at himself and shook her head, "If you go back and change, you will be scolded by your family when you are late."

Therefore, after breaking up with early summer at the bus stop, Wen Man took another bus.

Wen Man's second uncle, named Wen Shirong, worked as a clerk in the city hall and was the best one in the Wen family. Wen Shirong's house is located in Shengtang Garden, with a market price of 10,000 yuan per square meter. It is located on the first floor of the community, with five bedrooms and three living rooms, and a small garden.

But if possible, Wen Man never wanted to step into the door of Uncle Er's house.

This is about Wen Man's grandfather who died early, and only his grandmother lived in the old house. Wen Man's father Wen Shixuan is the eldest son of the Wen family. After his parents passed away, he would have become the eldest son of the Wen family and presided over the big and small things of the whole family. However, Wen Shixuan was not doing well, so he and his wife opened a grocery store and barely made a living. Therefore, the boss who can now be in charge of the family has become his second brother Wen Shirong.

Wen Shixuan couldn't raise his head in the family, and Xu Yu'e was also humiliated by being called the eldest sister-in-law. The two failed to give birth to a son and inherit the incense. All hope was placed on their two daughters. However, Wen Man was the oldest among the seven girls in the Wen family, but she was the most unpromising. She couldn't go to high school and got into a second-tier university entrance exam, and she was just like a company that started working. She is now 29 years old and couldn't even get a partner.

Xu Yu'e felt embarrassed by her eldest daughter, and even put all her thoughts on her second daughter Wen Yuan. At least Wen Yuan went to a key high school and her goal was to a key university in Beijing.

Wen Man pressed the doorbell of his second uncle's house.

With a ticking, the person who opened the door for her was Wen Haoxue, the second uncle's daughter.

Wen Haoxue is 22 years old this year and is studying at a communication university in the city. Her appearance is more similar to her mother Zhang Qiuyan. She has a round face and has long wavy hair. She has a pair of beautiful eyes that look like a phoenix.

Wen Man was slightly surprised: Wen Haoxue was at home tonight, why did she wear high heels on her feet and red makeup on her face, and she looked like she was going out for a banquet?

"Sister Manman, did your mother tell you nothing?" It seemed that Wen Haoxue was supposed to express her amazement when she looked at the clothes and pants that Wen Man had defiled.

"What's the matter?" Wen Man asked, and the plastic bag in her hand was still packing the pen and paint she bought for Wen Yuan.

Wen Haoxue saw her expression and guessed that she knew nothing. She pulled her into the door first and then said in detail: "My dad brought the sons of two colleagues over."

"Hey?" Wen Man was pulled straight by her and walked to the living room.

Inside, inside and outside, there are three layers of men and women in the Wen family. The men are uniformly formal suits and tied, and the women are all dressed up in a colorful manner. Such a large lineup scares Wen Man very much.

"Manman, why are you dressing like this?!" Xu Yu'e jumped up and pointed at her daughter. When she heard the sound, everyone focused their eyes on Wen Man when they heard the sound. Xu Yu'e regretted it and was embarrassed. She suddenly sat back on her seat.

Wen Haoxue's mother Zhang Qiuyan came over and asked with concern: "What's going on, Haoxue?"

Wen Haoxue said in front of everyone in the living room: "Sister Manman doesn't know what the party is for tonight. The eldest aunt didn't seem to tell her."

Wen Man frowned and was about to speak.

Xu Yu'e rushed to say: "I told Yuanyuan that she asked her to call her sister and remember to go home to change clothes."

Wen Yuan's face remained unchanged when she saw her mother kicking the ball on her head: "I called my sister, but my sister didn't listen. If you don't believe me, you can ask Shu Ya, and I asked Shu Ya to call her sister once."

When Liao Shuya, who was flirting with Wang Yunyun, heard this, and said, "I'll call Sister Manman. Sister Manman must be in the car, and she didn't hear it."

The responsible people rolled back to Wen Man himself. Wen Man smiled gently without showing his teeth.

When Xu Yu'e saw that her eldest daughter didn't care at all, she felt really sorry for her.

"Since that's the case, sister-in-law, let Haoxue borrow a set of clothes for Manman to wear." Zhang Qiuyan spoke, speaking generously, and showed her family's demeanor.

Xu Yu'e grabbed her eyebrows and thought: If she accepted it, she would not be able to swallow her breath. If she did not accept it, others would say that she only cared about her face and ignored her daughter. Whatever she said, she would have to swallow her grievances.

Wen Haoxue received the look from her mother and wanted to pull Wen Man to her room without a smile.

Wen Man took off his hand and said to everyone: "Thank you for your good intentions. But Haoxue's clothes are a little bigger for me and are not suitable for me."

Chih--

The first one to laugh was the youngest and only boy among the Wen family's children. Unfortunately, he was a grandson named Wang Shaohan. He was thirteen years old this year and was in the fifth grade. He was held in the palm of his parents like a little emperor. He has always been heartless. He laughs whenever he wants to laugh and cry when he wants to cry. You say he doesn't know how to be scheming but is very clever.

When everyone saw this, they knew what Wang Shaohan was laughing at. Among the girls, Wen Haoxue was the plumpest and Wen Man was the slimest. If Zhang Qiuyan had not bought a brand-name shirt for Wen Haoxue for a lot of money, and with Wen Haoxue's figure and wearing Wen Man's unbranded uniform clothes, it would have been even worse than a pig.

Wen Haoxue and his daughter looked down at the same time.

Wen Man didn't think they could have any kind intentions to borrow her clothes. In some ways, her parents were just brave but not resourceful, but her second uncle's family was a top-notch fox. Wen Man, who had seen through this, walked from various gazes to a stool near the balcony, and habitually hid herself in the shadows.

To put it bluntly, Uncle Wen, who was looking for so many girls to show off his daughter Wen Haoxue. The other girls are not unaware of the thoughts of Uncle Er’s family, but they are unwilling to lose the opportunity to fly up the branch and become a phoenix. But Wen Man is self-aware. If there were Cinderella and Prince Charming everywhere in this world, it would not be called Cinderella fairy tale.

Click - the door opened, Wen Shirong was in front, and two handsome and tall figures from behind firmly sucked the girls' gaze.
Chapter completed!