Fast-forward to the era of cannon fodder

"Brother Lei, let's go get some part-time jobs on the weekends. I heard there's a fried chicken shop near the school that pays ten dollars an hour. If we work for a few hours on the weekends, we can earn more than a thousand dollars a month for our living expenses."

After all, he has many more lives to live, so he has more ways to do things than Fan Lei, that second-rate guy.

Fan Lei didn't want to go out to work, but life was hard without money in his pocket.

Although his family is a local household, their conditions are very poor. He has been an orphan since childhood and was raised by his grandparents. His grandparents also live on their pensions and do not give him much pocket money.

Fan Lei agreed to work on weekends.

In the blink of an eye, it was the weekend. After breakfast, Wang Xiaoyan went to work at the fried chicken shop that she had contacted long ago.

She thought that she and Fan Lei could earn at least 200 yuan in a day's work, but it was after noon before she saw Fan Lei enter the store.

Wang Xiaoyan quickly put down the work in her hands, ran over, and asked, "Brother Lei, why are you here just now? We agreed to go to work at 9 am, and it's almost one o'clock now."

Fan Lei looked impatient. "My brothers called me for help, and I couldn't just ignore them. Well, I'm here now. I can earn dozens of dollars by working for an afternoon."

However, he had only been working for an hour when a young man came to see him.

Not long after, Fan Lei went to find the boss, paid the bill and left.

He didn't even tell Wang Xiaoyan.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the store was quiet. Wang Xiaoyan sat on a chair tiredly. She wanted to ask Fan Lei to buy her a bottle of drink, but she couldn't find anyone after looking for him everywhere.

When she asked more carefully, she found out that Fan Lei had left long ago.

The boss even said sarcastically, "Wang Xiaoyan, your boyfriend is obviously not a hard worker. He moves when you point him and doesn't work efficiently. Don't let him come here again. My store can't pay him for nothing."

Wang Xiaoyan's face turned red and blue.

But Wang Xiaoyan persisted until ten o'clock in the evening.

Except for a half-hour break for lunch, she worked for a total of twelve and a half hours. Seeing that she was diligent, capable and willing to endure hardships, her boss paid her for thirteen hours.

Holding the 130 yuan, Wang Xiaoyan was tired and smiling. Her legs were shaking from exhaustion, but her heart was full of excitement.

In the evening, Yuanchun took out a hundred yuan and handed it to Wang Xiaoyan, "Xiaoyan, this is your pocket money for next week, keep it."

Wang Xiaoyan gritted her teeth and said, "Aunt, I'm in high school now and I need to buy a lot of study materials. One hundred yuan is not enough. Can you give me one hundred more?"

Wang Xiaoyan didn't dare to ask for three or five hundred more as Fan Lei asked, so she decided to take it step by step. Since her aunt agreed this time, she would ask for one hundred more next time.

Yuanchun glanced at her with a half-smile, as if she saw through her thoughts. "Xiaoyan, do you know why I only give you 100 yuan pocket money a week? It's because I have discussed with your teacher and know that 100 yuan is enough to buy study materials. So, if you want to add extra money, that's fine. However, you must write me an IOU for the extra money. When you work and make money in the future, you have to pay me back. After all, I only said that I would support you in your studies, but I never said that I would support you in spending money lavishly."

"I didn't." Wang Xiaoyan retorted, "I'm very frugal with my money. I don't dare to buy anything. I used the money you gave me to buy study materials."

"Aunt, you have so much money, why can't you give me an extra hundred? I don't want more, just one hundred. I...even if I'm not your adopted daughter, I'm still your biological niece."