country bumpkin

Chapter 330 The boat of friendship capsizes at any time

The best thing about coastal cities is their climate—mild winters and cool summers. It's not too cold outside in winter, and the dormitories have heating, making them even more comfortable than her hometown.

Yunya's family is from the north. Although the city she is in now is in the same province as her hometown, Yicheng, the climate is not much different.

Generally speaking, their hometown is colder. Coastal areas are cooler in summer. The sea breeze blows intermittently, carrying away the heat and the people's restlessness.

It was payday again, and everyone's face was beaming with joy!

The first thing they did after getting paid was to go to the shopping mall downstairs. The three girls squeezed into the crowded mall.

The sales clerks were frantically busy serving customers. Almost all the female employees were buying the same things.

"Boss, give me 10 packets of instant noodles and 10 sausages. The instant noodles have to be braised flavor."

A pretty girl, clutching 100 yuan in her hand, called to the sales clerk to get her something.

Several people nearby were waiting for the sales clerk to get her things so she could get her own.

There were several people waiting ahead of Yunya and the others, so they could only watch from behind.

The girl carried a bunch of instant noodles, holding them between her chin, and left the store.

She put the change the clerk gave her into her pocket. Perhaps she was walking too fast, and someone bumped into her.

Perhaps her pockets were shallow, but anyway, her money fell out and was seen by another girl who picked it up and took it.

Yunya saw her and tried to call out to her, but she had already disappeared by the time she saw her.

Yunya looked at the girl who picked up the money and thought to herself, "You saw someone drop money and didn't even call out to them or return the money. You have no manners at all."

The girl who picked up the money felt like she was being watched, and she looked around nervously.

She looked around for a while and realized no one was watching her, but she still felt uneasy. She picked up the money but didn't return it.

Furthermore, the person who lost the money wasn't far from her; if she had shouted at that moment, the girl would definitely have heard her and stopped.

She didn't do that; she wanted to keep the money for herself. Realizing something, she quickly bought what she needed and prepared to leave the store.

But there were still people in line ahead of her, and it wasn't her turn yet, so she had no choice but to wait.

I was incredibly anxious; it was finally my turn to get her things. Just then, the girl who had dropped her money showed up.

The girl, her face flushed, anxiously said to the cashier, "Ma'am, I just finished buying something and walked out, and it seems like the money doesn't match up. Did you give me the wrong change?"

The sales clerk frowned and said impatiently, "I never make a mistake when giving change. Think about it yourself."

Yunya hesitated for a moment, just about to tell what she had seen, when the girl who picked up the money suddenly said loudly, "You must have lost it by accident, don't wrongly accuse the salesperson."

Yunya felt a little angry after hearing this, and hesitated whether to tell the truth or not.

She thought that everyone was out there working, and whose money wasn't earned through hard work. How could she let the person who picked up the money get it so easily?

She would be heartbroken if the money she had saved through such frugality were lost. So she decided to tell the truth.

She took a deep breath and mustered her courage to say, "I saw your money fall out just now. I wanted to call you, but you walked too fast and I didn't have time to speak before you were gone, and she picked up the money."

As she spoke, Yunya pointed to the girl who had picked up the money.

The girl who picked up the money changed her expression and looked away: "Don't talk nonsense, I didn't pick it up."

Just as the two sides were deadlocked, the shop owner came out, and after understanding the situation, he checked the store's surveillance footage, and the truth came out.

The girl who found the money blushed and returned it to the girl who dropped it. She then apologized with her head down and hurriedly left.

The girl who dropped the money looked at Yun Ya gratefully and thanked her repeatedly. Yun Ya smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's what I should do."

The minor incident was thus resolved, and everyone continued selecting their items.

Zhu Yanan, Tong Jiahui, Yun Ya, Zhang Yuyan, and Yang Tiantian each carried a bunch of instant noodles and 10 sausages back to their dormitory.

As soon as they got back to the dorm, their roommates who hadn't gone to the store started asking them if the store was still crowded or if it was less crowded, so they could go buy some food too.

Zhu Yanan replied, "The store is still very crowded, there are so many people. I looked around for quite a while before this wave of people thinned out. Why don't you wait until after 8 o'clock? By then, there definitely won't be so many people."

The group nodded in agreement, agreeing that what Zhu Yanan said made a lot of sense.

Yunya felt a little hungry, so she quickly made herself a packet of instant noodles. A few minutes later, she opened the ceramic mug, and the aroma of the noodles filled the entire dormitory.

Yun Ya pulled up the only chair in the dormitory and sat down to eat instant noodles.

When I had almost finished eating, I drank a few more sips of the instant noodle soup. The soup was shiny and oily, with bright green vegetable leaves and scallions floating in it; it looked delicious.

But Yunya was already full and couldn't drink anymore, and she felt it would be a waste to throw away the soup.

She thought she might save the soup to drink as tea if she got thirsty at night.

At this moment, Zhu Yanan looked over and asked Yun Ya, "Yun Ya, are you full but don't want to throw it away?"

Yunya nodded, not understanding. She was afraid her roommates would laugh at her for being stingy, saying that she was too stingy to throw away even a drop of water from instant noodles.

Zhu Yanan continued, "I'm not very hungry right now, but the instant noodle water smells pretty good. Why don't I drink it for you? Don't keep it; it'll go bad if it gets cold."

Yunya then realized that she was tempted by the smell of instant noodle water.

So Yunya smiled, stood up and offered her her seat, saying, "Okay, I'll get up, you come and drink!"

Zhu Yanan wasn't embarrassed at all. She happily walked over, sat down at the table, picked up the porcelain mug, and gulped down the soup inside.

Yunya had drunk her instant noodle water before, so none of the three girls thought the other was dirty.

Tong Jiahui is always slow at everything, including eating instant noodles. When everyone else was making instant noodles together, they all finished eating, but she was the only one still chewing slowly.

If she herself didn't have enough soup, she would ask Yun Ya and Zhu Yanan if anyone else had any leftover soup so she could have some.

The two looked at each other's porcelain jars, and whoever had more soup left would pour half of it into her jar.

The friendship between the three of them is quite good; they help and care for each other.

One day, the group suddenly got into an argument. The reason was that they didn't trust each other.

That day, Yunya and her two friends overheard a veteran employee talking about the referral fee when they joined the factory, and that the referral fee varied depending on the position.

She was overjoyed, thinking that neither Zhu Yanan nor Tong Jiahui knew that their referral fees were different.

However, the new people who came to the dormitory said that they came with the labor bureau and only paid 600 yuan.

Zhu Yanan and Tong Jiahui then accused Bai Rui and Bai Yan of cheating them out of their money.

Zhu Yanan and Tong Jiahui's expressions turned somewhat unpleasant, and their gazes towards Yun Ya became more complicated.

They guessed that Yun Ya must have paid a different amount than them. And who knew whether Bai Yan had paid anything!

"Yun Ya, is the referral fee you paid different from ours?" Tong Jiahui spoke first, her tone full of doubt.

Yun Ya's eyes widened, and she hurriedly explained, "They're the same, how could they be different? We all came in together, how could they be different?"

But Zhu Yanan scoffed, "Who knows? Maybe you're siding with your cousin Bai Rui behind our backs!"

Yunya was both anxious and angry, tears welling up in her eyes. The friendship they once shared, like sharing instant noodle soup, seemed incredibly fragile at this moment.

In the days that followed, the atmosphere in the dormitory became unusually oppressive, and the three of them communicated less and less, leaving only endless silence and suspicion.

Life continued as usual, but the three of them rarely spoke to each other unless something special happened.

Tong Jiahui and Zhu Yanan remained the same as before, except that their attitude towards Yun Ya had changed.

They no longer confided in Yunya, maintaining only superficial politeness. Yunya always felt that the two of them had a better relationship, and that they had isolated themselves from their friendship.

After some other things happened, their relationship finally recovered a little.

But they still felt that their friendship wasn't as genuine as before. There was a vague barrier separating their friendship, and they were constantly being pulled back and forth between them.