My family kept nagging me, and some relatives with ulterior motives were giving my mom grief over me too.
My mom was actually under a lot of mental stress. She came home exhausted after helping someone sell fruit, only to get more grief when she video-called the family.
She wanted me to go out and get a job, and I understood that. But with the New Year almost here, I had no idea how to go about finding one right away.
At ten in the evening on January 11, my mom kicked me out. She was furious!
It started when we were talking about my junior high and high school days. She brought up promises and things I had agreed to do for her but never followed through on.
I felt wronged too, so I shot back, "When I was going from elementary school to junior high, you said you'd buy me a phone. After the entrance exams, when I got into high school, you said you'd buy me one too. But you never kept those promises."
That set off an argument between us, and she shouted at me, "Then why didn't you get into university?! I would definitely have bought you one if you had! But you didn't!"
I asked her back, "Then what about when you said you'd buy me one if I got into high school? Why didn't you? You're saying all this because I didn't get into university? Why didn't you say it back then?"
My mom tugged at my clothes and scolded me. "Look at yourself, staying home all day writing novels. What do you think our relatives are saying about you? It'd be one thing if you were earning something, even one or two thousand. But you're only making a few hundred yuan? In