In her previous life, her eldest brother died early, her second sister went blind due to illness, her third brother became autistic, and she herself lived a life of poverty and hardship, scavenging...
"Okay! Take out all the skirts for me first. I still have some boys' clothes to buy!"
The boss happily went looking for clothes.
The pretty girl's eyes widened in anger. This dark, ugly girl, about the same height as her, had already bought all her sizes. What could she possibly buy? This was the only children's clothing store on this street.
"Mom~"
The girl shook the woman.
The beautiful woman didn't care about the dark and thin Zhou Xiang at first. She looked like a girl from an ordinary family. She should bear it when her daughter scolded her.
But she actually dared to bully her own daughter, that was unacceptable.
"Boss, is this how you run your business? Can she afford it? You just took her at face value! Hurry up and get my daughter the clothes she just mentioned."
The boss snorted! "How I do business is none of your business?" I've seen people like this before. They put themselves on a pedestal just because they have a little power in their family, treating everyone else like an ant.
"There has to be a first-come, first-served order, right? The girl came first, took the dress first, and asked for all the dresses in this size first. So, please wait a moment while I finish this business."
The beautiful woman was choked by her boss, but she was too disdainful to argue with such a commoner.
He pulled his daughter's hand, signaling her to stop making trouble. He wanted to see what the boss's face would be like when the ugly girl couldn't take out the money.
Zhou Xiang chose a pair of leather sandals for girls, two pairs of leather sandals for boys, and also selected summer clothes for San Ge and Zuo Heng, five sets each.
The boss looked at the pile of clothes on the counter and smiled.
"There are 40 skirts in various colors, so I'll charge you 20. The tops and pants are still the same price as last time. The leather sandals are 50. Yeah, that's 1340 in total."
Zhou Xiang took out some money from his pocket, counted it, and handed it to him, "Pack it all up!"
The beautiful woman and her daughter's eyes almost popped out. The ugly girl casually took out more than a thousand yuan from her pocket. No, more than that, she counted out more than a thousand.
You have to know that the average worker’s salary is only about 40 yuan nowadays. Who can spend thousands of yuan just to buy clothes? That would be such a waste.
Zhou Xiang ignored the mother and daughter who were looking at him and told his eldest brother to pick up the bag of clothes.
"Brother, carry it. I need to go buy a few more pieces."
Zhou Niao stopped talking after the mother and daughter entered the store. He understood his own difference and usually tried to speak less when he was outside to avoid being watched and laughed at.
The aura of the mother and daughter frightened him even more. When he heard his sister asking him to carry the bags, he hurried to the counter.
Carrying the bag, I accompanied my sister to the store again.
The mother and daughter followed foolishly.
"Boss, do you still remember the brother who came with me to buy clothes last time?"
Yes, in Zhou Xiang's heart, Ling Ran is at most a brother. Although he feels older than him, he is his childhood friend after all. So he gives him some face and calls him brother outside.
"I remember. I remember."
"Take five sets of clothes according to the number from last time, and also sandals."
"Okay!"
The boss found the most popular styles and bought five sets. He followed the advice of the children's clothing owner and bought some shoes himself.
Seeing Zhou Xiang pay a few hundred dollars more, both mother and daughter felt distressed and angry at her for being such a spendthrift.
I tied the bag to the back of the bicycle, unlocked it, and pushed it. "Let's go home."
Zhou Niao followed behind his sister.
The girl felt strange looking at Zhou Niao who had been silent. It was he who had chosen the dress that the ugly girl liked in the first place.
And he called the ugly girl "sister", so he was definitely not mute.
Yes, when he called his sister, his tone was like that of a child. Could he be a fool?
The girl found an outlet for her frustration and, in a very arrogant and provocative tone, she shouted at Zhou Niao's back, "Fool!"
Zhou Xiang turned around immediately. She first saw her eldest brother pouting and his eyes red, and then she looked at the mother and daughter behind him.
There was a look of mockery and sarcasm on the girl's face.
Zhou wanted to comfort his eldest brother, "Brother, no matter what you are like, you are still my eldest brother, the one who will protect me and share food with me. As long as we don't despise you, no one has the right to laugh at you, understand?"
Zhou Niao nodded.
"Well, big brother, you push the cart and keep an eye on the things. Don't let anyone steal them!"
"Okay!" Seeing the anger in his sister's eyes, Zhou Niao knew that his sister was going to fight again, but his sister was doing it for him, and he couldn't hold her back.
Pushing the car to the side against the wall, Zhou Niao held the car and watched his sister walk towards the mother and daughter.
Zhou Xiang walked up to the girl and said, "Apologize, apologize to my brother."
"Why? He is a fool."
“Bang!”
A slap landed on the girl's face. The girl covered her face and looked at Zhou Xiang in disbelief, "You dare to hit me?"
The beautiful woman didn't expect the ugly girl to dare to attack her, so she reached out and tried to pull Zhou Xiang's hair.
Zhou Xiang bent down to avoid her hand and took the opportunity to kick her in the back of her leg.
The beautiful woman's right leg bent and she fell to the right, but she wanted to steady herself, so she grabbed her daughter with both hands.
Then, the mother and daughter fell into a heap, with the girl falling on top of the beautiful woman.
“Ouch!”
“Ouch!”
The two cries of pain attracted all the few customers on the street.
Everyone burst into laughter when they saw the mother and daughter lying together.
Zhou Niao couldn't help but laugh when he saw this scene.
The mother and daughter struggled for a long time before they got up from the ground.
The beautiful woman with disheveled hair rushed towards Zhou Xiang, "Bitch, I'm going to kill you."
"Come on! Who's afraid of you?"
Zhou Xiang looked at her ferocious and chaotic movements and found it funny.
The beautiful woman threw herself beside Zhou Xiang, raised her hand and slapped her with all her strength.
The onlookers all took a deep breath. It was too cruel. An adult actually used all his strength to hit a little girl.
"Stop it, stop it now!"
"Run, little girl!"
There was an enthusiastic person among the crowd eating melon seeds who shouted loudly.
Zhou Xiang waited for her to slap him and exert all her strength to the left, then he immediately squatted down.
The beautiful woman tried her best but her attack went in vain. She lost control of her body and fell to the left.
“Ouch!”
The crowd applauded enthusiastically.
"Okay, great! Serves you right!"
"Don't you deserve it? It's shameless for an adult to bully a child."
"The little girl is amazing, she hides quickly."
The girl quickly went over to support her mother, "Mom, are you okay?"
"Make way, make way."
The crowd made way for a few people in industrial and commercial uniforms to walk in. Behind them was a director-level figure, who had an exaggerated and flattering smile and was accompanied by an energetic old man.
Zhou Xiang just wanted to hold his forehead. Here we go again! Couldn't these key figures appear earlier? They had to wait until things were already happening or almost over before appearing.
Show your uniqueness, right?