Chapter 45

The sun was high in the sky.

Zeng Fangxin grabbed a camera and finally saw someone. The girl appeared at the end of the alley with a stall cart. She was wearing a simple T-shirt and had a stunning appearance. As soon as she appeared, she attracted the attention of many people walking on Temple Street.

With an idea, she found a secluded place to hide and aimed the camera at the dessert stall.

Chu Yueqing just arrived and found that someone was staring at her. She looked in the direction and saw a camera at the corner of the street, and then moved away.

It didn't affect her for the time being, so she didn't bother to pay attention.

There was a noisy quarrel coming from the dessert stall. From a distance, she saw Lin Jiahua arguing with someone, and her pace quickened.

When she arrived at the stall, the battle was over.

"What's going on?" Chu Yue-ling parked the stall and went to see Lin Jia-hua preparing to bake milk pie.

Lin Jia-hua took off his gloves, pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said, "There's a guy who's so stupid that he wants to rent my stall and wants to pay the manager extra money. Of course I can't agree to it!"

Chu Yue-ling looked to the right and could see that there were extra stalls between the stall owners, which was strange.

"There are many empty stalls in Temple Street. Why would they rent your stall for no reason?"

Lin Jiahua knew the reason very well. "Of course it's because of you."

"So many people come to you for fortune-telling every day. The neighbors around here also like to gather here the most. Looking at the whole Temple Street, the dessert stall is the most popular. How can others not be jealous?"

Temple Street was originally a tourist street. Locals rarely go here. Although there is a flow of people, it is also limited.

Since Chu Yueqing was published in the newspaper, more and more people have come to ask for fortune-telling, which has also indirectly boosted the economy of Temple Street.

Lin Jiahua smiled meaningfully.

"The other party wanted to give me 10,000 yuan to give up the 'seat'. Unfortunately, he underestimated our friendship."

Just 10,000 yuan, you want him to leave his friends? Furthermore, the other party has a bad character. Putting such a person next to Liu Liu makes everyone feel uneasy.

"Friendship?" Chu Yue Liu was surprised. "Can you give it to me? I'll give up the stall immediately."

Ten thousand yuan!

A full ten thousand yuan!

It can pay two months' rent.

Lin Jiahua was amused: "If you leave, not only me, but also other stalls will not increase but decrease."

After saying that, both of them noticed that the stall was very deserted.

At this time in the past, the dessert stall would have been lined up.

Today, it was deserted and there was no one in sight.

"Strange." Chu Yue Liu looked left and right, but didn't see anyone coming. "Could it be that a fortune teller who is more powerful than me has appeared?"

Otherwise, there is no way to explain this deserted phenomenon.

"Xingxi." Lin Jiahua showed a worried look: "There is something I didn't tell you."

"What is it?" Chu Yuexi moved the small wooden table out. Seeing this, Lin Jiahua lent a hand and thought for a while before speaking slowly.

"The reason why there is no business is because of Bobcat."

"Bobcat?" Chu Yuexi raised her head and looked around. "He came to cause trouble again?"

"No." Lin Jiahua said, "Brother De said that Bobcat spread the word that he wanted to cause trouble for you. Anyone who dares to come to your stall to tell fortunes will be in trouble with him."

Zhang Jiande has friends in both the black and white worlds and is well-informed. When he got the news, he told Lin Jiahua the first time and asked him to remind Chu Yuexi to be careful.

Lin Jiahua was also worried about this, "When the gangsters get ruthless, they don't care about their lives. If the customers are afraid, who would dare to come?"

Chu Yueqing was not nervous. She put the small wooden table in place, bent down and opened the red plastic bag from the bottom, took out the mahogany sword and hung it on the glass cabinet.

The words Chu Ji Tang Shui were facing the street.

Lin Jiahua was anxious: "Xingqing, aren't you anxious?"

"No." Chu Yueqing was in a good mood. Seeing Lin Jiahua was getting anxious, she explained, "Don't worry, if someone comes to tell fortunes, we can start work. If no one comes, it's just like a vacation." Anyway,

she was stable.

In addition to the money given by the Qiao family before, she didn't have to worry too much about money during this period.

Suddenly, a sarcastic sneer came from the side.

"I think someone discovered the deception and lost their business."

Fang Jiajia accompanied a socialite wearing a light white Armani Haute Couture suit to Temple Street.

She was carrying a shopping bag of luxury goods and glanced at the stall with disdain, "The place is small and crowded. I don't know why anyone would be willing to come here to drink sweet soup."

The socialite was very curious and asked, "Jiajia, is this your friend? The peach wood sword looks very proud (cute), the sweet soup should be good, right?"

The socialite's name is Xu Conglu, the jewel in the crown of the person in charge of the Xu Group, which is involved in the real estate and entertainment industries. Fang Jiajia, with the instruction of her father, deliberately approached Xu Conglu, hoping to make friends with the Xu family and let Xu come forward to help the Fang family.

Fang Jiajia was afraid that Miss Xu wanted to buy some sweet soup, so she immediately denied it: "Don't drink it, or you will have a stomachache and go to the hospital. I won't drink her sweet soup even if she gives it to me."

Lin Jiahua had heard about the Chu family before, and his expression was filled with disgust, "Xingxing, she is the illegitimate daughter of your cheap father?"

The word illegitimate daughter came out.

Fang Jiajia exploded: "What illegitimate daughter? I am a member of the Fang family!"

"Yes, you are a member of the Fang family." Chu Yueqing smiled, "But Fang Jingguo is the son-in-law of the Chu family. He gave birth to you while he was married to my mother. Excuse me, you are not an illegitimate daughter? Who is the illegitimate daughter?"

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After asking all these questions, Fang Jiajia's face turned red, and she was completely embarrassed.

"Illegitimate daughter?" Xu Conglu was puzzled and went to see Fang Jiajia, "Is it true?"

Many wealthy and powerful people in Hong Kong have three wives and four concubines, but Xu Conglu's father is an exception. He is very loyal, never has affairs outside, and loves his wife and daughter very much.

Although Xu Conglu has a proud temper, her values ​​are very well educated, and her view on love is even more unique. Over time, she also puts on tinted glasses for illegitimate daughters and mistresses.

Fang Jiajia argued: "Father doesn't love my mother at all. He and my mother are true love. The two of them have gone through hardships to be together."

There are live-in sons-in-law in Hong Kong. Usually, the daughter of a prominent family is the only daughter. Her parents can't bear to let their daughter suffer after getting married, so they will recruit a son-in -law.

Xu Conglu frowned: "Since Uncle Fang doesn't love his original wife, why does he want to be a live- in son-in-law?"

Fang Jiajia was extremely embarrassed. She originally wanted to find trouble with Chu Yueqing, but she was found to be the one who found fault with her. Her mind was working fast. Finally, she really found an excuse.

"At that time, my father was still in the mainland. Most marriages in the mainland are arranged by parents, and they never ask their children for their opinions. When my father married my eldest mother, he hadn't even met my eldest mother twice, so how could he like each other?"

Fang Jiajia tried her best to make it sound like a story of forced sale.

Xu Conglu seemed to be thinking about something, but when she saw Fang Jiajia helping to carry many luxury bags, she stopped asking.

"Mother?" Chu Yueqing raised her eyebrows, "Your mother and Fang Jingguo have not divorced yet. My mother didn't know anything about it. She only had a husband who died in Hong Kong and never came back. She didn't have a mistress, so she couldn't bear the title of mother."

In Hong Kong, being called mother means recognizing the practice of having three wives and four concubines. Fang

Jiajia was so angry that she vomited blood, but she could only maintain the demeanor of a lady, "Whatever you say, Daddy said that no matter what, we are a family. Even if you don't recognize us, my mother is the one who has a marriage certificate with Daddy, and she still misses you."

Fang Jiajia knew that Miss Xu was very concerned about the family with three wives and four concubines, so she could only try her best to save her image.

You see, it was Chu Yueqing who was unfilial and refused to go home.

Moreover, her parents are married! The previous relationship is at most a divorce.

Chu Yueqing rolled her eyes, "Thank you Fang family for your concern, please pay me back as soon as possible."

Xu Conglu was surprised: "The Fang family has money, why do they still owe money?"

Fang Jiajia explained in a low voice: "It's a misunderstanding."

Then, Fang Jiajia looked at Chu Yueqing, and as if she was merciful, she raised her hand to tuck her hair behind her ears, "By the way, my brother will be back from England in two days. You haven't met yet. Come to the family dinner."

Fang Jiajia raised her lips after backstabbing.

In her opinion, with Chu Yueqing's personality at that time, she would definitely have a big fight with her and then scold all the Fang family members.

It was impossible for her to come to the family dinner.

Who knows, Chu Yueqing said calmly: "Don't worry, I will definitely be there."

Fang Jiajia's smile fell: "You want to come?"

Chu Yueqing smiled calmly and said nothing.

Since you have the courage to invite her over, then we really have to meet properly.

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Lin Jiahua rushed out with a bucket of cold water, and Xu Conglu screamed and stepped back, her face pale. Lin Jiahua saw that it did not rush to Fang Jiajia's feet, but rushed to Xu Conglu, and he was embarrassed immediately.

He pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, but can you make way?"

As he said, Lin Jiahua waved his hand to signal.

Xu Conglu had a cold face, and she stepped on her high heels and approached the milk puff stall in an instant, but she did not swear.

Lin Jiahua picked up another bucket of water and rushed to Fang Jiajia.

He had specially brought a bucket of rice residue and dirty water from the cafeteria, which was sour and smelly. Fang Jiajia's high heels were immediately flooded with dirty water.

"Ah——" Fang Jiajia screamed.

After Lin Jiahua finished splashing, he looked innocent in front of the furious Fang Jiajia: "I told you to move before I splashed. Don't blame me if you didn't hear me."

Fang Jiajia stomped her feet in anger, but she couldn't do anything about Lin Jiahua.

Chu Yueqing secretly gave Lin Jiahua a thumbs up, and Lin Jiahua also winked at her.

"Goodbye. Don't worry, the Fang family's family dinner will be on time." Fang Jiajia

was so angry that she sorted out her clothes.

Chu Yueqing ignored them and continued to clean up the dessert stall. Even if there were no customers, the stall had to be kept clean and tidy.

Lin Jiahua brought two more buckets of clean water and washed the ground clean.

Not long after.

A girl came to the dessert stall. She was probably just an adult, with two thick pigtails, blue trouser legs tied up, and worn sneakers showing her thin heels.

She stood in front of the stall, looking at the fortune-telling paper.

After a long time, she looked at Chu Yuexi, and her dry lips forced a smile: "I only have fifty yuan, can I ask you to tell my fortune?" As

she said that, the girl took out a fifty-dollar Hong Kong dollar from her worn canvas bag and handed it into the dessert stall with both hands.

Fang Jiajia hadn't left yet, and saw that the girl with the braided hair only handed over fifty yuan. "You see, my sister is too greedy. Usually, she charges two hundred yuan for fortune-telling, and she definitely won't tell a fortune for fifty."

Xu Conglu looked at the girl in the sweet soup stall, and raised her eyebrows slightly, as if she was a little surprised.

Chu Yueqing didn't rush to collect the money. "The collapse of the Tiancang is a symbol of impending bankruptcy. Is it worth spending all your wealth just to tell a fortune?"

"Fifty yuan is your entire wealth?"

Fang Jiajia snorted lightly, "Beggars on the street pay more than this, are they kidding me?"

Xu Conglu finally lost her patience. If it were in the past, she would have left here long ago. Outside, her every word and action represented the Xu family, and she couldn't guarantee that a media reporter would appear from somewhere, so she could only maintain her good temper.

"Hong Kong is not as prosperous as it seems. Many people's sufferings are hidden in the rotten mud of this city."

"Fifty dollars may not be enough to pay for a western meal, but it can feed the poor for several meals."

Fang Jiajia kept saying that Chu Yueqing was just a charlatan who came out to cheat people with a few books.

Xu Conglu felt that Chu Yueqing was different from other charlatans. She could have charged fifty dollars for a fortune-telling, and then made fifty dollars and let the girl go.

Chu Yueqing did not do this. It shows that she was not doing it for money.

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Outside the dessert stall.

The girl with the braided hair was indeed surprised, with an incredible look in her eyes, "You..."

She pinched the empty canvas bag awkwardly and nodded, "Fifty dollars is indeed all I have."

The girl with the braided hair looked at the two hundred and one written on the paper board and felt even more embarrassed, thinking that it was a hint that the money was insufficient, and retracted her hands, "Sorry, forget it..."

"Why do you have to calculate?" Chu Yuening stretched out her hand, held the girl's hand with one hand and took the money, "Business is not good today, you are here to do the fortune telling to help the business. I am willing to give you a discount, please come in and sit."

Lin Jiahua helped with the calculation . Open the chair.

After Lu Qing sat down, he held the wooden chair with his hands uncomfortably. When he saw the warm eyes of the girl opposite him, he breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, she didn't understand why she wanted to come to have her fortune told.

Fifty yuan was already her meal money for the next two days, so it was really risky to spend it all rashly like this.

But...

she really wanted to find a way to survive for herself.

Xu Conglu was surprised: "She really only has fifty yuan."

Fang Jiajia was also like a thunderbolt, she really made the calculation!

There is actually someone who only has fifty yuan in his body.

But soon, Fang Jiajia reacted, "Conglu, this could be a scam. If she doesn't play a double act, how can she get the next business?"

Xu Conglu didn't say anything, but decided to watch and see if it was a scam. It will be clear at a glance.

Inside the stall.

After Chu Yueqing looked at Lu Qing's face, she said, "Can you give me your birth date and time?"

Lu Qing gave her his birth date and time, and Chu Yueqing counted on his fingers and looked at Lu Qing's face. " Your

face is pale but dry and dull. According to your horoscope, you have a metal element but a lot of fire. Your family was poor in your early years, and your financial situation must have been bad."

Lu Qing was surprised. He didn't expect Chu Yueqing to reveal the family's family in the first sentence. situation and nodded.

"The situation at home was indeed not good."

"The maternal uterus was rich, and you had a better relationship with your mother, but not with your father. When you were seven years old, your father wanted to sell you to a trafficker, but he had already stolen you and brought you to the On the way, it was your mother who went crazy to find you. "

"When you were ten years old, a boy was born in the family, your uncle's son. Your father scolded you for losing money and left all the delicious food for your cousin, saying that Your mother is a hen that can't lay eggs, and your cousin is the heir of your family. "

Lu Qing smiled bitterly: "Sister, you are really amazing, you have figured it all out. Father favors sons over daughters, and would rather leave good things to his sons. My cousin is not willing to leave it to me. My relationship with him is really not good."

Xu Conglu couldn't understand.

Why would a father prefer to be good to others rather than to his own daughter?

The Xu family also has only one daughter, but Xu's father has never treated his cousin better than her.

Xu Conglu felt that Lu Qing's father must be mentally ill.

Chu Yueqing continued to calculate: "When you were fourteen, your father didn't let you go to school anymore. I want to marry you off to a widower in the next village."

Xu Conglu saw Lu Qing nod his head, and finally couldn't help being angry: "Is this still my father? You are not even an adult at the age of 14, and you want to marry someone else as a concubine. It's simply... Inhumane! You are unworthy of being a father!"

Fang Jiajia thought it was nothing: "But their family is very poor. Is it wrong for me to get a dowry to support the family by marrying into their family?"

"Of course not." Xu Conglu was unhappy, "The poor have their own way of life." Why don't you just eat less? Why do you have to sell your daughter just to fill your stomach? "

That's right.

Marrying a 14-year-old daughter to an elderly widower as a second wife is selling out.

"Fortunately, your mother was conscious and when the widower was about to give the betrothal gift the next day, she packed up her bags and ran away with you," said Chu Yueqing. "You hid from place to place, and then father finally remarried and gave up looking for you."

Lu Qing seemed to see the days of fleeing in ignorance again. They couldn't seek refuge with their relatives, because the relatives on both sides would tell their father the news.

They thought, which family doesn't have troubles? Which family doesn't have quarrels?

Husbands and wives always fight at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of the bed.

After the anger subsides, it's time to reconcile.

But no one cared about the feelings of the mother and daughter.

"Later, you sneaked into Hong Kong and narrowly escaped death. Your mother almost died, but she managed to survive and married her stepfather in order to have a legal identity card."

"This time, it was a happy ending after all the hardships. My stepfather was very good to my mother. , did not despise the fact that your mother was young and had a bad body due to heavy farm work. Unfortunately, your mother did not survive the cold winter. "

Lu Qing nodded: "After my mother passed away, I moved out of my stepfather's house. My stepfather is still young, he will not be forever Remember my mother, there will always be another woman living in his house."

Lu Qing was very open-minded.

"However, I would still visit my stepfather during the holidays. Not for anything else, but because the years my mother spent with him were the happiest days of her life. There was no endless farm work, no The ugly mother-in-law scolded her, saying that she was just an ordinary person nourished by love at that time. "

Chu Yueqing agreed, "You have a strong self-esteem, and you no longer accept your stepfather's help. After getting your Form 3 diploma, you go out to find a job."

"In order to live a good life, you have to work two jobs a day. You get up early and work late. You start out full of ambition, but end up feeling lost. You realize that in Hong Kong, hard work alone seems to be useless."

Lu Qing happens to be in In the stage of confusion, I nodded helplessly.

"All the money I earn goes to rent, not to mention clothes. I also have to carefully calculate the amount of food I eat every day. If I spend a few more dollars, I won't be able to make the next month's salary."

"I feel very unlucky. My job is also very difficult. Not going well. Master, you have calculated everything correctly. I want to ask me what I should do in the future? Is it true that Hong Kong cannot tolerate people like me? "

Lu Qing felt very tired and confused about the road ahead. She could not see clearly. I don't know what to do.

Chu Yueqing looked at Lu Qing's hand and asked, "What are you holding?"

Lu Qing spread out a poster with the words "1994 TVB Miss Hong Kong Audition" clearly written on the cover. Sign up.

She was stunned and explained: "This was blown into my hand by a gust of wind on my way home from work just now."

The moment she got the paper, Lu Qing wondered if God was blessing her and pointing her in the right direction?

When she saw that it was a Miss Hong Kong pageant poster, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

With her appearance, she decided to give up.

"How can we know if we don't try?" Chu Yueqing smiled, "You have star luck, but other luck is not good. . Apart from the entertainment industry, you won’t be very good at any other industry.”

Lu Qing couldn’t believe it, and raised his head suddenly, but couldn’t help smiling: “Really?”

"Really." Chu Yueqing smiled, "You are destined to be popular for sixty years. As long as you participate, you will be the Miss Hong Kong champion this year."

Popular for sixty years!

As soon as the words fell, a bunch of unknown onlookers gasped.

Lu Qing's head buzzed and she could not hear any sound from the outside world.

Is it possible?

She is just an ordinary rural girl with ordinary looks and no advantages.

Fang Jiajia also signed up for TVB's Miss Hong Kong selection and mocked: "What does it mean to be popular for sixty years? It means being popular from young to old, so wouldn't it mean being popular until eighty years old?"

"Even Anita Mui wouldn't dare to be so arrogant!"

Fang Jiajia looked Lu Qing up and down and found that not only was her skin dark yellow, but she was also very thin, and mocked again.

"Not to mention that most of the girls who participate in the Miss Hong Kong pageant are highly educated and come from a wealthy family. With such a sloppy image, you still want to participate in the Miss Hong Kong pageant? You'd better go to the toilet."

Beigu is a discriminatory name for mainland women.

Chu Yueqing looked at her and said lightly: "Don't forget your bloodline when you call others Beigu. Fang Jingguo is from the mainland, and you are his illegitimate daughter. Aren't you also one of the so-called Beigu?"

Fang Jiajia retorted: "I am not a Beigu! I grew up in Hong Kong since I was a child. I am a Hong Konger."

"Oh, a Hong Kong Beigu." Chu Yueqing continued. Fang

Jiajia shut up in anger.

After the fortune-telling, Lu Qing stood up gratefully and bowed to Chu Yueqing, "Thank you for pointing out the direction, Master."

Originally, she had planned to return to the mainland.

It was Chu Yueqing's words that rekindled her fighting spirit.

No matter how difficult it is to survive in Hong Kong, she will grit her teeth and persevere.

Chu Yueqing stuffed the fifty yuan back to Lu Qing, who was stunned and wanted to push it back.

"Fifty yuan, give it to me later. Remember, you still owe me a dime." Chu Yueqing withdrew her hand.

Lu Qing held the fifty yuan meal money, tears welled up in his eyes, and nodded heavily.

Who said that Hong Kong has no humanity? There are obviously still good people.

No one noticed that the camera in the street secretly took a photo.

Xu Conglu smoothed the wrinkles on the Armani suit skirt and turned to leave.

"Conglu." Fang Jiajia shouted and hurriedly followed, "Wait for me to bury you."

The two got into a Maserati. Fang Jiajia touched the leather seat with envy. This was Xu Conglu's exclusive car, and the car cost tens of millions.

Although the Fang family was rich, they couldn't afford such a luxury car.

Thinking of Chu Yueqing actually agreeing to go to the family dinner, Fang Jiajia gritted her teeth secretly, and was already thinking about how to embarrass her.

Xu Conglu leaned against the window and ignored Fang Jiajia. She asked the driver to go downstairs of the TVB company. She wanted to see if Lu Qing would come? Or if she had the courage to come.

Lu Qing was not really a mainstream beauty, but Miss Hong Kong was a place to select beauties.

There were rich girls with high education and good family background. There is a huge difference between them. They are clouds in the sky, while Lu Qing is the mud that can be stepped on by the roadside.

Will the mud also fight against fate because of the fortune teller's words?

After waiting for a long time, Xu Conglu still didn't wait for anyone. Just when she was about to leave,

a thin figure appeared under the building with a poster. She changed into an inappropriate floral dress with wide shoulders and a skirt that covered her calves. She was still wearing the worn-out sneakers on her feet. It was not

until that figure entered the TVB building that

Xu Conglu smiled with satisfaction, "Uncle Quan."

The driver replied, "Miss."

"Call the TVB executives and tell them not to deliberately embarrass Miss Lu."

Xu Conglu found something fun. She wanted to see if she could make absolute fairness for Lu Qing last until the end.

Is it true that Chu Yue has predicted that her career will last for sixty years?

The driver replied, "Yes."

Fang Jiajia gritted her teeth.

She had obviously participated in the Miss Hong Kong pageant, why didn't she get this treatment? Jealousy surged wildly in her heart, and her nails dug into the bags of luxury goods.

She was obviously also the daughter of a wealthy family.

Why would Xu Conglu help a northern girl and not help her?