In the evening, Mrs. Zhang was happily gnawing on a pork elbow, which was sent to her by the son of the director of the meat processing plant as a gift. Thanks to Jiang Yue, she could eat pork elbow and pig's trotter every day recently.
At this time, Mrs. Zhang suddenly heard a commotion coming from outside. She wanted to see something exciting, so she immediately dropped her elbow, put on her shoes, and ran out.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
It was noisy outside and a group of people gathered at the door.
"Liu Dafa was beaten up. I heard he was beaten so badly that he couldn't even get up!" said Aunt Wang, who lives in the same compound.
"Why were you beaten?" asked Mrs. Zhang.
"I don't know! Well, I told you that although Liu Dafa is lazy and gluttonous, he is very timid and cowardly and usually doesn't offend anyone. Who did he offend? I heard that his legs were broken!" Aunt Wang sighed.
"Don't you know? It was Jiang Yue's husband who beat her! He's the one who just moved into the house!" Someone in the crowd said, looking gloating, "I heard he was a soldier, his fists are really hard!"
"Jiang Yue's husband?" And he's a soldier?
When Mrs. Zhang heard this, her heart sank and her face suddenly changed.
"Hasn't Liu Dafa been following Jiang Yue every day recently? He said he wanted to pursue Jiang Yue. Ugh, a toad wants to eat swan meat!"
"Come this way, let's go out and take a look!" Aunt Wang pulled Mrs. Zhang to go out.
"Ouch, my stomach hurts. I need to go to the toilet. You go by yourself!" Mrs. Zhang rolled her eyes, covered her stomach, shook off Aunt Wang's hand, and quickly turned around and went into the house.
As soon as she entered the house, Mrs. Zhang started packing up her things and preparing to leave without any delay.
Speaking of this old woman, she is a senior resident in the compound. She has been a widow for many years and has a son who is a gambler. He was caught gambling a few years ago and is now serving his sentence in prison.
Mrs. Zhang lives alone and has no other hobbies except gossip. She knows everything about the Zhang family next door, such as when they bought a chicken and why the Li family beat their children.
She also particularly liked eavesdropping. If she saw a couple quarreling in the slum, she would squat in the corner and listen all night long.
In addition to her love for gossip, Mrs. Zhang was also keen on matchmaking and earning commissions from it.
However, to be a matchmaker, one needs to have connections and high-quality resources of unmarried men and women, so that the rewards will be generous.
But Mrs. Zhang herself was penniless, and the only people she knew were those doing manual labor or odd jobs in the slum. Anyone who had a decent job would bother to pay attention to her. Only people like Liu Dafa would follow her around every day to try to please her, hoping that Mrs. Zhang could help him find a wife.
Recently a beautiful girl moved into the alley, and Mrs. Zhang was very excited. Such a beautiful girl is a good resource!
She had inquired around and found out that the son of the director of the meat processing plant was looking for a blind date, and the first condition was that the girl had to be pretty. She heard that he had looked at many and was not satisfied with any of them. If he met this girl, it would be guaranteed that they would be together, and he would definitely give her a big red envelope!
Mrs. Zhang came to the house that day to inquire about the girl's situation, but when she knocked on the door, she found two middle-aged women in the room and the sound of a baby crying.
Mrs. Zhang saw that one of the women was about 30 or 40 years old and was taking great care of the baby. She guessed that the baby was her child.
When she told them her purpose and inquired whether the beautiful girl was married, the two women became very alert and kicked her out.
Mrs. Zhang didn't find out anything. She originally wanted to wait for the beautiful girl at the entrance of the alley, but the girl would ride past on her bicycle every time. She waited for several days but failed to stop the girl.
Just as Mrs. Zhang expected, ever since the girl moved in, the topic of private conversation among the single or not-single men in the alleys and the slums has always been about the girl.
Whenever that girl appears, the men's eyes are fixed on her.
Mrs. Zhang deliberately spread some rumors, saying that she had gone to find out about the girl and had information about her situation.
Sure enough, the son of the director of the meat processing factory came to her in person with two large net bags of gifts and asked her to introduce the girl to him.
As for the gift, Mrs. Zhang accepted it, but as for the introduction, she hasn't said a word to the girl yet, so how can she introduce her?
However, after asking around, Mrs. Zhang actually found out some information. It turned out that the girl was a student at Peking University, was already married, and gave birth to all three children in the family.
This made Mrs. Zhang very disappointed. She had given birth to a child and was married, so she was not worth much. How could she introduce her to the son of the director of the meat processing plant and get a generous commission?
It was also the fault of the son of the director of the meat processing factory, who had been distracted since he met Jiang Yue. He urged Mrs. Zhang almost every day to introduce her to someone else, and gave her a lot of bribes. Mrs. Zhang was too greedy to give him gifts and money, so she made up an excuse that the girl's family had not returned yet to keep the son of the director of the meat processing factory hanging.
However, the news that Jiang Yue was pregnant still spread in the alley. The son of the meat processing factory director also heard about it and went to find Mrs. Zhang to ask what was going on.
Mrs. Zhang made up a story, saying that Jiang Yue got pregnant before marriage, was abandoned by her husband, and raised three children alone. The soldier who often came was her father. He was afraid that his daughter's scandal would spread, so he bought the house of Lao Cai's family and settled his daughter and grandson there. He was planning to find a son-in-law for his daughter. As long as he could accept Jiang Yue's pregnancy before marriage and be good to the children, he would be fine.
Mrs. Zhang made up a convincing story in order to fool the son of the director of the meat processing factory. Unexpectedly, her words were heard by Liu Dafa, a well-known lazy man in the slum. He then started to have ideas and started to dream.
These days, Mrs. Zhang also saw Liu Dafa squatting at the entrance of the alley every day to wait for Jiang Yue. Although Jiang Yue ignored him, Liu Dafa was very happy, as if good things were about to happen. Last night, Liu Dafa even brought two cans of yellow peaches to honor her, saying that he would ask Mrs. Zhang to help him propose marriage in two days.
Mrs. Zhang naturally didn't believe that Jiang Yue would fall in love with Liu Dafa, but just for the two cans of food that Liu Dafa sent, she wouldn't stop Liu Dafa from dreaming.
But Mrs. Zhang didn't expect Jiang Yue's husband to come back so soon.
This is terrible. She now hopes that Liu Dafa will be beaten to death, but must not give her away.
Mrs. Zhang is scared to death now. No, she has to run away quickly!
Mrs. Zhang took out a snakeskin bag from under the bed, put all the valuables in it, picked it up and was ready to leave.
Just as Mrs. Zhang was sneaking out of the door, something suddenly hit her in the face.
"Ah!" Before Mrs. Zhang could even scream, she fell to the ground in fright.
"She is Mrs. Zhang. She was the one who told me that Jiang Yue was abandoned by her man. She was also the one who said that Jiang Yue's father wanted to find a son-in-law for Jiang Yue. It doesn't matter what his status is, as long as he can accept that Jiang Yue is pregnant before marriage and is good to the child!" Liu Dafa had been beaten into a pig's head. His whole body was in pain. His face was swollen like a steamed bun, and he cried out in pain.
After hearing this, Jiang Yue was so angry that he grabbed the stick next to the door and hit Liu Dafa.
Gu Ye's eyes were cold enough to freeze someone to death, and his entire aura was like that of a killing god. He looked at Mrs. Zhang who was collapsed on the ground.
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