Chapter 22
The husband who favors sons over daughters and has an unfaithful habit
Xiao Yue couldn't help but feel confused. When he heard a slight sound coming from the room, he stood up and walked over.
In the room, Fang Sanhong was picking up the worn-out purse left on the bed, and seemed to be counting the money. After counting enough, she checked it carefully before handing it to her.
"Here's the money for the meal and medicine. Thank you for taking me in and taking care of me today. I..."
Fang Sanhong paused for a moment, as if she didn't know what to say, and didn't even look over.
"Sister Fang." Xiao Yue frowned slightly, put the medicine on the table, and said seriously: "I am not taking you in. This word is not appropriate. I just want to help you."
How could Xiao Yue turn a blind eye to a person who fainted in front of the door due to fever?
What's more, the other party had previously helped her and taught a lesson to the hooligan who bullied her!
"Help me?" Fang Sanhong was startled, holding the purse tightly, and said in a dry voice: "Why help me?"
Now it was Xiao Yue's turn to be stunned.
Why is this happening?
Before she could say anything, Fang Sanhong smiled and said, "No need to help me. I deserve what I'm in now. That's what they all say."
"What, who's saying it?"
Xiao Yue frowned even deeper, and when he looked carefully he discovered that Fang Sanhong was trembling a little.
But she pretended to be indifferent and whispered, "They said that I was the one who caused the divorce. I deserve the consequences now. My husband also said so. I deserve it..."
"What?" Xiao Yue's hand, which was pulling the quilt to cover her, paused, feeling both enlightened and bewildered.
It seemed that these words confirmed what the customers in the store had said before, that the Fang family was getting divorced, and it was really Fang Sanhong; but what was confusing was, what did the divorce have to do with the current result?
When a relationship ends and you don’t want to continue it anymore, how you choose and what the outcome is is your own business. What does it have to do with others?
Does it mean that if you live a worse life than before, you deserve it and can be stepped on by others?
The funniest thing is Fang Sanhong’s husband, no, it should be said ex-husband!
What right does he have to say he deserves it!
Xiao Yue laughed angrily.
She was not blind and could see that Fang Sanhong's situation was obviously not as simple as a divorce. There must be something she was hiding.
Xiao Yue suppressed her anger and soothed her, "Sister Fang, the premise of the divorce is that you already feel that continuing is not good for yourself. You are thinking about yourself and making plans for the future. Who are other people qualified to judge? Besides, it is normal for people to feel sad. What's wrong with venting it out? What's wrong with accepting help from others?"
"Sister Fang, I believe you made this decision for your own sake, so look forward and don't worry too much!"
Xiao Yue didn't know the whole story, but she could say that Fang Sanhong deserved to work as a dishwasher after the divorce. How could her ex-husband be a good match for her?
She is clearly working hard to make money and live, what's wrong with that?
Why should I accept being laughed at?
However, it was these words that made Fang Sanhong lose her mind all of a sudden. She murmured, "Yes, because he only wants a woman who can give birth to a son, I want a divorce..."
Her eyes were red, tears welling up in her eyes without her knowing when. As soon as she finished speaking, the tears fell onto the purse clenched in her hand, leaving a water mark.
It was as if the spread of the dampness of the water mark caused Fang Sanhong's psychological defenses to completely collapse, and he choked up and spoke in words as thin as a mosquito's voice.
But Xiao Yue could hear it clearly, and the more he listened, the higher his blood pressure became.
It turned out that Fang Sanhong's husband was fickle. He had promised her that he would not have children, but he suddenly changed his mind just a few days ago!
Fang Sanhong realized something was wrong and found out after investigation that her husband not only frequented brothels, but also had a mistress outside, and the woman was four months pregnant!
Not only that, Fang Sanhong gave all the money she earned from running the rice shop with her husband to that mistress!
Fang Sanhong felt like she had been hit hard, but no matter how upset and angry she was, the first thing she thought of was to divide the property and get a divorce.
Who would have thought that the mistress came to the house openly, having already teamed up with Fang Sanhong's husband to steal the deed to the rice shop, and did not give her any money, and kicked Fang Sanhong out on the spot.
There was a big commotion that day, and the neighbors were pointing fingers indiscriminately, thinking that it was all Fang Sanhong's fault.
Fang Sanhong never thought that she would encounter this one day. Thinking back on those words was like a knife stabbing her body.
"…They said that I only cared about business and not family, that I disappointed my husband because I didn't want children, and that I was too strong and that made my husband linger in someone else's bed. I, I deserved it."
In the small room, Xiao Yue's heart and mind had already been invaded by anger, and he couldn't help but clench his hands into fists.
Fang Sanhong was already sobbing, as if she had used up all her strength just to say these words.
Xiao Yue held back her burning eyes, hugged the crying woman in her arms, and said firmly: "No, you did nothing wrong, you don't deserve anything, they are the ones who are wrong."
She didn't know how long Fang Sanhong had been suppressing her emotions, and how much effort it took for her to endure these things.
So today, I felt a little help and warmth, and my emotions were so devastated.
Xiao Yue could no longer give peaceful advice as she had done before. She only understood one thing.
A man who goes back on his words, favors boys over girls, is a habitual adulterer, embezzles the couple's property and allows his mistress to bully him - he shall not die a good death!
There was a cold look in Xiao Yue's eyes, but the movement of his hands patting Fang Sanhong's back was gentle and soft.
After an unknown amount of time, the crying in the room gradually faded away.
Xiao Yue took the medicine beside her and said softly, "Sister Fang, take a nap after taking the medicine. Don't think about anything and sleep peacefully."
"……good."
Fang Sanhong's voice was hoarse and her expression was dazed. She took Xiao Yue's hand, drank the medicine mouthful by mouthful, and then lay down on the bed.
Not long after, Xiao Yue saw her close her red eyes and her breathing gradually became even.
Xiao Yue tucked in the quilt, stopped by the bed for a while, then got up and left.
She came to the tree in the front yard, and when the wind blew, the stuffy chest felt a little better.
You can look around and see ancient buildings, people in long clothes and long pants, clear blue sky above your head, and bluestone pavement that has remained unchanged for a century under your feet...
Xiao Yue was in mixed mood.
It is often said that people cannot truly empathize with others, but when she heard what a woman had gone through and saw her grief, she also found it unbearable.
It was clear that she and she were not close friends.
Xiao Yue recalled that at the beginning, Fang Sanhong asked herself: Why did you help me?
At that time, Xiao Yue actually wanted to ask back: Then why did you stand up for injustice at Li's Restaurant and lose the job you had worked so hard to find.
How would Fang Sanhong answer?
Xiao Yue looked into the distance, where the sun was gradually setting. The light clouds were dyed with the light of the setting sun, and beams of golden light shone through the weakest places.
——
night.
In the backyard room of Jixiang Restaurant, several figures were reflected on the wall by the candlelight, swaying slightly.
"How is it, how much did you earn?"
A dark-skinned man stood by the table, looking at the person sitting and counting money, his voice sounding excited and nervous.
Zhang Mo said nothing, but he couldn't help counting the coins in his hand.
When he stopped counting silently, he took a deep breath under the man's eager gaze and said, "Five taels, net profit of five taels..."
"How many?"
"Five taels?!"
The dark-skinned man widened his eyes, and the other person in the room also came over.
The two men stared at the money on the table, stunned.
Zhang Mo was also unable to calm down for a long time. He never thought that the change in the restaurant would make him more money than before.
Huge profits, really huge profits!
Zhang Mo could already imagine how much money he could make if he continued doing business in this way.
It’s only the first day!
Although he didn't want to admit it, it was indeed because of Yue Ting's self-help next door that he benefited from it.
Who made that woman do such shocking things? She opened a shop and suddenly lowered the overall price of food shops on West Street, attracting all the customers there!
How can we not think of a solution?
When Zhang Mo thought about the flow of customers at her door, she felt so jealous that she struggled for two days before she made up her mind to make changes.
He was a little worried at first, but now, any thoughts of regret have disappeared. Making money is the kingly thing!
"Oh my goodness." The other man in the room, who was short and shrewd, looked up at Zhang Mo and said, "Brother Zhang, did I perform well today? You have earned so much, so my share..."
If Xiao Yue was here, he would definitely recognize that this person was the one who had sung the same tune with Zhang Mo and was the first to enter the store during the day.
Zhang Mo glanced at him, counted out the agreed money in front of him, and added a little more at the end: "Good performance, I'm not a stingy person, take it."
"Thank you, Brother Zhang!" The short man's eyes sparkled with excitement. He took the money and put it in his pocket, fearing that he would regret it. "Then I'll leave first. Call me next time if you have such a good thing!"
Zhang Mo responded casually, but when he saw him disappear out the back door, he looked away with a mocking look in his eyes.
"Brother, you are really smart to come up with this idea!" The remaining man in the room said with envy, his slightly dark skin revealing shyness: "As long as we keep doing this, won't we have enough money to marry a wife?"
Zhang Shui smiled foolishly, his heart full of longing.
Who knew that the next second, Zhang Mo said: "Tomorrow you can ask the guy who delivers the food to add more of those dishes."
"Ah?" Zhang Shui was stunned and didn't understand: "Brother, increase the dosage, in case something goes wrong..."
"Did something go wrong today?" Zhang Mo asked back. Seeing him shaking his head, he sneered, "That's all. What are you afraid of? We're the ones selling breakfast. If something really happens, will you think of us?"
Eating so much food all day long, how could a normal person think that there was something wrong with Jixiang Restaurant?
Zhang Shui frowned: "But..."
"If we continue like this, all the customers will run away!" Zhang Mo interrupted him, his tone slowed down: "Let's use this period of time to at least kill the neighbor. I don't believe that she has so much meat every day without adulteration. In half a month at most, there will definitely be problems!"
Before today, Zhang Mo had of course hired someone to investigate next door and had dinner there, and the result he got was four words.
——Real stuff!
Zhang Mo couldn't believe it at all.
Even though so many days had passed and no problems had arisen, he still felt that it was an illusion.
However, no matter how fake it was, Zhang felt resentful when he saw the customer flow, and immediately decided to change his business model.
He happened to run into the woman leaving the house and was so scared that he almost burst into curses.
Fortunately, I held back, otherwise it would have been bad if the secret had leaked out.
Zhang Mo was still feeling scared, but he was even more excited about the money he had earned today. The more excited he was, the more he expected Yue Ting to collapse on her own.
At that time, all the guests went to Jixiang Restaurant!
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