Chapter 062 Jinjiang Debut
Bai Mian looked the old lady up and down. She looked energetic and full of fighting spirit. She didn't look like she was in trouble. Lame brother whispered in Bai Mian's ear: "It feels like this old lady can uproot a weeping willow tree..."
The old lady was not happy with the two people whispering. She slammed the table angrily and said, "Hey, are you two listening to me?"
Lame Brother quickly said flatteringly: "Calm down, and tell me first, who made you lose face?"
The old lady angrily hit the ground with her cane, pouted her lips and said, "Huh, it's all because of my mortal enemy, she... cough cough cough... you see, she's so angry that my old illness has come back!" The old lady beat her chest and coughed. Lame brother poured her a cup of hot water. After she drank it, she felt much better. She trembled and said, "Oh, my name is Zheng Qiuyan, and my mortal enemy is Ke Ci. We have known each other since we were young. We were in the same class when we were young, and we were colleagues in the same unit when we grew up. After retirement, we became mahjong partners. She compares herself with me in everything, but she can never beat me in anything."
At this point, the old lady recalled the glory of the past: "When I was in school, I was always the first in the class. Ke Ci was my deskmate. Although she worked very hard, her grades were slightly lower than mine. Sometimes she ranked second in the class, sometimes third. In short, she was always ranked behind me."
"After we started working, we entered the local fertilizer factory together. I was diligent and capable in the company, and I completed my work quickly and well. The leaders valued me very much and soon promoted me to director. As for her, although her performance was also okay, she was not as good as me after all, so she only became a deputy director."
"When I reached the age of marriage, my family arranged a blind date for me with a scholarly family. The boy was polite and we got married soon. We have been living in harmony since marriage and have never had a quarrel in all these years. On the other hand, Ke Ci did not listen to her family's arrangements and insisted on having a free love relationship. She found a worker who did manual labor, but the worker turned out to be a short-lived person and died a few years after the marriage, leaving her alone."
Zheng Qiuyan proudly talked about her children again: "Later, my husband and I gave birth to a son and a daughter. Both children are very outstanding. My daughter studied law and is now a famous lawyer in Beijing. My son studied foreign languages and became a translator. Both children are engaged in high-paying jobs. I can't spend all the money they give me every year!"
"Ke Ci only has one daughter. Her short-lived husband died after she gave birth to her daughter. She never remarried and raised the child by herself. However, her daughter was not very good. She was a naughty girl since she was young and her test scores were not good. She only went to a junior college. As a result, she encountered setbacks everywhere after graduation. I heard that she still hasn't found a job!"
As Zheng Qiuyan spoke, she covered her mouth and laughed, obviously very satisfied with her current situation. Lame Brother curled his lips in disdain and silently complained about this mean old lady in his heart.
Bai Mian asked: "It sounds like your life has always been better than Ke Ci's. Why do you say she made you lose face?"
Zheng Qiuyan said indignantly: "Huh, it makes me angry just talking about it! In my circle of acquaintances, everyone says that I am doing better than her. Every time I play mahjong, the old people in the chess and card room are extremely envious of me. Who knew that in the end, Ke Ci would actually turn the tables on me!"
"What do you mean?" Lame Brother straightened up and became interested. He was very happy to see this mean old lady suffer a setback.
Zheng Qiuyan said: "Yesterday afternoon, a group of us old acquaintances were playing mahjong in the chess and card room. I was very lucky yesterday. I hit the right hand every time. No one could beat me. Just when I was about to lose, Ke Ci suddenly stood up and announced that her daughter was getting married next month!"
"There's nothing wrong with getting married, but she actually said that her daughter was going to marry a wealthy man from the Middle East!"
"Wow, I heard that there's oil everywhere there. If you marry there, you won't have to work for the rest of your life, right?" said Lame Brother enviously.
Zheng Duoyan gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, that's the expression you have now. When she announced the news of her marriage, everyone present had the same expression as yours. Everyone in the chess and card room ran to curry favor with her. She suddenly became the focus of our circle of friends and stole all the limelight from me. My game was disbanded on the spot, and I didn't even have a chance to win!"
Lame brother sneered: "Hey, so this is what you call losing face, what's the big deal, she found her boyfriend with her own ability, don't you want to stop her from getting married?"
Zheng Qiuyan said unreasonably: "That's right, I just can't stand her living better than me! I thought her foreign son-in-law was a local tycoon, but yesterday I saw the photos in her circle of friends, and the guy was tall, handsome and young, with no flaws at all. I was so angry that my lungs were about to explode!"
Lame brother was overjoyed: "Auntie, I advise you to be more open-minded. Look at you. You haven't done anything to others yet, but you've already made yourself sick. If you have to compare yourself with others everywhere in life, then life will be unbearable!"
Zheng Qiuyan didn't listen to what Lame Brother said at all. She kept talking to herself, "Why? Her daughter doesn't even have a job, how could she find such a good son-in-law? My two children haven't even married yet, and her son-in-law is a rich man. He has surpassed the efforts of several generations of us in one go. God is so unfair!"
"Ke Ci said that she would invite all of us old acquaintances to her daughter's wedding next month. Ever since they knew her son-in-law is a wealthy man, everyone started to flatter her and no one paid any attention to me. I won't let her be so proud. I must find a chance to make her lose face! Just wait and see, I'll keep my word!"
Lame Brother understood: "Auntie, you want a fortune teller to tell you how to embarrass her? Listen to my advice, it's immoral to do this. You have lost everyone's attention, so you are psychologically unbalanced. You should go see a psychologist."
Zheng Qiuyan sat on the chair stubbornly, refusing to leave. She looked at Bai Mian expectantly, hoping that Bai Mian would take her pulse.
Lame Brother advised again: "Auntie, I've already told you that our little God of Wealth would never do such an immoral thing. Even if she has metaphysical abilities, she can't use them to harm people! You should just turn left and take a stroll to the mental hospital!"
"Wait a minute, I can give it a try." Bai Mian stopped Lame Brother. She looked at the stubborn old lady in front of her and became interested.
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