Chapter 263 The Target of Public Criticism
Jiangnan Zhi finally couldn't listen anymore.
This woman has been acting erratically ever since she walked in, talking incoherently and clearly coming for something in return.
Hu Lifang was about to continue speaking, but she swallowed the words back down.
At the wedding banquet last time, she threw a tantrum in front of the guests, saying that Zhou Haiwei was unfaithful and heartless.
As a result, he was dragged out of the door by security guards, losing all face.
That kind of stupid thing must not happen again.
"Mom... I really have no money left. If I don't go back to work, I'll starve to death on the streets."
"Please, for the sake of the few years I've been married into your family, let me stay! I'll do any of the hardest work—sweeping, moving goods, keeping watch at night… I'm willing to do it all! Just please give me a bite to eat!"
Zhou Shufen didn't even lift her eyelids when she heard the word "Mom".
"You and Zhou Haiwei didn't even get a marriage certificate, your name isn't on the household registration book, and there's no record of your marriage in the civil affairs bureau's system. The law doesn't recognize it, and it's morally untenable. You call her 'Mom' so affectionately, don't you feel ashamed? How can you be so shameless?"
Hu Lifang immediately put on a smile.
"I'll go back and get the certificate right away! I'll go tomorrow! I'm sorry for what I did to you before, I hurt you, I was so foolish! But I'm sorry now, really! I'll change! I promise I will! Please give me another chance, let me start over, be a good person, and do a good job!"
"Oh? Don't change it."
Zhou Shufen took a sip of the warm Longjing tea and smiled slightly.
“I no longer acknowledge Zhou Haiwei as my son. As for you, haven’t you been back to your hometown for a long time? Don’t you know that I sent all of his brothers over there to a labor camp? They were locked up for a full six months and were only released a few days ago. If you’re looking for a backer, I suggest you find out who still has any influence.”
Hu Lifang's eyes darted around, and she was probably plotting something.
Zhou Shufen was too lazy to waste her breath arguing with her.
"You don't meet our store's hiring requirements. You don't have enough education, zero experience, you can't even do basic accounting, and your attitude is not right. In short, you're not suitable for this job. Get out of here and don't hold us back from doing business."
How could Hu Lifang possibly leave?
She had heard people say that this supermarket was in a good location with a lot of customer traffic, and its daily turnover could be more than a thousand yuan!
She worked in the factory for a month, in three shifts, and her monthly salary was only forty or fifty yuan, after deductions for food and accommodation!
I've heard that some big factories offer high salaries, eight, nine, or even eleven months, or even over a hundred, but what about her?
With no education or connections, who would want to take her in?
She can't endure hardship, nor does she want to.
I just want to find a leisurely job, sitting behind the counter, earning a steady salary of about a hundred yuan a month.
As for Zhou Shufen's supermarket, I heard that the work is not heavy and you don't have to move heavy objects, and you can earn at least a hundred yuan a month.
This is practically a windfall!
Thinking of this, Hu Lifang's knees buckled, and she was about to kneel down with a thud.
Zhou Miaoling reacted quickly and grabbed her arm.
"Don't touch her! Don't come near her!"
"Miaoling, take her to the police station!"
Zhou Shufen spoke coldly.
"The job application form she just filled out didn't use her real name. Only someone with a guilty conscience wouldn't dare reveal their true identity! Have the police thoroughly investigate whether this woman has a criminal record, whether she's been dealt with for fraud, theft, or disturbing public order. Find out the facts before you speak!"
Upon hearing the words "police station," Hu Lifang's face turned pale instantly, and she turned and ran away.
Zhou Shufen gave a cold smile.
This woman is definitely up to something.
She wasn't someone who hadn't seen the world, but someone as shameless as Hu Lifang was truly rare.
"Auntie, how can she be so shameless?"
The Zhou family's little niece frowned and asked angrily.
Hu Lifang's "I'm the victim" attitude just now made her feel disgusted.
"She's done so many wrong things, how dare she come to our door?"
Zhou Shufen recounted the past events in detail.
From how Hu Lifang deceived Zhou Haiwei's feelings to how she embezzled the betrothal gifts and then disappeared.
Every single detail is crystal clear.
Zhou Miaoling was so angry that she slammed her hand on the table.
"Are there really such people in the world?"
"You weren't satisfied with just swindling money and emotions, now you dare to come back and continue swindling?"
"If she dares to come again, I'll grab a broom and beat her out! Don't think you can pretend to be innocent just because you changed your clothes!"
"This kind of person is like a mad dog, biting without any reason."
Zhou Shufen spoke calmly.
"If she shows up again, call the police immediately."
After she finished speaking, she took out her phone, pulled up the contact information for the local police station, and saved it to her frequently used number list.
"Don't give her any chance to speak. The law won't tolerate liars."
Hu Lifang used a false name, firstly to avoid Zhou Haiwei, and secondly because she had deceived two men.
When she was in Nancheng, her surname was "Wu". She claimed to be a single, divorced woman with a child, in order to gain sympathy.
He moved to Dongcheng and changed his name to "Zhang Wei," fabricating a tragic backstory to swindle money from a middle-aged businessman.
But she didn't expect that the second man was actually a police informant, and she was immediately identified by surveillance cameras as soon as she withdrew the money.
Fortunately, she reacted quickly and escaped by climbing over the wall overnight, thus managing to get away.
A rotten bone can fool three dogs.
This is how she describes herself.
But she had terrible eyesight; the two men didn't give her any money at all, and instead made her pay for themselves.
Not only did she not gain anything, she also lost money on accommodation and train tickets, ending up penniless.
They tried to make their way from the north to the west, but there was nowhere else to go.
A fellow villager, after drinking, boasted that he could earn over 10,000 yuan a month by setting up a street stall in Shenzhen.
She was tempted, scraped together 500 yuan, and bought a standing ticket to head south.
But she was used to being lazy, unwilling to work overtime, and unwilling to break a sweat.
I interviewed at seven or eight stores, but was rejected by all of them because of "high workload" or "compensation not meeting expectations".
She fantasized about becoming rich overnight, such as being chosen by a wealthy man and being kept by him for three years.
If all else fails, you can work as an "atmosphere crew" at a bar, drinking and chatting with people to earn some extra money.
But she didn't want to sell her body, nor was she willing to work hard, so she could only continue to mooch off her friends' beds and eat leftovers from restaurants to barely make ends meet.
Hu Lifang only stopped after running a long distance.
She knew she had failed this time.
She can no longer show her face; at least on this street, she has become the target of public criticism.
Two middle-aged women walked and chatted beside me.
"I heard that Zhouji Supermarket is offering 50% off vegetables today, I have to go early to grab them!"
An elderly woman wearing a blue cloth shirt was carrying a vegetable basket.
"Otherwise, all the good vegetables will be picked clean, leaving only wilted leaves that even pigs won't eat!"
"This week, the boss is really good at business. As soon as it's mealtime and the discounts are offered, it's packed with people, even the aisles are full. Yesterday I was ten minutes late, and all the tomatoes were gone, leaving only two potatoes sitting alone in the basket!"
"How much do you think she earns in a day?"
An older woman held up five fingers.
"Five hundred? That's too low! I've heard people say that making a thousand or eight hundred a day is a piece of cake!"
"That's called large-scale operation, low profit but high volume, you know? They make two cents a pound, so selling ten thousand pounds is two thousand yuan! And that doesn't even include other things!"
"Wow, that's a huge profit?"
The woman in the blue shirt stared in astonishment.
"Think about it, how many people line up to buy things every day?"
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