Chapter 129
Wang Mengmei acted quickly and first contacted the landlord of Zhuang Yan and his wife.
The landlord had met Wang Mengmei before. When Changqing Street was allowing businesses along the street to operate, all the landlords on the street knew each other.
Of course, Wang Mengmei did not ask the other party whether the house was for rent, but exchanged a few pleasantries.
The landlord also had a lot of grievances to complain about. She was old and superstitious, and always felt that what Zhuang Yan and his wife had done was outrageous and had ruined the feng shui of her business.
"I will ask some masters to come in a few days to change the luck of this house."
The house was originally rented to Zhuang Yan and his wife because the two families were distantly related.
Who knew this would happen?
Not only did Yao Feng make a scene on the street that day, he also went to Zhuang Yan's house to make a scene.
Zhuang Yan's husband had always been bad-tempered, and he got angry and started fighting with her. Zhuang Yan also started fighting with him, and if Zhuang Yan's mother hadn't come to persuade them, the couple might have gotten a divorce certificate right away.
Zhuang Yan listened to her mother crying and saying that divorce was not a good thing and that the whole family would not be able to hold their heads up after the divorce.
"How could you, a damned girl, do such a thing?"
How can you steal someone?
Zhuang Yan sat on the bed, feeling drowsy from the crying.
Why steal someone?
She doesn't know either.
In short, it's just annoyance. Seeing the unchanging men chosen by their family makes them annoyed, seeing the women around them makes them annoyed, seeing the people who keep urging them to have a child makes them annoyed, seeing everything makes them annoyed.
She was born restless and could not see a way out in such a life. In short, she had a restless heart beating in her chest.
Her mother was so angry that she wanted to hit her, but she couldn't bear to do so.
Finally, he could only cover his face and say, "Now that you have done something like this, how are I, your father, and your brothers going to live in the village?"
To have such a person who brings bad reputation to the family is worthy of being stabbed in the back!
Zhuang Yan had a wooden face.
Her mother cried enough, so she held her hand and begged her: "Live a good life. Your husband is better than others, so why should you be dissatisfied? Even if you are divorced now, how are you going to live? Listen to your mother, you two should go out to work for a few years, and come back when people are no longer gossiping about you."
Since Zhuang Yan didn't say anything, her mother took it as her agreement and went to persuade her son-in-law again, almost kneeling down to him.
But the son-in-law, who was always good at talking, smoked a pack of cigarettes and only said one sentence at the end.
divorce.
Zhuang Yan said indifferently: "Leave if you want!"
In this era when the divorce rate is not high, the two people obtained the divorce certificate very quickly.
The landlord became even more worried and actually hired a feng shui master to look at the feng shui.
This nice young couple opened a shop and got divorced the next day. The landlord was really upset.
While the other party was calling in the master, Wang Mengmei pulled the landlord aside and asked her what she was going to do with the house, whether to sell it or rent it out.
The old lady kept talking about renting, and Wang Mengmei felt a little disappointed, but it was understandable.
The hospital opposite has been under construction for more than a year and is now almost completed. After the Chinese New Year, it will officially open for business.
Now any fool knows that this place will be fine in the future.
Wang Mengmei: "How much do you plan to rent out this house for?"
The old lady said it was a loss, but she was very clear about the price and raised a finger.
One thousand dollars a month?
Wang Mengmei fell into deep thought.
She still wants to buy a house.
The storefront she bought under Lin Hui's guidance could be said to be the best decision she had ever made in her life.
Wang Mengmei also tasted the sweetness.
She originally thought that Sister Zheng was an exception, but after moving to Changqing Street, she watched closely how some landlords on this street handled things.
The landlord will raise the rent if the business is good. Some raise it by 100 or 200, which is still within the acceptable range, but some landlords will ask for 500 right away.
It's like there was originally a shop selling stuffed cakes on this street. They stuffed leavened dough with leeks, eggs and vermicelli fillings, then pressed it into a flat cake and fried it in a griddle. The cakes were the size of a palm and sold for fifty cents each.
Every morning and evening, the fragrant aroma of oil wafts in the wind, and more and more students patronize the restaurant.
The landlord of that house was an old widower. Seeing that the young couple was doing well in business, he simply raised the rent by 500 yuan. This increase drove the couple away.
The old widower found a helper, and the two of them learned to make such pie.
This old widower was quite shrewd. When the rent was not raised before, he went to sell it. He was pitiful and said that he was old and his legs were not very flexible. He wanted to eat this but he didn't know how to cook it.
The young couple who made the pancakes were kind-hearted, and since they were the landlords, they told the old man how they made it.
So even though this old widower took the business, he actually managed to run it very smoothly.
Seeing the successful case in front of them, several more companies on this street followed suit.
Although the final results were mixed, it also reminded Wang Mengmei.
It’s not my own store, so I always feel uneasy when doing business.
Especially since Jian Feng plans to expand his business, he cannot change positions frequently.
Therefore, when the landlord of Zhuang Yan and his wife said he would not sell the house, Wang Mengmei went to find Yao Feng.
When Yao Feng opened the door, she saw Wang Mengmei who came to see her carrying something.
Yao Feng felt a lump in her throat and almost burst into tears.
She felt both ashamed and regretful towards Wang Mengmei.
Wang Mengmei changed the subject and took out the things she brought: "I made some food. This is beef sauce, and this is the dumplings I just made today. You can freeze them in the refrigerator and eat them for a few days. There are also some vermicelli. My husband bought the vermicelli from Kuai County. They are all handmade and not mixed with cassava flour..."
Yao Feng's eyes were sore: "It's enough if you can come to see me."
She didn't have many friends, and it was only after she opened a shop on Changqing Street that she met Zhuang Yan and Wang Mengmei.
Thinking of Zhuang Yan, Yao Feng's mood fell again.
Wang Mengmei looked around and found that Yao Feng's family was not poor. They lived in a three-story self-built house with a spacious yard and raised a few chickens and ducks.
Yao Feng poured a glass of water for Wang Mengmei and the two chatted about this and that.
In the end, the topic was directed to Zhuang Yan.
Yao Feng said angrily: "I just don't understand why she would do this? Why would my man do this?"
In addition to hating them for treating her like a fool, Yao Feng was also confused.
What did she do wrong to be betrayed by two people around her at the same time?
Wang Mengmei didn't know where the advice came from, and she just listened to Yao Feng's story in silence.
Yao Feng said that her husband has not returned home since he came back. From the incident to now, in half a month, her husband has only returned once the day before yesterday.
Yao Feng hated him at first, but as time went by, she became torn because of her husband's failure to come home. Sometimes she thought that it was okay if he didn't come home. Sometimes she felt wronged, because she had worked hard for decades, but in the end, he ended up like this. Then, she felt that she couldn't leave him. What would happen to the children if she left him?
When the man came back the day before yesterday, she said sarcastically, "You still remember to come back?"
The man didn't even sit down, and sneered: "If you don't want to get married, then don't get married. Let's go get the certificate tomorrow."
Yao Feng was speechless, but the man seemed to have something on her.
"You're a troublemaker, aren't you? Go ahead and make a scene. It's nothing serious at best. Do you think I want to see your face like this? Look at yourself. You're so fat! I've had enough of this!"
"If you want to leave, then leave now! Do you think I don't know? Didn't you come here for my money? Do you think I'm willing to look for someone else outside? It's because you don't love me at all!"
Yao Feng burst into tears: "How could he say that to me!"
In that era of arranged marriages, their marriage was a rare example of free love. Yao Feng was a flower in her youth, and when she was with this man, she never thought about his family background. Besides, her man only had a storefront and two houses. Among Yao Feng's many suitors, such conditions were common.
Yao Feng said to Wang Mengmei in pain: "What he said is simply an insult to me! In all these years, I have only received this one sentence from him! I must let him see that I, Yao Feng, am definitely not after his money!"
Yao Feng's eyes sparkled with determination: "Doesn't he look down on me? I don't want anything! I want to leave the house with nothing! I, Yao Feng, still have some backbone! I'll show him sooner or later that I'm not that kind of person!"
Wang Mengmei felt something was wrong.
Yao Feng was still burning with rage. If she was angry about the man's betrayal before, now she was feeling pain because of the lack of trust between husband and wife for many years.
She attributed this pain to one thing: she had to make men look good.
This good-looking means that she intends to make the other party surrender on the basis of personality.
"Anyway, I have a clear conscience."
When Yao Feng said this, he was filled with righteous indignation.
Wang Mengmei fell into an awkward silence.
"…What about your children?"
Yao Feng: "He must be following me."
There was no way she would abandon her own child. She would rather live with a beggar mother than a government official father.
Yao Feng said confidently: "I don't need his money, and I don't want him to control me. I want to prove that everything I did, including choosing him, was not done with any utilitarian purpose."
Wang Mengmei laughed dryly and asked her, "I remember your eldest daughter is a freshman this year, right?"
There is a younger one behind me, also a daughter, who is now in her second year of high school.
Wang Mengmei tactfully advised: "You should leave something for the children. They are all grown up and will go to college soon. Four years is not a small amount of time."
Yao Feng seemed to be immersed in her own thoughts and refused without hesitation: "No, I want to prove to him that neither my daughter nor I would want his things!"
Wang Mengmei returned to the store with a lot on her mind. She always felt something was wrong.
When Jian Li heard what her mother said, she immediately looked at her mother as if she was a fool.
"Don't tell me you think that makes sense."
Men who use morality to emotionally blackmail women into giving up their interests are flawed, okay?
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