Chapter 68 There is a kind of fate called destiny
The snack street also became deserted at nine o'clock in the evening.
The vegetable shop, Chen Guilan's stall and Lao Zhao's bun shop also closed early.
Only Old Tang's audio shop was still singing in solitude: "...Who knew I'd meet you again in this sea of people? Fate always makes one feel helpless. These past few years haven't been good or bad, except it seems like someone's missing. But I've gradually come to understand that you remain my constant care. How much love can be repeated? How many people are willing to wait...
As soon as he got off the car, Qin Shuang regained his usual smartness and ability. When he met Chen Guilan, he introduced himself frankly and helped Su Jiaojiao move the 100 down jackets into the store.
Chen Guilan was busy preparing dinner for the two of them. There was no room in the outer room, so Su Jiaojiao brought the dumplings and ate them at the desk with Qin Shuang. Qin Shuang, who had been to the countryside before, didn't think there was anything wrong with it. She even praised Chen Guilan's cooking skills: "I can't eat such delicious dumplings at work, Su Jiaojiao, you are so lucky."
The dumplings are filled with cabbage and pork.
Take a bite and the soup overflows, it's delicious.
"My mom makes the best dumplings." Su Jiaojiao wasn't polite either. But Chen Guilan rubbed her hands and said embarrassedly, "I can't cook. I'm glad you don't mind."
She is the same age as Qin Shuang, both thirty-nine years old.
But Qin Shuang obviously looks several years younger than her. City people really know how to take care of themselves.
After dinner, Qin Shuang went to the outer room and helped Su Jiaojiao arrange the placement of the down jackets. She suggested turning this room into a dressing room and hanging all the down jackets on the wall to save space to the greatest extent.
The remaining cotton jackets and trousers and the leftover goods from the Jiali Garment Factory were all put on sale at the door.
Just move the two clothes racks with a few down jacket samples hanging on them outside.
"I will make a banner and hang it at the door tomorrow, and sell down jackets this winter." Su Jiaojiao accepted it happily. In fact, it is a bit late to sell down jackets now. They should start selling them as soon as the twelfth lunar month begins, but she is limited by time and starts about a week later than other merchants.
After the winter vacation, she asked Chen Guilan to stay at the snack street while she tried to find a way to go somewhere else.
As long as we find the right market, these down jackets will be easy to sell.
The wind blew outside, making the canvas tent of the vegetable shop next door rustle. The stove was lit in the house, and it was warm like spring. Although the room outside was crowded and a little messy, the big bed in the bedroom was clean and tidy, and it was not crowded for three people to sleep on it.
Qin Shuang didn't want to go back to the garment factory, but she readily agreed to stay when Su Jiaojiao invited her. She and Chen Guilan were of the same age, and Qin Shuang had experience of working in the countryside, so she was not unfamiliar with rural life. The two of them became more and more compatible.
Su Jiaojiao slept in the middle and couldn't get a word in, so she just listened quietly to the two people chatting.
As she listened, her eyelids began to twitch and she fell into a deep sleep.
The night was long and Qin Shuang and Chen Guilan were both sleepless. They told each other about their past and current situations without reservation. Chen Guilan was surprised that Qin Shuang had raised the child alone for so many years and endured countless contempts to get to where she is today. This woman with a glamorous appearance had a completely different experience from hers, even ten or a hundred times more difficult than hers.
Now the child’s father has a new family in the capital, and her only child is about to leave her.
Chen Guilan felt sad when she heard this, but when Qin Shuang talked about these things, she was talking about other people's affairs: "Actually, when I saw Lu Jiaping tonight, I felt relieved. He and I are not meant to be together. It's fate. Now that he wants a child, let him have it!"
He had a family, but he still traveled thousands of miles to Jiao County to find them and adopted their child.
After so many years, she really should let him take on his responsibilities as a father.
"The child is grown up now. Even if he goes to the imperial capital, he won't forget you." Chen Guilan was glad that she still had her little cotton-padded jacket by her side to accompany her and protect her. "The more you try to stop him, the more he wants to go. When he goes to the imperial capital, he'll realize that being with his mother is different from being with his father."
"You're right. I shouldn't have stopped him." Qin Shuang agreed, and feeling relieved, he began to talk about Chen Guilan again. "Although your daughter is young, she's a strong-willed person. Just listen to her. Her father is at fault, so he should pay the price. You must fight for the house and land. If you don't fight for it, won't it be a bargain for the woman and child who will come after you?"
"I know what to do now." Chen Guilan was encouraged and became more resolute in her decision. "If he doesn't agree, I won't divorce him. I can afford to delay it anyway."
"Yes, I just want to drag him along." Qin Shuang understood Chen Guilan's feelings very well. "In fact, I haven't married for so many years. It's not that I have any expectations of the child's father. I'm just worried that the child will be wronged if I remarry. Plus, I haven't met a man I want to marry in these years. I'm confused and have come to this point. You are different. If you want to find someone, you can find one. If you don't want to find one, you can live like this with your daughter. It's also good."
In Qin Shuang's eyes, infidelity and domestic violence are the bottom line of marriage.
Once the bottom line is touched, you must leave.
Especially a man like Su Houli, who obviously doesn't have much money and is just a small official in a garment factory, but he takes himself seriously. Such a man has too low vision and is not worthy of a woman like Chen Guilan.
"What else am I looking for?" Chen Guilan never thought about remarriage. "I'll spend my whole life with my daughter. As long as she doesn't despise me, I'll follow her wherever she goes."
"Don't worry, your daughter is very filial!" Qin Shuang looked at the already sleeping Su Jiaojiao and said with emotion, "I wish I had a daughter. Unfortunately, I don't have the chance in this lifetime."
If Qin Xiuming were a girl.
He definitely won’t follow his father to the imperial capital.
The two talked for half the night.
I fell into a deep sleep just before dawn.
When Su Jiaojiao got up, the two of them were already awake, chatting and laughing as they prepared breakfast. Qin Shuang went out to buy fried dough sticks and steamed buns, while Chen Guilan made porridge. During the meal, Qin Shuang said that she had asked for leave today and would stay to rest for the day. Chen Guilan was very happy: "With you here, I have company. Come over when you have a day off."
They became good friends in just one night, and even Su Jiaojiao found it magical. A heavy snow fell at night, leaving the world white. Chen Guilan had already prepared a cotton jacket and trousers for Su Jiaojiao, warming them by the stove. "It's a good thing you went to Mo City yesterday, otherwise you wouldn't be able to go in the next two days. The roads are too slippery."
"Who says it isn't?" Qin Shuang stood at the door, looking at the falling snow, and said with a smile, "For us, this is a good thing. We won't have to worry about selling down jackets anymore."
Su Jiaojiao walked to school on the snow, making a crunching sound.
As soon as she entered the teaching building, she saw her homeroom teacher, Teacher Zhang, coming out of the office. She stopped her with a smile and said, "Su Jiaojiao, come to the office for a moment. Principal Li wants to see you."
"Principal?" Su Jiaojiao was confused.
Is it shocking that she's bad at math?
Why did it even alarm the principal...
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