Although Yao Jingjing looked down on Sun Hongying, she had to keep quiet because she remembered the purpose of her visit. She bought Sun Hongying another bag of steamed egg cakes and said, "Is this alright?"
Sun Hongying looked at the peach shortbread and then at the sponge cake, her eyes glancing at the brown sugar on the shelf. She licked her lips and said, "I've been so tired lately. It would be great if I could buy a bag of brown sugar and drink some brown sugar water to replenish my energy."
Yao Jingjing squinted at Sun Hongying, her face as dark as hell.
Although she didn't care about the bag of brown sugar, she wasn't stupid enough to let Sun Hongying make such an exorbitant demand.
Sun Hongying was originally testing Yao Jingjing's limits, and seeing her unpleasant expression, she pretended to be casual and said, "Speaking of Huo Xiao, he's truly one of the most outstanding men around here. Now that he's retired from the army and returned home, I don't know how many girls are eyeing him. If you don't hurry up..."
Without saying a word, Yao Jingjing bought a bag of brown sugar and stuffed it into Sun Hongying's arms, saying, "Here you go, quickly tell me how to get to Daqingshan Village!"
No one knows better than her how popular Huo Xiao is!
Every time the female soldiers in their cultural troupe went to perform for the troops, their eyes would constantly dart around Huo Xiao.
If it weren't for her keeping him in check, and Huo Xiao's perpetually aloof demeanor, those vixens would have loved to pounce on him!
Sun Hongying didn't expect that just mentioning Huo Xiao would get her another bag of brown sugar from Yao Jingjing. She was wondering if she could get more, when Yao Jingjing warned her, "If you dare to be greedy again, you won't get anything at all!"
Sun Hongying had no choice but to give up, and then told Yao Jingjing how to get to Daqingshan Village.
When Yao Jingjing heard that it would take such a long time to get there, her brows furrowed tightly.
Sun Hongying knew what was going on as soon as she saw her like this. Thinking of the three packages she had easily obtained, she pointed out a way for Yao Jingjing.
“There are oxcarts at the grain station in town. If you don’t want to walk, you can pay to hire an oxcart to take you there.”
Upon hearing that she could ride in an oxcart, Yao Jingjing felt relieved and quickly bought two cans of food, two packets of brown sugar, and two packets of pastries from the supply and marketing cooperative before heading to the grain station.
Sun Hongying watched Yao Jingjing's retreating figure, her eyes filled with schadenfreude.
She deliberately didn't tell Yao Jingjing about Huo Xiao's marriage. She thought about how Yao Jingjing had traveled all the way to Daqingshan Village to find Huo Xiao only to discover he was already married, and then she thought about how that little bitch Ye Weiwei had been confronted by Huo Xiao's mistress...
snort!
Let those two vixens fight to the death!
Unfortunately, she couldn't witness the excitement firsthand.
Just then, a tall, thin man in his fifties walked in from outside the supply and marketing cooperative. Seeing Sun Hongying's dazed look, he said impatiently, "What are you doing standing there in broad daylight?"
Seeing the peach shortbread, chicken cake, and brown sugar in Sun Hongying's hands, Gao Dazhuang angrily said, "Didn't you say you came to buy salt? Why did you buy so much stuff! Are you hiding money behind my back again to secretly buy things to send to your parents' house?"
When Sun Hongying saw that Gao Dazhuang was angry, she was so frightened that she quickly explained, "No, no, these things were given to me by others, I didn't buy them with my own money."
This Gao Dazhuang is the man she married a few days ago in her second marriage. He is more than ten years older than her. He has an elderly mother and a son, Gao Qiang, who is about the same age as her. He has three children: two sons and a daughter. His eldest son, Gao Long, is ten years old, his youngest son, Gao Hu, is seven years old and the same age as Xiao Chun, and his daughter, Gao Cui, is four years old.
This marriage was arranged for her by her sister-in-law, Sun. At first, she disagreed with Gao Dazhuang because of his age, since the age difference between the two was too great.
But her mother and sisters-in-law advised her, saying that older men know how to cherish women.
Moreover, she was divorced once and couldn't have a son. Which well-off man would want a woman like her?
Gao Dazhuang has sons and grandsons. If she marries him, she will become a grandmother and won't have to worry about not having a son to take care of her in her old age. In the end, Sun Hongying couldn't go against her family's wishes and married Gao Dazhuang.
Gao Dazhuang gave a bride price of eighty yuan and one hundred catties of grain, and the Sun family used the bride price to build four rooms.
So, when Sun Hongying got married, her mother was so happy that she bought three feet of floral fabric to make clothes for her.
Although the Gao family had reservations about her dowry, Sun Hongying felt extremely satisfied.
After getting married, Sun Hongying frequently visited her parents' home, always bringing something with her. However, Gao Dazhuang's mother discovered that she was secretly taking eggs meant for her grandson to her parents' home and told Gao Dazhuang, who then gave her a severe beating. Only then did Sun Hongying stop taking anything to her parents' home in secret.
Thinking of Gao Dazhuang's crazy look when he was beating people, Sun Hongying felt her scalp tingle. Afraid that Gao Dazhuang wouldn't believe her, she pointed to a person who had been watching the commotion and said, "If you don't believe me, ask him. I really didn't lie to you."
Gao Dazhuang didn't believe it at all. He squinted at the man Sun Hongying was talking about, a savage glint in his eyes.
Seeing Gao Dazhuang's unfriendly expression, the man, not wanting to cause trouble, subconsciously took two steps back, trying to distance himself from the situation.
This woman is no good; she obtained all these things through dishonest means!
Seeing this, Gao Dazhuang snatched the things from Sun Hongying's hands and stuffed them into his basket, coldly saying, "Go home!"
That bitch, does she think he's stupid? She lies without even thinking!
Who would be so foolish as to give her so many nice things?
Thinking of this, he glared at the man Sun Hongying had mentioned, and when he saw the man go to another counter to buy something, his eyes darkened.
Could that guy be that bitch's lover?
Otherwise, why would I buy her so many nice things?
OK!
He's not even dead yet, and he dares to come to town to find other women behind his back!
Let's see how he deals with her when he gets back!
Sun Hongying was still feeling smug about getting so many good things for free without spending a penny, completely unaware of what awaited her when she returned home!
Gao Dazhuang appears to be a normal person on the surface, but in private he is paranoid and beats his wife. One of his first two wives was beaten to death by him because he suspected her of having an affair, and the other couldn't stand his paranoia and was beaten to the point of suicide by drinking rat poison.
Otherwise, why would Gao Dazhuang give such a large dowry to Sun Hongying, an older woman who had been married before, and marry her?
It wasn't until his second wife died that his reputation for beating his wife spread, and no woman in the neighborhood who knew his character was willing to be with him.
After giving Huo Jiang acupuncture today, Ye Weiwei was thinking of going to the village entrance to find Xiao Xingxing to go home when she saw a woman get off an oxcart, walk up to her and ask, "Comrade, may I ask where Huo Xiao's home is?"
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