Chapter 223 The First Rival
But the shop owner had already pushed the watch back, saying, "I see that you've taken very good care of this watch, ma'am. If you're reluctant to part with it, you can keep it for a while longer."
But Xu Shanshan dared not stay any longer.
In her current situation, leaving any valuable items on her is like leaving a time bomb.
"Sell! I have a few left, could you... could you give me an estimate for them too?"
Having decided to accept this fate, she no longer hesitated.
Xu Shanshan brought out a total of seven watches, some of which are now worth more than a thousand yuan more and are still unavailable.
The shopkeeper couldn't help but glance at Xu Shanshan a few more times before finally giving her a fairly reasonable price. Xu Shanshan exchanged the seven watches for nine hundred and thirty yuan.
Perhaps because of the good start, the boss said, "Well then, seeing that you're an honest person, I'll round it up for you, nine hundred and fifty, I'll order it for you now."
Xu Shanshan couldn't help but tear up. "...Thank you, thank you." This was the first time she had felt kindness outside since leaving the Wen family.
Of course, they were still using the things that the Wen family brought with them.
The boss waved his hand, looking at her red eyes and tears, and kindly comforted her, "Everyone has a chance to make a comeback, sister. You have to look forward to life. Things will always get better day by day."
Upon hearing this, Xu Shanshan nodded, her voice choked with emotion, unable to utter another word.
The boss wrapped all the money in red paper, handed it to Xu Shanshan, and reminded her, "There's a credit union on the next street."
Xu Shanshan choked up again as she expressed her gratitude.
Xu Shanshan saved all 950 yuan.
She had some money left over from the money Wen Changyu had given her before, plus the money she "had left over" from the hospital when she was discharged during the Spring Festival. After moving to Wang Jinghui's house and not having to pay rent, and finding a job, she saved more than a hundred yuan.
In the past six months, excluding last month and the month the hotel hasn't paid her, she has been working for about twenty dollars a month. She eats at the hotel and doesn't have to pay for accommodation. She only has to pay for breakfast and utilities, so she only has a small amount left over each month.
It's just that... Wang Qianqian has taken quite a bit of it these past few days.
What's left is only enough for a year's rent if she rents a place. Now she regrets not getting a house back then.
If she had been allocated a house, no matter which one, she wouldn't be in such dire straits as she is now.
She was out of her mind at the time, that's why she gave up so much for Wang Jinghui...
In the end, I only moved myself, and then... it was all a joke.
Wiping her eyes, Xu Shanshan got up and decided to go for a walk to see if there were any suitable jobs or houses.
She also had to move out of Wang Jinghui's house.
Xu Shanshan wandered around for a long time and found that there were very few job openings.
As the bus traveled around, she realized that over the years, she had been wasting her energy on Wang Jinghui and his daughter, and hadn't really seen the vast capital city.
Since she had some free time, Xu Shanshan simply got out of the car and started wandering around.
Then she saw Zhizhi by the roadside at the entrance of the scenic area.
She sat on a small stool, her belly protruding, a warm smile on her fair face. The dappled sunlight above her made her features look unbelievably beautiful.
There is a kind of beauty that makes you feel like you're living in a painting.
Xu Shanshan hid behind the crowd, watching Zhizhi enthusiastically promote her products to people.
There was a woman sitting next to her helping out. Xu Shanshan had never seen her before, but her features looked somewhat like Zhou Lin's. Xu Shanshan guessed that this woman must be Zhizhi's mother-in-law.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sell things like bracelets, hair accessories, and bangles, and their business is very good.
Xu Shanshan stood there for a while and saw that Zhizhi had collected no less than twenty yuan.
Xu Shanshan hid behind the crowd, watching intently until the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law packed up their stall.
After packing up their stall, the two went straight into a state-run restaurant by the roadside for a meal.
Xu Shanshan also saw Zhizhi put a piece of braised pork on her mother-in-law's plate. After seeing this, Xu Shanshan, who was hiding to the side, turned around and went back.
Zhizhi was unaware of all this; she was happily asking her mother-in-law, "Mom, isn't this braised pork tastier than the one we make ourselves?"
Wu Caifeng nodded, "Yes, restaurant food, it's restaurant food, it tastes good!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhizhi tried to put more food on her plate, but Wu Caifeng quickly covered the bowl, saying, "No, no, I'm full, you eat, you eat. You're pregnant, and the baby in your belly needs to eat well to grow big. You should eat more."
"Don't give it to me, I'm too old, I can't digest too much."
"You eat, you eat!"
She refused to accept anything.
But in the end, she still managed to put two more pieces in my bowl, saying, "If you don't eat them, how am I supposed to finish them all by myself?"
"Besides, it's only two yuan for this serving of meat. With what we've earned today, we can buy dozens of servings!"
"Are you afraid I'll go broke from eating you?"
Wu Caifeng shook her head, saying embarrassedly, "Back in my hometown, we were lucky to eat meat twice a year. But since I've been with you, we eat meat every day... I..."
Zhizhi said, "We didn't cook this meat especially for you. We just love to eat it. Mom, don't feel guilty."
Wu Caifeng could only nod.
Having no psychological burden means...
"Zhizhi, you're so capable," Wu Caifeng said, helping to put a piece of braised pork into Zhizhi's bowl. "I never even dreamed of eating meat like this every day before."
"How come you're so smart? You came up with such a way to make money."
"If you hadn't ended up in the Xie family's place and had studied hard at home, you might be a college student too..."
As Wu Caifeng spoke, she felt sorry for her daughter-in-law.
But she soon realized that if her daughter-in-law hadn't ended up in the Xie family, she probably wouldn't have met her son again.
However... she still felt sorry for her daughter-in-law.
She should have been a favored daughter of heaven.
Zhizhi bit into the meat and thought for a moment, "Maybe!"
This is ultimately a world of books. The author's arrangements determine the lives of the main characters and supporting characters, just like her in the past, who was also so powerless to control her own destiny.
Does she want to time travel?
She doesn't want to wear it either!
But life is so dramatic. She got so angry while reading a novel that she died, and then she time-traveled.
Who can I reason with?
Perhaps she was also a character created by someone else, living a life controlled by someone else's pen.
Zhizhi knew that her business would eventually face competitors, but she never imagined that her own mother would become her first competitor.
When Xu Shanshan saw the bracelets and hair accessories that Zhizhi was selling that day, and so many people were buying them, she started to have her own ideas.
She went back and wandered around for half a day, but still couldn't find a suitable job. So she thought maybe she could sell herself.
After all, she can make those bracelets too.
She has family connections.
Wen Zhizhi is so young, yet she knows all these skills. She must have inherited them from her family, right?
Xu Shanshan sometimes finds fate quite laughable.
The child she had treated the worst turned out to be the one who most resembled the Xu family.
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