Chapter 114 [114] No one believes it.
At the entrance of the chili factory, although it was already March, the temperature was still below zero due to a late spring cold snap. Tang Aiguo stamped his feet and rubbed his hands. He was freezing. He had been standing there for four or five hours, and his whole body was cold. "Second brother, how about we go?"
"How could such a large factory be run by that woman named Zhang Lancao? She can't even read."
Uncle Tang: "It's written in the newspaper that she couldn't read before. With that look, who else could it be but my sister-in-law?"
He said firmly: "It must be my sister-in-law."
Tang Aiguo: "Then we can't see him either. We've been waiting here for more than ten days and our money is almost gone. When will this wait end?"
There was only one article in the newspaper about a foreigner's chili sauce, and they had to ask many people before they found out the address of the factory.
It’s not that I don’t want to go in and look for someone, but the guard said that no outsiders are allowed in.
Tang Aiguo also licked his face and said, "I am your boss's husband."
The security guard looked him up and down at his tattered cotton-padded jacket and sneered, "You, our boss's husband? I'm even the boss's father!"
The door slammed shut, almost hitting his nose.
No one believed that he was Zhang Lancao's husband.
Uncle Tang gave him an idea, telling him to wait at the factory gate. It was impossible that Zhang Lancao would never come to the factory.
I waited for more than ten days, but didn't even see the shadow of Zhang Lancao.
Uncle Tang said, "It's such a big factory! The newspaper also said that it is now a famous enterprise in Shanghai. Brother, how much does it cost? As long as we can see her, why should we worry about the rent?"
They stayed in a shabby hotel, with a dormitory for twenty people, costing five dollars per person. The room was stinking, so they had to hold their noses when they went in to sleep.
Tang Aiguo: "What if it's not? Zhang Lancao is just a street sweeper, how could he open such a big factory? Our efforts and money would be wasted."
Uncle Tang said, "She definitely relies on men. If she hadn't had that other man, would she have been able to run away with the money and the child? And would she have been able to open such a large factory?"
Uncle Tang felt sad when talking about this matter.
Zhang Lancao left and ran away with his eldest brother's money. His mother fell ill out of grief. The eldest wife had no wife, and his third brother's family was unwilling to intervene. But his wife and his mother didn't get along, so he and his eldest brother had to take care of his mother together.
The two brothers have to take care of their mother while working, which is so tiring. On top of that, their father causes trouble for them all day long. They can't even expect a meal and all he does is play cards.
His mother, despite her illness, forced him to lend money to his elder brother to marry another wife. His wife had a big fight with him about this, but she forced him to do so by going on a hunger strike, and he couldn't just watch his own mother die.
Tang Aiguo has high standards. He doesn't want widows, but only young girls. But who would marry the daughter of a good family?
An old man whose wife ran away.
People say that Zhang Lancao's wife ran away because her elder brother treated her badly. Who in a good family would be willing to marry their daughter to him?
The marriage was delayed for a long time. What made him even more frustrated was that Tang Aiguo fell in love with a widow and had sex with her while he was drunk.
Not only did this widow have two sons to burden her with, she was also a very strong woman with a big build, great strength and a fierce temper. Tang Aiguo certainly didn't want to marry her. He wanted a son, but didn't want to raise someone else's son.
But if he doesn't marry, people will report him to the police station and put him in jail.
Not only did he want to bring her home, he also had to pay the bride price, not a penny less. He gave a total of 600 yuan, which was all borrowed by Uncle Tang with gritted teeth!
It was originally agreed that after the wedding, the eldest brother would pay a little back every month, but once the widow got married, she asked for Tang Aiguo's salary.
If you can support your family after entering the house, you can serve your parents-in-law well. The problem is that this widow doesn't care about his parents at all. She only puts money in her pocket to support her two lousy sons. The eldest brother dares to be angry and dare not speak out. He dares to pay a dollar less in salary. The widow can chase people for five miles with a stick and beat them.
Mrs. Tang couldn't help but have a quarrel with her. The widow scolded her so much that the stars flew into her face. She was so angry that she didn't want to live with her eldest son anymore and moved into her second son's house.
The second house, which was not big to begin with, was in chaos every day.
His parents were taken away by his two brothers. They had a very hard life in the past few years. He doesn't even dare to think about what kind of life he had lived in those years.
The factory was not profitable, and both brothers were laid off last year. At their age, they were forced to leave their hometown and come here to work, where their lives are even harder.
Zhang Lancao is really good. My sister-in-law has the best temper. It would be fine if she could just give her a stable job, as long as it is not too hard.
How many days do we have to wait?
The factory gate opened and workers came out one after another, leaving their shift.
Today, he waited in vain again. Uncle Tang was unwilling to give up. Even though he knew everyone's answer would be the same, he still stopped people and asked, just in case someone knew. "Sister, do you know where your boss, Zhang Lancao, lives? Is she in the factory?"
"I don't know, I don't know. How would I know about the boss's affairs? I'm just a worker."
"Where did this liar come from? He keeps saying he's the boss's husband. Everyone knows that the boss's husband died a long time ago."
"I guess he's crazy about money."
The workers gathered together and laughed at Tang Aiguo and the other man for being ignorant of the world. The boss was such a big shot, and yet these two beggars could get close to him!
Qian Tingting quickened her pace. The weather was too cold, and she just wanted to run back to the dormitory quickly. She didn't take this matter to heart, but she heard Uncle Tang say, "Or, do you know where my niece, Tang Yuanyuan, is? This is Tang Yuanyuan's biological father."
Qian Tingting walked one meter and stopped, looked back at the two brothers, and looked at Tang Aiguo in particular.
He had a dark and thin face, three layers of deep wrinkles between his eyebrows, drooping eyebrows, and dry and cracked lips, looking like a little old man.
Doesn't look like Tang Yuanyuan at all?
They must be liars, but why do they know Tang Yuanyuan's name?
The contradiction was suspicious and a little unreasonable, so she went to the photo studio on Sunday to tell Tang Yuanyuan about it.
The chili sauce factory works eight hours a day and provides one meal at noon. It is not the kind of boiled cabbage, but a proper roast pork work meal. On Saturdays and Sundays, no one can get into this factory even if they try their best. If it weren't for the eldest lady's kindness, she would never have had a turn.
She wanted to tell Tang Yuanyuan and drive these two scammers away.
Tang Yuanyuan twirled the flying pen between her fingers: "My dad is here?"
Qian Tingting almost dropped the water cup in her hand: "Not a liar?"
Tang Yuanyuan said nonchalantly, "No."
Seeing the confusion and surprise in Qian Tingting's eyes, she guessed what she was thinking at a glance: "Are you thinking, my mother and I are so rich, and they are living in such a miserable state, why don't we help him?"
Qian Tingting held the cup in her hand, and looked at Tang Yuanyuan with her dark eyes. She was so restrained that she didn't know what to say.
Tang Yuanyuan said, "Yes, my mom is so rich, why is she unwilling to take care of him? Is my mom a stingy person?"
"No," Qian Tingting immediately retorted, "The chairman is very nice. I've been to several factories and I've never seen anyone work an eight-hour shift. No one gives employees meat every day, and no one gives them Sundays."
Tang Yuanyuan stood up from her chair and said, "Let's go. I'll go and take a look myself."
Today is Sunday and there is no one in the chili factory. The Tang Aiguo and his brother are still guarding the factory gate, thinking, what if Zhang Lancao comes today?
A big BMW suddenly rushed out from the road and was in front of them in the blink of an eye. It felt like it was going to hit them. The moment the two brothers fell to the ground, the car stopped, the wheels were stuck on the ground, and the body of the car rushed forward a little.
Tang Aiguo's heart shrank into a point with fear, he almost died!
My brain and heart were in extreme fear. I saw the car door open, and first I saw a pair of black boots that reached the calves, a white cashmere coat, a girl's furry face, long hair casually draped, and a four-strand fishbone braid on one side of her forehead, decorated with a shiny clip.
Tang Yuanyuan approached with a slightly contemptuous and malicious smile: "Dad, I thought you were so brave, but you have such little courage and you dare to come to my house?"
Tang Aiguo felt his head buzzing. Staring at Tang Yuanyuan's beautiful and fair face, his throat seemed to be strangled and he couldn't say a word.
It was Uncle Tang who spoke again: "You, you are Yuanyuan?"
Tang Yuanyuan put his hands in his coat pockets and looked at Tang Aiguo's dirty, worn-out cotton shoes with disdain: "If you don't get up, are you going to sleep on the ground?"
Tang Aiguo's pupils shrank, and he didn't dare to argue and got up from the ground.
Uncle Tang reacted faster. He licked his face and walked forward lovingly, rubbing his calloused hands restrainedly: "My eldest niece is still the prettiest!"
"This is really a city lady now. She's completely different from when she was little."
Tang Yuanyuan frowned and said, "Stop smiling at me. I'm not here to recognize you as my kin. I won't interfere in your affairs, and neither will my mother. Don't let me see you here again."
"Otherwise, you won't be as lucky next time."
Uncle Tang was caught off guard. How could this kid change his expression so easily?
Tang Aiguo muttered in a very low voice: "Yuanyuan, I am your biological father."
Tang Yuanyuan sneered. She still remembered something from her childhood: "How can I remember that the only words you ever said were 'girl'?"
"Don't try to play the fatherly and filial piety game with me. You haven't been nice to me, so I won't care about you either."
Tang Aiguo: "Whose parents don't call their children like that? I haven't treated you or your mother badly. We've had good food and drink, and you haven't starved. It was your mother who ran off with another man. She's the one who let our family down. It's caused us, father and daughter, not to see each other for so many years."
Zhang Lancao ran away without any warning. Even in the middle of the night, she went to sweep the streets as usual and came back to cook dumplings.
Tang Aiguo searched for three days and couldn't believe that his wife had run away. After all, he didn't gamble, didn't beat his wife, and except for not having a son, everything else about him was perfect!
Why are you running?
It’s not like we can’t survive.
When Zhang Lancao came to Shanghai to open a noodle shop, little Yuanyuan once asked, "Mom, are you tired?"
"Not tired. When I was in my hometown, I had to get up at four in the morning to sweep the streets. It was still dark at that time. There was no one on the street, no street lights, and the wind would scare me to death when it made any noise."
"After sweeping the streets, I come back and immediately start making lunch for the family. Then I wash the pots and cook, and wash clothes and shoes for the whole family. It's much more tiring than this."
Later, when she was older and more sensible, Tang Yuanyuan would also help her mother make chili sauce: "Mom, this chili is burning my eyes and my hands are stinging. Why don't you feel it's hard?"
"Because these can be exchanged for money," Zhang Lancao said with a smile. "When I think about how these can be exchanged for paper money and help us live a good life, I am full of energy!"
In fact, it was really hard in the early days to have everything today, but her mother always faced those hardships with a smile.
She always said that although earning money was hard, her labor was rewarded with equal value and she could make her own decisions. Compared to being someone's daughter-in-law or daughter-in-law, doing endless housework and being criticized, she felt that her life was like heaven.
Tang Yuanyuan saw it immediately. Tang Aiguo never knew where he was wrong. He even thought he was always right. He asked, "Dad, do you know what it feels like to get up at four in the morning in the dark to sweep the streets in winter?"
Tang Aiguo was stunned.
Tang Yuanyuan took a step forward, her eyes icy. "My mother knows that she has lived like this every day for the past five years since we were married. You have never been mean to her, but you have never been nice to her either. You just watched her serve your family with cold eyes."
"I still remember it. When I was little, I didn't know much and always leaned on her. She carried me on her back while she served customers. I remember chopping chili peppers, the way her eyes were chopped up from the smoke, and the way she braved the torrential rain to deliver chili sauce to people. I still remember it all."
"There were no wild men. When things were tough, I asked my mom why she had to endure this kind of life alone. She said it wasn't hard at all and it was much easier than at home. The thing she least wanted to recall in her life was her time back home."
"She would rather raise the child alone than stay in your Tang family!"
Tang Aiguo's heart trembled when he was stared at. He took two steps back and defended himself breathlessly: "I didn't treat her badly. I just did the things women do, washing clothes, cooking, and serving my mother."
Tang Yuanyuan: "You think that kind of life is great, then are you willing to live that kind of life? Have you ever lived one?"
The two brothers were choked and speechless. They had had enough of this kind of life.
Men find it hard to do these things themselves, but when women do them, they feel that women have it easy.
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The author has something to say: The economic disparity between the two sides is already huge, and the Tang family can't make any waves. The part about the Tang family is almost over here. I just want to give everyone an explanation. The if line is to make up for the regrets of the heroine and her daughter and give them a complete life. It is impossible to focus on the best. Similarly, it is impossible to write too much about the Qian family. This chapter is also a prelude to Qian Tingting in the next chapter. She actually has her own wisdom and thinking, but it still lacks some echoes of her moves. I can't let the heroine always get involved in her family's mess. She should get out of it herself. The main thread is still between mother and daughter, and every regret missing from the previous life must be made up. The biggest CP of the heroine in this article is actually her mother. In her previous life, she has been trying to piece together the true inner and wise side of that ordinary mother. It is the same in this life. Through those fragments, she tries to understand her mother's life in the first five years, so she doesn't have to live with the Tang family. Even though the role of her father is missing, she can still firmly love her mother, understand her mother, protect her mother, and dig out the spiritual core of her mother's success. Her mother is her role model and her greatest enlightenment teacher, in both lives.
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