Chapter 28 Visiting

After several decades, the clothing wholesale market in Lin City has developed into one of the largest wholesale markets in the country.

Although there was no navigation like in later generations, as soon as Pu Xiang got off the train, she heard many vans shouting for carpooling to the wholesale market without even asking.

Although there are no later standards, it is convenient.

The wholesale market mainly sells women's clothing, so most of the women bosses who come to pick up the goods are female. Pu Xiang saw an opportunity and squeezed in with others to share a car.

The female bosses in the car seemed to be familiar with the route and were chatting along the way, with Pu Xiang listening beside them.

Some people also asked Pu Xiang, and Pu Xiang just said that he wanted to open a store, so he came to take a look first, and also asked about the situation of the wholesale market.

They were all in the same industry, but not competitors. Some people saw that Pu Xiang was dressed simply and seemed to be from a small place, so they were willing to say a few more words to her.

Pu Xiang just listened quietly.

After arriving at the place, she went to several stores with several female bosses in the car who she had a good chat with.

Take a look at the situation.

The clothing wholesale market in Lin City is really big, just like the small commodity markets she saw in the county town, with grid after grid, one shop next to another. It is absolutely dazzled when you come here for the first time.

Pu Xiang was not in a hurry either. It was her first time here today, so she didn't prepare any goods.

She had to get a general understanding of the situation in this place first. The clothing industry was complicated. Every store sold similar items, but there were differences in price and quality.

Although the wholesale market is not divided into specific regions, it is actually divided into three categories: low, medium and high.

Pu Xiang went out early and came back late, and watched for three consecutive days.

During this period, she also encountered four or five incidents where the money of business owners who came to purchase goods was stolen. Looking at the movement of people, they all seemed to be here to do business, but in fact there were quite a few "three hands" hiding among them.

Pu Xiang had been looking around for three days and had already picked out a few stores.

The price is mid-to-high range, and there are many people coming in and out to buy goods. You can see that they are all familiar old customers.

The shipment volume is not small, so I think the quality is good, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many repeat customers.

When she was unfamiliar with the market, Pu Xiang decided to “follow the crowd” and look for bargains in the wholesale market, but the possibility of finding a store that was both cheap and of good quality was too small.

Following the crowd means that nothing can go wrong.

The purchase of goods had already been prepared. Pu Xiang calculated the quantity she had to purchase and found it a bit difficult for her to carry it all by herself, so she prepared to call for help.

Shi Wenya is the best candidate.

Pu Xiang returned from Lin City on the third day and rode back to Shijia Village.

It was just time for dinner when Pu Xiang arrived at the village entrance, so she went straight to Shi Wenya's house.

Yu Abao was chasing his grandson with a bowl in hand to feed him rice when he saw a bicycle turning at the door of his house and looked up.

"Hey, Third Sister, why are you here at this time? Have you eaten yet?"

Pu Xiang stopped the car and said, "I haven't eaten yet. I'm in a hurry to come to see Wen Ya. Mom, I want Wen Ya to help me move some things tomorrow. I'll give her 10 yuan and let her stay at my place tonight. She can come back tomorrow afternoon. Is that okay with you?"

When Yu Abao heard that there would be salary, why wouldn't he object?

Neighbors help each other a lot. At most they just give something, like 10 yuan, which is enough to buy meat and vegetables for a month!

People in the countryside don't eat meat every day.

"Okay, go talk to Wen Ya and have dinner at home. It's already this late. By the way, where are you living now? Your family members came to the Shi family several times and had arguments with them."

Yu Abao said that the people in their team have had enough gossip recently.

That day, Shi Hai beat Shi Dafu in the drying field in front of his house. After that, he went to Pu's house and said that it was a divorce, and the Shi family would not take back the betrothal money that had been given.

Yu Abao was the first to hear about it. That bastard Shi Dafu actually wanted the betrothal money back in the divorce. She had never heard of such a thing before. It was so shocking!

She could never keep her mouth shut, and as soon as she went out, she shared everything with the sister-in-law and the daughter-in-law next door.

In just one night, almost everyone in the original Shi family production team knew about Shi Dafu.

The next day, Pu Xiang took her dowry in the morning, Shi Hai beat his son in the afternoon, and then went to pay back the money. Everyone watched the excitement from beginning to end. There were a few people who didn't know the inside story, and they were also reminded of this.

Shi Hai and his son came back in the evening and took the initiative to return the money as soon as they came back.

He also talked about how Shi Dafu was an ignorant kid.

I am 27 years old and my son is 5 years old.

But just when everyone thought the matter was over, the Pu family came to look for their daughter.

The neighbor's sister-in-law and daughter-in-law knew that Pu Xiang had rented a house outside and found a job, but the Shi family didn't know.

The Pu family came to ask where their divorced daughter had gone, but no one in the Shi family could answer.

The Pu family is also funny. Their daughter is divorced, but they still don't bring her home, leaving her locked up in her ex-husband's house.

Isn't this just a problem with my brain?

Now that the person is missing, I know where to look for him.

But she came to her ex-husband's house to look for her. Pu Xiang is not a fool. She was locked up and her money was taken away before she was released. Would she come back?

In the end, it was definitely not found, and no one knew what happened to the Pu family after they returned.

Seeing all these things happen, anyone with a sound mind would sympathize with Pu Xiang.

Although divorce is not a glorious thing, it is too much for my parents to not let me go back.

Not to mention the bad things that my ex-husband Shi Dafu did.

If any other woman were to put herself in Pu Xiang's shoes, they would find life unbearable.

Shi Jiajie is also a bad son. After his parents divorced, he kept asking his father to marry a new mother, one who is beautiful and fashionable.

He is totally heartless.

No wonder Pu Xiang wants a divorce. This man is unreasonable and her son is not caring. What’s the point of living like this?

So in the past few days, although there were two divorces in Shijia Village, the only one who was talked about behind her back as worthless was Zhou Xiaorou.

Zhou Xiaorou was a snatcher and before leaving she stole some gold jewelry from Mo Yang's previous dead wife, but was caught by the police. It was really unfortunate for Mo Yang to marry her.

It's so bad.

Occasionally, when someone mentions Pu Xiang, everyone would sigh that she was such a hardworking young daughter-in-law, but she married the wrong man.

Of course, while sympathizing with Pu Xiang, Shi Dafu was also often gossiped about behind his back.

When Pu Xiang heard Yu Abao ask where she lived and talked about her family, she said, "I rented a house in the county town and found a job so I can support myself. As for my family, I'll give them a message when the time comes. They don't need to look for me anymore. I'm doing fine now."

Yu Abao said: "It's good enough if you can support yourself. Women can't rely on their parents, so they can only rely on themselves."

Shi Wenya heard Pu Xiang's voice, came over and pulled her into the house to eat.

The big rural pot, no matter what the dish is, the rice is always enough.

The weather was getting cold and it was getting dark quickly. Pu Xiang originally wanted to go to the county town with Shi Wenya overnight so that they could catch the train the next day without having to get up early in the morning.

It takes more than an hour to ride a bicycle from Shijia Village to the county seat.

But Shi Wenya's husband's family all disagreed.

"Don't do that. It's not safe for you two young wives to go out at night. Third sister, you may not know that two days ago, a young wife from the next village was dragged into the woods when she was walking back from her parents' home at night."

Yu Abao was quite relieved that his daughter-in-law was with Pu Xiang, but he was worried about her going out late at night.

Huh?

Pu Xiang was stunned for a moment. She remembered that there was such an incident, but did it happen in 1990? Why did she remember that it seemed to be several years later?

It had been too long and the person was not someone she was familiar with. Pu Xiang thought about it for a while but couldn't remember it, so she just thought she had remembered it wrong.

"Okay, let's get up early tomorrow morning."

Safety first.

Pu Xiang naturally stayed at Shi Wenya's house that night. The two of them were originally planning to go to bed early, but she was seen when she returned to the village. They had just finished their meal when three or four aunts and young wives came to visit.

"Third sister is here, is there anything you need?"

"Third sister, where have you been living recently? Your family came to look for you, but you didn't go back?"

"You came here this time to make peace with Shi Dafu, right? Then there would be no point in making such a scene."

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Shi Wenya frowned as she listened to the conversation. What the other person did was none of their business! Why were they all worrying about nothing?

He even came to my house specifically to gossip.

She was about to change the subject when Pu Xiang pulled her back and said, "I've found a job now and I'm busy. I don't have time to care about Shi Dafu and Mu Dafu. As for him, I guess his parents should be arranging a new wife for you. I won't join in the fun."

"No way, he's looking for someone again after just a few days of separation?"

As expected, someone was immediately attracted by this topic.

Pu Xiang said: "His family conditions are so good, it's not easy to find another one. I guess even if he doesn't take the initiative to look for one, someone will come to him."

For example, Zhou Fang.

She and Shi Dafu were both willing to have an affair, so if she had the chance to marry into the family, how could she not be willing?

Pu Xiang also saw the mother who had just asked her and Shi Dafu whether they were going to reconcile. When she heard her mother bring up this topic again, her expression changed a little.

While they were talking, several more women came in. The aunts and sisters filled Shi Wenya's house and chattered non-stop.

Pu Xiang saw that Lin Meihua was also in the crowd, but she was at the very back, didn't talk much, and wasn't very noticeable.

Seeing this, Shi Wenya's husband and father-in-law quickly took Shi Chengcheng out to visit friends and relatives.

No one can stand this room full of women.

There were many people talking about all kinds of topics, but the main ones were two: the woman who was dragged into the grove, and whether it was easy to find a job in the county town and how much the salary was.

"It's easier to find a job in private factories. I saw a color printing factory and a clothing factory in the town. Especially in the clothing factory, everyone knows how to operate a sewing machine. It's not difficult to learn the kind of electricity used in the factory. You can start working after one or two months of learning. You can earn 30 to 40 yuan a month, which is several hundred yuan a year. You can go and have a look when you have nothing to do. It doesn't cost money, and you can't afford to lose money."

Pu Xiang's words made everyone very moved.

Just a few hundred bucks a year! Who among the rural people dares to dream of that?

We chatted until around eight o'clock and then everyone started to go home one after another.

There were two timid young wives who lived at the very edge of their production team, so Pu Xiang and Shi Wenya sent them back together.

"Wait a minute, don't go away, there seems to be some sound?"

The two young wives were very timid and small in stature. As they walked along, there were fewer and fewer people around them. They were a little startled. They didn't know what sound they heard, but they stopped and shrank towards Pu Xiang.

The tall Pu Xiang stood there, blocking everyone behind him.

"What's that noise?"

The four of them closed their mouths, held their breath, and began to listen.

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There is a real sound of humming.

They are all married women, so they understood immediately. Being out in the middle of the night must be cheating on someone, right?

In the darkness, the four people looked at each other.