Chapter 32 Gossip

Pu Xiang gets a headache whenever she thinks about her household registration. After moving out of Shijia, she can only move to her mother's home, otherwise she will have no place to settle down.

But my mother's home... Pu Xiang felt uncomfortable when she thought of her mother's home.

She was really disappointed by her father's behavior.

She could understand their way of thinking, but she could not accept their actions.

Household registration, what should I do?

If only this date could be postponed two or three years, at worst she could use this store to take out another loan and buy a commercial property.

"Third sister, I've packed up here, is there anything else you need to do?"

Shi Wenya was busy all day and was tired, but her spirit was getting more and more excited.

Money, it’s all money.

Who can remain calm while watching fifty or a hundred dollars coming in?

Their whole family works hard in the fields for a year and only earns a few hundred or a thousand dollars. After paying various taxes and deducting costs, they are left with very little money.

In the village, after working hard all year round, it is not uncommon for some people to be left with only a penny left and even owe money.

Compared to this, life as a farmer is really hard.

Pu Xiang also finished the work at hand, took a look, and said, "That's about it. Tomorrow is Monday, a workday, so there shouldn't be many people. I can come over during the day and take a look at it."

She took off her high heels when the shop closed. The shoes looked nice, but after wearing them for a day, she felt like her feet weren't her own.

A beautiful instrument of torture, indeed.

The two of them locked the shop door, and Pu Xiang pulled Shi Wenya back to rest.

She wanted to soak her feet, then lie down on the bed and sleep soundly.

Shi Wenya was in better spirits than her and kept talking to her along the way.

"Third sister, it turns out that opening a store is really so profitable. You said before that I would work with you for a few years and then open my own store. Do you think I can do it?"

"I feel like I'm not as good at speaking as you, I'm not as brave as you, and I don't know how to match clothes. I don't even know what materials those clothes are made of."

"Or you say, should I do something else? I see some people setting up small stalls, like in the small commodity markets, selling flowery socks and the like. I think I can do that."

Pu Xiang listened without pouring cold water on her. It's good for people to have ideas. The worst thing is that others open the door and window of a new world, but the person concerned closes it again.

"The hair ornament business is too small. I think selling socks is okay. You can also sell underwear and pants together. They are all necessities of life and can be sold at a high price."

When Shi Wenya heard this, she immediately thought it made sense.

"Third sister, you are amazing. Where did you learn all these things? And the way you dress today is really bold. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to walk even if I put on the clothes. I would feel embarrassed if anyone saw me."

While they were talking, they arrived at the rented house.

Pu Xiang opened the door: "Watch TV more often. The female stars in TV wear that kind of clothes and appear on TV. Why can't we wear the same? Look at the people in the county town. Aren't they all dressed similarly to me? Watch more and get used to it. One day, our fashion will spread to the village."

Non-mainstream Shamat, rural non-mainstream, these terms are no strangers to later generations, and now is the era when they are becoming popular.

In the summer, the streets are full of suspenders and hot pants. Pu Xiang sincerely feels that it will take a few decades for people to dress conservatively.

Pu Xiang slept soundly that night. Her business officially started and everything was on the right track.

Shi Wenya did not sleep well that night. Although she did not know how much money Pu Xiang earned in a day, she thought it was thousands after a casual calculation.

If Pu Xiang did as she said and came to work as a clerk regularly, she could get a 5% commission. If she could sell clothes worth 1,000 yuan, she could get 50 yuan.

That's 50 yuan. She couldn't imagine earning so much in a day, but maybe she could earn 200 yuan in a month?

Shi Wenya didn't sleep well that night and woke up the next day with big dark circles under her eyes.

"Third sister, I've made up my mind. I'm going to work with you from now on. I'll be your clerk!"

Pu Xiang was not surprised by her answer. No one could resist the temptation of money.

Shi Wenya's family conditions are okay, but they are not wealthy.

Who can complain about having too much money?

Pu Xiang said, "You should go back today and discuss things with your husband and mother-in-law. After all, you will only go back one day a week and you will have to stay at my place the rest of the time. If this goes on for a long time, people at home will definitely have something to say, especially your husband. You are not here all year round. Is that okay?"

Things are easy to deal with in the short term, but if it goes on for a long time, things will become a problem.

Shi Wenya was so preoccupied with money that night that she forgot about this matter.

Now that I think about it, going back only one day a week doesn’t seem to be a good idea.

It's not that she has no confidence in her man, but that she has no confidence in all men.

There is no cat in this world that doesn't steal fish.

When she got married, her mother told her that unless she really didn't want to live like this anymore, she had to keep the man under control.

"This……"

Shi Wenya hesitated.

Pu Xiang suggested to her, "How about this? You can also rent a house in the county town, call your man over, let him find a job, and both of you can make money together. When the time comes, let him open a small shop. Look at the shop next to mine, there's a shop selling daily necessities and dry goods. Or you can learn from Mo Yang and do some wholesale business. Isn't that better than living in the village? You are both in the county town, make money, buy a house, and Chengcheng can go to school in the county town. The teachers here are much better than those in the village and town. Train him and raise him to be a college student."

This path is so familiar, it is the most perfect life that many rural women can see.

Pu Xiang was dazed for a moment as she spoke, and thought of her past self.

But she quickly came to her senses and realized that not every man is Shi Dafu, and not every child is Shi Jiajie.

Shi Wenya is now full of confidence. She thinks that the method Pu Xiang mentioned is really feasible.

They are a couple and they don't need to make a lot of money. If each of them makes a few dozen dollars a month, wouldn't that add up to nearly a hundred dollars?

Even if we take out the rent, won't there still be a lot left?

Where can you make so much money in the village?

Besides, if it really doesn't work, they can just go back to the village. After all, the county town is not far from the village, and the fields at home are cultivated by my parents-in-law, so they don't have to worry about having no food to eat.

Shi Wenya went back to the village after breakfast. During the leisure time in the countryside, the whole family stayed at home. As soon as she got home, she announced that she would work in the county town in the future.

"I work six days a week, live with my third sister, and come back home on one day off."

As soon as Shi Wenya said this, her mother-in-law Yu Abao jumped out.

"Making money is good, but you only come back once a week, and you don't care about Cheng Cheng and Wei Ye?"

Yu Abao's worry was different from Shi Wenya's. She was worried that her daughter-in-law would not come back every day or stay in the county. What if she fell in love with another man?

This is not impossible. Even if the conditions of those city people are worse, they are still better than those in the countryside. Besides, her daughter-in-law is not bad looking. Who knows what will happen after all this.

Shi Wenya didn't understand what her mother-in-law meant. She was still excited and said, "Then let Weiye go to the county to find a job. Then we can rent a house to live together. We can also bring Chengcheng over and find a way to let him go to school in the county!"

After hearing these words, Yu Abao's family was a little surprised.

The older one goes to the county town to find a job, and the younger one goes to the county town to go to school?

Still want to rent a house?

This is something they dare not even think about.

It's no wonder that Yu Abao and the others acted as if they had heard something strange. Their place is a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, a land of fish and rice, with developed transportation and naturally a more developed economy than many other areas.

Although being a farmer doesn't make much money, at least you can fill your stomach.

For most people, their ancestors were all farmers, and their only hope was to have enough food to eat.

Now that everyone has enough to eat, no one wants to move up, and things will be better, right?

Even decades later, there were still very few people from this area who started their own businesses.

They all farm and work honestly.

After the house is demolished and we have a residential plot, we can build a big house and rent it out, with pension and rent. We are not rich, but we can live a decent life.

Shi Wenya looked at the whole family in silence, and her originally fiery heart cooled down a little.

She was a little angry, but then she thought that if she hadn't seen Pu Xiang making money, she wouldn't have thought of this.

If someone asked her to rent a house in the county town, she would definitely think that person was talking crazy.

Shi Wenya thought about it for a while, and then she thought of something: "Dad, Mom, do you know that Mo Yang opened a wholesale department in the town?"

Yu Abao's eyes widened suddenly: "What wholesale department?"

Shi Chunmu was also suspicious: "Didn't he follow those furniture owners from other places to sell furniture on ships? Why did he open a wholesale department?"

Shi Wenya immediately said, "He opened his shop a long time ago, right in the town, selling soy sauce, sweet and sour condiments wholesale. You see, this man still has to go out. His family conditions are well known. His parents died early, and they only have a shabby thatched house. It's only been a few years, and he has enough money to open a shop. My conditions are better than his, but I think that in a few years, I will not be as good as him."

Although no one knows how much money Mo Yang has or how much he earns from running the store, the fact that he can open a wholesale department in the town has already proved his "financial strength".

"Is it really that lucrative to work outside?"

The Shi family members all expressed the same doubts.

Although Shi Wenya failed to convince her husband to go out and find a job that night, no one objected to her working as a salesperson in the county.

Do it for a while first, and then try again if it doesn’t work.

Shi Wenya thought that this was a good start. When she brought her salary home, the people at home would definitely be better off.

However, Shi Wenya always remembered Pu Xiang's instructions and did not tell her that she opened the store herself, nor did she tell her how much she earned on the first day of business.

Her mother-in-law had a big mouth, and she was afraid that what she said would bring trouble to Pu Xiang.

Pu Xiang’s current registered residence is still with the Shi family and has not been moved out. That bastard Shi Dafu can even take back the betrothal money. What if Pu Xiang asks for a change of registered residence and his family asks for money again?

After talking about work, Yu Abao suddenly thought of another thing.

"By the way, is Mo Yang really opening a store in the town now? Then his current conditions are not bad. Didn't your eldest aunt's daughter's husband just die of illness? She doesn't even have a child. She must be looking for someone else, right?"

When Shi Wenya heard this, she immediately shook her head like a wave drum.

"Mom, don't let others push you around. If you introduce my aunt to someone who is divorced and has a daughter, she will fight you to the death."

It would be fine if they were both widows, but they were divorced for the second time, and the next marriage would be their third. How could her aunt, who cares so much about reputation, accept this?

Yu Abao was still mumbling there.

"What's the difference between a second and third marriage? The most important thing is that the man can make money and support the family. Besides, if this unmarried man opened a wholesale department in the town, could he find a married woman? Your aunt just can't understand it. Well, don't blame your aunt. Shi Hai is looking for a new wife for his son recently, and he wants a young girl. It's simply ridiculous."

Shi Wenya only remembered that Shi Dafu had an affair and then fell into a cesspool, but she had never heard about his father finding a partner for him.

"Mom, what's going on? Tell me!"

She gets excited when she hears gossip.

Yu Abao snorted and said, "It was because Shi Dafu fell into the dung pit that night and Shi Hai knew about his affair, so he wanted to find him a girlfriend as soon as possible. Otherwise, who knows what embarrassing thing he would do."

Shi Hai has been so worried about his son recently that his hair has turned white. His good daughter-in-law has caused a divorce. The divorce is shameful enough, but now there is also the issue of the bride price.

He was originally thinking whether he could save his daughter-in-law. If they remarried, all these problems would be gone.

Besides, they just got divorced, so even if they don't remarry, they can't be in such a hurry to remarry.

After half a year or a year, everyone has forgotten about it.

Who knew that this bastard would actually steal from people in his own village, and was almost caught and fell into a cesspool.

Such news spread very quickly. Shi Hai knew about it before the evening of the next day.

I was curious and felt sorry for my son falling into a pit in such cold weather, but after I found out why, I no longer felt sorry for him at all.

He just wanted to find one for his son as soon as possible.

Just find someone he likes this time, and don’t embarrass yourself again in the future.

So, Shi Hai went to find Aunt Lin from next door overnight. She was a famous matchmaker in the village and knew many people in the surrounding area.

Aunt Lin had been waiting for this business for a long time. When she heard Shi Hai say this, she immediately smiled and said, "Okay, I'll take care of this. You know, I know a lot of people. I can find any kind of young wife you want. There is a newly married man in the village next to us who got hurt in a fight and returned to his parents' home. He has no children, no burden, is only 20 years old, and is very beautiful. She is a good match for your wealthy family!"

Aunt Lin was talking with saliva flying all over the place, and Shi Hai's brows furrowed as he listened.

"That doesn't sound good. My Dafu family is looking for a partner, but we still want to find an older, unmarried girl who is petite, pretty, and quiet. It would be best if she has a junior high school education, but if that's not possible, a primary school graduate is fine."

The expression on Aunt Lin's face immediately restrained. If she and Shi Hai's family were not old neighbors, she really wanted to vomit in their faces.

Don’t you see what kind of person Shi Dafu is? He is a notorious lazy man and he also cheats on his wife. His good wife couldn’t stand him and divorced him. If it weren’t for his well-off family, which woman would be willing to marry him?

"Well..."

Before Aunt Lin could continue, Shi Hai interrupted her: "I know that Dafu is getting married for the second time, and the woman is at a disadvantage in this regard, but our family can get 1,800 yuan as a betrothal gift. His grandson will be taken care of by me and his grandmother, so he doesn't need to be taken care of by the woman."

Good guy, the betrothal money is eighteen thousand.

Aunt Lin was shocked, and then she curled her lips: "If you ask for such a large betrothal gift, you will have to ask for it back when you get divorced... I won't lie to you, your family's affairs have spread all over the place. Even if you ask for 18,000 yuan as betrothal gift, the woman won't dare to believe you."

When Shi Hai heard this, he felt that he couldn't keep his reputation anymore.

His face flushed red, and he really wanted to go back and give that bastard Shi Dafu a beating.

Look, look, he doesn't use his brain at all when doing things. Can he ask for the betrothal money back?

You don’t have to live in the village anymore from now on!

Shi Hai opened his mouth but couldn't speak. He held it in for half a minute before he managed to utter a word of assurance: "That's all because Dafu is ignorant. As long as I am still the head of this family, whether we get divorced or not, we will not ask anyone to return the betrothal money. Of course, I definitely hope that the young couple can live a good life. No one wants to encounter such a thing as divorce."

Aunt Lin listened, and didn't say whether she believed it or not, but she agreed: "Okay, I'll find it for your family."

…

Shi Wenya only listened to half of the gossip and became extremely anxious: "So, Auntie Lin really found a partner?"

Yu Abao said, "How can it happen so quickly? If a man truly loves his daughter, he will not let her marry a divorced man, let alone a divorced man like Shi Dafu, who has a bad reputation. I guess the man he can find is the kind of man who only cares about money and doesn't care about how the daughter lives. Anyway, I don't think he can find someone like Sanmei no matter how hard he tries. Well, Shi Dafu just doesn't want to enjoy his good life. Let's see what kind of life he will have in the future!"

When Shi Wenya heard this, she told herself even more that she must not tell anyone that Pu Xiang had opened a shop.

Seeing that Pu Xiang is living a good life, who knows if Shi Dafu will go crazy.

…

Pu Xiang didn't know what was happening in the village. On the second day of business, she still went to open the door at about the same time.

Business on weekdays is naturally not as good as on weekends, but I still sold quite a few pieces of clothing in a day, with a turnover of nearly 800 yuan.

The location is good, close to the central building, so there is no shortage of traffic here.

It was another day later that Shi Wenya came to Pu Xiang to start work.

She brought a big bag of clothes and rode her bike here in a hurry early in the morning, full of energy.

And not only did she come, her man Shi Weiye also came.

Firstly, to let him see the workplace so that he can feel at ease, and secondly, to let him go out to find a job.

During these two nights, Shi Wenya had been whispering in Shi Weiye's ear, which had even made Shi Weiye feel moved.

As a man, there is no one who doesn't want to succeed.

Just think about it, if he could open a small shop, and people coming in and out would call him Boss Shi, wouldn’t that be so great?

Shi Weiye was not a man of much promise. He grew up in the village and his family conditions were not the best, but they were not the worst either.

He had never lived a life in which he was neither good nor bad. For the first time, he felt an urge to succeed.

Shi Weiye, who had great ambitions, sent Shi Wenya away and then went to the entrance of Pu Xiang's store to take a look. After confirming that it was a normal store selling women's clothes, he rode away on his bicycle.

Pu Xiang looked at the figure from behind and felt that he seemed to have gone crazy with the desire to find a job and make a fortune.

She shook her head. People can’t teach you how to do something, but you can learn it if you teach yourself something. It’s better to let him encounter some difficulties first. Don’t really think that doing business or finding a job is easy.