Chapter 37 Official Announcement

When Pu Xiang walked out of the police station, she breathed a sigh of relief.

I just felt a lot more relaxed all over.

Shi Hai walked behind her and saw her look, and couldn't help but snorted again.

"You didn't raise your own child, and now you're being someone else's stepmother. Are you so happy about that?"

He was really satisfied with his daughter-in-law and couldn't find any fault with her, but he insisted on getting a divorce.

Look at the present situation. Just for a household registration and to marry Mo Yang, they are causing all this trouble. I don’t know what they are going through.

Shi Hai had never doubted the relationship between Pu Xiang and Mo Yang. Even now, when he looked at the two of them, they didn't look the least bit happy that a newlywed couple should be. It was as if they were just buying and selling something.

No, these two are just a bunch of traders.

Thinking back to the night before when Mo Yang came to talk to him about their marriage, Mo Yang had directly said that Pu Xiang was just trying to resolve the household registration issue, and that he didn't want to get married now, so he did it to shut up the matchmakers and make it easier for him to do business.

Shi Hai had no reason to hold on to Pu Xiang's household registration and not relocate her. He also understood that Mo Yang told him those things because he saw that the two families were distantly related and didn't want him to feel uncomfortable.

What else could he say? He must be feeling uncomfortable, but his own son was already looking for someone new, so why would he care about his former daughter-in-law looking for someone else?

Fortunately, Mo Yang rarely goes back to the village now, which saves a lot of trouble.

Pu Xiang turned her head. She thought what Shi Hai said was quite funny. She really couldn't bear to see her son cheating on her husband without any concern for others.

A disabled person with selective blindness, this disease is indeed hereditary.

"Uncle, has the child talked about me during the divorce? Probably not. He should be looking forward to having a new mother now. He is very happy without me."

Shi Hai pursed his lips tightly.

Pu Xiang chuckled softly. She no longer felt any sadness. She gave up her expectations and just took care of herself.

"If you think I should raise the child, then I will accept the child as mine and take him away. Alternatively, the child will stay with you and if you want me to go back to see him every week or every month, I can do that."

This touched a nerve in Shi Hai again: "No, the child's surname is Shi, and he is from our Shi family. If you leave, don't even think about going back to see him. He has nothing to do with you."

He is the eldest grandson of the Shi family, whom he raised with great effort, and he cannot be coaxed away by anyone, otherwise it would be a waste of his efforts!

This made Pu Xiang laugh again.

See, she said it long ago, everyone has a scale in their heart and can calculate everything clearly.

What people say and what they really think are often not the same thing.

Pu Xiang didn't say anything else to Shi Hai. Anyway, Shi Hai would blame her in the future. Every time Shi Dafu stabbed Lao Zi, he would blame her as his former daughter-in-law.

After returning to Mo Yang's shop, Shi Hai pushed the cart and left without staying any longer.

Pu Xiang achieved her goal and had nothing to do for a while. Her sister-in-law asked her to meet at the village committee. She just called the village committee using a public phone and asked them to tell her that they didn't have to wait for her and she didn't have to go back.

She consulted with Mo Yang: "Now that the marriage certificate has been obtained, what should I do? I'll go buy some candies to give to your neighbors and tell everyone that you have a boyfriend?"

Her problem has been solved. Since we are cooperating, we should also solve the other party's problems.

Mo Yang thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you wait in the store, I'll go buy some, and then buy a pair of firecrackers to set off together."

This is a high-profile official announcement.

Pu Xiang was amused just thinking about it. How troublesome it was for Mo Yang to be introduced to a partner.

After everyone left, Pu Xiang asked Mo Jingjing, "Is your father not interested in women?"

Her statement was quite subtle, just short of asking someone if they like the same sex.

Mo Jingjing thought about it seriously and said, "It shouldn't be the case. I asked him why he didn't like the hotel owner's sister, and he said that the woman had no opinion and always listened to her. If he really married a person like her, he would be in trouble in the future."

Pu Xiang thought about it and felt that it did make sense. Regardless of whether one is a man or a woman, one should not look for a partner who has no opinions of his own and who only listens to the opinions of his family on everything.

It’s scary just thinking about that scene: whatever the couple says or decides, a bunch of people from the other family will jump out and give orders.

It would be strange if we could survive like this.

Mo Jingjing sighed and said, "My dad probably couldn't accept a partner with this kind of personality. My mother died of illness, but she didn't have a serious illness. She just had a cold and fever, which turned into pneumonia and she dragged herself to death. My dad went out to work on the ship for ten days or half a month and was away from home. He left money for her, but she was thrifty and didn't even want to see a doctor when she was sick. When my dad came back, he was buried, and the little money she saved was taken away by my grandmother. When my dad asked about it, my grandmother still denied it... Later, my dad died, and they had no one to take care of me, so they threw me to Zhou Xiaorou. I heard my grandmother and my uncle say that if my house was a building, they could have raised me for a few years just for the house."

When this was mentioned, Pu Xiang also remembered that Mo Jingjing's mother was indeed a very frugal woman.

It's not an exaggeration to say that they are desperate.

The two families lived close to each other, so she knew a little bit about it. Only when Mo Yang came home would she kill a chicken or go buy groceries.

Normally, they just eat pickled vegetables with rice, and they are reluctant to even eat the eggs laid by the chickens they raise at home.

Pu Xiang thought that it was because of poor family conditions and there was nothing she could do about it, but now she understood after hearing what Mo Jingjing said.

As for the death from illness, everyone knows that at first he just had a cold and fever and no one took it seriously. As a result, he died after a few days. This incident of Murakami was talked about for a long time.

They didn't even wait for Mo Yang to come back to handle the funeral, and they started to argue that each had his own reasons.

The incident was a hot topic for a while, but then no one mentioned it anymore.

Pu Xiang patted Mo Jingjing's back, comforting her silently.

Mo Jingjing smiled at her and said, "That's why my dad later married Zhou Xiaorou. When the matchmaker came to propose marriage, Zhou Xiaorou made a request that she must bring her son over, and that my dad must give her living expenses. It's okay for them to live in a bungalow, but they can't skimp on food and clothing."

This is really...

Pu Xiang didn't know how to describe Mo Yang, so she could only say, "Your father is a little naive."

Mo Jingjing nodded: "Who said it wasn't true? My dad made a lot of money from sailing, and he wanted to save money to build a house. I was young and had no one to take care of me, so he wanted to find someone to help him. He didn't mind raising another child, as long as he could live a good life. At first, Zhou Xiaorou was good at pretending, so my dad believed her. Who knew she could be so bad?"

Zhou Xiaorou is not just a bad stepmother, she is just a bad person.

Mo Jingjing lowered her eyes. There were some things Pu Xiang didn't know. After she started her business, she seldom stayed at home. Later, she simply went to the town, the county seat, and the sea city.

Mo Jingjing remembered it very clearly. Every time Pu Xiang came home, she would bring her something, such as delicious snacks or biscuits, or clothes. When she was older, she would give her some pocket money and ask her how she was doing.

She was having a hard time, but she didn't dare say it.

Without her parents, she couldn't go to her grandmother's house. Her uncle and aunt felt sorry for her, but they couldn't take her home. At most, they gave her some money. As time went by, it seemed like they had completely forgotten about her. In the end, she could only live with Zhou Xiaorou and her son Shi Jie.

She could see that Pu Xiang was good to her, but they were just neighbors, and she couldn't let a neighbor take her away and raise her.

Later, when she grew up, she realized that she could resist, but her life had already been ruined and it was too late.

She lived in a daze until she was in her forties, until she came back to the beginning where nothing had happened.

She felt like she was truly alive.

Mo Jingjing told herself that in this world, apart from her father, Pu Xiang was the person closest to her.

"Fortunately, my father is not stubborn. After two failed marriages, he gave up the idea of ​​getting married a third time."

Hearing what Mo Jingjing said, Pu Xiang couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for Mo Yang. He didn't meet a normal person twice. His luck was really bad.

Hmm... isn't his luck just bad? Otherwise, when they were working together, someone else stole the dog and he was the one who got beaten to death.

Pu Xiang suddenly said, "When your father has money, let him buy a gold necklace for him to wear, a thicker one."

Mo Jingjing: “Hmm?”

Pu Xiang suppressed a smile: "Gold and silver ward off evil."

As they were talking, Mo Yang came back quickly, holding candy in one hand and firecrackers in the other.

"I'm going to light the firecrackers. You can walk with me while we share the candy."

Pu Xiang had no objection to the thoughtfulness of her partner. She looked at her watch and said, "Let's check the time. It's almost 9:58. Wait two more minutes."

Mo Yang was not vague and agreed directly. He put the candy in and went to the store door to set off firecrackers.

There was a shop owner nearby who was idle and saw him busy there setting off firecrackers. It looked like a happy occasion, so he walked up to him and asked.

"What is Xiao Mo doing?"

"Our boss Mo is setting off firecrackers. What is he celebrating?"

"It's not a festival, what's the happy event?"

After Mo Yang finished arranging the wedding ceremony, he stood up and said with a smile, "I just went to get the marriage certificate. I didn't prepare any wine, so I just set off a firecracker."

Upon hearing that Mo Yang had obtained the marriage certificate, several people who came over to chat were surprised. The shop had only been open for a short time, and everyone knew that Mo Yang was alone with a daughter and no wife, who lived in the same town. After a little inquiry, they found out that his first wife died of illness, so he married a second one, but the stepmother abused the child, so they divorced again.

Remarriage is the third marriage.

Naturally, no virgin lady was willing to be the object of the third marriage, but those who were divorced looked at Mo Yang and were really satisfied.

自己有個批發部，人長得還高高大大，能幹活，雖然有個孩子，但是個閨女，養大了都是要嫁出去了，家裏的家業和她沒關系，只要和莫陽結婚了，再生個兒子，那這些還不都是後頭嫁進來這個的？

離得近的幾家店老板都看在眼裏，這段時間上莫陽那個批發部介紹對象的可真不少。

比起村裏人的保守，鎮上，縣城，離婚的人數和後世比雖然也不太多，但也不算太少見。

社會已然在發展，婚戀自由，更多的人可以選擇結束不幸福的婚姻，尋找幸福。

有人反應過來：“恭喜恭喜，我們這是都能吃到小莫哥的喜糖了。”

其他人也跟着出聲恭喜。

莫陽到點點了炮仗，然後回身到店裏拿糖，蒲香和他一起出來，大大方方站在人身邊，當一個名為“妻子”的工具人。

耳朵裏聽着全是祝福的話，這種時候正常人都不會掃興。

散完一圈糖，莫陽又帶着蒲香把隔壁幾家店都走了一遍，每家都是分了一把喜糖。

蒲香本來只當一個微笑工具人，很快她就反應過來，這些可都是開店的人啊，這些老板娘可不是一個個都口袋裏有錢嗎？

發展一下，都是她的潛在客戶。

于是，很快莫陽分糖的活就被搶了，蒲香十分熱情的分糖，朝人介紹自己，以及她開在中心大廈旁的女裝店。

直到一大口袋的糖分完，兩人朝着批發部往回走，莫陽看了一眼身邊的人，沒忍住笑。

她還真是一門心思想着掙錢啊。

挺好。

既然是剛領證的關系，蒲香又在莫陽的批發部裏待了一會兒，中午的時候，一家三口去旁邊的飯店吃了頓飯。

當然不是那家盯着介紹自己妹妹給莫陽的老板娘家。

不過這頓飯吃得真不算安穩，鎮上就那麽點地方，吃到一半，那位飯店老板娘就找了過來。

“莫陽你領證了？和誰？你不是騙人的吧？”

蒲香三人坐在飯店的大廳裏，這位老板娘過來一嗓子，把店裏其他在吃飯的人的注意都給引了過來。

莫陽看着要皺眉，但很快他就忍住了，平靜地說：“這是我媳婦，蒲香，今天上午剛領的證，她在縣城開了家女裝店，弄得很好，徐姐你過年要買衣服的話，也可以去看看。”

蒲香挑眉，這都學着給她拉生意了。

不過就是好像拉錯人了。

飯店老板娘這才又看了蒲香兩眼，突然把人認了出來，之前打過幾次照面的。

“原來是你，我就說一個女人沒事來讨好別人家孩子，能安什麽好心，呵呵，看吧，還不就是打男人的主意！”

蒲香表情冷淡了下來，這人是真拎不清，別人都表明了對她妹子沒興趣，又不是始亂終棄，她還能強按着人娶？這會兒又有什麽臉在這裏撒潑？

她心裏想着，手一擡，看樣子是要拿杯子，卻是不小心直接把杯子給推倒了，水直接潑了出去。

“啊！”

飯店老板娘嘚啵個沒完的嘴立即就尖叫一聲，終于消停了。

蒲香将杯子扶了起來：“不好意思啊。”

話是這麽說，但是态度挺明顯，再胡說八道，下一杯就往她臉上潑了，而不是像剛才那樣，只是差點潑到褲腿上。

不等飯店老板娘再說什麽，蒲香又微笑着問：“徐姐是吧，聽你說有個妹子離婚了，帶個兒子現在想找對象？最近是看上誰家單身的男人了嗎？要不要我幫忙做個媒啊，我這人比較會說話，可以幫你家搭個線。”

一般情況下，蒲香不喜歡拿這種事情和人吵架，做個離婚女人已經夠不容易啊。

但那也只是針對一般的正常人，像這個飯店老板娘她可不覺得正常。

找對象好歹也是個你情我願的事情吧？

她還記得上一次這人還罵莫陽活該老婆偷人跑了呢。

對這種人不能客氣，一客氣對方就會蹬鼻子上臉。

果然，蒲香一說起自家妹子，飯店老板娘立即就警覺起來。

“好好說話，你提我妹子幹什麽，你別想造她謠，她是個頂頂好的。”

蒲香還是那笑呵呵的樣子，說話語氣也輕輕柔柔的：“我什麽都沒說呢，就問一句對象的事就成造謠了？你剛才那幾句不更是在造我的謠，徐姐，我們本來就不認識，是誰跑到跟前找事的，你自己清楚？我反正現在嫁人了，也不住鎮上，你編排我什麽我都不痛不癢，但你想好了，你說我什麽，我就回敬你和你妹妹什麽，你在這鎮上住着，你妹妹還要找對象，你要受得住，你就來，我不怕你，我也不是個能吃虧的。”

飯店老板娘沒和蒲香具體打過交道，見過幾面，看她一直笑臉相迎，還以為是個軟和脾氣的，沒想到自己是踢到鐵板了。

“你，你……潑婦，我懶得和你這種人說。”

丢了這麽一句仿佛還能保住最後一點顏面的話，飯店老板娘轉頭走得飛快。

蒲香笑笑，她活一輩子，在老公孩子身上沒活明白，顯得蠢了點，但是在外頭她可沒吃過虧。

她擺攤、開店，什麽樣兒的人沒遇到過，要是個好脾氣的，買賣早幹黃幾百次了。

要說看人下菜碟她不比誰差，碰到這種不講理的，就得讓對方知道自己是個不好欺負的，不然對方能踩到你腦袋上拉屎。

“嬸子，你真厲害！”

莫晶晶啪啪開始拍手，一臉崇拜。

自己拍還不夠，還讓她爸跟着一起拍，莫陽也配合她，真跟着拍手。

蒲香吵了那麽多次架，還是第一次遇到有人給她鼓掌叫好的，嘴角跟着往上揚。

“小意思，她要再敢和我叽叽歪歪，我還能讓她知道什麽叫真正的潑婦。”

莫陽示意兩人趕緊吃飯，天冷這菜也涼得快：“今天你露這個面也夠了，不用去得罪人，剩下我來處理。”

蒲香也不和他争這個，應了一聲。

吃完飯，蒲香和莫晶晶說了一會兒話，就騎着自行車回自己店裏去了。

結婚證都領了，蒲香也就沒再瞞着石文雅，說了這事。

石文雅那眼睛一下子瞪得讓人擔心她的眼珠子會不會掉下來。

“三妹，你真和莫陽領證了？你沒開玩笑？”

蒲香直接把結婚證掏出來遞到她手上，讓她自己看。

石文雅看完把這個消息足足消化了十幾分鐘，才看向蒲香，說出一句評語：“你可是真幹大事的人，這口風半點都不露給我，以後有人要問起來你們兩怎麽回事，我說完全不知道都沒有人信。”

蒲香将證拿了回來，放回有拉鏈的口袋裏收好。

“我和他沒什麽事，就是搭個夥，過個兩三年，等我買了房能遷戶口了，就離了。”

別人是搭夥過日子，他們這是純搭夥，不過日子。

石文雅剛閉上的嘴又給張開了。

“你這，你……”

真的太超前了，她需要一點時間才能理解這意思。

想了又想，石文雅一想戶口的事情，突然就又理解了……蒲香那家裏，她都不知道要說什麽，腦子絕對是真拎不清。

石文雅又心疼蒲香，和莫陽領證的事情，她也就不準備多問了，她和莫陽算是從小一起長大的，莫陽這人至少比石大富好，這婚結就結了，要離也是以後的事，總不能比和石大富在一起差。

“唉，就怪我不是個男的，這樣我就能娶你了，也不用擔心什麽。”

蒲香聽她念叨，噗嗤一聲笑了：“謝謝你啊，這事怎麽就這麽可惜呢。”

兩人嘻嘻哈哈笑了起來，都沒注意到店門被人從外面推開。

等聽到門上挂着的鈴铛聲響了，齊齊回頭，進門的人也開口叫了蒲香一聲“三妹”。

蒲香看到她嫂子郁高珠，以及跟在她身後的李小草。

“媽，嫂子，你們怎麽來了。”

蒲香不奇怪她嫂子會來找她，剛才她打電話到村委讓帶話，也不可能和人說自己和莫陽結婚了，只說戶口的問題她解決了，就不回去了，她就猜她嫂子會來店裏找她。

郁高珠抿着嘴，皺着眉，她不讓自己的婆婆跟過來，但是蒲香現在在縣城中心大廈旁的女裝店裏上班的事早在小河彎傳遍了，她不帶着人，人也要自己摸過來。

她還能怎麽辦。

還不如她也在場，有點什麽口角，她還能勸上兩句。

李小草一看到女兒，立即搶着說話：“三妹啊，你遷戶口的事你爸現在不開口了，你趕緊遷回來，一直留在你前頭婆家不好，要被人說閑話的，說我們這當父母的沒教好你。”

蒲香發現自己能被她媽氣死，這話說得好像是她想懶着不遷一樣，難道是她不想遷走嗎？

“放心，我已經遷走了，這閑話說不到你們頭上。”

她忍着不想去嗆聲，反正啊，無論她怎麽說話，她媽都聽不懂。

李小草呆了一下：“遷了？你遷去哪了？”

郁高珠也是立即揪起了心，她最怕的就是這個小姑子無路可走，會想出些別的什麽辦法來。

Pu Xiang was just about to say that she and her husband had obtained their marriage certificate when someone suddenly pushed the door open.

A man in his thirties, dressed in a shabby manner, with waxed hair parted in the middle, his eyes rolled around as soon as he came in, and he didn't look like a good guy.

How come a male customer came into the women's clothing store?

Maybe you’re buying clothes for your girlfriend or wife?

Pu Xiang was just thinking about greeting the other party, but the man came in and called out "Auntie Li" to Li Xiaocao.

In an instant, Pu Xiang made a judgment about the identity of this man. Could he be another blind date for her?

She turned to look at her mother, and sure enough, Li Xiaocao avoided her sight guiltily.

Looking at Yu Gaozhu again, this sister-in-law also opened her eyes wide, with a look of shock, and then she had an expression as if she was so disappointed that she was about to vomit blood in anger.