Chapter 47 Second Sister

"Second sister."

Pu Xiang called out to someone.

After riding the bicycle for more than an hour, Pufen felt very cold at the beginning, but now he is warm again.

After entering the women's clothing store, she took a quick look and saw three young women, all dressed fashionably, and none of them matched the third sister in her impression.

Until Pu Xiang called her.

Her eyes fell on the short-haired woman, who was wearing an open woolen coat, a tight black sweater, a pair of leather shorts of the same color that reached above the knees, slightly see-through stockings, and a pair of long dark brown leather boots.

She had a necklace around her neck and earrings on her ears, and her hair was neatly styled with mousse. Her face looked fair and tender, probably because she had put on powder.

"Third sister?"

Pu Fen blinked hard, her eyes darting around Pu Xiang's face; her expression already spoke volumes about her underlying message.

Who is this? My sister? Why does she look like this?

When it’s cold, the store keeps boiling brown sugar ginger water, so customers can have a drink if they want.

Pu Xiang poured a cup for her second sister.

"I've been busy lately and haven't been in the store. Second sister, do you have something urgent to talk to me about?"

They've been coming here for several days in a row, so it must be something urgent.

When Pu Fen was asked this question, he immediately came back to his senses from the shock of Pu Xiang's sudden change.

"Third sister, you are divorced? How can you get divorced? You didn't even discuss such a big thing with us. Do you know that everyone is talking about you behind your back? What are you going to do in the future if you are like this? And even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about Xiaoyan. She has a divorced aunt, and it will affect her when she gets married in the future!"

These words came out like machine gun fire. It was not the first time Pu Xiang had heard this, so she remained calm. However, it was the first time for Shi Wenya and Zhao Qing to hear this, and their mouths opened wider and wider.

What kind of sister is this!

Shi Wenya really wanted to help Pu Xiang fight back, but Zhao Qing grabbed her.

No matter how good their relationship with Pu Xiang is, they are sisters and they are outsiders, so what they say is useless.

That depends on Pu Xiang.

Moreover, Zhao Qing didn't think Pu Xiang was someone who could be controlled by her sister.

Pu Xiang took the cup back from her, blew on it, and took a sip.

Drinking some ginger and sugar water in winter is really comfortable.

"Second sister, others only talked about me behind my back, I didn't hear a word, but you said it in front of me, I heard it, and I felt uncomfortable, you should say less in the future, I will live the same way as I do now, I will not look for you, nor will I go back to my parents' home, you don't have to worry about anything, as for Xiaoyan's marriage, it should have a greater impact on her than me, a divorced aunt, a father who beats people every day, and a mother who refused to divorce after being beaten all her life, you have time to criticize me, why not think about what impression you and your brother-in-law have left on the children."

Pu Xiang glanced at her second sister. She could see her more clearly now than when she was 65 years old.

Pu Fen has only one daughter, Shen Xiaoyan, who is a staunch non-marriage advocate and has never returned home since she was admitted to university.

During those years, Pu Fen urged them to get married in various ways, and the mother and daughter were almost on the verge of breaking off their relationship.

Pu Xiang didn't know it at first, until they were in their thirties or forties, and when they reached middle age, their relationship became increasingly worse, and they even stopped pretending in front of outsiders.

Pu Xiang tried to persuade her, but it was useless. If she wanted to divorce, her second sister would jump up and say that it would affect Shen Xiaoyan's future marriage, not to mention forcing her, as a mother, to divorce.

For the sake of the children, I will never leave you.

Pu Xiang was delaying her own marriage at that time, so she wanted to help with her second sister's family affairs for the sake of her children, but she didn't know where to start.

She felt that no matter what, beating people was never okay, the marriage would not end in divorce, the issue of beating had to be resolved, and if it really didn't work, she could just hit back.

Anyway, none of the three siblings of the Pu family is short. Pu Fen is 167 cm tall and a strong rural woman. If the couple really fight, it is hard to say who will lose.

But Pu Fen was different. She just got beaten and didn’t know how to fight back.

Pu Xiang now thinks that her second sister's personality is more like their mother. No, it should be said that her eldest brother and second sister both have personalities like their mother.

Like their father, at least he is still stubborn and a bit rustic.

Pu Fen didn't expect that her sister seemed to have changed her mouth and she couldn't handle a word she said, especially how did she know about the domestic violence?

She had never told anyone about it, and no one in her family knew about it.

Pu Fen's mouth opened and closed. Ever since she returned to her parents' home during the Chinese New Year and learned that her third sister was divorced, she had a lot to say, but at this moment she felt like she couldn't say a word.

"Don't mind what happens between me and your brother-in-law, this is about you!"

Pu Xiang: "I don't want to intervene. You didn't come to me on your own. I don't want to intervene in your affairs, and you don't want to intervene in mine. Let's live our own lives."

Pu Fen: "You...I am your sister!"

Pu Xiang: "I know, you are my sister, not my mother. We have each got married and no one can control who is who."

Pu Fen was stunned by the repeated insults, and finally came to his senses: "Why are you talking so harshly? Are you angry?"

Pu Xiang stopped talking and just looked at her - who on earth came to cause trouble?

These few seconds of silence and Pu Xiang's eyes made Pu Fen realize the answer to the question he asked.

Really, really... Pu Fen was also confused for a moment. What was the purpose of her coming to find her third sister so intently recently?

Pu Fen's thoughts returned to the beginning.

"Third sister, how can you get a divorce without discussing it with us?"

Her expression turned angry.

Pu Xiang said, "Oh," and said, "I understand that you don't agree with my leaving."

Pu Fen immediately responded, "It's good that you know. Your brother-in-law's family is such a good family. Your father-in-law and brother-in-law are both good people. You can't be born with such a blessing and not know how to appreciate it. Otherwise, why don't you think of a way to remarry your brother-in-law?"

What a fool.

Pu Xiang didn't know what to say to her sister. In the past, she always felt that this was her sister and there were some things she shouldn't say.

But now it seems that if she doesn't say it, her sister will never be able to wake up on her own.

"Sister, Shi Dafu has remarried, and I have also remarried."

Pu Xiang looked at her sister, who looked 50% like her, but had a sad expression similar to their mother's. Her life was like being soaked in bitter water. The only bit of strength she had was venting it on her younger sister and her daughter.

Thinking of this, Pu Xiang's heart hardened. She reached out and pulled her second sister to stand in front of the large full-length mirror in the store.

"Second sister, take a look at me. Do you think there's anything wrong with me now?"

The two sisters are of the same height and only three years apart in age, but at this moment they look like they are from two different worlds.

But the last time they met, Pu Fen still remembered that they were both dressed the same way.

She even remembered that, from childhood to adulthood, everyone said that she and her sisters looked alike.

Pu Fen was silent for a moment, but still said stubbornly: "Third sister, you are too...which man can accept this?"

The only thing missing was the word "too indecent".

Pu Xiang reached out and pulled off one shoulder of her coat, making a charming gesture.

"Is that so? The man in the family likes it. You know what man doesn't fall for this? If he doesn't fall for it on you and asks you to behave properly all day long, then he has fallen for this on other women and is treating you like a mother."

Pu Fen looked at his sister and blurted out, "You've become bad."

puff.

Pu Xiang, Shi Wenya and Zhao Qing all laughed.

"A pretty bad woman? Second sister, I'll just take it as a compliment."

Pu Xiang pulled her clothes in place and said seriously, "Second sister, I earn my living on my own now, not relying on anyone else. I can disobey my parents, and I will certainly not listen to you. Let alone Xiaoyan, we still have some sisterly love, which allows you to tease me. If you really think that I, your younger sister, have brought shame upon you, then you can break off the relationship with me. After ten or twenty years, who will still remember that you have a younger sister?"

He just relies on this little bit of family affection to control people.

Pu Xiang feels that she is very "cold" now, and no one can interfere with her comfortable life.

She would break off relations with anyone who came to bother her.

Pu Xiang's expression turned cold and she stared at her second sister.

Pu Fen didn't know how many times she had been shocked by her sister. It was not until she was sent out of the store in a daze and shivered in the cold wind that she "woken up".

Didn't she come here today to scold her sister? How could she do such a stupid thing as divorce?

Standing in the cold wind, Pu Fen thought and thought, but after a long time he couldn't think of anything to scold Pu Xiang.

Pu Xiang now has a job, an income, and dresses like a city dweller. Her workplace is full of women, with no men around. There is no chance of her being accused of being immoral.

When I first entered the store, the floor was white and the lights were bright. It looked very classy at first glance. There was also the smell of cattails and the people in the store all smelled good.

Unlike the villagers, who at most would just spray some toilet water on themselves.

Pu Fen looked at herself again. She was wearing an old cotton padded jacket, old warm shoes, and an old scarf that she used as a headscarf. She looked like a country bumpkin.

There's nothing wrong with being a country girl. She's been a country girl for more than twenty years, almost thirty years, and she's already gotten used to it.

But the problem is that her third sister, who was obviously a country girl like her, suddenly turned into a city dweller.

The way you dress and look makes you feel completely different.

He was the same person as her not long ago, but suddenly, he became different.

He left her in the countryside and went to the city himself.

Pu Fen's mood was complicated.

Thinking about his sister's affairs and his daughter's affairs, his face couldn't help but become bitter.

Just like their mother Li Xiaocao.

Pu Fen rode her bicycle home. She married not far away, in the next village.

But it is in the opposite direction of Shijia Village.

Pu Fen's husband's surname is Shen, and his name is Shen Chengcai. There are four brothers in his family. Their conditions are not very good, but in the countryside, everyone is poor, so they are considered an ordinary family.

After Shen Chengcai and Pu Fen got married, they separated from their brothers.

Shen Chengcai learned carpentry when he was young. Pu Fen's parents liked him because they thought their son-in-law had a skill, which would provide a guarantee for their daughter's future after marriage.

But Shen Youcai was not serious about his carpentry work; his greatest love was drinking.

He could drink four out of three meals a day, from the moment he opened his eyes in the morning until he went to bed at night.

The wine was stored in a salt water bottle and I would take it under the covers when I went to sleep. I would have to take a couple more sips when I woke up in the middle of the night.