Wang Xinian did not respond.
He's gotten used to being passed around like that.
Perhaps Shen Mingzhi will be unable to support him in the future and will abandon him. Fortunately, he has grown up and, no matter how difficult things get, he will be able to do some work to support himself.
Shen Mingzhi gave Wang Wu one yuan a month and then put Wang Xinian under his care.
The next morning, Wang Xinian came over carrying a quilt, an enamel basin, a bucket, and a burlap sack full of clothes.
He was very silent.
Wang Wu stood in the room and pointed to another bed, saying, "This is your bed. Your sister said you want to read, so she gave you the window seat. We don't have a table here. If you really need a table, go to your sister's room; she has a dining table."
He didn't say anything, but just silently made the bed, and Wang Wu didn't know what else to say.
After Wang Xinian finished tidying up his things, he went to Shen Mingzhi's room to help her start a fire and boil water.
Shen Mingzhi heard the noise outside, so she quickly got up, dressed, and went outside. She saw Wang Xinian squatting in front of the stove lighting a fire and asked, "So early, have you had breakfast yet?"
“I ate at the factory,” Wang Xinian replied, lowering his eyes.
"You've already quit your job?" Shen Mingzhi walked up to him and asked, yawning.
"Yes, I'll settle the salary in a couple of days," Wang Xinian replied.
“Now that your stepmother is here, you don’t need to come anymore. From now on, just come over in the morning for breakfast and then go to your studies. You don’t need to worry about things here. Your stepmother will bring you lunch and dinner. Just focus on your studies,” Shen Mingzhi said.
Wang Xinian responded with an "oh" and did not refuse.
When Wang's wife arrived, Wang Xinian had already gone to study in the courtyard where Wang Wu lived.
After reconciling accounts with Shen Mingzhi today, Wang Sao sounded somewhat dejected, "Not many people bought yesterday... only two orders were sold."
Because Shen Mingzhi took in Wang Xinian, Wang's wife was also anxious for her, and making money had become their primary goal.
Mrs. Wang was worried about her two children and the fact that she also had to support her sister's child's schooling... This pressure was the same for men who were supporting their families.
“This is normal. The scope of your sales is limited. Those who have a need have already bought it. Just be patient and wait. New customers will come in after a while,” Shen Mingzhi reassured her.
Before we can get new customers, we have to wait until the first batch of people use the medicine and confirm that it is really effective before we recommend it to the people around us.
In the following days, Wang Xinian did not come to her residence again, while Shen Mingzhi, after carrying baskets and running around for three days, arrived at the gate of a factory today.
This is something she spent a lot of time finding out.
She had only just put down her bamboo basket when, while searching for her target, Jiang Yinyin blocked her way.
Several young women were with Jiang Yinyin.
"Are you selling medicine?" Jiang Yinyin asked loudly as soon as she opened her mouth.
"Who told you I was selling medicine?" Shen Mingzhi immediately protected her basket.
Jiang Yinyin glanced at the young woman beside her, and the four of them attacked together. Jiang Yinyin was the first to grab Shen Mingzhi and hold her down tightly.
Shen Mingzhi struggled violently, "What are you doing?! Let go of me, Jiang Yinyin! I've already left the Jiang family, what more do you want?!"
“You’ve barely read any books, yet you’re selling medicine? You’re a fraudster! I saw it, and I can’t just stand by and do nothing!” Jiang Yinyin pressed down on her forcefully, and when she realized she couldn’t hold her down any longer, she immediately called for another young woman to help.
Soon after, Shen Mingzhi's hair was all disheveled, and she was forced to kneel on the ground by Jiang Yinyin and another young woman, looking utterly disheveled.
The factory was already crowded, and many people gathered around.
"What's wrong?"
"So many people bullying one person, isn't that going too far?"
"Well... and he's a salesman."
People were whispering among themselves.
"I'm here to expose this fraudster! She's a widow who's cursed to bring misfortune to her husbands, she hasn't even read two pages of a book, she can't even read properly, yet she goes from street to street selling counterfeit medicine she makes, specifically targeting mothers with children! She's exploiting mothers' love for their children to sell her fake medicine, tell me, am I bullying people?!" Jiang Yinyin held up Shen Mingzhi's medicine bottle, proclaiming loudly.
"That's so mean!!"
"How can someone so beautiful have such a dark heart? Is this a new type of scam? Targeting women with children!"
"She should be taken to the police station!"
Everyone pointed at Shen Mingzhi with hatred on their faces.
Shen Mingzhi tried to speak, but the young woman covered her mouth tightly.
She was forced to kneel on the ground, watching Jiang Yinyin smash the medicine she had painstakingly made onto the ground and stomp on the fever-reducing patch, her eyes filled with hatred.
After smashing all of her medicine, Jiang Yinyin looked at her smugly and said, "You liar, selling medicine? Bah! You dare to try and scam people again next time, I'll follow you wherever you go!"
"You're so loyal, young lady! These kinds of scammers should be made to have nowhere to hide!"
A middle-aged woman gave Jiang Yinyin a thumbs up.
Shen Mingzhi wanted to slap Jiang Yinyin a few times.
Jiang Yinyin was smug, but she still maintained a righteous and awe-inspiring demeanor. "I'm doing this for everyone's children's sake, it's what I should do—ah!"
Before she could finish speaking, a bicycle crashed into her.
The cyclist and she both fell to the ground. Jiang Yinyin was pinned under the bicycle and screamed in pain, "Don't you have eyes?!"
"Oh, my beloved bicycle!" A handsome man in a suit, who looked very wealthy, walked over and exclaimed as he looked at his bicycle lying on the ground, its wheels still spinning.
Jiang Yinyin looked up and saw a handsome young man casually twirling his car keys. After a moment of stunned silence, she finally spoke, "My person was hit by your car, and you're only concerned about your own car? Apologize to me."
As she spoke, her voice carried a hint of reproach.
The man chuckled, "You just asked if it has eyes. Have you ever seen a car with eyes?"
Jiang Yinyin composed herself, her tone less harsh than when she spoke to Shen Mingzhi. Instead, she tried to reason with her, saying, "I only cursed in the heat of the moment. Besides, it was your car that hit me, so I was angry and that's why I cursed. So, if you apologize to me, I'll forgive you."
"Miss, please get this straight. You were the one blocking the road, causing my little brother to bump into you and fall. I'm already being lenient by not asking you for medical expenses, and now you want me to apologize to you? Who do you think you are?" The man's handsome face was full of speechlessness.
"With so many people here, your men deliberately drove the car towards her—"
Jiang Yinyin's friend spoke up for her, but she immediately interrupted him, saying, "Oh, maybe they didn't mean it."
Her friends all looked speechless.
Shen Mingzhi couldn't help but sneer. It turned out that Jiang Yinyin could be reasonable when she saw a handsome man.
Taking advantage of the moment when her friend wasn't paying attention to her, Shen Mingzhi stood up, raised her leg, and kicked Jiang Yinyin directly in the buttocks.
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