It was the first time the middleman had seen two younger generations of the Pai family come to sell the house. He figured something must have happened to the elders in the family and they couldn't come forward, so he stopped trying to persuade them and said directly, "If you want to sell, I'll register it for you. Leave me a key and contact information. I'll have someone notify you when I find a buyer."
On the way back, Huang Wanzhen thought that for external affairs, she really had to find a middle-aged man. Like just now, the middle-aged man obviously looked down on them.
"Little Stone, does your village have anyone who can read and do things?" Huang Wanzhen started talking to Little Stone after getting off the rickshaw. "I want to recruit a capable male worker. He shouldn't be too young, preferably over 25 years old."
Nowadays, people live together in clans. Most of the people in Huang Wanzhen's shop are women. She doesn't want to hire male workers nearby. What if the man has bad intentions and the local clansmen follow his lead, she will be the one who suffers.
"My uncle is the most capable person in our village, but he works at the post office and can't come. That leaves me with my oldest cousin, who's 27 years old, but he's a bit reserved and not very good at handling things." Little Stone thought about it but couldn't find a suitable one. "Manager, your requirements are a bit high. To be honest, although it's hard to find work these days, there's always work for people like you."
Huang Wanzhen gritted her teeth and said, "How much does your uncle make a month? I'll pay double!"
Little Stone shook his head. "No, he won't come even if he gets double the pay. First, he's at the post office, which is close to home. Second, he's been working there for years, so it's stable. Work in the city is here one day, gone the next, so it's not stable."
Huang Wanzhen was about to say something when she looked up and saw Mrs. Huang Dong sitting in the shop holding a baby. "Mom, why are you here?"
"You only see your mother and don't even look at me, your uncle." Dong Yuzhuo started to make a gesture.
Huang Dongshi stretched out her arm and poked Huang Wanzhen, "Call for help!"
Huang Wanzhen bowed her head respectfully, "Second uncle, second aunt, cousin."
Dong Yuzhuo then hummed "Hmm" with his nose not being a nose and his eyes not being eyes.
In the private room of Dexing Building, Huang Wanzhen frowned, "My sister ran away? Where's Ah Xiang?"
"Him? He's fallen for the house in Santa Lane. He's been running around with Huang Zhengxiang and the others all day. I can't live here peacefully, so I just gave up the lease with Mr. Chen San." Mrs. Huang pouted, looking sarcastic. "Zhenzhen is a girl, and her last name is Huang. He hasn't paid any attention to her since she was born. Our Zhenzhen has me, her grandmother, to take care of her. She can still survive without a father!"
Dong Yuzhuo looked at Mrs. Huang helplessly, "Sister, didn't we discuss this before we came? I'll talk to Wanzhen, and you should keep your mouth shut. You're so old, how come you can't even control your mouth! You've suffered all your life because of your mouth, you should change."
Dong Jiang stood up and tried to smooth things over. "Alright, Wanshu and her husband are being so shameless, and they won't allow Fifth Sister to vent her anger?!"
"Wanzhen! Your second uncle has already brought your mother's luggage here in a carriage. Please find a place for your mother and Zhenzhen to stay."
Dong Yuzhuo agreed, "Yes, let's take care of the present first and take it one step at a time. We can't let ourselves die from holding our urine!"
Dong Jiang glared at him fiercely, "If you can't speak, then shut up and don't say those vulgar words in front of the younger generation!"
Dong Jiang got angry at Dong Yuzhuo for a moment, then turned around and gently coaxed Huang Wanzhen, "I know this is unfair to you, but your mother has no sons and can only rely on her daughters. Your sister is also a loser. Since we elders raised you like a treasure, you should be more tolerant."
Huang Wanzhen drank some duck bone soup and took a deep breath. "My mother gave birth to me and raised me. I will definitely not stand idly by. But I have one condition."
"Okay! What are your conditions? Just tell me! Second uncle will decide for you!" Dong Yuzhuo had just finished speaking when his foot was stepped on heavily. "Hiss—"
"Wanzhen, we're all here. Everything can be discussed. Tell us what your conditions are. Let's all listen." Dong Jiang helped Huang Wanzhen wrap a piece of roast duck in a small pancake. "We can eat and talk at the same time. There's no rush."
Huang Wanzhen pretended to be terrified and stood up, taking it with both hands. "Second aunt, are you still giving me the pancake? I should be the one serving you. Please sit down quickly."
Dong Jiang smiled, "Hey! We are all family, no need to be so polite, sit down, sit down!" Dong Jiang adjusted her jacket and skirt and sat back on the stool.
"Second uncle, second aunt, and cousin are not outsiders. The house was sold through you. It's been less than a year, and my mother has already spent a lot of the money. I think she is still young and has only lived half of her life. It is inevitable that she will have headaches and fevers in the second half of her life. It's not that I don't want to support her, but I'm afraid that after I divorce her, she will be bullied and lose her income. If she gets sick, I won't be able to afford her medical treatment."
At this point, Huang Wanzhen sighed with a worried look on her face, "I've heard that although divorced women can get their dowries back, they still need permission from their previous husband's family if they want to remarry."
"Those women who divorced would choose to use their dowries to buy their freedom. I'm only seventeen years old this year, and I promise you now that after the divorce, I will never marry again. Do you believe me?"
Without giving Dong Yuzhuo and Dong Jiangshi a chance to speak, Huang Wanzhen continued, "Don't say you don't believe it, I don't believe it myself."
"Think about it, if I can't even take care of my own life, how can I take care of my mother? I really can't."
"So, I thought, my mother can live with me, but I have to be the head of the family, and I can't let her take the money."
Dong Yuzhuo and Dong Jiang looked at each other, but got no response, so they turned their heads to look at Dong Ruixin.
Dong Ruixin stood up silently and whispered to Mrs. Huang, "Aunt, you must be tired after holding the child for so long. Let my mother hold the child for you for a while. I'll take you out to stretch your legs."
Huang Dongxin had just brought the child over, but before he could hand it to Dong Jiangshi, Huang Wanzhen stood up and said, "This roast duck tastes really good. Second uncle, you guys eat it first, and I'll go down and choose one."
Without waiting for others to respond, Huang Wanzhen stood up and walked out.
I walked to the lobby on the first floor and chose a fat duck. Then I walked to the door and looked at the street scene for a while. When I thought it was about time, I walked to the roast duck oven and asked, "Chef, is my duck ready?"
The roast duck chef said loudly, "Please wait a moment, it will be out of the oven soon."
Following the duck slicing waiter, Huang Wanzhen patted her face, put on a standard smile, and walked into the private room. "Here it is, freshly roasted duck, it smells so good. I didn't have enough just now, let's have another one."
Dong Yuzhuo waved his hands, "Hey! Hey! One is enough. It costs a lot of money. Don't be so extravagant in the future."
After the waiter finished slicing the duck and left, Dong Jiangshi wrapped another piece of pancake for Huang Wanzhen and said, "Wanzhen, how about this? Your mother is old, and she needs to have some money on her. Otherwise, your second uncle and I will be worried. Just leave her 5,000 yuan, and you can keep the rest."
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