After Li Wei left, Zhou Shichu's life was no different from before. He still made money by selling buns with Aunt Qian and Zhou Shiwan every day, but Li Ji was different. Without his biological father who would strictly control him, he wanted to fly. The bird out of the cage almost forgets what it is doing every day. Naturally, it is impossible to go to the school. The daily boxing exercise has also stopped. It only makes trouble with a group of friends and teases the chickens and dogs. The neighbors nearby hate them to death.
It was only because Li Wei was not at home and Zhou Shichu was not a good person that he didn't complain to the family. Zhou Shichu originally warned Li Ji once and asked him to go to school because of Li Wei's words, but Li Ji's temperament had long been fixed. It was impossible to listen to her, so he turned a deaf ear to her warnings and continued to play with things every day.
When Zhou Shichu saw this, he immediately stopped thinking. She was not here to be a good stepmother, and Li Ji was not her son. He had to degenerate, and Zhou Shichu had no intention of correcting him.
Nowadays, Zhou Shichu's steamed buns have become famous. Many regular customers line up early every day at her regular stall, and they can be sold out without shouting, making the surrounding vendors envious.
On this day, when Zhou Shichu was busy checking out and looking for money, he suddenly heard a soft and shocked voice shouting: "Mrs. Li! Are you actually selling steamed buns here?"
Zhou Shichu initially didn't realize that the person calling "Mrs. Li" was him. The female voice behind him shouted a few more times, plus the words "selling buns," and Zhou Shichu realized that the person calling her was her.
When she heard the news, she raised her eyebrows immediately. Isn't this woman with several servants, extraordinary clothes, and beautiful appearance none other than Mu Yunchao's wife Liu Yan?
"Mrs. Mu, are you coming out for a private interview again? Do you want to try the steamed buns I sell? They have thin skin and lots of fillings, and the soup is delicious and salty. It is absolutely delicious. You won't regret it if you try it..." Zhou Shichu seemed not to see her. He greeted warmly with an expression of disbelief.
"No, no, I just came out after breakfast. Mrs. Li, why are you selling steamed buns here? This doesn't suit your status, right?" Liu Yan's face alternated between shock, disbelief and disapproval. , which made Zhou Shichu laugh for a while. This lady just cared too much about status.
"Why doesn't it fit in? I was born as a peasant girl and married a rough martial artist. Isn't it normal for me to sell steamed buns on the street?" Zhou Shichu deliberately said this. As expected, Liu Yan's face suddenly changed unpredictably, her eyebrows were furrowed and full of expression. He said disapprovingly:
"Mrs. Li, how can you say that? Li Wei, Mr. Li is already a school captain, which is considered an official status. As his wife, you should maintain his dignity and not do anything to embarrass him. yes."
The implication is that Zhou Shichu disgraced Li Wei by selling buns.
The smile on Zhou Shichu's face suddenly disappeared. People like Liu Yan are the most hypocritical. The person involved, Li Wei, had no objection to Zhou Shichu's selling buns, but she was an outsider who came to criticize her. Li Wei was her husband's Subordinate, but she, Zhou Shichu, is not Liu Yan's slave. What qualifications does she have to tell Zhou Shichu what he should and shouldn't do?
So Zhou Shichu turned cold and said: "Mrs. Mu, do you mean that I have lost Li Wei's face by selling buns? I started selling them when Li Wei was at home, and he didn't object. Now, Mrs. Mu, you are an outsider. But you came to tell me that you can't sell steamed buns? I'm not your servant, and Li Wei is just your husband's subordinate, not your subordinate, right? What qualifications do you have to come to me and accuse me? Because you can do it in front of Li Wei Is it the reason why the pillow wind blows around Princess Wei?"
"You, you vulgar woman!" When Liu Yan heard Zhou Shichu's words, she was immediately ashamed and angry. Zhou Shichu's words did not give her any face, and the last sentence was no less than a humiliation for her, so Liu Yan Yanxian was so angry that her face was about to smoke, wishing that there was a crack in the ground for her to get through, so that she wouldn't have to face this scene.
The surrounding customers who came to queue up to buy steamed buns all heard what they said. When Liu Yan said that Zhou Shichu selling steamed buns was a shameful thing, they immediately became unhappy:
"Madam, are you too much in charge? The steamed buns made by Mrs. Zhou are so delicious, wouldn't it be a pity not to sell them? Don't let us lose this good fortune!"
"That's right! You look so delicate and frail, but I didn't expect that you would be like a nosy bastard and meddle in other people's problems. You are too overbearing!"
"You woman, get out of here, don't leave us with no buns to eat!"
"It sounds like she is the daughter of Madam Zhou's boss? Madam Zhou has criticized her. Is she going to give Madam Zhou's husband some shoes to wear?"
"It's hard to say that she, a face-loving person like her, can come back without taking revenge if her face is lost?"
"Tsk tsk, there is no future for being an official these days. Maybe one day the rebels will come, and the officials will be the first to die... Hey, Mrs. Zhou, why don't you just ask your husband to resign? Come on! I can live a good life by selling steamed buns with you."
"That's right. Seeing how nosy this woman is, it must be very hard to be her husband's subordinate!"
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Liu Yan listened to the people around her talking about her, and every word they said was as sharp as a knife, piercing her heart so hard that she almost fainted from shame and anger.
But she finally withstood it. She was supported by the maid, with tears in her eyes, and said angrily to Zhou Shichu: "I just kindly advised you to think more about Captain Li, but I didn't expect that you took my kindness for granted." Donkey liver and lungs, you are ungrateful, but you still incited so many people to accuse me, you, you are really a piece of rotten wood! Captain Li is really unlucky to marry you."
This kind of person who forces others to do things according to her wishes in the name of "for your own good" is just hypocritical kindness. If you really do good for others, wouldn't you respect other people's wishes?
So Zhou Shichu said sarcastically: "Mrs. Mu is really doing it for my own good, and for Li Wei's sake?"
"Of course! If you weren't Li Wei's wife, I wouldn't bother to care whether you sell steamed buns or not." Liu Yan said immediately, with a firm look in her eyes to show that she had no selfish intentions.
"Alas!" Zhou Shichu immediately became a circus actor and performed, "Mrs. Mu, you don't know, in fact, I don't want to work hard to sell steamed buns every day. Do you think selling steamed buns is easy? No, it is actually very hard, every day Kneading the dough makes your hands almost swollen, making steamed buns makes you so tired that you can't straighten your waist, and steaming makes you sweat profusely... If it wasn't to support the family, who would want to work so hard?"
"Yes, yes, making steamed buns is very hard." Another woman queuing up to buy steamed buns nodded in agreement.
"Mrs. Mu, you think my actions are embarrassing to Li Wei. I actually know this myself, but I have to do it. If I don't do it, Li Wei's monthly salary alone will not be able to support our family. ah."
