It’s hot, so Lin Wan always sets up her stall in a cool and less crowded place. On the first day, she sold seven or eight pieces of clothing.
In the evening, Lin Wan was again setting up her stall by the roadside near the store.
It turned out that in front of the residential area, business was even better than by the train station. In two hours, twenty to thirty pieces were sold.
In the days that followed, Lin Wan spent the mornings selling at the train station, and in the evenings, she would set up her stall at various factory gates or residential areas.
In eight or nine days, she sold out her hundreds of pieces of clothing.
At night, Lin Wan lay on the bed, counting over four thousand yuan in small bills. She was so excited she almost jumped up.
Who would have thought that with the fabric she bought for a little over a hundred yuan, she made a few clothes and earned as much as the hotpot restaurant made in two or three months. In just over a dozen busy days, she made enough for a house.
Although setting up a stall these days was hot and tiring, and she got quite tanned, who wouldn’t think it was worth it seeing all that money.
Lin Wan organized the money, planning to save three thousand yuan and give the rest to Mom, since the money to buy the fabric was all from Mom.
But the next day, before she could go out, Hu Lijuan came running over, her hair messy and her face bruised and swollen, crying.
She and Grandma felt a pang in their hearts.
"What’s happened?" Grandma asked worriedly.
"Grandma, my grandma hit my mom again," Hu Lijuan cried, running to Han Ying’s side, "I got into university, but my grandma insists on giving my spot to my cousin. My mom disagreed. When I was out, my grandma stole my admission letter. When my mom found out, she went to confront them, but grandma didn’t listen and had my uncle hit her, and Xiao Dung and I were also beaten."
Grandma was so angry hearing Hu Lijuan’s words that her breath became short. Lin Wan hurried forward to help calm her, making her more comfortable. "Where’s your dad?"
"My dad wasn’t home when they beat us. Xiao Dung went to find my dad. My mom was afraid my aunt and cousin would take action against me, so she told me to sneak out while they weren’t paying attention. Grandma, you should go to our house quickly. My uncle is very ruthless."
"Lijuan, don’t get excited," Lin Wan said, and then asked Grandma, "Should we call on Uncle to come along?" Lin Wan knew that when a woman is bullied in her husband’s family, her maternal family must go to seek justice.
In her past life, she wasn’t close with her mother-in-law Shen Qing and didn’t know her situation in her husband’s family. Now, it seemed it wasn’t easy.
"We should find your uncle. Lijuan, you know where your uncle works, go to the sister-in-law’s room to freshen up first, then find your uncle. I’ll go with your sister-in-law first to your home to see what that Old Fish Woman wants to do."
"Grandma, my grandma is very tough, you and sister-in-law can’t go. I’ll go find Uncle first. We’ll go together," Hu Lijuan was afraid of her grandma from a young age and knew her grandma’s toughness.
Lin Wan didn’t quite agree either.
Han Ying shook her head, "That Old Fish Woman always hits your mom, but I’m the one who always goes first. Don’t worry, she won’t dare do much to me, Lijuan, hurry and go."
Lin Wan let Lijuan ride her bike, while she helped Grandma walk for ten minutes to the store, then rode the tricycle to rush to her mother-in-law’s house.
Grandma’s home was in the south of the city, the mother-in-law’s was in the north. It took almost an hour by bike to get there. No wonder they didn’t often see Lijuan and her mother-in-law coming over usually.
Indeed, it was quite far.
Before she and Grandma entered the yard, they heard an old voice loudly shouting inside.
"You wretched woman, don’t you know whose place this is? Always out lazing around, and only bring back a dozen yuan a month, not even enough to feed the whole family. Always causing trouble, just knowing how to act up."
"Mom, I didn’t. It’s my big brother and sister-in-law who are unreasonable. I can overlook other matters, but I can’t ignore the matters of the children."