Zhang Fang had suffered greatly in the city, nearly starving to death. At the last moment, she still begged Qin Cuifen and finally borrowed ten yuan from her. Later, she barely found an old man and thought that she could finally have a good life afterward, but she was beaten up by the old man’s daughter-in-law and kicked out of the house.
She truly had no other choice, so she came back looking for an old flame. But because her reputation was tarnished, the old flame dared not associate with her. Desperate and out of options, she noticed that today was when Sheng’s third family was hosting a banquet and set her sights on Sheng An’s bean sprout business.
Sheng Ning certainly knew that money was hard to earn in the city; she had suffered enough from being bullied in her past life. "I heard you went to the city with Qin Cuifen? Why is it that you have returned and she has not?"
"I don’t know!" When she returned, Qin Cuifen made her promise never to mention her. She understood that Cuifen was holding a grudge and was thinking of making a triumphant return someday.
"You really don’t know, or you’re pretending not to know?" She would be a fool to believe Mrs. Zhang’s words, "I don’t think you really want to learn how to make bean sprouts!"
"You’re really willing to teach me?" Zhang Fang was just trying her luck with a ’nothing to lose’ attitude and didn’t expect there to actually be hope.
"Hmm! That will depend on your attitude."
Sheng An was not pleased upon hearing this, "Sister, why teach her? What will I do if you do?"
"It’s okay, don’t worry!"
Having no choice, Sheng An stamped her foot and ran out.
Seeing that Sheng An had left and that there was no one else in the house, Zhang Fang spilled everything about Qin Cuifen’s experiences in the city.
"After we first arrived in the city, we wanted to find work in a restaurant. Qin Cuifen was young with a good figure, and she could dance, so she quickly found a job. Later, the restaurant Boss took a liking to her, and the two of them started an affair. The Boss’s wife found out, and the matter escalated to the police station, and after that... after that Cuifen had no choice but to become a streetwalker... When I came back, Cuifen was with a young Boss from the Southern region, and just by bearing him a son, she could make ten thousand yuan..."
Zhang Fang wanted to continue, but Sheng Ning interrupted her with a hand gesture, "I know. You don’t need to say any more." She turned around, took paper and a pen from the table, quickly wrote down the method to make bean sprouts, and handed it to Zhang Fang.
"This is the method. Just follow this, and you’ll be fine."
Zhang Fang couldn’t believe how easily she had given her the method, holding the note somewhat incredulously, "You’re really giving this to me just like that?"
"Hmm!" Sheng Ning nodded her head and grabbed a handful of wedding sweets from the table, "Today is my wedding day."
Zhang Fang thought of that tall and impressive man and found she couldn’t bring herself to say congratulations. She had only seen Little Yama once and was deeply attracted to him. But she knew that such a man would never spare a glance her way.
So she could only let go of that desire.
At noon, Xu Qigang’s wedding procession arrived, grander than anyone expected. Six jeeps, each adorned with big red happiness characters, and Xu Qigang himself, dressed sharply, with a big red flower pinned to his chest, looked serious and dignified.
This caused his cousin, Xu Yingshan, to be constantly whispering in his ear, "Brother, cheer up a bit, smile a little."
Xu Qigang tugged at the corner of his mouth, producing an expression that was downright terrifying.
"Brother... just smile, or the relatives from your wife’s family will get upset." Anyone unaware would think he was dissatisfied with the marriage, as if he were being forced into it!