jdhmnovel Chapter 127 The Sharp-Tongued Mother of the Female Supporting Character in the 1980s
Chapter 127 The Sharp-Tongued Mother of the Female Supporting Character in the 1980s
"Are you satisfied now? You've made such a big fuss, are you happy now?"
Yan Ping looked at his wife, his eyes filled with anger.
"Satisfied? Of course I'm not satisfied. You, Yan Ping, have the face to do this, but not the face to be talked about by others?"
Lin Hui's face was mocking, her eyes devoid of any warmth. Remembering the purpose of her visit to the hospital, she spoke again.
"You don't think I'm here to take care of you, do you? I'm here to tell you that I want a divorce."
"What? Divorce? Lin Hui, are you crazy? We've been married for so long, why bring this up? Our daughter is already in college."
Yan Ping's expression was unnatural. He never expected that his wife, who had always been so supportive of him, would bring up divorce.
“You’ve found a woman more than ten years younger than you, and you’re not ashamed at all. What do I have to be ashamed of? But there are some things I need to make clear to you. I’m taking the house and the savings.”
Lin Hui looked at Yan Ping and said calmly.
"Impossible. At most, I'll give you half of the savings. The house is out of the question, but you can have your daughter."
Yan Ping's face was grim. The house was something he had worked hard for over many years to buy. He could leave, but he had to leave the house behind.
Lin Hui was so angry she laughed.
"Yan Ping, this is unbelievable! After all these years, I'm only now seeing what kind of person you are. Your daughter is already eighteen, why would she need to talk about who she'll marry? Besides, I bet all you care about is that woman's son. Do you even care about my daughter?"
Lin Hui grew angrier as she spoke; this was the first time she had seen someone so clearly. She looked at Yan Ping, never imagining that her own daughter meant nothing to this man.
"Forget it, I'm not going to talk to you anymore, it's pointless. All you need to know is that I'm informing you. If you want to continue being your vice principal, you'd better do as I say."
Lin Hui left after speaking, leaving Yan Ping alone in the ward with a livid face.
Just then, San returned from buying food outside. Seeing Yan Ping's expression, he cautiously asked a question.
"Ping-ge, what's wrong? Did your sister come by? Tell her not to be angry. I didn't mean to break up your family."
"It's okay, don't worry about her, that's just her temper. You should go back too, Hao Hao is still at home, I can manage on my own."
Yan Ping whispered a word of advice. He still liked the young woman in front of him, but his mind was in turmoil and he needed to calm down.
At this moment, Yan Ping felt fortunate that he hadn't told Lin Hui about the money he collected from parents at school. This was also his trump card, and he had to hold onto it tightly.
Si Yan didn't care about Yan Ping's situation, because she was currently decorating her rented courtyard.
The leftover fabric from making the quilt was used as a tablecloth, which looked quite fresh and cute. However, if outsiders saw it, they would probably say that Si Yan was being wasteful.
They would definitely say, "It's such a waste to use such a nice piece of cloth to pad the table."
Si Yan has moved almost all her belongings from Wangjia Village. When she moved, all the neighbors came out to watch.
"Siyan, are you moving? Are you staying at your parents' house in the city?"
Si Yan replied while carrying her things.
"No, it's a rented house."
"You're really willing to spend that much; renting a house in this county must cost a fortune."
Grandma Huang, who was standing nearby, asked curiously.
Si Yan was busy moving things and didn't have time to reply to her, but Grandma Huang wasn't annoyed.
She stared at the bucket of water by the wall, her eyes gleaming with a green light.
"Hey Siyan, do you still want this bucket? Can you give it to me?"
"Take it if you want."
Ever since he saved her grandson, Little Stone, Grandma Huang had often helped him. He heard that she had even helped him argue with Li Zhen and the others once.
If she wants a bucket, just give it to her.
"Little sister, let me check. Is there anything else I need to bring?"
Si Langshun, riding on a tricycle, asked.
Upon hearing this, Si Yan looked at the contents of the tricycle.
"I've taken all the important things, let's go."
Just as Si Lang was about to ride his bike after hearing this, a strange, sarcastic female voice suddenly came from the side.
"Wow, Si Yan, it seems you've really made a lot of money selling tofu. You even have enough to move to the city."
Li Zhen looked at Si Yan with disdain, but there was a hint of envy in her eyes.
“Ah Zhen, how can the little money she earns compare to what your man earns? How much money will she get this time? I’ve invested all my savings into it.”
Liu Yan has been very pleased with herself lately. Ever since Li Zhen's husband started helping her husband make money, they've made quite a bit.
This investment isn't tiring at all; it's just putting money in, and you get a substantial return in less than a week. I even borrowed some money from my parents' home this time, so I'm sure I'll make a lot of money.
Thinking of this, Liu Yan looked at Si Yan with pity.
I'll be moving to the county town myself, but instead of renting a place, I'll buy one.
"Don't worry, there will be plenty. My husband said that Boss Wan said the mine has just started operation and we will have to wait a few more days before the profits are distributed."
A smug glint flashed in Li Zhen's eyes, and Liu Yan, standing beside her, showered her with compliments.
Si Lang, who was on the tricycle, wanted to curse to vent his anger for his sister, but the more he listened to Li Zhen and the other person's conversation, the more familiar it sounded to him.
Isn't this just another big scam that happened in the county a while ago?
Even the details about Boss Wan and the mine are the same; they must have been scammed too.
"I advise you to hurry up and go find your men. The Boss Wan you're talking about has already been arrested. He's a fraud, and the mine is nothing but a fabrication."
Si Lang spoke calmly.
"You're talking nonsense. How could he be a liar? My husband just asked me about the money I took yesterday. How could it be related to that Mr. Wan who was arrested?"
Li Zhen spoke in a shrill voice, her voice trembling with excitement.
Si Lang looked at her with pity upon hearing this.
"That's why I asked you to go find your man. I'm afraid he's run away with the last bit of money. Since Boss Wan was arrested, quite a few people have run away."
"Impossible, my man would never do that to me."
Li Zhen tried to speak, but her increasingly flustered eyes betrayed her.
She said it was impossible, but then she turned around and ran towards the county town, followed by Liu Yan, who was equally panicked.
"Brother, is it really true?"
Si Yan asked curiously.
"Of course, this matter has caused quite a stir. It's just that you've been so focused on selling tofu that you haven't paid attention to these gossips, otherwise you would have known about it long ago."
Si Lang's tone carried a hint of helplessness.
Seeing that Si Yan had packed her things, Si Lang rode his tricycle towards the county town. However, because Li Zhen and the other person took a side road, they did not run into Si Yan and the other person.
By the time Si Yan and Si Lang arrived in the county town, it was almost dinnertime.
Meanwhile, Mr. Yang, a teacher at the No. 1 High School in the city, also talked about the students' academic performance at the beginning of summer at a gathering of several friends.
"Old Gao, I've taken good care of you, haven't I? I often make extra copies of the exam papers from the No. 1 High School for you to use, and this is how you treat me?"
"Old Yang, what are you saying? How have I ever wronged you?"
Teacher Gao from Wenxian No. 1 High School was completely baffled, having no idea what he had done to offend Old Yang.
"What's wrong with me? There's a classmate of yours named Wang Chuxia who has exceptionally good grades. This time she even got the top score in the city. You've never mentioned her to me, have you?"
"What? Wang Chuxia? Number one in the whole city?"
"Old Yang, are you kidding me? Or did you get the wrong school?"
Teacher Gao looked incredulous. There was someone with that name at Wang Chuxia's school, but she had taken the college entrance exam twice and still scored far below the cutoff for junior college.
"Old Gao, stop pretending. Everyone knows this now. Why are you still hiding it? Who's going to compete with you for students?"
Ms. Yang, a teacher at the No. 1 High School in the city, rolled her eyes, clearly displeased.
Seeing how convincingly Teacher Yang spoke, Teacher Gao couldn't help but become suspicious. Could it be that she finally had an epiphany after taking the college entrance exam twice?
Seeing that Lao Yang seemed angry, Teacher Gao explained with a laugh.
“We do have a student named Wang Chuxia at our school, but she’s in Class 6, not our class, and her grades used to be very poor, which is why I said you must have made a mistake.”
Teacher Gao sounded quite helpless. She also wanted a student who was ranked first in the city, but putting aside whether Wang Chuxia had achieved such good results, the main point was that she wasn't even a student in her class.
"What? Not from your class?"
Hearing this, Teacher Yang instantly perked up; finally, someone was feeling worse than her.
"Old Gao, I sympathize with you. This Wang Chuxia is something else. She's not in your class anymore, so your position as the homeroom teacher of the experimental class might not be easy in the future."
Seeing how confident Teacher Yang was, Teacher Gao remained doubtful until the gathering ended.
When he returned to school, he immediately told Principal Ma about it.
Upon hearing this, Principal Ma immediately called the principal of the No. 1 High School in the city.
Teacher Gao stood aside, watching Principal Ma listen to the phone call, his eyes growing brighter and his voice growing louder.
Even the way he hung up the phone at the end was incredibly emotional.
"Great! I thought it would be good if our school's kids could make it into the top 100, but I didn't expect them to get first place in the whole city!"
Principal Ma was beaming and looked extremely happy.
Meanwhile, Chu Xia, who was still buried in her studies, was unaware that she had achieved an exceptionally good score on her exam.
"Oh, early summer, when will this kind of life, getting up earlier than the rooster and going to bed later than the dog, ever end?"
Song You rested her hands on the desk, her eyes looking very confused.
"It'll be soon. After the college entrance exam next year, we'll start a new life."
Chu Xia comforted him with hopeful eyes.
"Early Summer, do you really think you can get into university?"
Yan Xue, who had taken a few days off, returned. Apart from looking a little tired, her words were still just as unpleasant.
Seeing that Chu Xia didn't respond, Yan Xue's eyes turned cold, and her words became increasingly vicious.
"Early summer, the results will be out in a few days, you can just wait to drop out of school."
Yan Xue raised an eyebrow at Chu Xia, smiling brightly, but her eyes held unfathomable malice.
"Yan Xue, has anyone ever told you that your smile is really ugly?"
Chu Xia chuckled, she had really been holding back from laughing at her like that for a long time.
"you!"
Yan Xue was about to make a move when Chu Xia looked at her coldly, making her feel uneasy. Yan Xue could only sit down sullenly and stop talking.
Chu Xia recently felt that her personality had changed a lot, but she didn't find it strange because she felt that her true self had returned.
Chu Xia was unaware that her mother, Si Yan, had secretly moved all their belongings to the county town.
The next day, Xiao Zhou from the Xingxing Hotel arrived early in the morning.
"Sis, are you settling in alright?"
"Xiao Zhou from the Star Hotel asked with a smile."
"It's all good, everything is going smoothly. Look, there's still time for you to come and get the dried tofu."
Si Yan said jokingly.
"Sis, I weighed it, the weight is fine. The payment is settled weekly, I'll write it down for you now."
As Xiao Zhou spoke, he put the dried tofu on the bicycle.
"Okay, take it easy."
Seeing Xiao Zhou's unsteady movements, Si Yan quickly spoke up to remind him.
Xiao Zhou held the handlebars of the bicycle with one hand, waved to Si Yan with the other, and rode away.
Si Yan smiled and shook her head, then turned and closed the courtyard gate.
After entering the courtyard, Si Yan went to the kitchen. A short while later, she came out carrying a bucket and washed the entire courtyard.
After finishing her work here, she went to the room she had reserved for Chu Xia and changed the new quilt cover she had made for Chu Xia.
After finishing her chores at home, Si Yan prepared to go to the street to see if the dressing table she had ordered for Chu Xia was ready.
Chu Xia had always wanted her own dressing table, and Si Yan thought that Chu Xia would be pleasantly surprised when she saw her new room.
Just as Si Yan reached the street corner, she unexpectedly encountered Li Zhen and Liu Yan, who were pulling and tugging at each other.
"Li Zhen, give me back all the money. You've ruined my life."
Liu Yan grabbed Li Zhen on the street and roared angrily. Her hair, which she usually took the best care of, was now a mess, making her look like she had stayed up all night.
"Liu Yan, it was your own decision to invest, it has nothing to do with me. Besides, my man has disappeared, where would I get the money to give you?"
Li Zhen's face was contorted with rage. She was anxious too, because that was five thousand yuan, all of which was her family's hard-earned money.
“I don’t care, give it back to me. I’ll keep clinging to you. How can I live without this money? My brothers’ money is in there.”
As Liu Yan spoke, she burst into tears.
The onlookers watched for a while, then shook their heads. It was yet another person who had been scammed by Boss Wan.
"So, you want to make money off others, but what they want is your principal."
"Exactly, there's no such thing as a free lunch. If you don't have any skills, how can someone help you make money?"
"Let's go, let's go, we still need to go buy groceries up ahead."
The onlookers dispersed, leaving behind only two women with disheveled faces.
Si Yan had already arrived at the place where the dressing table was custom-made.
In the early summer, the school principal organized a morning meeting for all teachers and students on the playground. He planned to emphasize to everyone that Wang Chuxia, a student from our school, had achieved the best result in the city's liberal arts joint examination.