Chapter 1456: Honest Woman 39

Chapter 1456: Honest Woman 39

Chapter 1456: Honest Woman 39

Yuanchun’s previous efforts in her mother’s family were not worth it, but the original owner never thought of taking revenge on her mother’s family. Her parents raised her, and although they did not love her and she was short of food and clothing, she was much better off than those parents who sold their daughters to stupid old bachelors and had to suck their daughters’ blood to feed their mother’s family.

At least after the original owner got married, Shi's father and mother never asked her for money again.

After Zhou's father and mother moved to the city, Shi's mother never went back to look for the original owner to go back to her parents' home to help her wash clothes.

Shi's mother treated her daughter harshly, but she was also a person who cared about her reputation. On the surface, she was still nice to her daughter. At least she didn't starve her daughter to death. When her daughter was sick, she would send her to the hospital and buy medicine for her.

However, the family was too poor and relied on the salary of Shi's father to support a family of five. Shi's mother was reluctant to withhold food from her two sons or order them to work, so she could only withhold food from her daughter and order her to work.

When her daughter got married, Shi's mother was reluctant to spend money on her daughter's dowry. She kept all her daughter's betrothal money and only gave her a torn and old quilt as a dowry before marrying her off.

Shi's mother would not feel guilty for treating her daughter in this way. In her heart, the two sons were the most important. The two sons were the ones who would carry on the Shi family's bloodline and would also be the ones who would take care of her in her old age. As for her daughter, once she got married, she would belong to another family.

She treated her daughter harshly because she was unlucky and was born in a poor family.

Compared to those parents who torture their daughters to death, Shi's mother treats her daughter much better.

Shi's mother only stewed a large pot of cabbage and tofu, added a dozen thin slices of pork belly, the staple food was sorghum rice, and a small plate of pickled cucumbers.

The pork belly was not given to Yuanchun to eat, and it all went into the mouths of Shi's father and his two sons.

Yuanchun would not snatch those pieces of pork belly from the Shi family.

After she finished eating, she did not help Shi's mother clear the table as she did in the past. She ate and drank her fill, put down her bowl and chopsticks, and left, making the excuse that her daughter was at the neighbor's house.

Mother Shi angrily accused her from behind and wanted to curse, but she shut up when she thought it was not nice to curse on New Year's Day.

After that, Yuanchun never returned to her parents' home.

Shi Xiangdong did come and happily told her that he had found a wife and they would get married on May 2nd, with the wedding banquet to be held in the canteen of the coal mine.

Yuanchun asked him curiously, "Which girl did you choose? Does she have a job?"

"She has a job, as a temporary worker in an electronics factory. But she said that after she gets married, she will sell the job to a cousin from her mother's side. She plans to start a business, and she said that business is very profitable."

"I thought your sister-in-law would test the waters first. If she makes money, I will sell my job and join her in the business."

Yuanchun smiled and asked again, "Sister-in-law, have you thought about what kind of business you want to start?"

"I'll go to the provincial capital to sell wholesale clothes. I'll set up a stall first. If I make money, I'll rent a shop."

"That's great. I heard that those street vendors make more money in a day than you make in a month."

Shi Xiangdong's eyes widened. "Can you really make that much?"

"Of course it's true. With the money they earn in a month, they can buy a big yard in a poor area."

Shi Xiangdong was excited. "Then...then I will sell my job first and set up a street stall with your sister-in-law. Do you think it's feasible?"

"Of course you can. Besides, my brother has sold his job and has more capital to do business. You and sister-in-law can go to the provincial capital to wholesale clothes. It will be safe for sister-in-law. After all, it is not safe for a woman like her to go to the provincial capital with money to purchase goods."