Ch 93: This Father Is A Real Beast
“Hmm, then let’s just keep doing it.”
After Cao Shuangxi finished her work, she quickly and enthusiastically poured water for the two people.
“Boss, your water.”
Shen Mingyue nodded and asked about the day’s sales.
Cao Shuangxi’s attitude seemed much more upright than before, reporting there, Shen Mingyue nodded, and said, “You’ve worked hard.”
After staying in the shop for a while, Shen Mingyue drove home.
No need to be busy today, I can rest when I get home, just relax.
After Shen Mingyue left, Cao Shuangxi immediately inquired about Bai Jingjing’s blind date situation. Learning that the man didn’t even pay for the meal, Cao Shuangxi secretly laughed to herself.
Well, with Bai Jingjing like that, which man would like her?
Men like those who are delicate and feminine. Bai Jingjing is even more like a man than a man.
Although she thought this in her heart, she verbally helped scold the man for being blind.
Bai Jingjing didn’t take it seriously, chatted a few words casually, and then changed the topic.
Shen Mingyue returned home and saw Wang Cuie mopping the floor, so she couldn’t help but speak up to stop her.
“Mom, the floor isn’t dirty, you don’t have to keep mopping. Someone else will do it. Why are you making yourself so tired?”
Wang Cuie put down the mop, “Anyway, it’s not tiring, and I’d rather do something than just sit around.”
Since she had come to terms with things, Wang Cuie’s mental state had improved countless times, and the worry lines on her face had faded.
Thinking of the good life to come, she would wake up laughing in her dreams.
Now that her daughter is in charge, she has a backer, and she doesn’t have to be afraid of anything.
Shen Mingyue pulled her mother’s hand and sat down on the sofa. The two of them rarely sat like this to chat. Wang Cuie was momentarily sentimental and couldn’t help but talk about funny things from her childhood.
Shen Mingyue didn’t have some of those memories, but hearing Wang Cuie talk about them, she inexplicably felt a sense of warmth.
The mother and daughter had a long heart-to-heart talk, but in Shenjia Village, at the Shen Family home, it was chaotic.
Because Wang Cuie wasn’t home, the eldest daughter-in-law sometimes had to cook, and she was very dissatisfied, seizing every opportunity to lecture her sister-in-law.
Shen Mingxia was the most pitiful. She had to work in the fields during the day, and when she came back, she had to wash their clothes and cook for them. She also fed a pig in the backyard. There wasn’t much grain at home, so she could only go outside to cut wild vegetables to feed it.
In short, everything was pushed onto her. After a few days, Shen Mingxia was too tired to bear it any longer. Qiao Hui was still yelling at her, telling Shen Mingxia to hurry up and work.
Before she finished scolding, Shen Mingxia’s body went limp, and she fell directly to the ground.
Everyone was startled and quickly went to check on her.
It turned out that she had a cold and a fever, and coupled with the excessive fatigue of the past few days, she fainted.
Shen Fuzhu was lying in the room smoking a dry pipe, and seeing this scene, he couldn’t help but yell.
“You lazy woman, what’s the big deal about cooking a few meals? Do you have to work someone to death before you’re satisfied? If her brain is damaged, who will still be willing to give so much bride price?”
He tapped his pipe against his shoe, and Shen Fuzhu glared at his eldest daughter-in-law.
Qiao Hui was stunned, instantly realizing, and her eyes lit up as she looked at her father-in-law.
“Dad, could it be that you’ve already found a suitable family for Mingxia?”
Shen Fuzhu was very proud, shaking his head. “Of course, they said that as long as they can get married, they’ll give this much bride price.”
He said, and directly held up a hand to gesture.
Qiao Hui’s eyes widened. “Fifty Yuan?”
Shen Fuzhu snorted, his tone sarcastic. “You’re only capable of this much. They’re willing to give Five Hundred Yuan.”
Hearing this number, everyone gasped.
That’s Five Hundred Yuan. Nowadays, many families get married, and the man doesn’t give a penny, just bringing a bag of Fuqiang flour is enough.
A bride price of Five Hundred Yuan is unheard of.
“Is it true or false? Who’s family is it?”
Shen Mingyan on the side was also very curious, and repeatedly asked.
When it came to this person, Shen Fuzhu was somewhat evasive.
“It’s Wang Lao Liu from the next village. Although he likes to drink alcohol and beat his wife before, he has money. Mingxia will be able to eat and drink well if she marries him.”
Shen Mingxia was lying in bed in a daze, unaware that her father and siblings were already planning to sell her in the courtyard.
Upon hearing that it was Wang Lao Liu, Qiao Hui’s face turned strange.
This Wang Lao Liu was a celebrity. He would drink alcohol whenever he had nothing to do. After drinking, he would go home to beat his wife and children. It was said that his previous wife was beaten to death, but he had a good relative, and he had money, so he paid some money and got away with it. The girl’s parents didn’t pursue it.
However, because of his notoriety, even with a high bride price, he couldn’t find a wife in the past two years.
Although everyone prefers sons to daughters, daughters are also flesh and blood, and no one is willing to marry their child off to be beaten.
But Shen Fuzhu was ruthless. For the bride price, he didn’t care about his daughter’s life or death.
“It’s pretty good. Beating his wife, so what? Which man these days doesn’t beat his wife? You’ll get used to it. My younger sister will also enjoy a good life if she marries him.”
Qiao Hui said in agreement, already calculating how to spend the Five Hundred Yuan. Although Shen Fuzhu might not give her all the money, she did give birth to a grandson for the old Shen family, and she also held a place in Shen Fuzhu’s heart, so she would be able to get some of it.
Shen Mingyan and Shen Minghui had the same idea.
Who made the fifth daughter the most weak? If not her, then who?
After saying this, Shen Fuzhu couldn’t help but yell at Wang Cuie again.
“This smelly woman, her heart has become wild after a trip to the city, and she refuses to come back home. She really shames the Shen family. No, Mingliang, hurry to the town and send another telegram, telling her to hurry up and get back.”
If it were before, Shen Fuzhu would have known the address and would have gone straight there.
But now he dared not. He knew that the Gu Family was not easy to mess with. If he made a fuss, he might even end up in jail, so he could only use telegrams to deceive her back.
Qiao Hui’s mind worked fast, telling her husband to say in the telegram that the younger sister is getting married. Wang Cuie loved her younger daughter, and knowing that Shen Mingxia was getting married, she would definitely come back.
Shen Mingliang also thought it made sense and mentioned that his younger sister was getting married.
Sure enough, the next day, after Wang Cuie received the telegram, she was not feeling well.
When she left, everything was fine. In just a few days, Shen Fuzhu wanted to marry off his younger daughter. It must not be a good thing.
When Shen Mingyue got off work and came back, Wang Cuie hurriedly showed her the telegram.
“Mingyue, we have to go back quickly. Your dad is not a good person, and the family he found for Mingxia will definitely not be any good.”
Although Shen Mingliang didn’t say who Shen Mingxia was marrying, Wang Cuie already had a bad premonition.
Seeing her mother so worried, Shen Mingyue also felt heavy.
That scum of a father had no bottom line, marrying off his daughter or selling her daughter, who knows?
“Mom, don’t worry, we’ll go back tomorrow, I’ll drive you back.”
Having received the assurance, the anxiety in Wang Cuie’s heart dissipated somewhat.