"Third sister, it's me. Dad's 60th birthday this year. I saw that the fifth day of the Lunar New Year is a good date. I want to prepare two tables for Dad that day. Do you know a chef here? Introduce one."
Su Xiaoyan was surprised: "Are you really going to do it?"
She looked hesitant: "It will cost a lot of money."
As a daughter, she had contacted her other sisters a long time ago, but everyone's life was difficult and they couldn't afford a lot of money. So Su Xiaoyan planned to join forces to make a birthday peach, and she would pay for the larger portion. Unexpectedly, her younger brother planned to do a big one.
According to the situation in Liangshan, the red envelope for the chef is 52, plus the ingredients and other things, it will cost at least four or five hundred to host two tables.
She had recently returned to her parents' home, and had given almost all the money she had secretly saved to her parents, leaving her with no money left...
Su Chen smiled: "Third sister, it's okay, I will prepare the money."
"There are still about twenty days until the Chinese New Year. If I work hard, I should be able to save some money."
"It's settled then."
"I'm going to the city first."
Su Xiaoyan opened her mouth but didn't say anything. Watching Su Chen, who was wearing a sweater, leave, she couldn't help feeling relieved.
Someone called her from behind. Su Xiaoyan turned around and saw that it was her husband Jiang Wanshui carrying the other half of the pork.
Su Xiaoyan hurried forward to help unload it.
Jiang Wanshui asked her, "Who were you talking to just now?"
"My little brother."
"Achen?" Jiang Wanshui's eyes immediately turned red when he heard this, and he asked angrily, "Is he asking you for money again? Don't give it to him!"
"No, no, Ah Chen came to ask me to help recommend a chef. He said he wanted to host a banquet for Dad's 60th birthday on the fifth day of the New Year and needed two tables. He also said he would pay for it."
Jiang Wanshui immediately became angry: "Let him pay, he has no money at all. He plays cards all day long, and every time he does he ask your parents for money? He's a loser!"
"Jiang Wanshui!"
Although Jiang Wanshui is a butcher, with a big and strong body and a bumpy face, which makes others feel scary when they see him, he is a little afraid of his wife.
Su Xiaoyan softened after hearing this yell, but she couldn't help but feel disgusted with her brother-in-law. She muttered, "He was a loser to begin with, and he even killed his wife. Who in Liangshan Town doesn't know that?"
Su Xiaoyan didn't bother to pay attention to him. She cleaned up the chopping board, put the pork on it and sorted it out. Then she said, "Old Zhao's skills are good. Come on, tell him something later."
Jiang Wanshui replied lazily: "Got it~"
After arriving at Chunming Street, Su Chen had a bowl of hot rice at Lao Zhang's pot-side porridge stall as usual, and then went to the front of A Biao's hardware store.
A Biao opened the shop early today. When he saw him coming, he hurriedly moved out all the things that Lin Jingyu had left in the shop.
Then he asked, "Have you had breakfast?"
Su Chen nodded and was about to say a few words when he heard A Biao shouting to the opposite side: "Aunt Chun, Aunt Chun!"
"The fortune-teller is here!"
The yarn shop immediately responded: "Hey, hey, here they come!"
Meeting Su Chen's curious gaze, A Biao said cheerfully, "Aunt Chun wants to have her sister's fortune told. She told me last night that she wants to be the first one today."
Su Chen understood.
Aunt Chun rushed out with a messy look on her face. Her hair was messy and her shoes were on the wrong way.
After awkwardly adjusting herself, Aunt Chun turned around and ran back to the store. She pulled a woman out and smiled at Su Chen, "Young man, I run a store right here. I have a very good relationship with A-Yu. Can you give me a discount?"
Seeing Su Chen shaking his head, she sighed: "I knew it."
Then he handed his sister's birth chart to Su Chen and stuffed 20 yuan into his pocket. "Look, my sister works in a meat processing factory. As you know, the situation has been bad in recent years. The meat processing factory has been in arrears with her salary since last year. I tried to persuade her to set up a stall after work to earn some pocket money, but she refused to listen. This year is even worse. She hasn't received a penny in half a year. I tried to persuade her again before, but she still didn't believe me..."
"Sister~" the woman begged.
Aunt Chun rolled her eyes at her in annoyance: "It's no use calling me sister. We agreed last night that if they predict that you are destined to be a street vendor, you will be on unpaid leave after the New Year to set up a stall."
Upon hearing this, the woman looked around awkwardly. Seeing that there was no one around so early in the morning, she gave A Biao and Su Chen a dry laugh.
Su Chen looked at her carefully.
The woman had curly hair, which was quite fashionable nowadays. You could faintly smell the scent of hairspray, which was exactly the same as the one on Aunt Chun's head.
He had an oval face with no flesh on it, his eyes were bloodshot, his eyes were dim, and his complexion was horribly sallow.
He already had an idea in his mind, so he calculated the eight characters again and sighed.
Aunt Chun saw him look up and asked hurriedly, "How is it? Is it really not suitable for my sister to set up a stall? No, Lao Liao can do it, so why can't my sister do it?"
Seeing this, the woman hurriedly pulled her clothes and said, "Sister~"
Su Chen looked at the woman and said, "Aunt, you have older brothers and sisters who love you, and younger brothers and sisters who look after you. Your parents are not partial to you, and your childhood was very smooth."
Aunt Chun immediately looked at A Biao when she heard this, and the latter waved his hands repeatedly: "Aunt Chun, I didn't tell you about your family's situation."
Aunt Chun snorted lightly and looked at Su Chen again: "Hey young man, I believe in your ability, so stop talking about this and tell me whether my sister is suitable for setting up a stall."
Su Chen was helpless: "Aunt Chun, you can't believe it, but Aunt Chun has to believe it. After all, she is the one who makes the decision. If you hesitate, you will get half the result with twice the effort."
Aunt Chun was stunned for a moment, then slapped her thigh and said, "Young man, you have a good brain. That's right, that's right. Tell me everything and convince my stubborn sister."
Su Chen nodded and continued, "Aunt, I won't go into detail about your life before you got married. Let me tell you about your life after you got married. You and your husband got married at the age of 19 after falling in love at the factory. You had a good relationship for the first two years of your marriage, but unfortunately, due to the bad relationship between your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the fact that your first child was a daughter, you ran into big problems in the third year of your marriage. You even wanted to divorce, but luckily you were pregnant at that time, so the matter was dropped."
As soon as she finished speaking, Aunt Chun's voice became louder: "What? You've only been married for three years and you're already..."
She looked at the woman in astonishment, unable to believe it: "Why didn't you tell me?"
The woman rubbed her fingers awkwardly: "Sister, it's all in the past. Anyway, this is how life goes on."
"You, you!" Aunt Chun shook her head in disappointment.
Then she froze: "No!"
Su Chen nodded: "Yes, the child was aborted during a subsequent domestic violence incident."
"What?!" Aunt Chun's eyes were blazing with anger. "That beast Zhao Jingpeng actually beat you? And he even beat you to the point of having a miscarriage?"
The woman dodged his gaze, but soon looked at Su Chen pleadingly: "Don't say it, I believe it, isn't it enough that I believe it?"
"no."
The woman was stunned: "What?"
"It's because of this miscarriage that your health has been deteriorating, right? Your back pain, constipation, and insomnia are all very severe."
The woman's eyes became even more evasive.
"No, no."
Su Chen turned to look at Aunt Chun: "Aunt Chun, please take my aunt to the hospital for a check-up. She has a serious stomach problem. If she is not treated in time, her life will be in danger."
"Really?" Aunt Chun was horrified, and then she quickly pulled the woman up and was about to leave.
"Wait a moment." Su Chen called her.
"Young man, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it later. My sister's health is more important."
Su Chen nodded: "I know, I just want to remind you to stop by the obstetrics and gynecology department when you go to the hospital and be mentally prepared."
"……ah?"
Aunt Chun blinked blankly, unable to figure it out, so she simply stopped thinking about it. She hurriedly dragged people into the yarn shop and quickly left in a hurry.
Seeing this, A Biao asked Su Chen in a low voice: "Brother, why do you have to be mentally prepared?"