Cannon Fodder Strategy

"There was a disturbance in Chunfeng Building yesterday. A scholar named Shen went to the building to find a girl. As a result, the tigress from the family entered the building and slapped the girls serving Shen Xiucai twice in the mouth. At that time Many people saw it, and my husband was also there. It was said that Chunfenglou's mother had not had time to call the thugs out of the building. The scholar named Shen seemed to have gone crazy. He caught the woman and beat her. The two of them started to make a fuss. He was so unreasonable that he was kicked out by the people in Chunfeng Tower."

The woman was just teasing her casually, but for some reason, Mrs. Liu had a bad premonition in her heart, and her eyelids were twitching fiercely and urgently.

The situation is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change. The original relationship between my youngest daughter Duan Guilan and Shen Tengwen was due to a farce-like encounter in a brothel. The scene the woman was talking about at this time was very similar to that year. She was also named Shen. He was a scholar, and his wife was beaten into the cellar, and she also made a big fuss in the Chunfeng Tower. The more she heard about it, the more horrified Ms. Liu became.

But she comforted herself that it shouldn't be possible. It was because of Duan Guilan's mischief that the nanny of Huachunfang came to knock on the door. Duan's Cloth Shop was forced to pay compensation and went out, leaving the mother and daughter without a place to live. In the end, even if she herself got married, It's also cold and seeping. She had suffered such a loss once. Even if she didn't remember the sudden change in the Duan family's family situation, she should still remember the scene when the grandma in Huachunfang slapped her face with scissors until her face was bruised.

Duan Guilan's reputation was completely ruined that time. She married into the Shen family and was disliked by Shen's mother, an old and pious woman. No matter how heartless she was, she would never make the same mistake twice.

What's more, Mr. Liu remembers clearly that Duan Guilan borrowed all his money from her when he returned home two years ago. Yan Ming said that he wanted to borrow the money to help Shen Tengwen study. Shen Tengwen was selected as a scholar at a young age. He was full of knowledge and would have a great future in the future. Mr. Shen had also inquired about his personality. Although he had occasionally flirted with his classmates, he was not someone who had no control over him. He had been studying for many years. He is very talented in literature. If we calculate the time now, he should still be in the provincial capital, waiting for the results to be released after the exam to see if he can win the talent examination. Why is he still staying in Huaicheng and not going in time for the exam? And what about spending time with prostitutes in your spare time?

Maybe it's just a coincidence. There are many people named Shen in the world, and he is not the only one who has won the title of Scholar.

It's just that although Mrs. Liu comforted herself in this way, her eyelids twitched for no reason. She didn't like the woman opening her mouth to tell such nonsense, so she turned away with a cold face:

"Get out! We don't do your business, you are ignorant women and children, you only know how to gossip behind people's backs..." she finished. Reaching out to push the woman, Mrs. Liu's words suddenly made the store feel a little embarrassed. The woman who was joking had a look of embarrassment and anger on her face, and her pink face turned red. Unexpectedly, she Just saying a joke casually made Ms. Liu suddenly turn against her. She stood up, her chest rising and falling, and Lily sneered twice.

Others didn't know what kind of evil anger Mrs. Liu was having, but Lily felt like she had a bright mirror in her heart. It must have been Mrs. Liu who heard people talk about Shen Tengwen's prostitution. Another woman at home made a big fuss in Chunfeng Tower, which made Mrs. Liu worried and uneasy, so she uttered evil words and vented her anger on others.

Now Liu is eating and chewing his own. She still misses Duan Guilan everywhere, but now this shop does not belong to her. She was still thinking about driving people away because she felt unhappy after hearing a story that sounded suspiciously like Duan Guilan's.

Do you really think that this Zhuangzi now is her original Duan family's village, and she can do whatever she wants? Every brick and tile here was earned with her hard-earned money. Lily frowned, stretched out her hand to stop Ms. Liu, and pushed her until she stepped back several times. He took a step and bumped into the counter with a bang. Liu hit his waist, with a look of pain on his face, and seemed to be in disbelief at Lily's move.

"Ignore the guest, she is a little frustrated and crazy, talking crazy words." Lily's patience is also limited. She just wants to fulfill some obligations to the original owner, and there is really no mother-daughter relationship between her and Liu. , if Mrs. Liu is wise enough to pay it off, if she still wants to put some money from her mother in front of her now, then she really made a wrong calculation.

Lily didn't care about the hurt look in Mrs. Liu's eyes at this moment. She first comforted the two angry guests, and then smiled and said: "As an apology, I will personally tie a silk flower for each of you later. Consider it an apology."

Now that Lily has opened her shop, she mostly just draws patterns and then gives them to the embroiderers to do. She doesn't have much time to do it herself. The two women who had just been insulted by Mrs. Liu softened their expressions when they heard what she said. After a few minutes, just as he was about to speak, Lily continued:

"Originally, my family's ugliness is not publicized, but today's situation is special, so I am not afraid of laughing. To be honest, my mother is really crazy. Two years ago, I had a younger sister who also had an affair when she was not married. The scholar made a big fuss in a painting workshop, and then my mother suffered from such a disease. When she heard such things, she always worried that it was my sister who did it, because it happened that the scholar also had the surname Shen."

When the two of them heard Lily's words, they both obviously recalled certain past events. Although more than two years have passed, the incident that Duan Guilan caused was quite big. Her sister had snatched her husband. At this time, Lily only briefly mentioned the idea of ​​the woman who was insulted by Mrs. Liu. Thinking of something, I looked at Lily with sympathy.

"Since the lady has already talked about it, I won't say anything more about what happened before. I will pick up the silk flowers in a few days. The lady is sweet-tongued and knows how to do things. I will order two more pairs of embroidered shoes, in your style. Just figure it out." Although the two of them no longer cared about what Liu just said, they still felt a little unhappy in their hearts. At this time, they no longer had the intention to stay and chat, so they found excuses and left in a hurry.

As soon as the two men left, Ms. Liu groaned in pain, pulled up a stool and sat down, trembling with anger and tears welling up in her eyes:

"I think back then, I was pregnant with you for ten months, but now you push me and beat me for the sake of an outsider. You also tell people that I'm crazy. How come a dead girl like you doesn't get struck by lightning?"

Several embroiderers who were working in the shop lowered their heads after hearing this. I wish I could be treated as an invisible person.

"I have already paid off the debt I owe to my mother. You gave birth to me in ten months of pregnancy just so that I could be at your disposal. My father passed away when I was seven years old. I stepped on a stool and cooked for you and Duan Guilan every day. Before dawn, you got up and worked as a needlework queen. I did this for ten years. I followed you to manage Duan's cloth shop, but my mother ended up doing it for Duan Guilan, who had never done anything. The cloth shop said Just sell it." Duan's father died early, and the child without a father had already become the head of the family. The original owner had a hard time in those years. I got through it too.

When Lily talked about this now, Mrs. Liu held back her tears for a moment, and after a long time she became a little unconvinced: "Duan's Cloth Shop is going to be sold, and you are willing to do so. You even forced me not to interfere with you. It's a sign of a big event like marriage." Thinking of this matter, Ms. Liu felt aggrieved. In this world, children's marriages are a matter of fact. Despite her parents' orders and the matchmaker's words, she was manipulated by her daughter at first, but now Lily brings up the past events.

"I agreed to sell it. I want you not to interfere with my marriage. What's wrong? You ruined my reputation for Duan Guilan. I thought I was dead back then. That's why I said I owe my mother, I have already paid off. When you were slandering my reputation for Duan Guilan, I thought about repaying your kindness with my death. I just felt that it was not worth it. When I was eighteen, no one dared to come to propose marriage, so my mother dared to pat her chest and say, it has nothing to do with you? As for the seven years you raised me, I later paid you back for ten years. Isn't that enough?" Lily's attitude was not strong, but she spoke so softly. But the question left Mrs. Liu speechless and unable to answer for a long time.

"From now on, you should stop meddling in my shop, and don't think about using my money to subsidize the Shen family and Duan Guilan. This is what I earned, and I won't give a penny to it. For the sake of mother and daughter, , if the stepmother stays safe and doesn't cause any more trouble, I will support you, but no matter how much I do, I won't have any more. If you want to support Duan Guilan, you can think of ways to earn money by yourself. If you think I No, you can also leave here and live in the Shen family. From now on, you can take your Yangguan Road and I will cross my single-plank bridge." After Lily finished speaking, she looked coldly at Ms. Liu's expression of whether she wanted to cry or not: "Mother, don't think so either. I'll be scared if it makes trouble. Let me tell you, when I'm at this point, my reputation has already been ruined. I don't care what others say. If I'm pushed into a hurry, I'll sell this shop and make a lot of money. , when the world is big, you can find a place to settle down at will, and my mother will go to the streets to beg for food!"

She had blocked all Liu's escape routes. Liu originally thought that if she made trouble, Lily would still be a little wary, but it was all her fault that she pushed her eldest daughter too hard back then, and now she treats her mother Her love for a woman is not deep, and she doesn't care about her reputation and status. Just like she said, when the time comes, when she is cornered, she takes the money and runs away. At her age, do she live on the streets and starve to death?

Mrs. Liu has never felt fear and panic in her heart. She is already at such an age and has been strong for most of her life, but she has ended up like this in her later years. I have no money in my hands and I am controlled by others. If Duan's Buzhuang was still there and I still had something to make money, holding more than thirty taels of silver, even if I just sit back and have nothing, it would be enough. How can I be so worried now?

For the first time in her life, Ms. Liu began to regret that she had done things too absolutely, and now she had no way out for herself. Now that she was older, her eyesight was blurred. Although she had recovered a little after the stroke, she was still unable to recover. Some of the root causes of the disease were gone, and she could not hold the needle and thread firmly, and her hands shook violently when she picked up the thread. Apart from needlework, she had no other livelihood skills. Now besides relying on lilies to support her, what else could she do?

In fact, there is, she also has a young daughter and a young son-in-law!

Lily told Mrs. Liu what she said, and she didn't know how much she heard it. Seeing how her face was ashen at one moment, and her eyes were bright at the next, she didn't bother to pay attention to her, and directly ordered an embroidery girl to help Mrs. Liu to the back room. Go, out of sight!

After that day, mother and daughter became more and more estranged. Mrs. Liu took a deep breath, and Lily ignored her. She reaped melons and reaped beans as she sowed. At first, Mrs. Liu only gave her love to her youngest daughter, but she did not love her eldest daughter. She always thinks that she should let her younger sister teach her a lesson when she is older. Now, she will only get a few points if she pays a lot of money.

Although Ms. Liu drove away the gossiping woman that day, she still felt a little uneasy in her heart. From then on, she felt sad from time to time, worrying about her own life in her later years and worrying about her little daughter. She hasn't been to the Shen family for two years, and she doesn't know how Duan Guilan is doing at the Shen family. Mrs. Liu couldn't sleep all day long, pretending to be something wrong. Within two or three days, she soon fell ill.

At this point. She was more and more eager that Shen Tengwen could win the election as soon as possible and that Duan Guilan could fulfill her promise that day and take her out. However, Mrs. Liu was worried that the couple the woman mentioned were her little daughter and her husband. Within three days, she became seriously ill and developed a high fever. Baihe called the doctor for her and boiled some medicine. When she was about to feed Mrs. Liu, an embroiderer who was guarding the shop in front came in and was very sick. road:

"My boss, there is a woman outside who calls herself Duan, and her husband's surname is Shen. She said she is looking for a relative." Lily has not spoken yet. Mrs. Liu, who was originally very sick and sighing in bed, has not been able to see her for the past two days. When Lily brought her medicine and water, she keenly heard the words Duan of the Shen family. She suddenly opened her eyes and opened her mouth. Before she could speak, tears fell in strings. flow out. After a long time, he made a sound:

"My Guilan!" It has been two years since Duan Guilan got married. Mrs. Liu has regarded this daughter as her heartthrob since she was a child. Duan Guilan's marriage really cut out a piece of her heart. She spends all day working for Duan Guilan. She was worried just because she was thinking about Duan Guilan's previous promise, thinking that she would stay with Lily for two years without having Duan Guilan to support her, so that Duan Guilan could take less responsibility and lighten her burden. If Shen Tengwen has a future in the future. It would be nice for me to stay with my daughter for a long time. She thought about how she and Shen's mother broke up on bad terms, so she endured not seeing Duan Guilan for two years. She even didn't ask much about Duan Guilan because she was in poor health after a stroke and had trouble walking around.

Now I heard that my youngest daughter may have come to the door. Mrs. Liu was so excited that she was trembling all over. Most of her illnesses were heart ailments. She had worked it out on her own, and now the medicine was right in front of her. She felt that most of the pain all over her body was relieved. She suddenly turned over and sat up, and was about to go out in a hurry. She didn't even drink the medicine.

Seeing her anxious look, Lily put the medicine on the bedside table and followed Mrs. Liu out.

In the shop, a plump figure with a woman's hair was holding several silk flowers and gesturing on her head. When she heard the rapid footsteps, the woman suddenly turned her head. Although they haven't seen each other for two years, Liu still remembers Duan Guilan's familiar face even though she is much older now.

She cried out with a cry, and stumbled towards Duan Guilan: "Duan Lan, Guilan, is it really you who is back?"

"I'm back." Duan Guilan reluctantly put the silk flowers in her hands back on the counter and hugged Mrs. Liu. The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried when they remembered that they hadn't seen each other for two years.

After a long while, Duan Guilan wiped her eyes: "Mom, you seem to have lost some weight?"

"I miss you all the time, how can I not lose weight? Guilan, how have you been in these years? Uncle, has he treated you well? Have the Shen family treated you poorly?"

Mrs. Liu couldn't wait to ask, while Lily watched with cold eyes. Compared with two years ago, Duan Guilan looked more than ten years older. She was less than sixteen when she got married two years ago, and now she is less than twenty, but she looks But it seems that he is already in his thirties. She was much fatter, and even though she had some powder on her face, you could still see the haggard look under her eyes, and she couldn't hide her embarrassment. As Liu asked Duan Guilan, tears welled up in her eyes. I was spinning, but I just saw Lily on the side, and swallowed the words again:

"Of course I'm living a good life. My husband is very kind to me, and my mother-in-law treats me like her own daughter." She forced a smile and said a few words, obviously not wanting to continue saying these words, her eyes rolled. After turning around and looking at the new clothes Ms. Liu was wearing, she took another look at the shop and suddenly said:

"Why is my mother sick again? The last time I saw my mother, it was time to go home. At that time, my mother was always sick. Now when I come back and see her, she is still very ill. Look, how does sister take care of you?"

After she finished speaking, her face turned sour and she glanced at Lily.

The original owner himself is more beautiful than her, and Lily's appearance value is already quite high. Lily has practiced martial arts for a few more years, and has a strong body but a graceful and slender figure. Compared with Duan Guilan, who looks more than ten years older, , now I am afraid no one would recognize that Duan Guilan is not yet twenty, but Lily looks as young as twenty-eight years old. If you are not familiar with her, I am afraid some people will believe Duan Guilan's age like Lily's mother.

"People are always so annoying when they are old. Guilan, why don't you come back to see your mother more often?" Ms. Liu didn't notice anything strange about Duan Guilan. Hearing that she was doing well, she felt relieved. Duan Guilan forced a smile: "Didn't I come back to see you now? You didn't tell me that you had moved, but you made it easy for me to find her. It took me two days of asking before I found out that my mother had moved to this place. I haven't seen you for a long time. Now that Mom is here, I can’t feel relieved to see her in this state, so I’ll just wait here for a while until she feels better before I go back.”

Mrs. Liu burst into tears after hearing these words. She just felt that her daughter had become much more sensible than before when she got married. She was about to agree, but Lily said coldly:

"If you stay, where will you live?"

Duan Guilan was confused by her question. She didn't know why. When she was at her parents' house that day, she and Lily, her sister, had stopped being close at some point. The relationship between the two sisters was very estranged. Later, they started to fight over Shen Tengwen, and their relationship became even colder until Duan Guilan got married. , the two sisters did not contact each other again. Duan Guilan heard Lily speak at this time, and actually felt a little guilty. She wiped her eyes with her hands: "I can sleep with my mother."

"I won't keep guests here. You can go back by yourself." As soon as Lily said this, Duan Guilan suddenly became anxious: "Why can't my own family stay?"

"Your mother-in-law was sold out by your mother in order to make up for your troubles. Where did you come from? This shop is mine. If I say I won't keep you, I won't keep you." Lily blocked Duan Guilan without any courtesy. When she walked back, she was a little panicked, and subconsciously pulled Mrs. Liu: "Mother."

Mrs. Liu actually felt a little unsure. Lily had made it very clear to her two days ago, and said that Duan Guilan would not take a penny from her. At this time, Lily had already said that Duan Guilan would not be allowed to stay. I'm afraid it's not out of anger. Mrs. Liu was really happy to see her daughter whom she had not seen for a long time. She also felt that although Lily said something tough, she might still have scruples in her heart, so she hesitated and said, "I will never separate from Guilan today." Yes, if you want to drive her away, drive me away too!" As soon as Ms. Liu said these words, Lily suddenly opened her mouth:

"Xiu Niang, pack up two pieces of clothes for my mother and ask her to take them to the Shen family. Since you think I can't serve you well, then ask Duan Guilan to serve you. Anyway, my daughter is raised by someone else's family, and there are no girls in the world. The reason for supporting your mother in her old age is that I originally lived with you only when she had nowhere to go. Now that she has found a better place to go, I also wish her good luck in her journey and unlimited success in the future. It’s the old lady who’s waiting.”

As soon as Lily finished speaking, both Liu and Duan Guilan were dumbfounded. Mrs. Liu really didn't expect that Lily would take her word for it, and say she didn't care about her, then she would really care about her. Ms. Liu is not a fool. Although Duan Guilan said that she was living a good life, it could be seen from the clothes she was wearing that her life in the Shen family was definitely not easy. She knew her daughter's character well. She just knew that Duan Guilan had a strong personality and didn't want to show weakness in front of Lily, so Liu didn't want to expose her when she said these words.

If she was really allowed to follow Duan Guilan, Duan Guilan himself would look extremely flustered when he heard that he couldn't stay, let alone hooking up with an old woman like himself.

But what she had just said was so full that Ms. Liu couldn't get off the stage for a while. She wiped her tears and said nothing, and her heart started to panic. As soon as the embroiderer was called away and there was no one else in the shop, Duan Guilan suddenly cried:

"There are no outsiders here. Now I won't hide it from my mother. It was the Shen family who kicked me out when I returned to my parents' home. If my mother doesn't take me in, I will have nowhere to go."

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