Zhou He's mom left with her tail between her legs, probably never daring to come to the market to look for Xu Nianji again.
Xu Nianji sincerely thanked everyone and spoke a lot of good words for Zhou He's mom, but with what had been said before, everyone thought Zhou He's mom's mind was crooked beyond belief—she even hit her daughter, what kind of real mother does that?
It's the new age now, everyone says sons and daughters are all the same, how could she do something like that?
More and more people started selling bean sprouts, so Xu Nianji went back to sell bean sprouts too. He figured, the way they bullied Xiaohe, well, this was at least a bit of payback.
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"Liu, I really envy you."
Aunt Hu was cracking sunflower seeds, sitting under the tree chatting. Even though she said that, there wasn't a hint of envy in Aunt Hu's eyes—she was obviously being sarcastic.
"Hu Aihong, what's that supposed to mean?"
