Chapter 188: Setting Off for Haidao

Li Xuan had shed the disheveled look she had in the Family Quarters, wearing trendy women's clothing and having even permed her hair red.

Seeing Si Rong, she gave a provocative smile, took the initiative to push open the door, and greeted her, "Si Rong! Ming Zi, long time no see."

Seeing her living so well now must be very painful for you, right!

But there's no help for it; heaven blesses her, Li Xuan, and now she is living a good life again.

"It has been a long time. Did you pluck a rooster's feathers and wear them on your head?" Ming Zi looked at the red hair on her head and asked curiously.

Li Xuan:...

"What do you know? This is the latest hair color, grape purple."

You bumpkin!

"Which shop did it?" Ming Zi asked again.

Li Xuan thought she felt it looked good and couldn't help but affectedly stroke her hair, "The one at the end of the street."

Heh, there finally came a time when these two would envy her.

"Uh, I must go tell the shop owner that this color must be called chicken-feather color."

Li Xuan:...

No matter how sharp your tongue is, aren't you still a woman no man wants?

"By the way, I heard you are going to follow the military?" She couldn't win against Ming Zi in a war of words, so she simply stopped talking to her and asked Si Rong directly.

Si Rong gave a knowing smile, "You really do pay attention to me. Aren't you tired every day?"

"It's alright," Li Xuan smiled stiffly, "I really didn't expect that a young lady of the Si Family would be willing to be a housewife forever. Now you're even going to Haidao to do it. Have you never thought about being a woman of the new era?"

"Like you, a woman of the new era who remarries two or three times a year? I'm not interested." Si Rong didn't feel there was anything wrong with being a housewife.

It wasn't that she lacked skills, she just preferred to put her children before her career.

Besides, who said there are only housewives on Haidao?

She had already decided that once she settled down, she would find a job on Haidao.

"You!" Li Xuan was deflated. She knew it; Si Rong couldn't learn anything good from Ming Zi. Now her speech was just as choking and unpleasant.

"Forget it, I am not the same kind of woman as you two. I have my own career now."

Li Xuan said with an arrogant posture.

Her current career was pyramid selling; as long as she kept developing downlines, she could earn more and more money.

Unlike Si Rong and Ming Zi, who only knew how to rely on men—one relying on a living man, the other on a dead man.

And she would definitely rely on her own hands to create a beautiful future.

Si Rong raised her hand and slapped her.

There was no help for it; seeing Li Xuan act smug had almost become her muscle memory.

Li Xuan:...

She clutched her stinging cheek, not daring to fight back.

Ming Zi, standing to the side, was eyeing her like a tiger watching its prey, rubbing her fists.

It seemed she was just waiting for her to fight back; as long as she dared to retaliate, she would immediately rush up and strangle her.

Heh, they only know how to bully the few with the many.

Although she didn't dare to fight back, Li Xuan didn't want to appear too cowardly. After thinking for two seconds, she said nonchalantly, "After giving birth, your body hasn't recovered well; your hand strength has weakened."

Si Rong:...

Ming Zi:...

Si Rong switched to her right hand, gathered all her strength this time, and slapped her again.

It hit Li Xuan so hard she felt her brains rattle. This time, she finally didn't dare to say anything more.

Li Xuan thought to herself, Si Rong's hand strength increased after giving birth; truly, a mother is strong.

Seeing that the two were about to leave, Li Xuan, out of her current professional habit, shamelessly asked them, "Do you want to buy cosmetics? After buying a set, you can become my downline and sell these cosmetics in the future. Since you're going to Haidao, Si Rong, this set of cosmetics even includes sunscreen!"

Ming Zi looked back at her and finally, unable to bear it any longer, cursed at her, "Idiot!"

Even if I wanted to buy them, I wouldn't be your downline; I'd go buy from your competitor!

Walking out of Zhangshu Street, Si Rong seemed to understand what Li Xuan was doing now, "Is she doing pyramid selling?"

"Yeah, pyramid selling is almost crazy now. She isn't the first person to push this brand of cosmetics to me. I heard from a friend that it's actually okay to use."

"Isn't this sales model, which aims to develop downlines, illegal?" Si Rong always felt something was wrong; it seemed like Li Xuan's personality had changed.

Someone who was so sensitive before had now become so thick-skinned.

After being slapped twice, she still wanted to develop them as downlines?

"I don't know, but the streets are full of people doing this, and I haven't seen the police manage it, so it shouldn't be illegal."

Si Rong, however, felt it was bad. She warned Ming Zi, "Don't do it. I don't think this is right. You should just focus on running your company."

"Mm, I'll listen to you."

After parting ways with Ming Zi, that same evening, Si Rong and Jiang Cheng took the children and went back to the Jiang Family once more.

One could feel that the mood of the Jiang Family was also not high.

Who could bear to see their loved ones travel far away?

Jiang Yu changed from his usual playful demeanor with his older brother and gave them a steady blessing, "Brother, take good care of yourself over there, as well as Sister-in-law and the children."

"Mainly take good care of Sister-in-law and the children. Mom said you have thick skin and flesh, so you'll be fine."

As expected, he couldn't be steady for even a second. Si Rong laughed in spite of herself.

"That's good," Father Jiang accepted it quite well, "With the two of you together, looking after each other, we can rest easy."

"My mother has to go too."

Jiang Cheng suddenly spoke up.

Father Jiang:???!!!

He felt his whole world suddenly go wrong; this eldest son was simply rebelling against the heavens—why take his wife along?

"That's right, I'm going with Rongrong; with two babies who can't even walk yet, one person can't look after them alone." Hu Qian was of the same mind.

She had been looking at that old codger at home all day long for decades and was already sick of it.

Si Rong was somewhat pleasantly surprised; she had originally thought she would be isolated and helpless over there, never expecting Jiang Cheng to have this plan.

"Mom, I heard the conditions there aren't very good. Will you be alright going there?"

Hu Qian held her granddaughter, "If you can go, why wouldn't I be?"

She knew needlework, but it was true she hadn't cooked in over twenty years; however, it didn't matter, she could learn from scratch, as long as she could help her son and daughter-in-law.

Jiang Yu and Xu Yan had no objections either; now that the eldest brother and sister-in-law had small children, it was exactly the time they needed support, and their own Jiang You was already grown and didn't need looking after.

Thus, the matter of Hu Qian following them to Haidao was settled just like that.

Hu Qian immediately packed the things she needed to take to Haidao, while Jiang Aiguo paced back and forth at home with his hands behind his back, looking extremely worried.

This appearance was maintained until the next day when he saw Hu Qian and his eldest son's family off at the train station.

Seeing his expression, Jiang Yu couldn't bear it and comforted him, "Mom might come back to see you after a while, don't be sad."

Jiang Aiguo waved at the departing train again, and once he saw the train go far away and was certain his wife probably couldn't see him clearly anymore, he finally revealed a smile.

It was the smile of a man like a majestic eagle who had been suppressed for too long and could finally soar.

"What's there to be sad about? With your mother gone, no one will be around to stop me from smoking, drinking, and playing mahjong; life is truly wonderful."

"Right, I'm done wasting breath on you, hurry up and take me back, I have an appointment with Li Shu to play chess!"

Jiang Yu:...

He was going to tell on him!