The young people coming in and out of the mall were all dressed in fashionable clothes, while she wore a coarse cloth shirt, the knees of her pants were bulging, and her shoes were worn out to the extreme. She felt a bit sad; having lived through two lifetimes and dying in the 21st century, she had never worn a single good piece of clothing.
Her bum of a husband, however, wore shiny and smooth clothes. Not to mention her stepmother and sister who sold her off to make money, they were one of the wealthiest in the entire village. All she could do was envy.
Sun Chan wanted to earn money, so she could also wear beautiful clothes.
Upon entering the main gate, she saw counters selling Snow Cream, shampoo, soap, floral water, mirrors, and even perfume. Sun Chan's eyes looked at these things, feeling they were very novel.
The salesperson saw Sun Chan's attire and just curled their lips, ignoring her.
Wang Dan's counter selling scarves was on the second floor. Upon climbing the stairs, you could immediately see rows of scarves hanging behind the counter. Red, green, and yellow ones. Below were some more mature colors for middle-aged and older people, purple-red, brown, and floral scarves fondly worn by the village women.
Quite a few young girls were looking at them, but most of them were just looking. A single scarf cost at least seven or eight yuan, usually a few days' wages for someone with a formal job, how could ordinary people afford that?
As she walked up the stairs, she saw Wang Dan talking to a young man.
Wang Dan was wearing a white blouse and a black skirt, with a yellow scarf tied around her neck. With thick double eyelids and a slightly plump figure, she was considered a fortuitous symbol in those days, the type of daughter-in-law beloved by mothers-in-law.
The young man in front of Wang Dan was well-dressed, his eyes fixed on her: "Dandan, I'll come to your home to propose on Saturday."
Sun Chan was taken aback, was Wang Dan engaged?
Wang Dan brushed her hair, smiling: "You don't even have a formal job now, how could my parents let me marry you?"
The young man was a bit anxious: "Dandan! My family has even prepared a marriage house. You can't just..."
Wang Dan pushed him: "Stop it, all my girlfriends who got married have at least a family with a building." She finished speaking and held up two fingers to him: "Two conditions, a dowry of 880 yuan, and a flat in a building, otherwise let's not discuss it."
The young man stamped his feet in anger: "Don't you have any feelings at all?"
Wang Dan laughed: "My mom already said about the dowry, we won't take a penny. I'm the only child, we can't sell a daughter to fill the gap like other families, this money is for us to live on. You don't have a job, so you're just freeloading? It's good to use this money to do some small business. As for the flat, I know your family can afford it, that's why I'm asking. If your family doesn't value me and buys a single-floor house instead of a flat before we're married, I'd be quite upset. Are you hiding your feelings from me? If so, then forget about it."
The young man's tone softened: "I see, but how come you always bring this up before our wedding, can our feelings be measured in money? It hurts!"
"Talking about feelings costs more than money." Wang Dan smiled at him: "I gave you the conditions, I have a formal job and don't need money, but if you want to do business and your parents don't want to chip in, do you expect my family to support you? I'm doing this for your own good, aren't you always saying how your mom meddles? If you can make money, they won't be able to interfere with our life."
The young man laughed: "I get it, wife, you're the best. I'll talk to my parents when I get back!"
Sun Chan only went up after a while, Wang Dan was combing her bangs while looking in the mirror. Seeing her come, she quickly waved: "You're here!"
"Yeah, I had a little something to do, so I'm here to find you now."
Wang Dan grabbed Sun Chan's hand and brought her into the counter, whispering: "I've heard! You've run away from the Sun Family, you are so brave."
"How's the village?"
"Oh, your mother is about to go crazy! It's a big mess!"
She told Sun Chan that the day after she ran, Zhou Jinzhu's parents came making a fuss, smashing Zhao Xiuxia's house to pieces, stirring the whole village. Zhou Jinzhu sat on the kang and refused to leave, demanding Zhao Xiuxia bring her back.
"If you don't get Sun Chan back, I'll sleep with Sun Lijuan!"
That almost made Zhao Xiuxia faint from anger. She was unreasonable, but not a match for that rogue, and she almost got beaten by this convenient son-in-law.
Sun Chan bit her lip: "She brought it upon herself."
Zhao Xiuxia knew early on that person was scum, forcing her to marry for money, and now she's reaping what she sowed!
Wang Dan sneered: "Zhao Xiuxia is clever enough to send Sun Lijuan back to school. So now it's only Zhao Xiuxia bringing her maternal relatives to argue with them, then stating that if they don't find you and settle the marriage with the Zhou Family within a month, they'll have to compensate the Zhou Family for their loss. You better be careful if Zhao Xiuxia sees you, you'll be done for."
Sun Chan smiled: "This is the new society, and it's in the city, I've never heard of anyone daring to come directly to kidnap and sell people. I won't go back!"
Wang Dan looked at Sun Chan curiously: "I realized you've really changed!"
"Yes, people have to change. I don't want to be stuck in the countryside all my life, being the wife of a scumbag."
"What if your adoptive mother uses filial piety as an excuse and accuses you of being ungrateful?"
Sun Chan said: "I've been doing hard labor for years in the Sun Family, done everything I should. Just because she raised me and kept me alive, it doesn't mean I should be a beast of burden and sacrifice my whole life to repay her, does it?"
She had already thought it through, she would earn money in the city, and then give Zhao Xiuxia some pension money in the future, but have nothing more to do with her. As for Sun Lijuan, she had no obligation to support her.
"Glad you've figured it out!" Wang Dan laughed: "People should be a little selfish. If you always consider others, people won't thank you, they'll instead think you're a pushover they can bully."
Sun Chan thought about it, wasn't that the truth?
"Oh, by the way!" Wang Dan grabbed Sun Chan: "Your ex is engaged to Liu Mei. The scene was quite lively, but the banquet and everything was all paid by the Liu Family. From now on, Ding Hu is part of the Liu Family."
"Is that so, great. It's nice to have a companion in life." Sun Chan smiled. It was much the same in her previous life when they got engaged just a few days before she married Zhou Jinzhu.
Wang Dan curled her lips: "At the wedding, Ding Hu was like a servant, circling around the Liu Family. A man like that with no heart, you shouldn't think about him anymore. In the end, he only cares about the Liu Family's money, or why else would he be with such an ugly shrew."