The Ex-Wife of the Educated Youth is Reborn

In the late afternoon, a woman came to buy a suit for early autumn, but they couldn’t agree on the price. This suit is made of the latest fabric polyester, which is more expensive than pure cotton at this time. Li Xia was not willing to sell it if she didn’t make a lot of money.

　　”Really not. If you really like it, this is the price. Otherwise, you can go somewhere else and compare it.”

　　”I like your style. If you insist on not selling it, I’ll buy some cloth and have it made by a tailor.”

　　”Sister, the ones made by the tailor shop look similar at first glance, but the actual pattern is not as good as that made by the big factory. Forget it, if you want to make it, just do it. I won’t stop you.”

　　As she spoke, she lowered her head to close the stall. Her three children were also helping her, not noticing the woman gesturing to the alley next to her. After some discussion, the clothes were not sold, and Li Xia closed the stall and rode home.

　　The two women behind her met under the shade of the tree where they had set up their stalls before. The woman whispered to Murong Danling, “No one will sell it at your price. I think you’re asking a little too low. That skirt is so pretty, the stitching and workmanship are great, and the fabric is the most fashionable polyester. If you really like it, save some money and buy it this month.”

　　Murong Danling snorted coldly: “I have money, but I don’t want to give it to her.”

　　”No, let’s be honest. There is no guarantee for setting up a street stall. It’s hard work under the sun and wind every day. Look how pitiful your son is. Don’t be so picky.”

　　”He’s happy with it, it’s none of my business. Well, come back tomorrow and try to bargain a few more times so that no one else can buy it. It would be a shame if they run out of my suitable size.”

　　”Come on, I’m not coming. I can’t afford to lose face.”

　　That is, if you want to buy, buy it. If this happened in a department store, the salesperson at the counter would have cursed. Only the vendors on the street were very nice to attract customers. She talked to them for so long, and she would be too embarrassed to argue with them tomorrow.

　　”Oh, please help me. It’s not easy for me to buy from her. If you don’t help me, I won’t be able to buy.”

　　”I can help you buy it, but the price can’t be that low.”

　　Murong Danling nodded silently. She really liked that dress. She had seen it from afar but didn’t want to deal with Li Xia, so she asked her colleagues for help. She deliberately lowered the price to test the water, because she was afraid that her money would be taken away by Li Xia.

　　The next day, Li Xia had just completed a wholesale business of 20 pieces when the woman came over again.

　　This time, she didn’t bargain again and again, and just discussed buying the dress and also bought a Dacron skirt.

　　After buying the skirts they liked, the two women tried them on at Murong Danling’s place. Because Li Xia said that if they didn’t fit the skirts they took back, they could bring them back and exchange them within one day.

　　”Hey, this skirt is so pretty. I didn’t find the pattern I liked in the department store before, but I didn’t expect she has so many of them here.”

　　Murong Danling was also very satisfied with the outfit she was wearing. She had already bought two summer skirts, and this time she fell in love with this early autumn suit at first sight.

　　She was extremely helpless towards Shen Hui. She wanted to trick the brat into going with her, but now he ran away as fast as he could as if he saw the plague god. She wanted to give up Shen Haiyang and his son, but she was unwilling to do so. How could Li Xia have so many good clothes? They should have been hers.

　　”How much do you think she can earn from these two sets of clothes? You said that it’s not easy for people like her to set up a stall. It’s impossible for them to sell her at a loss, right?”

　　”She can make a fortune from any piece of work she makes.”

　　”Isn’t it possible?” Everyone can see that Li Xia’s business is very successful. She does sell a lot of goods every day. But the woman is obviously more rational and started to analyze it with her.

　　”My sister-in-law sells clothes in a department store. You don’t calculate this kind of thing the way you do. Capital, inventory, and backlogs are all huge risks. In a state-owned department store, these are all borne by the state, but if she runs it on her own, she has to bear the costs herself. For example, if she earns one yuan per piece as you said, but the remaining 50 pieces are unsold or have defects, then she will have to pay for them. By then, she may not earn a penny, and she will just have a lot of unsold goods.”

　”Right.”

　　”You, don’t just look at how much you earn, you have to calculate the risks behind it. Li Xia is so bold because she relies on her husband’s savings and her family’s bun shop can probably make some money. When she knows the risks of the clothing business, she may not do it anymore.”

　　”Shen Haiyang is just an idiot. It will be too late for him to regret when Li Xia spends all his money. He won’t even be able to find his grave to cry at by then.”

　　”What can we do? They are happy for you to worry about it, but there is nothing we can do.”

　　”Idiot, bastard, when he starts crying I will definitely go over and take a good look. Then I will see how the father and son will have the nerve to see me.”

　　Murong Danling counted the money as her own, and felt sorry for Li Xia’s risk. She thought about how to make fun of her every day, and even thought of several versions of how to win over the father and son.

　　The next day when she met Shen Haiyang at work, she rolled her eyes with disdain. “Shen Haiyang, there will be a time for you to cry.”

　　Shen Haiyang got angry when he was called out by name, “I think you are the one crying.”

　　”You, Shen Haiyang, why are you like this now? You are really with a rural woman…”

　　”Shut up and don’t make me scold you.”

　　Murong Danling gritted her teeth at his words and swallowed back what she wanted to say. She rode away quickly, and Shen Haiyang was extremely disgusted with her behavior. Is money really that important, so important that it ignores family affection? If there is affection, it will be consumed by you, and if there is no affection, you still cling to it and won’t let go.

　　”I hope you’re not as bad as I thought. He’s your son. Just leave when you figure it out and stop bothering me.”

　　Shen Haiyang didn’t want to see her, and hoped she would leave soon. She, on the other hand, waited day by day to see the show. She waited and waited, and waited until the end of summer vacation. There were fewer and fewer clothes on Li Xia’s stall, and only the woman she hired was left to watch. Li Xia disappeared, and the Shen family father and son did not regret it.

　　When she went to work in the morning, she saw Shen Haiyang taking the two older children to register for elementary school. The younger one was mumbling that he would officially go to kindergarten the day after tomorrow.

　　”My mother went to the south again. She promised to buy me a little one when she comes back.”

　　Shen Hui also had an expectant expression: “My mother said she would buy me a plane. I wonder if there is anyone selling planes in the south.”

　　Huihua also said, “Mom said she would go out more this time and buy me some good paint.”

　　Well, the three kids were all promised by Li Xia, didn’t Li Xia make less money this time? Murong Danling stood there in a daze. Shen Hui followed his father to register and didn’t see her at all. People were coming and going at the school gate, but she felt lonely and began to feel cold.

　　Money, with money she can buy what she wants and she can live a good life. But now it is Li Xia who lives in a big house. The clothes she bought with the money she saved from her mouth were bought from Li Xia. She just passed by Li Xia’s stall and heard the loudspeaker shouting about a clearance sale. There was a crowd of people in front of the stall. Does this mean that the risk problem that her colleague mentioned does not exist at all?

　　How ambitious she was before, is how disappointed she was now. She had no chance to say what she wanted to say. She left quickly, fearing that the man would see her.

　　When she got off work in the evening, she saw Shen Haiyang riding a tricycle and stopped at the house gate. The couple was surrounded by many neighbors. When she got closer, she heard that it turned out that Li Xia bought a double-tub washing machine. This new thing is not cheaper than a TV. It is definitely a luxury in this era.

　　”Li Xia, you are so capable that you are willing to buy this thing. It’s just washing clothes, a big basin and washboard will do.”

　　”You think they are you? They are busy making money all day. How can you compare with them?”

　　Everyone was busy looking at the washing machine that Li Xia bought from the south, and Murong Danling stood there with a look of shock on her face. Someone saw her, and everyone turned their eyes to look at her.

　　Those eyes were like the biting cold wind in winter, making her shiver all over. An old lady pointed at her and said something inaudible. She felt that if she stayed any longer, she would be tortured by those eyes.

　　She turned around and rode back to her parents’ home, fearing that she would be late and the neighbors in the yard would shake their heads in regret at her. She was unlucky, and she got angry every time she heard this, and felt that she could not bear it any more.