Chapter 1: The Abandoned Woman

"This is a letter of resignation, I have already signed it, and it will be okay for you and me in the future."

Hearing this, Bai Sujin was shocked at the time, and asked unwillingly in his heart: "What did you say, have you forgotten?" ”

Li Chengze chuckled: "That's right, I said that I will stay with you for the rest of my life and never give up." But don't forget, at that time, my family was poor, and I had no ability, and it was not easy to find someone better than you, so I made do with you. Now that I'm in Tanhua, I'm about to take office, and I'll naturally find a better lady than you in the future, so you'd better pack up and find another way out. ”

God, is this what a man should say?

Bai Sujin gritted his teeth hatefully, he really didn't expect that he would meet such a heartless man when he met someone. I think that at the beginning, I married into my husband's family in a daze, worked hard day and night, and earned money by selling baked cakes, but my husband didn't do anything, just read the sage books, and said that when he waited for the title of the gold list, he would have to let himself live a good life, but what was the result?

Bai Sujin, Bai Sujin, in five years, you can't see the essence of a person clearly. You destroyed yourself from a young girl to a yellow-faced woman, earned money to support your husband to study, and even because your husband's travel expenses to Beijing to take the exam were not enough, you scraped together to save up the travel expenses. It took two months of non-stop work to pay off the foreign debt, and now that the husband has returned, he has to abandon himself.

Bai Sujin really wanted to cry, for his stupidity, for his ignorance. However, Bai Sujin didn't cry, because the matter had come to this, and it was useless to cry. Bai Sujin couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, and said coldly: "You want to send me away with a letter of resignation?" ”

Li Chengze glanced at Bai Sujin and said in a deep voice: "What else do you want?" ”

Bai Sujin succinctly spit out two words: "Silver." ”

Li Chengze looked at Bai Sujin fixedly, and snorted coldly: "I really didn't misunderstand you, I knew that you were a greedy and vain woman, and when you followed me, it meant that I could soar one day, and you would also live the life of a rich wife." Now that I am going to abandon you, I simply ask for money, and say, how much silver do you want? ”

The more Bai Sujin listened, the more angry he became, obviously you were the one who took me first, why did it become my greed for vanity? But now, she has seen the nature of this man's selfishness and despair, and she doesn't want to reason with him, so she only stretches out a hand.

Li Chengze shouted: "What, five hundred taels, you mother-in-law, you want to go crazy for money, tell you, no." ”

Bai Sujin glanced at Li Chengze and said lightly: "Then how many do you have?" ”

Li Chengze took out a silver ticket from his arms and handed it to Bai Sujin with one hand, but said gently: "Forget it, for the sake of you cooking for me for five years, I'll give you this silver ticket." This is a silver ticket of one hundred taels, and I don't have any more, if you are frugal, it will be enough for you to live for five years, and from now on, we will not owe each other. ”

Bai Sujin took the silver ticket, glanced at it, put it in his arms again, and continued: "Now that you are an official, you must not live in this poor family, do you drive me out, sell this house for money, or leave it for me to live?" ”

Li Chengze waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "I'm not that unkind person, I don't sell this house, and it's not worth a few dollars, you can live with peace of mind." ”

After saying this, the two were silent for a long time, and Li Chengze felt that he and Bai Sujin had nothing to say, so he said: "Don't say goodbye, there will be no time in the future." ”

When Li Chengze left, Bai Sujin's tears finally flowed down. In the past five years, I have fallen in love with the wrong person after all, when I used to watch the play, I was still upset for Qin Xianglian, but I didn't expect that now I will become Qin Xianglian.

After crying for a while, Bai Sujin looked at the poor and dilapidated home, and made up his mind that he would have no man in the future, after this pain, he would not remarry in a short time, and he would have to rely on himself to work hard in the future.

I think back to five years ago, when I was a college student in the 21st century, I was fascinated by reading a romance novel in the study room, but as soon as I looked up, everyone was gone. It was already 11 o'clock in the evening, and the school was powered off at 11 o'clock, and as soon as I stood up, the classroom became dark.

was originally timid, but now it is dark everywhere, which is even more frightening. At this moment, a strange light flashed from the book in his hand, which happened to shine on his face, and before he could react, it seemed to be involved in a whirlpool, and when he opened his eyes again, he was in a sedan chair.

Bai Sujin sadly discovered that he had crossed over, and what was even more unbelievable was that the body he had crossed over was just a peasant girl, and she was going to marry a poor sour talent!

Fortunately, Bai Sujin was naturally optimistic, and after marrying into her husband's family, she quickly adapted to reality, and speculated based on the romance novels she had read, and generally poor talents would always be on the gold list, so she didn't have to be sad for not crossing the famous lady, and one day, she would also become an official wife.

But Bai Sujin only guessed half right, the poor show was the title of the gold list, but she became an abandoned woman. It seems that romance novels are really not credible, and I can't complain that those authors say that this article is pure fiction, and those men who value love and righteousness are really fiction!

Although she is in a feudal society, Bai Sujin has the thinking of a modern woman, which determines that she will not sink here.

At this moment, she has made up her mind and is ready to take this hundred taels of silver to open a matchmaker shop, on the one hand, to help those ignorant girls find a trustworthy lifelong husband, and on the other hand, to help those abandoned women rebuild their confidence and find a good relationship again.

Just do it, Bai Sujin soon went to Suzhou Xifang and wanted to rent a shop. Suzhou Xifang has a large flow of people, and there are many shops, some selling cloth, some selling fat powder, and even street fortune-telling stalls. Good shops have long been preempted by others, and by the time Bai Sujin applies to the steward in charge of Xifang, there are only a few small shops left on the streets.

Under the guidance of the steward, Bai Sujin walked to the front of the shops and looked at them, even if the flow of people here is scarce, the key is that it is still close to the coffin shop, wreath shop and other shops, it is really unlucky, which girl is idle and has nothing to do, she will come here.

"Steward Wang, apart from a few idle shops here, is there no other place?"

When the Wang steward saw Bai Sujin asking, he pondered and said: "Yes, there are, two days ago, some foreign couples rushed back because of urgent matters at home, and they have already retired from the shop. It's just that the shop happens to be in the middle of the market, and the place is also large, and there are many people coming and going, if you want to rent it, you will have to pay three taels of silver more than here. ”

Bai Sujin went through the accounts in his mind, and the monthly rent of these deserted shops was two taels of silver, which was twenty-four taels per year. If you rent a shop in the middle of the market, it will cost five taels of silver a month, and sixty taels a year. You can pay half a year's rent upfront, but you should always buy something necessary!

Even if it is a matchmaker's shop, is it difficult to buy a table and a few chairs, and wait for customers to come to the door?

After thinking about it, Bai Sujin gritted his teeth and said: "That's okay, there are people coming and going on the street, are you afraid that you won't be able to make money, it's a shop in the middle of the market, I have made it, you don't want to make any more promises, the rent will be given to you tomorrow." ”

When the steward heard this, he said with a smile on his face: "That's better, I'll send someone to clean the place first, and tomorrow we will pay the money with one hand and the shop with the other." ”

This shop was finally rented out, and the king steward breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and in the past two days, several people asked him about the price of the shop, and when they heard about the five taels of silver, they didn't dare to rent it easily, for fear of losing money again. It's rare to see such a cool person now, even if he sends someone to clean up the shop, he is willing, if he has been idle, I don't know how much money he will make.

Anyway, it's okay to be idle, after Bai Sujin saw the shop, he wandered around the market, but saw a circle of people around a place. Out of curiosity, Bai Sujin squeezed in, only to see a little girl crying pear blossom with rain, dressed in shabby plain clothes, with a strip of white cloth tied to her head, and a middle-aged woman covered with a straw mat behind her.

The little girl cried and said: "Young masters and ladies, please do it, the little girl lost her father since she was a child, and now even her mother has died of illness, and the family doesn't even have money for her mother's burial." If any young master is kind enough to bury the slave's mother, the little girl is willing to promise to be a wife, a concubine and a girl, the slave family is lonely, and I hope that the young master and wife will help the slave family. ”

Bai Sujin was desolate when she heard this, this girl was really pitiful, in order to bury her mother, she wanted to pay off her debts.

At this time, a young man dressed in silk in the crowd stepped forward to look at the girl, and sighed: "Not bad, not bad, the appearance is quite delicate, I will help you settle your mother, can you make me a roommate?" ”

Bai Sujin couldn't listen to it anymore, this was simply a robbery while the fire was burning, and this boy was too shameless, he actually wanted to buy out a girl's life with a few taels of silver. Based on these words, it can also be concluded that this boy must be a person with a heart, if this girl goes with him, he can't play for two days, and after he gets tired of it, he will abandon it like a broom, and this girl's life will be ruined.

I only heard the girl thank her repeatedly: "Thank you Gongzi, thank you Gongzi for your help, Gongzi is very kind, the slave family can only repay each other with his body." ”

Girl, you know that he has bad intentions for helping you, and you thank him for what to do, it's just too much to take yourself seriously, in modern times, that is, self-contempt, people give you some money, you promise each other, where is your discipline?

However, in ancient times, this girl had no ability, and in addition to selling her body for money, she really couldn't raise burial expenses in a short time. Forget it, they are all women, it is better to help this girl, first, to save her from the sea of suffering, and secondly, the matchmaker shop is about to open, and it is inevitable that she will not be able to do something by herself, and she can also help herself.

Having made up his mind, Bai Sujin said: "This girl, don't be busy thanking you first, there is just a shortage of manpower in my shop, why don't you come to my shop to help, in addition to burying your mother, I will also give you monthly money every month, what do you think?" ”

Brother Gongzi looked at Bai Sujin and said angrily: "Nonsense, I have already bought this girl, what are you going to intervene?" ”

Bai Sujin looked at Brother Gongzi squarely, raised his head and said: "What evidence do you have to say that you bought it, the girl is already pitiful, you still take advantage of the fire to rob, you want to take the other person for yourself, but you only give the title of a girl in the room." After two days, you have passed the freshness, and you still don't know what situation this girl has fallen into? ”

The girl also knew that what Bai Sujin said was true, and it was really helpless to promise Brother Gongzi just now, and now someone is willing to bury her mother, and give herself monthly money every month, and she doesn't have to be a girl in the room, which is what she can't ask for.

The girl hurriedly said, "This lady, the little lady is willing to help in your shop, thank you, madam." ”

Brother Gongzi glanced at the two of them angrily, snorted, and turned to leave.