Yun Sanman’s footsteps halted, and he abruptly turned around.
Then he saw Gao Fengjuan, dressed in a plain colored silk skirt, standing behind him with a haggard expression…
After a long absence, Gao Fengjuan had lost a lot of weight. Her complexion was a bit sallow, and her eyes were red and swollen, as if she had just been crying.
“San, Sanman, is that really you? Wuwuwu, Sanman, wuwu!~” Gao Fengjuan burst into tears, her tears falling like broken strings of pearls.
Yun Sanman: “……”
It was true that what you fear most often comes to pass.
The county town was so vast, yet he had to run into her.
If he were in good spirits, he could have chatted and talked with Gao Fengjuan, but the moment she saw him, she started crying and wailing…
Anyone who didn’t know better would think he had done something to Gao Fengjuan.
“No, why are you crying? Can’t you just say what you need to say properly!~” Yun Sanman was agitated, his face extremely grim.
“Wuwuwu, can I not cry? Wuwu…”
Gao Fengjuan wiped away her tears, “You don’t want me anymore, should I be happy?”
The shop assistant, while repairing the cartwheel, craned his neck to look over.
He sized up Gao Fengjuan from head to toe. This woman wasn’t ugly, rather she had an average face. Why was she clinging to this man so persistently…
There were plenty of men with two legs, why must she hang herself on one tree? Was she out of her mind?
Yun Sanman didn’t want to deal with her and turned to walk back inside.
Seeing this, Gao Fengjuan let out a wail, “Wuwu, Sanman, Sanman, don’t go! I’ll change all my bad habits, can we remarry? Wuwu, from now on we’ll live at the Yun family’s old house, let Jingde take the Yun surname, I’ll listen to everything you say, okay? Wuwu…”
“What about the shop?” Yun Sanman asked in a deep voice, his back to Gao Fengjuan.
Gao Fengjuan paused, pouted, and said, “You still have to manage the shop. You don’t know, the shop has lost a lot of money recently. Father is worried sick every day. He was planning to find another live-in son-in-law, but where can he find anyone as suitable as you!~”
Yun Sanman: “……”
Good heavens, after all your wailing and crying, you still want to drag him back to help the Gao family manage the shop and do business?
As a man with hands and feet, why should he be embarrassed at the Gao family’s place, enduring their moods?
Wouldn’t doing his own business be more satisfying?
“I’m not going back, stop your yowling!~” Yun Sanman dropped his words and went straight into the house.
Unexpectedly, Gao Fengjuan unyieldingly followed him and directly hugged Yun Sanman’s waist, “Sanman, you can’t just watch our Gao family decline, wuwu. Father is old and can’t do business anymore, and Mother is illiterate. If you leave like this, our Gao family will be completely finished…”
“These past few days, I’ve wanted to find you in Dashui Village every day, and I even made several new clothes for you, for fear you would freeze. But Father said to let you calm down and cool off, and that you would naturally come back when you’ve thought it through. Wuwuwu!~”
“But I waited and waited, why didn’t you come? Even if I did badly before, we shouldn’t have cut ties completely. Could it be… could it be that you really have someone else outside? You don’t care about me anymore? Wuwu!”
Yun Sanman’s head was about to split from the shouting.
He shoved Gao Fengjuan away and gave her a scare, “What do you mean I have someone else outside? With your kind of behavior, who could stand it? I’m telling you, if you keep crying and shouting and pestering me, I’ll beat you!~”
He was simply driven to the brink of annoyance…
The shop assistant turned back, “Hey, hey, hey, don’t you two quarrel here, I still have business to do!”
Yun Sanman sat down on a stool with a sullen voice, “You can leave. I don’t owe your Gao family anything. I’ve repaid everything I owed over the years, so don’t be greedy. If you miss Jingde, come to Dashui Village to see him. After all, she’s his mother, and though he doesn’t say it, he misses you in his heart…”
Saying this, Yun Sanman glanced up at Gao Fengjuan and continued, “Also, with your current circumstances, it won’t be difficult to find someone else. If the shop can’t be managed, close it down as soon as possible to save your whole family from worry. Your family has saved quite a bit of money over the years, you won’t starve doing something else. Don’t rely on others for everything!~”
The more Yun Sanman spoke, the more reluctant Gao Fengjuan became to let him go…
“Wuwuwu, Sanman, are you worried about me?” Gao Fengjuan threw herself into Yun Sanman’s arms.
Due to the immense force, Yun Sanman lost his balance and fell backward.
With a ‘thump,’ his back of the head hit something, and his vision swam. He almost fainted from the pain…
“No, you damn thing, why are you so careless? Get off, quickly!~” Yun Sanman rubbed the back of his head while pushing her.
Why was she so reckless?
Yun Sanman had thought Gao Fengjuan had changed a lot, but seeing her now, she was still the same old person.
“Wuwuwu, Sanman!” Gao Fengjuan rubbed her face against Yun Sanman’s chest, her snot and tears making it wet and disgusting.
“Get off…” Yun Sanman grabbed Gao Fengjuan’s ear and pulled her aside.
“Stubborn, truly stubborn!~” Yun Sanman cursed as he got up and shouted towards the door, “Shop assistant, is the cartwheel fixed yet?”
If he lingered any longer, he was afraid he would die of anger.
“Almost, almost, slow work makes fine work, don’t rush!~” the shop assistant said.
Just then, Xiao Jinheng and Xiao Xitian returned, the two little ones clutching large sugar figures in their hands, eating as they walked…
Seeing Gao Fengjuan looking tearfully at Yun Sanman, Xiao Xitian blinked slightly, “Third Sister-in-law?”
The world was too small, to run into her here.
Looking at Third Brother’s expression, he must have been worn down by Gao Fengjuan…
“Wuwuwu, Sweet Baby, say something fair. Your Third Brother abandoned a good life and went to your Dashui Village to farm. Has he lost his mind, wuwu!~” Gao Fengjuan complained.
Xiao Xitian: “……”
What’s wrong with our Dashui Village?
What’s wrong with farming?
Who are you looking down on here?
“Hmph! Third Sister-in-law deserves it!~” Xiao Xitian stomped her foot and climbed onto the carriage.
You caused trouble, you deserve to be divorced.
She believed that with Third Brother’s looks and talent, he would surely marry a better wife in the future…
As for Gao Fengjuan, she could go wherever it was cool.
Xiao Jinheng also glanced at Gao Fengjuan indifferently and got into the carriage to chat with the village children.
“Alright, alright, it’s done!~” The shop assistant wiped the sweat from his brow and reached out to Yun Sanman, “Twenty copper coins, no bargaining!”
Yun Sanman: “……”
So expensive.
After leaving the blacksmith’s shop, the group continued on their journey. Only Gao Fengjuan stood at the entrance of the blacksmith’s shop with red eyes, muttering something unintelligible!
The carriage traveled for three consecutive days. On the morning of the fourth day, they arrived at a desolate area…