allonlinenovel Chapter 12 The Scandal Is Known to All
Chapter 12 The Scandal Is Known to All
As for why Shen Wancheng went to Hong Kong...
This wasn't a whim of hers; it was because at the end of the book, someone from Hong Kong came looking for Xu Lan, the mother of the female protagonist, Shen Yao.
It turns out that Xu Lan's parents, who are also Shen Wancheng's maternal grandparents, planned to flee to Hong Kong together because they were poor, but they got separated on the way. Only Shen Wancheng's maternal grandfather, Xu Pingtao, successfully made it to Hong Kong.
Xu Pingtao was also lucky. He was a penniless young man who was noticed by a rich young lady in Hong Kong and became her son-in-law.
Over the decades, Xu Pingtao gradually took control of the Yue family's businesses, which, simply put, meant he profited from the family's decline.
Xu Pingtao and the wealthy young lady Song Xinrou had only one son. In 1980, their son and his family of four died unexpectedly.
Xu Pingtao had no children. After several unsuccessful attempts to find a younger woman to have another child, the over-sixty-year-old Xu Pingtao remembered that he had a wife in mainland China who had already given birth to a daughter.
So a few years later, they sent someone to the mainland to find Shen Yao.
The female lead, Shen Yao, had already given birth to four children and was living a very successful life. She gave Xu Pingtao a good scolding and did not go to Hong Kong.
The original author intended to portray Shen Yao as a virtuous and benevolent saint, which is why this part of the story exists.
In Shen Wancheng's opinion, he was just stupid. Why wouldn't he accept such a huge sum of money offered to him?
Anyway, she was willing to become Xu Pingtao's granddaughter. She provided Xu Pingtao with emotional value by giving him an heir, and Xu Pingtao gave her his family property. Wasn't that a kind of equivalent exchange?
These are the things that matter most to each other, and they fulfill each other's most pressing needs.
So Shen Wancheng's plan to go to Hong Kong to stay with relatives was not a lie to Liu Congyi.
However, before going, they still need to deal with the Shen family.
After arranging the money, Shen Wancheng took Shen Yao out.
Shen Wancheng first went to the general store, bought the cheapest fountain pen for one yuan, and then bought a notebook for two cents.
He wrote a long essay of a thousand words, vividly describing the plight of martyr Shen Datian's family and the evil deeds of Shen Dapeng's family.
The article states that Shen Daxing used the money he stole from his younger brother's family to buy jobs for his sons. The names and workplaces of his two sons were clearly listed.
Shen Wancheng even highlighted the key points.
After writing it, he took Shen Yao to a printing shop and printed 100 flyers.
Shen Yao has the original owner's memories of junior high school education and can read. When Shen Wancheng printed it out, she roughly guessed what Shen Wancheng was going to do.
Shen Yao asked Shen Wancheng, "Are we going to hand out flyers at the workplace of the Shen brothers?"
"Yes, it's to be distributed at their workplace. Not only Shen Chao and his brother, but also Shen Dabiao. This third uncle doesn't seem to have bullied our family, but the things that my grandparents and my uncle took from our family, they didn't take away a single thing."
Shen Yao agreed, "Yes, the third branch of the Shen family is a bunch of fake good people."
Shen Wancheng added, "But it's not us going. To prevent them from finding out our whereabouts, it's better to hire someone to deliver it."
We are currently in the early stages of reform and opening up, and a large number of educated youth are returning to the cities, leaving many people in the cities without jobs for a time.
Even in their small town, on the town streets, there are many idle people wandering around all day with nothing to do.
Commonly known as: street urchin.
Shen Wancheng only spent 5 yuan to hire 5 people to hand out flyers, which also included the task of hanging banners.
The next day, not only the place where Shen Chao and his brother Shen Dabiao worked, but the entire town knew what the Shen family had done.
The company that employs the Shen brothers had already allocated them positions for permanent employment in the next batch of recruitment, but now not only are they not being offered permanent positions, they have also been fired.
There was no way around it; the Shen family's actions were now common knowledge in the town. It had reached the point where anyone who allowed the Shen family to make money was considered an accomplice to evil and deserved to be despised by everyone.
Three days after Shen Dapeng compensated Shen Wancheng with nearly 10,000 yuan, the two Shen brothers lost their jobs. Shen Dabiao was already a formal employee and would not be fired easily, but he was demoted and had his salary reduced.
The Shen family's situation was dire.
The Shen family now all live in the tile-roofed house that Shen Datian built in the past.
In the evening, the Shen family gathered at one table for dinner.
Each person had only a bowl of thin porridge in front of them, and two dishes of pickled vegetables in the middle of the table.
The whole family ate quietly at first, and it wasn't until Shen Dapeng finished eating that he spoke.
“Da Biao, your family is in a difficult situation. Your two nephews can’t be without work. Go to your workplace tomorrow and ask if there are any openings.”
“Dad, I’ve already been demoted today, how dare I mention finding jobs for Shen Chao and the others again?”
Shen Dabiao's wife, Liu Xianglan, quickly chimed in, "That's right, Dad. What if Dabiao loses his job too? Our whole family will starve!"
Shen Dapeng picked up the empty bowl in front of him and slammed it down again.
The loud "bang" made everyone at the table stop what they were doing, except for Liu Chunhua.
Liu Chunhua put down her bowl, looked at Shen Dapeng and said, "What's the use of getting angry at the kids? Our family's current situation is all because of those two bastards, not the kids."
Mentioning the Shen sisters immediately resonated with everyone at the table.
Shen Chao said, "That's right, it's all those two bitches Shen Wancheng's fault. If I catch them, I'll skin them alive."
Shen Dapeng: "Does anyone know where those two are now?"
Liu Xianglan: "I don't know. They probably went to the county town with those people. They definitely wouldn't dare stay in the town anymore."
Shen Dabiao said, "Chaozi, you two brothers have lost your jobs and have nothing to do. Go to the county town tomorrow and find those two bitches and figure out a way to get the money out of them."
Shen Chao said, "Third Uncle makes it sound so easy. I could talk my way out of it. If you want to go, you can come with us."
Shen Chao now understands that his parents were just pawns for his third uncle Shen Dabiao's family. They were the ones who charged into battle, while his third uncle's family did all the good work, and they got all the benefits without missing out.
Shen Dabiao asked, "I still have work to do, how can I get there?"
Liu Xianglan also said, "That's right, Da Biao can't go, and none of my family members are available, so of course you should go. Don't forget, you have this porridge to drink now, all thanks to my Shen Mei."
Shen Wancheng and Shen Yao, who were eavesdropping outside, exchanged a glance and both saw doubt in each other's eyes.
What does "靠沈眉" mean?
Inside the room, as soon as Liu Xianglan uttered those words, Shen Mei's tears fell down in a "plop".
She already knew about her grandparents' and parents' decision to marry her off to Liu Datong's two mentally challenged sons.
She was so scared and panicked; she didn't want to marry two mentally challenged men at the same time.
But what could she do?
Even her mother agreed.
No one in the family cared about her life or death; the whole family thought it was a good deal that she could support the whole family on her own.
Shen Mei didn't want to hear the Shen family arguing anymore, so she said she was finished eating and got up to go back to her room.