Chapter 2098
Zhang Chunhua's Self-Reliance
Zhang Chunhua's words made the burly man opposite her blush with anger.
He wanted to go up and teach her a lesson, but when he looked at the swaddled baby on Zhang Chunhua's back, he just couldn't bring himself to do it.
Small vendors, in every place, there are always a few who like to use their fists to take advantage.
This bald man is just like that.
This kid isn't trying to take over Zhang Chunhua's stall. The reason he's targeting Zhang Chunhua is simply because he and Zhang Chunhua sell the same goods.
Guided by Lan Hua, Zhang Chunhua also set up a stall.
She makes fried dough sticks and fried pancakes.
There were quite a few people setting up the same stalls at the entrance of this park.
As for the inner city, the people living there now are all in roughly the same situation.
The family has three or four generations living together, with both elderly people and children, and they also have money in their pockets.
Naturally, their purchasing power is strong.
So everyone had business to do, and things got along well.
However, Zhang Chunhua's situation is rather special.
It has so many selling points.
Her husband ran away, and she lost her job because of him. Now she has no choice but to set up a street stall while carrying her child on her back...
In the eyes of the older generation in Beijing, this is definitely a plus.
Even if her food tastes worse than others and she serves food slower, customers from the neighborhood who come for breakfast are still willing to gather around her stall.
This caused great dissatisfaction among peers.
This bald man was being used as a tool.
This person moves around everywhere, setting up a stall here for a few days, then there for a few days. Whenever he hears that business is good near a park, he goes there.
Although he is usually domineering and unreasonable in his words and actions, he would never bully a woman in public.
He used to have his stall in Zhang Chunhua's spot for a long time. He hadn't shown up for several days, and when he came today, he saw that Zhang Chunhua had taken over his stall. At first, he didn't care too much.
These mobile stalls are usually on a first-come, first-served basis.
Of course, there is another unspoken rule among street vendors: generally, other vendors will not try to take over the places where others have been setting up their stalls for a long time.
But by the time Zhang Chunhua's price had reached four or five yuan, it was already too late.
But Hu the Bald's place hasn't opened yet.
The two vendors next to him added a few more words of encouragement.
In a moment of impulsiveness, Hu the Bald asked Zhang Chunhua to move to his spot, saying that the spot originally belonged to him.
He had originally imagined that, like Ah Q bullying the little nun, Zhang Chunhua would be so frightened she would burst into tears and wouldn't dare argue with him...
But I never expected that this woman, who speaks so softly and gently to customers, would be so tough.
This put Hu the Bald in an awkward position.
The onlookers pointed and whispered, accusing Hu the Bald of bullying a young wife who had just been abandoned by her unfaithful lover.
This made Hu the Bald realize the situation, and he was so ashamed that he wished he could dig a hole in the ground and hide inside.
At this moment, Lan Hua and Yan Jiecheng, who had set up a stall on the other side, also rushed over after hearing the news.
The couple had been setting up a stall around here for a long time, so they naturally knew this scoundrel, Hu the Bald.
This guy is like a donkey that's easily flattered; if you just say a few nice words, everything will be easy to talk to.
But if you make him choke...
He was also the kind of guy who dared to use the tricks of street thugs in Tianjin.
What should a hoodlum in Tianjin do when he gets into a dispute?
If you're going to be ruthless, taking out a knife and slashing your own face or stabbing your own legs a few times is just basic stuff.
Some are even more ruthless; they literally play themselves to death.
Yan Jiecheng quickly stepped forward to smooth things over, saying, "Brother Hu, Brother Hu, give me some face."
My sister-in-law is immature; she never did that before…
Yan Jiecheng offered this stepping stone at just the right time.
Even if Hu the Bald was angry, he was too embarrassed to play any dirty tricks with Zhang Chunhua in front of so many people at this time.
So, he glared at Zhang Chunhua seriously, then said to Yan Jiecheng beside him, "I'll give you two face, otherwise..."
Yan Jiecheng smiled obsequiously, while Lan Hua whispered to Chunhua about the bald man's background. "...He's just an old bachelor, only concerned with his own livelihood."
Setting up a stall is also a sporadic activity.
...He has a terrible temper, but he's not usually unreasonable.
Sister-in-law, if anything happens in the future, please talk to people nicely.
peace brings money!
But if we really run into someone who bullies us, we have our sister-in-law and brother-in-law here for us.
"Don't try to tough it out alone." Lan Hua said most of these were just polite words, but when she mentioned that Hu Tu Zi was a bachelor, there was a deeper meaning in her eyes.
As the eldest daughter-in-law of the Yan family, she thought that Zhang Chunhua could make her life more stable.
I thought that this sister-in-law could raise my third brother's child well and live a good life.
But as a woman herself, she really looked down on Yan Jiekuang's irresponsible and cowardly behavior.
When something happens, he disappears without a trace, without even sending a message home.
The key question is when Yan Jiekuang will return.
If she never returns to Beijing, is Zhang Chunhua destined to live a life of widowhood?
But these are things outsiders can say, but she, as the eldest sister-in-law, cannot say.
Therefore, she could only give subtle hints.
It wasn't about telling Zhang Chunhua to choose Hu Tuzi directly, but rather reminding her that she should consider her future.
This was the only kindness she could offer.
However, judging from Zhang Chunhua's still indignant expression, she probably didn't understand her implication.
There's nothing we can do about this orchid.
She couldn't very well side with outsiders and actually persuade Zhang Chunhua and Yan Jiekuang to separate.
However, when the crowd of people buying breakfast dispersed, Zhang Chunhua was also thinking of packing up her stall.
Baldy Hu is here again!
When Zhang Chunhua saw this person, she immediately became wary again.
She picked up the fire tongs beside her and glared at Hu Tuzi like a tigress guarding her den.
"Little sister, don't be afraid."
I just came here to ask something.
How did you know my name?
Did that bastard Yan Jiecheng tell you?
"Are you playing dumb with me?" Zhang Chunhua called out Hu Tuzi's nickname as soon as she came over.
He returned to his stall, increasingly confused.
That's why I came here, hoping to find out the truth.
If Yan Jiecheng and his wife had introduced him to this young woman, and even taken his place...
He wouldn't pursue the matter with Zhang Chunhua, but he would definitely want to have a chat with Yan Jiecheng about life.
It would be beneath him to bully a young woman.
But if he were to fight Yan Jiecheng, then he could truly vent the anger he had suffered today.
"Pah...who needs to say that?"
As soon as you came over today, my regular customers who come to buy fried dough sticks reminded me several times.
They say you're the tyrant here.
"He's always bullying other street vendors..." Zhang Chunhua explained to Baldy Hu in a low voice.
She originally didn't want to bother with such a scoundrel.
But from what Hu the Bald just did, she could tell that although this man liked to make a lot of noise, he wasn't really the kind of thief who bullied and robbed people.
They'd all be eating together in the future, and she didn't want to create too much of a grudge. (End of Chapter)