Su Mian weaved through the crowd. When she neared, she saw Gao Tie Liang standing in the middle and pointing at her youngest aunt. There was a woman next to him, his mistress, carrying their son in her arms.
“Su Yu Xia, I’m telling you, today you will return the house to me! My son is severely ill and I need money. I want to open a supermarket here and make my own money! For the sake of being husband and wife, I will give you one day’s time. Tomorrow, I will come to collect the house.” Spittle flew as Gao Tie Liang spoke, standing shirtless with his bare belly.
It was hot and it was the afternoon. There were more and more people coming to watch the liveliness and the neighbours all gathered around.
“Who’s the person kicking up a fuss?”
“Gao Tie Liang, he wants the house! Could it be that the house was lent to the Su sisters?”
“What’s going on, the house was indeed owned by Gao Tie Liang before. Is the divorce between them not settled?”
“The supermarket has been doing well in the past few months. Guess he was jealous so he came wanting the house!”
“But Su Yu Xia is raising two children alone and it’s not easy to get up early in the dark. Why does Gao Tie Liang want to divorce her?”
“Who knows, weren’t the two of them having good lives?”
Everyone discussed it widely.
When Su Mian’s aunt saw Gao Tie Liang bring his mistress and son to the door, she was so angry that she could not speak and just stood there with tears.
Youngest Aunt was too soft. He was bullying her at her door!
Su Mian pushed the crowd away and walked up.
She had never seen such a bully before. It was obvious that he saw Youngest Aunt opening a supermarket and profiting. Now he was regretting it and wanted the house. How could there be something so advantageous in the world? When he wanted to sell it, he sat down and raised the price. If you did not want to sell it, then he would take it back.
“Oh, it’s my ex-uncle. What brings you here, wanting the house? Don’t forget, it’s my aunt’s name on the deed for the house! You were selling it at 500 yuan at that time but seeing my youngest aunt insist on buying it, you raised the price and sold it to my youngest aunt for 2000 yuan. You did this, right?”
“What, this house could sell for 2000 yuan?”
“Gao Tie Liang went crazy for money!”
“He really raised the price, bullying the widow and her children!”
Gao Tie Liang clearly had not expected Su Mian would come out. “This is none of your business. You’re just a kid, run along!” Gao Tie Liang disregarded Su Mian. This girl did not study well at school and had an affair with the teacher, as if he did not know!
“You’re wrong. I am a shareholder of this supermarket and I invested money to open it. How is it none of my business? Moreover, I’m not young anymore. I’m already over 18 years old and legally, I’m an adult. I have all the responsibilities and obligations that adults have.” When Su Mian finished speaking, she looked at Gao Tie Liang lightly.
Gao Tie Liang did not know why he suddenly quivered. This girl used to be soft and gentle. When had she gotten so courageous that she dared to talk back to him? Gao Tie Liang was a butcher and most children were afraid of him when they saw him. Su Mian was even more afraid of him when she was young. Everytime he went to Apricot Village for Chinese New Year, she would only say hello and be done with it.
“I don’t care. My son is sick and has no money to see a doctor. I want the house today!” Gao Tie Liang reached the door in two steps. He was already obese to begin with so standing there, the doorway was blocked immediately, “This house is mine, don’t do your business.”
“Oh dear, did I hear it wrong? Didn’t Gao Tie Liang only have two daughters? When did a son appear?!”
“That’s right, talking nonsense in broad daylight, who are you kidding?”
“Where is his son? Even if you make an excuse, you have to make a reasonable one!”
