Daily life of working as a substitute bride for a wealthy family

Xiang Ran still remembers that day when she stood in a long queue in front of the tofu pudding stall.

But when it was almost her turn, a cart was about to pass through the crowd.

As a college student with higher education, she took the initiative to move aside to avoid the car, but the fat old lady and the skinny old lady with glasses who were standing behind Xiang Ran took the opportunity to cut in front of her.

Xiang Ran saw what these two people did and couldn't help asking, "Were you the ones who were standing behind me just now?"

The fat old lady at the front pretended not to know, and then started asking the stall owner to put more seaweed.

Xiang Ran couldn't help but complain: "How can you cut in line? And you cut in line with two people."

The skinny old lady behind the fat old lady turned around and rolled her eyes at Xiang Ran: "Young man, why are you talking so loudly?"

"My voice is loud?" Xiang Ran shrugged in disbelief.

The withered old lady saw Xiang Ran shrugging and looked fierce: "Hey, why are you talking so weird? What do you mean?"

When the fat old lady heard this, someone else joined in and she became even more arrogant: "Yeah, it's annoying, we just want to cut in line, so what? What do you want?"

The two of them sang in unison, and it just so happened that there were no young people around at that time.

Xiang Ran was "surrounded" by two middle-aged and elderly people. She couldn't win the argument with them and couldn't get angry at all.

By the time it was her turn, the tofu pudding was sold out.

Back at the rental house, Xiang Ran was so angry that she didn't even eat dinner.

At that time, she thought that next time she must make a video and put these two low-quality old guys who took advantage of their age on the Internet for the public to complain about.

Later, Xiang Ran switched to the night shift and never met these two old guys again.

I didn't expect to meet you today.

-

It had only been half a year since graduation, but Xiang Ran had already understood a truth - at the bottom of society, it was useless to be reasonable, because there were unreasonable people everywhere.

The fact that the old lady cut in line with her made her realize that this society not only has poor people in rural areas, but also in cities.

The mentality of the urban poor is even worse. They don’t even have the simple qualities of the old rural ladies.

After all, if the urban poor have no money, they cannot even afford vegetables, water, or land.

So those old ladies are full of cunning and materialism.

In Xiang Ran's hometown, although the rural ladies are not of high quality, they always wear the cleanest clothes when they go out, pretend to be the most decent, and are used to being humble to outsiders.

After all, the rural areas in the southwest rely on the mountains for their livelihood. The rich flat land and canyons have nurtured the local people. Everyone has a peaceful mentality and is not so violent.

-

Xiang Ran's thoughts were brought back to reality by the fat old lady's loud voice.

Seeing that it was almost the fat old lady's turn to buy tofu pudding,

She immediately walked to the front and said to the boss, "Boss, I'll buy all your tofu pudding."

The boss was so busy scooping up tofu pudding that he didn't hear clearly: "What? What did you say?"

"I'll pack the remaining tofu pudding. You—don't sell it."

When the fat old lady heard her say that, she got anxious: "How can that be? Boss, give me a bowl first. I've been waiting in line for so long."

The thin old lady followed up by yelling, "Boss, serve some tofu pudding for the two of us before you leave."

"You can't give it to them. I want all the remaining ones! I'll give you double the money, okay?" Xiang Ran asked in the boss's ear.

The boss stopped scooping tofu and asked, "Really?"

Xiang Ran nodded and looked at the fat mother with a smile.

Looking at her face distorted with anger, I felt very relieved.

-

No one can resist money, so the boss started to "drive customers away": "No more, no more. Come back tomorrow! This big customer wants to book the whole place!"

Perhaps because she was wearing Su Yiqing's clothes and sunglasses today, the fat old lady didn't seem to recognize her.

In the end, the fat old lady and the thin old lady left cursing.

Xiang Ran watched her boss packing up his things in the sunset, and took out his phone from his bag to scan and pay - she was instantly petrified.

Where's her handbag?

Didn’t bring it or lost it?

Damn! It landed on the taxi.

damn!

Is she going to dine and dash?

"Boss, can you lend me your phone? I think I left it in a taxi just now." Xiang Ran took off his sunglasses and asked the stall owner.

"Huh?" The boss lent her his phone. "You lost your phone!"

Xiang Ran said embarrassedly: "Let me make a phone call first to see if I can get through."

Seeing her well-dressed and stylish, the boss comforted her, "Don't worry! People are more sophisticated these days, so you generally won't get lost!"

Xiang Ran dialed her own number and the call was connected quickly.

The driver picked me up.

It turned out that when Xiang Ran got off the bus, a new passenger got on and found her bag and handed it to the driver.

The driver said that he could help deliver his current order after it arrived at the destination because he lived nearby.

Xiang Ran quickly told the driver that she was willing to pay five times his fare.

-

It’s getting late.

Xiang Ran borrowed her boss's cell phone and called Aunt Zeng again.

Aunt Zeng's voice was a little anxious: "Miss, are you still outside?"

"I lost my phone and someone found it. It's waiting for me somewhere now." Xiang Ran said deliberately calmly.

"Where are you? Do you have any cash on you? Xiao Chen is back now. Do you want Xiao Chen to pick you up?" Aunt Zeng asked.

Xiang Ran glanced at the fruit shop across the street and said, "You can ask Xiao Chen to come pick me up! Ask Xiao Chen to search for Zhu Ming Fruit Shop near Qingqiao Market in Qinghu District. I'm nearby."

Aunt Zeng hung up the phone.

The man next to him frowned and asked, "What's going on? Who lost their phone?"

Aunt Zeng: "Miss. But the phone has been found and is waiting for someone to deliver it. Miss said that if Xiao Chen is free, please go to Qingqiao Market to pick him up."

"She went out?" Sheng Yang asked indifferently.

Aunt Zeng stammered, "I went shopping."

"Going to Qingqiao Market?" Sheng Yang looked into Aunt Zeng's eyes and questioned, "Is her cold healed?"

"Much better." Aunt Zeng really didn't want to answer the first half of his question and avoided Sheng Yang's gaze.

-

Because she had to wait for the driver to deliver the phone, Xiang Ran simply asked the boss to take out the plastic round table and plastic stools that were originally placed on the tricycle, and sat down to wait for the driver.

After waiting for a while, Xiang Ran felt calm.

The phone wasn't lost, and there was no cash in the wallet except for a few coins.

She turned to the boss and said, "Bring me a bowl of tofu pudding."

Soon, the bowl of tofu pudding was finished.

So she asked for another bowl - the whole bucket was hers anyway.

When I was halfway through my second bowl, the driver brought me the phone.

Xiang Ran asked the driver to transfer 500 yuan as a thank you fee via WeChat, but the driver was a down-to-earth man and only accepted 300 yuan. He joked that Xiang Ran could send him a small banner instead.

As soon as the driver left, the sharp-eyed Xiang Ran saw the commercial vehicle that Xiao Chen usually drove parked in front of a fruit shop not far away, flashing double jumps.

She ran over immediately, and just as she crossed the road, she saw someone getting out of a car.

It’s not Xiao Chen, it’s Sheng Yang.

He stood in the sunset and looked at her with a distant look in his eyes.

With his thin eyelids drooping slightly, he just stood there staring at Xiang Ran.

It seemed that he had no intention of moving, but was waiting for her to come over.

Xiang Ran calmed down and walked over: "Why are you here?"

"Have you found the thing? Why did you run to this small alley?" Sheng Yang asked in a very light tone.

Xiang Ran thought that it was useless to feel guilty.

Now she is the eldest daughter of the Su family. Even her husband can’t control her. She can go wherever she wants!

She smiled and said, "I found it! They brought my bag back to me. I was bored at home and had a cold stomach, so I found this internet-famous tofu pudding stall. Why... can't I come?"

"I lost my phone. Can I get here without navigation?" Sheng Yang asked.

Xiang Ran retorted: "The way—can't you just ask?"