She was doing business innocently, working from dawn to dusk to make money, but just because her business was doing well, she was targeted.
These people didn't dare come to Yu Yaoyang's house to make trouble when he was there, so they came over to make trouble when he was not at home. Didn't this just mean that she was a woman who was easy to bully?
In the eyes of these scum, women are like a vulnerable group, soft persimmons who can be manipulated at will.
They didn't dare to find a strong man like Yu Yaoyang. They could only wait for an opportunity to figure her out like maggots in the gutter. How disgusting!
"Rutang, are you scared?" Hao Mei came over and asked with concern, her eye circles were also red.
"I'm not scared, I'm just angry! I'm angry at these scum! Scum! They think I'm easy to bully, and they think I can take advantage because I'm a woman. Why!" Rutang gritted his teeth, tears falling down his face.
Opening a business, encountering this kind of thing is inevitable. If they brought Yu Yaoyang over to cause trouble at home, Rutang might not be so angry.
Now that Yu Yaoyang is not at home, they come over, which makes Rutang feel that she has been despised and is very disgusting.
Hao Mei also wiped away her tears. Just when she was about to give her daughter some advice, she saw Rutang wiping away her tears vigorously, clenching her fists and saying:
"The more they behave like this, the more I want to do it well! The more they look down on women, the more I want to show them that I am a hundred times stronger than them!"
It's not Chen Rutang's style to give in when she encounters some setbacks.
From now on, she will fight with these ruffians!
"What if they come again tomorrow? How about we don't go out to the stall tomorrow, and wait until Yangzi comes back. Then we can tell Yaoyang not to leave, because there is no man in the house."
The Yu Yaoyang brothers will not be able to come back until tomorrow night. There are only a few scheduled trains, so there is no way to come back early.
Although Hao Mei wants to make money, she is more worried about her daughter's safety.
She felt that she was not afraid of these things as she was older, but her daughter was so young and so good-looking, so she was really afraid that bad people would have evil intentions.
She had seen this kind of thing a lot in the village.
If there is no man in the family, you will be bullied.
It is said that the folk customs in rural areas are simple and honest, but if a man dies, a woman will be easily bullied if she does not find a new husband.
Single women, in the eyes of some inferior men, are like ownerless fat women who can be talked about by anyone.
Sometimes not only inferior men think this way, but some women also become psychological men after getting married and having children, especially after giving birth to a son, helping inferior men bully their compatriots.
Hao Mei had seen this kind of thing happen too often and felt that the best way to avoid this situation from happening today was to have Yu Yaoyang watch over Rutang at all times.
But Rutang didn't think so.
"Brother Yaoyang also has his own things to do. He can't follow me all the time. Why don't I stop doing business just because of these few scoundrels? I'm not afraid of them!"
Several plans immediately flashed through Rutang's mind, all about how she could protect herself if a similar situation happened next time.
"You are a woman, it is better to do less than to do more -" Hao Mei still wanted to persuade her daughter, but Rutang interrupted her.
"Men and women are all human beings. I, Chen Rutang, am an independent person first, and Yu Yaoyang's wife second. I can handle this kind of thing independently."
Her marriage will indeed make her better, but it doesn't mean that she will only hide in his arms and complain when something happens. She can still handle this small problem.
As her family's business expands, the couple will have to work separately in the future. If she can't handle even this drizzle, won't she be unable to do business every time he goes out?
Rutang has a stubborn streak in her heart that refuses to admit defeat. The more those gangsters bully her for being a woman, the more she will stand up.
Regardless of her mother's worried eyes, Rutang wiped away her angry tears, turned around and continued doing business as if nothing had happened.
Her courage not only intimidated the gangsters, but also made the diners give thumbs up, praising the proprietress for having the spirit of a heroine.
When those hooligans made trouble, the few big men sitting at the stall did not dare to say anything. Rutang single-handedly chased away the troublemakers and won the respect of these people.
After all the diners left, Hao Mei complained to Rutang.
"A group of big men are like little quails no matter what happens, and none of them is useful."
Looking at it this way, her son-in-law is indeed different, he is really there when something happens.
"They all have families and families, so there's nothing harsh if they don't dare to speak out when things like this happen." Rutang replied calmly.
Regarding the attitude of strangers, she will be very grateful if someone is willing to help, but she will not complain if no one helps.
Chen Fu, this old scumbag, is still her biological father, so he is indifferent to her and her mother.
Close relatives sometimes encounter scum, so why should we demand that passers-by empathize with our sufferings?
Rutang's ideas were still too advanced for Hao Mei. She didn't know how Rutang would deal with these gangsters hiding in the dark, so she could only wait until the next day with great difficulty.
Rutang got up very early and was busy in the kitchen. Hao Mei went over to take a look and saw that she had soaked a pot of chili peppers. He thought she was making chili sauce and sold it to the stalls at the train station.
Hao Mei thought wrong.
Rutang didn't make chili sauce. She made special chili water and found a small spray bottle to put it in. If those gangsters came to cause trouble again, she would use this to deal with them.
Although pouring dumpling soup is very relieving, the temperature of that thing is difficult to control. If someone is seriously burned and seriously injured, she will have to bear the responsibility of over-defense.
Chili pepper water is better, it will make those who are looking for trouble very painful, but it will not cause too big a problem.
I have made the chili pepper water, but I am still a little curious about the effect.
It would be too inhumane to experiment on stray animals on the street. She couldn't commit animal cruelty, but she couldn't find a suitable bad person for her to try, and she didn't know what effect it would have if sprayed in people's eyes.
While I was worrying, there were harsh curses coming from outside the hospital.
"Hao Mei! You bitch, come out and die!"
Chen Fu was drunk and stood outside the hospital cursing and smelling of alcohol. He was accompanied by Chen Guilan's biological father, Chen Yun. The two brothers were dressed in dirty clothes and smelled of alcohol. It looked like they had drank a lot.
Rutang's eyes suddenly lit up. Isn't this voice none other than her scumbag father, Chen Fu?!
Hao Mei turned pale with fright when she heard Chen Fu's loud tongue.
Although she was happy thinking that Chen Fu was envious and jealous during the day, she was still quite scared when Chen Fu really showed up.
As soon as Chen Fu's loud-tongue drunkenness appeared, Hao Mei felt as if she was being dragged back to those suffocating years. She couldn't breathe, and felt like she was in an ice cellar, fearing that he would rush in and beat her and her daughter.
Before Hao Mei had time to react, she saw Rutang rushing out with a small watering bottle dangling.