On this day, Shen Xiu was studying the booklet Fan Guangzu gave her. The content in the booklet was all about the needlework and embroidery techniques of Bian embroidery.
With the foundation of Hunan embroidery, it can be said that Shen Xiu understood these stitches and embroidery techniques quite easily.
She was studying one of the stitches attentively and wanted to use it in double-sided embroidery. There were footsteps at the door and someone came in.
Shen Xiu raised her head and found that the person coming was Tan Xiu Niang.
"Ms. Tan Xiu, you're here at the right time. I plan to embroider that double-sided piece with a hammer."
Before Shen Xiu could finish her words, she was interrupted by Tan Xiu Niang, "Ms. Shen, go and take a look. Shopkeeper Fan's wife is here and she is making a fuss down there!"
In the lobby on the first floor, Mrs. Huang was holding on to Fan Guangzu. Fan Guangzu's clothes were torn in some places under her pull, and he looked quite embarrassed.
"What's going on?" Shen Xiu came down from upstairs and stepped forward to break up the fight, "Shopkeeper Fan is also the owner of the embroidery workshop. Sister-in-law, if you embarrass him in front of others and let outsiders see it, how should we view our embroidery workshop? "
"Sister-in-law, let go of your hands first, let's go inside and talk!"
Shen Xiu originally saw that Fan Guangzu was in such a sorry state, and she knew that the Huang family was used to bullying Fan Guangzu, so she was partial to Fan Guangzu in her words.
Huang heard this, but before she said anything, Fan Guangzu said: "Listen, even Mrs. Shen knows how to save face for me. But you are so indiscriminate and come to the embroidery workshop to make a noise. There is a woman who should Does it look like it?"
Fan Guangzu changed his previous cowardice and became a rare tough man.
However, Mrs. Huang did not accept his words and said coldly: "I don't have the appearance of a woman, so do you have the appearance of a father? You are already old, and you are still secretly raising an outside wife. Are you worthy of me?" ?"
In the outer room, Shen Xiu overheard this word and couldn't help but glance at Fan Guangzu.
I saw Fan Guangzu's face turn red, and then he said harshly: "There is no such thing as an outhouse. I just see that this woman is pitiful, so I help her."
Seeing that the couple was about to quarrel again, Shen Xiu and Tan Xiu Niang worked together to persuade them, and finally persuaded them to go to the quiet room on the first floor.
While crying, Mrs. Huang said: "How can I be sorry for him? I have taken care of the housework for him since I got married. Later, when I gave birth to my second child, I almost lost half my life. The embroidery shop was about to close down a while ago, and I was the one who took the risk." He borrowed money everywhere to save face. Now that his two sons are older and the business of the embroidery shop has improved, he doesn't like me anymore and even got a small one outside. Do you think I'm angry?"
Shen Xiu and Tan Xiu Niang looked at each other. It was difficult for an upright official to deal with household matters, let alone such matters as concubinage. Neither of them could say anything more, but they only advised Huang to be more open-minded.
Huang said: "I put my words here, I don't care what your relationship is with that woman. In short, it's me or her, she or me. Fan Guangzu, you can choose for yourself!"
Fan Guangzu didn't say anything. He was driven to panic, and only said: "I just pity the woman and found her a place to live. It's all your own random thoughts about concubinage and small things."
But Mr. Huang forced him to break up with the woman, but he refused to agree to it. Otherwise, he would force the woman to die.
The couple quarreled for a long time, but neither one gave in to the other.
Shen Xiu could tell. Huang's guess was correct. Fan Guangzu had indeed kept a concubine outside. But he was afraid that Huang would become a habit, so he naturally did not dare to admit it.
But he must have that woman's status in his heart, so he firmly disagrees with severing relations with her.
The matter was clear, but Shen Xiu didn't intend to meddle in others' affairs.
On the one hand, this was Fan Guangzu's housework, and there was no need for her as an outsider to interfere. On the other hand, she didn't like Mr. Huang's personality, so there was no need to help her at this time.
She stood aside and watched, and Tan Xiu Niang didn't want to meddle in other people's business.
Mrs. Huang cried for a long time, but found that no one was facing her, so she simply left in anger.
Before Fan Guangzu could breathe a sigh of relief, Shen Xiu spoke up, "Shopkeeper Fan, I didn't want to say anything at first. It's just that it's best to resolve this family matter at home. If my sister-in-law comes to the embroidery workshop and makes a fuss next time, do we still need to do business?
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Fan Guangzu said hurriedly: "This is my fault. I will tell your sister-in-law in the future and never let her come to the embroidery workshop to make a fuss again."
Shen Xiudao: "As long as you know the appropriateness. I do it for the good of the embroidery workshop."
She didn't mention anything about the outer room, which made Fan Guangzu breathe a sigh of relief.
He was wrong about this matter in the first place. He could still be stubborn and refuse to admit it to Huang, but when facing Shen Xiu, with the other party's shrewdness, he must know that what he said was a lie.
In fact, Fan Guangzu originally wanted to hide it from Huang, and then tell him when the time was right.
This is also a common problem among men. They like to avoid problems instead of facing them head-on.
But Fan Guangzu had been honest for more than ten years, and when he suddenly had such an outer room, his expression inevitably showed something strange.
Huang has followed him for more than ten years and has already understood him thoroughly. Now that he discovered something strange about him, he followed him twice in private.
It was these two follow-ups that finally allowed Huang to discover the reason why Fan Guangzu was acting strangely.
It turned out that he actually rented a house outside and kept an outhouse.
When Fan Guangzu was away, Huang once opened the house and found that the outer room was not only beautiful, but also had a very docile temperament.
She didn't know why, so she left without saying anything, then turned around and started making a fuss with Fan Guangzu.
Unexpectedly, Fan Guangzu didn't have the guts to admit it, so Huang returned home frustrated.
The two sons had not returned from studying in private school. Huang sat alone in the room for a long time before waiting for Fan Guangzu, who had returned late.
"Let's make peace!" Huang said this without waiting for Fan Guangzu to sit down.
When Fan Guangzu heard such words, he was obviously frightened and did not dare to sit down. He hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Madam, this matter..."
"You don't need to explain. I want to make peace." Huang Shili ignored him and only said this sentence.
In just one day, the frowning person changed from Huang to Fan Guangzu.
Facing the frowning Fan Guangzu, Shen Xiu could say nothing but sighed softly.
"Shopkeeper Fan, actually you did something wrong in this matter." Shen Xiudao: "No matter how bad my sister-in-law is, she has been with you for more than ten years. How can you abandon her like this for an outsider?"
"I didn't abandon her!" Fan Guangzu said: "I just feel that Lianniang is very pitiful. She has no relatives in this city. If I don't take her in, how will she survive in this city."
"Please help me persuade your sister-in-law. I will never make peace with her. As long as she doesn't make peace with her, I will agree to any conditions. As for Lianniang, she doesn't seek status in the first place. She just doesn't want to be in the class for the rest of her life.
She has no complaints at all."
After hearing this, Shen Xiu looked at Shopkeeper Fan without saying a word. Fan Guangzu was embarrassed by her look, so he forced a smile and said, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"No complaints?" Shen Xiu said: "Whenever a woman gets married, she always has something to do. Let me put it bluntly, Shopkeeper Fan, you are over thirty years old and are not a young and handsome young man. A woman is willing to marry
You are just interested in your money."
"Are you really going to give up your first wife of more than ten years for such a woman?"
Fan Guangzu said: "I don't want to reconcile at all, nor do I want to give up."
"You want to enjoy the blessings of everyone, I know." Shen Xiudao: "But now my sister-in-law has clearly asked you to make a choice, choose her or the Lotus Lady, you can make your own decision! I won't persuade you anyway."
No matter how much she disliked the Huang family, she would not persuade him to be more generous and tolerate the so-called extramarital affairs.