Chapter 40

Chapter 40

Bai Xiuxiu turned around after hearing the sound and saw a bicycle heading straight toward her.

How could it be that the bicycle was broken?

This was simply bad luck seeking her out!

Zhou Jiaojiao also turned around and saw what was happening. She felt smug, thinking that it was Bai Xiuxiu’s turn to have bad luck! With this thought, she moved aside a bit.

Bai Xiuxiu hugged her two children and darted forward several steps, only to realize that the bicycle was still coming her way!

The rider looked desperate, with a collision imminent!

Bai Xiuxiu cursed inwardly, "What bad luck!" Seeing Zhou Jiaojiao move aside, she unhesitatingly dashed behind her.

In the next moment, the bicycle veered off in another direction in an eerie manner, landing precisely on Zhao Guifen, who had not managed to dodge in time.

A scream echoed down the main road.

Bai Xiuxiu's eyes lit up. Indeed, bad luck could be avoided.

Once misfortune encountered Zhou Jiaojiao, it would automatically change course.

"Are you alright, Ma'am? I don't know what happened; my bicycle suddenly went out of control. Do you need to go to the hospital?" The cyclist, a man in his early thirties, awkwardly lifted his bicycle and approached Zhao Guifen to ask.

Zhao Guifen's leg was hit, causing tears to well up in her eyes from the pain.

Hearing his question, she scowled and retorted, "Do you think there's anything or not? You young people have no eyes? It hurts like hell!"

"I'm really sorry, Ma'am. Let me take you to the hospital."

The young man continued.

"I'm not going to the hospital! I still have work to do at home. My injured leg means you owe me ten yuan." Zhao Guifen scowled as she demanded exorbitantly.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiaojiao glanced at the cyclist and her eyes brightened.

Generally, when someone nearby had bad luck, she would have good fortune.

This person... could definitely help them.

With this thought, Zhou Jiaojiao quickly ran over. "Brother, you hit my mother-in-law. She's just joking with you; how can ten yuan be enough? Where is your workplace? Tomorrow, I'll bring my mother-in-law to see a doctor.

If anything happens, I'll contact you, but if everything goes well, I'll let you know for peace of mind."

"What are you talking about? Are you out of your mind..." Zhao Guifen's cursing was cut short by Zhou Jiaojiao covering her mouth.

She smiled innocently at the man. "Brother, I'll handle things here. Don’t worry, you should leave. I saw you were riding fast just now, so you must have something urgent to attend to?"

Jiang Weiguo indeed had important business to attend to. Looking at this young wife and her mother-in-law, he felt the stark differences between people.

"My name is Jiang Weiguo, and I work at the county food factory. Just look for Secretary Jiang when you get there. If there are any issues, feel free to talk to me. I’m not one to shirk responsibility!" With that, he quickly rode away.

Once he left, Zhou Jiaojiao released her hand. Book Bag Pavilion

Her joy had yet to fade when Zhao Guifen berated her, "Are you trying to die? He’s a cyclist; how wealthy could his family be? Ten yuan would have been a sure thing. Why did you let him go? You brainless fool!"

"Mom, this person is a secretary at the food factory. Who knows, maybe he can help us find better jobs in the future!" Zhou Jiaojiao explained softly, fearful of being overheard by others.

What she wanted most recently was for her husband to find a good job.

Her good luck was innate! This encounter must be for that purpose!

Zhou Jiaojiao firmly believed this.

Zhao Guifen calmed down upon hearing her words.

Could this work?

Although unsure if it would, it was better than clinging to one possibility.

Having more options was always a good thing.

With this thought, Zhao Guifen's expression improved slightly as she turned to Bai Xiuxiu standing by the roadside. "You heartless wretch! Why did you dodge? If you hadn’t dodged, the bicycle wouldn’t have hit me, would it? I knew you had no good intentions! You wish I were dead, don’t you?

How did your mother raise you? There isn’t a single decent person in your family!

How could there be such a wicked little slut?"

"Old hag, if you can’t speak properly, then shut up!" Bai Xiuxiu coldly cursed back.

Zhao Guifen was stunned. This unlucky wretch dared to curse at her?

"What are you looking at? I’m cursing at you. Should I stand there and wait to die when the bicycle is heading toward me? I’m holding my two kids! I can dodge, but why can’t you?"

Bai Xiuxiu asked in return.

Zhou Jiaojiao looked shocked. "Elder Sister, how can you speak to Mom like that? I won’t blame you for hiding behind me just now, but you shouldn’t disrespect Mom."

"Zhou Jiaojiao, why did the bicycle suddenly change direction when I hid behind you? I’ve noticed that whenever you go up the mountain with us, our family has nothing but bad luck..." Bai Xiuxiu quietly asked in return.

Zhou Jiaojiao’s face paled in fear. "How could that be? I think we’ve had pretty good luck these past few days. Mom, right?"

Zhao Guifen was in pain, but these past few days... they had experienced both bad luck and good luck, which was indeed strange.

Bai Xiuxiu looked at Zhao Guifen. "I tolerate your foul words about me, but if I hear you say anything bad about my mother, no one in this family will have a peaceful life."

"You!" Zhao Guifen was infuriated by Bai Xiuxiu.

But she was firmly controlled.

The head of the household and her wife made up only two people; counting her two children, there were just four of them.

If their comfortable life at home was ruined, it would affect their entire family, which consisted of over a dozen members!

Seeing that she had ceased moving, Bai Xiuxiu was satisfied. She turned to Zhou Jiaojiao and said, "Jiaojiao, why don't you quickly help our mother up? Don’t we still need to retrieve those strips of cloth? Let me be clear: if there are no more strips left, you’ll have to compensate us."

Zhou Jiaojiao: ...

Indeed, Bai Xiuxiu should just die!

With a sullen face, Zhou Jiaojiao helped Zhao Guifen up, and the family continued on their way back.

As they approached the spot where they had found money earlier, Zhou Jiaojiao changed her mind and said to Bai Xiuxiu, "Elder Sister, Guifen and I saw them right here. Since I’m walking slowly with Mother, why don’t you go ahead..."

Before she could finish, Bai Xiuxiu had already taken over supporting Zhao Guifen.

She looked at Zhou Jiaojiao innocently. "What are you waiting for? Go on. How could I possibly find what you hid?"

Zhou Jiaojiao’s expression darkened. The money had been hidden so deeply, surely by someone.

With such a large sum, how could the owner not come looking?

Now, sending her over was just asking for trouble.

"Elder Sister, I..." Zhou Jiaojiao didn’t want to go over.

"What’s wrong? Is something amiss?" Bai Xiuxiu, who knew exactly what was going on, pretended to be confused and watched her coldly.

Zhou Jiaojiao reluctantly walked over, hardly believing she’d run into someone so soon.

Once there, she feigned a search.

Spotting a figure in the distance, she shuddered and cleverly called out, "Elder Sister, I don’t see any strips of cloth."

Bai Xiuxiu had been watching her closely. Seeing her strange behavior, she raised her voice even higher than Zhou Jiaojiao’s. "Fifth Sister-in-Law, didn’t you say you saw some strips of cloth here and that you had hidden them, insisting we come here? Now, there’s nothing!"

"Why didn’t you just take them when you saw them? Why did you hide them first!?"

Bai Xiuxiu’s few words clearly recounted the whole story.

Zhou Jiaojiao was terrified, her face turning ashen.