Novel Full Chapter 3340: Sharing Things Was the Fastest Way to Build Friendships
Chapter 3340: Sharing Things Was the Fastest Way to Build Friendships
Ning Shu’s breakfast stall had settled into a steady routine, with regular customers every day.
Students, teachers, and people rushing to work without time for breakfast.
The daily earnings were enough to let the two children live a slightly better life.
Sometimes, Ning Shu baked small cookies—the kind with cute shapes—for the two kids to take to school and share with their classmates.
After all, Ning Shu had learned pastry-making, so baking cookies was no challenge.
Sharing things was the fastest way to build friendships.
She wasn’t worried about her younger daughter, but she was more concerned about the older one.
Ma Lanlan had a thorn in her heart so interacting with people more would be good for her.
“Huang Jing.”
Ning Shu was knitting and looked up to see a woman calling her.
“Mom, why are you here?” Ning Shu stood up and offered her stool to the entrustor’s mother.
The entrustor’s mother had dark skin and the look of a hardworking woman.
“How’s business?” Mother Huang asked.
Ning Shu made a pancake for her and said, “Not great. After deducting costs, there’s not much profit.”
Mother Huang took a bite of the pancake. “What are your plans for the future?”
“What plans?” Ning Shu asked casually.
“I’ve heard about it. Ma Yongjun is sick now, lying in bed all day. Do you really want to spend your life with a useless man? How are you, as a woman, going to support two children?” Mother Huang asked anxiously.
“Are you stupid?”
“So?” Ning Shu continued knitting a sweater. The weather would turn cold soon.
She was knitting sweaters for the two children.
“A woman like you wouldn’t abandon her husband and kids, but you still need a man to provide for the family,” Mother Huang said, taking another big bite of the pancake.
“Just say it directly,” Ning Shu said with a hint of irony, already having a guess in her mind.
“The Li family from our village—his wife passed away, leaving behind a nine-year-old child. You should divorce Ma Yongjun and take your two kids to live with them.”
“The village is also not too far away from us. Your father regretted marrying you off so far away,” Mother Huang added.
Ning Shu: …
Ning Shu suddenly didn’t even have the energy to be angry. She asked casually, “So, how much is the other side paying this time?”
Selling off your own daughter—was she even her real mother?
Becoming a stepmother to a boy who was at the age known for its rebelliousness.
He was already old enough to remember things. Whether he would accept her as his mother was uncertain.
She’d have to put in effort, yet he might not appreciate it.
And to maintain fairness, she might have to let her own daughters suffer.
She’d have to be out of her mind to marry into that.
Jumping from one pit into another.
Besides, Ma Lanlan and Ma Shuangshuang might not even be able to adjust to a new life.
Would having a man raise the children ensure that he harbored no resentment? That he was truly willing to raise someone else’s kids?
Looking at it this way, it was a massive trap.
Even if the man was decent, conflicts would arise in a family, and she’d have to compromise, likely at the expense of her own children.
She could only scold her own kids, not the other person’s.
Otherwise, she’d be labeled an evil stepmother.
“I can survive without a man,” Ning Shu said indifferently. “Besides, I don’t trust your judgment. Ma Yongjun was a domestic abuser—what kind of trash would the next one be?”
Mother Huang’s face immediately darkened as she stood up. “What do you mean by that? I’m your mother. I just want you to have a better life.”
“Thanks, Mom, but I don’t want a divorce for now,” Ning Shu said calmly.
Translator: Kaho