HPDBC Chapter 1285 - 1284: Auntie Ding Was Envied
Chapter 1285 - 1284: Auntie Ding Was Envied
Chapter 1284: Auntie Ding Envy
Mengyu mentioned she found a job for Auntie Ding and that someone would pick her up in a few days to start working.
The captain sighed, "With you taking care of Auntie Ding, I’m relieved."
Yes, he also realized that Mengyu said she had found a job for Auntie Ding, but Auntie is already forty-five. Which company would want a forty-five-year-old auntie?
It’s clear that Mengyu is grateful for Auntie Ding’s care in the past and wants to take Auntie to enjoy a good life.
The captain’s wife was quite jealous when she heard Auntie Ding was going to work in the county. Wasn’t it just that Auntie Ding gave Mengyu a few sweet potatoes when she had nothing to eat? Yet she received such care from Mengyu.
Back then, her own husband also took care of Mengyu a lot. Why can’t she go to work in the county too?
The captain’s wife completely forgot that the brickyard her husband runs was invested in by Mengyu. Her family has already become the wealthiest in the village.
Moreover, every household in the village has someone working in the brickyard, which means that the entire village has benefited from Mengyu’s care.
She quickly spread the news.
Sure enough, all the women in the village were jealous. A woman in her forties or fifties can still go out to work; how can they not be envious?
They even spoke with barbs when talking to Auntie Ding.
"Didn’t realize this Ding has such good fortune."
"It’s not her good fortune; it’s her scheming. If she truly had good fortune, how could she have lost her husband and son?"
"Exactly. She probably foresaw Mengyu’s success and won her over early on."
"Honestly, Mengyu is just too young to see through people’s hearts."
But there were also people defending Auntie Ding:
"Who are you saying these snide remarks to?"
"What nonsense are you spouting? Has Auntie Ding ever wronged you? No, right?"
"Yeah, Auntie Ding has had a hard life, but she has a kind heart. She helped Mengyu; now Mengyu is repaying her. What’s wrong with that?"
Auntie Ding went to the river to wash blankets, preparing to take them to the county.
On the way, several women stopped her, and Song the Big Mouth asked, "Third Sister-in-law Ding, I heard you’re going to work in the county?"
Auntie Ding beamed with joy, "Yes, yes, all thanks to Mengyu, the servant girl, caring about my situation without sons or daughters. She found me a job at some company, just to cook meals for a bunch of children."
"So it’s babysitting kids." Song the Big Mouth looked enviously at Auntie Ding, "You’re not leveraging the past when you gave Mengyu a few sweet potatoes, are you?"
Auntie Ding was taken aback, "I didn’t. I’ve never brought up the care I gave Mengyu in the past."
"If you didn’t mention it, why would she find you a job? You’re so old, you’ll only be able to work for a few years before retiring, right?"
Other women chimed in, "Yeah, there are so many younger people here. Why didn’t she look for someone else but you?"
"Clearly, you used the favor to blackmail her into finding you a job."
"Exactly, exactly. If you didn’t, how would a girl have the ability to find you a job? Who knows what price she might have paid to the company president."
Auntie Ding heard the insults towards Mengyu in their words and was extremely angry, wanting to say that the company belonged to Mengyu but afraid of causing trouble for her, she couldn’t say a word.