After Uncle Tao finished eating, Xiang Jin and the others were about to leave. She and Yan Chen were taking the gifts to put in the trunk of the car, but her mother came back at this time.
"Brother Tang, are you here?" Seeing Uncle Tao, her mother came over to say hello enthusiastically.
Uncle Tao smiled at her and nodded, then said politely, "Yes, Sister Yang is coming back from outside?"
Xiang Jin's mother also nodded, "Oh, oh, are you going back?"
"Yes, I'm back!" Uncle Tao said again.
"Mom, we are going to see grandma, are you going? Brother Yan Chen said they would drive us there?" At this moment, Xiang Lan suddenly said.
Yang Juyun looked at Xiang Jin in surprise, "You want to see your grandma?"
Xiang Jin looked indifferent and replied lukewarmly, "I heard that grandma is sick. I'm going to see her. Do you want to come with us?"
Yang Juyun then waved her hand and said, "I won't go. You go ahead. I just went to see her yesterday. Besides, I have something else to do."
Seeing her saying this and looking guilty, Xiang Jin's face suddenly turned cold, and she suddenly felt that her mother's temperament was so cold-tempered, rebellious and unfilial.
Did you go there yesterday? So there is no need to go there today! Is this what a child should say? You must know that she is her mother, her biological mother! Why does she feel like an outsider? Then Xiang Jin saw her
The expressions of the uncle and aunt immediately became a little unhappy.
"Okay, that's up to you. It's now three forty-three, and there's still nearly an hour and a half before the bank gets off work. When my uncle and aunt go to the bank to deposit today's business income, you
Come together, take your bank card to the bank and print out a list of the past month's running accounts, and we will reconcile the accounts in the evening." After saying that, Xiang Jin pulled Xiang Lan into the car.
When Yang Juyun heard that Xiang Jin wanted to reconcile the account with her, she immediately panicked. Then she ran over in a few quick steps and leaned on the car window and said to Xiang Jin, "Oh, if you want to reconcile the account, it's not your fault."
The account in that bank card over there, why do you still want to deal with me?
I haven't been in charge of money for the past month. Usually, your two uncles and aunts are in charge of money and accounting. Brother and sister-in-law, don't you think so?"
Xiang Jin's uncle and aunt's expressions became darker, and Xiang Jin's expression became colder. Then she looked at her mother and asked, "What do you think?"
Yang Juyun's eyes flickered, not daring to look into her eyes, "How do I know?"
Xiang Jin said, "I don't know? Okay, I'll tell you when I come back tonight?" After saying that, she automatically closed the car window, and Yang Juyun had to get out of the way.
After they drove away, Yang Juyun said to her eldest brother and sister-in-law, "Hey, eldest brother, sister-in-law, did you say something to that girl? Otherwise, how could that girl check my account?"
Xiang Jin's uncle and aunt were already a little bit resentful towards her. After hearing what she said, her uncle gave her an even more unpleasant look.
"What are you talking about? Your daughter is such a shrewd person, why do you need us to talk about it? I advise you to give back all the money you spent privately, otherwise you will suffer a lot when the time comes!"
"Hey, brother, look what you said, when did I pay for the money in the shop? How much I sold every day, deducting the money for buying materials the next day, wasn't it all deposited into her card? This
You and your sister-in-law, as well as Yongcheng and her wife, are all aware of this?" Yang Juyun retorted, pretending to be innocent.
Xiang Jin's uncle and aunt were even more angry. After giving her a hard look, they said impatiently, "Okay, okay, it's up to you! It's up to you! You're the oil now."
As long as someone gives you guidance, you can do it, but we are all outsiders in your eyes!"
After saying that, he went straight into the house with a stack of baskets in his arms. Yang Juyun looked at his back and called, "Hey, brother?"
Xiang Jin's uncle didn't answer her, and then she looked at her sister-in-law. Unexpectedly, Xiang Jin's uncle took a handkerchief and went straight to clear the table without paying attention to her intention. His brows suddenly furrowed.
Just screw it up.
The car stopped when it reached Zao'erya. Uncle Tao opened the door and looked back at Yan Chen, "Drive slower on the road and be more careful."
"I know!"
"Girl Jin, are you leaving?" Uncle Tao then waved to Jin again.
"Hey, Uncle Tao, I'm sorry?" Xiang Jin responded, then said apologetically.
"Look what you said, girl, I've been sitting in the car all day, and I just want to get out for a walk. The air outside is fresh and my feet feel comfortable when I step on the ground. Okay, let's go!"
Uncle Tao waved to them again, then turned around and left in a cool manner.
Looking at his back as he left, Yan Chen said to Xiang Jin, "Xiang Jin, sit in front and get out. Then show me the rearview mirror and give me directions."
"Oh," Xiang Jin pushed open the car door and walked out, then opened the passenger door and got in, leaving a few little carrots behind, chattering and arguing non-stop.
The car drove for nearly forty minutes and arrived at the home of Xiang Jin and her grandparents. As soon as the car stopped, a few little carrots couldn't wait to open the car door and rush into the house. Yang Xin could not bear it.
He kept shouting into the house, "Mom, Dad, we are back?!"
"Oh, you're back? Girl Jin, Xiao Chen, come on, come in and sit down," Xiang Jin's second aunt walked out of the kitchen holding a kitchen knife, with a smile on her face, and then said enthusiastically
greeting.
Xiang Jin called her second aunt, and Yan Chen also called her second aunt. Xiang Jin's second aunt's eyes widened with a smile, and she kept saying "ahem" in response.
Xiang Jin looked around and asked, "Where are the second uncle, Yang Hui, Yang Zhao and the other two brothers?"
Xiang Jin and her second aunt said, "They are killing chickens and fish behind the house."
When Yang Xu, Yang Xin and Xiang Lan heard this, they immediately became interested, and then they ran towards the back of the house like a gust of wind.
"Kill the chicken? Kill the fish?"
Xiang Jin's second aunt nodded, "Yes, your uncles called back before and said that you were coming to visit your grandma, so I asked your second uncle to catch a chicken and kill it."
Xiang Jin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Unexpectedly, her uncle made a special call and said, "Actually, there is no need to go to all the trouble and be polite. Just be casual."
Her second aunt said, "Oh, no trouble, why are you so polite? It's the first time Xiaochen comes to our house, and you don't come back often. The countryside is like this, and there's nothing to entertain, so just kill a chicken and forget it."
What?"
Then Xiang Jin asked again, "What about the fish? It's so fast. Where did you get the fish?"
Xiang Jin and her second aunt said, "Yang Hui and Yang Zhao went to the reservoir to scoop it out."
"Scooped?" Xiang Jin was surprised, "How many fish must there be in the reservoir? Can you scoop up a fish with just a scoop?"
Xiang Jin's second aunt said, "It's winter now, and people are fishing on the reservoir every day. If your family needs it urgently, buy one or two from them cheaply."
"Oh, that's it," Xiang Jin nodded, and then her second aunt invited them to come inside and sit down. Then Xiang Jin Yanchen walked towards the trunk and took the gifts from inside.
come out.
Seeing that they had brought a lot of gifts, Xiang Jin and her second aunt pretended to be displeased and said, "Come just as you come, and you still spend so much money?!"
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "I didn't spend much. These were given by Yan Chen. This bag of apples was entrusted to us by Yan Fei."
Xiang Jin and her second aunt looked at Yan Chen and said, "Xiao Chen, you are so polite, it makes us feel embarrassed."
Yan Chen said, "I didn't buy much, but Uncle Tao brought some more. I'll bring them back to you as soon as the car is ready."
"Is your Uncle Tao here again?" Xiang Jin and her second aunt asked.
Yan Chen nodded slightly, "Well, something happened!"
"Then when will he leave?"
Yan Chen said, "Tomorrow."
"Oh, okay!" Xiang Jin and her second aunt nodded, then helped them move the gifts into the house, and then greeted, "You guys sit down for a while, and I'll get you a glass of water."
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Yan Chen said, "Second aunt, you're welcome," she said, turning to look at Xiang Jin, "Let's go see Grandma Yang first?"
"Yeah," Xiang Jin nodded, and then told her second aunt not to pour water.
Her second aunt agreed cheerfully, "Okay, then I'll go get some food?!"
The two of them nodded, and then walked towards her grandmother's house together. As soon as they reached the door, Xiang Jin's grandmother's voice came from inside, "Girl Jin, are you here?"
Xiang Jin opened the door and walked quickly towards the bed, "It's me, grandma!"
"Oh, okay, okay," then Xiang Jin heard her grandmother say weakly and out of breath, so she quickened her pace and reached the bed. When she saw her grandmother's appearance, she couldn't help but
She was surprised and said, "Grandma, why are you so sick?"
I saw that her grandmother was now not only thin, with sunken eye sockets, but also a sallow complexion without a trace of blood. Her whole body looked like she had no energy, and she looked like an old tree with bitter grass. This was different from the fat one before.
, compared to the old lady with a smile on her face, she seemed to be a completely different person.
Her grandmother smiled and said, "As people get older, their body's resistance becomes weaker. A small cold only lasts for a few days. It's okay. Don't worry. Grandma is much better now. In two days,
That's great! I heard from your second uncle and your second aunts that Xiao Chen is here too? "
Xiang Jin nodded, then turned sideways and looked behind him, "Well, he is in your room."
Xiang Jin's grandmother turned her head and looked behind Xiang Jin. Yan Chen stepped forward, "Grandma Yang?!"
"Oh, okay, okay, Xiaochen, will I trouble you this time?!" Looking at him, Xiang Jin and her grandmother responded happily.
Yan Chen said, "Grandma Yang is pregnant. She has taken so much care of you, Grandpa Yang, and Uncle Yang and Second Uncle Yang. You are sick, so it is appropriate for me to come to visit you. My grandma also said that I should come. She said that she
If she hadn't been unable to leave home, she would have come to see you."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother looked at Yan Chen more and more like her, "I just have a little cold, why bother your grandmother? Go back and tell your grandmothers, thank them, and also tell them, just say
I'm almost healed now, I'll go over and play with them in a few days."
"good!"
"Hey, Brother Chen?" As soon as Yan Chen agreed to Xiang Jin's grandmother's words, Yang Zhao hurriedly opened the door and ran in, followed by a smiling Yang Hui.
Yan Chen turned sideways and nodded to his two brothers, and then heard Yang Zhao say again, "Cousin, shall we go out with Brother Chen to talk for a while?"
Xiang Jin nodded, and Xiang Jin's grandmother waved to them, "Go, go, take Xiao Chen around."
Xiang Jin looked at Yan Chen, "Then you can go out first and I'll talk to grandma for a while?"
"good!"
After they all went out and Xiang Jin and her mother-in-law and grandson were the only ones in the house, Xiang Jin and her grandmother took Xiang Jin's hand and said with tears in her eyes, "Girl Jin, grandma, I'm sorry for you and Girl Lan?"
Xiang Jin held her grandmother's hand with both hands and sat down on the edge of the bed, "Grandma, what do you mean by this?"
Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "That mother of yours, I originally thought she was timid and cowardly, but I didn't expect that she is so stupid and cowardly. That Wang Fugui is not a good person in the eyes of our family, so we persuaded her to do so."
Your mother told her many times not to associate with that person anymore, but she just didn't listen. She insisted that the person was really good to her and she wanted to be with him.
A few days after you went to school, under the instigation of that man, she not only rented a shop secretly in the town, but she also had to sell a small portion of the vegetables cooked there every day. It didn't matter if she sold them there,
Anyway, you got all the money back, but she
Every time we take out a lot of goods, but we don’t bring much money back, your two uncles and aunts all say something about her, but what do you say about her? She said that Wang Fugui’s parents like to eat our food.
Braised pork, take some meat to honor the old man over there. What's wrong?
Your uncle and aunt said she wouldn't listen, and then they told me. That day I went to the street to ask her to close that shop and stop interacting with that person, but she turned around and blamed me for your grandfather.
After talking to her, she said that if we hadn't married her into the old Xiang family, she wouldn't be like this now.
You said we didn't know what the old Xiang family was like at that time? How did we know that the old Xiang family's Xiang Tao would 'die', and that the old Xiang family would do that again later, let Xiang Hai replace Xiang Hai?
Is Thao going to have a thing with her? When we find out
That was two or three months later, but even after knowing this, your grandpa and I still went over and asked her if she wanted to come back with us. We would find her a new home, but she herself did not agree.
What's wrong with her?"
Xiang Jin looked at her grandmother's sad expression, so she held her grandmother's hand and comforted her, "Grandma, don't forget what's in your heart. My mother just said something angry and indiscriminate. Don't follow her.
She minds!"
Xiang Jin's grandmother frowned and shook her head, "She blamed us. You don't know. You don't know. She also gave extra money to Wang Fugui. Not long ago, Wang Fugui's parents came one after another.
When she got sick, she asked her to borrow money. I heard that your mother directly withdrew two thousand to her at that time.
Later, Wang Fugui said that their house was going to be renovated in the spring. After agreeing on the materials, he borrowed another five thousand from her.
When the braised pork and vegetables are served and peeled, how much do you think they add up to?
I said she was stupid, but she said I only know how to care about things. If I don’t have to pay, how can I get anything in return? She also said that the house will be repaired, and she and you sisters will also live in it in the future!"
Xiang Jin listened calmly, then took her grandmother's hand and patted it to comfort her, "Grandma, don't worry, I will handle this matter."
Her grandmother's tears welled up in her eyes again, "Girl Jin, you said your sisters' lives are so miserable, with such a troubled mother. In the past, when we were at Lao Xiang's house, we only had
I know that being cowardly will take you two sisters with me for a whole day.
I have never had a good life. I finally got rid of the bunch of vampires and burdens in Lao Xiang's family, and I finally have a stable and comfortable life like today. But your mother caused this mess again.
What do you think this is all about?
I'm glad that you are a successful person and you transferred most of the money in her card and took control of it. You said that with her brainless temperament, there's no telling how much of that money would end up in the hands of that man.
Yeah! Sometimes I think about it, I don’t even want to have her as my daughter, it’s so embarrassing and so annoying!”
Xiang Jin sighed, "Grandma, don't think so much. The most important thing now is to take good care of your health. You also know that our mother is unreliable. Xiang Lan and I still count on you and grandpa to be our
What about the backer?
You said you are really sick and can't afford it. What will Xiang Lan and I do then? We have lost our father. If our mother doesn't want us in the future, we will really become helpless children.
, I don’t care, I’m already that old and can take care of myself and support myself, but Xiang Lan is still young, don’t you think so?”
Hearing this, tears burst out of Xiang Jin's grandmother's eyes. Xiang Jin immediately became anxious, "Grandma, don't be like this. I was just joking with you. There is no way we could reach that point."
.”
The tears in Xiang Jin's grandmother's eyes became even more real, and she blamed herself, "Why did I give birth to such a useless thing?! If I had known that she would be like this later, I should have let her take care of her."
Why don't you just take her away in tatters so that she won't be so angry with me now?"
Xiang Jin was startled when he heard this, "Grandma, why did the rag collector take me away in the first place?"
Her grandmother said, "My family was poor at that time. We often had to eat without finishing our meal. Your grandma was sick for a long time and needed to take medicine. It was even more difficult. We even used grass roots and tree bark to eat."
Once upon a time, there was a rag collector who wanted to take your mother to have a baby because the family had not had children for a long time."
"Having a baby?" This was the first time Xiang Jin heard such a new word.
Xiang Jin and her grandmother nodded, "Well, in the past, many families who had not been able to give birth to a child for a long time would take a child from others and raise it. Then some people would raise it, and then slowly become pregnant with themselves.
The child was born, and then many people said that the child they were pregnant with was caused by the child they adopted."
Xiang Jin said, "Feudal superstition!" Some people may be pregnant late, or the method of pregnancy is inappropriate, or the man is simply infertile, and then the woman Hongxing goes out of her way to find someone to borrow.
All types are possible.
Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "Whether it's feudal superstition or not, it's because she got pregnant later."
Xiang Jin didn't say anything, and she didn't want to continue discussing this topic with her grandmother. Then she saw her grandmother and said, "At that time, I thought that she was a girl, and she was the only girl among the brothers and sisters.
So I couldn’t bear it.”
Xiang Jin asked, "How old was my mother at that time?"
Her grandmother said, "She's seven or eight years old!"
"Seven or eight years old?" Xiang Jin was surprised, "You are already so old. Will you be able to raise him well? If you don't raise him well, then you and I will have to resent you and my grandpa? Maybe we will even be together?"
Both my uncles will be hated together."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother sarcastically said, "What she does now won't make any difference!"
Xiang Jin thought to herself, and it was indeed true! However, she would not just say it to her grandmother, but directly changed the subject, "Grandma, Yan Chen and Yan Fei both brought you gifts this time.
, you have to get better as soon as possible, otherwise some gifts cannot be left for too long, otherwise they will be broken."
"Yan Fei? Is he the kid who is in the same team as you and is a classmate?" her grandmother asked.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, that's him! We have a good relationship at school!"
"I heard your uncles say that."
Xiang Jin nodded again, "Well, he bought you a big bag of apples. You can ask my uncle or aunts to cook them for you and eat them. Apples are mild and not as easy to irritate as oranges.
, eat more fruits at ordinary times to replenish trace elements in the body, which is good for the body!”
"Well, okay!" Her grandmother finally had a little laughter on her face, and then she said, "Thank that kid for me?!"