60s: I Have an Iron Rice Bowl

Note: No transmigration, no rebirth, only a small golden finger.

Jiang Ruyu gets into a fight with her cousin from the next room over a job vacancy. She suffers an injury to her forehead but ...

Chapter 163 Going Against the Grain

Before she could finish speaking, Guan Jin couldn't help but shriek, "My husband sends you packages every month, can't I even say anything? You benefit from this and then come here to criticize me for being short-sighted. Even if you are Jiang Lin's sister, don't go too far."

Jiang Ruyu's expression changed, and she looked at Guan Jin with disappointment in her eyes: "Guan Jin, I originally thought that you were highly educated and wouldn't be so focused on your small plot of land. Now it seems that I overestimated you. Let me be clear, the package that Jiang Lin sent me is rightfully mine. It was originally mine, so I took it without hesitation."

Jiang Lin was talking to Jiang Hui about what would happen after the college entrance exam when he suddenly heard his sister arguing with Guan Jin. His face turned ugly, and his eyes were filled with shame, annoyance, and anger.

Jiang Hui heard this too, and his expression darkened: "Jiang Lin, if you do this again, don't bring him back. We finally get together, what's the point of this?"

Jiang Lin nodded and walked out. Guan Jin, hearing Jiang Ruyu's words, turned red with anger. She felt that her once understanding sister-in-law had now become greedy and unreasonable.

She was about to say something when she saw Jiang Lin walk out with a somber face. She opened her lips, then swallowed the words that were about to come out. Jiang Lin didn't look at her, but instead…

"Jiang Lin, what are you doing?" Guan Jin stared, covering her mouth. How could he...?

Jiang Lin knelt down before his sister, and Jiang Ruyu quickly went up to help him up, but she was no match for him. It was Zheng Yang who, seeing how inappropriate the situation was, came over and pulled Jiang Lin up.

"Jiang Lin, you two should resolve your own issues. I don't want to say anything. Talk things out calmly. There are children to consider." Although Jiang Ruyu was angry, seeing her brother like this made her even more distressed.

Jiang Ruyu looked at Guan Jin: "Do you see? Your husband has humiliated himself because of your words. Although I think I can accept being knelt on his behalf, today's kneeling is on your behalf. You are husband and wife, husband and wife are one. Your words and actions represent him. Think about it carefully."

Jiang Ruyu spoke calmly, as if stating a fact. Guan Jin was deeply shocked. She looked at her sister-in-law, then at Jiang Lin, filled with shock and bitterness.

She was wrong. She overestimated her importance in Jiang Lin's heart, and she underestimated how much Jiang Lin cared about his family.

Zheng Yang didn't want to say anything, but his wife was quite upset by Jiang Lin's wife, so he still wanted to say something: "Jiang Lin's wife, you've known Jiang Lin for quite some time before you married him. You know his situation very well. Jiang Lin and Jiang Hui were practically raised by their older sister. 'An elder sister is like a mother' isn't just a joke to your husband."

Don't involve others in your conflict. It's not easy for the siblings to reunite, so I hope you can have a bigger picture in mind.

Han Ling watched the whole thing and kept it in mind. She wanted to be reminded of her sister-in-law's mistake. There were very few sisters-in-law like Jiang Ruyu. Because she lived nearby, she received a lot of care from her sister-in-law. She was no different from her mother-in-law, but unlike her mother-in-law, she was not meddlesome. She was truly grateful to this sister.

Jiang Lin glanced at Guan Jin, whose emotions remained unchanged, and said to her, "Come back to your room with me."

Guan Jin lowered her head, looking embarrassed. She didn't know if she was wrong, or where she had gone wrong.

Jiang Lin looked at his room after closing the door. The original partitions had been removed, and all the furniture, sheets, and blankets inside were provided by his sister with money and effort. Even though there wasn't enough room, his brother Jiang Hui didn't let his nephews move in, even though they only came back once a year.

But what did he give back to his family? He sent things to his sister, but those things were originally hers.

"Guan Jin, we've argued about sending things seven or eight times already. I've made it very clear that you shouldn't care if I send things to my sister. Why are you so fixated on this?"

Guan Jin held back her anger and sadness as she said, "Because in my opinion, this is unreasonable. You are already married and have your own family. You have to support your wife and children. Whether it's your sister or your brother, they all have their own families and jobs. Why do you have to send them things?"

Jiang Lin stared at Guan Jin: "Don't you know how much of my monthly salary I give you and how much I keep for myself? Don't you know how much money I can spend to buy things and send home? I'm married, but I haven't cut ties with my family. Everything I have now is provided by my family. Can't I repay them?"

You go back to your parents' house so often, have I said anything? Every time you go, you buy your parents this and that, and a bunch of snacks for your nephews and nieces, have I said anything?

Guan Jin wanted to say, "How can that be the same?" Jiang Lin's sharp gaze shot over her: "Guan Jin, you need to understand one fact: you married me, not the other way around. My home, Jiang Lin's home, is your home. My family is your family, while your family is just relatives to me. Even if you go back to your home now, you're still just a relative. Do you understand?"

Guan Jin didn't understand: "What are you talking about? Why is your family considered family, but my family is just relatives?"

“If you don’t understand, go back and ask your parents, or I should ask my parents-in-law if it’s the reasoning they taught you that you only care about your own family after marrying into your husband’s family, and even want your husband to sever ties with his family. If you can’t understand this, Guan Jin, I think our marriage needs to be put on hold.”

Guan Jin stared blankly at Jiang Lin for a long time before she finally found her voice: "What, what did you say? Say it again?"

"I thought I had explained it very clearly."

Guan Jin burst into tears: "You want a divorce?"

"If you continue like this, yes."

Jiang Lin looked at Guan Jin calmly. He didn't want things to be this way either, but Guan Jin had changed too quickly in the past two years. He didn't know who had influenced her, but it was probably her family. As far as he knew, her parents had been forced to retire.

"Okay, very good, Jiang Lin, you'll regret this." Guan Jin packed her things and turned to leave.

Jiang Lin saw the deep pain hidden in her eyes, but he didn't stop her. Guan Jin watched as Jiang Lin packed his things without saying a word to her, then stared at him with hatred for a long time before suddenly pushing open the door and leaving.

Guan Jin left, and Jiang Ruyu and the others saw it. Jiang Hui stood up and went into the house: "Go and stop her."

“What good will it do to stop someone who’s already gone down a dead-end path?” Jiang Lin lowered his head wearily.

Jiang Ruyu walked over: "Go and follow her from a distance, at least make sure she gets on the train safely. Jiang Lin, you need to think carefully about what's going on between you two, and what about the child?"