Chapter 6 6

Even Jiang's father said that there was no preference for boys over girls in their family and that he treated his three children the same. In fact, that was not the case!

He built houses for his two sons, gave them money to buy houses, and bought them computers. Even though they had no need for them, he was reluctant and unwilling to buy her a computer when she really needed it.

What an obvious difference! But he himself doesn't feel that way. He feels he treats his three children the same.

Even the villagers, when talking about Jiang's father, would say: "The person who is least partial to boys is your father!"

"Your father is the only one who favors boys over girls? You have no conscience to say that!"

"Look for yourself, is there any family in the village that can do what your father did?"

"Isn't your father good to you?"

She didn't say that Jiang's father was not good to her, nor did she say that Jiang's father didn't love her, but to him, money and love were separate.

He loved her, but not that much.

He loved her, but he loved his son more.

The only complete love and preference she ever received was from her grandfather.

The Jiang family has more than ten acres of rice fields. In previous years, with the help of two strong young men, Jiang Bai and Jiang Song, the harvest could be completed quickly. This year, there were two less strong laborers, so only Jiang's father, Jiang's mother, Jiang Ning and Grandpa Jiang could do the work, and it took several days longer than usual.

Father Jiang felt sorry for his daughter and also wanted to have something delicious, so he only let her cut grass until about eight o'clock every morning and then let her go home.

She couldn't sit idle when she returned home. She had to do laundry, cooking, and cleaning. These things were just a little easier than the heavy farm work.

She also tried her best to make delicious dishes for them using existing ingredients.

Braised pork with potatoes, boiled pork slices, pork with preserved vegetables, braised beans with preserved vegetables, braised meat with bamboo shoots...

In such busy and arduous farm work, the only thing that Jiang's father and mother look forward to every day is eating. Only when they eat can they feel a little beauty of life despite their tiredness.

Even Jiang's mother had a lot to say about the fact that Jiang Ning was sent back by Jiang's father to do laundry and cooking after working for a whole morning instead of continuing to work in the fields.

Although she still disliked Jiang Ning for being dull, not washing clothes cleanly, not knowing how to clean the cabinets at home, not sweeping the dust in the corners, and not knowing how to water the vegetables in the field. But without the heavy farm work, Jiang Ning felt much more relaxed and had more time to review his freshman year textbooks.

Harvest is not the end of the busy farming season, but just the beginning. The subsequent work includes threshing, plowing, land preparation, transplanting rice, and planting late rice...

When everything is finished, summer vacation will be almost over.

Jiang Ning is about to start school.

Jiang Ning was calmly waiting for school to start, but her mother was anxious for Jiang Ning to go out to work.

When she had nothing to do, she would ask around in the village about who worked in which factory, how much money they earned a month, and whether they could take Jiang Ning with them.

Just then, I heard that Jiang Yueqin, the wife of the first wife, had returned and brought home 5,000 yuan to expand the house into a building.

Recently, the topic that the uncles and aunts in the village talked about was her. "It's really worth raising a girl like that. He built a big house for his family!"

"I heard she brought back another 5,000 yuan!"

"We are all human beings, how come they are so good at making money?"

"It's only been a few years? And you've earned enough to buy a big house!"

Although they are called big buildings, in fact, the buildings of this era were built very simply and crudely.

But no matter how simple and crude it is, it is still a building.

"Which restaurant can make so much money as a waiter?"

"I heard that waitresses in restaurants in town only make a few dozen yuan a month. She's only been away for half a year, right? How come she brought back so much money? Doesn't she have to work now? Why did she come back?"

"That's a big restaurant in a big city. How can it be the same as a small restaurant in a town?"

"I heard that their restaurant business is good and they are hiring again, so she asked her boss for leave and came back to bring some people over."

The village auntie said enthusiastically: "Being a waiter is so profitable, do you think I can go? Everyone knows that I am efficient. If no, I will go and ask Yueqin if she can take me with her. Then we can take Xiangqin with us next year!" After saying that, she hurried to Jiang Yueqin's house.

The other aunts, for some unknown reason, followed over to watch, even if it was just for fun.

Jiang Ma naturally did not lag behind.

The double harvest season has passed, and she has almost harvested rapeseed and beans these days. There is still some work left in the fields, which she can leave to Grandpa Jiang. If it is really that profitable, she will do it too!

Jiang Yueqin was stunned when she saw so many aunts coming to her house and wanting to follow her to be "waiters".

She stood on the cool bed and loudly interrupted the aunts surrounding her: "Our boss wants a young girl!"

"Why do they only hire young girls as waiters? Why can't we?" When the aunts heard that they only hired young girls, they were unhappy: "Those girls are not as good at work as we are. I guarantee that I can do the work of two of them!"

"That's right. During the double harvest, I can harvest five acres of land by myself!"

Jiang Ma also said, "Yueqin, talk to the boss over there. It's just a waitress. How can a young girl be able to do that and we can't?"

Jiang Yueqin said anxiously, "We are a high-end hotel. Can it be the same for customers to see young girls working as waitresses or aunties working as waitresses?" She pouted, "To sort out more sources, you can consult the group. Let's go with 522752. It's more like aunties working as dishwashers."

"Then washing dishes is fine too. I'm good at washing dishes! I guarantee I'll wash them clean for you. I also have loofahs at home, so I can bring some to your boss!"

“I have one at home too!”

“I have one at home too!”

“I’ll give it away for free!”

Jiang Yueqin was surrounded by a group of aunts and could only shout: "We don't need dishwashers, we don't need dishwashers!" Jiang Yueqin found it difficult to communicate with the aunts: "We only need waiters, young ones!"

After confirming that only young ones were needed, the aunts had to leave with regret.

Most of their daughters were taken to garment factories by their roommates to work after graduating from elementary school and would not return until the end of the year. Where are the little girls now?

Oh, there are three little girls, Jiang Ning from the tall man’s family, He Hua from the brigade secretary’s family, and Piano, the old girl from the second room.

But among these three, Jiang Ning's father wanted her to go to college, He Hua, the daughter of the brigade secretary, would never be a waitress, and the second wife's daughter was her mother's darling who was born when she was nearly fifty years old, so none of them could be taken away.

Jiang Yueqin certainly understood that she could not take the lotus and the piano with her, and her target for returning this time was Jiang Ning.

Jiang Yueqin called out to Jiang Ma: "Second Aunt, I remember Ningning graduated from junior high school, right?"

Jiang's mother was planning to let her daughter go to work. When she heard this, she nodded quickly and said, "Yes, she is already fifteen years old. I am worried about who to take her to the factory."

"Why go to a factory? You work so hard in a factory and only earn a few dollars? In our place, a waitress can make two hundred dollars a month! She graduated from junior high school. If she can get promoted to a foreman, three to five hundred dollars won't be a problem!"

"Three to five hundred? Can you earn three to five hundred as a waiter?"

Jiang Yueqin smiled with her eyes curved, "Then as a foreman or manager, you will be in charge of dozens of people, so of course your salary will be higher than that of a waiter! If more customers come, the boss will earn more, so you will get commissions and bonuses, right? Otherwise, why would you want a young girl to be a waiter? Of course, it's to attract customers!"

She scratched her hands nervously.

When Jiang Ma heard this, she realized that this made sense.

Jiang's mother and Jiang's father also went out to work and worked on construction sites.

But Jiang's father was not willing to be just a laborer, so he wanted to form his own team and become a contractor.

As a contractor, you have to pay for a lot of materials and work before you can get paid. If the boss runs away, not only will you not get a penny, you will also owe a lot of money. Jiang's mother was afraid of the risk of debt, so she refused to let Jiang's father do the job.

Now I heard that the foreman is in charge of more than ten or twenty people, which is similar to the contractor on their construction site. If he is a contractor, he can indeed earn that much money in a month.

Seeing that Jiang Ma was convinced, Jiang Yueqin immediately smiled and said, "Look at me, I did a good job as a waiter, and was promoted to foreman, managing more than a dozen people!"

Jiang Ma thought she had become a foreman and was going back to the village to recruit her own people.

Just like when Jiang's father wanted to be a contractor, his first reaction was to find people from the same village to form a group.

I also saw that Jiang Yueqin had been away for half a year and brought back 5,000 yuan. I felt that the girl from the eldest wife's house was really successful, as she brought back so much money for my parents in just half a year.

She sighed with envy and said, "I don't ask my Ningning to be as capable as you. If she can bring me one or two thousand yuan a year, I will be very happy. It will be worth raising her in vain."

In Jiang Ma's mind, Jiang Ning is the most useless girl in the village because she is not very good at farm work and cannot earn money for the family.

Jiang Yueqin smiled sweetly and took Jiang Ma's arm: "Don't worry, Second Aunt, it will definitely happen! By then your family will definitely be able to build a big building!"

Thinking of the big building, Jiang's mother was immediately excited. She wished she could pack up Jiang Ning and take her to her immediately so that she could bring back a thousand dollars by the end of the year.

She held Jiang Yueqin's hand, and treated her as enthusiastically as if she were her own daughter: "Yueqin, when you have time, come to your aunt's house more often. You and Ningning are classmates, from the same village, so you are just like real sisters. When Ningning comes to your place in the future, you must take good care of her!"

"You know Ningning, she's very honest. If you have any work to do, just ask her to do it. I guarantee she'll do it well for you!" Jiang's mother said with a smile on her face, "Come to my house to play with Ningning later."

Jiang Ning and Jiang Yueqin are four years apart in age, they don't live in the same room, and have never played together.

The four branches of the Jiang family are clearly divided, and each branch plays with its own people.

If Jiang Yueqin didn't earn so much, the aunts from other rooms would never come to the main room.

Jiang Yueqin came back for Jiang Ning, so she agreed crisply: "Okay, I'll go play with Ning Ning tomorrow!"

Let me introduce a young lady to you. She has 500 yuan to give away!

So the next day, Jiang Yueqin came to find Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning actually hadn't seen Jiang Yueqin for many years. As far as he could remember, she had built a large house for her family. She would come home every year in style and become the guest of honor in the family. Her parents were envied by the whole village.

Later, the news that she was working as a prostitute somehow spread out and was known to the villagers. After that, no one heard from her again.

Seeing Jiang Yueqin again, who looked so young, mature yet innocent, felt like a lifetime ago.

"Ningning!" Jiang Yueqin was very enthusiastic and rushed over to Jiang Ning as soon as she saw her.

Jiang Ning thought she was going to hug her, so she leaned back tactically while sitting at the desk. As a result, Jiang Yueqin rushed to her, opened her arms and turned around in front of Jiang Ning: "My clothes look good, don't they?"

Jiang Ning: ...

After she finished turning, she came up to Jiang Ning enthusiastically and tried to put her arms around his shoulders, but Jiang Ning dodged her move.

Jiang Yueqin, who didn't expect her to avoid him, leaned over and said, "Hey, Ningning, what are you doing?"

She was dressed very "Westernly", with heavy makeup on her face, curly hair, a hip-hugging leather skirt, a tight short-sleeved shirt, and black leggings and high-heeled sandals. If you got close, you could still smell the strong scent of cheap perfume she was wearing.

The scent of osmanthus is a bit choking.

She stood beside Jiang Ning, one was standing and the other was sitting, one was plump and tall, the other was short and thin, one was like a ripe peach with a rich fragrance, the other was dry like a sour green tomato that had not yet developed.

Jiang Yueqin didn't care about Jiang Ning's evasion. After she stood firm, she crossed her arms and looked down at Jiang Ning with a critical eye: "Oh my, how come you got so tanned?" She reached out to play with Jiang Ning's hair: "Why does your hair look like it's been chewed by a dog? Did your mother beat you?"

There was teasing and laughter in her tone when she said the last sentence.

In Jiang Yueqin's memory, Jiang Ning's two siblings had always been good-looking, especially Jiang Bai and Jiang Ning, who were fair and tender like dolls, otherwise she would not have come to find them.

She looked at the ill-fitting clothes on Jiang Ning that were obviously too short, and clicked her tongue twice: "Ning Ning, what are you wearing? You didn't give up your brother's unwanted clothes to you, did you? They say the new ones go to the oldest, the old ones go to the second, and the tattered ones go to the third. Yours are too tattered, aren't they?" She had a funny expression on her face, and showed off her new clothes with a sense of superiority: "Look at me."

She turned around on the spot, stretched out her wrist in front of Jiang Ning and shook it, showing off the gold bracelet on her wrist, and proudly said: "This is made of gold, it costs a lot of money! My boyfriend gave it to me, doesn't it look good?"

"So tacky." Jiang Ning said. She picked up the shiny chain on her wrist and looked at it. She looked at her and said, "Is this really gold? Why does it look fake to me?"