Chapter 3

Youyou struggled to piece together the scattered fragments in her mind into a complete plot.

In the original plot, Jiang Shan was her sister's follower at the beginning, following her everywhere.

But all this changed after my stepmother came.

Not long after the stepmother came, she found that she could not tame Youyou, so she focused her attention on the other children, and was especially attentive to Jiang Shan.

No one knew what she said or did, but gradually, Jiang Shan became distant from Youyou.

In the original plot, Jiang Shan learned to speak after Youyou was lost by her stepmother.

He was still quiet and well-behaved, but he always sided with his stepmother and became her little follower.

At the same time, everyone discovered that he showed amazing learning talent.

As Jiang Shan grew up, he loved studying. He was the best student in the family and always ranked first in his class every year.

But later, the stepmother's biological daughter was born.

That year was the most difficult year for our family. My eldest brother and second sister both had accidents, and my grandmother also fell ill.

The stepmother had to take care of the family and her daughter at the same time, and she was overwhelmed. With tears and snot, she persuaded Jiang Shan to give up his studies temporarily.

The sensible Jiang Shan chose to drop out of school and take care of his younger sister at home.

Three years passed in a flash, and then my younger brother was born.

Jiang Shan took care of his brothers and sisters, watched them get into college, and watched them inherit the family business after their father's company got on track...

What made Jiang Shan most sad was that after his younger brother and sister were born, his mother, who loved him the most, never cared about his feelings again.

Jiang Shan has grown up.

He gradually turned evil and became a villain, serving as a foil to the truth, kindness and beauty of his stepmother and her children. He almost didn't recognize himself.

Very scary and very sad.

At the end of the story, Jiang Shan became neither human nor ghost, and even when he was taking his last breath, he was still unable to let go of the obsession in his heart.

What happened to mom?

In the original plot, Jiang Shan would never know that his mother was just a stepmother, and the maternal love he thought was nothing but an exploit and a scam.

As for the original plot about the third branch of the Jiang family living a smooth and happy life, in fact, the only ones who enjoyed the good life were the stepmother and her biological children.

As for the original children of the Jiang family, they were all victims.

After all, she was still young, and it took her a long time to understand the original plot.

Little Dumpling stood on the kang, looking at his brother who was resisting hard, but he couldn't stop his stepmother from carrying him away.

"Mom will tell Shanshan a story and hold her to sleep, okay?" Meng Jinyu's gentle voice gradually faded away. "Shanshan will be with mom from now on. Mom will take you wherever she goes."

The little dumpling slowly came back to his senses.

Can't let her have her wish!

Youyou, with a chubby little face, sat down on the kang, with her little feet reaching towards the ground, wanting to jump down and grab her brother back.

However, with a "click", the whole room went dark.

The kerosene lamp was extinguished!

With a "whoosh", the little dumpling immediately became scared. He retracted his little feet, shrank his body into a fat ball, and hid beside his older brother and sister.

Woohoo——

Youyou is afraid of the dark.

…

Jiang Huanming was half lying on the kang with a book in his hand.

His eyes were on the book, but his mind was wandering far away.

Meng Jinyu today is very different.

Sometimes she hugged him, sometimes she avoided him, which made him feel itchy.

At this moment, he wanted to get close to her, but he didn't know where she had gone.

Jiang Huanming closed the book irritably and put it next to the pillow.

Jiang Huanming was startled by the sound of the door being pushed open and raised his eyes.

Meng Jinyu smiled and carried Shanshan back to the house.

The light from the kerosene lamp was dim and yellow, falling on her face, making her eyes look even softer.

The child in her arms was unhappy and kept pointing outside the house with his little hands, but she still lowered her eyes and patiently comforted him.

"How did you bring the baby in?" Jiang Huanming asked in confusion.

"The little one has a bad sleeping posture, kicking his feet all over the place, making it difficult for his older brothers and sisters to sleep well. Children are in the process of growing up, so let them have a good rest." Meng Jinyu carried Jiang Shan onto the kang and placed him between her and Jiang Huanming.

Jiang Huanming whispered, "You just spoil them too much. When I was a child, my eldest brother and second brother raised me."

"It's okay, it's all for the child." Meng Jinyu lay down on her side, gently hugged Shanshan, and told stories in the child's ears.

The kerosene lamp went out. Jiang Huanming listened to the soft voice coming from his ears and felt more and more as if something was blocking his heart.

He shook his head irritably.

The person lying on the kang is his illiterate wife whom he has always looked down upon. What's wrong with him?

With a "bang", a short leg pressed heavily on Jiang Huanming's stomach.

He felt pain and sat up suddenly.

Under the moonlight, Meng Jinyu curled her lips.

He brought Jiang Shan over to lie between them, not because he was shy.

But she knew Jiang Huanming too well. Such a noble and arrogant man always looked down on his wife...

She had to change her thinking and whet his appetite.

"Shanshan has a bad sleeping posture. Otherwise..." Meng Jinyu spoke carefully.

…

For several days, Youyou has been trying to find a way to get her brother back.

At noon, she walked to her stepmother's room in small steps, put her little head in, and wanted to wave her little hands to take her brother away.

However, her stepmother did not let her in. She walked to the door and said coldly, "My brother is going to sleep."

After saying that, Youyou was pushed out.

Little Tuanzi was unwilling to give up, so he turned around and saw that his stepmother had returned to the kang, holding her younger brother and telling him a story.

The stories in the picture book were very interesting. The stepmother told them vividly, and my younger brother opened his eyes wide and listened attentively.

I don’t know if you understood it.

Looking at her brother's bright eyes and curious expression, Youyou felt a little sad.

My younger brother is still so young, he will depend on whoever is nice to him.

However, he had no idea that this person was pretending to be nice to him, but was actually a big wolf.

It’s true, children can’t be too honest, otherwise they will suffer!

…

During dinner, Jiang Guo pushed Jiang Cheng, and Jiang Cheng hung his head. The brother and sister could tell at first glance that something was wrong.

Everyone looked at them in confusion.

Jiang Guo lowered her voice and whispered, "Go ahead."

Jiang Cheng pursed his lips, his fair face turned red, and he stammered, unable to say anything.

Jiang Guo glared at her brother angrily: "Coward!"

"What's going on?" Meng Jinyu asked softly.

Jiang Guo observed Meng Jinyu's expression and guessed that she would not get anxious and angry as easily as before, so she mustered up the courage to say, "Dad, Mom, we don't want to study anymore!"

Meng Jinyu opened her eyes wide: "Did your classmates bully you? Or did the teacher not pay attention to you? What have you two learned in school recently?"

Jiang Cheng and Jiang Guo were not good students and their minds were not on their studies. When they were suddenly asked this question, they naturally avoided the question.

Meng Jinyu sighed: "Your father worked hard to earn money, but he never complained about sending you to school. You are always making a fuss about not studying. You are so ignorant. It is so good to be an educated person. Why can't you learn from your father and become an educated person?"

Jiang Huanming looked at Meng Jinyu in surprise, feeling warm in his heart and a little proud.

"Mom, labor is the most glorious. In fact, it's also good to go to the fields and earn work points." Jiang Guo said immediately.

Jiang Cheng also spoke up: "We heard this from the production team leader at the last meeting."

Jiang Huanming pondered for a moment: "If they can learn well, they should be trained, but I think Jiang Cheng and Jiang Guo's scores--" Then he looked at Mrs. Jiang, "Mom, what do you think?"

Jiang Youyou’s eyes widened.

In the dream, this is how my brothers and sisters dropped out of school.

After that, neither of them went to school again, and many years later they were laughed at for being blind.

Now my brothers and sisters like to play and don’t want to sit in class, but they will regret it in the future!

Youyou had always heard these words from her mother before, and she had already memorized them by heart.

Before Mrs. Jiang could speak, Youyou shook her little head like a rattle: "Mom once said that only knowledge can change your destiny!"

Meng Jinyu frowned slightly, glanced at Youyou inconspicuously, and said helplessly: "The tuition fee is not low. If we can save some money, it's not impossible..."

Jiang Huanming's two brothers immediately looked at each other. Their family had not yet split up, and it would be good for them if the tuition fees for the two children could be saved.

Therefore, the eldest and second wives joined the team to persuade the brother and sister to drop out of school.

Old Mrs. Jiang also fell into deep thought.

At this point, Meng Jinyu simply stopped saying anything and waited for the result with peace of mind.

Maybe there will be a stepmother willing to spend money to cultivate the ex-wife's children, but it will never be her.

It's the 1970s now, when every penny has to be spent carefully. Wouldn't it be nice to keep the money for her to use herself?

especially--

She touched the coarse cloth on her body, secretly thinking about the texture of Bragi, and couldn't help but be fascinated.

But who could have thought that just when Meng Jinyu thought the matter was settled, a soft voice sounded again.

Youyou said in a daze: "If big brother and second sister don't go to school, then if Youyou wants to eat the candied haws at the school gate, she will have to ask brother Erniu to bring them."

As soon as the child said this, Mrs. Jiang narrowed her eyes and frowned: "Erniu can go to school, but my two children can't. How will people laugh at me then? I'm too embarrassed to go out and mend shoe soles for others!"

Seeing her mother-in-law getting mad, Jiang Dasao laughed awkwardly, "Everyone knows that mother and Erniu's grandmother don't get along. If Jiang Cheng and Jiang Guo don't study, who knows how that old hag will bully mother!"

Old Mrs. Jiang started talking, one thing after another, listing how mean Erniu's grandmother was.

Jiang Huanming listened carefully and pondered for a moment: "Let's not talk about dropping out, just read this book first." After a pause, he looked at the brother and sister seriously, "Listen carefully in class and don't waste your tuition!"

Jiang Cheng and Jiang Guo's eyes dimmed and they sighed softly.

It was all in vain.

The light in Meng Jinyu's eyes disappeared in an instant.

It’s all Jiang Youyou’s fault…

She couldn't help but grit her teeth and glared at Youyou who was scooping sweet potato porridge with a small spoon.

I thought the child would be scared, but I didn't expect that -

Youyou actually looked at her without giving in.

Meng Jinyu was stunned.

Is this girl deliberately going against her?

…

Late at night, Youyou tossed and turned on the kang and figured out a problem.

If you want to get your brother back, you have to find a backer first!

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Her friend is grandma!

Little Tuanzi overcame his fear of the dark, tiptoed off the kang, and went to find his grandmother.

“Knock, knock, knock—” Youyou knocked on the door, her little mouth pouting, and she said aggrievedly, “Grandma, Youyou misses her brother, can you help me bring him back?”

Old Mrs. Jiang asked, "Why don't you go yourself?"

"Mom doesn't agree." Youyou said in a low voice, and moved in front of the old lady with her short legs: "Mom is not afraid of Youyou, she is afraid of grandma!"

The little dumpling looked at his grandmother eagerly.

After a while, her brows relaxed.

Because grandma got down from the kang!

Youyou immediately showed a sweet smile, followed her grandma happily, and set off in a proud and high-spirited manner.

She is going to her stepmother's room to snatch her younger brother.

Having someone to back you up gives you confidence!

…

On the other side, Meng Jinyu coaxed Shanshan to sleep, and in the moonlight, she secretly glanced at Jiang Huanming lying on the ground.

On the first day he came back, she used the excuse that the children had different sleeping positions and asked him to sleep on the floor.

During these two days, Jiang Huanming did not ask to sleep on the kang.

But she knew what he was thinking. He must be thinking - it was so depressing that she couldn't even sleep on the kang after finally coming back.

However, the more frustrated you are now, the more you will miss it when you get it in the future...

She is about to win Jiang Huanming's heart!

Thinking of this, Meng Jinyu changed to a comfortable sleeping position.

But who would have thought that at this moment, the door of her room was suddenly pushed open.

Then, the old voice of Old Lady Jiang was heard.

Meng Jinyu was so frightened that she lost her soul and felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

It was just the beginning of autumn, if the old lady saw her son sleeping on the floor, she would be furious...

It's over... It's over