Transmigrated into a poor peasant family, lacking clothes and food, life is hard enough, why must she also be schemed against by her only relative?
So she's not their biological child, wh...
Since Niu Guihua came looking for me, she must have some idea of what was going on. With a wave of her hand, she said, "Don't talk to me about agreements. Your grandma raised you with great care, it wasn't easy for her."
Now that she's sick and needs care, you have to help take care of your grandma and contribute financially. Those were the years our family suffered so much, while you and your grandma were enjoying a comfortable life in the city.
Jiang Qiao snorted, "If I were to serve you, what would be the point of having you all? My son and daughter-in-law are right here with me, and you want me, an outsider, to serve them?"
Those grandchildren, granddaughters, sons, and daughters-in-law are all dead. If you were all dead, I, your grandmother, would naturally take care of you without anyone having to ask. But are you all dead?
Jiang Qiao was truly enraged by Niu Guihua's shamelessness. Did she really think that just because Niu Guihua didn't talk usually, she couldn't talk?
"You, you brat, how can you curse people like that?"
"Oh, I think cursing you is too lenient. If it were me, I would kick you out. Since you can't take care of the elderly, get out of here. Don't forget, that house is still in Wang Dahua's name."
Li Meilan not only spoke up, but also came over with a broom, shouting as she spoke, "Everyone come out and see! The Jiang family is shameless! The old lady is like this because of your unlucky daughter. Don't you have any shame?"
Back then, when you sold Jiang Qiao, what did you say? That from then on, the two families would have nothing to do with each other. How dare you look for Jiang Qiao today? Let me tell you, Niu Guihua, I've tolerated you for a long time. Do you really think that just because you're a martyr's family member, you can do whatever you want?
"You think you can bully Jiang Qiao because she has no one to rely on? Come on, let's go to the police station and talk this over. Officer Zhao even made a statement for you back then."
Hearing the commotion, the people in the courtyard all ran over to see what was going on. When they heard that Niu Guihua wanted Jiang Qiao to take care of Wang Dahua and even pay for it, everyone started criticizing Niu Guihua.
"You guys really have the nerve to say that? What's wrong with Jiang Qiao? When you came here, you sold her child off? During holidays, her child didn't mistreat your Jiang family at all."
What's wrong? Wang Dahua is sick, and you're all so eager to push the old lady out?
"Alright, we'll go talk to Jiang Ping's boss tomorrow. Oh, and someone from the neighborhood committee testified about it; we'll go together. We want to see why Jiang Qiao is responsible for taking care of an elderly person with children."
Others chimed in, "That's right. I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone this shameless. I wonder who your daughter takes after. With a mother like that, it's no wonder the daughter has no sense of shame."
Niu Guihua, let me tell you, don't be so ungrateful. You don't even take care of your own mother-in-law. Let me tell you, you won't be able to justify yourself anywhere. You have your own daughter and son, why don't you let them take care of you and serve you?"
Aunt Zheng was the most furious. She didn't care about her words at all. When her son was looking for a girlfriend, the girls would turn around and leave as soon as they heard that there was a thief and a woman with improper conduct in their yard.
They also said they were worried that the atmosphere here would be bad and affect family harmony. She had no one to vent her anger on, but now she had the chance to take the opportunity to criticize the Jiang family relentlessly.
No matter how loud Niu Guihua was, she had no power to talk back to the people in this courtyard.
So she simply lay down on the ground and started making false accusations. Seeing Niu Guihua like this, Jiang Qiao smiled happily.
“Niu Guihua, if you don’t mind the cold ground, you can lie there forever and not get up. Otherwise, I will look down on you.”
Hearing the commotion in the front yard, Jiang's sons ran out to see what was going on, but when they saw Niu Guihua lying on the ground, they stopped her from spitting out the noise.
"What are you doing, Mom? Who bullied you? Tell me, and I'll beat her up."
Li Meilan snorted, "Who are you hitting? Your mother doesn't want to take care of your grandmother anymore, so she's asking Jiang Qiao for money and wants Jiang Qiao to go and serve your grandmother. Tell me, is this reasonable?"
Unable to win an argument, they resort to acting like scoundrels at their doorstep. From now on, you should all learn from your mother and not bother taking care of your parents anymore; just push them out the door.
"Exactly, I've never seen anything like this. She has her own son and grandson, yet she still expects Jiang Qiao to support her in her old age. Is this even possible? Jiang He, Jiang Hai, you two brothers are right here. Tell me, is what your mother did right or wrong?"
What can these two brothers say about this? They're not stupid. If their mother is right, then they can forget about living here anymore; they'll be drowned in spit.
If you're going to say his mother is wrong, she's their own mother. The reason she did this today is for their own good; the old lady is sick, and that's a huge burden for them.
"Mom, don't be like this. We'll help you take care of Grandma from now on."
Niu Guihua understood her current situation perfectly. "What are you going to take care of? You boys can't take care of your grandma, and I have to go back to the countryside to farm. You're either at work or in school. What am I supposed to do?"
Jiang Qiao is smart; she can get first place even without going to school. Your grandmother has taken care of her for so many years. Now that she's in trouble, shouldn't she be allowed to take care of her as well?
Jiang Qiao's smile didn't reach her eyes. "Niu Guihua, Niu Guihua, your idea is really bizarre. When you were plotting against me back then, why didn't you think about this day?"
However, it's not that I can't take care of my grandma. I just need your answer today: can you take care of the old lady? If not, we'll go to the neighborhood committee tomorrow and talk about it. If the people in the neighborhood committee say that I should support this old lady, I, Jiang Qiao, won't say a word. Even if I have to drop out of school, I will still take good care of the old lady.
"Niu Guihua, tell me, could you take care of her?"
Niu Guihua never expected that things would escalate like this. Wang Dahua had told her before that Jiang Qiao's relationship with the people in the courtyard wasn't good, especially with Li Meilan, which was even worse. But what exactly happened?
Li Meilan not only helped Jiang Qiao, but so did everyone else. Didn't they say they didn't get along? Why were these people speaking up for Jiang Qiao? She never expected this.
She was also aware of the consequences if she said no.
Jiang Hai saw that something was wrong and quickly came over to pull Niu Guihua up.
"I'm sorry, my mom was just confused because of my grandma's situation. Mom, let's go home."
Niu Guihua never expected that her commotion would end in failure. She was extremely upset. She had spent the whole afternoon coming up with such a good idea, but she never expected that her neighbors would ruin it.
Jiang Qiao called out from behind, "Niu Guihua, see you at the street office tomorrow!"