Qiao Jiangxin squatted down in front of Taozi. Although Taozi tried to hide her tears, Qiao Jiangxin could still tell from her slightly red eyes that she seemed to be crying.

"What's wrong with you? Are you crying?" Qiao Jiangxin asked, looking at Taozi.

Taozi lowered her eyes, "It's a little hard to be sad if I don't have one."

Qiao Jiangxin thought of Liu A's behavior yesterday and asked, "Did your mother say something to you? What did she want to talk to you about yesterday? I just got off the bus yesterday and went to bed early, so I didn't have time to ask."

Taozi grabbed Qiao Jiangxin's hand, her eyes filled with anxiety and her tone pleading, "Sister Jiangxin, if my mother tells you to take me back and replace me with my eldest brother, you must not agree to her."

Qiao Jiangxin's face turned cold, "She said yesterday that she would take you back and let you give your job to your eldest brother?"

Taozi hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Well, she has this idea, but I asked her to give it up for now."

Qiao Jiangxin didn't even have to think, "Did you give her money?"

Taozi was silent for a moment. "Well, she just heard Ma Tao chatting with his sister, and thought that I was also getting 18 yuan a month. Yesterday, she pulled me aside and talked a lot, saying that she was my real mother, the Xu family was my parents, and she asked me for all the money.

I coaxed her into thinking I had no money. I said I worked in a store and my boss was dissatisfied with my clothes being too worn out, so I made myself some clothes and bought myself some shoes.

She called me a black-hearted and evil-minded person, saying that she had supported me, would give the job to her brother, and would take me back home to marry, and would kneel down in front of me on the street afterwards. I had no choice but to give her 18 yuan and lied to her that I had borrowed one month's salary from the store to give her. ”

Qiao Jiangxin thought of Liu Tieluo who came up today, and asked, "So, grandpa came up today..."

Taozi looked up at the sky with tears in her eyes. "My mother took the money back to the village and showed off everywhere, saying that I had made a lot of money. She said that I could earn 18 yuan a month and more than 200 yuan a year for the family. The villagers said something sarcastic to my aunt, so my aunt went home and had a fight with my uncle and wanted to go back to her parents' home."

At this point, she sniffed, "Sister Jiang Xin, I have tried my best. I carefully tried to read the adults' expressions, worked diligently, refused to accept my fate, refused to marry myself off, and tried every way to make myself not too bad, but why do I owe so much favor since I was born?"

She vented in her tone, "I am a bad person. I really don't want to be grateful. I am a bad person. I don't want to remember my mom or my uncle or my aunt. I am cold-blooded."

After yelling, she took a long breath and her tone became softer, "Sister Jiang Xin, grandpa doesn't want my uncle and aunt to hate my mother, so he asked me to give 120 yuan to my uncle and aunt and let the family do business with my third uncle.

He knew I didn't have the money, so he asked me for it.

I actually know everything. If they really need it, they can actually borrow it from you, and they have to pay it back if they lend it to you.

Although my aunt may not have enough money, it is impossible that she has nothing at all. She can go back to her parents' home to borrow some, and then buy some on credit from my third uncle, but they are unwilling to do so because they do not want to take the risk.

Only I, only I take out the money, they don't owe anyone a favor, don't have to pay it back, and don't worry about losing money.

Because I owe them this. ”

Qiao Jiangxin stood up and said, "I'll go talk to grandpa."

Taozi also stood up and held Qiao Jiangxin, "No need, Sister Jiangxin, if you really want to help me, you can help me say something to Comrade Gu and Comrade Liu and ask the store to advance me five months' salary. I will definitely work hard and I will never be lazy.

If you don't do it, I will work for the store for one month as rent, and the store won't have to pay me for six months. Do you think this is okay? ”

She pleaded, "I don't want to go back, I don't want to go back to Chuanqian Village, I don't want to go back to the Xu family or the Liu family, they are not my home.

I don’t want to marry anyone casually, I’m not willing to do that! ”

"Sister Jiang Xin, grandpa is right. I owe my uncle and aunt. I should be grateful. I shouldn't have any complaints or be unhappy. I should be proactive, positive and happy to repay them.

In this way, my aunt will feel that it was worth it to raise me for so many years, and she will not make things difficult for my uncle anymore. After my uncle passes away, my grandfather will feel relieved, and the burden of gratitude on my shoulders will be lighter. We are all happy.