Chapter 62: The Iron-Blooded Tenderness of the People's Country

A quarter of an hour ago, two families of dusty and exhausted strangers appeared at the gate of the clean and tidy concession.

The gate guard disliked their dirty faces and untidy clothes, and worried that they would disturb the eyes and space of the nobles, so he stopped them from entering.

Upon seeing this, the two leading family heads immediately tried to get closer, some trying to please the guests and some trying to please the guests, explaining that they had relatives living here.

Don't be fooled by their disheveled appearance now; they did it on purpose so that they could escape the war zone and arrive here smoothly and in an orderly manner. Otherwise, they would have been abducted by criminals and robbers on the road and taken away to who knows where.

So it’s not that they don’t have money or nice clothes, they just don’t show it.

After generously giving them a large sum of money and offering them some nice words, the security guard finally gave them a friendly look. "I know everyone who lives here. Which house are you looking for?"

"Let's find Jiang Yu, he's my son!"

"Let's find Jiang Yu, he's my son-in-law!"

The parents of both families said Jiang Yu's name almost in unison and took out the address that had been carefully kept along the way as evidence.

The address was the same one the old housekeeper had taken, written on a piece of paper, with only an address but no name.

When the guard heard the name Jiang Yu, he thought it was Jiang Yu. Seeing that the address matched, he dared not stop them anymore and quickly changed his attitude. Not only did he return the money he had just received, he also diligently found someone to show them the way.

After they followed the man out, the security guard said curiously, "I haven't heard that person has any family. Will it be okay to let him in like this?"

The guard said cautiously, "Whether it's true or not, we've done our best. It's better to do something good with bad intentions than to offend someone later."

The colleague thought about how great that person was and nodded in agreement.

The two families who left couldn't hear their conversation. On the way to Jiang Mansion, Jiang's mother, Jiang Yu's mother, happily muttered to her husband: "Our Yu'er must have made a name for himself. Look, when that person heard we were looking for him, his attitude changed immediately."

Father Jiang felt very proud after hearing this. He stroked his beard and glanced at his relatives and old friends next to him with a little pride.

Father Xu had known him for so many years that he knew he wanted to show off. He bowed and praised him a few times, which made the Jiang couple very happy.

The two children following behind them cast away their fears and cheered that they were about to return to their old good days.

A woman who was among them and helping to take care of them was also happy about this.

As they chatted and waited, the person pointed by the guard led them to a small Western-style building and said to the sign hanging in front of the door, "Look, this is the Jiang Mansion you are looking for."

Mission accomplished, he said, and turned and left.

The two families were very excited, shaking hands and happy to finally arrive. But Jiang Yu's younger brother was more perceptive and suddenly pointed at the doorplate and asked, "Dad, is that the word 'Jiang'? Why is it different from what I learned in private school?"

There is of course a big difference between the traditional Chinese characters for Jiang and Jiang. Father Jiang's eyesight was not blurry, he was just too excited and didn't pay close attention. Now, after being reminded by his youngest son, he focused and looked carefully.

Oh wow, this is not the Jiang Mansion they are looking for, it is clearly the Jiang Mansion.

Could it be that the man led them astray?

But Mr. Xu quickly confirmed the house number and made sure that the address on the note was right here.

It’s a pity that their old housekeeper didn’t want to leave his hometown in his old age, so he didn’t come with them. Otherwise, he could have come once and helped to confirm it.

One of Mr. Xu's sons took the opportunity to suggest, "Since the address is correct, why don't we just knock on the door and ask?"

Xu's mother glanced at this clever illegitimate son from the side and continued to keep silent as usual.

Father Xu asked his son to knock on the door and explain his purpose to Father Jiang and Shitou who opened the door.

Shitou's expression remained unchanged after hearing this, but his heart was in turmoil. He said "wait" and quickly ran to find Aunt Pang.

Aunt Pang guessed the purpose of the two families' visit, but she didn't dare to deal with it on her own. She looked at the situation in the living room and found an opportunity to report it quickly.

Jiang Yu now has a beautiful wife and a young child. When he learned the identity of the visitor, he was not worried about what would happen if the other party knew the truth. He only cared about Rong Zhen's opinion and asked her if she wanted to see him.

"Meet them." Rongzhen handed the little Fatty to her father, clapped her hands and asked Aunt Pang to invite the two families in.

She had been waiting for this day for a long time, how could she not see him? Even if it wasn't for the mission, the original owner's parents were still inside.

Aunt Pang quickly brought people in, and a group of people instantly filled the living room. The air became a little turbid because of the smell on their bodies.

Xu's mother had been quiet all the way, but when she came in and saw Rong Zhen, she immediately broke down in tears: "My son, I miss you so much."

As she said this, she wanted to rush forward and hug her, but at the critical moment, Rongzhen was pulled aside by Jiang Yu, and Xu's mother missed.

Rongzhen looked embarrassed and called out "Mom".

Jiang Yu nodded in greeting, and said calmly: "Madam, please talk nicely if you have anything to say. Don't start making moves right away."

"Who is this?" Mother Xu asked with tears in her eyes, and she also asked the same question that Father Xu and the others had in their minds.

Both families knew Jiang Yu, but the man in front of them, holding the child and acting intimately with her daughter, was not him at all.

Father Jiang didn't know what he was thinking about, his face turned ashen. Seeing that Jiang Yu was very imposing and not to be trifled with, he simply cast a condemning look at Rong Zhen.

Jiang's mother, her face filled with anger, took the initiative to ask on his behalf: "Daughter-in-law, what's going on? Where is my son Jiang Yu?"

"She is not your daughter-in-law." Jiang Yu emphasized in a deep voice.

Rongzhen sighed and told Jiang Yu about how he and his lover eloped to study abroad.

The anger on Jiang's father and mother's faces was frozen. They said it was impossible, but as parents, they knew what kind of personality their son had.

If they hadn't noticed that he had that idea, how could they have urged his in-laws to send someone from afar to marry him as soon as possible?

I wanted to keep him by this method, but unfortunately my daughter-in-law is useless and I couldn't keep him.

Wait, the couple thought about what Jiang Yu had just said and pointed at him and Rong Zhen in disbelief, "You, you guys?"

Rong Zhen took Jiang Yu's hand and confessed in front of the two families: "Yes, you guessed it right, he and I got married. I haven't even seen Jiang Yu since I came here. He has been taking care of me all these years in Shanghai."

Father Xu was originally going to be angry at Jiang Yu for not giving his Xu family face, but after hearing these words and learning the truth, his mind started to work rapidly.

The son-in-law has changed? It doesn't seem to matter much, whoever it is will be a good son-in-law of their Xu family.

Compared to the young man from the Jiang family who didn't understand ethics and morals, the one in front of him obviously seemed to be able to bring more benefits to the Xu family.

Therefore, Xu's father simply pretended to be blind and dumb. What else could he do? He couldn't ask him to drown his own daughter in a pig cage. If he were still in his hometown, he would probably do so with his conservative style.

But hasn't he suffered too much social abuse on the way to escape? The repeated collapse and reshaping of his three views is a bit extreme. Anyway, for him now, as long as it is not a life-threatening matter, it doesn't matter. Being alive is better than anything else.

Given Mr. Xu's change of heart, who could say he was old-fashioned? He'd previously been so 'oppressive' about his daughter's words and actions because the knife hadn't fallen on him. Once he'd personally experienced the pain, he'd adapted faster than anyone else.

In this regard, the Jiang couple is not as good as him.

Jiang's mother cried out that this was ridiculous, and in the manner of a mother-in-law, she scolded Rong Zhen for being fickle and shameless, and for marrying twice.

Mother Xu sneered at this and started to scold her, "Your son is such a person, and you have the nerve to scold my daughter like this. Didn't you hear what Xizhen said? She hasn't even seen Jiang Yu since she came here. She has paid homage to this man, so how can she talk about remarrying?"

Jiang's mother: "Then she is also engaged to our Yu'er. If she marries someone else, she will be marrying again!"

Jiang Yu sneered, "What kind of society is this now? Even if Xizhen was engaged to your family, it was your son who was the first to break up the engagement by running off with someone else. You can't let Xizhen waste her prime years waiting for him. Why not marry me?"

"I don't believe it! I don't believe Yu'er would do that!" Jiang's mother cried out to the sky, and took the initiative to try to drive them out, saying that the mansion belonged to her son, and Rongzhen and the wild man were occupying the mansion.

Jiang Yu's face suddenly darkened, and he told them that he had bought this place a long time ago as a wedding gift for Rong Zhen. Jiang Yu had also rented it before, and now the mansion had nothing to do with him.

The Jiang family was completely dumbfounded. If this was true, wouldn’t they have no place to stay?

Yes, of course you can. As long as you have ocean water, you can stay in any hotel outside.

Besides, doesn't Jiang's mother want to find her son? That's fine too.

Rongzhen decided to help her, because Jiang Yu should have returned to China to join the army at this time, and it was just the right time to send his family to him.

The task only told her to receive two families who had fled, but it didn't say that after the reception she had to be open and sincere to them like in the story, and in the end she would end up in a bad situation.

Let Jiang Yu raise the people of the Jiang family himself. This is his responsibility.

So Rongzhen whispered a few words to Jiang Yu, and then Shitou came in with a team of guards, packed up the Jiang family and sent them to a big hotel in the city center.

It's run by a young lady from the same commune, so they keep the money within.

The Jiang family wanted to resist, but when they saw the ferocious looks of the guards, they seemed to realize who they had provoked and were dragged out with regret.

The Jiang family's child was frightened and burst into tears. The woman who accompanied them comforted him while mustering up her courage. She bit her lip and asked Rong Zhen, "Ms. Xu, do you know where Jiang Yu is now?"

Rongzhen was about to tell Jiang's father and mother, but who was this person?

At this time, Xu's father jumped out and took the initiative to introduce his daughter: "My daughter, this is Jiang Yu's middle school classmate. Dad should have known that he was a restless person. Alas, you have suffered a lot over the years."

Xu's mother glared at him and said, "Now he knows how to please his daughter. What did he do when he was in his hometown?"

Rong Zhen frowned when he heard this.

Jiang Yu's middle school classmate? This identity is too familiar.

Without caring about the presence of others, she immediately turned around and asked Jiang Yu: "Who was the person who went abroad to study with Jiang Yu?"

Jiang Yu put his fist to his lips, coughed lightly and confessed honestly: "His confidante, the top star of the Shiliyangchang Nightclub, Bai Moli."

Rongzhen: ...

Oh my goodness, so that's how it is. The woman in front of me who came with the Jiang family is the real mother of the heroine, and there is someone else who accompanied Jiang Yu abroad.

I don’t know if this scene is in the story, but now she is sure that everything is on track before the plot begins.