It’s not that she can’t afford it, it’s that it’s not her turn.
Whenever the Jiang family makes something delicious during festivals or New Year, they will put it in front of the eldest brother, the younger brothers and the father. The father loves the mother and will share some with her. Jiang Xing is sweet-mouthed and will get some from the mother's bowl.
Only she, every time she tried to reach out with her chopsticks to add some potatoes with broth and meat flavor, her father Jiang Dashan would speak at the right time.
"The farther a girl carries her chopsticks, the farther she will marry."
Bullshit!
It was obvious that she was placed farthest from the meat so that she could use shorter chopsticks and not compete with her family members for it.
Jiang Zao took a sip of the soda. It had a strong orange flavor and was sweet. It was so delicious that she squinted her eyes. "You don't have to be so nice to me. I'm not favored at home. I'd be very happy if you were a little nicer to me."
When walking on the road, Xiao Shuisheng always walks along the roadside, for fear that pedestrians or bicycles will scratch Jiang Zao.
When he heard this, heartache flashed in his eyes.
"Zao'er, no one loves you, it's not that you don't deserve to be loved."
Jiang Zao's mind went blank for a moment.
It was clearly a very gentle sentence, but it sounded like a deafening sound next to her ear.
Xiao Shuisheng: "When we get married, we will form our own little family. It will be just you and me. Our parents will have each other, and our children will find like-minded people. Only Zao'er and I will be inseparable."
"My money and my heart belong to Zao'er."
"There's no need to compete with anyone for dates."
Jiang Zao took a sip of soda and turned his head away. Next to him was a white wall with a slogan written on it.
'Grasp the revolution, promote production, promote work, and promote construction!'
'We must speed up the construction of the Third Front!'
She fought back the tears in her eyes and took another sip of her soda.
It's not appropriate for men and women to stay together for too long before getting married. Xiao Shuisheng walked her around and took her to a state-owned restaurant, where he ordered two meat dishes and one vegetable. After dinner, he sent her back home. "Do you need me to come to your house to discuss work matters?"
It was sweltering in the midsummer, and a fine layer of sweat covered Jiang Zao's fair and delicate skin, making him look like a young lotus in the spring breeze and drizzle.
She shook her head: "No, I can handle the things at home by myself."
Xiao Shuisheng smiled and said, "I'll listen to you."
"Let's go."
The road from the state-owned hotel back to Jiang's house is not very far, just a dozen minutes' walk. The sultry wind blows through the narrow alleys, and the sunlight is mottled on the yellow mud walls.
Walking in the alley, you can hear the noise in the courtyard.
There were people arguing while washing dishes, and the child was sleepy and didn’t want to go to sleep: “I want to eat popsicles. I can sleep after eating popsicles!”
The child's mother: "What are you eating? You look like a popsicle to me. If you don't sleep, I will spank you."
Arriving in front of the Jiang family's gate, Xiao Shuisheng stopped and said, "Let's go back."
Jiang Zao waved goodbye and turned to go home.
Xiao Shuisheng left only after Jiang Zao closed the gate of the courtyard.
Jiang Zao entered the house. Footsteps were heard in the east room. Liu Chunhua, wearing black cloth shoes, lifted the door curtain and asked, "Where's the cloth?"
Jiang Zao took the household registration book away in the morning, saying that he was going to buy defective cloth.
The grocery store does have bulk cloth, which is sold at 7 a.m. Each person is provided with two feet, and no more than that is sold. Sister Wang Yan came to tell her specifically yesterday.
Jiang Zao sighed: "I went there but couldn't grab any. There were so many people there that they almost kicked my shoes off."
This is indeed the case. If your family does not have relatives or friends in the supply and marketing cooperatives or grocery stores, you will not know if there are good things. Some people line up early in the morning to buy good rice and meat, and the fight for them is inhumane.
If the daughter-in-law and the old mother-in-law separate, they will go to queue up to buy vegetables on the day when invoices and wages are due, and they will fight over the food.
If anyone buys a lot, the meat must be covered with a curtain, otherwise if someone sees it, they will definitely pester you to buy half a pound.
It’s no wonder that everyone is scrambling for it. Every household is waiting for the rice to be cooked. The children have been craving meat for most of the month. If they don’t eat meat, they will dream of swallowing their tongues.
"Auntie, don't listen to my second sister's lies. My uncle said she secretly took the exam at the steel mill. I passed by the food factory today and saw her name on a piece of paper!"
Jiang Shan walked out from behind Liu Chunhua.
After spending a few days in jail, she lost a few pounds. Because she was angry, she developed several boils at the corners of her mouth. The pain made her frown when she spoke.
Feng Miao felt sorry for his daughter in prison, so in order to comfort her, he bought her a yellow saree skirt. When Jiang Shan wore the new skirt, she regained some self-esteem when facing Jiang Zao.
She looked like she was enjoying a good show: "Second sister didn't go to buy cloth at all, she secretly ran to the food factory to report."
"You're secretly looking for a job without telling your family. Do you really have no intention of giving the job to Brother Jiang Jun?"
If Jiang Zao dares to plot against her, don't blame her for being rude.
She just wanted to ruin Jiang Zao's work and make her fall heavily from the sky so that she would die of pain.
Jiang Shan looked at Jiang Zao with resentment.
Liu Chunhua cares a lot about this matter.
Jiang Jun has been making a lot of noise recently. If Jiang Zao dares to secretly find a job behind her back and not give it to Jiang Jun, she will not let him off easily.
Jiang Zao's almond-shaped eyes were clear, without a trace of fear: "I couldn't buy the cloth, so I went to find Xiao Shuisheng. Coincidentally, he found a job for me and took me to sign up."
"I worked hard and passed the exam. Mom, I also want to give the job to my younger brother, but..."
She motioned Liu Chunhua over: "Mom, I have something to tell you in private."
In Liu Chunhua's eyes, Jiang Zao is the easiest to fool among the four children in the family. For more than 20 years, Jiang Zao has been gentle and docile. She dare not go west if you ask her to go east. If she is wronged at home, there is no need to worry about it. She will get better slowly on her own.
As time goes by, impressions become more fixed, so how could Liu Chunhua know that the Jiang Zao in front of her was no longer the same Jiang Zao as before.
I thought it was the silent Jiang Lao San.
Liu Chunhua came over, and Jiang Zao pulled her back and whispered softly: "But that's the job Xiao Shuisheng found for me, and it's not very good for me to give it to my younger brother now."
"The Xiao family didn't like me to begin with. I gave my job to my younger brother before I got married... What do the Xiao family think of me?"
Jiang Zao continued to deceive with a worried look on her face: "I thought I would hold the job in my hands first. When we get married, I will either give the job in the food factory to my younger brother, or let him work in the food factory as a family worker. By then, my husband will be a professor and a senior employee, so they will definitely give me this face."
Liu Chunhua thought this made sense.
There was an old girl in her hometown production team who had not yet married. Several marriages had fallen through because the bride price was too high.
"What you said makes sense, but why did you hide it from me?"
Jiang Zao: "I didn't mean to hide it from you. It happened quite suddenly. Don't believe Jiang Shan's instigation. She can't stand our family being united and working together. She wants to be a termite and make a lot of holes in my marriage. She wants to ruin my marriage and marry into the Xiao family herself."
Jiang Shan couldn't hear the specific content of their conversation, but she had a bad feeling.
"What are you saying about me?"
Liu Chunhua suddenly understood and patted Liu Guang's forehead: "It's my fault that I blamed you. I didn't think enough."
Jiang Zao pretended to be honest: "It's okay, mother, I was born by you, I won't be angry even if you wrongly accuse me."
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