"It's the second son's turn. He can't be too much worse off than the eldest. The family can't afford the money, and there are no daughters to marry off. So they can only set their sights on the three married daughters. Liu Feng is the eldest sister, and the Jiang family has been doing better and better in recent years. Isn't it the Liu family who came first?"
Song Jiayu listened and ate a few melon seeds, feeling nothing in her heart.
As the old saying goes, when you are poor, no one knows you; when you are rich, you have distant relatives even in the mountains.
This is the same whether it happens in modern times or in 1961. Jiang Dasao is living a good life, so naturally the Liu family will want to get what they lack from Jiang Dasao.
She wanted to know more about Mrs. Jiang's reaction.
"How did you solve it? Or did you really borrow it?"
Generally speaking, this kind of borrowing is equivalent to not being able to repay, like a stone falling into the water, which only makes a big splash and nothing else.
"Your sister-in-law just got married to Brother Jiang Baizhou, and she's often been accused by the Liu family of taking things from the Jiang family to subsidize the Liu family. After a year of marriage, Brother Jiang Baizhou hasn't saved a penny of his salary. This matter caused a big uproar in the neighboring compound, and your mother-in-law immediately sent your sister-in-law back to her parents' home."
"If the Liu family really loved Liu Feng, they wouldn't have asked her to bring things back to her parents' home so often to make her money. Liu Feng was driven back to her parents' home, where she had no good life. She ended up running to the Jiang family after being bullied by her family members who had changed their attitude."
"I swore in front of the entire Jiang family that I would never do such a foolish thing as subsidizing my mother's family again. And after that, your mother-in-law said that all the money for my eldest son's family was in the hands of my eldest brother Jiang Baizhou, and he usually gave Liu Feng a little household money."
"Your mother-in-law came to me to complain. She wasn't worried at all that the family's wealth would end up in the hands of the Liu family again. The little money Liu Feng had wasn't even enough to fill the gaps in the Liu family's teeth. She was disgusted by Liu Feng's stepmother, who kept telling her all day long how comfortable her mother-in-law was and how powerful the Jiang family was."
If she had always been praising people... Jiang's mother would not have been unable to stay in the compound next door and come to find Aunt Cuihua. Song Jiayu guessed that there was something else going on.
"After praising her, she started crying and saying that being a stepmother wasn't easy at all. The Liu family wasn't well off, and her two sons had suffered. She also complained about her eldest daughter-in-law being disobedient and her youngest daughter-in-law being ignorant. Your mother-in-law is a kind and generous person, but she was tortured by your eldest sister-in-law and stepmother's crying and nagging. She started to have a headache."
"ah??? "
Song Jiayu had no idea that Jiang's mother was also annoyed and had a headache. This shouldn't be the case. No matter how much trouble Jiang's wife made when she came home, she shouldn't have caused Jiang's mother, as an elder, to feel unwell.
"Thank you Aunt Cuihua for telling me this. When Jiang Baizhou gets off work, I'll tell him to go find Brother Jiang!"
The two of them finally formed a gossip-eating team again. Xiong Cuihua was not going to stop talking after telling just one piece of gossip. She told all the gossips that happened in Tiantian Wenxiang.
There are sequels to Xiao Min, Xiao Man, and Xiao Li. There's a story about an adult going to the toilet and being startled into falling into the shit by the firecrackers left in the pit by a child. There's also a story about a young person cutting their own hair to get a trendy hairstyle, and ending up with a shaggy head...
In short, Song Jiayu was in a good mood this afternoon.
Although I couldn't see the melons with my own eyes, it was still exciting to listen to Aunt Cuihua's description, especially the follow-up after they fell into the shit pile. The adults in that family investigated and found that the firecrackers were thrown by their own child. Not only did they have to suffer the loss, but the naughty child also got a dish of stir-fried buttocks.
At the end of the working day, people who work outside come back one after another.
"Aunt Wu Lian, you're back?"
Just as she looked up and met Wu Lian's eyes when she came in, Song Jiayu greeted her.
"Well, I'm back." Without the oppression of Wang Mao and Old Lady Wang, Wu Lian spoke softly and looked at people with a gentle gaze.
Song Jiayu has never met such a person without temper in modern times. Who can blame the fact that there are so many crazy people in modern times?
Since they were chatting, she might as well talk about something. Otherwise, it would be awkward to say hello. Naturally, she asked about Wu Lianxin's work situation: "Auntie, how is it working in the street office?"
The director of the street office also had a lot to consider. Although Wang Mao sold his daughter, his co-workers in the steel plant were all men. How could they understand the suffering of Wu Lian and her daughter? If Wu Lian took over Wang Mao's job, she would probably be bullied to death by those co-workers in the steel plant.
In the end, there was a job vacancy at the sub-district office that was open to an elderly man who wanted his son to take over. So the two switched jobs, and Wu Lian got a job at the sub-district office. She was working with women, and her situation was much better.
Wu Lian nodded. "It's fine. My elder sisters and the others are taking good care of me."
After a few greetings, Song Jiayu carried the chair into the house, and Wu Lian also returned to the Wang family.
It seems that the days will go on like this without changing at all.
But only God knows when the bomb left by Wang Mao will explode.
There haven't been any happy events these days.
Gu Lingling came to Compound No. 14 after a long absence. It was mid-March. She was wearing a pink coat, navy blue pants, and a warm yellow sweater underneath. Pink headbands were tied on her two braids. She looked cheerful, with a smile on her face and rosy skin.
The only thing is that his voice is still as loud.
"Hello everyone, I, Gu Lingling, am back!"
To this beaming person, Song Jiayu retorted, "You're back, so what? Do you really want me to set off firecrackers to welcome you back?"
"Song Jiayu, you're so good! It's been so long since we last met, and the first thing you say is to scold me~" Gu Lingling came to Song Jiayu's side and kneaded her cheeks. Facing her complaining gaze, she giggled and said, "When your child is born, I'm going to knead the baby's face like this too. It must be fun."
"No, please let my child go!" Song Jiayu refused with her hands crossed.
After this fight, the two became much more familiar with each other.
"Hey, I'm getting married with Zhao Ming in five days. I came here alone to invite you, the matchmaker. What do you think? Is it enough to give you face?" Gu Lingling came in and said a few words, but her smiles bloomed one after another.
"It seems you are very satisfied?" When Song Jiayu introduced the two people, she also meant to give each other a fair shake.
Gu Lingling proudly held up three fingers, folding one as she spoke: "If I want to get married, there are three things I must say no to. The first one is that the elders in his family can't be like Old Madam Qian and Old Madam Wang. Zhao Ming's parents are both honest farmers from the commune, with soft personalities."
"The second one is no. In their family, the elders can't make decisions. I have to be the head of the family. Although his eldest brother's wife is very capable, Zhao Ming and I live in a tube-shaped building in Tianwen Lane, so I am still the head of the family."
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