"He said I'm brainless," Jiang Lin accused. "Sis, don't you think he went too far?"
Jiang Ruyu chuckled: "Yeah, I think what your brother said is very reasonable."
Jiang Lin was struck dumb, while Jiang Hui laughed so hard his shoulders shook, but he held back, afraid that Jiang Lin would get angry.
Jiang Lin cried out, "Jiang Hui, I'll fight you to the death!"
The siblings played around for a while, and then Jiang Hui asked, "Sis, are you really sure? You're going to go with Brother Zheng?"
Jiang Ruyu tossed her hair: "Pretty much. Anyway, we're not engaged or anything. Let's get to know each other first. If we find out he has any unacceptable flaws later, we can just break up. Even married couples can get divorced, let alone just dating."
Jiang Lin stuck out his dog head: "Sis, you still have me and Jiang Hui. If Zheng Yang dares to bully you, the two of us can definitely beat him up."
Jiang Ruyu rubbed his head: "I know, I have two younger brothers to back me up, I'm not afraid."
The next day at noon, when he got off work, his second cousin Hu Bei had already arrived. He had received the message and guessed that there might be news about his job, but he didn't dare to have too high hopes and didn't tell his family.
Carrying the things that his maternal grandfather and mother had packed for him, Jiang Ruyu had forgotten to tell her grandmother about it yesterday. Hu Bei didn't arrive until eleven o'clock. Old Mrs. Jiang was surprised that something had happened at Ruyu's maternal grandfather's house. When she asked, she found out that it was her granddaughter who had sent him. The old lady wondered to herself what could be so important that she hadn't told her.
When Jiang Ruyu returned, Jiang Lin and Jiang Hui were talking with their cousin. Jiang Ruyu only remembered about work when she saw him: "Second cousin is here. Don't rush, let's talk after dinner."
It was during dinner that Grandma Jiang and the others learned how much Zheng Yang had helped them: "Why didn't you say so yesterday? This is a good thing! When you get to work later, Xiao Bei, relax and don't be nervous, okay?"
Hu Bei scratched his head honestly: "Grandma, don't worry, I'm not nervous. It would be great if we could get in, but it's okay if we can't. We country folk can always eat our fill as long as we have land."
"That's the right way to think about it. Come on, let's eat."
After dinner, Jiang Ruyu took her second cousin to find Zheng Yang: "Second cousin, this is my boyfriend Zheng Yang. He works for the transportation team."
He then introduced Zheng Yang to his second cousin: "Zheng Yang, this is my uncle's second cousin, Hu Bei."
Zheng Yang immediately smiled and shook Hu Bei's hand: "Hello, cousin. I'm Ru Yu's boyfriend. You can just call me Zheng Yang. Don't be shy. I'll tell you about the transport team later."
Hu Bei was surprised that his cousin already had a boyfriend. Although he was honest, he knew that he would owe her a favor in finding a job: "Hey, Comrade Zheng Yang, let things take their course when it comes to work, don't bother me too much."
"What are you saying, cousin? We're practically family now. Your problems are my problems. Let's go, they're at work."
Zheng Yang winked at his girlfriend and then took his cousin to work. He wasn't shy at all and was very outgoing. Hu Bei, who was initially embarrassed, gradually relaxed as well.
Jiang Ruyu went to work as usual. This scene was clearly seen by Wu Cui, Sun Yuan's wife, who was sitting across from her. Jealousy flashed in her eyes. When she saw her sister-in-law staring at Zheng Yang's back, she rolled her eyes and sighed after a while, saying, "Look at this Jiang family's granddaughter. She's really capable. She just got a relationship with Zheng Yang, and today she got her cousin into the transportation team. She's really something."
She glanced sideways at her sister-in-law, Sun Li's eyes darting around. She and Xiaoyue, who lived across the street, were classmates and grew up in the same compound. She didn't know when she had started to care about Zheng Yang, who was a few years older than her. A while ago, her family was in a lot of turmoil, and she was very irritable every day, so she didn't pay much attention to Zheng Yang. Recently, her second brother had gone to the countryside, and her family had calmed down a bit. Unexpectedly, he had already found a girlfriend.
Thinking of Jiang Ruyu, her eyes were filled with jealousy and resentment. Why did Jiang Ruyu, an orphan who lost both her parents, not only have such a good job, but also be praised by everyone for being beautiful, sensible and capable? Now she had even stolen the person she liked. No matter how she thought about it, she was unwilling to accept it. She couldn't just give up like this.
Thinking that she had picked up her schoolbag and gone to find Zheng Xiaoyue across the street, she refused to believe that, based on her years of relationship with Xiaoyue, she could be inferior to Jiang Ruyu.
Wu Cui smiled smugly as she watched her sister-in-law walk away. Hmph, she had long noticed that her sister-in-law had different feelings for that young man from the Zheng family across the street. She had originally hoped that her sister-in-law could seduce him and bring some convenience to the family, but her family was currently struggling to make ends meet.
Although she and her husband went to the street office several times, crying and begging, they finally managed to get her and her child's household registration transferred back. However, she was unemployed and could only earn a few yuan a month by pasting cardboard boxes with her mother-in-law. Half of her husband's monthly salary had to be handed over to the government. After deducting food expenses, they could barely save a few yuan a month. If her sister-in-law could get close to Zheng Yang and have him get her husband a job in the transportation team, then her husband's job would be given to her, and their son could finally have a better life.
Jiang Ruyu was unaware that someone right under her nose had their eye on her new boyfriend, and that the person looked down on her and was eager to snatch him away.
Zheng Xiaoyue and Sun Li went to school together. It was already the end of the semester. They were both lucky. Even after graduation, they wouldn't have to go to the countryside. Sun Li was somewhat absent-minded, thinking about how to subtly incite Xiaoyue to dislike Jiang Ruyu. After thinking it over, she felt that what she had just seen today was a good opportunity.
Sun Li looked at Zheng Xiaoyue and asked hesitantly, "Xiaoyue, do you know what? I accidentally saw Jiang Ruyu asking your brother to introduce a job to her cousin. Don't you think she's too calculating? It's so hard to find a job these days. Why would she bother Zheng Yang like that? Besides, you don't even have a job yet. Doesn't she think about you at all?"
Zheng Xiaoyue looked at Sun Li strangely, then frowned and interrupted her: "Lili, don't talk about Sister Ruyu like that. I know about this. It was my brother who offered to help. Sister Ruyu's cousin is really capable. He can drive and repair cars. He just needs my brother to help introduce him. My brother is just a driver. He doesn't have that much power to help someone get into the transportation team."
Sun Li choked up, concealing her gloomy eyes, and said apologetically, "Really? It's my fault. I was just speaking up for you. You don't even have a job yet, and Brother Zheng Yang isn't worried about you, but he's concerned about someone he has no connection with at all."
Zheng Xiaoyue was a little angry when she saw Sun Li, who kept saying bad things about Sister Ruyu today: "Lili, don't say that anymore. What do you mean by 'completely unrelated'? My brother and Sister Ruyu are already in a serious relationship and will get married when the time is right. Sister Ruyu's cousin is my brother's cousin. What's wrong with him helping her?"
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