"Okay, I'll cook something delicious for you tonight." Jiang Xue gestured for Gu Xiaohei to leave first.
Gu Xiaohei was also very perceptive; he immediately drove the tractor into the village.
Jiang Xue walked over and patted the dust off Aunt Zhou's clothes. "Why bother with a man like that? Just ignore him."
Jiang Xue really wanted to say that they should just get a divorce, but that was their family matter and she couldn't interfere, so she could only offer a few words of advice and some token comfort.
"I was wrong to be at your house just now." Aunt Zhou's eyes were filled with tears as she gripped Jiang Xue's hand tightly.
"I was at your house just now because I was in a hurry. If I don't have an income and can't earn money, my husband will beat me." Aunt Zhou couldn't hold back anymore and didn't care about saving face anymore.
Jiang Xue stared blankly at Aunt Zhou. Just a moment ago, she was acting like such a big shot, even threatening her. Now, how come she's holding her hand and crying her eyes out?
Jiang Xue could only gently pat Aunt Zhou, "It's alright, everyone has a temper, right?"
Aunt Zhou grabbed Jiang Xue'e's arm tightly as if she had grasped a lifeline, pleading, "Please, please, you're a kind person, give me some work to do. If I don't do it, I'll probably be beaten to death when I get home."
Jiang Xue looked at Aunt Zhou with an embarrassed expression, not knowing what to say.
"What I said just now was just said in anger. I didn't mean to call my younger brother. I'm just proud and don't want to embarrass myself."
Jiang Xue sighed, "I really didn't consider your family situation at the time. If I had known you needed the money so urgently, I definitely would have helped you."
Jiang Xue pressed further, "Why was your husband in such a hurry for money, and why did he hit you?"
Aunt Zhou cried even harder, "It's all because he gambled and lost money, but the gambling is also my fault."
Jiang Xue pulled Aunt Zhou to sit under the big tree and listened patiently to the poor woman's story.
“My younger brother needs to go to university, but my family is too poor to afford it. I am a daughter, and I can’t watch my parents starve to death. I had no choice but to sell our farmland.”
Jiang Xue asked in astonishment, "You sold all the land you gave to your husband's family?"
“I was in a hurry for money at the time, and my parents threatened to kill themselves. I had no choice but to do this. My own child was still young then. I thought that my younger brother would help me out after he got a job after graduating from university, but I never expected that they would never help me.”
Jiang Xue's face twisted in disbelief. "Then why do you keep bringing up your brother?"
Jiang Xue simply couldn't understand how her younger brother, whom she had worked so hard to raise, could live such a miserable life without even glancing at her.
“I just want to make a big fuss, to get him to speak up for me, and to find out about my situation. Even if he doesn’t give me money, at least give me some land so I can grow some crops. Farmers can’t live without land.”
Jiang Xue vaguely remembered Aunt Zhou. Her family home was just across the river. How could her family not know that their daughter was living like this?
"Does your family own land? Why didn't they sell their land in the first place?"
“They say if we don’t farm, we’ll starve. We young people can still earn a little money. But we don’t have any skills. We can only do odd jobs, and it’s not a one-day job. I just want to earn a few dollars every day. My child is about to start junior high school. I can’t be without money. Now my husband can’t find work and gambles all day long. I’m really living a mess, which is why I’m arguing with you.”
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