Chapter 198 Who doesn't want their children
to have a bright future? "...You just saved some money, and Cheng Ran will be promoted to junior high school soon. When you go back to your parents' home for the New Year, didn't you say that you wanted to buy a house in town and bring your child to study there?"
She thought her sister wanted to support her, so she refused without hesitation.
"You don't have to give me more. You know that the money won't reach me. You..."
"Second sister."
Jiang Yanhong called her and changed the subject. "I found someone. I plan to let Cheng Ran take the transfer exam for Textile Factory Primary School No. 6 during the summer vacation. Let Muzi and Linzi come as well."
Jiang Luhe opened her mouth, her eyes briefly brightened, and then dimmed.
She shook her head and smiled bitterly, "Their grandmother said that they can't go to school after primary school. They should drop out of school early and work as laborers in the town to learn a skill, so that they can have a good future..."
"Good for what?"
Jiang Yanhong frowned and asked, "She is still living in her era, but Muzi and Linzi are only ten years old. Do you want them to waste time in that broken mountain ditch? Let your descendants and future generations have to dig for food in the dirt?!"
"Third sister, you don't understand, I have my own difficulties..."
Jiang Luhe was interrupted by Jiang Yanhong with a cold face before she finished speaking.
"Second sister, it's true that you want to have a reputation for filial piety, but what practical benefits can this good reputation bring to you and your children?!"
Jiang Luhe opened her mouth to speak, but found that she couldn't say a word.
"You've done a lot of work, and you still have to bear the wrath. The life of three children..."
Jiang Yanhong got angry whenever she mentioned it, "San Ya still doesn't have a proper name! The two sons were brought up by her so badly that they can't even do arithmetic! You still think it's good?!"
"...Giving birth to a child is not just about not starving to death or not freezing to death!"
"Third sister."
Jiang Luhe's lips moved, and her eyes became hot when she saw her sister who was even angrier than herself.
"I know you're doing this for the good of me and the children, but... isn't this how everyone goes through?"
Jiang Yanhong's eyes suddenly widened, and she stared at her second sister with a look of 'hate for not being able to make a good relationship'.
It seemed that she couldn't believe that she could say such a thing!
"It's right to come here like this?!"
Jiang Luhe looked at her, feeling miserable and powerless, with a look of unwillingness but resignation. "So what if it's not right? I'm already like this..."
"What do you mean?!"
Jiang Yanhong raised her voice, and a burst of anger burst out with it.
"My second sister is smart and efficient. When she was a girl, people from all over the country came to her to marry her! Second sister, you were more capable than me before! I could fight my way out, so why can't you?"
"You have a good mother-in-law, your husband is honest and sincere and listens to you, and your family is united. What about me?"
Jiang Luhe was also angry, "The man I married only listens to his mother, and the mother-in-law is sweet on the outside but bitter on the inside. I have a lot of grievances and pain in my heart. Others don't know, but don't you?! I live cautiously and fearfully every day, for fear that someone will grab my braid and drown me in spit. You still ask me this, you heartless person..."
When she said the latter part, her eyes were red and her voice was choked.
Jiang Yanhong paused, looking at Jiang Luhe, feeling very distressed.
"Second sister, I'm sorry."
Jiang Luhe turned away, "You're right, I know you're doing this for my own good, but... I'm like this."
After talking for a long time, it was like saying nothing, and the two sisters had a big fight.
Jiang Yanhong closed her eyes and sighed deeply in her heart.
"Second sister, they are young and don't understand the difficulties of survival, but we do. If you don't fight for them, they... will really be ruined by their grandmothers. And San Ya... do you want her to be like us, and be treated like an animal by her grandmother in exchange for a dowry?"
Jiang Luhe said nothing.
Jiang Yanhong did not wait for her to answer and continued, "I know that rural people all go through this, but... Second sister, you were not like this before you got married. You always told me that if you have the chance, you must go out and not be trapped in this mountain valley for the rest of your life..."
"... Second sister, you have accepted your fate, but what about your children? Do you want them to repeat the fate of you and me?"
These words finally made Jiang Luhe turn her head back.
She glanced at Jiang Yanhong and murmured, "Who doesn't want their children to have a bright future, but his grandmother is a person, I can't divorce the child's father, right? If I don't divorce, I have no say, what should I do?"
Jiang Yanhong looked at the bewildered second sister, distressed and powerless.
Divorce these days will make people poke your back, and even if you divorce, the children will stay in the husband's house, and no one can take them away.
This matter is a dead end for her second sister.
Jiang Yanhong didn't know how to persuade her for a moment.
"The salary given by my sister-in-law is 150 yuan a month. I only told your mother-in-law 50 yuan. You should save the other 100 yuan and don't tell them."
Jiang Luhe's pupils shrank slightly, "So much? Aren't you subsidizing me?"
"No."
Jiang Yanhong shook her head, "I have the same amount. I originally wanted to persuade you to save this money and bring Muzi and Linzi to the town to study during the summer vacation. After all, after finishing junior high school, you will have a degree to get a job in the factory and have a guarantee for your life."
"I know you are doing this for our own good."
Jiang Yanhong was not happy to hear her second sister talking like Xianglin Sao, "And San Ya, if she can study, then study. If she can't, then bring her out and let her help wash vegetables in the store. At least she can have enough to eat. In the future, find her a marriage partner in the town, which is better than her being bullied by your mother-in-law in the countryside..."
Unfortunately, all her plans were ruined by her second sister's resignation.
"Third sister..."
Jiang Luhe felt Jiang Yanhong's disappointment and regretted getting angry at her just now. "Second sister, I appreciate your kindness..."
She wanted to say something else, but Jiang Yanhong didn't want to say it.
"Second sister, you carried the child for ten months and gave birth to him. It's useless for me to worry. If you don't fight for them, no one can do anything."
Jiang Yanhong pulled the corner of her mouth, wanting to laugh but not laughing.
She simply gave up and glanced at the breakfast. "It's getting cold soon. You eat first. I'll light the stove. My sister-in-law and the others should be here soon."
After saying that, she turned around and went out to the kitchen, opened several iron stoves in the store, removed the coal at the bottom, and added new coal.
The temperature in the store quickly rose, and it became warm.
Jiang Luhe looked at her sister's busy figure, with steaming buns in her hands, and felt very uncomfortable.
She also wanted her children to have a bright future, but her mother-in-law was used to making up stories about people. If one of them did not meet her mother-in-law's wishes, there would be a lot of rumors and gossips the next day. If she
really wanted to bring all the children to the town, her mother-in-law would not know what she would say to people in the village.
Could it be that she would bring the children to the town without caring about anything?
What would they say about her then? !
She was confused and in pain.
It was as if something had pierced her heart, and she was trying desperately to push away the huge rock that was pressing on it...
After eating the buns, Fan Qingyi and Aunt Song came with a few children.
The landlord next door also came with the contract.