Chapter 1 Chapter 1 "I'm a soldier in the army...
"He is a little older, but he is caring."
"His family does bear more burdens, but doesn't it make him more like a brother?"
"You did give birth to two children. Isn't it good to have two children? When you are old, won't you have two more children to take care of you?"
Jiang Shuangshuang was puzzled when she heard this.
The matchmaker Zhang in front of him was gifted with a clever tongue. As soon as she opened her mouth she launched into a string of nonsense, praising the man to the heavens and the earth.
A widower who is ten years older than him and has two children, and a bunch of unmarried brothers and sisters at home waiting to be raised, is a hot commodity in this man's eyes. If you miss this opportunity, you will miss it forever.
Jiang Shuangshuang gave a look to the middle-aged woman next to her.
——Is it you who hits it, or me?
As soon as their eyes met, she couldn't wait to roll up her sleeves.
Xu Yingxia rolled her eyes at her and sent her away with a sullen look, "What an unfortunate coincidence. I have some things to do at home. Aunt Zhang, why don't you go back first? I'll come over to your house and have a good chat with you next time when I have time."
Matchmaker Zhang wanted to fight for it, "Shuangshuang's mother, don't miss this good marriage. After all, she is a formal worker who earns 30 yuan a month. Your Shuangshuang is so picky. Do you really want to be sent to the countryside as an educated youth?"
Xu Yingxia's face darkened.
"The girl from the front street was sent to the countryside. She sent back four or five letters a month crying, don't you want to..." As Matchmaker Zhang was speaking, she saw Jiang Shuangshuang walking towards her with a broom in her hand. She was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she turned and ran away without saying a word.
The second daughter of the Jiang family, who in the surrounding family courtyards doesn't know the name of this tough girl?
He captured spies with his bare hands, kicked pickpockets, and when he got violent, he even beat his cousins until they cried for their parents.
Such a fierce girl, she would not have come here if the Ma family had not promised her benefits.
But despite her fierce appearance, her face is indeed pretty.
Otherwise, given his vicious reputation, why would Ma Jian invite her to propose marriage and even promise her a five-dollar commission?
In order to get the benefits, matchmaker Zhang, who was leaning against the wall, summoned up her courage and shouted, "Shuangshuang's mother, if your biased mother-in-law really wants to buy a job, she will buy it for her grandson. If you don't consider Shuangshuang, her name will definitely be on the list of people who will be forced to go to the countryside next month... I'm leaving, Jiang Shuangshuang, put down your broom!"
The man ran away quickly, leaving Xu Yingxia very angry.
As a child, Jiang Shuangshuang not only did not comfort her, but also secretly made trouble, "Look, even an outsider knows what our family situation is like. Mom, if you don't stand up, just wait for me and my younger brother to suffer."
After saying that, he sighed again, "Forget it, just go to the countryside. I don't know if we will see each other again in the future. But don't worry, Mom. I will always miss you while I am weeding, planting rice, picking up manure, harvesting grain, and raising pigs in the countryside..."
"Shut up!" Xu Yingxia poked her head in annoyance. "What are you thinking about every day? Raising pigs? Do you think people can trust you to raise pigs?"
Jiang Shuangshuang's eyes narrowed in smile instantly.
The laughter echoed, clear and pleasant.
Xu Yingxia couldn't help but laugh a few times, but she started to worry again as she laughed. She patted the girl's back and said, "Your father is lucky. He died early and was reborn. Every New Year and festival, you guys would kowtow to him and burn paper for him. But when it comes to me, I'm just a bunch of rotten things."
Jiang Shuangshuang said faintly, "It's quite miserable."
A sigh from the heart.
I have been traveling here for half a year, and have been a street urchin for half a year.
With the original body's memory and careful observation during this period, he has a thorough understanding of the Jiang family's situation.
Speaking of the original body, the population is quite simple.
A mother, a sister and a brother.
My parents were in a free love relationship. The country girl met the city boy. The combination of these two people experienced many obstacles, but fortunately, it finally came to fruition.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Not long after the original body's younger brother was born, the original body's father died while fighting a flood in order to save a soldier.
Although she received an award and took over her husband's job, it was not easy for a woman to raise three children.
Especially there are a lot of troubles in my husband's family.
As a daughter-in-law, Xu Yingxia was not liked by her parents-in-law. Her son died young. Even though his death had nothing to do with Xu Yingxia, they would still call her a jinx when they quarreled.
They were even more worried that she would remarry and take away her son's job quota and bloodline. For so many years, the family had been stuck together, and food and clothes were provided by the family. Similarly, most of Xu Yingxia's salary had to be handed over to the family.
After all these years, she has not lost much private property.
Originally, they could comfort themselves by turning in their wages, and paying for their children's food, clothing, housing, transportation, and future marriages would all be paid for by the two elders.
The two elders were also very proud people, and they had everything they deserved. For a moment, the whole family couldn't figure out who was the winner and who was the loser.
But who could have imagined that he would catch up with the trend of going to the countryside?
Originally, I only had one sister and one brother.
But she also has five cousins and six cousins...
Plus three uncles, aunts and an unmarried sister-in-law.
According to the policy, a family can only keep one child at most.
Unless they have a job or marry a working man, they have to move to the countryside when they reach a certain age.
Two years ago, my elder sister, two cousins and two cousins were the first batch of educated youth from their provincial capital to go to the countryside. The first batch of educated youth were like big birds with ideals and ambitions, flying high for the country's construction and rushing to all corners of the country.
In the eyes of the original grandfather, this is a good thing.
There are so many children and grandchildren that the house can hardly accommodate them all.
It is not easy to get a job, so instead of wasting time at home, it is better to go to the countryside to help with construction and earn a living. If it is a good harvest year, maybe the grandchildren will send some food back to help them.
Before long, every household received one tearful letter after another.
Only then did everyone realize how hard it was to go to the countryside.
Even the Jiang family's drawers were filled with letters, each of which was begging to go home.
It's impossible to go home.
And the policy is here, so those who need to go still have to go.
This year, there are three people in the Jiang family who have reached the age.
Another cousin of mine has been secretly living in a shanty town since last year, avoiding the Youth League Office and refusing to go to the countryside.
There are many people hiding like my cousin.
The higher-ups also issued an order to force people to go to the countryside. Once someone was caught, they would be immediately sent to a train to go to the countryside. If anyone resisted, they would be sent directly to labor reform.
In other words, there is no hiding.
Jiang Shuangshuang doesn't want to go to the countryside. She either wants to find a job or a man.
In fact, she doesn't care.
There is really no other way. I can go to the countryside. Life will definitely be hard, but a person this big should not be unable to survive.
But who made her so angry?
Why should she have to leave when there are four people of Jiang family who have reached the age of maturity? Since she has obtained the life of her original body, she also has the right to fight for herself.
In her family, only Mother Xu has a job. However, because Father Jiang sacrificed his life as a rescuer and Mother Xu has worked diligently in the past few years, she can earn more than 40 yuan a month from awards and promotions, which is equivalent to the salary of two people.
Among all the uncles, aunts and cousins who have jobs, she has the highest salary.
At the same time, her family has the fewest people.
She pays the most wages but eats the least, so why should she be the one to be sacrificed?
I'm sorry.
She has to fight for this tone.
Especially since the very beginning, she was the one who was abandoned in the Jiang family's hearts.
Besides her, there is another cousin who is old enough to be with the family, besides a cousin who is hiding away. The remaining one is the youngest daughter that the Jiang family loves the most, her aunt.
In the plan of the two elders of the Jiang family.
The grandsons must stay. Two of them have already passed away, and they don’t know if they will see them again in the future. They will be reluctant to let another one go.
The younger daughter had to stay too.
I had a daughter in my old age and raised her with pampering. How could I bear to let my younger daughter suffer?
As for the remaining two granddaughters.
I really don't have the energy to take care of it and I haven't made any plans at all.
So when the whole family gathered together to discuss, Jiang Shuangshuang directly overturned their table.
Beating the elders was really unacceptable, but she really didn't hold back when it came to the precious grandchildren of the two elders. They all lived with pig heads for more than half a month.
That's how the reputation of the tough girl spread.
That doesn't matter.
It was not just their family that was making a fuss about going to the countryside. There were constant disputes in the families' courtyards. It was not uncommon to have a small quarrel every three days and a big quarrel every five days. Some of the more vicious families even resorted to knives.
Compared to that, she has a good temper.
At most, he would wave his fists and hit his brothers, or he would overturn a table and smash a pot... or he would scare his parents... and...
Well, I have been very restrained anyway.
"Girl." Xu Yingxia called softly, and said hesitantly: "Why don't you take over my job?"
Jiang Shuangshuang's eyes sparkled, and she agreed without hesitation, "Sure!"
It would be interesting if she really took over.
The people in the Jiang family must be going crazy.
Mother Xu's salary was 43 yuan, and if she only ate half her meals, she could support seven or eight people. She was considered the breadwinner of the family. This was why the two elders of the Jiang family were reluctant to let their grandson go to the countryside and had never thought of letting him take over.
Once you take over, you can only start as a temporary worker.
The salary dropped from 43 yuan to 13 yuan.
That’s thirty yuan less a month, which is more than three hundred yuan a year.
Who among the Jiang family would be willing to give it up?
How could Jiang Shuangshuang refuse the opportunity to gain benefits and watch a show?
"Don't have any bad ideas." Xu Yingxia felt uneasy when she saw her smirk. "You are getting more irritable as you get older. I don't know who you inherited this personality from."
Jiang Shuangshuang smiled but said nothing.
The original body was not a quiet and gentle person, but she was even better.
But whoever notices something is wrong can easily make an excuse.
There are also young people who change their temperament in order to go to the countryside.
Isn't that her cousin?
With her grandma and parents not caring about her, the quiet girl became moody.
"But I have to tell you first." Xu Yingxia said seriously, "You have to give me all your wages. Your sister is still suffering in the countryside, and your brother is still in school. Our family depends entirely on this salary."
Jiang Shuangshuang raised her eyebrows, "Are you planning to split up the family?"
If you don't hand in your wages, then you have to split up the family, right?
She held Mother Xu's hands with both hands, "Mom, I support you, let's split up!"
"Haven't you been looking forward to this for a long time?" Xu Yingxia slapped her hand angrily. "You've been making a fuss these days, aren't you just looking for a split?"
"Why not?" Jiang Shuangshuang said righteously, "Otherwise, you will just wait for them to exploit you until you are old, and then pass the job on to their great-grandsons?"
Xu Yingxia was furious.
But there is nothing to refute, because this possibility is not impossible.
Old Jiang died while saving someone, so it is reasonable for her to take over as his partner. Otherwise, the Jiang family will be hurt and scold them for bullying an orphan and a widow.
Her salary has been rising over the years, and her name is on the list of annual awards. It's not because she is so outstanding, she is just more serious at work. Most of the time, she has benefited from her old reputation as a veteran who sacrificed her life heroically to save soldiers. As long as she doesn't make big mistakes, the factory won't make things difficult for her, and she will be given priority for good things.
The family was given two small houses in the family compound, as well as various benefits.
There are too many to count.
There was no way the Jiang family was willing to let her go. Just like Shuangshuang said, they would work for her until she was old and then kick her out, leaving the job for the son of their precious grandson.
The more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable I felt.
Let’s not talk about her. Why didn’t she save anything for her children after working for so many years, while others got all the benefits?
Just get it, you can't get any good out of it.
Everyone in that family was on guard against her.
The previous words about taking over were said suddenly.
But now she really thinks this is a good decision.
Although her salary was much lower, even if she earned more, it might not be enough for her children. Now that the second girl has taken over, she doesn't have to go to the countryside to suffer.
Xu Yingxia continued to talk about her plan, "Your elder sister didn't think so much when she went to the countryside. It's useless to say more now. But now I have to consider not only you, but also your brother."
She glanced at the girl quietly, and seeing that she didn't look dissatisfied, she continued, "He still has two years before he goes to the countryside. If you take over, find a suitable partner in these two years, and then transfer the job quota to him when he goes to the countryside."
After saying this, he quietly raised his eyes and glanced at her.
My breathing became tense.
But Jiang Shuangshuang didn't expect her to look nonchalant, "I understand."
"What do you know?"
Jiang Shuangshuang made a "tsk" sound, "Although the palms and backs of the hands are made of flesh, the human heart is not pure...hiss! Stop pulling me."
Xu Yingxia glared at her unhappily, then stood up and walked out.
As he walked, he shouted, "What are you still standing there for? Go talk to your grandma. The sooner you tell her, the better it will be."
Jiang Shuangshuang, who was following behind him, snorted in dissatisfaction.
In fact, she really understands.
Not only did she understand, the original body also understood.
Is Mrs. Xu partial?
It's still somewhat biased.
Father Jiang died early, and when he was buried, it was three-year-old Jiang Xiaozhou who broke the basin and started the coffin for him, while the original body and her sister were blocked outside by some old feudalists and not allowed in.
After that, whenever people talked about Dad Jiang, everyone would feel lucky for Mom Xu, saying how fortunate she was to have a little son who could carry on the family line and take care of her in her old age.
I have seen and experienced a lot.
Human hearts are inevitably biased.
But there is one good thing about Mrs. Xu: she is very aware that she is biased, but she will try her best to be fair.
Whatever my younger son has, I will fight for it for my two daughters.
Generally speaking, the Jiang family has eight granddaughters in total, but only the two sisters Jiang Shuangshuang graduated from high school.
To put it simply, if Mother Xu had an apple in her hand, she would cut it into three pieces, no more, no less. She might not have one, but her two daughters would have one.
Let’s talk about going to the countryside.
The eldest daughter was one of the first group of people from their provincial capital to go to the countryside. She shouted slogans loudly and was surrounded by a group of young people full of ideals and aspirations who spoke passionately.
Most people think this is a good thing.
You can build your country and earn your own living.
You invited me and I invited you, and we all happily went to the countryside together. That day when I sent Jiang Huanhuan to the train station, I could hear the young people singing the national anthem loudly all the way. Everyone was moving forward with hope.
but……
The reality is very hard.
Not all the kids in the city who have never been to the fields can endure this hardship.
Moreover, he has been gone for more than two years and there is no news of his return. We don’t know how long he will stay.
Now the task of going to the countryside falls on the second daughter.
If Mother Xu really only favored her youngest son, she could just ignore him or just find a random man for her to marry.
Although working gay men are in great demand nowadays, it is not completely impossible for them to get married.
Didn’t the matchmaker just mention a “high-quality man” who was getting married for the second time?
It is precisely because she cares that Xu's mother is willing to give up her job rather than let her daughter settle for the life she has.
The original body understood, and Jiang Shuangshuang also understood.
Mother Xu will fight for everything she can for the two sisters, but... there is only one job, and it will definitely go to Jiang Xiaozhou in the end.
Even if there is bias, love is still love.
Besides, it’s not clear that she herself loves Xu’s mother that much. If she loves her the most, she has no other choice but herself. How can she have the right to ask others to do what she can’t do?
The mother and daughter walked all the way towards the Jiang family's old house.
The old house is also in the residential area, but it is not in the same large courtyard.
There are really a lot of people living in the old house.
Before we went to the countryside, 17 people lived in five rooms and we didn’t know how they could squeeze in.
Later, their four grandchildren went to the countryside together, which relieved the pressure a little.
The five houses occupied the right side of the large courtyard.
As soon as Jiang Shuangshuang and her daughter came over, Old Lady Wang looked at them unhappily with her eyelids drooping, but for some unknown reason, she spoke to them unwillingly, "You came just in time. I have something good to tell you."
How could Old Lady Wang still say good things?
Jiang Shuangshuang looked up at the sky, but the sun hadn't risen from the west yet.
Old Mrs. Wang seemed to know what she was thinking and was so angry that she wanted to curse her.
But when he thought of her fierceness, he could only hold it back, "You heartless girl, I am so sorry that I still think about you. Don't you want to find someone? I happen to have a suitable family member here."
She emphasized: "I am a soldier in the army!"
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