Chapter 27 Chapter 27 (Catching Bugs) "Is your Shuangshuang...
After all, it was a family scandal. Xu Yingxia didn't want Cheng to know about the mess at home. What if the initial impression was not good? She didn't want the people in the old house to implicate Shuangshuang.
So when she saw that Auntie Xu wanted to say something, she interrupted her and said, "Sister Xu, come and help me. I brought back a lot of firewood. Can you help me move it?"
I brought quite a lot, filling up all the space available.
The wild boar collected by the bureau was placed in the trunk, and Jiang Shuangshuang's wild boar was also placed next to it. The empty spaces were stuffed with firewood and fresh vegetables, and even some of the space in the car was filled. It was completely enough for Xu Yingxia's plan to smoke the meat.
There are so many things, we really need someone to help. While the neighbors were busy helping, Xu Yingxia walked to the front with a small bag, "Comrade Cheng, today is really an unfortunate time. I will ask Shuangshuang to invite you over for dinner after you finish packing at home. You must come then."
"Okay." Cheng Jin agreed readily and was already thinking about what to bring to the house.
But before he could make up his mind, Xu Yingxia stuffed a pheasant into his car and said, "Take this. It's all ready. You can chop it up and fry it when you get home. Don't push it. Thank you for bringing us back."
Cheng Jin frowned, "Then I'll treat Auntie to dinner next time."
It was too ugly to push back and forth, and he also wanted to have a give-and-take approach so that there would be more opportunities for contact.
He remembered that one of his comrades-in-arms had half a leg of lamb at home, and he had to think of how to get it to give as a gift!
Cheng Jin knew that something happened at the Jiang family, so he nodded to Jiang Shuangshuang and drove away.
As soon as the others left, Aunt Xu couldn't wait to ask, "Who is this comrade? He looks really impressive."
Isn’t it magnificent?
Otherwise, Xu Yingxia would not have set her sights on them first. She knew without thinking that the ladies in the houses would have some thoughts, so she gritted her teeth and said nothing. Instead, she asked, "You just said that two more people were sent to the hospital from the old house. What's going on?"
Auntie Xu was at a loss for words. "To be honest, there were not two but three cases. Your sister-in-law was discharged from the hospital just after you went back to visit your relatives, but she was sent to the hospital again yesterday along with the others."
He was admitted to the hospital twice within a few days, and the name "Jiang Qing" became famous in the family hospital.
She continued, "Your second brother and eldest sister-in-law were also sent there. They are now staying in the same ward with your mother-in-law, second sister-in-law and younger sister-in-law. The ward is completely occupied, so it's quite lively."
The health hospital in their area is not big, with only two floors and five wards.
There weren't many patients originally, but the Jiang family crammed five of them in, and as a result, everyone in the hospital knew about the Jiang family's name. I'm afraid that the news was not only spreading like wildfire in the family area of the textile factory, but was also being gossiped about in other places.
The main reason is that this incident is too bizarre. "Do you know what Jiang Qing did again? After leaving the hospital, she ran to the motor factory's residential area and was caught by the new wife. Before the new wife said anything, your Jiang Qing threatened that whoever would accompany Comrade Ma in the future would be the one."
"Oh, stop talking, stop talking. I'm so embarrassed just listening to it." Xu Yingxia frowned when she heard it. She really couldn't believe how Jiang Qing had the nerve to say such words. She really has no shame.
"She is so stupid. She doesn't even think about how she will get married if this gets out..."
"Don't worry about that." Aunt Xu said mysteriously, "Your sister-in-law is already married."
"Ah?!" Xu Yingxia was stunned and was so shocked by the news that she couldn't react for a long time.
Jiang Shuangshuang brought a glass of water over and was also very curious, "Who did she marry?"
"A cripple." Aunt Xu didn't actually get to know much. She was hoping Xu Yingxia would come back soon. She also wanted her to go back to her husband's house. Who knows, maybe she could hear some inside information. "I don't know where he came from. He suddenly showed up and said that he had already obtained a marriage certificate with Jiang Qing. Oh, right..."
She took a sip of water and continued, "It was your niece Jiang Nannan who brought them together. Your in-laws had a fight over this. Not only did they destroy the house, but they also sent three people to the hospital."
The news was so overwhelming and shocking that Xu Yingxia really couldn't react.
Everyone in the old house was hospitalized, and the sister-in-law married a cripple for unknown reasons. All of this was caused by Jiang Nannan. She always thought that her niece Jiang Nannan was very honest, so how did she get involved in such a thing?
Jiang Nannan actually didn't want to get involved.
But she couldn't help it.
Jiang Qing had caught her with the evidence, so she had no choice but to cooperate with Jiang Qing fully until the truth was revealed.
Especially, people at home are eyeing Cheng Jin again.
Jiang Qing had a bad reputation because of her troubles outside, and Ma Jian was already married. If Jiang Qing didn't find a gay man to marry as soon as possible, she would be sent to the countryside.
Grandma scolded her, but immediately thought of Cheng Jin.
Cheng Jin is from another place and is the son of Cheng Xingbang. If she can cover up the scandals that Jiang Qing has caused, it is very likely that she will marry into the Cheng family.
Especially since there was no news from Jiang Shuangshuang, it was probably that they didn't like each other, and it wasn't considered that he was trying to snatch her marriage away, and it certainly wouldn't cause Jiang Shuangshuang to beat and scold him at home.
But no one knew that it was Jiang Nannan and Cheng Jin who had been in contact all these days.
If Jiang Qing got involved at this time, all her plans would fail and no one would consider her.
So, she made a suggestion to Jiang Qing.
If you really can't let go of Ma Jian, then find someone to fake marry.
As soon as she opened her mouth, Jiang Qing couldn't wait to agree and begged her, hoping that she could help find a suitable candidate, and the reward would be all the property of her grandparents.
Jiang Nannan helped and found a lame street sweeper for Jiang Qing.
Before she knew about Cheng Jin, this was an alternative she had found for herself. If there was really no other way, she would rather marry him than go back to the countryside.
"Nannan."
There was a shout from the front. Jiang Nannan raised her head and saw the person coming. A smile instantly appeared on her face. "You're here."
"Sorry, am I too late?" Cheng Jin was a little restrained. He looked at the woman next to Jiang Nannan and asked nervously, "Is this Grandma Wang?"
"Yes, yes, I'm Nan Nan's grandmother." The old woman grinned, but her smile was a little strange. She stared at Cheng Jin with her eyes, obviously thinking about something. "You look a lot like your father. Looking at you reminds me of him."
Cheng Jin scratched his head and said, "People say that I look like my dad."
After saying that, he handed over the small bag in his hand and said, "Grandma Wang, I don't know what to give you since this is our first meeting. Take this dress. If it doesn't fit, I can ask someone to alter it."
"It fits, it fits. How could it not fit?" The old woman smiled happily, staring at the clothes in the bag, unwilling to move her eyes away.
Jiang Nannan knew why she was so happy.
Because she had promised before coming that she would give her whatever Cheng Jin sent her, so the old woman was willing to agree to play the role of her grandmother.
That’s right, find someone to play the role.
During this time, she told Cheng Jin her name.
After all, if she really wanted to get a marriage certificate, she couldn't use Jiang Shuangshuang's name to apply, so she had to tell him the name "Jiang Nannan".
But the name tells us that Cheng Jin absolutely cannot meet the Jiang family.
Otherwise, Cheng Jin would know about her deception, and the Jiang family would never let her marry into the Cheng family. Even if Jiang Shuangshuang looked down on him, Jiang Qing was already married, and the Jiang family had several daughters. Faced with a son-in-law with such good conditions, no matter whether they were the aunt or the aunt, they would fight for their daughters.
Only her own parents would immediately abandon her and force her to go to the countryside if someone promised her a small favor.
So when Cheng Jin asked to meet her family for the third time, she spent money to find an old woman.
It wasn't much money, but it was enough to drain out the family savings she had secretly saved over the years. However, the old woman was willing to follow her to deceive people because she knew that Cheng Jin would never come empty-handed, and she promised to let the old woman take back whatever Cheng Jin gave her.
A set of ready-made clothes, even one made of thin cotton, would cost at least seven or eight yuan.
Jiang Nannan didn't feel any pain at all, she even felt happy.
Cheng Jin was willing to spend the money simply because he valued her, which was a good thing for her.
Inviting an old woman is not just for talking, but also to use her to decide the marriage between the two. The old woman said what Jiang Nannan had told her before, "I wanted to invite you to my house, but it's been very noisy at home recently. You know that even my daughter is in a hurry to find a partner because of going to the countryside. Introducing Nannan to you has made many people unhappy, but what can I do? I love this girl the most, and her personality is just right for you..."
Explain the reason for not entering, explain why you chose Jiang Nannan, and the following is the most important.
The old woman cleared her throat and continued, "The matter of going to the countryside must be confirmed next month, so I thought if you feel that we are compatible, why don't we get married?"
Seeing that Cheng Jin wanted to say something, she held out her hand and said, "In recent years, when our family was in trouble, we were grateful for your willingness to help. So Nan Nan and I discussed it and decided not to ask for a high price. Just give a bonus of 50 yuan. What do you think?"
Cheng Jin was very surprised when he heard this, and then he looked a little ashamed.
Before coming here, he really didn't like the Jiang family. He felt that they had asked for a lot of things from them over the years on the pretext of saving his life. He also thought that he was going to marry a girl from the Jiang family, and he didn't know how much dowry he would be asked for.
Originally I just wanted to come and take a look, and deal with it if I could.
Unexpectedly, he and Nan Nan get along really well. He even called his family yesterday to discuss the bride price. He wondered if a bicycle and a 150-yuan bride price could fill the big hole in the Jiang family. If the asking price was too high, he would not want to empty the family's savings just to marry a wife.
But he is really ashamed now.
The Jiang family didn't ask for any money or a bicycle, and the prize money was only fifty yuan. Although this was similar to the prize money of ordinary families when marrying a daughter-in-law, it made him feel that he had thought too badly of the Jiang family.
Yes, it must be because the Jiang family encountered difficulties in their lives that they had to speak to Dad.
Now it seems that the Jiang family is much better than they imagined. He must explain it to his parents when he goes back, especially his mother, so that she will not misunderstand that Nan Nan's family is too greedy.
Cheng Jin stood up suddenly and bowed deeply to the old woman. "Don't worry, Grandma Wang. I will definitely treat Nan Nan well in the future and will never let her suffer any grievances with me!"
"Why are you still calling me Grandma Wang? Just call me Grandma from now on." The old woman held the new clothes and smiled. She earned a new set of clothes in just a few words, so of course she had to do a good job of this matter, in case she was needed again in the future and could receive another gift.
"I feel particularly relieved to leave Nan Nan to your family. Please discuss with your family and get the marriage certificate as soon as possible, so as to avoid the Youth Office coming to recruit people next month."
Cheng Jin blushed and glanced at the people beside him, then quickly said, "I'll make a call when we get back to the guesthouse!"
Jiang Nannan also looked back at him with a blushing face, but she felt particularly at ease in her heart.
What she wanted was not just to marry Cheng Jin. If she married him, she would have to enter the Cheng family and live in the same house with Cheng's parents. If her future parents-in-law did not like her, her life would definitely not be comfortable.
The marriage was not originally planned to be held at home. As soon as she got the marriage certificate, she would leave a letter and leave the city directly. Naturally, she would not give the betrothal gift to her family.
It would be better to use the betrothal gift to change the Cheng family's impression of her.
The fifty yuan dowry will also help her to have more money after she gets married, and can also be used to buy some gifts for her future parents-in-law.
She had arranged all this.
As of now, everything is going according to her plan. She has invited a strange old woman to act, and at least Cheng Jin has met the "Jiang family". She can find other excuses to prevaricate, get the marriage certificate, and leave the city with Cheng Jin immediately.
After chatting for about an hour, Jiang Nannan did not accept Cheng Jin's invitation and asked him to go back and contact his family.
As soon as the others left, the old woman next to them said, "This young man is quite good. Your life will be better if you marry him."
Jiang Nannan did not respond to her words, but looked at her coldly.
The old woman knew she was a chatterbox, so she quickly said, "I'm not asking you anything on purpose. You know where I live. If you have any questions in the future, just come to me. I will definitely help you perform this scene well."
The money and the clothes were taken, how could the old woman not be happy?
She went home happily.
Jiang Nannan did not leave immediately.
She recalled the process just now, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that she had not said anything wrong, and then walked towards the health center.
As soon as she arrived at the gate of the health center, she saw a familiar person. Jiang Nannan's cold face showed a little more smile, and she stepped forward to greet him: "Auntie, you are back?"
Xu Yingxia nodded at her and asked, "Are they all right?"
"Except for my aunt, the injuries of other people are not too serious." Jiang Nannan said, "The doctor said that they can be discharged from the hospital in the next few days."
The doctors and nurses at the hospital were eager for them to be discharged as soon as possible.
A family of five was lying in a ward, quarreling all day long. At first, one thought it would be a fun show, but once they started quarreling, it was endless and they even broke the benches in the hospital.
I have hinted to her countless times that I hope they can go home as soon as possible and that it will be the same if they recuperate at home.
"Why was the beating so severe?" Xu Yingxia really couldn't understand them. There had been big fights at home before, but they had never sent people to the hospital at every turn like they did now.
Suddenly she seemed to remember something.
It seems that the way of quarreling at home has changed since Shuangshuang started to use fists to teach people a lesson. Before, they just talked and then started to smash things, but now it sounds like they are beating people again...
Xu Yingxia was startled and quickly changed the subject: "What happened to your aunt? Why did she get married?"
Jiang Nannan lowered her eyes, "My aunt doesn't want to go to the countryside, nor does she want to listen to her family's arrangement to marry in another province, so she asked me to help..."
Xu Yingxia interrupted her directly, "How can you help with this?!"
Jiang Nannan pursed her lips and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Yet another person came to accuse her.
Ever since Jiang Qing got the marriage certificate, everyone in the family has been blaming her, as if she was the one who forced Jiang Qing to marry a cripple.
Although she was instrumental in this, it was Jiang Qing who first begged her to help come up with a solution.
"You don't know what kind of person your grandmother is. No matter whose idea it was, you will definitely be blamed in the end." Xu Yingxia still felt sympathetic towards her niece. "Do less thankless work like this in the future. Push it if you can. If you really can't push it, just refuse it directly. It's better than having everyone come to trouble you..."
Xu Yingxia was still talking, but Jiang Nannan felt a little dazed.
This was the first person who cared about her.
He was also the first elder to explain these principles to her.
"When we go in later, stay behind me. If they really attack you, stay away." Xu Yingxia warned.
Before she came, she thought that it would be very noisy later, so she didn't let Shuangshuang come with her.
Some excitement may seem interesting at first, but when it becomes too much, it becomes annoying.
She took Jiang Nannan to the ward.
Before I even entered, I heard the sound of quarreling inside. I rolled my eyes and muttered, "Look at all those loud voices. It seems that the injuries are not serious."
I opened the door and was about to say something when I saw a strange gay man inside.
He was of medium build and quite thin. He stood stiffly in front of Jiang Qing's ward. When he saw the two people coming in, he gave an awkward smile.
Xu Yingxia guessed and roughly figured out who this person was.
"Mother Xiaozhou, you are finally back. Come and see our Jiang family's new son-in-law." Jiang's second wife said with a gloomy face, "Why is it bad if he looks like a decent person? It's better than getting involved with a married woman..."
"Shut up, you bitch!" Old Mrs. Wang was so angry that her face was twisted. If she hadn't twisted her waist when she beat someone yesterday, she would have wanted to get up and slap her a few times.
"What I said is all true. Why should you ask me to shut up?" Jiang Ersao looked at the bruised man next to her and felt distressed. She didn't dare to make trouble before because the old lady was in charge of the family. But now the old lady has no money and can't control them. How can she continue to hold her anger?
The shouting became louder, "Whether your daughter wants to find a married woman or a cripple is her own business. Why did you beat my man like this? I will continue to make trouble until this matter is clarified!"
Sister Jiang, whose hand was fractured by a bench, frowned, "Second sister-in-law is right. Mom was angry and scolded my sister-in-law. She beat us up like this. I have to take several days off. You must compensate me for this money."
"Blame me? Do you think I don't know? You all come to my place just to see Jiang Qing make a fool of himself. Who can you blame if you don't hide yourself?!" Old Lady Wang stared at the people at the door. "And you, Jiang Nannan, you can hide as much as you want. I will break your legs as soon as I am discharged from the hospital!"
Jiang Nannan remained silent.
What Third Aunt said before was right.
When the news of Jiang Qing's marriage came to light, everyone blamed her, especially her grandmother, who wanted to beat her up like a madman. However, she ran fast and was not injured like the others.
Faced with such vicious words, Jiang Nannan was not afraid.
In a few days, she will be able to leave here and never return to that home.
"Can you please be quiet? This is a health center, not a market. If you keep making noise, you can go home and not live here anymore." The nurse came in and yelled, obviously fed up with the noise. "This is the last time. If you do it again, I'll kick you out!"
They were all huddled together, and no one dared to say anything in the face of the nurse's yelling.
Only after the nurse's back was turned did he dare to swear a few words.
"Well... I'll go back first. I still have two streets to sweep." The thin man said. Jiang Qing on the hospital bed did not respond, and he did not feel disappointed and turned around and left.
But when passing by Jiang Nannan, he nodded slightly at her.
"Is this Jiang Qing's man?" Xu Yingxia asked?
Jiang Nannan nodded.
"It's bullshit!" Old Lady Wang shouted, but then she seemed to remember the nurse's previous threat, and her voice became softer, "Anyway, I don't admit it..."
"Mom, can you be quiet?" Jiang Qing turned over irritably. "Even if you don't recognize me, I've already got the marriage certificate. Am I going to get a divorce now and go to the countryside with you? If you can't help, then don't hold me back, okay?"
She had been very upset these days and was in no mood to have a good talk with them.
If she doesn't get married, she will have to move to the countryside, and then she will really have no chance at all.
But if she finds a man to fake marry first, she will have the opportunity to continue to contact Majian, and she will let Majian understand what kind of woman is more suitable for him!
No hurry, she doesn't need to rush.
There are still more than ten years before Majian goes into business, and all she needs to do is make Majian fall in love with her within these ten years.
She was just faking her marriage, she wasn't really with a cripple.
Thinking of this, Jiang Qing couldn't help but glance at Jiang Nannan.
Thinking that this niece who looks about the same age as her is pretty nice, she introduced her husband from her previous life to her. She will probably have to move to the countryside next month.
Forget it. In consideration of Jiang Nannan's help, she will definitely give Jiang Nannan a lot of money when she gets rich in the future, even buy her a big villa! Let others just watch with wide eyes. Who made them not think of helping her at this time, but also use vicious language to mock her.
"You can't marry a cripple!" Old Lady Wang said with a sad face, "And a street sweeper. You marry him like this without even a dowry. You're stupid!"
How could she not feel pained when the girl she had raised with so much effort was given away to someone else for nothing?
Originally, I wanted her to marry Majian and get the prize money and the bicycle. Even if she didn't marry Majian, finding another man would be better than having nothing now.
Now, once the marriage certificate is obtained, how can the other party possibly give an additional gift?
Moreover, the lame man's family was extremely poor. He had to support two sick parents by just sweeping the streets. They were not well fed or clothed. Even if they were willing to give a bonus for the bride price, his family could not afford it.
"I decided to marry him because I'm not stupid... Forget it, you don't understand, and I'm too lazy to tell you." Jiang Qing didn't want to waste any more words. No matter how much she said, they wouldn't understand.
She lived for so many years before her rebirth, doesn't she understand something better than them?
If she doesn't seize the opportunity to become the richest man in their province, she will have to live a hard life forever.
He pulled the quilt up over his head and didn't want to pay any attention to anyone else.
Xu Yingxia hardly said anything after entering the ward. After staying for a while, she felt bored and wanted to leave.
Old Lady Wang finally looked her in the eye and snorted, "You don't even know what to bring when you come to see a patient. Do you really not consider me your mother-in-law after we split up the family? That bastard, the third son, married a wife who bullies his own mother."
She learned these words from Old Lady Ma.
Earlier, she was seen sitting on the ground crying for her dead old man, howling so loudly that no one dared to interrupt her.
She wanted to use the dead third child to control Xu Yingxia. Didn't they have a special relationship? For the sake of the third child, she had to obey her mother-in-law even if she was unwilling, right?
Xu Yingxia gave her a cold look and said, "I have worked like a slave for the Jiang family for ten years, which one of your other three sons has contributed more money and effort than me? I, Xu Yingxia, have done my best for the Jiang family."
After she hesitated for two seconds, she continued, "If you really want Old Jiang to be filial to you, then go find him downstairs."
After saying this, regardless of the astonished looks from the Jiang family, she raised her head, straightened her chest, turned around and left the ward.
It was not until he walked out of the hospital gate that he clenched his fists and gestured a few times. When he got home, he couldn't wait to say to Shuangshuang: "You didn't see your grandma's stunned look. When I said that, I felt so relieved!"
You have to confront it.
Otherwise the old lady would really think that she was as easy to bully as before.
If she had treated her three children well in the past, it would not be impossible for her to be filial to them. After all, they are Lao Jiang's parents.
But now, when she thought about what Huanhuan and her siblings had endured in the old house, she really hated them.
"If you want to curse, curse more." Jiang Shuangshuang gave her a suggestion, "If you are afraid that someone will accuse you of being unfilial, you can take a few melon seeds and sit at the door of You Pozi's house and tell her about your efforts over the past ten years."
Mrs. You is recognized as the most gossipy woman in their family.
Whatever she knew would be known to the entire textile factory within two days.
You accuse me of being unfilial, and I talk about my contribution.
Before last month, Mrs. Xu's salary was paid by Mrs. Wang signing a receipt, and this cannot be erased.
"I'll go right away!" Xu Yingxia thought this was a good suggestion. She took out a few handfuls of melon seeds from the cabinet and walked out.
Mrs. You usually likes to bring a bench and sit at the gate of the courtyard. There are always some noisy aunties and old women around her, and they have endless topics to talk about every day.
Xu Yingxia had never participated much before, so she thought she would chat with them first, and then mention what she had done for her in-laws over the years after she had fully joined, so as to avoid being smeared by the people in the old house in the future.
As a result, she didn't need to think about starting a conversation. As soon as she sat down, someone asked her, "Xiao Xu, will your Shuangshuang report to work tomorrow?"
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