Chapter 8 Chapter 8 "Your mother was sent to the hospital again...
After agreeing on a meeting time for tomorrow, Matchmaker Zhang politely saw the person out the door.
After sending the people out of the compound, she returned to the house and saw Xiaoliu's wife tidying up the table, with the cloth bag containing the candies also placed on the table.
"Mom, is it really possible that the sisters are trying to steal each other's love? Is there something going on in the Ma family that we don't know about? Why would a girl rush to be the stepmother?"
"There must be a benefit in that. Otherwise, what would you want from him? Do you want him to work like a slave for the Ma family?" Matchmaker Zhang sees a lot of people, especially those who are involved in matters between young couples.
As for Jiang Qing, she was clamoring to get married without even knowing the person's name. It was definitely not just because of Ma Jian. There must be other reasons.
She picked up the bag and weighed it. "It's other people's business. Let's not get involved."
"Don't care?" Xiaoliu's wife was a little hesitant, "Aren't you going to say hello to Jiang Shuangshuang?"
"Why fight? Sooner or later, everyone will know. Besides, Jiang Shuangshuang doesn't like this marriage at all." Matchmaker Zhang taught. "Even if she likes it, we should not interfere in other people's family affairs. Otherwise, we will be in trouble. If the noise spreads outside, it may even damage my reputation. Who will be willing to come to me then?"
Xiaoliu's wife immediately gave up the idea.
Although my mother-in-law cannot get a fixed salary every month as a matchmaker, she is lucky and earns as much as my father-in-law every month, and she brings some things back home from time to time.
Like today's candies, when the children see them tomorrow, they will probably be too happy.
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Jiang Qing, who was leaving, was in a good mood at this moment.
As long as she meets Majian tomorrow, she is sure that she can make him change his mind.
But before meeting her, I have to think about money.
She didn't have much private money, and in order to leave a good impression on Majian, she didn't plan to spend his money before the two of them got married. In addition to the ten yuan commission she promised to matchmaker Zhang, she had to get at least twenty more yuan.
If there is a suitable excuse, it is not impossible to ask your parents.
But she really didn't know what excuse to use to ask them for money. Fortunately, she knew where her mother hid the money. Otherwise, she should just take it secretly again and then confess after she and Ma Ji settled down.
It's just twenty dollars. She can pay it back ten thousand times in the future!
With this thought in mind, Jiang Qing walked towards home.
Just a few steps away from the compound, a neighbor shouted, "Jiang Qing, why did you come back so late? Go to the hospital quickly, your mother has been sent to the hospital again."
"My third sister-in-law is here?"
"What does it have to do with your third sister-in-law?" The neighbor looked puzzled. She said, "It's Jiang Xiaoguo from your fourth brother's family. This kid is really brave. He actually dared to steal your mother's money."
"How is that possible?" Jiang Qing's eyes widened suddenly and he rushed into the house.
She really couldn't remember clearly what happened during this period of her life. At that time, she was only concerned about her relationship with Cheng Jin. She got married less than a month after they met. When she looked back, her family had already been divided, and their relationship was particularly strained because of the division.
In fact, it is not impossible to split up the family.
But after the separation, except for the third sister-in-law, the rest of the family became worse and worse. In the end, they had to ask their parents for money. When their parents couldn't give them any, they went to Cheng Xingbang, which made the Cheng family angry with her.
If it really becomes a burden, it is better to stay as it is now.
At least he has food and drink, so he won't set his sights on her.
Old Mrs. Wang had been sent to the hospital by now. The few people left in the room were either sitting on chairs sighing or picking up things that had fallen on the ground.
As soon as she rushed in, she yelled at her fourth brother: "How did you teach your son? He even dared to steal money at home. He is simply lawless. He should be severely beaten several times, otherwise he will be caught and shot sooner or later!"
"Okay, just say less. Do you think I'm annoying enough?" Jiang Laosi looked irritated.
"Are you still upset?" Jiang Qing cursed angrily, "We should be the ones who are upset. There's a thief in our house, and who knows if he has ever stolen anything before? Now that rumors are spreading outside, do we in the Jiang family still have the face to go out and live as human beings?"
"That's enough." Jiang Si's wife couldn't stand anyone slandering her son, so she said in a sinister tone, "You really should be worried. Such a big family only has less than 60 yuan left. Next year, the whole family will be starving!"
Jiang Qing was stunned. "What do you mean?"
"What do you mean?" Jiang Sisao yelled, "Go ask your parents what they mean. They said something nice, like if there was a chance, they would buy Xiaoguo a job with money. But where is the money? If Xiaoguo hadn't been smart enough to check, who would have known that we only had less than 60 yuan!"
"How could it be..."
Jiang Qing didn't quite believe it.
When she rummaged through her mother's closet before, she did find only a small stack of money, but she thought that was only a small part of it. How could there be so little money in the house?
"How could it not be? I heard it with my own ears!" Jiang Si's wife was so angry that tears came out.
It is indeed wrong for a small country to steal money.
But what can he do?
It just so happened that his friend had a connection, so he thought he could use that to get a job.
She and the child's father both asked for money through connections, but her family just said to wait and if they really met someone who could sell a job, they would definitely buy it for Xiaoguo.
After waiting for a long time, as the day of going to the countryside was getting closer, he felt uncertain.
I was so foolish that I went into the old lady's room and stole money.
The man was caught red-handed before the money was even found. The old lady kept cursing in the house, but she thought she was justified and had not said a single word. After the old lady returned to the house, she took Xiaoguo with her to apologize.
As a result, I heard the old man and the old lady talking in a low voice about money in the room.
"Fifty-seven dollars is all she has, not a penny more or less! But since she has no money, what did she promise? She said she would buy the job for Xiaoguo if there was a job quota, but what did she use to buy it?"
The more Jiang Sisao spoke, the more hysterical she became. "Why did she make such a promise if she didn't have the money to buy it? Isn't this just wasting Xiaoguo's time? As a grandmother, isn't she eager to send Xiaoguo to the countryside to be happy?"
"..." Jiang Qing was yelled at and was speechless.
Her mind was in a mess at the moment, and she had no time to defend her mother.
What can you do with fifty-seven dollars?
She finally understood why her family reached out to her not long after she got married in her last life, and when they couldn't get what they wanted from her, they turned to Cheng Xingbang.
Her parents never told her about such a big thing.
I won't talk about other times, but my parents did say it in front of them, if they could find someone selling a job, they would buy one. It would cost money, but it wouldn't be a loss to get a salary every month.
Hearing this, everyone thought the family was wealthy.
To be able to afford a job, she must have at least several hundred dollars, right? And she definitely wouldn't empty her family's savings to buy it, and she would definitely keep some money for daily expenses. She even thought that her parents had saved at least several hundred, or even a thousand.
But she never expected that it was only fifty-seven yuan...
"Did we make a mistake? Could it be that mother spent the money somewhere we don't know about?" Jiang Ersao didn't believe it either, so when she said this, she glanced at her sister-in-law and her eldest brother and his wife.
One is the eldest and the other is the youngest.
That is definitely the old man and the old woman’s favorite.
Maybe they used their money to subsidize the business.
"Don't look at me." Jiang Dasao quickly denied, "Your eldest brother and I pay each other every month, and we haven't bought any big things in the house. The money is definitely not spent secretly on me."
Of course, not entirely.
Her eldest son was among the first group of people to go to the countryside.
She would send letters back three or four times a year, but she was smart and never spread out her eldest son's crying letters for everyone to see. Instead, she would secretly read them to the old man and the old woman when no one else was at home.
After all, he is their eldest grandson. Seeing how miserable he was in the letter, he must have been heartbroken and secretly asked her to help mail a lot of things.
Money was a small amount, most of it was food, clothing, and various tickets.
Even if we count the least, there must be at least dozens.
Otherwise, how could the eldest son send me a letter from time to time?
Did he really think that sending letters was free? If he hadn't received something from his family every time he sent a letter, the heartless boy would have forgotten about them long ago.
"Don't look at me either..." Jiang Qing agreed without thinking. As soon as she opened her mouth, Jiang's wife chuckled and said, "Little sister, don't compare yourself with us. Look at your dacron clothes. Who in our family can compare with you?"
Jiang Qing lowered his head and looked at his clothes, unable to explain for a moment.
She went out this time just to find a matchmaker, so naturally she had to dress decently.
"Tsk." Jiang Ersao sneered, "I was wondering, how come so many people in the family work and get paid, they only have this little money? Dad and mom are really partial, they only care about whether the little girl eats well and wears warm clothes, and don't care about our lives?"
"She is a young lady after all." Jiang Dasao said quietly, and dragged another sister-in-law into the battle. "Otherwise, how could she have considered her several years ago? She was secretly arranged a marriage for her, and she would not have to go to the countryside after she got married."
Sure enough, upon hearing the word "send to the countryside", Jiang Sisao also flew into a rage, "My daughter is a human being, but my grandson is not a human being? How can they be so cruel to watch Xiaoguo being sent to the countryside? They are still human beings..."
"Enough!" A scolding voice came from the door. It was Old Man Jiang who came back at some unknown time.
The dull voice made Jiang Sisao shut her mouth subconsciously.
Old man Jiang walked step by step into the house, followed by Xu Yingxia and her daughter.
Although they did not live in a large compound, the house assigned to Xu Yingxia was not far from here. When the old lady was sent to the hospital, there was no need for Lao Jiang to notify anyone, as some neighbors went to inform them on their own initiative.
The old lady was sent to the hospital, so it was only right and reasonable for her to come.
In other words, it's rare for an event to be lively, so how could Jiang Shuangshuang be absent?
Someone came to report that the old lady was so angry that she fell unconscious and was about to pass out.
She didn't believe a word of it. When she was making a fuss in the old house, the old lady often complained about pain here and there, and when she couldn't get over it, she would faint.
Once, twice, three or four times, anyone who believes it is a fool.
After entering the room, she found a position with the best viewing angle, leaned against the wall and looked at the people in the room.
The person who is most angry must be Jiang Sisao.
But the one who was most anxious was definitely Mrs. Jiang.
Seeing that no one spoke up, Mrs. Jiang didn't care whether the other party would appear impatient.
This is definitely the best opportunity to divide the family. If she misses it, she doesn't know how many years she will have to wait. So even though she knows that her old man will be angry, she still chooses to continue to stir up trouble. "Xiaoguo is too ignorant. Even if grandpa and grandma lied to him, they are still his elders after all..."
"Shut up!" Old Man Jiang roared, "Boss, you son of a bitch, are you just going to watch me like that? I should have thrown you into a dog hole a long time ago to let you die!"
Actually, if you were to say he was angry, he wasn't really that angry.
Over the years, he has learned how to get out of this.
Of the five sons and daughters, we will leave aside the fact that the young lady has not yet married, but as for the first four sons, except for the third son who died early, the other three were of no use at all.
If he could really support his family, he would have been like Old Liu next door, with his sons helping him inside and out, fishing and playing chess by himself, and living a very easy life.
"Dad, it's nothing..." Brother Jiang said in a muffled voice.
"I know you are blaming us." Old Man Jiang pointed at them, "But before you blame us, you should do the math. Is it easy to support such a large family with the wages you hand in?"
"Old man, a few years ago you were clamoring to buy a job. Did your mother and I pay 521 yuan to buy your daughter-in-law's job?"
"Second brother, you made a mistake at work and caused someone to become lame. Did your family pay tens of dollars in compensation?"
"Old Third Family, you guys..."
Old Man Jiang paused, suddenly not knowing what to do next.
After pausing for several seconds, he continued, "With so many children in your family, are Huanhuan and Shuangshuang the only ones who can go to high school?"
"ha."
An undisguised chuckle rang out in the house, and Old Man Jiang didn't even need to turn around to know who was making this sarcastic laugh.
He seemed to be afraid of what Jiang Shuangshuang would say, so he quickly continued, "Fourth Brother, your mother-in-law borrowed fifty yuan from you, and she hasn't said a word about it until now. Do you admit it?"
If we really want to argue, no one except the third family can beat this old man.
Even if you are biased, your children are not picked up from the trash can. How can you completely ignore them?
It's just a matter of too much or too little.
"Yes." Old Man Jiang admitted, "My family can't afford to buy a job, but it's not completely impossible. If someone can sell it, your mother and I can just shamelessly borrow from each family."
The atmosphere in the room instantly improved.
Just as Old Man Jiang was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a clear voice rang out from behind him, "Grandpa and grandma are really impressive. They can borrow a few hundred yuan just by asking."
“…”Can I borrow it?
Can’t borrow.
In the past few years, you could buy a job for three or four hundred yuan. Now, there is a trend of going to the countryside, and everyone wants to buy a job so that their children can stay at home. That is why it is so difficult to buy a job. Even if you can find one, the price has risen to seven or eight hundred yuan.
Borrowing seven or eight hundred yuan may take more than ten years to pay back. Those relatives who know his family well know his family's situation, so who would dare to lend them so much money?
Old man Jiang is in a lot of trouble now.
Who on earth was that annoying person who called Jiang Shuangshuang here?
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