Chapter 121 I'm Sorry About Adoption
Niu Cuihua has a strong grudge against Niu Jingshan and his wife. They don't know how to work hard, instead borrowing money from their siblings and then never paying it back. Niu's second brother and his wife are in the countryside, so they don't need Niu Jingshan and his wife to take care of Niu's father. Niu's second brother and his wife will take care of him.
"If we let them come..." Niu Cuihua said, "I'm afraid they'll cause trouble again."
Niu Cuihua didn't really want Niu Jingshan and his wife to come, but if she invited Second Brother Niu, it would be awkward not to invite Niu Jingshan as well. They were still siblings, and the relationship hadn't been severed, so this matter needed to be handled with caution.
"I'm afraid my younger brother and his wife will bring their children here." Niu Cuihua said, "They are just like this as a couple."
Niu Erge and his wife wouldn't bring their children here, so it's probably Niu Erge who brought Niu's father. Back home in the countryside, there are chickens and ducks, and those things need to be fed. It's impossible for them not to need feeding.
"Let them come, they will have to go back after staying for a few days." Zhao Guodong said.
"Do you think they don't want to stay here?" Niu Cuihua said, "He Zhaodi still wants her children to study in the city. She's been saying that the city schools are good before, and now she's saying it even better."
He Zhaodi and his wife's children don't have a Nancheng hukou, so it's not impossible for them to go to school there. But if their children stay in the city, who will take care of them? Will He Zhaodi and his wife provide living expenses for their children?
Living in the city requires spending money everywhere, and Niu Cuihua herself can feel the high costs. Zhao Jiaojiao and her brother spent a lot of money. Zhao Jiaojiao learned the guzheng and took art exams, and traveled to other cities to take art exams. Zhao Guodong also accompanied Zhao Jiaojiao to take art exams, and Zhao Guodong even took time off to accompany Zhao Jiaojiao. These are all costs.
Zhao Jiaojiao was accepted into Nancheng University of Communication, and Niu Cuihua breathed a sigh of relief. At least her money hadn't been wasted. Niu Cuihua and her husband had spent so much on Zhao Jiaojiao, and they were desperate for her well-being. Even if Zhao Jiaojiao only got into a lesser university, that didn't matter; as long as she got in, that was all that mattered.
"We won't let their children stay with us," Zhao Guodong said. "Big Brother doesn't have that many empty rooms and doesn't have the time to take care of their children."
"They don't care whether others have time to take care of their children." Niu Cuihua said, "They just want to stay in the city. The last time they came to the city, we didn't find them a job, and they complained about us when they returned."
"If you don't, it won't be good even if your parents are around." Zhao Guodong said.
"We have no choice but to invite them," Niu Cuihua said. "It's just my brothers and your sister. Let's have the banquet at home instead of going to a restaurant. Restaurants are too expensive."
"Okay." Zhao Guodong had no objection. The main thing was that close relatives got together.
When Niu Jingshan and his wife learned that Zhao Jiaojiao had been admitted to university and Niu Cuihua invited them to the city for a graduation banquet, He Zhaodi thought about asking the Niu family to help her family.
"Your sister is doing well. Her daughter has been admitted to university. She will have a good life in the future." He Zhaodi was looking after the children at home. She looked at Niu Jingshan who was sitting next to her. "We only make this little money in the countryside, and your sister doesn't even know how to help us. This time, you must ask them to help you more. Those people are living a good life, and we are the ones who have the worst life."
"Let's talk about it when we get over there." Niu Jingshan said.
"You have to speak up. Don't just play dumb and say nothing." He Zhaodi said, "I'll go with you. If you can't open your mouth, I'll speak."
"I can speak." Niu Jingshan said.
Zhao Guodong and his wife did not set up many tables, just three, and all of them were their family members.
When He Zhaodi and his wife saw Jiang Moli and her husband, He Zhaodi's eyes rolled and she walked to Jiang Moli's side.
"You must be my brother-in-law's sister, right? You're really beautiful. We've seen you on TV." He Zhaodi said, "You're really beautiful. We all like you very much."
"Thank you for your likes." Jiang Moli said.
Jiang Moli met a lot of people, and she could immediately feel that He Zhaodi was not sincere.
"I'm asking. If it's convenient for you, then tell me. If it's not convenient for you, forget it." He Zhaodi said, "Your unit..."
"I guess it's not convenient to say." Jiang Moli said it was inconvenient before He Zhaodi finished speaking.
"Are you still short of staff? Do you need someone to clean?" He Zhaodi asked. "Cooking in the cafeteria is also fine."
"I don't know." Jiang Moli said.
"You are so capable, why don't you go and ask? My husband and I don't have a job yet." He Zhaodi said.
Mrs. Niu, her mother, Niu Cuihua and others were busy in the kitchen. They didn't expect that He Zhaodi would go and ask Jiang Moli.
"I heard your husband runs a company. Is he short of people?" He Zhaodi asked. "If I don't go to your company, I can go to his company."
"We're not short of people," Sheng Jiahao answered directly, holding little Sheng Haoxuan. There was no way Sheng Jiahao would let He Zhaodi and her husband join his company. They didn't look like people who could get things done. If they let them join the company, Sheng Jiahao would be the only one in trouble.
"Shouldn't your company be quite large?" He Zhaodi asked, "Why aren't you short of…"
"Zhao Di." When Niu's mother brought out the dishes, she saw He Zhao Di standing in front of Jiang Moli. Niu's mother thought something was wrong and quickly called He Zhao Di, "Zhao Di, don't just stand there, come and help."
"My brother-in-law's sister didn't go to help, I..."
"If I ask you to help, then go and help. You don't need your brother-in-law's sister to help." Mother Niu urged He Zhaodi to leave.
"Mom, I still have something to say to my brother-in-law's sister." He Zhaodi said, "We are all relatives, so we should help each other. When we get better in the future, we can also..."
Niu's mother went over to pull He Zhaodi. If He Zhaodi continued to talk, the scene would be too ugly. Niu's mother said to Jiang Moli very embarrassedly, "Don't worry about her, really don't worry about her."
He Zhaodi was pulled aside by Niu's mother. She was still very unhappy and said, "Mom, I just said a few words. It's not..."
"Shut up," Niu's mother said. "Do you think you can say those things? Don't bother your brother-in-law's sister. Can't you see that she doesn't want to pay attention to you?"
"These rich people are so contemptuous," He Zhaodi said. "Why do they even come here? They don't want to sit with us."
He Zhaodi's voice was loud, and Jiang Moli and her husband heard it, as did Jiang's mother and father.
"Mom." The baby looked at Jiang Moli and said, "Are they talking about us? Why are they so mean?"
The little baby doesn't know the ways of the world. He only knows that others have made his mother unhappy.
Niu Erge heard what Xiaobao said. His wife and children didn't come over. He had just seen He Zhaodi go to Jiang Moli and say those words, and he also felt that it was wrong. But He Zhaodi was not Niu Erge's wife, so Niu Erge didn't want to drag He Zhaodi aside.
"They are just bad." Zhao Jiaojiao came close to the baby and said, "Brother Xuanxuan, don't learn from them. They are too bad."
Zhao Jiaojiao didn't side with He Zhaodi. She loved her aunt's family very much. Her aunt had helped her since she was very young. When she was little, Zhao Jiaojiao didn't know much. Now that she's grown up, she knows that if it weren't for her aunt's help, she might not have been able to learn the guzheng, and her mother wouldn't have been able to plan these things for her.
Without my aunt, there would be no Zhao Jiaojiao today.
Zhao Jiaojiao knew very well in her mind that He Zhaodi was nothing and could not compare to her aunt.
"Jiaojiao." Jiang Moli looked at Zhao Jiaojiao. That was Zhao Jiaojiao's aunt. Wasn't Zhao Jiaojiao afraid of offending people?
"They are just bad." Zhao Jiaojiao said, "Aunt, please ignore them. My dad and the others will take care of it."
Zhao Guodong went to the grocery store to buy wine. He had other things to do at home before, so he didn't buy all the wine. Zhao Guodong went to the grocery store to buy wine today. He and his wife had already agreed with Fan Xiaoxue, and Fan Xiaoxue had already prepared the things.
Niu Cuihua had to cook, so neither the couple sat in the living room all the time.
During the banquet, Jiang Moli and the others sat at one table. There were five of them, including the baby. Niu Cuihua and her husband also invited a few people they knew well from the neighborhood, and they sat at the same table with Jiang Moli and the others. Jiang Moli had no intention of sitting at the same table with He Zhaodi; she wouldn't go to help He Zhaodi.
After the banquet, Jiang Moli and others left immediately without staying here for long.
"Won't they help clean up?" He Zhaodi deliberately said this when Jiang Moli left.
Jiang Moli and others didn't take He Zhaodi's words to heart and just left.
Those close friends had also left, leaving only the Niu family members behind. The others had seen what He Zhaodi said and felt it was not right, so they decided to leave early and not stay.
"They are guests, there is no need to help clean up." Niu Cuihua said.
"Am I not a guest anymore?" He Zhaodi asked.
"You are also a guest, but do you speak like a human being?" Niu Cuihua said, "That's my sister-in-law, not yours. Can't you and your wife find a job on your own? Why do you have to force my sister-in-law to find a job for you?"
"She appears on TV so often, she must have connections," He Zhaodi said. "If she wanted to help us find a job, she'd find one right away. This is such a simple matter for her, why can't she help us? How can this be considered coercion?"
"If this isn't forcing, then what is?" Niu Cuihua said, "No matter how capable she is, what does she have to do with you?"
"She's your sister-in-law, and I'm your brother's sister-in-law, so we're relatives." He Zhaodi said, "We even sat together at your house and had a drink."
"How shameless." Niu Cuihua had not expected He Zhaodi to say such a thing. "How shameless. He Zhaodi, my sister-in-law is not your relative. Don't flatter yourself. If you want to stay in Nancheng, you should find a job on your own. Don't ask my sister-in-law for help. We can't help you either. If there was such a good job, we would have done it ourselves."
What He Zhaodi and his wife wanted was easy work that paid well. Niu Cuihua couldn't possibly help them. If she really asked Jiang Moli and her husband to help, it would be like asking them to pay them directly. Niu Cuihua wasn't that shameless; the thought of it made her feel bad.
Niu Cuihua thought that He Zhaodi and his wife would bother her, but she didn't expect He Zhaodi to be so shameless. He Zhaodi actually had the nerve to run to Jiang Moli to ask for work. Fortunately, Jiang Moli and her husband did not take the child away directly. Jiang Moli and her husband still gave Niu Cuihua and her husband face.
After returning home, Jiang's mother emphasized to Jiang Moli, "Don't worry about your sister-in-law's family."
"Mom, you just heard me say it's inconvenient, and Jiahao said they don't need anyone." Jiang Moli said, "It's impossible for us to help them."
It's not that Jiang Moli doesn't care about family affection, but He Zhaodi and those people really have nothing to do with Jiang Moli. When such a big thing happened to Uncle Lu, Jiang Moli just gave Uncle Lu some money to buy food and didn't do much else.
"That's good." Jiang's mother said, "I guess your sister-in-law didn't expect her sister-in-law to say those words."
"Yeah." Jiang Moli nodded, "Don't worry, Mom, we know."
Jiang Moli didn't care too much about Niu Cuihua. Niu Cuihua was cooking at that time, and it was impossible for her to keep an eye on He Zhaodi all the time.
"Who doesn't have a few excellent relatives?" Jiang Moli said.
"Yes." Jiang's mother said, "You guys go and rest."
"Okay." Jiang Moli said.
Jiang Moli took the baby to rest, and Sheng Jiahao followed.
Jiang's mother and father continued to sit in the living room. After thinking about it, Jiang's mother was still not satisfied with He Zhaodi's performance.
"I just wanted to speak, but you stopped me." Jiang's mother said.
"Jasmine is their peer, and she's easy to talk to." Jiang's father said, "You're the elder, and if you say it, it won't be easy."
"You still think it's difficult?" Jiang's mother glared at Jiang's father. "That's your biological daughter, your only daughter. Are you still worried about it being difficult?"
"Guodong is Jasmine's biological brother." Of course, Jiang's father wanted to mention He Zhaodi. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but it was simply because they were older than him. And Jiang Jasmine would have spoken up herself, without Jiang's father having to tell her.
Today was Zhao Jiaojiao's graduation banquet. If it went wrong, Zhao Guodong and his wife would lose face. Jiang's father still had some thoughts. He wasn't thinking about Jiang Moli needing Zhao Guodong's help in the future, but about the many people there. If Jiang Moli didn't say anything when Jiang's mother spoke, others would say that she should be the one to speak.
In the end, Jiang Moli will have to speak, so let Jiang Moli speak.
Father Jiang didn't like talking to the Niu family just now. He was not Zhao Guodong's biological father, so he didn't care about that. Father Jiang just gave the Niu family the cold face.
Yes, Father Jiang held Mother back and stopped her from saying those words, but Father Jiang did not have a good face towards the Niu family and just had a long face, but he was smiling to others.
The Niu family could naturally sense Jiang's father's dislike for them, but Zhao Guodong paid little attention to Jiang's father because he was busy entertaining the guests. By the time Zhao Guodong noticed something was wrong, the banquet was almost over, so he didn't say much.
"You had a long face just now. Do you think Guodong knew it?" Jiang's mother said.
"It doesn't matter whether he knows or not," said Jiang's father. "He can handle his wife's family affairs himself. If he dares to come and talk about it, I won't let him in."
"..." Jiang's mother was not unhappy, she just thought Jiang's father was a little childish.
Zhao Guodong heard what Niu Cuihua and He Zhaodi said, and thought about what happened at the banquet. Zhao Guodong understood why Jiang's father was not so happy, and even looked a little unhappy. He Zhaodi had gone too far.
"My sister has helped me a lot, and I don't have the face to ask her to help others." Zhao Guodong said directly to He Zhaodi, "If you and your wife want to find a job, you should go find it on your own."
Zhao Guodong felt bad. He had invited his sister and her family to the banquet to make his family happy, not to make them suffer. He Zhaodi's questions were offensive.
"Your sister is so famous, yet so stingy." He Zhaodi said, "You don't even know how to let her..."
"She's quite generous," Niu Cuihua said. "You're the ones who are petty, so stop criticizing others. You only know how to blame others for your own problems. You have no shame, but I still have some."
"We just..."
"Don't just say that." Niu Cuihua said, "I shouldn't have invited you to the party. I should have thought that you might say those things in front of my sister-in-law. It's my fault."
Niu Cuihua felt depressed just thinking about it. She had told He Zhaodi and her husband the previous night not to talk nonsense, but He Zhaodi kept talking nonsense. Niu Cuihua had to do things and couldn't keep an eye on He Zhaodi.
Just now, if Niu's mother hadn't pulled He Zhaodi away, Zhao Jiaojiao would have gone to find Niu Cuihua.
Zhao Jiaojiao doesn't like He Zhaodi. He Zhaodi is too mean. Her aunt's things are not these people's things. Why do these people ask her aunt to do this and that? Zhao Jiaojiao thinks it's great that her aunt can help her family. If other people's aunts are not so good, her aunt will bring her delicious food when she comes over. When her aunt is not here, she will also prepare delicious food for them when they go over.
There are not many aunts as good as hers in the world.
Zhao Jiaojiao really wanted to roll her eyes at He Zhaodi. This little aunt was not that good at all. She was just a troublemaker.
After Ding Hongwang started working at the factory, he was still young and hadn't moved out of his household registration. He still shared a household registration with Jiang Yuqin and others. Jiang Yuqin and her husband didn't own a house and rented. Ding Hongwang's household registration was transferred, meaning it was a collective household. It was better to leave it as it was, and not move it for now.
Jiang Yuqin and her husband didn't think about moving Ding Hongwang out of their household registration for the time being. As long as Ding Hongwang was working and not living at home, it was a good thing. Jiang Yuqin and her husband could spend less money on Ding Hongwang, and they could feel more at ease.
After Jiang Yuqin's biological son Ding Honghui moved in, he wanted to throw away Ding Hongwang's things. Jiang Yuqin didn't let him throw away those things. She packed them up so that Ding Hongwang could come back later to get some things, mainly clothes and other things.
When Ding Hongwang went to the factory, he mainly brought summer clothes and didn't bring any winter clothes. He figured that once he started working and earning money, he could buy his own clothes and wouldn't have to borrow hand-me-downs from Jiang Yuqin and her husband.
"I'll pack Hongwang's clothes briefly. I won't put his old clothes away," Jiang Yuqin said. "Put his newer clothes in a box. If you visit him next time, you can bring his clothes with you. This way, he won't be left without clothes if the weather gets a little cold."
"You should fix it up," Ding Chao said. "It's too old, so you really can't take it. He's already working, and we can't let people think that he has nothing to wear and can only wear old clothes. It doesn't look good."
In reality, Ding Hongwang's clothes weren't particularly old; it was Jiang Yuqin and her husband's daughter who often wore old clothes. The girl loved looking beautiful and wanted to wear new clothes, even if it meant wearing an old dress. Jiang Yuqin and her husband didn't care about their daughter's feelings. They simply told her that she was growing and that it was fine for her to wear old clothes.
Some of Ding Hongwang's old clothes were remade into clothes for Jiang Yuqin's daughter. Jiang Yuqin didn't think it was a big deal, as long as it saved money. Money was scarce at home; if she had more, Jiang Yuqin would buy more clothes for her children.
"We have to tell him when we go over. We're just worried he'll get cold, not that we don't want him to come over." Jiang Yuqin said. She just didn't want Ding Hongwang to come over. "He can come over during his holidays. He can sleep in the same room with his brother and they'll be fine."
"Look at himself." Ding Chao said.
Jiang Yuqin looked at Ding Chao. Ding Chao was not unhappy after she said these words, which proved that she could speak like this.
"A few days ago, I met my mother. She said Honghui has grown up and can't always sleep in the same room with us," Jiang Yuqin said. "She knew Hongwang had gone out to work, and she said that Hongwang is not young anymore and it's time for him to go back to work. In the early days, people like my mother started working in factories when they were only 15 or 16 years old."
"Yes, I can go to work." Ding Chao said.
"We earn our own money and save it ourselves. We don't want Hongwang to give us money." Jiang Yuqin emphasized this point. She wanted Ding Hongwang to give them their salary, but Ding Hongwang would never give them his salary.
Jiang Yuqin hoped that Ding Chao could talk to Ding Hongwang, and also hoped that Ding Hongwang could give them the salary himself.
"He opened a passbook himself," Ding Chao said. "He opened it when I took him there."
"..." Jiang Yuqin could only nod, "You are very thoughtful."
Ding Chao had no choice but to do so. When his boss found Ding Hongwang this job, he also told Ding Chao to open a passbook on the day he started working so that he could deposit money into it himself. Ding Hongwang kept the passbook himself and set the password and other things himself, which Ding Chao didn't understand.
This time, He Zhaodi and his wife came to Nancheng, and they didn't want to go back so soon. Niu Erge and Niu's father left the next day after the banquet. He Zhaodi and his wife took their children to stay at Niu Cuihua's house and refused to leave.
"When are you going back?" Niu Cuihua asked.
"Are you in such a hurry to get us out?" He Zhaodi asked, "We're just staying here for a few more days. Is this really necessary?"
"There is no room for you. That is Jiaojiao's room." Niu Cuihua said.
"Haven't you already returned the money to your sister-in-law? Are you afraid that your sister-in-law will know that we live here and you will drive us away?" He Zhaodi said.
"My sister-in-law doesn't care about these things, so don't tell her." Niu Cuihua frowned. "You haven't found a job yet. Just sitting here eating and drinking costs money. If you want to stay here, you can rent a house and take care of your own food and accommodation."
"Mom has been with you for so many years and has helped you so much, but she hasn't helped us. You're the ones taking advantage." He Zhaodi said, "We're staying here for a few days, what's wrong with that?"
He Zhaodi didn't think that she and Niu Jingshan couldn't live here. She also felt that Niu's mother had sacrificed a lot for Niu Cuihua, so she and her husband could live here.
"If you don't leave, do you want me to throw your things out?" Niu Cuihua asked, "Do you think I wouldn't dare to do that?"
"Mom!" He Zhaodi looked at Niu's mother.
"If you want to stay in Nancheng, I will rent a room for you and pay one month's rent for you." Niu's mother was helpless, because Niu Jingshan was her biological son after all.
"It's just a month's rent?" He Zhaodi asked, "Mom, are you trying to trick us? My eldest brother and sister already have houses in the city, and Jingshan and I..."
"Do you want your parents to buy you a house in South City?" Niu Cuihua asked.
"Yes, so what?" He Zhaodi asked, "You all have houses in Nancheng, so why can't we have houses in Nancheng too? Are we allowed to stay in Nancheng?"
Niu Cuihua didn't say anything more to He Zhaodi. She went straight to throw out He Zhaodi and her husband's things. She couldn't tolerate He Zhaodi staying in her house any longer. He Zhaodi wanted to struggle and wanted Niu's mother to help, but Niu's mother didn't help.
"Niu Jingshan!" He Zhaodi asked Niu Jingshan for help.
"Sister, we'll just stay for a few days." Niu Jingshan said hurriedly.
"You should live somewhere else, not here with me," Niu Cuihua said. "I invited you here for a drink out of kindness, but you just wanted to stay here. You said you were staying for a few days, but now you want to stay for many days. Are you thinking of living here forever? Niu Jingshan, let me tell you, my mother-in-law paid for this house, and it was my sister-in-law who lent us the money to buy it. This house has nothing to do with the Niu family. It's not their house."
"Niu Cuihua, when you were in the countryside, didn't you live in the Niu family's house?" He Zhaodi said.
"That's my parents' house, not yours," Niu Cuihua said. "Now, I've let my mom live here too. If my dad comes to the city, he can live with me, too. He Zhaodi and Niu Jingshan have no right to live here. They have no right at all."
Niu Cuihua drove He Zhaodi and her husband out and did not allow them to stay in her home.
Mother Niu sighed as she watched Niu Cuihua drive the people away. When Mother Niu was about to leave, she was still pulled by Niu Cuihua.
"Mom, you don't have to worry about them. They're not three-year-old children. They know what to do." Niu Cuihua said, "It's not like they haven't been to South City before. Don't help them. Let them do it on their own."
When Niu's mother heard what Niu Cuihua said, she did not leave.
"You thought about renting them a house for a month, and they thought about you buying them a house," Niu Cuihua said. "Houses in the city are so expensive, do you have the money to buy them a house? If you buy a house for them, will you take out a loan? Will you repay the loan yourself? And second brother, since you bought a house for me, does that mean I have to buy a house for you too?"
Niu Cuihua knew that Niu's mother didn't have that much money. The money she gave to Niu's mother was basically given to her three sons. Niu's mother didn't have much money in her hands. She had paid a lot for her three sons.
"It's endless," Niu Cuihua said. "In the city, even if you have a house, if you don't make money, you can't make ends meet. Food, drink, toilet, everything costs money, unlike in the countryside where you can spend less. They come to the city, they don't have their own money, who will support them? Mom, you're already old, can you support them?"
"I can't raise it." Mother Niu's heart skipped a beat.
"At your age, your children should be the ones taking care of you in your old age, not you," Niu Cuihua said. "Mom, you've been good enough to them. If they're still like this, let them figure it out on their own. Don't always expect you to help them."
Niu Jingshan and his wife never thought that they would be driven out by Niu Cuihua. They had nowhere to go, so they took their children to Niu Da Ge's house. Niu Da Ge's house was small and had no extra rooms, so Niu Jingshan and his wife had to sleep on the floor.
Niu Dasao was unwilling to let Niu Jingshan and his wife stay, as the house was not theirs. He Zhaodi even wanted Niu Dasao and his wife to sleep on the floor in the shop and let Niu Jingshan and his wife live in the house. Niu Dasao could not let Niu Jingshan and his wife live in the master bedroom, so Niu Dasao and Niu Dage had a quarrel over this.
After Niu Jingshan and his wife stayed at Niu Dasao's house for two days, they were kicked out by Niu Dasao. Niu Jingshan and his wife had not found a job, so they sat at Niu Dasao's house to eat, hoping that Niu Dasao would find them a job. He Zhaodi even said that Niu Dasao and his wife ran a breakfast shop, so they just needed to leave some food for them, which would save them some money.
Niu Jingshan and his wife treat others as fools, and Niu Dasao will never indulge them. Niu Dasao and his wife work hard to run a breakfast shop in the city, which is really very hard, not just a little bit of hardship. When Niu Jingshan and his wife come, they just sit there and eat, and they are still picky. How can that be allowed?
Niu Jingshan and his wife couldn't stay in the city anymore, so they went back.
After Niu Jingshan and his wife returned to the countryside, Niu Cuihua finally breathed a sigh of relief. Niu Cuihua bought some things and went to Jiang Moli's house to apologize to her.
"I'm so sorry. It took all these days for me to come here, but my sister-in-law has always been like that." Niu Cuihua said, "You don't have to pay attention to her. At the time, I just wanted to have two or three tables of banquets, and I wanted everyone to be together. I didn't think it through, so this problem happened."
"It's okay. She can say what she wants. I can't possibly help her." Jiang Moli said, "You and brother are our family. We help you because we want you to have a better life. What other people say has nothing to do with us."
Jiang Moli said it very bluntly. That person was a relative of Niu Cuihua and also a relative of Zhao Guodong, but not a relative of Jiang Moli, let alone a relative of Sheng Jiahao. Jiang Moli thought that she had given face to He Zhaodi and the others. If she hadn't given them face, she would have taken her children and husband home directly instead of waiting for the banquet.
"Yes, yes." Niu Cuihua said quickly, "My brother and his family went back to their hometown in the countryside. They went to my eldest brother's place, but he and his wife couldn't stand them anymore and kicked them out. Only then did they agree to go back."
"Kick them out?" Jiang Moli was puzzled.
"Yes, after I kicked them out, they went to live with my eldest brother and his wife," Niu Cuihua said. "My eldest brother and his wife took them in for two days and then kicked them out. My younger siblings aren't exactly lazy, but my younger sister-in-law took everything back to her parents' home. Her family is the most important. We've talked to her many times, but it's no use; she still sides with her family."
Niu Cuihua thinks that Niu Jingshan should not marry He Zhaodi, and that it would be better for Niu Jingshan to marry any other woman than He Zhaodi.
"..." Jiang Moli was silent. They were Niu's family, not her relatives. If Jiang Moli said a few more words, she was afraid that Niu Cuihua would be unhappy. Jiang Moli did not talk much about Niu Cuihua's family.
"It's better for them to go back so they don't have to stay here and be annoying. We don't like them at all," Niu Cuihua said. "They also want my parents to buy them a house in the city. They really dare to think so. Guodong and I bought the house thanks to you and mom. My eldest brother and his wife also worked hard to save up for the house by running a breakfast shop. My younger brothers and sisters haven't done anything, but they just expect everyone to pool their money to buy them a house in the city. They're so arrogant."
"Houses in the city are not cheap." Jiang Moli said.
"It's not cheap," Niu Cuihua said. "If we buy them a house, then we have to buy a house for my second brother and his wife as well. My parents are old, how can they afford so much money? We can't use all our money to buy houses for them. If people like my younger brother and sister-in-law stay in the city and don't work, won't we have to pay to support them? That's not possible. We don't work so hard to earn money to support them. My younger brother and sister-in-law always takes things back to her parents' home. If she came to the city, she would also ask her brothers to come to the city..."
Niu Cuihua didn't want to support the He family. The He family were shameless people who had no idea about other people's difficulties. They only wanted to take advantage of them.
Jiang Moli took a sip of tea and listened to Niu Cuihua complaining about Niu Jingshan and his wife.
"They're in the countryside, and they've often asked my eldest brother and his wife for money, as well as us. We didn't lend them much," Niu Cuihua said. "They didn't even know they had to pay back the money they borrowed from others. They deserved to be sent back this time. Of course, this isn't because of you, it's because we can't stand them anymore."
"They are your brothers and sisters. Indeed, it is your responsibility to handle them yourselves," Jiang Moli said.
"I just didn't expect them to say those things in front of you. I'm so sorry," Niu Cuihua said. "I'm so sorry."
"It's okay." Jiang Moli said, "This matter is over, there's no need to talk about it."
"Okay." Niu Cuihua said.
Niu Cuihua did not have lunch at Jiang Moli's place. Jiang Moli asked her to stay for lunch, but Niu Cuihua said her mother was making tofu at home and she had to go back quickly. Jiang Moli did not try to keep Niu Cuihua and let her go back.
Jiang's mother came back from the backyard. She just knew that Niu Cuihua was back, but she didn't want to see her. Jiang's mother thought about what He Zhaodi and her husband had done. She felt that Niu Cuihua had not done a good job. Niu Cuihua didn't know to let someone watch He Zhaodi a little. When He Zhaodi was talking, the other members of the Niu family should have pulled He Zhaodi away instead of waiting until He Zhaodi had said so much before pulling her away. Jiang's mother suspected that the Niu family deliberately waited for He Zhaodi to finish her words. Were they all waiting for Jiang Moli to help He Zhaodi and her husband?
It's true that Zhao Guodong is Jiang's mother's son, but Jiang Moli is also Jiang's mother's biological daughter. Jiang's mother didn't rely on Zhao Guodong for her retirement, but on Jiang Moli. It's even more impossible for Jiang's mother to stand on Niu Cuihua's side and think about her. She feels that she has already made plans for Niu Cuihua and her husband.
If Niu Cuihua can't manage those people, then don't let the relatives of the two families sit together for a drink, just invite them separately.
"Mom, are you still angry with your sister-in-law?" Jiang Moli said, "Maybe your sister-in-law doesn't even know you are angry."
"I just don't want to see her at this time." Jiang's mother said.
"Before leaving, my sister-in-law asked you where you were." Jiang Moli said.
"What did you say?" Jiang's mother asked.
"What else can I say? Say you're busy." Jiang Moli said, "You can't really say you don't want to see her. Sister-in-law, just guess it yourself, and she'll know."
Niu Cuihua did think that Jiang's mother didn't want to see her, so she didn't have to go to Jiang's mother. Niu Cuihua returned home and told her mother that she hadn't seen Jiang's mother. She knew that Jiang's mother was at home. She heard Jiang's mother's voice, and Jiang's father was still calling Jiang's mother, but Jiang's mother just didn't see Niu Cuihua.
"It's not your mother-in-law's fault," said Mother Niu. "Zhaodi and the others did go too far. It's a good thing your sister-in-law and the others didn't just turn their backs on you and leave."
Niu's mother sighed. She naturally didn't want that to happen, but He Zhaodi and the others did just that. Niu's mother thought that she should have asked her husband to watch them more closely and to say a few words.
"From now on, I won't dare let He Zhaodi come over," Niu Cuihua said. "Niu Jingshan is stupid. I told him to keep an eye on his wife, but he still didn't. He caused such a thing, and everyone is embarrassed. I went to apologize to my sister-in-law today, and she said it was okay. My sister-in-law is forgiving and doesn't take these things to heart. My sister-in-law is right. We are not her relatives. That's right. It was He Zhaodi who crossed the line."
"It's good that you apologized." Niu's mother said, "It's good that your sister-in-law didn't hold it against you."
"She didn't bother with us because she's kind-hearted." Niu Cuihua said, "He Zhaodi!"
Niu Cuihua gritted her teeth. He Zhaodi was not a good person, and Niu Jingshan was not a good person either. Having such brothers and sisters was really unlucky.
Around this time, He Jingxian and his wife adopted a daughter from an orphanage. The child was five or six years old, not too young. He Jingxian and his wife always had to go on set, so they didn't want to find a child who was too young, as they couldn't take care of them. A slightly older child would be better. Whether the child had memories of the past wasn't a big deal. If the child wasn't their biological child, then it wasn't theirs. Others would tell, and it would be easy for them to discover it wasn't their biological child. It was better to choose an older child.
"You adopted a child?" Aunt Qi asked He Jingxian. It was only after He Jingxian came to work that Aunt Qi asked, "Is it true or false?"
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