Chapter 52
She doesn't cook complicated breakfasts. She simply cooks some noodles and adds a few slices of bacon, a fried egg and some vegetables. The hot noodles smell delicious.
It was not yet completely light, but I could see the moon and stars when I looked up.
Jiang Huihan sat next to him, propping her chin with her right hand while watching him eat noodles: "Is it delicious?"
Thinking that she usually stayed in bed late, she got up early in the morning to cook noodles for him. Xu Zhao felt a little touched: "It's delicious."
There are meat, vegetables, and white flour, and the taste will be good no matter how it is cooked.
The work was not in vain, Jiang Suihan was very happy and not very sleepy, so she sat beside him to keep him company.
Xu Zhao crushed the egg with chopsticks and handed it to her mouth. Jiang Huihan glanced at him and opened her mouth to bite it.
“Is it delicious?”
You have to say that the food you make is delicious, especially since it tastes pretty good.
"It's delicious. Eat it quickly. Don't worry about me. I'll eat when I'm hungry." Jiang Suihan asked him again, "Do you want me to make you something to eat on the way?"
She asked him last night, but he said no, so she asked him again now.
Xu Zhao gave her a few more noodles: "Don't worry, it's just a mission, you won't be hungry."
In this way, he ate the noodles and she fed him a mouthful from time to time. They finished a big bowl of noodles, and most of it went into Xu Zhao's stomach.
Jiang Suihan walked him to the door and said the words of advice she wanted to give him last night: "Be careful and I'll wait for you to come back."
Xu Zhao stared at her and hummed softly.
Jiang Suihan turned back only after she could no longer see anyone. It was still early so she could take a nap.
When she woke up again, she picked up the watch on the bedside table and saw that it was already past ten o'clock. Jiang Suihan stayed in bed for a while before slowly getting up.
Jiang Leyun is not at home. He probably went out to play with Zhao Xiaojun again.
She moved a stool and took advantage of her free time. Since it was her first time as a teacher, she knew she couldn't be careless when educating children. Jiang Suihan planned to write a lesson plan so as to avoid getting stuck as much as possible during class.
After writing for half an hour, I felt a little bored and my mind started to lose focus. I don’t know why, but I suddenly thought of Wang Lijuan.
This girl has appeared in her life quite often recently, and she forgot to ask Xu Zhao if he did that thing last night. Last time Wang Liying came to make trouble, he found an excuse to beat up Captain Li. It is impossible for him to just let it go when he is so protective of his own people.
She had a strong premonition that even if it wasn't Xu Zhao, it must be related to him.
Wang Lijuan is not having a good time now. She can't figure out why the army wants to drive her away, no matter how hard she tries. She doesn't think she has done anything wrong. In their commune, there are many people who report and are reported.
Something must have gone wrong, she couldn't leave the unit or everything would be in vain.
With a bang, the door was pushed open.
Wang Liying's expression was very complicated, shock, disappointment, confusion, bewilderment, and then she calmed down again: "You should go back to your hometown."
Wang Lijuan was sharp-eyed and saw that her second sister was holding a brown notebook in her hand. She felt that it looked very familiar. Suddenly she thought of something and turned around to open a cloth bag on the bed, but her notebook was gone.
At this moment, she understood everything and was shocked and scared: "Second sister, give me back the notebook!"
She kept praying in her heart that her second sister had never opened the notebook and read the contents. The notebook was full of her secrets. She was worried that as time went by, she would forget the plot of the book she dreamed of that day, so she bought a notebook and wrote it down secretly. She would look through it every day, for fear that she would miss any important clues.
Unfortunately, her prayers were in vain.
Wang Liying held up the notebook, her eyes sharp, "Are all the things written here your own thoughts?"
Wang Lijuan avoided her second sister's sight and rushed over to snatch the notebook, but Wang Liying was prepared and took a step back to the left to avoid it.
"Is what's written in the notebook your own fantasy, or did someone tell you about it?" she asked again.
Wang Liying knew that her younger sister had a precious notebook. She often saw her writing on it and would take it out to read from time to time. After reading, she would put it back into her bag and not let anyone see it.
A lot of things happened these days, and the younger sister she remembered was not like this. Wang Liying wanted to know what had happened to her younger sister, so she secretly took out the notebook when her younger sister was not at home.
When she opened it, she was extremely shocked. The contents inside were simply unbelievable.
Wang Liying looked at her sister in disbelief: "Do you know what you are doing? I think you are crazy. You can't stay here. You have to go home."
She didn't think what was written in the notebook was true and concluded that it was just her younger sister's imagination. Her younger sister just liked Xu Zhao too much. The more she couldn't get him, the more tense her mind became and she had begun to have hallucinations.
Things have come to this point and she cannot go back in disgrace. She is the chosen heroine and no one can stop her from finding a good marriage.
Wang Lijuan's eyes flashed with a faint light. She suppressed her anger and begged, "Second sister, give me back my notebook. It is very important to me."
Wang Liying saw that her younger sister had not given up and knew that she could not let her continue to be willful, otherwise she would get into trouble sooner or later.
"No, this thing is a disaster, I can't give it to you."
As soon as he finished speaking, he tore the notebook into two halves in front of him, and then tore it into pieces, again and again.
Wang Lijuan was shocked and screamed, rushing forward to stop him: "Second sister, what are you doing! Stop it, this is mine, you can't tear it up."
However, the notebook was in Wang Liying's hands. She was not as strong as her second sister, so the notebook was eventually torn into pieces, and the ground was covered with scraps of paper.
Wang Lijuan fell to the ground and glared at Wang Liying angrily: "Give me back my notebook!"
It’s all ruined, what should I do! ?
She tried desperately to recall the contents of the book, but found it becoming more and more vague. She felt anxious and uneasy, and slowly felt a sense of powerlessness.
Wang Lijuan knelt on the ground and tried hard to pick up the shredded paper, muttering to herself, "Just put it together. I want to be the chief's wife. The chief's wife is mine."
Wang Liying was dumbfounded. Is he crazy? ?
He wanted to pull the man up, but Wang Lijuan pushed him away: "Don't bother me!"
After walking out and closing the door, Wang Liying's ears were still filled with her younger sister's crazy muttering. She leaned against the wall and could not help covering her face. She felt helpless and sad. She wanted to find Li Hongjun and ask him what to do about this matter.
However, she knew very well that she must not let Li Hongjun know that there was a madman in the family, and she had to keep it a secret.
She had heard of a disease called mental illness before, and her younger sister's current situation was very similar. The only way was to send the person back home as soon as possible.
Now I can only lock her up at home temporarily, watch her and prevent her from running to find Xu Zhao and Jiang Suihan.
Jiang Suihan had no idea about this. She felt uncomfortable without Xu Zhao by her side when she slept at night, and tossed and turned for a long time before falling asleep.
I got up early, had breakfast, and took Jiang Leyun to school. Today was the first day of school, and families with children flocked to the school to register their children.
Jiang Leyun didn't want to go to the first grade. He felt that he had already been to the first grade, although only for half a semester, but there was no need to waste time and money to go again.
In the little guy's opinion, first grade is for little kids, and he is a big kid now, so he should be in second grade.
Jiang Suihan was annoyed to the extreme by him. The naughty kid kept chattering, and although he wasn't tired, she felt tired just listening to him.
"Stop, I can promise you, but you have to promise me one thing, otherwise, no deal."
His sister finally gave in, and his lips were almost worn out from talking so much.
When Jiang Leyun heard that it was possible to discuss it, he nodded hurriedly and said without hesitation: "Okay, no problem."
Without even hearing clearly what was going on, he agreed so rashly. Jiang Suihan suddenly felt anxious about her brother's IQ.
"Let me make this clear first. If you want to go to the second grade, you can, but there is a condition. If you can't keep up with the course progress and your test score is not 80 points, you will have to go back to the first grade. Do you dare to agree to this?"
Jiang Leyun couldn't stand this stimulation. She felt that her sister looked down on her. She clenched her fist and said confidently, "Just wait and see, sister. I will definitely not let you down."
Jiang Suihan raised her hand: "Then it's a deal."
Jiang Leyun felt respected: "It's a deal."
The two men high-fived, both satisfied.
Jiang Suihan had a smile in her eyes, "You little brat, you fell for my trick."
When we arrived at the school, many parents had already brought their children to register. The place was noisy. Principal Cai moved a table and sat in the front to collect money and register.
When he looked up and saw Jiang Huihan, he hurriedly said, "Here I am, help maintain order."
Jiang Suihan had no choice but to ask Jiang Leyun to wait aside and immediately got to work. Fortunately, everyone was easy to talk to and lined up and did as they were told.
Zhao Xiaojun ran over excitedly: "I saw you at first sight, let's go and play over there."
He arrived earlier than Jiang Leyun. As a child, he is very curious and eager to explore the new environment. He couldn't wait to take his friends to visit the new school.
Jiang Suihan took time out of her busy schedule to say, "Don't run too far, remember to come back later."
Jiang Leyun ran away without looking back: "Got it."
After the initial crowd, there are fewer people now, and Jiang Huihan can finally take a break and drink some water. Her ears were hurt by the noise just now, and she also had to answer the parents' questions, which made her mouth dry.
Principal Cai came over and asked, "How is it? Is everything ok?"
She just went to the back to handle some things, and left the registration to Jiang Suihan. I thought the girl was shy and inexperienced, and couldn't control the situation, but she seems to be doing fine now.
Jiang Suihan turned the registration book around and showed it to Principal Cai: "It's nothing, the names are all here. One parent cried and said that his family couldn't make ends meet and had no money to pay the tuition."
Principal Cai raised his eyebrows: "Then how do you tell people?"
Jiang Suihan looked kind and innocent: "I said I could lend her money if she didn't have any. I asked her what her son's name was, which group he was in, and who his leader was. If her family was really in financial difficulty, I would help run errands and personally go to her son's leader to borrow money. No matter how hard it was, I couldn't let the child suffer. No matter how difficult it was, I couldn't let the child not go to school. Then she changed her mind and paid the tuition."
Everything went smoothly in the beginning, although there were some minor problems, they were all solved. But later on, a big killer suddenly came. A sixty-year-old woman complained in front of her, crying how life was not easy when she was young. Her husband died early, and she became a widow at a young age, raising children. She finally got married and had children. Now she was old and in poor health, and she had to take medicine frequently. All the money in the family was spent on medical treatment, and she could not afford her grandson's tuition.
Jiang Suihan could see clearly that the child's clothes had no patches and his little face was round and energetic. She must be very favored at home. It was not like what Aunt Li said, that the family was poor and had not tasted meat for ten days or half a month, and the child was starving and thin. It was simply because Aunt Li thought she was young and easy to talk to, so she wanted to avoid paying the extra tuition.
After figuring out Aunt Li's desire to take advantage of her, Jiang Suihan struck back with one strike. It was no problem if she didn't have money to pay for tuition, she could borrow from the army leaders. She believed that the leaders of Aunt Li's son would definitely be willing to help. If all else failed, she could help organize a charity donation in the family compound for free.
Aunt Li's face changed, she looked droopy and raised her eyebrows. She didn't expect that this time she would fail. She thought that Miss Jiang was young and thin-skinned, and as long as she cried and complained passionately, the young female teacher would definitely soften her heart and not charge her money.
She used to do the same thing in the village. She was an orphan and a widow, and she was shameless. Sometimes the village chief got a headache when he saw her and was too lazy to care about her. It was just a little bit of profit, and it could buy her some peace and quiet. Occasionally he would turn a blind eye and let her do what she wanted. She also understood the psychology of these people. She had always been successful in the past, but now she has failed and people don't buy her tricks.
Her son had told her before that she must not make too much trouble, otherwise her leader would be angry and she would be expelled from the army and would have to return to her hometown. She had finally joined the army, where she had food and shelter, and she did not have to work in the fields every day. It was simply a god's life. Aunt Li was reluctant to go back to her hometown and continue eating vegetable dumplings from the bottom of her heart.
In Aunt Li’s heart, her son comes first and her grandson comes second. Anyone who affects her good life is an enemy and must be defeated.
"No, you can't go to the leader. How can you, as a teacher, have no sympathy? Judging from the way you are dressed, your family should not be short of money. Why don't you help me with the tuition? There is no need to go to the leader. The leader is responsible for important things. You are not sensible when you are young."
This logic is invincible!
If I have money, I will use it to help you. If I don’t help you, I would be unkind and unsympathetic.
If you are so capable, why don’t you go to heaven!
Jiang Huihan laughed angrily: "Madam, may I ask your name?"
Aunt Li: "My last name is Li."
Jiang Suihan smiled and said, "I think this surname doesn't suit you. You should be named Qiang. You are the best at robbing money. It would be a waste if you don't have this surname."
When Aunt Li heard this, she was so angry that she wanted to pounce on Jiang Huihan and pull her hair. This was a move she was best at. Not only was she invincible in her hometown, she was also among the top three in the village.
"What are you talking about, you little bitch? You call me a teacher? You are so sharp-tongued and vicious. If someone like you teaches children, they will probably turn out to be bad kids."
Jiang Suihan remained alert the entire time, quickly stepped back a few steps to avoid it, and said sarcastically, "I'm just being sincere and telling the truth. Who are you to me? Why should I give you money? Helping you is my kindness, and not helping you is my duty. Even if I'm cold-blooded and ruthless, it's better than you being so shameless and extorting money everywhere. Your precious grandson is watching from the side, and I think it's more likely that he'll learn bad things from you."
Aunt Li’s grandson had a round face and blank eyes. He looked at his grandmother curiously with an eager expression on his face.
Children are young and do not have the ability to distinguish right from wrong. They are most likely to learn from the people around them, both good and bad.
Some people are best at saying nice things when things have not happened to them. They think Jiang Suihan has gone too far. Aunt Li is so old, and she, a young girl, is still angry with an old lady. It is very disrespectful to the elderly. Everyone in the staff quarters knows that Xu Zhao's family is rich and they don't need a penny or two. Look at the new clothes Jiang Suihan is wearing, the watch on her hand, and the newly bought bicycle. Why is she so stingy?
Jiang Suihan almost rolled her eyes and retorted on the spot: "It's my business how I want to spend my own money. Since you are so compassionate and kind, why don't you advance the money? How generous! Auntie will also remember your kindness. Come on, one of you hurry up and pay the money so that I can quickly register the child's name."
As soon as the topic of money was brought up, the people who were standing by and trying to defend Aunt Li fell silent. Money didn't come from the wind. One dollar could buy two kilograms of meat. In their family, one dollar was spent carefully, so how could they have extra money to give to others? At this moment, they remembered Aunt Li's reputation in the staff housing estate: she cried poor everywhere and loved to take advantage of others. It would be difficult to get rid of her if they got stuck with her.
Aunt Li's son is a battalion commander and his salary is not low. She has an old mother, a wife, a son and a daughter in her family. The five people in the family rely on Battalion Commander Li's salary alone. They are not rich, but not too bad either. They live better than some families in the staff quarters. After all, there is no one left in their hometown, unlike Wu Guihua's husband, who has to take out money every month to support his parents and brothers in their old age.
Aunt Li was simply afraid of suffering when she was young, and developed a bad habit of taking advantage of others. She feels insecure without some money in her hands. As long as she doesn't have to spend her own money, she wants to take advantage of anything, no matter how much she can. She has been living like this for so many years, but who knew that she would be rejected by Jiang Suihan.
"You little girl, you have such a vicious heart. How dare you curse my grandson? I will fight with you." Aunt Li loved her precious grandson the most. She couldn't stand anyone saying anything bad about her grandson, so she pounced on Jiang Suihan with her teeth and claws.
Here we go again!
Jiang Suihan was quick-witted and turned around and ran behind her grandson. Aunt Li was anxious, afraid of hurting her precious grandson, and wanted to stop, but she rushed too fast and it was too late.
Then the tragedy happened, his left foot tripped over his right foot and he fell to the ground.
"Ouch, my old waist, it hurts so much!" Aunt Li fell face down on the ground, wailing while holding her lower back with her right hand.
You can't just leave the person on the ground, so in the end, there was no choice but for a few enthusiastic sisters-in-law to help send the person to the infirmary.
When she left, Aunt Li did not forget Jiang Suihan because of the pain. She yelled at Jiang Suihan to pay her compensation and said that if she didn't pay, she would go to the army leaders to complain.
Jiang Suihan secretly complained that being a leader in the army was too difficult. Every time something happened, everyone had to look for them. It was not easy to be a leader.
After listening to Jiang Suihan's simple retelling, Principal Cai couldn't help but look a little surprised. Jiang Suihan looked quiet and delicate, but she turned out to be such a person. She was courageous, principled, and not afraid of anything but able to take on tasks. It was worthwhile for the Xu family to marry this daughter-in-law.
She knew a little about the Jiang family. Jiang Suihan's father was gone, and there were only two siblings left in the Jiang family. Compared with the Xu family, the Jiang family was not worth mentioning. In the past, when Xu Zhao's mother asked someone to introduce a date to her son, all of them had a better family background than the Jiang family. But one thing that cannot be denied is that the Jiang family was indebted to the Xu family. Just for this Jiang Suihan, she was better than many girls.
"It's okay. If you encounter unreasonable people like this in the future, just follow the rules. Don't be afraid of offending others. If anyone has any objections, just say it was my request."
Jiang Suihan nodded: "I understand. Thank you, Principal Cai."
With clear instructions from her leader, she has even less to worry about.
Principal Cai checked the time and said, "I heard from Lao Xu that Xu Zhao is out on a mission. You and your brother are the only ones at home. Go to your aunt's house for lunch. Your aunt will cook something delicious for you so that you two don't have to cook."
It was a bit sudden, Jiang Huihan was embarrassed: "It's too much trouble, you have to cook for us yourself, we can just eat in the cafeteria."
Principal Cai smiled and said, "It's not a problem. Xu Zhao should have told you that your mother-in-law and I are old acquaintances. When Xu Zhao was in school, he often came to my house for meals. He really liked the braised spareribs I made. It just so happened that a neighbor brought back two kilograms of spareribs this morning. You can come to my house and try my cooking. Everyone who has eaten it says it's delicious."
She had previously thought about taking better care of Jiang Suihan, more out of consideration for Su Ying and the Xu family, but now she felt that this girl had a good personality and was quite to her liking.
Considering the relationship between the Xu family and the Xu family, it would be a bit deliberate to refuse again. Jiang Suihan replied with a "OK", packed up her things, and went to find Jiang Leyun first. No one knew where this kid had gone with Zhao Xiaojun.
"What are you two doing squatting there?"
The two children squatted on the ground, holding sticks in their hands, poking the soil constantly, staring at the ground motionlessly.
Jiang Leyun turned around and said, "We were looking for earthworms, and Xiaojun said he would take me fishing."
Jiang Suihan stopped immediately, not daring to move forward. She felt goosebumps all over her body. She was most afraid of those wriggling mollusks. She couldn't help sweating and her hands and feet trembling when she saw them.
Subconsciously swallowing, her voice trembling, she said, "I'm going to visit Aunt Cai's house later, go wash your hands."
The little boy was very brave and never thought that his sister would be afraid of earthworms. He pinched one end of the earthworm with one hand and threw it into a jar.
Jiang Leyun stood up and clapped his hands, then said to Zhao Xiaojun, "Brother Xiaojun, I'm going back first. I'll come to play with you in the afternoon."
Today is the school registration day and classes will officially start tomorrow, so I can play for the whole afternoon.
Seeing her brother rubbing the hand that had caught the earthworm on his clothes in a particularly casual manner, Jiang Huihan's scalp instantly went numb. She held her breath and spoke out to stop him.
"Stop, don't come over here, go wash your hands, carefully, inside and out, wash your fingers and under your nails, go quickly."
Jiang Leyun looked at the disgust on his sister's face, which was so obvious that it couldn't be more obvious, and said, "Sister, what's wrong with you?"
At this time, Zhao Xiaojun came over holding the jar. Jiang Huihan stepped back again and again on the spot and was about to faint.
Zhao Xiaojun looked down at the earthworms in the jar and suddenly realized: "Is your sister afraid of earthworms?"
Jiang Leyun also figured it out. It wasn't him that his sister disliked.
The child comforted his sister with a brotherly love: "Don't be afraid, sister, earthworms don't bite people. If you don't believe me, I'll pick it up and show it to you."
Jiang Huihan shook her head in horror: "I don't want to watch it, hurry up, we have to go."
These two little brats were playing with ants a few days ago, and now they have changed to playing with earthworms. I guess they will have new fun in a few days.
While walking on the road, Jiang Leyun wanted to hold her sister's hand, but Jiang Suihan immediately retracted her hand.
Jiang Leyun pouted: "I have washed my hands, look, they are very clean."
Jiang Leyun glanced at it perfunctorily and said, "It's very clean. Go home and change clothes first, and then come back later."
There was no way. She couldn't get over the hurdle in her heart for the time being. When she thought of her brother's hand taking the earthworm, she had a physiological reaction.
Jiang Leyun snorted angrily. If he had known earlier, he would have let Brother Xiaojun catch the earthworms.
After returning home, Jiang Suihan rushed Jiang Suihan upstairs to change clothes, while she went to the storage room. She couldn't go to someone's home empty-handed.
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