Chapter 2 Cousin
The old neighbor lady was sitting by the well in the yard washing clothes. When she saw a man and a girl carrying cowhide water bags out, she smiled and asked, "Little Jiangbao, where are you going to play?"
Xiao Jiangbao cried out for milk and said happily, "Let's go watch a movie." He hurriedly pulled Jiang Mi's hand and walked out.
After leaving the yard, he didn't know the way and was led by Jiang Mi to the steel plant's family compound, where the cinema was.
The distance was not far, and it would take more than half an hour to get there, but Xiao Jiangbao was only three years old, so it was okay for him to walk for a while, but if it took a long time, he had to be carried. Jiang Mi was not strong enough, and she couldn't hold him for long either. The two of them walked and played for more than an hour before they arrived at the steel plant's staff quarters.
Jiang Mi kissed the little sauce bun, "What a sweet burden."
After picking up the tickets, Jiang Mi took Xiao Jiangbao into the cinema. There were already quite a few people in the cinema. They found a seat in the middle and sat down. The movie being shown was "Tunnel Warfare". Xiao Jiangbao was instantly attracted to it. It was Jiang Mi's first time experiencing it and she also found it interesting.
All I need is some popcorn and drinks, or at worst some melon seeds.
Unfortunately, the original owner was too poor and had no money to buy it.
Jiang Mi was originally worried that Xiao Jiangbao couldn't sit still, but he was quite good. Except for going to the toilet in the middle, he sat through the whole show and even said he wanted to watch another one.
You can watch movies all day long at this time.
They watched two shows in a row and left at noon. Little Jiangbao was skipping and jumping in front, talking about heroes with his little mouth, and said that he wanted to be a hero when he grew up and drive away the Japanese devils.
"Xiao Jiang Bao, are you going to the movies?" A girl in a skirt stood in front of Xiao Jiang Bao. She handed Xiao Jiang Bao two pieces of White Rabbit candy. "They're very sweet. Want some?"
Xiao Jiangbao instantly became nervous. He didn't take the candy, but turned back and hugged Jiang Mi's legs, "Auntie."
Jiang Mi touched Xiao Jiangbao's head and said, "It's okay."
The little girl was wearing a white dress with floral patterns and a pair of black leather shoes. She had a pretty face, a graceful figure, fair skin and was very beautiful. Five or six boys and girls followed her, surrounding her like the moon surrounded by stars, and all of them stared at Jiang Mi with unfriendly eyes.
Jiang Shuyin smiled, her eyes curved. "Mimi, I was planning to look for you this afternoon, and I happened to run into you here." She waved to the side and said, "Brother Rongye, come here quickly." She said affectionately, "You must do what you promised me yesterday!"
Wei Rongye walked over and smiled dotingly at Jiang Shuyin: "Hey, I'll listen to you." Then he glanced at Jiang Mi's face, feeling disgusted. He looked away again and said, "I'm sorry about what happened last time. I wanted to be nicer to you, but you actually like me. This is not..."
A little girl in a beige skirt next to her said, "A toad wants to eat swan flesh..."
Xiao Jiangbao's eyes turned red with anxiety, "Don't talk about my aunt, my aunt is not a toad."
Jiang Mi bent down and picked up Xiao Jiangbao, kissed him on the face, and said, "My nephew..."
Jiang Shuyin pursed her lips, "Le Ning, don't say that, Mimi is my sister!"
Xu Lening pouted: "You treat her as a good sister, but she doesn't treat you as a good sister. You are kind to her, but she has never said a word to you."
Wei Rongye: "Some people are not only ugly in appearance, but their hearts are even uglier than their faces."
Jiang Shuyin looked at Jiang Mi with a guilty look on her face: "Mi Mi, I'm sorry. Le Ning and Rong Ye didn't mean any harm, don't be angry."
Another little girl was also unhappy: "Yinyin, why are you apologizing to her? What did Le Ning and Rong Ye say wrong? You are just too kind."
Several people talked for a long time, but Jiang Mi didn't respond, so they all looked at Jiang Mi.
Xu Lening was furious: "Why don't you say anything!"
Jiang Mi looked at them calmly and smiled, "Hey, don't stop. Keep going, I'm enjoying it. It's more interesting than movie dialogues. Are you tired? Do you want to drink some water? Or find a bench to rest? Let's continue later."
Xu Lening's eyebrows shot up in anger, and he pointed at Jiang Mi: "Don't play dumb! Rongye has already apologized to you, what else do you want? It's just because Yinyin is on your side! Do you really think we're easy to bully?"
Jiang Mi: "Apologize to me, I didn't hear you?"
Wei Rongye mocked: "Damn, you look like a pig, and you are as stupid as a pig too?"
Jiang Mi covered Xiao Jiangbao's ears: "I think you look quite like a human."
Wei Rongye didn't understand at first, and was still wondering what the words meant. Why did they sound wrong? The young man next to him widened his eyes and said, "Are you calling him a non-human?"
He looks like a human, so he is obviously a human.
Wei Rongye roared: "You are the one who looks like a human being!"
Jiang Mi would never compete with him to see who can speak louder. She had been struggling for half of her life and had heard all kinds of nasty words. She kissed Xiao Jiangbao on the face again to comfort him. She was hungry and wanted to go home to eat big meat buns.
Jiang Shuyin said sweetly, "Mimi, Brother Rongye just apologized to you, and he also bought you a pen as compensation."
Wei Rongye breathed heavily and took out a brand new pen from his bag and handed it to Jiang Mi, "We are even now."
Jiang Mi suddenly realized and refused. "Oh, so you just apologized to me. But I saw classmate Wei looking at my cousin with affection, so I thought he was apologizing to my cousin." She waved her hand generously: "It's okay. However, in the future, when you apologize to someone, you must look into their eyes, so that it is polite." She pointed to the pen: "I gave you a pen last time to thank you for helping me with math. After all, I thought you were kind-hearted and would help a poor student like me. Since it was my cousin who asked you to tutor me, then I shouldn't thank you. Cousin, this pen should be given to you, thank you."
Jiang Shuyin was touched: "Mimi, you actually thanked me. This is what I deserve." She explained, "Brother Rongye just apologized sincerely. He didn't look at you because, because..." She thought about it, but couldn't think of the right words.
Xu Lening snorted coldly: "Why doesn't Wei Rongye look at you? Don't you know the reason? Isn't it because he thinks you're ugly? You dare to come to the movies when you look like this?"
"How about we go to the neighborhood office and ask if I can come to the movies?" Jiang Mi stared at Xu Lening's front teeth. "As classmates, I advise you not to speak today. Did you eat green onions or vegetables this morning? There are vegetable leaves stuck in your front teeth. You should clean them first. We women should pay attention to hygiene."
Xu Lening was about to scold Jiang Mi, but she immediately shut up when she heard this. Feeling the gazes of others, especially Yan Haoyang who was also looking at her, her cheeks immediately turned red with anger. With tears in her eyes, she stomped her feet and ran out of the cinema.
Several girls quickly chased after him. Jiang Shuyin glanced at Jiang Mi and also chased after him.
Jiang Mi reminded again: "Pay attention to hygiene." Then she walked out holding the small sauce bag.
"You're such a fucking troublemaker, you made me cry and you still want to leave?" Wei Rongye cursed angrily from behind, stretched out his hand to grab the back of Jiang Mi's collar, and dragged her and Xiao Jiangbao back.
Jiang Mi: Are you polite?
The next moment, she fell to the ground holding Xiao Jiangbao. Of course, she fell in slow motion because she was afraid that she would really hit her head. Before she fell to the ground, she protected Xiao Jiangbao and quickly whispered in his ear: "Cry, auntie will play a game with you, cry loudly, and we will eat popsicles later."
In her past life, she was a movie queen. If they were to talk, she would just fight back and not make them happy. But if you fight her, be prepared to bleed heavily. She can't kill him!
I was afraid of scaring the little one, so I didn't dare bite the tip of my tongue to get blood, otherwise it would look more like it.
Xiao Jiangbao was terrified, watching his aunt lying on the ground in the blink of an eye. The next moment, his aunt pinched his palm and pulled his little finger. He recalled what his aunt had just said, "Play games!!!"
He burst into tears, crying out, "Auntie."
They were just standing here making a lot of noise, which had already attracted a lot of people's attention. Now seeing this situation, many people gathered around. A girl in a green dress squatted down, first touched Jiang Mi's nose, and then pinched Jiang Mi's philtrum.
Jiang Mi: It hurts a little...it’s really painful.
Xiao Jiangbao hugged Jiang Mi and refused to let anyone touch her, crying, "Bad people, you are all bad people."
Seeing that the man was still breathing, the girl in the green skirt had fainted. She angrily scolded Wei Rongye and the other boys, "I've been watching you for quite some time. You grown men are bullying a little girl? You even knocked her unconscious?"
The middle-aged woman who was watching a movie with her child also frowned: "Poor thing, look at the pale little face, take him to the hospital first." She then coaxed the little girl: "Don't cry for now, come to grandma and play with the little sister first."
Xiao Jiangbao shook his head and cried while hugging Jiang Mi.
The cinema ticket collector also ran over and called the director over.
Jiang Mi felt the simplicity and kindness of people in this era, so she allowed herself to continue pretending to be dizzy, and carefully pinched Xiao Jiangbao's hand from time to time, fearing that he was really scared.
Wei Rongye was confused. "I, it wasn't me. I just pulled her over. She was pretending. She was pretending."
Everyone pointed and talked, and a young man wearing glasses said, "You just scolded that little girl for a long time, and she wanted to leave, but you stopped her and wouldn't let her go. You are so overbearing, you think you are the eldest son of a capitalist."
The girl in the green skirt said, "A grown man criticizing a girl's appearance, and always talking about pigs, how arrogant he is. I just couldn't stand it."
The owner of the cinema hired someone to push a cart to take the patient to the hospital first. As for Wei Rongye, he was naturally the one pulling the cart.
Jiang Shuyin and the other girls persuaded the crying Xu Lening and went back only after confirming that there were no vegetable leaves on her teeth.
Jiang Shuyin: "Mimi, you might have seen it wrong. I didn't see it. We all know that Lening is very particular about hygiene and cleanliness."
Another little girl followed suit: "Yeah, I didn't see it before, Jiang Mi must have done it on purpose!"
In fact, Xu Lening was not sure whether there were any vegetable leaves or not. Maybe she had just licked them off with her tongue. But no matter whether there were or not, she was convinced that there were no leaves. She gritted her teeth and said, "How could she be so bad?" Then she cursed a few more times.
As the three of them arrived at the entrance of the cinema, they saw a middle-aged woman holding Jiang Mi and putting her in the car. "Poor girl, why are you so thin?"
Xiao Jiangbao grabbed her hand and climbed up, lying beside her and crying. Wei Rongye was pulling the cart, and Yan Haoyang and several others were following, with a group of people surrounding them.
Jiang Shuyin was stunned: "What's going on? What happened to Mimi?"
Everyone pushed the cart and ran towards the hospital very fast.
Jiang Shuyin and the others ran to catch up and also learned what had happened. Jiang Shuyin said, "Brother Rongye never hits anyone. There must be a misunderstanding here. Mimi has been weak since she was a child and can't stand hunger. She watched a movie for a long time. Did she faint from hunger?"
Wei Rongye yelled, "I didn't hit anyone, she just fainted from hunger!"
The young man with glasses said, "We need to see a doctor to find out what's going on. Anyway, I saw you dragging the little girl."
Jiang Mi, lying in the car, thought to herself, this cousin is quite interesting, she steps on her cousin very accurately.
No word is useless.
When they arrived at the hospital, Jiang Mi was sent to the ward. She had many health problems and was severely malnourished. The doctor examined her and gave her a transfusion of nutrient solution.
Wei Rongye shouted in the corridor that he did not hit anyone, and emphasized that Jiang Mi was a sickly person who fainted from hunger after watching a movie for the whole morning.
Xu Lening and the others also said that Jiang Mi had fainted at school before and it had nothing to do with Wei Rongye.
The girl in the green skirt refuted him on the spot, saying that she was mean-spirited, evil-minded and irresponsible.
The nurse scolded him to keep his voice down and inform the patient’s family first.
Jiang Shuyin: "I am Mimi's family member. I am her sister."
Nurse: "I can't do that either. Tell his parents."
At this time, Xiao Jiangbao, who was lying beside the bed, knew, "Milk is at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative."
The rest is up to the family members to arrive.
Jiang Ma came very quickly. The little girl in the green skirt recounted the whole process in detail, including how the group of people scolded Jiang Mi. After Jiang Ma learned about the whole process, she was so angry that she slapped Wei Rongye on the spot, making the matter a big deal. People from the street office and the Women's Federation came.
No matter how others persuaded her, she sat beside the bed, hugged Jiang Mi's arm and cried.
Only after Jiang Mi knew that Jiang Ma was here did she dare to quietly let go of Xiao Jiang Bao's hand. Xiao Jiang Bao cried, "Grandma, they are mean and scold my aunt."
Wei Rongye was really scared at this moment. He hung his head and waited for his parents to come over.
Jiang Shuyin explained: "Aunt, Brother Rongye never hits anyone. There is a misunderstanding here."
Xu Lening: "Jiang Mi has had poor health since she was a child. She fainted at school before. This time, she watched a movie all morning and must have fainted from hunger."
Jiang's mother sat by the bed, wiping her tears. "You're scolding my Mimi like that. It's like stabbing me in the heart with a knife. How did you torture my Mimi at school? I regret it so much. I shouldn't have beaten Mimi to go to school. She wasn't going to school at all. Being illiterate would have been better than what she has now. What does my Mimi look like have to do with you? What gives you the right to do that?"
Wei Rongye: "It's not me who said that about her, everyone says that."
Xu Lening argued: "We also learned it from others."
Mother Jiang's heart ached even more.
Jiang Mi couldn't bear to see Jiang Ma so sad, she slowly opened her eyes and struggled to sit up from the bed, but she hurt her wrist which was receiving an IV drip, and she hissed in pain.
It also attracted everyone's attention.
Jiang Ma hurriedly held her wrist and said, "Mimi, you're awake. Lie down quickly. Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"
Jiang Mi looked at the people in the ward, especially when she saw Wei Rongye, she sobbed and called out, "Mom."
Jiang's mother was heartbroken and hugged Jiang Mi: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have forced you to go to school."
This was the first time Jiang Ma knew that Jiang Mi was being bullied at school. The original owner was a quiet kid and would not tell her family when she was bullied at school. Her family always thought that the original owner was inferior and cowardly because of her appearance.
It turns out there’s more to it than that.
Jiang Mi burst into tears: "Mom, I'm sorry for making you worry. I'm fine. I'm not afraid of being beaten or scolded, but I'm afraid of you crying."
She is an excellent cry actor. If the original owner was prettier, everyone's attention would be drawn to her when she cries like this.
Wei Rongye: "Jiang Mi, I didn't hit you, I just pulled you. Please tell everyone clearly that your fainting had nothing to do with me."
Jiang Mi lowered her head and sobbed: "If you say it doesn't matter, then it doesn't matter. I'm used to it, but how could you humiliate me like this in front of Xiao Jiangbao? You scared him, he's only three years old."
Jiang Mi pinched Xiao Jiangbao's palm, and Xiao Jiangbao continued to howl.
The girl in the green dress said, "You're so shameless! You dare to threaten a little girl in front of everyone? Do you really think you're the eldest son of a capitalist?"
Director He from the Subdistrict Office said, "I've been here for so long, and I haven't heard you say sorry. Which school are you from? Is this how you educate your students?"
Director Huang from the Women's Federation tried to reconcile: "It's just a minor quarrel between the children. Why don't you apologize first?"
When Wei Rongye's parents arrived, they heard this. They had roughly learned what had happened on the way. Wei's father slapped Wei Rongye on the head and said, "Why don't you apologize?"
Wei Rongye didn't dare to argue: "Jiang Mi, I'm sorry."
The girl in the green dress: "When you were cursing before, you were so arrogant that I could hear you from far away. Now you have become a mosquito?"
Jiang Mi gave a thumbs up to the girl in the green skirt and decided that after this matter was over, she would go to the girl in the green skirt's workplace to deliver a thank-you letter.
Dad Wei slapped Wei Rongye on the head again.
Wei Rongye yelled, "Jiang Mi, I'm sorry."
Jiang Mi sobbed softly: "Don't hit me next time. I'm not afraid of being scolded, but my health is not good. If you beat me to death, how will my parents live?"
Wei Rongye: "I didn't hit you."
Jiang Mi quickly changed her words: "No."
Jiang Ma was shaking with anger, pointing her finger at Wei Rongye and saying, "Get out! Get out!"
Jiang Shuyin came out, shedding tears beside her: "Auntie, please calm down. It's all my fault today. I shouldn't have asked Wei to apologize to Mimi. If it weren't for me, nothing would have happened later. It's all my fault. Mimi, I'm sorry. Don't be angry with Wei anymore. Just be angry with me."
Xu Lening: "Jiang Mi, tell me how you want to resolve this. Aren't you just angry that Wei Rongye doesn't like you and doesn't accept your confession? Now that things have turned out like this, do you still want to marry Wei Rongye?"
Another girl was incredulous: "Is this the reason you pretended to faint? Don't you even look at yourself? How can you be worthy of Wei Rongye?"
Wei Rongye was horrified: "Jiang Mi, I won't marry you! Just give up on this idea."
Wei's mother took the opportunity to say, "Student Jiang, the most important thing for a girl is to respect herself. If you think you can marry into our family by making such a fuss, then forget it."
Look, this is called using a small amount of force to achieve a great result.
Jiang Shuyin's words instantly changed the current situation.
Even if Wei Rongye was wrong, he was not completely wrong.
The onlookers also looked at Jiang Mi and Wei Rongye. If this was the case, Wei Rongye would be miserable enough. Putting aside other things, Wei Rongye was indeed handsome and well-dressed, which showed that his family conditions were quite good.
After being rejected, he came up with this?
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