Jiang Chunsheng felt his face burning when Liang Guiying looked at him. He quickly pulled out two 10,000-yuan bills from his briefcase and handed them to Liang Guiying: "Niannian just got out of the hospital and can't eat snacks yet. Grandma Niannian, take this money and buy her some meat to help her recover."
Jiang Chunsheng's monthly salary plus subsidies was only one hundred yuan, and he gave her twenty yuan right off the bat, which immediately made Tian Aihua's face fall.
Liang Guiying acted as if she hadn't seen it and generously accepted it: "Then I will thank my great-uncle and great-aunt on behalf of my family every year."
Tian Aihua couldn't help but sneer, "Grandma Niannian is just different from us city people. She takes whatever she's given. She's really quite straightforward."
"Unlike some people who want to fart but have to make other noises to cover it up, unfortunately they can't cover up the smell. They're all so hesitant and awkward, and the whole world knows it was you who farted, making them look like clowns."
"Grandma Niannian, you—"
"I'm from the countryside, and I may speak harshly. Please bear with me, Auntie."
Liang Guiying waved her hand, and when she looked at Jiang Chunsheng, there was no smile on her face. Her way of addressing him had also changed. "Director Jiang, you're here today because of Fourth Aunt's matter, right?"
The couple exchanged a glance, and Jiang Chunsheng sighed, "Sigh, we really didn't know about Fourth Aunt's abuse of Zhou Yue, but as Zhou Yue's uncle, I'm definitely unqualified to have known nothing about her true situation for so many years. Grandma Niannian, I'm truly ashamed..."
"Everything else is fine, but that old woman only returned small things a few days ago. She refuses to return the most valuable thing, the TV, insisting that Aunt Zhou Yue took it away and she won't return it."
"You old hag, you're just spouting nonsense. You're all Zhou Yue's uncles and aunts. She's an orphan, we should be too kind to her, how could we possibly covet her things? Right, Zhou Yue's aunt?"
Liang Guiying stared at Tian Aihua.
Tian Aihua felt uneasy under her gaze: "...Yes, I don't dare to believe a single word she says now."
Liang Guiying looked relieved and smiled again: "Zhou Yue's aunt, you're related to that old woman, so please tell her when you get back. If you can return the TV by tomorrow afternoon, I'll let it go for now; otherwise, I'll have to go to her house to get it back."
I have a straightforward and short temper. If things get out of hand, not only will her son lose his job, but you, as a relative, will also be affected.
"Definitely, definitely."
"Oh dear, the water's boiling! I'll make some tea for my uncle and aunt! By the way, you two haven't eaten yet, have you? Please sit for a while, I'll cook and kill a chicken right away!"
"No need, no need!"
“When my own uncle came to visit, I didn’t even get a hot meal. If word got out, people would think that Zhou Yue is stingy.”
"Really, no need. We've already eaten before we came," Jiang Chunsheng said as he hurried out. "I have a meeting in half an hour, maybe next time!"
"It's a promise then, Uncle and Aunt, you absolutely must have a meal next time you come over!"
After the couple had walked away, Zhou Yue returned with a bag of tea leaves.
After she came in, Liang Guiying immediately closed the door: "Do you know why I sent you away?"
Zhou Yue looked bewildered: "Buy tea."
Liang Guiying sighed and said after returning to the house, "That night, Uncle Zhong took people to the flashlight factory. He must have told everyone in the flashlight factory about how Fourth Aunt abused you. The flashlight factory is not far from the toothpaste factory, so the people at the toothpaste factory must have known about it too."
Your aunt is usually mean-spirited and has offended many people. I'm sure some people say that your uncle and aunt instigated outsiders to abuse their own niece and even wanted to eat your child, who is an orphan.
If a person's character and morals are questionable, everything else will be questioned as well, especially your aunt. She's in charge of the food and drink for the toothpaste factory workers. If her character and morals are questionable, the workers are afraid she'll poison their food. To maintain order among the workers, the factory management might fire her.
Zhou Yue was very clever. As soon as Liang Guiying explained, she understood: "So they came here because they wanted me to go back with them. Once the factory leaders and workers saw with their own eyes that I had a harmonious relationship with them, the rumors that my uncle and aunt instigated others to abuse their own niece would be disproven."
Liang Guiying looked at her and asked, "Are you going?"
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