Chapter 1313
Jiang's mother was so angry that she stretched out her finger and poked Jiang Ning's forehead hard: "You just remember that I beat you, why didn't you tell me when I beat your two brothers?"
She poked him angrily, causing Jiang Ning's head to fall to the side like a ball and then bounce back.
Jiang Ning touched his forehead which was hurt by the poking and smiled again, "Really? I really don't remember you hitting Big Brother."
My second brother had been beaten and cried for a whole day. Anyone who dared to beat him would have to consider whether they could bear his continuous crying. He would cry wherever you went.
The second brother is the type who seems quiet at ordinary times, but if anyone dares to bully him, he will secretly kill you.
Mother Jiang's eyes turned red, and she cried, "You are still blaming me, blaming me for being useless, blaming me for being poor, and giving birth to you in a family like ours. But Ningning, this is fate!"
"What can I do if I have a bad fate? I have suffered so much too. Who told you not to be born a boy? If you were a boy, I would let you go to school and take the college entrance examination. I would even burn my bones dry to support you. But you are a girl. What's the point of a girl studying so much?"
Excuse me?
What are you talking about?
Do you know what you are talking about?
Jiang Ning's face was completely broken: "You mean, you let me study because I'm a boy, but you don't let me study because I'm a girl? The reason you let me study is not because of your ability, but because of my gender, because I'm not a boy?"
How ridiculous!
"Are girls born guilty?" Jiang Ning couldn't help asking Jiang's mother, "Mom, you are also a girl, and you also said that you suffered this way, so I must suffer the same suffering you have suffered, right? You said that it is useless for girls to study. If studying is useless, why don't you let the eldest brother and the second brother drop out of school and go home? Why do you have to work so hard to make them study and let the eldest brother repeat his grade? Don't you think this is contradictory?"
Mother Jiang was stunned for a moment. She had never thought about this question before.
Because this is the education she received since childhood, everyone around her told her that this is the right way, and all the women around her have gone through this, so she has never thought about whether this is right or not, but just taught her daughter according to the education she received since childhood.
Just surviving every day has already exhausted all her energy, so how could she have the time to think so much?
Jiang's mother thought for a moment and said, "Isn't that how all women go through life? Which woman doesn't suffer? People come to this world to suffer." She rolled her eyes at Jiang Ning in anger and said, "Who made you so unlucky that you were born a woman?"
Life is better now, but her life was hard when she was a child. She went up the mountain to chop wood, herded cattle and took care of children, and there were endless embankments and work to do.
They are nothing like Jiang Ning's generation, whose lives have become better, at least they don't go hungry anymore.
So Jiang's mother couldn't understand why her daughter was so resistant to dropping out of school and going out to work to earn money.
Being able to move to the city, have a job, and get a high salary is something they never dared to imagine in the past!
What happened to the waiter in the restaurant?
The waiters in that big hotel were so amazing. When she was young, she passed by a state-owned hotel once. She wondered how many people envied the work there.
Going to high school, what’s the point of going to high school? Eight out of ten educated youth who went to work in the countryside here were high school students. Didn’t they have to plant rice and harvest rice?
As for taking the college entrance examination, Grandma Jiang's sister married a college graduate, from a prestigious university, but he was still sent to a farm for forced labor.
Jiang Ning knew that she and Jiang Ma had different worldviews. Jiang Ma's worldviews were already set. She couldn't convince her, and she didn't want to talk to her more. She just said, "I won't drop out of school to work. I must study and go to college."
Seeing that she was not moved, Jiang's mother stopped crying and reached out to slap Jiang Ning on the back. Jiang Ning, who was hanging salted fish under the eaves, staggered and rushed forward several steps, almost falling down.
Jiang Ma pointed at her with a cold face and raised her eyebrows, "I've already told Yueqin that you have to go when the time comes, whether you want to or not! You're only three years old, I can't control you anymore!"
In the evening, Jiang's father came back with three empty buckets, looking very happy: "All the crayfish are sold out. People actually eat this stuff." Jiang's father said happily: "No one bought it at first, so I gave them a few to try." Jiang's father praised: "Your idea is good. At two yuan per pound, this bucket of crayfish sold for more than twenty yuan."
Dad Jiang decided to pick up some more crayfish to sell. Tomorrow is not the market, so he can pick up more and save them. If he can’t sell them all, he can just ride his bike to a few more places.
Jiang Ning asked Jiang's father: "Now no one knows that this thing is delicious, and no one is selling it. After you sell it, everyone will know that this thing can make money. Will there be so many crayfish for you to pick up?"
Father Jiang frowned. He really didn’t think that much about it.
"Why don't you get a few acres of land to raise lobsters."
Before Jiang Ning finished speaking, Jiang's mother ran out angrily and pointed at the two people's noses: "You dare to do this, unless you want to die!"
The reason why Jiang's mother was so angry was that in the 1980s, Jiang's father ran a chicken farm. A chicken plague left Jiang's father in debt. He had been paying off the debts for so many years and had just paid them off. When life became a little better, her daughter instigated Jiang's father to cause trouble again. Jiang's mother immediately sounded the alarm, as if facing a great enemy.
She had never been angry before. She waved her hand and hit Jiang Ning in the face: "Have you forgotten what we lived like in the past few years? The family's foreign debt has just been paid off, and we can't even afford to support you guys, but you instigated your dad to do something unnecessary. There are lobsters piled in the ditch and no one is picking them up, and you still want your dad to raise lobsters? You have forgotten the days of hiding from debt, right? You have lived too comfortably and you are itching for trouble, right?"
"If your skin itches, I'll come and loosen it for you!"
Seeing that she couldn't hit her, Jiang Ma became even angrier and picked up the broom leaning against the wall and started hitting her.
Jiang Ning was running in front and she was chasing him from behind, following him for several miles.
When the villagers saw what was happening, they all came out to watch and ask what was going on, especially Uncle Jiang's wife, who hurriedly chased after them and tried to hold back Mother Jiang.
But Jiang's mother is only about 1.67 meters tall and strong and healthy. How could the short and fat Aunt Jiang catch up with her? Even though she couldn't catch up, she chased after him, shouting, "Ailian! Ailian, what are you doing? Put down the broom quickly, don't hurt the child!"
Everyone could see that Jiang's mother was really angry and wanted to beat him.
The brooms in the countryside are all homemade, and the broom handles are very sturdy. If you hit someone with it, and you do it in anger, you must be careful not to hurt the child.
The Jiang family has only one daughter. Aunt Jiang gave birth to three sons and no daughter. Mother Jiang also had two sons. There is only this little girl in this generation, and she looks so decent. But she is not spoiled and is beaten and scolded every day. She has no idea what Mother Jiang is thinking.
She called out to Jiang's father again: "Why didn't you stop him?"
Father Jiang had already chased after them, wiping the sweat off his forehead and saying, "I never thought she would hit someone just because she said so. Before I could react, the two of them had already run quite far away."
"Because of what?"
"Nothing happened. What happened? Ning Ning and I didn't say anything."
Jiang's father ran forward to stop Jiang's mother, and Jiang's aunt also caught up with her, panting. The two of them dragged Jiang's mother on the left and right, and helped her pull back.
When Jiang's mother heard what Jiang's father said, she threw the broom on the ground and cried loudly: "Is everything okay? This suicidal girl actually instigated her father to raise lobsters. You all know what my family has been like in recent years. A few years ago, we ran a chicken farm and owed a lot of money. We finally paid it off. Now we have a little hope for the future, but she actually instigated her father to raise lobsters. Isn't this just throwing money down the drain?"
She pointed at the houses in this area and said, "Look at the houses around here. My house is the shortest. Who doesn't laugh at me behind my back? I usually don't say it out loud, but I'm too embarrassed to do that! She is not sensible at all. She doesn't think about the family at all. She is just like her father!"
Mother Jiang was really angry this time. Her chest hurt and she cried very sadly.
Father Jiang also knew that Mother Jiang had suffered a lot with him over the years. He was originally very happy about the money he made from the sale today, but now he was in no mood at all. He half-pulled and half-hugged Mother Jiang and said, "Ningning just said it casually. Raising lobsters is not that simple..."
"Don't even think about it!" Jiang's mother interrupted him harshly, "She just can't stand seeing her family doing well!" Jiang's mother cried angrily, "I gave birth to her to collect my debt! I don't know how much I owed her in my previous life, and I gave birth to such a thing that's asking for my life. Others give birth to daughters to repay their gratitude, but this one I gave birth to is to make an enemy of me!"
The neighbors all agreed with Jiang's mother and felt that Jiang Ning was indeed wrong: "We can't listen to her nonsense. This is the first time I've heard of raising crayfish. There's no telling how many there are in the ditch. We can't pick them all up. Who would eat that stuff?"
Some people had a different focus and asked Jiang's father: "Are you still picking up lobsters to sell? Are there really people buying them?"
Dad Jiang had originally wanted to make some money from the lobsters, but now he can no longer hide it.
He smiled bitterly and said, "I paid 20 cents per pound for the kids as snacks, and I also spent a lot of my cucumbers and peppers." Jiang's father sighed and said, "I just listened to my kids and did it recklessly. My cucumbers and peppers are worth more than that money."
"Ah? There are actually people who buy it?" What's wrong with two cents? Two cents is not money? Many people also wondered whether they could pick some up and sell them at the market.
Father Jiang smiled bitterly and said, "What are you selling? I'm going to sell fish today. I sold all the fish I caught on the riverbank yesterday. No one would buy crayfish. I couldn't even sell them at 20 cents a pound. I gave them to my nephews and nieces. My father-in-law didn't dare to give them any, fearing that there were bugs. They only ate them after I made sure they were clean and cooked them for a long time."
When everyone heard this, they nodded.
"That's right, who would eat lobsters? They are in the stinky ditch every day, and we don't know how dirty it is!"
"If this thing is edible, wouldn't we have eaten it long ago? Why have we waited until now? The pond is full of lobsters, and the children are too lazy to even look at them, let alone eat them." Someone echoed.
Seeing so many people agreeing with her, Jiang Ma became even more angry: "Listen to me, listen to me, am I right? If you want to raise a few more pigs, I have no objection. But you want to spend a few acres of land to raise lobsters? Isn't that just throwing money into the water?"
When everyone heard this, they realized that not only did they need to raise lobsters, but they also needed to use several acres of land, and those fields were all used to grow crops.
They felt that Jiang Ning really deserved to be beaten. After just a few years of good life, she was ruining the farmland. "She just ate too much. Just starve her for a few meals!"
"Your daughter is really unreasonable, and so is the big guy. Why do you always listen to your daughter? What kind of knowledge can a woman have? They are all long-haired and short-sighted."
Father Jiang said helplessly: "Ning Ning just said that, didn't I disagree?"
"Can you just say that?"
"You, shouldn't have let her go to school. After several years of studying, she doesn't even know her own last name. And you're still raising lobsters?" The villagers sneered.
"Did you hear it? Did you hear it?" Jiang's mother pulled Jiang's father's ear and said, "Listen to what they are saying!"
Outside, Jiang's father could only coax Jiang's mother: "Yes, yes, you are right, you are right."
Jiang's mother was coaxed back home by Jiang's father. When she got home, her eyes were still red. She said to Jiang's father: "Don't think about this and that all day long. If you dare to do these things, I will die!"
Father Jiang nodded helplessly and coaxed her: "I'll listen to you, I'll listen to you, I won't do it, I just saw that I made some money today, and I want to sell it for a few more days."
He really didn't want to raise crayfish. There were many people at the market today, and all the crayfish were sold. There will be no one at the market in the next few days, so where can he sell the crayfish?
They have a market every three, six, and nine days here, and there are still three days before the next market.
He gave Jiang Ma the money from selling fish and crayfish today. Jiang Ma took the money, counted it, put it in the cabinet and locked it. When she came out, she said viciously: "When she comes back today, I will give her a good beating!"
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