"Grandma, you only know that my brother is going to junior high school, but you don't know that I have to take the senior high school entrance exam?" Jiang Jiang put down the bowl and stabbed Grandma Jiang rudely.
Grandma Jiang slammed the dishes and chopsticks on the table, making a clanging sound.
"You have good grades. What's wrong with helping your two younger brothers with tutoring? This is your biological brother. Will helping them with tutoring hurt you? If you get married in the future, your natal family will only have these two younger brothers to help you. What a ungrateful thing!"
Thinking about how she had been treating Jiang Jiang like the eldest master in recent times, Grandma Jiang became furious.
After hearing Grandma Jiang's rambling remarks, Jiang Jiang simply shut up. Some of Grandma Jiang's ideas were deeply rooted, and she couldn't win the argument.
Picking up the bowl again, Jiang Jiang ate the rice directly and used chopsticks to pick up the meat. This thing is the best for replenishing energy. Recently, there is basically no seafood on the table, only vegetables that she can eat.
She is no longer like before, afraid to pick up food. She has let it go. She doesn't ask for nice clothes or a nice room, she just wants to eat well.
The Jiang family could only give her this meal.
Grandma Jiang was so angry that she was gasping for breath because of Jiang Jiang's indifference.
"The eldest is about to take the high school entrance exam, and their class teacher also told us not to delay her studies. Anyway, Feifei and Xiangxiang's entrance exam to junior high school is two weeks away from the eldest's high school entrance exam, so we can help them with tutoring after the eldest has finished the exam." Jiang's mother spoke suddenly.
"Yes, I thought so too." Father Jiang quickly followed suit and played a round.
Seeing that Father Jiang seemed to listen to his daughter-in-law, Grandma Jiang glared at him and could only snort harshly.
The matter is settled.
Jiang Jiang finished her meal first. She took the bowl to the sink in the back kitchen to wash it, then came over to say hello to Jiang's father and the others.
“I went home to study.”
After saying this, without waiting for anyone to react, he strode out.
Grandma Jiang looked at Jiang Jiang's receding back and felt like she was going to have a heart attack from anger.
"Look at this girl, what has she become? She doesn't even wash the dishes! She uses studying as an excuse all day long and does nothing! She just lets people serve her!"
But in fact, apart from coming over for dinner on weekends, Jiang Jiang basically takes care of himself and doesn't ask Grandma Jiang to do anything.
"Her mother agreed to this in advance. She will come to the store to help after she finishes her exams."
After hearing this, Jiang's mother immediately became unhappy. "Are you blaming me?"
Father Jiang quickly smiled and said, "I didn't say that. I was just talking about the facts."
But Grandma Jiang refused to give in. "This is all your fault. Ever since you allowed that damn girl to go to school, she has become a bad person!"
Jiang's mother put down her chopsticks with a "click" and asked, "My daughter can't study?"
"What's the point of studying with her stupid head? Isn't she going to get married in the future?"
"How can she get full marks with her stupid brain? Which woman doesn't want to get married in the end! Your granddaughter doesn't want to get married? Then why is she still studying! Your granddaughter's grades are so good, why didn't she get full marks in this mock exam!"
"Can that damn girl compare to my Zhenzhen? She can't even compare to my Zhenzhen's fingers!"
"Then why don't you go and accompany your granddaughter? Why are you hanging around my house all day?"
"What's wrong with me living in my son's house? If you have the guts, ask my son to kick me out! If you kick me out, I'll see who will take care of your children!"
…
The two women seemed to be competing to see who had the louder voice, arguing back and forth.
Father Jiang wanted to intervene, but he couldn't get a word in.
In the end, it was the twins' screams that stopped the two women arguing.
But they stopped talking, and the anger in their hearts continued to spread.
The next night, when Jiang Jiang came home from evening self-study, he found that Grandma Jiang was not sitting on the sofa watching TV as usual.
She didn't take it seriously, and when she didn't see them the next night, she asked the twins, "Where's grandma?"
The twins' eyes were glued to the TV, and one of them took the opportunity to reply, "I went to my aunt's house."
Jiang Jiang nodded, wondering if Grandma Jiang was mad at her and left. But then he thought it was impossible, because if she was mad at him, it must have been Jiang's mother.
Jiang Jiang finished her shower and rubbed her two pieces of clothes before returning to her room to continue reading. She planned to read for a while before going to bed.
She has been memorizing politics these past two days and has almost finished it. I guess the teacher will start teaching her test-taking techniques in the evening.
Not long after Jiang Jiang picked up the book, he heard the sound of a door opening and closing outside. It must be Jiang's father and mother who came back.
She didn't care and continued reading, but there was a knock on the door.
Jiang Jiang turned around. Who would be looking for her at this time?
"Jiang Jiang, are you asleep?" Jiang's mother's voice rang out.
Jiang Jiang was stunned at first before she responded. No one in the family had called her by her full name for a long time. Grandma Jiang now called her "dead girl" and others called her "Boss".
The door was quickly pushed open, and Jiang's mother walked in, smelling of cooking oil and smoke. She had just come back and hadn't had time to take a shower.
“Still learning?”
"Well, I'll watch for a while and then go to sleep." Her room was close to the toilet, and she usually waited for Mr. and Mrs. Jiang to come back and take a bath before going to bed.
Jiang's mother felt a little awkward. She hadn't had a private chat with Jiang Jiang like this for a long time. She looked at Jiang Jiang and saw that he had become thinner and paler. If you didn't pay attention, you wouldn't be able to tell.
"How are you studying lately?"
"It's okay." Jiang Jiang had no idea what Jiang's mother was going to do.
"That's good." Jiang's mother nodded. "Last time, your classmate pretended to be the study committee member of your class. We wrongly blamed you, and your father beat you. Don't be angry. Your father is also afraid that you will do bad things in your studies."
Jiang Jiang was surprised that Jiang's mother actually apologized to her?
"I was also angry at the time and didn't hold your father back."
Jiang Jiang felt a strange feeling in his heart.
"In fact, since your last monthly exam, I have been wondering if it is because we asked you to help at home that your studies have been delayed. Otherwise, your grades would not be so bad. I even wanted you to drop out of school and help in the store."
"It's because you work hard and strive for excellence that your grades are getting better and better. Mom, I'm especially happy for you."
"I've been thinking a lot lately. Have I neglected you in the past few years? Your grandma likes to criticize you, but I didn't take it to heart because I was afraid of quarreling with her. Last night, I had a quarrel with your grandma. I've also suffered from her mouth, but I just let you be scolded by her for so long. I, I feel so sorry for you."
After saying this, Jiang's mother covered her face and started crying.
Jiang Jiang stood up immediately and looked at Jiang's mother at a loss.
Jiang's mother was not a talkative person, and usually had a cold face, but she always had a lot of thoughts in her mind. These thoughts kept popping up in her mind since Jiang Jiang got full marks for the first time.
But Chen Sisi came home and complained that Jiang Jiang cheated, which completely dispelled Jiang's mother's thoughts.
However, who knew that Jiang Jiang was wrongly accused. When Jiang Jiang called the police, Jiang's mother knew that Jiang Jiang did not cheat. Her heart felt like it was being cut by a knife. After all, Jiang Jiang was her biological son. Even if the weight was not important, he was still her biological son.
The day before yesterday, she had a quarrel with Grandma Jiang, and that night she figured out a lot of things. Sometimes, she didn't not understand many things, but pretended to be ignorant.
Just like the last time she quarreled with Grandma Jiang, Jiang's father asked Jiang Jiang to come over and apologize. She also knew that Jiang Jiang did nothing wrong in this matter. But the family needs someone to bear the anger and be the punching bag of the parents.
She admitted that as a parent she was realistic, and when Jiang Jiang's grades were not good, she felt that there was nothing wrong with Jiang Jiang being the punching bag of the family. But Jiang Jiang gradually became better and his grades began to be perfect, and Jiang's mother began to feel reluctant to let him go.
Why did such a hard-working and excellent daughter become the target of Grandma Jiang's curse? Why did she have to stay in this small noodle shop?
She also wanted Jiang Jiang to be like Meng Zhenzhen, with excellent grades, get into a good high school, make others envy her for having a good daughter, and let her walk with her back held high.
"Mom, you, please stop crying." Jiang Jiang looked at Jiang's mother, not knowing what to do.
Unlike other mothers and daughters who have a close relationship, Jiang Jiang not only never talks to Jiang's mother, but they don't even have much physical contact with each other, so now she can only look at her.
Fortunately, Jiang's mother's emotions only broke down for a moment, and she quickly wiped away her tears.
Jiang Jiang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"I came here today mainly to apologize to you and to tell you that you should study hard. Your grandmother often says that you are not as good as Meng Zhenzhen, but I think you are no worse than her. If you can get into a good high school, you can vent your anger and I can hold my head high when I go out."
"Also, if you need money, ask me for it. Don't be stingy. Eat well for lunch and dinner. I asked your dad to buy two cartons of milk and leave them at the door. Remember to bring a bottle with you in the morning."
Jiang's mother's appearance is actually rarely associated with the word "chatty", but Jiang Jiang now suddenly wants to put them together.
His heart was getting hot, and Jiang Jiang looked at the corner of Jiang Mu's clothes, where there was a little oil stain.
"I won't say any more. I won't delay your studies. You should finish your studies early and go to bed early. I'm going to take a shower and go to bed too." said Jiang's mother.
Jiang Jiang nodded and said "hmm" softly.
Jiang Jiang waited until his mother closed the door before he sat back down at the desk. There was a book on the desk, but Jiang Jiang couldn't read it.
She simply put the book away and lay down on the bed.
"System, why did my mother suddenly say these words to me?"
Jiang Jiang asked.
——Because you have become excellent.
Jiang Jiang moved his head as a nod.
"If I hadn't become better, would she never have said these things to me?"
——Maybe.
"So she really loves me?"
——Every mother loves her child.
Jiang Jiang turned over, and after a long time she said in her heart.
She only loves her daughter who can bring honor to her, not me.
——Host, you have always been you.
Jiang Jiang simply closed his eyes.
Some wounds, if they are deep, will leave scars.
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