Chapter 6
Even Jiang's father said that his family did not favor boys over girls and that he treated his three sons the same. In fact, he did not!
He built houses for his two sons, gave them money to buy houses, and bought them computers. Even though they did not need them, he was reluctant and unwilling to buy her a computer when she really needed it.
What an obvious difference, but he himself did not think so. He thought he treated his three sons the same.
Even the villagers, when talking about Jiang's father, would say: "The person who is least biased against boys is your father!"
"Your father is biased against girls? You have no conscience to say that!"
"Look for yourself, which family in the village can do what your father does."
"Isn't your father good to you?"
She didn't say that Jiang's father was not good to her, nor did she say that Jiang's father didn't love her, but to him, money and love were separate.
He loved her, but not that much.
He loved her, but he loved his son more.
The only complete love and preference she had ever received came from her grandfather.
The Jiang family had more than ten acres of rice fields. In previous years, with the two strong young men Jiang Bai and Jiang Song, they could harvest them quickly. This year, without two strong laborers, it took several more days than usual to rely on Jiang's father, Jiang's mother, Jiang Qi and Grandpa Jiang.
Father Jiang felt sorry for his daughter and wanted to eat something delicious, so he only let her mow until 8 o'clock every morning and then let her go home.
She couldn't be idle when she went home. She had to do laundry, cooking, cleaning, and all these things, but compared to the heavy farm work, they were a little easier.
She also tried her best to make delicious food for them with the existing ingredients.
Braised pork with potatoes, boiled pork slices, braised pork with preserved vegetables, braised beans with preserved vegetables, braised bamboo shoots with meat...
In such busy and heavy farm work, the only thing that Father Jiang and Mother Jiang looked forward to every day was eating. Only when they ate, they could feel the beauty of life after being tired.
Even Jiang's mother had a lot to say about the fact that Jiang Xi was sent back home by Jiang's father to do laundry and cooking after working all morning instead of staying in the fields to work.
Although she still complained that Jiang Xi had no work to do, she didn't wash the clothes clean, didn't know how to clean the cabinets at home, didn't sweep the dust in the corners, and didn't know how to water the vegetables in the field. But without the heavy farm work, Jiang Xi did feel much more relaxed and had more time to review the textbooks for the first year of high school.
Harvesting is not the end of the busy farming work, but just the beginning. The subsequent threshing, plowing, land preparation, transplanting rice, planting late rice...
After everything is done, the summer vacation is about to end.
Jiang Xi is about to go to school.
Jiang Xi was quietly waiting for school to start, but Jiang's mother was anxious to get Jiang Xi out to work.
She asked around in the village who worked in which factory, how much they could earn in a month, and whether they could take Jiang Xi with them. Just then,
she heard that Jiang Yueqin, the eldest wife, had returned and brought back 5,000 yuan to build a building on the house.
Recently, the topic of discussion among the uncles and aunties in the village is all about her. "The girl in his family is really worth raising. She built a big house for his family!"
"I heard that she brought back another 5,000 yuan!"
"We are the same person, how can she make so much money?"
"It's only been a few years? She has earned a big house!"
Although it is called a big house, in fact, the buildings of this era are all built very simply and shabby.
But no matter how simple and shabby they are, they are still buildings.
"Which hotel can make so much money as a waiter?"
"I heard that the waiters in the hotel in this town only make a few dozen yuan a month. She has only been away for half a year, right? How come she brought back so much money? Doesn't she have to go to work now? Why did she come back?"
"That's a big hotel in a big city. How can it be the same as a small restaurant in this town?"
"I heard that their hotel business is good and they are hiring. She asked her boss for leave and came back to bring people over."
The village lady said actively, "Being a waiter can make so much money. Do you think I can go? Everyone knows that I am efficient. If not, I will go and ask Yueqin if she can take me with her. Next year, we can also take our Xiangqin with us!" As she said that, she hurried to Jiang Yueqin's house.
Several other aunties, for some unknown reason, went to watch, even if it was just for fun.
Jiang's mother was not left behind.
The double harvest was over, and she had almost harvested the rapeseed and beans in the past few days. There was still some work left in the fields, which could be handed over to Grandpa Jiang. If it was really that profitable, she would go too!
Jiang Yueqin was stunned to see so many aunties coming to her house and wanting to follow her out to be 'waiters'.
She stood on the bed and interrupted the aunties who were surrounding her: "Our boss wants young girls!"
"Why do they want young girls for waiters? Why can't we do it?" When the aunties heard that they only recruited young girls, they were unhappy: "Those girls are not as good at work as we are. I guarantee that I can do the work of two of them!"
"That's right, they're both trying to rob me of five mu of land!"
Jiang's mother also said, "Yueqin, talk to the boss over there. It's just a waitress. How can a young girl be able to do it but we can't?"
Jiang Yueqin said anxiously, "We are a high-end hotel. How can it be the same for customers to see young girls working as waitresses and aunties working as waitresses?" She pouted, "To sort out more juice sources, you can come to consult the group. Let's call 522752. It's more like an auntie to be a dishwasher."
"Then washing dishes is also fine. I'm good at washing dishes! I guarantee that they will be clean for you. I also have loofah sacs at home. I can bring some loofah sacs to your boss!"
"I have them at home too!"
"I have them at home too!"
"I'll give it away for free!"
Jiang Yueqin was surrounded by a group of aunties and could only shout: "No dishwashers, we don't need dishwashers!" Jiang Yueqin found it difficult to communicate with the aunties: "We only need waiters, young ones!"
After confirming that they only needed young ones, the aunties had to leave with regret.
Most of their daughters were taken to work in clothing factories by their roommates after graduating from elementary school and would not return until the end of the year. Where are the little girls now?
Oh, there are three little girls, Jiang Liu from the big guy's family, He Hua from the brigade secretary's family, and Qin, the old girl from the second room.
Of these three, Jiang Xi's father wanted her to go to college, Lotus from the brigade secretary's family was even less likely to be a waitress, and the second wife's daughter was her mother's baby born when she was nearly 50, so none of them could be taken away.
Jiang Yueqin knew that Lotus and the piano were not something she could take away, and her target this time was Jiang Xi.
Jiang Yueqin called out to Jiang's mother: "Aunt, I remember that Xiaoxiao graduated from junior high school, right?"
Jiang's mother was planning to let her daughter go to work, and nodded quickly when she heard it: "Yes, she is already fifteen years old, and I am worried about who to let take her to the factory."
"To what factory? How much money can you earn in a factory after working so hard for a month? In our place, a waiter can make two hundred a month! She graduated from junior high school, if she gets promoted to a supervisor, three or five hundred is not a problem!"
"Three to five hundred? Can a waitress earn three to five hundred?"
Jiang Yueqin smiled with her eyes squinting, "Then if you become a foreman or a manager, you will be in charge of dozens of people, and your salary will certainly be higher than that of a waitress! If more customers come, the boss will earn more, and you will get commissions and bonuses, right? Otherwise, why would they want young girls to be waitresses? Of course, it is to attract customers!"
She rubbed her hands nervously.
When Jiang's mother heard this, she realized that this was the truth.
Jiang's mother also went out to work with Jiang's father, working on construction sites.
But Jiang's father was not willing to be just a laborer, so he wanted to form a team and become a contractor.
When you are a foreman, you have to prepare a lot of materials and work first, and then you can get paid. If the boss runs away, you will not get a penny, and you will owe a lot of money. Jiang's mother is afraid of the risk of debt, so she will never let Jiang's father do it.
Now I heard that the foreman is in charge of more than ten or twenty people, which is similar to the foreman of their construction site. If he is a foreman, he can really make so much money in a month.
Jiang Yueqin saw that Jiang's mother was convinced, and immediately smiled and said, "Look at me, I am a waiter who did a good job, and I was promoted to foreman. I am in charge of more than ten people!" Jiang's mother
thought that she was a foreman and wanted to go back to the village to recruit her own people.
Just like when Jiang's father wanted to be a foreman, his first reaction was to find his own people in the same village to form a group.
Seeing that Jiang Yueqin had been away for half a year and brought back 5,000 yuan, she felt that the eldest daughter was really promising, bringing back so much money for her parents in half a year.
She sighed with envy and said, "I don't ask my daughter Xiaoxiao to be as capable as you. If she can bring me 1,000 or 2,000 yuan a year, I will be very happy. I have not given birth to her in vain."
In Jiang's mother's heart, Jiang Xiaoxiao, who was not good at farm work and could not make money for the family, was the most useless girl in the village.
Jiang Yueqin smiled sweetly and took Jiang Ma's arm: "Don't worry, Auntie, it will happen! Your family will be able to build a big house by then!"
Thinking of the big house, Jiang Ma's heart was suddenly moved. She wished she could pack up Jiang Liu and take him over to her immediately so that he could bring back a thousand yuan for herself by the end of the year.
She held Jiang Yueqin's hand, and said to her as enthusiastically as if she were her own daughter: "Yueqin, when you have time, come to your aunt's house more often. You and Xingxing are classmates and from the same village, so you are like real sisters. When Ningning comes to your place in the future, you must take good care of her!"
"You know Xingxing, she is very honest. If you have any work, just ask her to do it. I promise she will do it well for you!" Jiang's mother said with a smile: "Come to my house to play with Xingxing later."
Jiang Xing and Jiang Yueqin are four years apart in age, and they are not from the same room, so they have never played together.
The four rooms of the Jiang family are clearly divided, and each room plays with people from its own room.
If Jiang Yueqin hadn't made a lot of money, the aunts from other rooms would never come to the big room.
Jiang Yueqin came back for Jiang Xiao, so she responded crisply: "Okay, I'll go find Xiao Xiao tomorrow!"
She introduced a little sister and she had 500 yuan to give!
So the next day, Jiang Yueqin came to find Jiang Xiao.
Jiang Xiao hadn't seen Jiang Yueqin for many years. In his memory, she still built a big house for the family, and then she came home every year in glory and became a guest of honor at home. The whole village envied her parents.
Later, the news that she was a lady outside somehow got out and was known by the villagers. After that, no one heard about her again.
Seeing Jiang Yueqin, who was so young, mature and naive, again, it really felt like a lifetime ago.
"Xixi!" Jiang Yueqin was very enthusiastic and rushed over to Jiang Xi as soon as she saw him.
Jiang Xi thought she was going to hug her, so she leaned back tactically from the desk. Jiang Yueqin rushed to her, opened her arms and turned around in front of Jiang Xi: "My clothes look good, don't they?"
Jiang Xi: ...
After turning around, she came up to Jiang Xi's shoulders with great enthusiasm, but Jiang Xi dodged and avoided her.
Jiang Yueqin, who didn't expect her to avoid him, leaned over and said, "Hey, Xingxing, what are you doing?"
She was dressed very "Western", with heavy makeup on her face, curly hair, a hip-wrapped leather skirt, tight short sleeves, and black high-heeled sandals. When you get close to her, you can still smell the strong smell of cheap perfume sprayed on her body. The
fragrance of osmanthus is a bit pungent.
She stood next to Jiang Xing, one standing and the other sitting, one plump and tall, the other short and thin, one like a ripe peach with a strong fragrance, and the other dry like a sour green tomato that has not yet developed.
Jiang Yueqin didn't care about Jiang Wu's evasion. After she stood firm, she crossed her arms and looked at Jiang Wu from above with a critical eye: "Oh my, how come you got yourself so tanned?" She reached out to play with Jiang Wu's hair: "Why does your hair look like it was chewed by a dog? Did your mother beat you?"
She said the last sentence with a teasing and smiling tone.
In Jiang Yueqin's memory, Jiang Wu's three siblings had always been good-looking, especially Jiang Bo and Jiang Wu, who were fair and tender like dolls, otherwise she wouldn't have come to find her.
She looked at Jiang Ning's obviously short and ill-fitting clothes, and clicked her tongue: "Ning Ning, what are you wearing? Isn't it your brother who gave you some of the clothes he didn't want? They say the new boss, the old second, and the tatters are for the third. Isn't this too shabby for you?" She had a funny expression on her face and showed off her new clothes with a sense of superiority: "Look at me."
She spun around in a circle, stretched out her wrist in front of Jiang Ning and shook it, showing off the gold bracelet on her wrist, proudly showing off: "This is gold, it costs a lot of money! My partner gave it to me, doesn't it look good?"
"So earthy." Jiang Ning said. She casually picked up the shiny chain on her wrist and looked at her: "Is this really gold? Why does it look fake to me?"