Gu Wanwan glanced at everyone and asked, "Excuse me, everyone. Since I am not a biological child and have never raised Jiang Zhengyi, do I need to provide for Jiang Laotie in his old age?"
The villagers looked at Jiang Laotie with disdain, "Come on, the Jiang family is embarrassed. Everyone in the village knows that you and Jiang Zhengyi are not biological father and son. Jiang Chengshi and Jiang Zhengyi were both raised by Qian Mei'e. It makes sense for Qian Mei'e to let Jiang Chengshi take care of her in her old age. After all, Qian Mei'e raised him since he was a child."
"Jiang Laotie only cares about hanging out with Widow Jiang. Qian Mei'e runs the household. He has never even hugged Jiang Zhengyi once. It's useless for him to take this to the police station. He is not in the right, and Jiang Zhengyi has a biological father."
"How can you leave your biological father behind and raise a non-blood-related adoptive father? He is not an adoptive father, but a fake father. If you want to blame someone, blame Jiang Laotie for being too ruthless. He spread the word everywhere that Jiang Zhengyi is not his biological son. He cut off his own escape route with his own hands. Now that Jiang Zhengyi has become successful, he can't benefit from it."
“…”
Jiang Laotie sat on the ground dejectedly, like an eggplant hit by frost, wilted.
Malay has been witnessing the Jiang family's rise from glory to decline. She has seen the ups and downs of life. "Hahaha, Jiang Chengshi, this is the retribution for abandoning me. Your Jiang family has nothing. Take good care of your Gan Qi!"
"Gan Qi, you miscalculated. You stole the man I didn't want. How arrogant can you be? I have been freed from the Jiang family. So what if I am alone? At least I am free. And you will be tied to Jiang Chengshi's fate for the rest of your life. I wish you will never be separated."
It would have been better if she didn't say it. Once she said it, it hurt Ganqi even more. She was so angry that she almost went crazy.
The Jiang family’s reputation in Xiangyang Village was completely ruined, and they became a hated existence.
After Sheng Qing's announcement, Jiang Chengshi was officially expelled from the army, and his former comrades-in-arms came to him to collect their debts.
Jiang Chengshi really had no money to pay back, so he had to ask his relatives and friends for help. However, when they heard that he needed money, they refused to see him, leaving the entire Jiang family in a gloomy mood.
Jiang Chengcai was originally a naughty child. He relied on the love of his parents and grandparents to act arrogantly in the village. Now his father made a mistake and was expelled, and the children in the village no longer wanted to play with him. Even his poor siblings, who were often bullied by him in the past, isolated him together. He went back to Gan Qi to cry and seek comfort.
Gan Qi was not used to him, and her attitude was completely different. In the past, she would pretend to be nice to Jiang Chengcai for the sake of Jiang Zhengyi, but now the Jiang family was paupers, and there was no need for her to continue pretending to please them.
On the night of the dismissal, she talked to Jiang Chengshi and sent the two elders to work in the fields.
Jiang Chengshi was completely controlled by Gan Qi. He knew that he felt guilty towards her and also had some resentment towards his parents, so he agreed and went to the commune county town to find a job. He had to support his family, right?
Gan Qi pushed Jiang Chengcai away with disdain, "You have grown up, you need to learn how to work and earn work points. Go and collect grass for the pigs tomorrow. If you don't collect enough grass for the pigs, you won't get any food."
Jiang Chengcai was stunned. He couldn't accept the bride who changed her expression faster than turning the pages of a book. "Mom, didn't you promise me that you would love me well? Why do you want me to work? My mom didn't want me to cut grass for pigs before. Earning work points is something only poor people do. Grandpa and grandma said that my only responsibility is to grow up happily. I won't do it!"
Gan Qi picked up a feather duster and beat Jiang Chengcai. "If you don't go to work, I'll beat you to death. Now I have the final say in the Jiang family. There's no money at home. There's no happiness at all."
Jiang Chengcai had never seen Gan Qi so ferocious and ferocious before, and he burst into tears in fear, "I'm going to tell your father, tell your grandparents, you beat me, you lied to me, I don't want you, I want my old mother."
"Go ahead and say what you want to say. I don't want to stay in the Jiang family." Gan Qi gave him a malicious smile. "If you want to go, go find your mother. I won't stop you. The Jiang family can save a few grains of rice. I drove your mother away with my own hands. Do you think she will still want you? I forgot to tell you that your mother is right. Stepmothers are all bad. If they have their own sons, they will sell you for money. I only try to please you in order to marry your father. Now your father is useless. Why should I humble myself and serve the Jiang family?"
Although Jiang Chengcai was young, he could see that Gan Qi hated him. Thinking that he would be tortured by his stepmother, he regretted it so much that he only wanted to find his biological mother. "I am her precious son. She can't bear to give me up..."
Gan Qi was ruthless and beat the child until he was swollen.
Later, Jiang Chengshi and his grandparents returned home. Jiang Chengcai complained to them immediately, but was rebuked by Jiang Chengshi, "Your mother Gan Qin is right. You are six years old and should be sensible. Children younger than you in the village also earn work points by cutting grass for pigs."
Even his grandparents, who had always loved him, remained silent, which meant they agreed with their son's approach. The Jiang family is no longer the same as it used to be. If they don't work in the fields, they will have problems getting enough food and clothing.
Jiang Chengcai felt like the sky had fallen, but what made him even more devastated was that when he ran to Ma Laidi to complain, he was driven away by his own mother. When he went there again, his mother had remarried and married a poor family in the village, becoming that person's stepmother.
The funniest thing is that my biological mother’s step-sons and step-daughters are the siblings who were once bullied by me.
When Ma Lai saw Jiang Chengcai again, he had lost his arrogant and domineering temperament. He became taciturn and went up the mountain to collect grass for pigs every day wearing patched clothes. In just a few days' absence, he had lost a lot of weight.
Every time I meet Malay, I would look at her from afar with red eyes and dare not get any closer.
The naughty child grew up overnight, and Ma Lai felt sad and distressed. Considering his new family, he could only force himself to ignore his son.
Ever since her son returned to the army, Qian Mei'e has been in high spirits and goes to Gu Wanwan every day to share the latest news.
Gu Wanwan looked at her face and found that the clues of her uncle's whereabouts became more and more obvious. He was related to Qian Mei'e's childhood sweetheart.
"Sister Wan, Ma Lai Di probably worried that her parents would sell her out again, so she married her off. This time, she made a good choice. She is from a poor family in the village. Her new husband is honest and hardworking, and her stepchildren are filial and obedient. But the family is too soft-tempered and too poor, so they are often bullied by their elders and brothers. Ma Lai Di has a fierce temper, so she is just the right person to suppress him." Qian Mei'e seemed to have thought of something, and said indignantly, "I don't know who Gan Qi slept with, but she found a temporary job for Jiang Chengshi as a doll-tailed miscellaneous worker."
"Now you're patrolling with the Little Red Team, and you're so proud of yourself. Didn't Sister Wan translate books for the state-owned bookstore? You have to hide the books. I'm worried that he will keep an eye on you and Brother Chen. My house was raided before, and it was related to foreign books. Now all my relatives have fled abroad. Sigh..."
"By the way, why didn't I see Sister Qingtang today? I heard that Granny Gu came back from Beijing."
At this moment, Shen Nianyu and Shen Zhitian ran to Gu Wanwan anxiously for help, "Cousin, wuwu, save my mother, Mrs. Gu is going to beat my mother to death..."
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