Not only did she find nothing, but she also sneezed several times. Jiang Manyue felt very uncomfortable and had to leave the scrap collection station in disappointment.
Just as she was about to go home, Jiang Manyue thought of those naughty kids from her mother's family and little Jun'an from her husband's family, so she went to the state-owned store.
Although the money from selling leather shoes had not yet been received, Jiang Manyue had a lot of money and bills on hand, which the original owner had asked from Li Guifen and Lu Qingyou.
Jiang Manyue went to the state-owned store and weighed two pounds of milk candy and three pounds of white sugar cake.
Candies and white sugar cakes both require non-staple food coupons to buy. Country people will use their money and food to exchange for the industrial coupons their families need, so how could they have extra money to exchange for non-staple food coupons?
Even though Jiang Manyue's family has more labor and more work points, they have to support a whole family, and the children can rarely have snacks a few times a year.
Originally, Jiang Manyue was a greedy person. She would hide away any delicious food and eat it herself. Her nephew from her mother's side had hardly ever gotten any delicious food from her.
Jiang Manyue wanted to establish a good relationship with her parents' family. After all, she didn't know how long her marriage would last. If she divorced before she successfully got into college, she would have to continue living in her parents' home for a while.
Although Miao Xianghua loves her daughter, the Jiang family is such a big family, so she has to be more considerate.
Bringing some delicious food to the nephews will make them happy, and their brother and sister-in-law will be happy, and she, the sister-in-law, will naturally be more likable.
Jiang Manyue walked towards the team carrying the snacks she had bought. When she was almost at the entrance of the team, she picked up some fruit candies wrapped in glass candy wrappers from the supermarket and mixed them with the milk candy.
After entering the brigade, Jiang Manyue wanted to go directly to her mother's house, but she didn't expect that halfway through, she saw several older children surrounding Lu Junan and didn't know what they were doing.
Jiang Manyue walked closer and saw that Lu Jun'an's eyes were red and he looked very aggrieved.
"You dare to cry! Be careful or I'll beat you to death!"
A child raised his little fist and shook it at Lu Jun'an, threatening him arrogantly.
Jiang Manyue recognized this child. His name was Jin Chuanhu. He was considered a leader among the children in the village. However, he did not get along with Jiang Manyue's nephews, and the two groups often fought.
Lu Jun'an was timid. He was scared and didn't dare to cry when he was threatened by him. His little face turned red.
Jiang Manyue happened to be standing behind a tree and no one noticed her. She transferred the things in her hand to one hand and then suddenly rushed out.
The children were all frightened. They were bullying Lu Jun'an, and when they saw adults coming, they quickly ran away.
Only Jin Chuanhu was unlucky. He was standing closest to the person, and when he just reacted and wanted to run, Jiang Manyue grabbed his collar.
"Jin Chuanhu! Are you bullying my Jun'an?"
Jin Chuanhu was over seven years old and quite strong. He twisted a few times and broke free from Jiang Manyue's hand, then ran away.
"Even if you run away, I'll still go to your house to find your mother. You won't escape a beating today!"
Jiang Manyue shouted at his back, then looked at Lu Jun'an who was standing there stupidly, not daring to move.
"Jun'an, tell your aunt how Jin Chuanhu and the others bullied you?"
Lu Jun'an was afraid of Jin Chuanhu and the others, and even more afraid of Jiang Manyue. He had no idea how to respond to Jiang Manyue's words.
Jiang Manyue took out a candy, peeled it and stuffed it into his mouth. "I'll give you a candy. Tell me, how did they bully you?"
Lu Jun'an smacked the sweet taste in his mouth, feeling that his aunt wasn't mean at all today, and finally mustered up the courage to speak.
"They said I was a wild child without parents, and that my grandparents had picked me up from the mountains."
Lu Jun'an opened his pocket as he spoke, "They also took away the food my grandma gave me and didn't allow me to tell the adults."
Jiang Manyue was a little angry. These kids were really too mean. Not only did they steal food, but they also had to bully Lu Junan by using the fact that he had no parents.
Lu Jun'an then cautiously asked Jiang Manyue, "Aunt, do you know how I came to be? Did grandpa and grandma pick me up from the mountains?"
Jiang Manyue shook her head at him seriously, "You were born by your parents, not picked up. Your father is your grandparents' son, so you live with your grandparents."
Lu Jun'an still didn't understand, "But my grandparents' son is my uncle, and I'm not the son of my uncle and aunt. So who gave birth to me?"
Jiang Manyue didn't know how to answer this question, because Lu Jun'an had just become sensible and Li Guifen and Lu Qingyou probably hadn't told him the news of his parents' death, so she didn't want to tell him the truth directly.
Seeing Lu Jun'an's puzzled look, Jiang Manyue had to change the subject, "Come on, auntie will take you to Jin Chuanhu's house and ask him to apologize to you!"
The timid Lu Jun'an was a little afraid, but Jiang Manyue raised her chin towards him and said, "Auntie is here, we are not afraid of him!"
Lu Jun'an had never seen his aunt like this, but he could feel that his aunt was really different today. She was very nice to him. Not only did she give him candy, she also helped drive away the people who bullied him.
"But we have to go home and put some things away first. Let's go."
Jiang Manyue took Lu Jun'an home first. The house was quiet, as if no one was there.
After putting the things in her room, Jiang Manyue took Lu Junan to Jin Chuanhu's house.
When she arrived outside Jin Chuanhu's house, Jiang Manyue saw Jin Chuanhu's mother Xu Mei sitting in the yard picking vegetables.
"Tiger Mom, where are you picking vegetables?"
Jiang Manyue took Lu Jun'an's hand and walked in. Xu Mei heard Jiang Manyue's voice and raised her head in confusion.
When Xu Mei saw that Lu Jun'an was also being held by her, she became even more confused.
If someone else brought a child to her house, she would not be surprised at all. It must be that the bad boy in her family bullied other children again. But since it was Jiang Manyue who brought the child to her house, Xu Mei couldn't help but be surprised.
Everyone in the village knew that this child was the child of the eldest son of the Lu family. The old couple of the Lu family treated the child very well. Jiang Manyue always quarreled with her parents-in-law about these things, but her family was very tough, and the old couple of the Lu family suffered a lot at her hands.
Xu Mei really couldn't imagine that one day Jiang Manyue would bring Lu Junan to her door.
"Chuanhu's mom, I came here today to tell you about how Chuanhu always bullies our Jun'an."
Jiang Manyue's attitude was quite polite. Even though Xu Mei was muttering in her heart that she didn't know what she was up to, she had no choice but to move two stools over and let her and Lu Jun'an sit down.
"It's okay for children to fight and quarrel, but Chuanhu always takes the lead in snatching Jun'an's things and calls him a wild child without parents. Isn't that a bit too much?"
Xu Mei felt very embarrassed after hearing this. Bullying other children was bad enough, and he could even cover it up by saying that the children were ignorant. Aren’t the words her son said really hurtful?
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