Chapter 303 He is showing his loyalty and righteousness
Uncle Jiang Aiguo actually lived not far away, just in the building opposite them. The mother and daughter came down from upstairs, and Jiang Yulan kept holding her pocket, which contained the family passbook.
"Mom, relax. You are just trying to cover up your mistake." Ji Lili looked at Jiang Yulan, who was walking so awkwardly, with amusement.
"All our family belongings are in here. How can I not be nervous?" Jiang Yulan didn't want to be nervous, but she couldn't suppress her body's instinctive reaction at all. This was their savings of more than ten years.
Okay, Ji Lili shut up and sighed. She was obviously a lively and cheerful little girl before today, but in just one day, she was forced to grow up.
"By the way, Lili, I see that you don't seem to like Mingyue?" Jiang Yulan asked.
"A little bit." Ji Lili had nothing to hide from Jiang Yulan.
"Why?" Jiang Yulan was a little curious.
"Mom, think about it carefully. During the time she came to our house, have we treated her with the utmost courtesy? But she always looks like she was bullied and aggrieved. Fortunately, Dad is at home now. If he wasn't at home, and she acted like this, wouldn't others think we bullied her?" Regardless of whether the plot was the reason or not, Ji Lili just couldn't like Ji Mingyue. She thought, this was probably a problem with the magnetic field.
"Now that you mention it, it's true." Jiang Yulan thought about it and nodded. She didn't realize that the child was so thoughtful.
"Who knows if grandma told her something?" Ji Lili said, curling her lips. The Ji family knew about this, and she hadn't wronged them. According to the plot, Ji Yushu would later settle Ye Qiuju near them. After she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, she was even taken care of by the Ji family's grandma during the confinement period. This incident was also one of the triggers for Jiang Yulan's heart attack.
Jiang Yulan looked pensive and didn't say anything. Ji Lili knew that she had taken her words to heart. That was good. Every day would deepen her negative impression of other people in the Ji family.
Jiang Aiguo's house was very spacious because they lived with Jiang Jianyi. After the mother and daughter knocked on the door, it was his aunt Zhou Qingfen who opened the door and welcomed them in with a smile.
Jiang Jianyi was sitting in the living room reading a newspaper. He had retired two years ago, but he still hadn't given up the newspaper habit. He looked up at the mother and daughter from his newspaper and asked, "Why are you here at this hour?"
"Of course it's because I missed you, Grandpa." Ji Lili sat down next to him, linking her arms and acting coquettishly with the old man.
"You're almost an adult, and you're still acting like a spoiled child. Aren't you ashamed?" Jiang Yulan reached out and touched her forehead.
"Our Lili is just in high school, how can she be an adult?" Jiang Jianyi defended.
Ji Lili was born with a broken heart, and she has deep feelings for the people around her, especially those on her grandfather's side. When she thought about how this little old man fell ill and died after Jiang Yulan's early death in the plot, Ji Lili's eyes became a little hot. She would never let such a thing happen.
"Just pamper her." Jiang Yulan's tone was full of helplessness. After she finished speaking, she realized that there were two people missing from the room: "Where are Aiguo and Tongtong?"
"Tongtong was clamoring for popsicles, so Jianguo took her to buy some." Zhou Qingfen's tone was full of helplessness. Both her father-in-law and husband doted on the younger generation in the family.
After a long while, Jiang Jianyi put down the newspaper and looked at Jiang Yulan: "I heard that Ji Yushu's niece is here?"
"Well, her elder brother is gone, and the Ji family doesn't care. I heard that her family wants to marry her to a cripple in exchange for a betrothal gift. This child is really pitiful." Jiang Yulan really sympathized with Ji Mingyue's situation.
"Yushu has always been a loyal and honest child. I was attracted by this point in him." Jiang Jianyi said with approval in his tone.
"Grandpa and grandma did it on purpose. They knew my dad would definitely intervene. But as soon as my dad said he wanted to start a business, they threw Sister Mingyue over. I suspect they have no good intentions." Ji Lili snorted coldly after she finished speaking.
"Lili is right. It's good to be more careful." Zhou Qingfen had witnessed Ji Yushu's parents throwing tantrums, so she agreed with Ji Lili's words.
"Not really." Jiang Jianyi was still a little hesitant. Although Ji Yushu's parents were a bad family, everyone had seen his performance over the past decade.
"Wait a minute. It's not like I don't support him starting a business. Here, this is the family passbook. Please keep it for me." Jiang Yulan said as she handed him her passbook.
"Grandpa, please keep it for us." Ji Lili shook the old man's arm coquettishly.
"Okay, okay, I'll keep it for you first." Jiang Jianyi looked at her with a smile until she let go of his arms.
"Dad, how about I take Tongtong to give Lili a popsicle, and by the way, see what's going on with that niece from their family?" Jiang Aiguo had just gone out to buy popsicles when he heard everyone talking about Ji Yushu's niece. The bad thing about the staff housing complex is that if there's any movement in someone's family, it will spread everywhere in no time.
"Sister, when did you come?" Jiang Qitong, who was holding a popsicle, was the first to notice Ji Lili.
"Don't I miss you?" Ji Lili looked at her with a smile. The little girl was eight years old, an age that even cats and dogs disliked.
"I miss you too, sister. Do you want some popsicles? I asked my dad to buy several." Jiang Qitong lowered her voice when she said the last sentence, for fear that her mother would hear it.
"Okay, let's have one." September nights are actually not that hot, and eating popsicles now is purely out of greed.
"Here, choose which one you want." Jiang Aiguo handed her the popsicle and planned to put the rest in the refrigerator.
"Let's take this one." At that time, popsicles were 20 cents each, and the ones with cream were much more expensive. Jiang Qitong didn't like the sticky ones.
"What do they mean by my brother-in-law's niece coming?" Jiang Aiguo looked at Jiang Yulan.
"He brought back the daughter his brother had when he went to the countryside. The Ji family doesn't care, so he has to take over," Jiang Yulan explained.
"Didn't my brother-in-law go to the countryside before? Who knows if what he said is true?" Jiang Aiguo had recently heard about several stories of educated youth abandoning their families and children, and couldn't help but ask questions.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Jiang Yulan glared at him.
Ji Lili bit off a piece of the popsicle with a snap. Wow, it turns out there are smart people in this family.
"I just said it casually. It's better to check whether it is true or not. Will the girl live in your house from now on?" Jiang Aiguo continued to ask.
"This is the plan at the moment." Jiang Yulan nodded.
"Then what's the difference between this and having another child? In the future, half of Lili's things will have to be given to others. Otherwise, people will say to you, sister, you shouldn't have taken this hot potato." Jiang Aiguo looked disapproving.
"What are you talking about? That's the only blood of your brother-in-law's elder brother. Yushu is willing to raise him. This shows that he values ​​friendship and loyalty." In the old men's era, helping to raise the orphans of brothers and sisters or comrades was not a big deal.
"He has a reputation for being loyal and righteous. With more children in the family, there will be more things to do. Isn't it my sister who has to work hard? And Lili, shouldn't half of what she should have be shared with others? If she is too partial to Lili, won't my sister be criticized?" Jiang Aiguo asked back.
"Jiang Aiguo, your ideological level needs to be improved." The old man snorted coldly and turned his head away without paying any attention to him.
"Okay, Dad, Aiguo, stop arguing. I think the child is sensible. Let's just get along with him and see how he gets along. You can't just chase him away now." Jiang Yulan also thought at first that having one more person in the family was just a matter of adding a pair of chopsticks, but Aiguo's words now made her think more about it.
"What my uncle said makes a lot of sense. Anyway, I really don't like Ji Mingyue. She cries all the time, as if we are bullying her." Ji Lili once again showed her dislike for Ji Mingyue in front of everyone. In the plot, it was because the mother and daughter quickly accepted Ji Mingyue that the Jiang family accepted her as well.
"If you don't like it, just have less contact with me. I'll talk to your dad later." Although the old man agreed with Ji Yushu's approach, the feelings of his family were still the most important.
"Dad, you're retired now. Don't act like a cadre in front of my brother-in-law. Who knows how much he might hold a grudge against me in his heart." Jiang Aiguo couldn't help but complain. His dad was a good guy in every way, but once he started a conversation, he couldn't help but become serious. He used to be the factory director, and his brother-in-law was willing to be a humble servant. Now he's a retired old man, and he's acting like a cadre in front of others. Who knows what others are thinking.
Ji Lili looked at Jiang Aiguo with admiration. She had always known her uncle was a man of ideas; otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen his current career over the old man's. But she hadn't expected him to be so accurate in his assessment of Ji Yushu's character. How could Ji Yushu succeed in the plot if he had such ideas? This puzzled Ji Lili.
"Don't judge others by your own standards. Your brother-in-law is not that kind of person." The old man glared at his son.
"Yes, yes, whatever you say is what it is." Jiang Aiguo was too lazy to argue with the old man. Anyway, with them around, Ji Yushu had to think twice before doing anything.
"Sister, come here quickly, the cartoon has started." Jiang Qitong waved quickly.
At this time, many families had upgraded their TVs to color TVs, and many children were hooked on them. However, compared to the high-definition screens of the rear-view cameras, they were still far behind. For this reason, Ji Lili never liked watching TV and was once regarded as the "other people's child" by her parents in the family compound.
Ji Lili had achieved her goal for the day, so she went to watch cartoons with Jiang Qitong while chewing on a popsicle.
Zhou Qingfen cut some fruit and placed it in front of the group. She also felt that Ji Mingyue's identity was not that simple, but there were some things she couldn't say. She just pushed the fruit towards Jiang Yulan and said, "Sister, it's right to postpone starting a business. Even if your brother-in-law starts a business in the future, you have to take good care of the finances."
Neither Jiang Aiguo nor Zhou Qingfen actually approved of Ji Yushu starting his own business. He had a good job at the cotton mill, but he insisted on starting his own business. If the family savings were lost, wouldn't his sister and eldest niece be the ones to suffer?
"Many factories have started to lose their jobs. He is right to be prepared for danger in times of peace." Jiang Jianyi, contrary to his usual attitude, supported him.
Ji Lili, who was watching TV here, was also paying attention to their conversation. In fact, now is indeed a good opportunity to start a business. In 1997, in order to deepen the institutional reform, the state introduced layoffs for state-owned enterprise employees, and there would be a large-scale wave of layoffs.
"Dad has a point. Let's first find out where this child comes from." Zhou Qingfen felt that this was the most important issue now.
"Well, I'll ask someone to check where his elder brother went to in the countryside to see if I can find any information." Although Jiang Jianyi is retired, he still has certain connections.
Ji Lili, on the other hand, couldn't help but ponder again. Given her family's current reactions, she couldn't understand why the plot ended the way it did. She thought about it carefully, and the difference seemed to lie between her and Jiang Yulan. In the plot, Jiang Yulan was just a brainless love-sick person, while she was even called a brainless, foolish beauty. She touched her chin. Perhaps her time travel had changed the butterfly's wings?
"Okay, I'll keep the passbook for you first. You should go back quickly. The child has just arrived. If you stay too long, people will think you have something against her." The old man urged the mother and daughter to go back quickly. Before everything was clarified, they couldn't allow any misunderstandings to occur.
"I'll sleep with Tongtong tonight. I've agreed with my dad." Ji Lili quickly expressed her opinion.
The old man glanced at his daughter and nodded when he saw that she agreed. "Okay, then Yulan, bring two bags of soy milk back when you go back."
The two families lived close together, and whenever the old man had something good, he would let Jiang Yulan take some home. Now that they had guests, they really should show some appreciation.
"Then I'll go back first. Lili, you stay here and be obedient." Jiang Yulan reminded.
"I understand, Mom." Ji Lili quickly agreed.
When Jiang Yulan returned, Ji Yushu and Ji Mingyue had just left the house and were heading towards the restaurant where Ye Qiuju worked.
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