Chapter 16 What did the Dong family do to her?
"What's wrong? Did you lose something?"
Gu Dongqing asked.
Jiang Mingyue shook her head.
"It's OK."
Her home was just ahead. She stopped and looked at Gu Dongqing.
"Comrade Gu, please contact me when you have any news."
After saying that, he turned and went into the yard.
"Second girl, who is that person outside?" The old lady's voice was heard in the yard.
Her eyesight was not very good, so she only saw a big lump but could not see the face clearly.
Jiang Mingyue smiled and said, "I'm asking for directions."
"Oh, then you have to explain it to them."
"Well, grandma, don't worry." Jiang Mingyue helped the old lady walk to the wooden stool under the eaves and sat down.
She continued to collect the herbs.
Gu Dongqing looked at the earthen-walled courtyard in front of him, listening to the occasional laughter coming from inside, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.
Asking for directions...
Tsk!
What a ruthless person!
At such a young age, he has learned the pretense, indifference, and heartlessness that only adults can learn...
If he agreed to help her collect evidence at the beginning just to know what Duan Ping did to him, now he is more curious about what the Dong family did to her.
That's why she became like this.
It seems that there is no way to figure it out in a short time, so I can only take it step by step.
Not long after, Jiang Xinyue came back.
She had a very happy smile on her face.
"Sister, grandma, you don't know how badly Zhao Meihua was beaten. Jiang Congwen just kept beating her. Zhao Meihua's face was swollen like a pig's head."
As she spoke, she did not forget to play two roles, one moment she played Jiang Congwen, the next moment she played Zhao Meihua.
Very vivid image.
Jiang Mingyue and Jiang Manyue were both amused, and grandma also smiled.
"Grandma, this is the hundred yuan that the village chief helped us get back from Second Aunt."
Jiang Mingyue took the opportunity to hand the money to the old lady.
The old lady waved her hands and said, "Your grandfather and I are getting old, and you will be the head of this family from now on. Take the money and buy new clothes for each of you three sisters."
The Jiang family was poor and burdened. Not only the sisters, but also the grandparents hadn't bought new clothes for several years.
Jiang Mingyue smiled and said, "There's no rush for new clothes."
If one hundred yuan is really used to buy cloth to make clothes, each person can make a good set of clothes.
But what they need more now is money than new clothes.
Jiang Mingyue decided to go to the town to start a small business, so she saved the hundred yuan as start-up capital.
The old lady is old and doesn’t know what her granddaughter’s plans are, but she is supportive.
Jiang Xinyue was very excited, "Sister, do you really want to be a street vendor?"
"Well, the income from farming alone cannot support our family. You have to go to college in the future, and you have to go to college when you are one month old. The money for your grandparents' retirement..."
"Sister, I don't have to study anymore. I can come home and help with the work, and the burden won't be so heavy."
Jiang Xinyue spoke.
As soon as the words fell, Jiang Mingyue's face darkened. "Xinyue, what are you talking about?"
"sister……"
Jiang Xinyue was a little afraid of Jiang Mingyue like this.
Jiang Mingyue also realized that her tone was too harsh. She slowed down and said softly, "Don't worry about things at home. Just help with the housework during the summer vacation. Leave it to your sister the rest of the time."
"Trust me, huh?"
Her tone was so sincere that it was hard not to believe her.
Jiang Xinyue nodded hesitantly without saying anything, but she had her own plan in her mind.
After Jiang Mingyue finished selecting the herbs, she decided to carry them to the town to sell them tomorrow, and at the same time find out the whereabouts of Dong Jianguo's two women.
The next morning, she went out with Jiang Xinyue.
Man Yue stood beside her grandmother, eager to go out with them.
Jiang Mingyue could only smile and comfort her, "When your sister is not busy, take Manyue and grandpa and grandma to the town together."
After comforting the younger sister, the two sisters went out with the backpacks on their backs.
The road from the front of the village to Tonglin Town was wide and flat, but the two sisters still had a hatchet stuck under their backpacks.
This was Jiang Mingyue's idea.
Whether you need it or not, it’s always a good idea to carry it with you.
When they arrived in town and went to the medicinal materials purchasing station, the two sisters lifted the sacks in the backpack aside and waited for the comrades from the purchasing station to come and inspect the goods.
There are many wild medicinal herbs in the mountains here. If people don’t work in the fields, most of them will choose to go up the mountain to dig for them.
After all, they will buy whatever is available at the purchasing station. This is a very good source of income for the villagers.
There were three or four people queuing in front of them, and it wasn't long before it was their sister's turn.
The comrades at the purchasing station looked a little better after seeing that the Jiang sisters had sorted and sorted the herbs neatly without any dirt on them.
The weighing process started soon.
The person in charge of registration was a young female comrade. She registered in the notebook. When she saw Jiang Mingyue, she asked in surprise, "Jiang Mingyue?"
"Liu Qiuju?"
Jiang Mingyue didn't expect to meet her junior high school classmates here.
Liu Qiuju chuckled and said nothing more.
Jiang Mingyue had no intention of trying to get close to him.
After calculating the weight of the herbs, they took the note to the finance department to settle the bill.
Yesterday, the two sisters earned a total of 58 yuan.
This was more than Jiang Xinyue expected.
Jiang Mingyue gave the eight yuan in change to her sister and kept the fifty yuan for herself.
"Sister, why are you giving me so much money?"
"Your hard work fee!" Jiang Mingyue said with a smile, "Don't think it's too little."
She had to use the extra money to support her family, so she couldn't give it all to Jiang Xinyue.
Giving her eight dollars is equivalent to letting her use it as she pleases.
Jiang Xinyue understood what this meant.
"I don't have anything to buy. Sis, take the money back."
"We finally made it to town, and you don't have anything to buy? Then give it to grandma, and bring something back for Man Yue."
"good."
The two sisters came out of the recycling station, each carrying a backpack. Just as they were about to walk away, someone called Jiang Mingyue from behind.
Jiang Mingyue turned around and found it was Liu Qiuju.
She looked at her sister, and the two of them walked to the door of the purchasing station.
"Liu Qiuju, what's wrong?"
When Jiang Mingyue was in middle school, she was introverted and shy. She didn't like to talk and only read books. She would go home to work after school, so even if they were classmates in the same class, they were just acquaintances.
The relationship is not very good.
Liu Qiuju's eyes moved across Jiang Xinyue's face and then stopped at Jiang Mingyue's body.
"I have something to ask you."
Does that mean Xinyue can’t listen?
Jiang Mingyue frowned, and thinking that the other party was from the purchasing station, she reluctantly let Xinyue walk a few steps away.
Liu Qiuju couldn't wait to grab her hand, "Jiang Mingyue, people are saying that you were immoral and had an affair with a strange man right after you got married, so you were punished by the Dong family, right?"
Jiang Mingyue frowned and looked at Liu Qiuju who was curious, "Who told you that?"
"Need I say more? It's been spreading like crazy outside for a long time. Everyone in the streets and alleys knows about it!"
After Liu Qiuju finished speaking, she nudged Jiang Mingyue's arm with her elbow and said, "Why don't you cherish such a good family as the Dong family, but go and fool around with a strange man? Is there any inside story?"