The reason why Ji Zhengcheng came back was because he heard Ji Can's crying.
He originally didn't care about any family matters. Every month after getting his salary, he would take a portion of it back to help Old Mrs. Ji with her living expenses. He was very reluctant to spend the money and only kept three or five yuan for himself.
Now the family has no money, and he can hardly save a penny of his monthly salary. Ji Tongping asks for two dollars today and two dollars tomorrow, and he is about to leave.
Originally, he was a person who liked quietness very much and didn't like dealing with people. But now, he had no choice but to come to Ji Jianguo. Before he even opened his mouth, he became very irritable.
The five of them sat down in the living room. Ji Zhengcheng didn't bother to ask who Qin Xiao was, and spoke directly, "Boss, is this the house allocated to you by the company?"
Ji Jianguo said, "Yes."
"You have your own house now. I heard that Sufen also works in the factory now. The house in Jijia Village was originally allocated to us by the village. You won't go back to live there. You should give up the house and let Tongping and others live there." Ji Zhengcheng felt that his arrangement was reasonable.
Ji Jianguo glanced at Ji Xia and said, "You should know what happened with that house. The brigade was involved back then. They signed and sealed all the arrangements. Even if we don't live in the house anymore, the brigade will take it back or sell it."
Ji Zhengcheng's face suddenly stretched out. When he got angry, he would stutter, "You, you...what's wrong with you? You don't listen to what I say? I didn't care about how you quarreled before, but now your mother is gone, what's there to quarrel about?"
"In your eyes, we're just playing around for fun?" Ji Xia was practically laughing out loud. "Didn't Liu Jingui tell you about such a big thing back then? Besides, you have a place to live in the county, and you've never been involved in village affairs. Who's coming to you now?"
Ji Zhengcheng was even more furious with Ji Xia. His fingers were shaking as he pointed at Ji Xia. "You, you, how dare you talk to me like that?"
Ji Xia asked, "Who are you to me? Have you figured out your identity yet you're putting on airs in front of me?"
Ji Zhengcheng was so angry that he fell backwards, "Who am I? I am your grandfather!"
Ji Xia brushed off the nonexistent dust on his body and said with a smile, "You're not my grandfather anymore, eight hundred years ago. Ji Hongmei is your daughter. Did you know about this?"
Of course Ji Zhengcheng knew about it. When Old Lady Ji was alive, he questioned her, but she scolded him in return, and he dared not say a word.
He was very afraid of Old Lady Ji throughout his life. He never took anyone else seriously. Old Lady Ji had the final say on all family matters. He never dreamed that Old Lady Ji would die before him.
Ji Can said that it was Ji Xia who killed Old Lady Ji. It was Ji Xia who caught a snake and deliberately placed it on the beam of the house, which caused Old Lady Ji to be bitten by the snake and eventually die.
But Ji Zhengcheng was either too upright or too incompetent. He felt that Ji Can was just guessing and had no evidence, so he couldn't accuse Ji Xia.
"My father should have been a member of the Su family in Hai City. He should have enjoyed wealth and honor since he was born. Old Lady Ji used your daughter to exchange my father's life. If it had always been like this, it would have been fine, but you should never have exchanged my father back when Ji Hongmei was sent to live in the cowshed."
Ji Xia said, "Mr. Ji, you are actually capable of doing such a despicable and shameless thing!"
Ji Zhengcheng was indeed very thin-skinned, or rather, he cherished himself very much, and his self-esteem and reputation were very precious. Therefore, when Ji Xia reprimanded him, he could not sit still, stood up awkwardly, and went back in disgrace.
Ji Can came again and was scolded back by Ji Zhengcheng. She knew this would be the result. Ji Zhengcheng could do nothing and was just an incompetent person.
She used to wonder why, although both were sons of Ji Zhengcheng, Ji Tongping and Ji Jianguo had such different personalities. Ji Jianguo was diligent, while Ji Tongping was so lazy that he almost had cramps. Ji Jianguo had a strong temperament, while Ji Tongping was completely controlled by Liu E.
When she was young, she got up to go to the bathroom several times and saw Ji Tongping kneeling in front of Liu E's bed and confessing his sins. His cowardly appearance made her feel ashamed.
Now it seems that Ji Jianguo is not Ji Zhengcheng's son, and everything makes sense.
Ji Can felt that she had to go back. She couldn't let Liu E ruin her life.
Coming out of the blood prevention station, Ji Can saw her future mother-in-law sitting in a horse-drawn carriage at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative. The Chinese New Year was approaching, and she came to the county to buy New Year's goods. She was waiting for the ox cart with a group of aunts and sisters-in-law from the village.
When Ji Can saw her, he hesitated for a long time, wanting to go over and say hello to her.
Unexpectedly, Sun Chunfang glared at her fiercely, and the meaning was very clear, that Ji Can was not allowed to go over.
"Hey, Aunt Yan, is that Fang Gang's girlfriend? I saw her walking with Fang Gang before." A young wife in the village pointed at Ji Can and asked.
Sun Chunfang slapped the young wife's finger and scolded, "Stop talking nonsense! When did my Fang Gang find a girlfriend?"
Another aunt, who was quite close to Sun Chunfang, asked, "I heard a while ago that your Fang Gang is going on a blind date. She's said to be a young woman who was demobilized from the military art troupe and is going to work at the newly built electronics factory in the county. Is that true?"
"Yes!" Sun Chunfang was extremely happy. "It was his aunt who helped find her. I saw her from afar. She's really good-looking, well-educated, and good-looking..."
As she said this, Sun Chunfang rolled her eyes at Ji Can. Ji Can knew that Sun Chunfang looked down on her family. She could actually understand it, because she herself looked down on her own family, let alone Yan Fanggang's family.
In the past, Sun Chunfang was not like this towards her. She was not 100% satisfied with her, but she was not very opposed to it either.
Ji Can fled in panic.
She returned to Jijia Village in a daze. When she arrived at the cowshed, she saw Liu E handing Ji Tongping a bowl with black liquid in it. Without thinking, she rushed forward and knocked the bowl out of Liu E's hand.
Both of them were startled by Ji Can. Ji Tongping climbed up from the kang and shouted angrily, "Ji Can, what are you crazy about?"
Ji Can stared at Liu E and asked, "What did you just give him to drink?"
Liu E really didn't plan to kill Ji Tongping right now. If she could avoid killing anyone, she would of course choose not to.
Ji Tongping went to Ji Zhengcheng to ask for ten yuan, bought some fine grains, cooked a pot of porridge, and was about to eat.
Ji Can looked at the white porridge on the ground and always felt that there was some poison in it. The look in her eyes when she looked at Liu E was as if it was poisoned. If possible, she really wanted to kill her mother right now.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Liu E was furious. "Are you afraid that I'll poison your father? How come I don't know you're such a good daughter? You care about your father so much, why don't you bring back some money to support him?"
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