When Jiang Dahai hurriedly brought his son to his younger sister's house, Meng Pingchuan and his father were still working at the steel factory, while Jiang Dazhen and his mother-in-law Qu Ying were busy at home.
Qu Ying was originally an accountant in a textile factory. She retired two years ago. Although her salary is not as much as when she was working, and is only half of what she earned when she was working, she has enough time to take care of her two children at home.
Originally, Qu Ying did not need to retire so early. After all, her qualifications were there. The director of the textile factory had also thought about letting this excellent old employee work for a few more years, but Qu Ying's health had not been very good in recent years. In addition, if she retired, the position could be left to her daughter-in-law Jiang Dazhen. On the one hand, it would not be cheap for an outsider. On the other hand, Jiang Dazhen's temporary worker salary was almost the same as her pension, and the family's financial conditions would not decline. Qu Ying agreed without much thought.
However, because of this accountant position, the Meng family had some unpleasantness with the family of Meng Pingchuan's previous wife.
Meng Pingchuan's wife who suffered a difficult childbirth was named Wen, Wenqin. Speaking of the Wen family, they used to be old neighbors of the Meng family, but later the Meng family moved to the new building they have now. The two families lived far away from each other and had less contact.
The old man of the Wen family and Meng Pingchuan's father Meng Donglin were old colleagues who worked in the same factory. They had a good relationship. Even after Meng Pingchuan remarried, the relationship between the two families never deteriorated.
The biggest problem was that Meng Pingchuan's remarried wife Jiang Dazhen gave birth to a son, which made the Wen family feel uncomfortable. They always felt that once the Meng family had a son, their granddaughter would have a hard time in the Meng family. They would take their granddaughter home every few days, for fear that the Meng family would treat her badly.
Being treated like a thief like this is something that the Meng family, no matter how good their personalities are, always makes them feel uncomfortable. But they can't always refuse when their granddaughter's in-laws take her over. As a result, Meng Xiangwen lives in the Wen family half of the year. Over time, his relationship with the two elders of the Meng family is not as good as before, and he doesn't know whether what the Wen family did is right or wrong.
The Wen family has a son and three daughters. The old man of the Wen family retired a long time ago and let his son take over his business. The eldest of the three daughters is Wenqin, who died in childbirth, the second is Wenqi, and the third is Wenshu.
When Wenqin married into the Meng family, Qu Ying arranged a job for his daughter-in-law as a small worker in the textile factory. At the time, this almost used up all the favors Qu Ying had accumulated in the textile factory for most of her life.
After Wenqin's death, her work position naturally became vacant. At that time, Wen's second sister Wenqi had just graduated from junior high school, so the Wen family came to them and said that they wanted Wenqi to take her sister's position and return the position to her when their niece Meng Xiangwen grew up.
The Meng family felt that this was a good idea. Anyway, if the position was not given to the Wen family, it would be taken back by the factory. As for asking Wen Qi to return it at that time, the Meng family had never thought about it. After all, Wen Qin died just to give birth to a child for their Meng family. For this, the Meng family felt a little sorry for the Wen family. This position was their compensation to the Wen family.
From this point of view, it should be a happy occasion for everyone, but the bad thing is that Qu Ying retired this year and left such a good position as accountant to his daughter-in-law, Jiang Dazhen, which stirred up a hornet's nest in the Wen family.
The youngest daughter of the Wen family, Wenshu, is almost twenty years old this year. As her family has no connections, she has been working as a temporary worker. Wenshu is the youngest and the most favored one. She has always been dissatisfied as to why her brothers and sisters are all regular employees while she is just a temporary worker. And because of this relationship, the people introduced to her by others are not of the level she is satisfied with. Over time, she turned her attention to the Meng family.
In Wenshu's opinion, the position of an ordinary textile worker is not as respectable as that of an accountant, and the treatment of accountants in textile factories is much better than that of ordinary workers. Her sister died while giving birth to a child for the Meng family. Her second sister's position should be the compensation from the Meng family to their Wen family, and Qu Ying's accountant position should be left to her niece Meng Xiangwen.
Meng Xiangwen is already fifteen years old this year, but she is not yet of working age. Wenshu feels that if Grandma Qu retires, she should leave the position of accountant to her. She is Xiangwen's aunt, so how could she take advantage of this position? She just thinks that if she becomes an accountant, she can find a better partner. After a few years, when Meng Xiangwen is ready to work, she will naturally return the position to her.
However, Jiang Dazhen is not sure whether she can do her job as a stepmother. Who knows whether this position will be given to her relatives in the countryside in the future.
When Wenshu shared this idea with his family, almost everyone agreed. Even Grandpa Wen, who was originally hesitant, agreed after being brainwashed by his youngest daughter. After all, this was also for the sake of his poor granddaughter. Now that the Meng family has a grandson, the granddaughter is worthless. As a grandfather, shouldn't he get more things for his granddaughter while he is still alive?
The accounting position is good. With this job, he doesn't need to worry about his granddaughter. As for whether his younger daughter will return the job to his granddaughter after getting it, that is not a problem for Mr. Wen to consider. In his opinion, they are all family members. The clerk can't snatch things from his niece, but the stepmother is not necessarily the case.
The next day, Mr. Wen brought his youngest daughter to the Meng family to talk about the matter. What a joke! How could the Meng family agree to such an outrageous thing?
Over the years, the Wen family's actions have made the Meng family very dissatisfied. A good granddaughter was taught to be weird. Originally, Meng Xiangwen and Jiang Dazhen had a good relationship, but no one knew why those people in the Wen family were secretly instigating them. Now when they meet, she doesn't even call her aunt. When she sees her younger brother Xiangxue, she is like a fighting cock. They always have a big fight every time they meet.
The old couple of the Meng family felt sorry for their granddaughter who lost her mother at a young age, but people's patience is limited. Compared to a granddaughter who is not around every other day, of course they have more feelings for the grandson who was brought up by them since childhood. What's more, every conflict was instigated by the granddaughter, and they could only swallow the grievances of their own granddaughter. Sometimes when she was bullied, she would hide it secretly for fear of embarrassing them. Comparing the two, the difference is obvious.
In the eyes of the Wen family, Jiang Dazhen is just an outsider, but to the Meng family, she is a family member. The clerk is the real outsider. How could a good job not be left to a family member but given to an outsider? As for Meng Xiangwen, when she grows up, the Meng family will naturally make arrangements for her. How could they do without her?
Naturally, the Wen and Meng families parted on bad terms during this meeting. Meng Xiangwen was taken directly back to the Wen family and had not been back to the Meng family for more than half a month.
Yesterday, Meng Xiangwen suddenly sent a message through someone, saying that she would go home to stay for a few days. So, in order to get along well with her stepdaughter, Jiang Dazhen took a day off from the factory, wanted to cook more of her favorite dishes, and cleaned Meng Xiangwen's room inside and out, even taking out the quilt and replacing it with a new one.
Qu Ying saw everything and was naturally more satisfied with Jiang Dazhen as her daughter-in-law. She felt that introducing her to her son was the best decision she had made.
So when Jiang Dahai brought his son Jiang Yiluo to her house, Mrs. Qu seemed extremely enthusiastic.
"Come if you want to. What else do you want to bring?" Old Lady Qu took the package handed over by Jiang Dahai with a smile. Feeling the heavy weight, her smile became more sincere. She touched Jiang Yilu's head and said, "Yilu has grown up so much and is getting more and more handsome."
Jiang Dahai is like a gourd with a sawed mouth. He is not very talkative and just keeps smiling foolishly.
Jiang Yilu sighed in his heart and could only go up by himself.
"Grandma Qu, this is what my grandma specially asked us to deliver. A few days ago, thanks to the batch of coal briquettes that my uncle brought for us, our lives have become better. There are not many good things at home, so these mountain products are our little token of our appreciation." Jiang Yilu was fair and cute. When she smiled sweetly, she could best please the hearts of old ladies like Qu Ying.
Qu Ying was satisfied with her daughter-in-law in every way, except for her relatives. Some time ago, her son had spent a lot of time looking for someone to buy a batch of coal briquettes, which made the old lady feel distressed. But now the Jiang family is so polite, remembering the kindness of her family and sending things over, which made the old lady feel very comfortable. Compared with the troublesome Wen family, she obviously has a better impression of the Jiang family.
"What a clever child! You will surely have a bright future. Please sit here first. I'll go to the kitchen to pour you a cup of tea." Old Mrs. Qu went in with the bags of things with a smile, and asked her daughter-in-law to entertain her brother and nephew from her mother's side.
"Good job, Xiaobao, you didn't embarrass your aunt." Jiang Dazhen touched her little nephew's face hard as soon as her mother-in-law left. Her elder brother and sister-in-law were both like dumb people, but she didn't expect that the little nephew didn't want anyone and was very eloquent. Even Mrs. Qu, an experienced old lady, was fooled by him, so Jiang Dazhen had to look at him with higher regard.
Jiang Yilu covered his face. In this life, he seemed to be particularly liked by young wives and old ladies. Whoever saw him would want to touch his face, which made him unbearable and he could only puff up his cheeks angrily. Little did he know that this look would attract the weird aunt even more, making Jiang Dazhen love her very much.
Jiang Dahai never refused his sister's compliments. In his eyes, his son was perfect in every way. He recounted what had just happened and said with a sigh, "How can a child of this age know so much? I was stunned at the time, but my son was smart enough to make the little boy speechless. I didn't expect that he was actually an American spy."
Jiang Dahai was obviously still in shock about what had just happened, and he patted his chest and said.
Jiang Dazhen was also shocked. She didn't expect that her eldest brother would actually meet those people when he went to the city. But seeing that they were fine, she was relieved and repeatedly reminded them: "Leave quickly if you encounter such a thing in the future. This is not the first time. Many people in the county who used to be prestigious have been criticized. The old man in the house in front of us is the director of the county hospital. A few days ago, a group of Red Guards suddenly rushed in and smashed everything in their house, saying that the old director's traditional Chinese medicine is the "Four Olds" and is an old thing that must be destroyed. The director's wife was also shaved into a yin-yang head, and now she dares not go out."
Jiang Dazhen sighed. Now all the middle schools on the scene are closed. All the students are clamoring to join the revolutionary ranks. The teachers and principals are all worried about their own safety. How can anyone have the mood to attend classes? Fortunately, the primary school is somewhat better and Meng Xiangxue can still attend classes as usual. But if this continues, I am afraid that even the primary schools will be affected.
Teachers have become the targets of criticism, so who will teach the primary school students?
"Grandma, I'm back—"
A high-pitched and clear female voice interrupted the heavy atmosphere. Everyone turned around and saw a girl wearing a military green uniform, a green military hat and a chairman's badge on her chest walked in.
Seeing the three people sitting in the living room, a look of disgust appeared on his face.
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