When Jiang Sini was not even two years old, her younger brother was born. As far as she can remember, life at home has always been warm and ordinary.
Several sisters would occasionally tell her about the days they lived before her brother was born, but Jiang Sini could not have a direct and clear experience. However, even so, Jiang Sini loved her smart and beautiful brother very much.
Maybe because of their similar age, grandma basically didn't ask her to do any work for her younger brother so that he could have a companion. As long as she could take good care of her younger brother, that was her greatest achievement. Because of this, Jiang Sini didn't spend as much time with her sisters as she did with her younger brother, especially after her elder sisters went to school, her younger brother was the only playmate left at home.
Jiang Sini has a hobby that no one knows about, which is to observe, observe everyone around her.
Grandpa and grandma favor boys over girls and prefer grandsons to granddaughters. But because of this, as long as their younger brother favors them, their lives won't be too difficult.
Dad Jiang Dahai is honest and filial. Although he values his younger brother as well, he is also good to them. As long as he does not make grandma unhappy, he is willing to seek benefits for them.
Mother Gu Dongmei is a little confused. This is obviously the son she has been looking forward to for a long time, but for various reasons, he has a gap with his younger brother and they are not close. He also likes to have wild thoughts, which makes the family uneasy.
There are several sisters. The eldest sister is gentle and considerate, and cares for her younger siblings. The second sister has a hot temper, but she cares deeply for her loved ones. The third sister is a big foodie, and she doesn't have any bad intentions, but she is a little soft-hearted. People with such a temper are easily provoked, and they will learn their lessons only after suffering a little loss.
She only has one younger brother in the family, which makes her feel a little confused.
Jiang Sini felt that her brother was a very strange person. Sometimes, looking at his eyes and decisions, she always felt that he seemed to know more than anyone else. And she didn't know why, but his kindness to them was obviously sincere, but sometimes it felt a little too much to her, not at all like the attitude of a brother towards his sister in an ordinary family. Indistinctly, she felt a sense of compensation.
Jiang Sini felt that this feeling was a bit strange, but she didn't take it to heart because she really liked her younger brother. She subconsciously ignored all the incongruities because she knew that her younger brother would not harm them.
Time passed quickly, as if in the blink of an eye, they grew from children playing hand in hand on the riverbank in front of the village to people who were working, getting married, having children and starting their own families.
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A lot has happened over the years.
The second uncle got divorced, and the aggressive and sinister Fan Xiaojuan completely disappeared from the Jiang family. The eldest sister got married and had her own husband and children. The second sister has been single and has to endure the nagging and urging at home. The third sister fled to the United States because of an immature relationship and only comes back once in a while. My younger brother and Ruan Ruan have been awkward for several years, and I don’t know what will happen in the future.
Jiang Sini looked at everyone around her. Except for her eldest sister, they all seemed to be unsuccessful in relationships. She thought that it would not be so troublesome for her to find a partner in the future. She should just find a man who was obedient, honest and easy to control.
However, Jiang Sini also has her own small request, that is, she wants a man who is fair and clean and looks clean. If he looks too ordinary, she would not be willing to take advantage of him.
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The first time I met Gao Cheng was when Jiang Sini reported to the tax bureau on her first day. Gao Cheng was the senior who was responsible for receiving this group of newcomers.
At first sight, Jiang Sini felt that this man was her type.
Gao Cheng is very tall, about 1.78 meters, which is rare in an era when the average height of boys is 1.7 meters. Jiang Sini, wearing four-centimeter high heels, is just half a head shorter than him. Jiang Sini thinks this is the most suitable height.
On the day they met, he wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, his hair was neatly combed, Gao Cheng had fair skin, delicate features, and light pink lips. That day he wore a white shirt and black trousers, standing at the door of the tax bureau and smiling at them, almost making Jiang Sini bleed from the nose.
His voice was just like him, gentle as a trickle of water, and his tone was always even, as if nothing could make him angry. To Jiang Sini's ears, it felt tingling, as if she were being electrocuted.
For the first time, Jiang Sini discovered that she had the potential to be a slut.
She is not an impulsive person. Even if she likes a man, she will not act rashly because she is calm enough and knows that marriage is not enough to just rely on liking someone. The moment she falls in love with him, she will investigate the man's background clearly.
Gao Cheng's parents are both university teachers. Because of their clean resumes and the fact that they teach in a non-sensitive field, they are rare scholars who have not been affected too much in those years. The two old people have a mild temper and open-minded thinking. All their colleagues and students have a high opinion of them. It should not be difficult to get along with them in the future. Family background is just one aspect.
Gao Cheng was a member of the first batch of candidates after the resumption of the college entrance examination. He was one year older than Jiang Sini and also a graduate of a higher education institution. He studied the same major as Jiang Sini, had a high level of education, shared a common language, and could easily resonate with her spiritually. This was beyond words.
Emotionally, she has no experience in love and no close friends of the opposite sex. This is a huge plus for Jiang Sini, who has a bit of mental mysophobia, so she gives it a big thumbs up.
To sum up, Jiang Sini felt that she couldn't find any faults with him, so she could give it a try.
*****
The visual switches to Gao Cheng's perspective.
That day was the first time Gao Cheng met a new colleague.
This time, the tax bureau assigned three new colleagues, all of whom were girls. Gao Cheng's leader saw that he was the only single young man in the department, so he gave him this good job and asked him to seize the opportunity. His colleagues also encouraged him to dress better and try to leave a good impression on the first day the female comrades came, so as to get rid of being single as soon as possible.
In fact, Gao Cheng was not in a hurry at all. After all, he felt that he was not too old and had never thought about finding a partner so early. However, he could not refuse the kindness of his boss and colleagues, so he got ready when he went to work the next day.
In fact, there was no big change from usual, I just cleaned my lenses carefully and put on a brand new shirt.
The moment he saw the three new colleagues, Gao Cheng felt fortunate that he had wiped his lenses so clean.
At first glance, he saw the girl wearing a white shirt and a black knee-length skirt. She had short hair that was slightly curled at the end, a slightly pointed chin, and big eyes that sparkled as if they were filled with water, stirring his virgin heart that had been silent for more than 20 years. Her mouth was small and had a bright red color. Gao Cheng couldn't think of an adjective, but he just thought she was very beautiful. It was obviously the same uniform, but when worn by that girl, it touched him in a way he had never felt before.
Gao Cheng thought that maybe he should fall in love.
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In the days that followed, they got along well and became closer than ordinary colleagues, but they never broke the window paper because Gao Cheng was too shy. As a grown man, he was not as decisive as Jiang Sini. But Jiang Sini just liked his temper because she knew that she was a person with some feminist tendencies. If she found a man who also had his own stance and was firm in his attitude, the two would be more likely to argue.
As they got to know each other better, Jiang Sini became more and more determined to drag the sheep back to its nest.
So, while Gao Cheng was still in a daze, the two of them became boyfriend and girlfriend.
He didn't know where he got the courage to confess to the other party. It was just that when he saw other men being courteous to her, he became anxious and worried that his sweetheart would be taken away, so he mustered up the courage. He thought he would be rejected, but unexpectedly he heard the girl say "OK".
How could he know that Jiang Sini just couldn't stand his procrastination anymore and added fuel to the fire, leading to this confession.
******
Jiang Sini’s choice was not wrong. Gao Cheng might not be a good man in the conventional sense, but he was the most suitable one for her.
Their marriage life is different from that of ordinary families, with the woman basically working outside and the man staying at home.
Jiang Sini doesn't like housework, but Gao Cheng likes to cook and takes care of all the housework, so that Jiang Sini never has to worry about family and children; Jiang Sini likes to make money, and all the income except for the fixed salary of the two of them is earned by her. On the contrary, Gao Cheng, her husband, only contributes a fixed salary to the family's economy, although after his status has been improved, his salary is also a relatively generous amount.
This model, which is completely opposite to that of an ordinary family, has been unanimously recognized by the two. Gao Cheng likes Jiang Sini's smart work style, and Jiang Sini likes Gao Cheng's virtuous and family-oriented character. The two people, who seem to have completely different personalities from the outside, have lived in harmony until old age. Although they occasionally have disputes in their lives, there has never been a major conflict. It can be said that in this life, the two are happy.
When she was dying, Jiang Sini's consciousness came to a strange place, which seemed to be another parallel space. In that world, there was no brother Jiang Yilu, but only sister Jiang Laidie. Jiang Sini was like a bystander, watching everything that happened in the Jiang family.
When she was dying, Jiang Sini slowly woke up and saw her husband, children, and her still-living brother waiting by her bedside. She slowly said two words towards where Jiang Yilu was standing: "Thank you."
The author has something to say: There are expected to be six to eight extra chapters, including the extra chapters about Rong Jing, the second branch of the Jiang family, Guangpiao, etc. that are not explained clearly in the main text, and the extra chapters about the previous life. Starting today, there will be only one extra chapter per day. I have to save some manuscripts for the ancient Chinese novel next door.
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