All the valuable things in Jiang Dachuan's house were taken away by Fan Xiaojuan. The neighbor lady said that they came dragging a cart.
When Jiang Dahai and his sister entered, the room was already in a mess. Only two yellowed and blackened cotton quilts were left on the kang, and even the quilt covers had been removed. The reason why these two quilts were kept was probably because the cotton wool inside had long lost its warmth-retaining effect.
Jiang Dazhen watched this scene, and couldn't help but feel angry: "What on earth does that woman want to do? If the two of us hadn't come, in such a cold day, Aiguo and the Party would have frozen to death."
The weather is cold now, especially in Qingshan Village, which is at the foot of the mountain. It is windy at night, and almost every household has a kang. Those with worse conditions have to huddle together, covering themselves with all the quilts and thick clothes, to get through it.
Jiang Dazhen threw the cotton quilt on the kang to the ground, patted his chest and gasped.
Perhaps Fan Xiaojuan had seen through Jiang Dahai's character, so she dared to take away everything in the house so recklessly. Whenever Jiang Dazhen thought about it, she felt extremely angry, as if she had been tricked by that woman.
"Okay, help the two kids get some clothes to change first. After dinner, I'll go back to the city with you. Now that it's like this, there's no way to hide it from my parents anymore." Jiang Dahai rummaged through the closet and turned to Jiang Dani and said, "By the way, now that you're back with me, what are we going to do with my parents' dinner?"
Jiang Dazhen said without looking back: "I left food coupons for my parents at noon, so that they can go to the hospital cafeteria to get their own food when they are hungry or when I am unable to deliver food in time. I asked the nurses, and the hospital provides one meat dish, one vegetable dish, one soup, and rice. As long as you have food coupons, you will definitely not starve, and maybe the food is better than what I deliver."
Jiang Dahai felt relieved when he heard this. He was indeed not as attentive as his sister. However, Dazhen had spent money this time. When he killed a wild boar, he would choose the fattest piece for his sister's family.
When they packed up and went out, Jiang Aiguo and Jiang Aidang were standing in the yard, still in the same posture as when they entered.
"Let's go home."
When Jiang Aiguo heard that he was going home, his eyes covered by his bangs flashed. When Jiang Dahai pulled him, he paused, and his feet seemed to be glued to the ground, motionless.
Jiang Dahai turned around in surprise and said, "Why are you still standing there? It's time for dinner. Aren't you hungry?" After saying that, he pulled Jiang Aiguo's arm again.
Fan Xiaojuan left in a hurry early in the morning and only brought two steamed buns for each of the two brothers. Even though it was breakfast and lunch, they were already hungry.
Jiang Aidan's eyes were still red and swollen. He touched his belly and looked at his brother beside him.
Jiang Aiguo was silent for a while, but still followed Jiang Dahai obediently. As he walked, he looked back at the door that had been locked again.
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Jiang Dani and Erni were washing clothes in the yard, while Huo Wu was chopping dry firewood nearby, cutting it into small sticks about the length of a hand and two or three thumbs thick.
"Dad, my aunt..." Jiang Dani and Erni were very happy to see their aunt whom they hadn't seen for a long time. They put down the clothes in the basin, wiped their wet hands on their cotton-padded jackets, and greeted her happily. But when they turned their eyes to Jiang Aiguo and Jiang Aidang behind them, their smiles immediately fell.
"What are you doing here? This isn't your home." Jiang Dani also knew about her second uncle. Although she didn't like the two cousins who had bullied her sisters when they were young, she didn't show it on her face. Jiang Erni couldn't help it and exploded like a small firecracker. She looked at the two brothers with disgust and vigilance.
When Jiang Aidang saw their expressions, he just wanted to turn around and leave, but he knew in his heart that there was not a grain of rice left at home and his brother was still hungry. Only by staying here would they have food to eat.
He suppressed his grief and anger, and stuck his feet to the yard, not moving.
"Dahai, what's going on?" Gu Dongmei, who was cooking in the kitchen, ran out. When she saw her two nephews, a hint of obscurity flashed in her eyes. She asked Jiang Dahai with a smile.
Jiang Dachuan got into trouble, but Fan Xiaojuan must be fine, so why did she bring these two children home?
"Dongmei, before Dachuan was discharged from the hospital, Aiguo and Aidang lived in our house. You can make the bed and let them sleep in our room tonight."
Jiang Dani and the others are all girls. Jiang Yilu is still young and he is the younger brother, so they only live in one room. It is obviously inappropriate to let Aiguo and Aidang squeeze in.
Gu Dongmei did not refute Jiang Dahai's words. She glanced at the two children behind Jiang Dahai and walked in silently, with her eyebrows lowered and her face not looking very good.
Jiang Aiguo and his brother stood in the yard, feeling the friendly or disgusted scrutiny from all around, as if they were stripped naked. Holding his brother's hand, he could not help but clench it tightly. Jiang Aidu felt pain, and the tears that he had finally stopped showed signs of resurfacing. He sobbed, with tears in his eyes.
"You two younger brothers will live in our house from now on, so you two should get along well with each other." Jiang Dahai glanced at his silent nephew and angry daughter, feeling helpless and could only try to smooth things over.
"Yeah, it's almost time for dinner, don't just stand there like an idiot, Aiguo, take the food in."
Jiang Dazhen pushed her nephews and asked the two brothers Jiang Aiguo to go into the house. It was indeed the two nephews who were wrong in the past, and Erni had been wronged. There was nothing wrong with her behavior, and Jiang Dazhen did not want to blame his nieces for it.
Jiang Yi stayed in the room and vaguely heard the conversation between several people. Thinking of Fan Xiaojuan's selfish character, he immediately guessed the whole story. There was only one possibility for his father to take the two of them back, and that was Fan Xiaojuan ran away.
Jiang Yilu couldn't help but feel a little gloating. When she thought about how she had a comfortable life in her previous life and how her family had lived a carefree and proud life relying on the dozen or so houses they were allocated after the demolition, she couldn't help but feel happy when she thought about how her life had become like this in this life.
The love between husband and wife and the loving mother and filial son are simply a joke. It's just a small ordeal, but their selfishness is revealed. I wonder what Jiang Dachuan's expression will be when he wakes up and finds out that he has been abandoned by his wife.
Jiang Yilu suddenly couldn't wait to see Jiang Dachuan's look after he knew about this.
The medicated oil prepared by Bai Fangqiu was very effective. After applying the medicated oil three times, Jiang Yilu's buttocks no longer hurt as much as in the morning. The bruises on his buttocks faded a little. As long as he applies the oil for another two days, there will probably be no marks left.
He put on his clothes and walked out the door with his fourth sister and Ruan Ruan, just in time to see Jiang Aiguo coming out of his parents' room opposite after putting away their things.
It is actually difficult to identify the current Jiang Aiguo with the arrogant and domineering cousin in Jiang Yilu's memory from his previous life.
In his previous life, Jiang Aiguo had everything he wanted. At least in this small place called Qingshan Village, he was always the most outstanding. At that time, Jiang Dahai had no son, and the subsidies from old man Jiang and the work points earned by Jiang Dahai and his wife were almost all contributed to the second house. In his previous life, Jiang Laidi had never seen him wear such shabby clothes.
A chubby face, a strong physique, clean and tidy clothes, arrogant and bright clothes, this was Jiang Aiguo in his previous life. Jiang Yilu looked at the skinny and gloomy boy in front of him and curled the corners of his mouth.
This must be what Jiang Lai Di and her sisters looked like in their previous life.
While Jiang Yilu was observing him, Jiang Aiguo was also looking at the child who frequently appeared in his mother's, no, that woman's, mouth, the little boy who had taken away everything from their family.
Jiang Aiguo looked at his warm and thick cotton-padded jacket and thought about the worn-out clothes on himself and his brother.
Five years ago, my brother and I also had these.
"Why has Xiaobao become so thin? Have you not been eating well these days?" Jiang Yilu and Jiang Aiguo were staring at each other when they were embraced in a warm embrace.
A clean scent of soapberry and a hint of vanishing cream.
"Aunt..." Jiang Yilu grinned, sweeping away the gloom of seeing that enemy from his previous life. He rubbed against Jiang Dazhen's arms, looking very happy.
Sanni and Sini also rushed over happily. Jiang Dazhen only had two hands, so she could not hold three children. She could only hold one at a time, and became the busiest person in the room.
"It's time to eat." Gu Dongmei brought out the food and saw her sister-in-law interacting intimately with her children. She felt envious. She was obviously their biological mother, but those children loved their aunt Dazhen better than herself. This made Gu Dongmei somewhat frustrated.
"Okay, let's eat." Jiang Dazhen had to rush back to the county town at night, so he had to set off before it got dark.
"This must be Ruan Ruan. She's so cute." Jiang Dazhen touched Ruan Ruan's little head and praised her cute appearance.
Ruan Ruan covered her face shyly and smiled at Jiang Dazhen.
Dinner was the simplest corn porridge, two pots of stewed sweet potatoes, and a cold dish of pickled vegetables, one pile of pickled radishes and the other pile of pickles.
Because Mr. and Mrs. Jiang were not at home, the adults had one table and the children had another.
It was the first time that Jiang Dazhen met Ruan Yuanjiang and his men. This afternoon in the hospital, she had heard her parents talk about these people, and she had some idea in her mind. She was a little uneasy about her father's behavior of letting a group of reactionaries in the house, but she also knew the temper of old man Jiang and did not dare to offend him easily.
Looking at them today, apart from the tall and strong Huo Wu, the other two old men seem to be very open-minded and wise. They should not bring any trouble to the family. I feel a little relieved.
"Here, this is yours." Jiang Erni was sitting with a group of children. When the food was served, Jiang Erni started to divide it.
There was a pot of stewed sweet potatoes. Jiang Dani distributed all the big ones to her family members, leaving only two small sweet potatoes as thick as wrists, which belonged to Jiang Aiguo and his brother.
Jiang Erni had no intention of sharing the two piles of pickled vegetables with them. She just put a spoonful of it into each of her sister and brother's porridge bowls, not leaving a single pickled vegetable leaf behind.
Each person had a bowl of porridge. Jiang Erni looked at the full bowl of porridge in front of them and snorted coldly, thinking that her elder sister was too honest. Tomorrow she would definitely serve the porridge before her. Why should two freeloaders eat so much food?
Jiang Aidang looked at the big sweet potatoes in other people's hands and was very dissatisfied with the small sweet potato in his own hand. He wanted to reach out to grab the sweet potato from Si Ni who was closest to him, but was stopped by Jiang Aiguo, who stuffed the sweet potato in his hand, which was also not much bigger, into his brother's hand.
Jiang Aidang had two small sweet potatoes, which was not much different from others, and he finally showed his first smile of the day.
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