After emptying the farm warehouse, Qian Duoduo breathed a sigh of relief. He continued to plant vegetables in the farm's vegetable garden and put the meat aside. Fortunately, the food in the warehouse wouldn't spoil, otherwise it would have been another headache for Qian Duoduo.
The family is doing relatively better now thanks to the allowances from Qian Feng and Qian Yu. However, Jin Jinxiu keeps a record of every expense they make, since it's her two sons' money. They might need it urgently, but they'll definitely have to make up for it later. As parents, they can't just suck the blood of their two sons.
It wasn't that no one had brought up Qian Feng's marriage, but he hadn't returned for two years. Those who wanted to hire matchmakers gradually gave up on the idea. After all, no one wanted their daughter to live a life of widowhood and work for her husband's family. It would be better for her to work for her own family.
Jin Jinxiu was also anxious, but every time the matter was brought up, Qian Duoduo would comfort her from the side: "Big brother is on an island, at the southernmost tip of our country. Our Heilongjiang Province is at the northernmost tip of the country. Big brother's annual leave to visit relatives is probably only a few days, not even enough for the round trip by car. Besides, big brother is on an island, and he has to take a boat. I read in a book that the wind and waves at sea are different from ours. They can capsize the boat."
Upon hearing this, Jin Jinxiu immediately said, "It doesn't matter if he doesn't come back. As long as he returns with his allowance, I'll know he's safe, and that's enough."
If anyone were to say in front of her that Qian Feng was unfilial, didn't come home, and didn't get married, Jin Jinxiu would think of the scene Qian Duoduo described about the stormy seas that capsized the ship. She would then argue with the other person, and sometimes even fight. Every time she won, Jin Jinxiu would proudly go home, and then wipe away her tears when she was alone.
Then there's Tian Da Wa, the child of the woman who fought with Jin Jinxiu, who was utterly humiliated by Qian Duoduo at school. Why? Because Qian Duoduo had good grades, so the teacher made her the class monitor. This monitor, in her spare time, would fulfill her responsibilities, especially targeting anyone who bullied her mother. If anyone did, she would subject their child to a brutal beating at school. They'd make them memorize things, and if they couldn't, they'd have to copy them, then memorize them again. Still couldn't memorize them? No problem, copy them three times, memorize them again, still not enough? Then ten times.
Tian Da Wa was at home reciting, copying, and crying all the while. When he couldn't find a solution, he went to the teacher. The teacher replied, "Qian Duo Duo's behavior is not wrong. If you want your child to have good grades, you need to accumulate knowledge and skills over time. If you feel sorry for him now while he is accumulating knowledge and skills, what will happen when he is working in the fields and cries from exhaustion, unable to earn money or get married? He will still cry then. Who will feel sorry for him then? No one will care. They will only laugh at him."
Seeing that the teacher was speaking logically, Tian Guihua knew that she couldn't reason with him. She wouldn't dare to use her tantrums on the school teachers. In the past, some people had also acted tantrums towards teachers, and as a result, the teachers went directly to the educated youth office of the commune, who brought the police and locked up the tantrum people in the police station. After they came out, they were nervous and didn't dare to speak loudly. This made all the old women in the village very careful around the teachers.
She could only bring Tian Da Wa to Qian Sheng's house. When she saw Jin Jinxiu sewing shoe soles, she blushed and said, "Sister-in-law Qian, you're busy."
When Jin Jinxiu saw Tian Guihua, she put away the sole of her shoe and said, "Tian Guihua, what are you doing here?"
Tian Guihua said with a forced smile, "That Sister-in-law Qian, I was just being mean a few days ago and said something I shouldn't have. Please forgive me, I'm a magnanimous person."
Qian Duoduo happened to be walking over from the backyard. Hearing Tian Guihua's words, she said with a grin, "Aunt Tian, you think you can get my mother to forgive you with just a few words? You didn't even apologize?"
When Tian Guihua saw Qian Duoduo, her eyes narrowed. She immediately thought of her own son crying while reciting and writing, and her heart ached. "Qian Duoduo, what are you doing meddling in our conversation, you little kid? Go play somewhere else."
Qian Duoduo nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go find your eldest child to play with now and see who can beat whom." Then she turned to leave.
Upon hearing this, Tian Guihua acted impulsively and grabbed Qian Duoduo's arm, saying, "No, you can't go to my eldest child."
Qian Duoduo felt pain where she had been grabbed and immediately cried out, "Aunt Tian, you're bullying a child! Daddy, Mommy, adults are bullying children!" Her voice carried far and wide.
Tian Guihua was taken aback, and threw Qian Duoduo aside: "Don't talk nonsense."
Jin Jinxiu immediately went up to help Qian Duoduo, who had been thrown to the ground, up. She then grabbed Tian Guihua's hair and said, "Who do you think you are? I wouldn't even touch my Duoduo, and you dared to throw her away."
The villagers, always eager for a spectacle, all gathered around. They were stunned to see Jin Jinxiu grabbing Tian Guihua's hair and slapping her repeatedly. Then they heard Qian Duoduo, sobbing, say, "Aunt Tian, how can you come here and bully people like this? You told everyone in the village that my older brother and his family are unfilial, and my mother cried again and again because of it. My brother and his family stay home to defend our country, not because of what you said. Country, country—only with a country can there be a home. If you can't even protect your country, how can you protect your own family? You came to my house and told my mother you were wrong, fine, my mother is kind and righteous, she won't hold it against you. I only asked one question, and you didn't even apologize properly, so why are you grabbing me like that?" She revealed the large red welts on Tian Guihua's hair, a sight that made everyone gasp.
Everyone knows that Qian Duoduo is pampered and spoiled in the Qian family. Tian Guihua has done this to her, no wonder Jin Jinxiu is going crazy. Before she could say anything, Jin Jinxiu said, "Tian Guihua, you are really bold. Not only did you grab my Duoduo, but you also pushed her down. She is still a child. You are a grown woman and you are shameless. Since you are shameless, I will tear it off."
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