Chapter 286 The Bad Guys Come to Your Door
If she wasn't pregnant, Jiang Haitang would definitely be able to deal with these two people, but now, she is a pregnant woman, and for the sake of the baby in her belly, Jiang Haitang would never take the risk of opening the door.
Jiang Haitang ignored the people outside, but the shouting and cursing outside the courtyard gate became more and more unpleasant, attracting many neighbors to look in.
Zhang Cuihua, the Jiang family's second aunt, slapped her thigh and wailed, "Everyone, please be fair! I raised my niece with great difficulty, and now that she's an official's wife, she doesn't recognize her poor relatives! It's pitiful that we live in the countryside, barely able to eat, while she enjoys the best of life in the city and doesn't even bother to help her family."
"Oh my God, isn't this a sin? Why don't you take this heartless thing away?"
Jiang Haitang leaned close to the door and looked out. She saw her aunt, whom she hadn't seen for ten years, wearing a patched blue cloth shirt, with greasy hair sticking to her scalp, sitting on the ground and making a fuss.
Uncle Jiang Laoshuan squatted beside him, smoking, with a calculating glint in his cloudy eyes.
Is he waiting for me to open the door? No, I don't want to open the door.
Jiang Haitang returned to the house leisurely, took a small stool and sat not far from the gate and started talking.
"Oh, I thought who was calling out at the door? Didn't this person take two hundred yuan and a yard from my parents, but didn't keep his promise and sell my ten pounds of beans to the good aunt of the Li family?"
Jiang Haitang spoke in a clear voice, and he bit the "ten pounds of beans" very hard on purpose.
The two people outside the door were silent for a moment.
They heard that Jiang Haitang had become an official's wife in the city, so they came today to look for trouble, thinking that it would be best if they could get some money back.
They originally thought that since Jiang Haitang was an official's wife, she would not dare to say certain things for fear of being looked down upon. However, they did not expect that Jiang Haitang would actually say directly that they sold her for ten kilograms of beans.
Little did they know that Jiang Haitang's affairs were no secret in the textile factory. It could be said that everyone in the factory knew that Jiang Haitang was the child bride of the Li family.
The onlookers were suddenly in an uproar. Actually, selling children was not uncommon in the past few years, but it was still embarrassing to be exposed in person.
Zhang Cuihua jumped to her feet and pounded on the door of Jiang Haitang's house, cursing, "Bullshit! We were looking for a husband for you! If we hadn't found you a good husband, would you be an official's wife now? We promised you such a good family because we thought the Li family boy was promising. Who would have thought you were such an ungrateful person?"
"Oh my God, just because I'm the factory director's wife I can talk nonsense. Pity my kind-hearted mother, how could I be twisted like this? I, I... I feel more wronged than Dou E..."
The people around were even more stunned, looking at Zhang Cuihua in shock. Obviously, everyone could hear that these two people didn't even know that Jiang Haitang had married Lu Liangchen, and they thought Jiang Haitang was a child bride in the Li family.
"Don't talk nonsense! You're even more wronged than Dou E. Dou E suffered injustice, and it snowed heavily in June. It's still winter now, why don't you let us have some snow?"
I don’t know who said the first sentence, but instantly, the other aunts and grandmas started to attack Zhang Cuihua.
"You are such a scoundrel! You took money from someone's parents, not only didn't you raise the child, you even gave the child away as a child bride. You have a dark heart, don't you?"
"It must be black. Even dogs won't eat it."
"Bah! How shameless! How dare you come to my house like this? If I were Haitang, I would chop you to pieces with a knife!"
Zhang Cuihua didn't expect that after making a fuss for so long, no one spoke to her.
"You, you... I get it. You're all afraid of her husband, right? He's in power, and he's not letting us ordinary people live. We want to resist. We want to go to the Party Committee and sue him..."
"Bah, you're a human trafficker! You should be sent to the police station for reform!" Aunt Kong spat at Zhang Cuihua and cursed, "Haitang, you're pregnant now. Stay inside and we'll help you deal with these two."
If she were alone, Aunt Kong would definitely not have such courage, but it is different now. There are already more than a dozen people watching. With so many people around, she definitely cannot suffer any loss.
Because of this thought, Aunt Kong's voice was very loud.
Jiang Haitang heard it in the house and was very moved.
"Auntie Kong, thank you. Although these two people are my uncle and aunt, they are not good people. Please be careful and don't suffer any loss!"
"How can I suffer a loss? We have so many sisters here, and a spit from each of them can drown these two shameless people."
Aunt Kong's words immediately received support from others around her.
I have to say that Jiang Laoshuan is really a smart man. Seeing so many people so aggressive, he immediately realized that he was going to suffer a loss.
He immediately put on a bitter face and shouted towards the gate, "Haitang, uncle and aunt were foolish back then. Now your brother is getting married, and we're really struggling to make ends meet... After all, you're blood relatives, aren't you? Even though you're married, you can't leave your family behind. You'll need your brother's support in the future, right?"
Jiang Haitang had no idea what Jiang Laoshuan said. It was obvious that he wanted money to marry his son's wife.
Not only does she ask for money, but she also acts as if she can die without her mother's family.
Jiang Laoshuan talked for a long time, but didn't hear Jiang Haitang's voice. He rubbed his fingers together, but his eyes kept glancing towards the courtyard gate. "Haitang, you are the factory director's wife now. If a little bit of it leaks through the gaps between your fingers, it will be enough for us..."
"You want money?" Jiang Haitang suddenly smiled. "Sure, first, return the ten kilograms of beans you stole from the Li family. Based on the current black market price, I'll give you twenty yuan, including principal and interest."
Wang Cuihua exploded when she heard this: "You're dreaming!"
Twenty dollars, why not go and rob someone?
"Then there's nothing to talk about." Jiang Haitang was originally teasing the two of them.
"Haitang, if I give you twenty yuan, can you help your brother find a job in the city? We don't ask for much, the work is easy, seventy or eighty yuan a month is enough!"
Jiang Laoshuan rolled his eyes and thought that if he was given twenty yuan, it would be nice to get a job for his son.
Jiang Haitang almost laughed out loud. There really are people who are so shameless.
Find a job that's leisurely and pays seventy or eighty yuan a month. That's a dream that will come true sooner.
Jiang Haitang sneered, her voice suddenly rising: "Are you crazy? You don't even consider what kind of person your son is, yet you dare to say such things."
"At sixteen, he peeped at a widow bathing and nearly had his legs broken. At eighteen, he stole food coupons and was paraded through the streets of the commune. At twenty, he was a hooligan and sentenced to three months of reeducation through labor! Is such a scoundrel worthy of working in a state-owned factory? Do you think state-owned enterprises are garbage dumps? No, your son doesn't even deserve to be garbage!"
Jiang Haitang naturally heard this news in his previous life. He didn't remember the details clearly, but it didn't matter. It was enough that the prodigal son in his family had done these things.
There was an uproar outside the gate.
The neighbors, who had always looked down on Jiang Laoshuan and his wife, immediately spat at them.
"He's truly insane. If someone like him came to our factory, wouldn't he corrupt our morals?"
Jiang Haitang's words became increasingly scathing. "Besides, what kind of uncle are you? You swallowed up the two hundred yuan my parents left me and the brick and tile house. When I was so hungry I had to chew on tree bark, you didn't even give me water to wash the pot with! I had to sleep in a dog shed at night, and that's fine, but you even sold me to someone else as a child bride, and now you have the audacity to ask for money?"
"I, Jiang Haitang, am making this clear today: I have no money, and you won't even get your life! If you dare to cause trouble again, I'll report your involvement in the Li family's human trafficking to the Revolutionary Committee! I heard there's a crackdown on human traffickers right now, so I'll just send you packing!"
These words caused a complete silence outside the door.
Zhang Cuihua's legs went limp and she collapsed to the ground. The pipe in Jiang Laoshuan's hand fell to the icy ground with a "clack", splashing a few sparks.
But soon, Jiang Laoshuan's face changed, and he suddenly lay down on the ground: "It's unfair! My own niece wants to take my uncle and aunt to the police station!"
People around have only seen women throwing tantrums, but they never thought that men could also throw tantrums.
"Neighbors outside, please send someone to the security department and tell them there's a disturbance. I'll be grateful to you later!"
Zhang Cuihua panicked and suddenly shouted, "Jiang Haitang, your mother left some belongings for you. If you don't care about us, I'll go back and burn them. I'll see if you regret it then!"
Jiang Haitang didn't expect that Zhang Cuihua could still have such a brain at the critical moment.
However, regarding the relic, is it true or false?
If it is real, could this relic be related to my life experience?
Although she has now reunited with her biological grandfather, if there really are any relics, it would be nice if she could bring them back to show her grandfather.
Zhang Cuihua didn't notice that someone not far away heard what she said.
Lu Liangchen and Zhao Kai rushed over and were surprised when they heard Zhang Cuihua say there were some relics.
Lu Liangchen immediately asked Zhao Kai to arrange someone to go there.
He felt that the relics the woman mentioned might be related to the sacrifice of Uncle Jiang and his wife. Perhaps they were key physical evidence and should not be destroyed.
Zhao Kai immediately went to make arrangements.
"Are you still human? Aren't you afraid that the ancestors of the Jiang family will not forgive you when you wake up in your dreams at midnight?" Jiang Haitang said calmly.
"You don't believe I will destroy the relics? Jiang Haitang, if I really burn them, it will be too late for you to regret it." Zhang Cuihua continued to threaten Jiang Haitang.
"If you dare to burn my parents' belongings, I will not let you off easily. Apart from anything else, the human trafficking plus the extortion is enough to put your whole family in a difficult position. You'd better think it over before making a decision."
Jiang Haitang couldn't go out because she was afraid that Zhang Cuihua and Jiang Laoshuan would assault her and hurt the baby in her belly, but Jiang Haitang refused to give in verbally.
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