Chapter 62 I Don't Want to Be a Sucker
Using the excuse that he missed his daughter very much after not seeing her for many years, Tian Rong arranged for Jiang Nian'an to share a bedroom with the two boys.
The mother and daughter lay on the bed, initially chatting affectionately about their experiences over the years.
But in less than half an hour, Tian Rong steered the conversation toward Lu Mingzheng.
She told Jiang Ruzhen everything she had heard from Lao Zhao.
"His parents are both business people in Hangzhou. Their family is very powerful. His father is in the real estate business, and his mother is in the clothing factory business. I heard they are very rich."
There is an older brother and two older sisters in the family. The older brother works with his father in business, and the two older sisters are married and their husbands are either powerful or wealthy.
His older brother and sister spoiled him since he was a child, otherwise he wouldn't have been so willful as to join the army. His parents didn't agree at first.
His older brother and two older sisters secretly sent him to the army without their parents' knowledge. Although he was pampered since childhood, Xiao Lu was not spoiled at all and worked hard in the army.
He was injured many times and was praised by his superiors at meetings large and small. He became a major general at a young age. What a promising young man!
My dear daughter, Mom thinks Lu is a great guy, you really should think about it carefully.
"Mom, I'm so sleepy, I want to go to sleep."
"You silly child, don't go to sleep yet, Mom hasn't finished talking..."
Jiang Ruzhen made some casual remarks, but eventually fell into a deep sleep amidst her mother's rambling.
The next morning, while having breakfast, Tian Rong brought up the old issue again.
Jiang Ruzhen quickly ate a bowl of porridge, slung her packed bag over her shoulder, and left.
"Mom, my order was shipped yesterday. I have to go back and start setting up the store. I'll come see you and Dad again next time!"
Watching Jiang Ruzhen's retreating figure as if she were fleeing, Tian Rong angrily slammed the bowl down in his hand.
"This child is such a worry."
Jiang Nian'an carefully took the bowl from her husband's hand and advised him.
“Honey, don’t be discouraged. Let’s go to work and create value. I don’t believe that once we’re doing well, our daughter will feel ashamed.”
"That's right, hurry up and eat, we'll leave right away."
Tian Rong acted swiftly and decisively. He went back to his room to change his clothes before setting off, but inadvertently noticed a bundle of things on the cabinet.
"Old man, come quick!"
Jiang Nian'an thought something serious had happened, so she quickly rushed inside to check.
There were ten thousand yuan neatly arranged on the cabinet.
There was also a note left below: "Mom and Dad, enjoy your free time and don't overwork yourselves."
"Just wait patiently for her parents to become self-made millionaires!"
“Honey, I suddenly realize that our daughter doesn’t seem to have any inferiority complex. It’s me who has it now.”
Jiang Nian'an held the money and cried, saying that his monthly salary was eighty yuan and it would take him ten years to save up ten thousand yuan.
Tian Rong snatched the money and locked it in the cabinet. "We'll save our daughter's money for her. What we earn is our own money, and that's a different story."
“Yes, my husband is right.” Jiang Nian’an nodded in agreement, clenching her fist.
Jiang Ruzhen, who had escaped from here, rushed back to Liancheng with her eldest and second eldest sons.
They had a warehouse in their small building to store clothes, so Jiang Ruzhen returned the warehouse near the train station and hired several tricycles to deliver the newly arrived goods back to the small building.
As darkness fell, the fourth child returned home from school. Seeing his mother and two older brothers packing clothes, he happily ran over and hugged and kissed them.
Jiang Ruzhen, in particular, kicked Lao Si several times in disgust after her face was covered in spit, before he finally calmed down.
"Mom, didn't you say you were going to stay a few more days? Why are you back so soon? Did you miss me?"
Jiang Ruzhen chuckled a few times, then said insincerely, "No, not at all."
Shen Zhuoli graciously reached out and patted the fourth brother's head. "Yes, we just missed you and were worried that you wouldn't eat or sleep well at home, so we rushed back."
The fourth brother was happy for a moment after hearing this, but the second brother poured cold water on his enthusiasm.
"All she does is grin like an idiot all day long. This time when we went to Grandma's house, Mom suffered a huge injustice."
"What? What happened?" the fourth brother asked hastily, his smile fading.
Jiang Ruzhen coughed twice to interrupt her second son, "Stop talking."
"Why shouldn't I say it? I need to know what my two older brothers already know."
The fourth brother threw his schoolbag on the sofa, grabbed his second brother, and went out. The two of them chattered away outside for a long time.
Shen Zhuohang walked back with an angry look on his face. "Mom! That Jiang Min is really too much. You just let it go like that? You even gave them so much money. That's all our hard-earned money."
If I had known it would turn out like this, I would have rather given it to a beggar on the street than given it to her.
Jiang Ruzhen glared at Shen Zhuohang and said, "What are you saying? If it weren't for your eldest and second uncles trying their best to extricate me from the situation, your mother would have been sent down to suffer with them long ago."
What business is it of yours? Stop jumping around and get back to work.
The fourth brother pouted as he packed his clothes, complaining resentfully.
"Mom, those red envelopes were prepared for them by you a long time ago, but now it's like they've taken them from us. What kind of situation is this?"
Jiang Ruzhen chuckled, "What's wrong with that? If I offered it to them, my sisters-in-law would just think I was guilty and wanted to use money to shut them up."
They've got me in the bag, so they can demand money from me without any restraint, and they'll act like it's their right.
Now look what's happened! They've made a scene, and I'm giving them the money back. It shuts them up, but it doesn't sound good!
Now that we've fallen out, they shouldn't expect to use this incident to manipulate me anymore.
I'll have less contact with them in the future, and just focus on being filial to your maternal grandparents.
"Oh, what about my eldest uncle and second uncle?" the fourth brother asked.
"Let's see how they behave later. If they're reasonable with me, then I'll still consider them siblings. If they're unreasonable, then forget it. That's how it'll be!"
How could Jiang Ruzhen not be angry?
impossible.
She had such a hard life before, yet she still thought about saving money to send to them.
As soon as I earned money and had the means, I eagerly took the risk of traveling to buy medicine and deliver things to them.
But her two sisters-in-law clearly had a problem with her!
She respects her brothers as her sisters-in-law, but if her brothers weren't around, they would be nothing to her!
She had originally planned to take good care of her two sisters-in-law in the future, and give them clothes for all four seasons and money.
Now?
Let's just treat her like a normal relative, so we don't take advantage of her later.
"Mom! Don't be angry. Actually, I think both my eldest and second uncles are good people. As for what those outsiders say, don't take it to heart. Just ignore them and let them talk nonsense. We have a clear conscience."
Wow, I never expected that the fourth brother, whose thinking is always so unconventional, could be so understanding. He can spout a whole bunch of profound truths.
Jiang Ruzhen happily pinched her fourth son's cheek. "My youngest son is absolutely right. Mom has made up her mind. We can't favor one over the other. I'll take you to school tomorrow too."
Shen Zhuohang paused for a moment, then gave a fake laugh.
"Um...Mom! I'm all grown up now, I don't really need to send you off."
"No need to say anything more, it's settled then."
Jiang Ruzhen made the final decision, and Shen Zhuohang let out a wail of deep regret.
He's a grown man now, who needs his mom to take him to school? If his classmates saw this, they'd definitely laugh at him!
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