Chapter 193 Two Sensible Brothers
In the courtyard.
Jiang Wu searched for a long time and finally found his elder brother behind a rockery.
He saw a person squatting on the ground, his shoulders shrugging, and he didn't know what he was doing.
He laughed and patted Jiang Wen on the head, "Brother, caught you! What were you doing hiding here?"
Jiang Wen looked up at him in a panic, and Jiang Wu then realized that his brother was already in tears.
"Brother? Why are you crying?" Jiang Wu panicked when he saw his usually strong and hardworking older brother crying. He knelt down to check on him.
"Brother, do you have a stomachache? I'm going to find Mom and Dad."
"Don't go." Jiang Wen gripped his younger brother's hand tightly, forcing a smile. "I'm fine, brother, don't look for Mom and Dad."
"But you look like you're in a lot of pain, do you really not need to go to the hospital?" Jiang Wu was so anxious that he paced back and forth on the spot.
He moved to the countryside with his family when he was two years old.
Everyone is busy every day, and no one takes care of him. It was his older brother who raised him with great care and attention.
His older sister would always take his food when no one was around and bully him, but his older brother would always step in to protect him.
But his older brother was only four years older than him, and sometimes he would inevitably get beaten up by his tall and strong older sister, but his brother never shed a tear.
He once said that shedding tears is useless and the most cowardly thing to do.
But today...
"Brother, what are you going to say? If you don't tell me, I'm really going to find Mom and Dad."
Jiang Wen grasped Jiang Wu's hand, calmed himself down, and then slowly spoke.
"Brother, I just overheard Dad telling Mom that I borrowed the money from my aunt to study abroad."
"Huh? Didn't Dad tell you that all that money was what they had saved up over the years?" Jiang Wu asked in surprise.
"It's obvious they lied to me." Jiang Wen was in low spirits.
"Brother, it's fine to lend it to me. I'm all grown up now, and I can go out to work and earn money during the holidays. Then our whole family can pay it back together."
Jiang Wu tried his best to comfort his brother with his actions, but Jiang Wen gave a bitter smile.
My brother is too naive. That's 20,000, not 200,000.
Based on the combined salaries of both parents, it would take the entire family twenty years of not eating or drinking to pay off the debt.
"Brother, I don't want to go abroad anymore," Jiang Wen murmured.
"No, brother! Mom and Dad won't agree. You study so hard every day, getting up at four in the morning and going to bed at midnight."
We all know how much sweat and effort you've put in to get ahead and to be able to study abroad on a government scholarship.
I studied until late at night every day, and when I got sleepy, I would go out and wander around the yard to recite my lessons. That's how I caught a cold and developed a high fever, which caused me to do poorly on the exam.
We've seen it all. Your parents won't let your efforts be in vain; our whole family hopes you can achieve your dreams.
Jiang Wu grabbed Jiang Wen's arm and shook it violently, "Brother, wake up! If you don't go abroad to study, how heartbroken will Mom and Dad be?"
Jiang Wen gave a bitter laugh, “Studying abroad? Going abroad on top of my parents’ blood and flesh? I’ll be enjoying a life of luxury, but what about you?”
Are we supposed to eat meager meals every day and struggle to pay off the debt? Besides, Mom has never gotten along with my aunt, and she must be feeling incredibly distressed knowing that the money was borrowed by my aunt.
But for my sake, she not only ignored her own pain, but also bowed and apologized to her aunt. I didn't want to see her living such a humble life for me.
"Brother—" Jiang Wu weakly growled, but he felt that his brother's words made a lot of sense and he was unable to refute them.
If it were him, he might also give up.
After all, family is the most important person.
The two brothers remained silent for a while, then Jiang Wen suddenly stood up and patted his younger brother on the shoulder.
"Don't worry, I won't do anything stupid. I'll be studying abroad, but I'll also be working during this holiday. Don't tell Mom and Dad that I know about the loan."
My brother is an adult now, and I need to learn to take on more responsibility for things at home.
Jiang Wu nodded. He also wanted to secretly go out and do odd jobs to help pay off his family's debts.
The two brothers unintentionally reached an agreement: they both wanted to use their own methods to ease the burden on their family.
Today, the snow and ice at the Jiang family home have melted, and the family members have gathered together.
Lunch was quite plentiful.
In the afternoon, everyone gathered together to play cards. In the living room, there was a television set that Jiang Ruzhen had bought before the New Year, which was playing a single-stringed instrument performance called "Liberation and Turning Over to Celebrate the New Year".
A group of middle-aged and elderly people were playing cards on the kang (a heated brick bed). Sometimes they would argue fiercely over a few cents, and other times they would laugh heartily when they won money.
Beside the coffee table, a large group of young people were playing cards, their voices filled with laughter.
After the family ate dumplings in the evening and watched TV together for a while, they went their separate ways.
It was getting late, so Jiang Ruzhen hailed a taxi to take her second brother's family home. Jiang's parents, Xie Hui's mother, and her eldest brother all stayed in the courtyard.
There were four rooms in total, so the eldest and second eldest had to squeeze into one guest room.
When they finished washing up and were about to go to bed, the two of them remembered that the guest room had just been ravaged by their mother and Uncle Lu during the day.
Looking at the messy sheets, the two exchanged a silent glance and took out a new set from the closet to put on the bed.
The two slept side by side, but both of them kept their eyes open, unable to fall asleep.
well!
I miss my wife, what should I do?
Jiang Ruzhen was unaware of the two brothers' thoughts. She led the Mei family back to Xinxin's courtyard.
Mr. Mei drank today and is a bit out of it, so he can't drive.
Lu Mingzheng consciously got into the driver's seat and drove them back. Jiang Ruzhen glanced at him, but Lu Mingzheng just smiled and didn't say anything.
Jiang Ruzhen glared at him and then went to call the Mei family to get into the car.
Upon seeing this, the Mei family members seemed to have gone blind, treating Lu Mingzheng as if he were invisible. They quickly washed up in the courtyard and went back to their rooms.
Jiang Ruzhen was extremely embarrassed. She and Lu Mingzheng really didn't intend to do anything. How could these people have such filthy thoughts?
Lu Mingzheng smiled like a cat that had stolen some cream, hugged Jiang Ruzhen from behind, and deliberately rubbed his stubble all over her neck.
"Ah Zhen, everyone seems so understanding, shouldn't we go along with their wishes?"
"Get away from me. Are you happy to embarrass me?"
Jiang Ruzhen slapped his large hand away and angrily turned back to her room.
Lu Mingzheng quickly followed, and Jiang Ruzhen was about to close the door when she said, "There's a small cot in the warehouse next to the kitchen. Please make do with it for the night, Young Master Lu."
"How can that be? If I can't even lift my back to walk out of the warehouse tomorrow, everyone will misunderstand and think something really happened between us."
You got angry and sent me to sleep in the warehouse.
"You filthy scoundrel..." Jiang Ruzhen was furious and kicked him.
Lu Mingzheng squatted down, supporting Jiang Ruzhen's thigh with his left hand and wrapping his right hand around her waist from behind, and together they exerted force upwards.
Lu Mingzheng lifted Jiang Ruzhen up and carried her inside without any effort, then placed her on the bed.
"It's almost midnight, stop fooling around and go to sleep."
Jiang Ruzhen sat nervously on the bed, watching Lu Mingzheng's slender fingers unbutton his coat and then unbutton his shirt.
In no time, his wheat-colored skin was exposed to the light.
His well-developed pectoral muscles and muscular eight-pack abs refracted a dazzling array of colors under the light, causing Jiang Ruzhen to involuntarily shed tears from the corners of her mouth.
"You... go lock... the door first." Jiang Ruzhen stammered nervously.
Lu Mingzheng obediently turned around and locked the door, then walked towards Jiang Ruzhen step by step, shirtless.
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