049 Jiang Yu
"Boom—"
A bolt from the blue!
In the blink of an eye, dark clouds covered the sun and the sky darkened rapidly.
Jiang Baohai turned on the car lights and frowned.
The small mountain village is just ahead, and if we walk faster we will still have time to get home.
Gao Qinghe got out of the car and felt the wind blowing from the gap between the two mountains, which was faintly filled with moisture.
This is a sign of heavy rain.
Turning around, he said, "Don't go back. Stay at my house for one night."
Jiang Baohai hesitated. The dark clouds were about to approach. Gao Qinghe opened the driver's door and said, "Get out!"
Without giving the other person a chance to speak, he reached out and pulled out the car keys.
Jiang Baohai glanced at her darkly, knowing in his heart that it was not safe to return in the rain. He quickly grabbed his briefcase and mobile phone, slammed the car door shut, and jogged after the brother and sister.
As the three of them arrived at the door of their home, heavy rain poured down and the entire sky darkened. It was only a little after six in the afternoon, but it seemed like late at night.
Gao Qingmiao rushed into the house first, shouting, "Dad, Mom, Grandma, there are guests coming!"
Upon hearing the sound, all the family members came out, took the baskets and the load, and asked the brother and sister to go into the house quickly.
Fortunately, they ran fast and only a few drops of rain got on their shoulders.
When the lights in the room were turned on, the family discovered that the guest was tall and had long legs. He was wearing a well-ironed gray suit and looked pretty good. What a handsome guy!
Huang Ying grabbed her daughter who was checking her clothes and asked, "Who is this?"
Jiang Baohai was checking whether the mobile phone in his hand had touched water. When he heard the sound, he looked up and a polite and courteous smile naturally appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Hello, Auntie. My name is Jiang Baohai. You can call me Xiao Jiang or Xiao Hai."
"It's my first visit and I haven't had time to prepare anything. And with the rain today... I might have to bother you at home tonight. I'm really sorry."
He then extended his hand to shake hands with Gao Chongyi, greeted the old lady, and praised her for her spirited appearance.
Jiang Baohai is good at using these polite and courteous tactics.
Everyone in the family had a very good first impression of him. Gao Chongyi even thought that this man was very capable and secretly glanced at his wife.
The businessman is cunning, and I don’t know if Qinghe can deal with him.
Mrs. Tian didn't think too much about it. Since the guests were here, she smiled and said:
"Xiao Jiang, please sit down. If it weren't for the rain, we wouldn't have met so soon. We won't leave tonight. Stay home peacefully for one night. We can talk about everything else tomorrow."
"We don't have much to prepare. I need to hurry and make a few more dishes!"
He called Gao Qingmiao to make a cup of tea and asked Huang Ying and his wife to greet people.
"Grandma, there's no need..." Jiang Baohai didn't have time to be polite before the old lady had already left the main room.
He had no choice but to sit down at the square table in the main hall.
"Brother Jiang, have some hot tea first. My grandma cooks very quickly and we'll be ready for dinner in a while." Gao Qingmiao put down the teacup and said with a chuckle.
Huang Ying brought out a brand new, unused dry towel and said, "Hurry, your clothes are all wet. Wipe them clean quickly. It would be bad if you catch a cold."
"Ying'er!" Old Mrs. Tian shouted from the kitchen.
Huang Ying gave Gao Chongyi a look, told him to treat her well, and went to the kitchen to help her mother.
Gao Qinghe and Gao Qingmiao went back into the house to change clothes.
Only Gao Chongyi and Jiang Baohai were left in the main room.
The two sat on one side and the other, Jiang Baohai was busy wiping his head and face, Gao Chongyi wanted to speak several times but didn't know what to say.
I could only look awkwardly at the wet ground and the raindrops falling from the eaves.
After wiping his hair, Jiang Baohai folded the towel and placed it on the table, then quietly looked around the room in front of him.
It is more than 30 square meters in size and has a square layout. An altar and a square table are placed facing the door.
There is a row of wooden cabinets against the wall on the left. They are painted black, and the paint has fallen off, revealing the wood inside. It looks like they have been used for many years.
There is a row of hooks nailed to the right wall, and some farm tools and seeds harvested from the fields are hung on them.
There is a door on each side of the wall. The one closer to the main door leads to the room of Gao Qinghe and her sister, which is also the room with the best lighting.
There is a wood stove on the right side of the gate, and the chimney extends to the beams of the second floor. Through the gaps between the beams and columns, you can see that the second floor is a semi-sloping attic.
Old Mrs. Tian keeps her house tidy and clean. The low-wattage light bulbs cast a soft glow on the furnishings in the house, making it feel very warm.
In his previous life, Jiang Baohai had never lived in this house for a few days.
He didn't have many opportunities to see the people living in the house.
But every time they come, whether it is my mother-in-law, father-in-law or grandma, they always smile and their eyes are full of care.
Grandma would cook a large table of dishes and keep giving him food to encourage him to eat more.
My mother-in-law is a straightforward person and can drink quite a bit, but she always advises him to drink less because his health is more important.
My father-in-law is a cultured man, but he is not at all arrogant. He has never looked down on my father's background or education, and we get along very well.
When he talked about the new things happening outside, my father-in-law always showed great interest, listened to him patiently, and then gave some opinions and insights. The two could chat for a long time.
Seeing these faces again, Jiang Baohai's heart felt like it was soaked in rain water, soft, sour, and with a hint of guilt.
Gao Qinghe, this woman, will not die a good death, but her family will not be in trouble. He sincerely hopes that everyone in the Gao family will be well in this life.
Thinking of his mother-in-law's illness in his previous life, Jiang Baohai asked with concern: "Are uncle and aunt in good health?"
Gao Chongyi was feeling awkward and dazed when he suddenly heard these caring words. He thought that this person's question was really strange.
"It's okay, we are all in good health."
"By the way, besides your mother, you also have a younger sister in your family, right?" Gao Chongyi asked uncertainly.
He remembered that Mrs. Zheng had said this last time. The little girl was about the same age as his third child.
Jiang Baohai nodded, "Yes, her name is Jiang Yu, she's sixteen years old, and she's studying in the county's No. 1 Middle School."
When talking about his sister, Jiang Baohai's tone seemed unfamiliar and his expression was a little strange.
Gao Qinghe changed her clothes and came out of the room. She just heard the name Jiang Yu and her eyes dimmed slightly.
In her previous life, she had only met her sister-in-law once, on New Year's Eve of her first year of marriage.
From then on, until her rebirth, she never saw Jiang Yu again.
Jiang Baohai has something and a person in his mind that he cannot mention.
One is the death of Jiang's mother.
There is another one, his sister Jiang Yu.
In her previous life, when Gao Qinghe married Jiang Baohai, Jiang's mother had already passed away.
The entire Jiang family was very secretive when talking about Jiang's mother's death.
Jiang Baohai's sister Jiang Yu is known by Jiang's relatives as a very good student with great potential.
But since the New Year's Eve of that year, Jiang Yu has been staying in school and did not go home during the winter and summer vacations.
After all, she is Jiang Baohai's sister, and she is still in college. Gao Qinghe always sends her holiday greetings and living expenses during her college years on time every year.
But after Jiang Yu graduated, Gao Qinghe received the next news that he had already gone abroad.
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