Chapter 64 Ask your father-in-law to arrange a job for you
Grandma Jiang was so annoyed by Jiang Jiani's attitude that she immediately wanted to lash out.
But remembering that Jiang Jianni never gave her, her grandmother, any face, and that she needed Jiang Jianni's help, she had no choice but to suppress her temper.
She smiled kindly at Jiang Jiani and said, "It's a bit cold outside, let's find a place to sit down."
"Old Zhang's flat rice noodles taste pretty good, let's go there."
Actually, Jiang San asked her to take Jiang Jiani to the newly opened hot pot restaurant, and even gave her thirty yuan to tell her not to just order vegetarian dishes, but to order a couple more meat dishes.
The hot pot restaurant had only been open for two or three months, but business was booming. People lined up to eat there every day, and they wouldn't leave even when it snowed.
But his place is just too expensive.
It costs thirty or forty yuan for two people to eat there once.
Thirty or forty yuan? If we're careful with our money, that's enough for two people to live on for a month.
Only nouveau riche and young people who don't know the importance of money like to go there.
Jiang San took his family there, but Grandma Jiang didn't go. She said there wasn't much good food there, and if they wanted to go, they could go. She could save a few yuan by eating at home.
Grandma Jiang couldn't bear to spend the thirty yuan, so she chose the flat rice noodle dish.
Flat rice noodles are so delicious.
It has vermicelli, pig's blood, tofu, and some rare winter greens. It smells delicious. Add a pound of scallion pancakes, and it's just too good to be true.
Most importantly, it's cheap.
Two bowls of flat rice noodles and a pound of scallion pancakes would cost at most 70 cents. If you didn't like it, you could add two boiled eggs for 30 cents.
Isn't it tastier and more affordable than those hot pot restaurants?
Jiang Jianni refused outright: "I'm not going. I need to go home. Just say what you have to say."
Grandma Jiang was instantly displeased.
But with so many people coming and going at the school gate, she was afraid of being overheard and it wouldn't look good, so she asked Jiang Jiani to go with her to a less crowded corner.
Jiang Jianni was very impatient: "Just tell me what it is."
"Or are you planning to do something illegal or disorderly that you're afraid people will hear about?"
Grandma Jiang quickly spat and said, "Children's words are just that—childish. They're like a gust of wind. You're just a kid, you don't know the gravity of things. How can you say such things so carelessly?"
"Our Jiang family has been honest and good people for eight generations. We have never done anything bad."
"Don't try to pin the blame on your own family."
"What good will it do you to ruin the Jiang family's reputation?"
"Even if you're a married daughter who's no longer part of the family, your father, your brother, and your younger brother still bear the surname Jiang. You don't care if you ruin your own reputation, but you can't ruin theirs, can you?"
Jiang Jianni was too lazy to argue with her, and pushed her bicycle as if to leave: "If you keep rambling on and on without getting to the point, I'm leaving."
She was now even more certain that Grandma Jiang's visit to her was not for anything good.
That's true, even if something good happens, it won't be her turn.
Grandma Jiang immediately said, "Okay, okay, I'll tell you, I'll tell you, don't rush me."
"Oh, that's how it is."
"You know your third uncle's factory isn't doing very well, right?"
Jiang Jianni found it ridiculous: "My dad's factory isn't doing well either. You and Grandpa have a lot of pensions, right? Haiyang and Yanni still need to go to school, and there are many places that need money. My mom doesn't have a job either. Why don't you help my dad supplement his salary?"
Grandma Jiang quickly refused: "That won't do, your grandfather and I use our retirement pensions for our old age."
"Your dad's factory isn't doing very well, but at least it hasn't gone bankrupt. Your mom works hard washing dishes at a restaurant every day, so how could there be a shortage of tuition fees for Haiyang and Yanni?"
"Now that you're married, don't covet our meager savings for your funeral. It won't sound good if people find out."
“Your in-laws are a respectable family. It’s fine if you don’t care about your own reputation, but you can’t let your in-laws lose face.”
She kept trying to control Jiang Jiani with various words, wanting Jiang Jiani to listen to her.
Jiang Jianni suddenly wondered why she had come with this old woman.
Knowing full well that the old woman was biased and that going to her would only bring trouble, he still went out of his way to get slapped.
Why is she so shameless?
Having figured this out, she silently turned the handlebars of her bicycle and headed home.
You piece of trash, go play with your balls, I'm not playing with you anymore.
Seeing that she was really about to leave, Grandma Jiang immediately grabbed the handlebars: "Jiani, don't go."
"I'll talk, I'll talk, okay?"
"It's because your third uncle's factory wasn't doing well, and they've been making a fuss about layoffs lately, so your third uncle got laid off."
Jiang Jianni sneered inwardly: "Should I say congratulations?"
"Isn't Uncle just envious of people who don't have to go to work every day? Now he doesn't have to go to work every day anymore, his wish has finally come true, what else could he not be satisfied with?"
The three Jiang brothers have a significant age gap.
The eldest and second eldest are four years apart, and the second eldest and third eldest are six years apart.
This resulted in the third child being the apple of his parents' eye from a young age, being spoiled from birth, and growing up to be lazy and good-for-nothing.
According to Uncle Jiang's age, he should have been sent to the countryside back then.
But how could Grandma Jiang and Grandpa Jiang bear to let their youngest son go to the countryside to suffer?
They once tried to persuade Jiang's father to transfer his job to his younger brother, claiming that Jiang's father was capable and skilled, and that it would be easy for him to find another job, so they should help their brother out.
Jiang Jiani was just born then, Jiang Haibing was three years old, and Yang Yuemei, who had married into the city from the countryside, didn't have a job.
Jiang's father's salary not only has to support his family of four, but he also has to hand over a large portion of it to his parents.
Making Jiang's father give the job to his younger brother is almost like forcing the second son's family to their deaths.
Jiang's father had always been a filial son, and it was rare for him to muster the courage to resist. He was willing to give up a lot of benefits to separate the family.
Grandma Jiang had no choice but to transfer her job to Uncle Jiang.
Grandma Jiang was a female worker. Although she also worked in the steel factory, she did a job as a tie-up worker, which did not require any special skills.
It means making the products and securing them with wooden frames, straw, or straps to make them easy to load onto the truck.
Jiang San isn't a particularly hardworking person. Anyone else would have already tried to switch to a more promising job. But what about Jiang San?
He's been doing this job for over a decade, yet he still complains every day about how busy and tired he is, and envies others who sit in offices reading newspapers and drinking tea while earning more than him.
Now it's all right.
I was laid off.
My wish has finally come true.
Jiang Jianni couldn't hide her schadenfreude when she thought of this.
Her behavior was so obvious that Grandma Jiang got angry and wanted to slap her.
But considering the girl's domineering nature and how she's become increasingly estranged from her family after graduating from university, he didn't dare to lay a hand on her.
—If Jiang Jianni goes berserk and hits her, her old bones can't take it.
Suppressing her grievances, she swallowed her anger and said, "Your third uncle was just joking. When have you ever seen him not working seriously?"
Jiang Jianni hesitated for a moment, then said, "If you say so, then so be it."
"You came all this way to tell me this? Is it because Uncle San wants to celebrate his escape from this misery and wants me to attend his layoff celebration?"
She smiled gently: "No, I don't need to. I have to go to work every day. I'm afraid I'll get angry if I see my third uncle living too happily."
Grandma Jiang, seeing that she was pretending to be stupid, was afraid that she would really run away, so she finally stopped delaying:
“Your third uncle is unemployed, your third aunt is like that, and your sister and brother are still young.”
“Jiani, you can’t just stand by and watch your third uncle’s family fall apart like this.”
"Isn't your father-in-law quite capable?"
"You should ask your father-in-law to arrange a job for your third uncle. It should be easy, with a good salary, and preferably without overtime."
"This shouldn't be too difficult for your father-in-law, right?"
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