Chapter 72 Respectfully Reaching Out of Pockets
Lu Xiangyang reached out and covered Jiang Jiani's eyes: "It's late, let's go to sleep."
He was only five years older than Jiang Jiani. When the educated youth went to the countryside, he was just a little kid, and when the educated youth returned to the city, he was still in school.
When asked what it was like to be a sent-down youth, he couldn't answer.
Jiang Jiani had to go to class the next day, and not receiving a reply, she went to sleep soon after.
He went back to the Jiang family home after class the next day.
I bought one pound of lean meat, two pounds of pork ribs, and five pounds of eggs on the way.
When they opened the door, they saw Grandma Jiang and Uncle Jiang and his wife.
When Grandma Jiang saw what Jiang Jianni was carrying, she immediately said sarcastically, "Oh, so you've become rich now that you've married into a good family?"
"Buying so much meat and eggs all at once, does your mother-in-law know you spend money like this?"
Jiang Jianni was annoyed whenever she saw her and retorted directly, "None of your business!"
Grandma Jiang's face turned pale with anger: "Second son, you, you, you, you're just going to stand by and watch your daughter insult me? I'm your mother!"
Jiang's father kept his head down and remained silent.
Yang Yueying, at a loss, said, "Mom, Mom, don't be angry. Oh dear, Jiani, how can you talk to your grandma like that? Hurry up and apologize to your grandma!"
Jiang Jianni scoffed, raised her chin, and said with an air of haughtiness and composure, "So, what brings you to our house?"
"Or are you here to freeload?"
After the TV series "Dream of the Red Chamber" aired, "begging for alms" became a fashionable phrase.
When poor relatives come to visit, people will jokingly say that someone from your family has come to freeload again.
Grandma Jiang and her husband Jiang San's expressions immediately changed.
Jiang Jianni immediately said, "Ah, it seems I misspoke?"
"You're not here to freeload, you're here to give my parents money!"
Grandma Jiang was furious: "You..."
Jiang Jianni pushed the meat and egg in her hand into Yang Yuemei's hand, telling her to put it away properly.
She plopped down next to Grandma Jiang. Grandma Jiang tried to push her away, but she grabbed her arm and pulled her behind her back, firmly controlling her upper body with her left arm, while her right hand unceremoniously started reaching into her pocket.
"Come, come, my grandma rarely has such a big hemorrhage, I need to see how much she has to pay."
Grandma Jiang was terrified and struggled violently: "You brat, let me go!"
The more she talked, the more she struggled, and the faster Jiang Jianni moved. She had already emptied the top two pockets and was about to reach into her pants pockets. Grandma Jiang couldn't take it anymore and burst into a tirade:
"Second brother, second brother, are you dead? Can't you see what your daughter is doing? Hurry up and pull her away!"
She had all her money in her pocket, more than twenty yuan. How could she let Jiang Jianni take it all?
Jiang's father innocently raised his hand, which was missing three fingers and was tightly bandaged, and said with a pained expression, "Mom, I wanted to stop her, but I don't have any hands."
Seeing her father's behavior, Jiang Jianni almost suffered internal injuries.
She cried out with a wronged expression, "Grandma, how could you do this?"
"Since you're not here to freeload, then you must have come to see my dad."
"I noticed you didn't bring anything with you when you came. If you didn't bring anything, then you must have brought money, right?"
"I don't need you to go through the trouble of getting it yourselves. I'll just take it out for myself, okay?"
As she spoke, her hand had already reached into Grandma Jiang's pocket where she kept her money. Grandma Jiang was so frightened that her old face turned pale: "Third brother, third brother, you, you, you, quickly pull this girl away, quickly!"
Jiang Jianni turned her head and looked at Uncle Jiang with a half-smile.
Uncle Jiang wanted to reach out, but hesitated and said with an awkward smile, "Mom, although I am Jia Ni's uncle, there is a difference between men and women, so let's just leave it at that?"
Grandma Jiang was furious. She wanted to scold the third son, but she couldn't bear to, so she could only compromise: "Jiang Jianni, let me go. Let me go and I'll take it myself."
"What kind of behavior is this?"
Jiang Jianni smiled and said, "What's there to be afraid of? There are no outsiders here."
"Or does Grandma want outsiders to see this?"
"If that's what you think, fine. I'll go to the balcony and shout, and I guarantee there will be a bunch of people in less than a minute."
Grandma Jiang's face turned pale: "You, you, you!"
They're here today because they have important business to discuss. How can they talk about something so important if outsiders are watching?
She angrily pulled out the money from her pocket and stingily rummaged through the small change inside.
Jiang Jianni, quick-witted and agile, snatched a ten-yuan note from outside: "Grandma, my dad is your own son."
"Giving you a few cents would make you lose face, wouldn't it?"
"Those who know you know that you spent all your retirement money on my third uncle, but those who don't know you would think you're extremely biased and treated my dad like a beggar."
Grandma Jiang felt a pang of pain in her chest from being choked by her words, so she had no choice but to turn her anger towards Dad Jiang:
"Second brother, you've already paid your money, can you give me the truth now?"
Jiang Jianni slowly stuffed the money into her father's pocket and asked, "What's so scary about this? Tell me about it."
Grandma Jiang said impatiently, "Why are you everywhere?"
“This is a matter for the Jiang family. Why are you, a married woman, meddling in our affairs?”
Jiang Jianni's face darkened: "Even if I get married, I will still bear the Jiang surname. What's wrong with me meddling in the Jiang family's affairs?"
"As for you, you're an outsider with the surname Li. Even if you marry into our Jiang family, you're still an outsider. What right do you, an outsider, have to interfere in the affairs of our Jiang family?"
"You're everywhere. You can't stand seeing my dad and his brothers get along, and you can't stand seeing our Jiang family be happy and harmonious, can you?"
I once heard a saying.
"They say if you have a grudge against someone, you should raise your daughter badly and marry her off to that family, causing their family to fall apart, and that will avenge your grudge."
"Grandma, my dear grandma, whose surname is Li."
"Actually, your family has a grudge against our Jiang family, so they deliberately raised you, this troublemaker, to marry into our family and cause all this chaos, right?"
"My grandfather is incredibly unlucky to have married you."
Grandma Jiang was so angry she almost rolled her eyes on the spot: "You, you, you..."
Jiang's father's face darkened, and he shouted, "Jiang Jianni! How dare you speak like that! Is that your grandmother? Apologize to her right now!"
"sorry!"
Jiang Jiani offered a hasty apology without any sincerity.
Grandma Jiang was furious when she saw her like that, and immediately started wailing and crying, "My God, what sins have I committed in my life? What... what are you doing!"
She saw Jiang Jianni walking towards the door and couldn't help but scream.
Jiang Jianni turned around and smiled, "I'll go open the door."
"It's okay, Grandma, keep crying. Your crying sounds quite nice. I'll go open the door so everyone can enjoy it."
Grandma Jiang suddenly stopped crying, like a rooster whose throat had been choked.
She angrily pulled Jiang San next to her: "Third brother, you tell us."
"Anyway, it's a matter for your Jiang family. As an outsider, I won't get involved since it's your business."
As she spoke, she glared fiercely at Jiang Jiani.
Jiang Jiani gave her a sweet smile, which made Grandma Jiang so angry that she almost rolled her eyes again.
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