Chapter 96 Not a Good Situation
Aunt Jiang looked unusually haggard.
She used to be a slightly plump middle-aged woman.
Because of her happy family life, she even looks a few years younger than her actual age.
In short, she looks like a very happy woman.
However, now Aunt Jiang's hair, which used to be so neat and tidy, has also grown quite a bit gray.
Even more are half-white.
My once plump cheeks became rough, dull, and sagging as if they had been rapidly dehydrated in just two months.
Jiang Jiani, whose eyes were swollen with bags, almost suspected that she had deliberately applied a large layer of eyeshadow.
The area under the eyes is yellow and bloodshot.
Jiang Jiani thought of a word: withered.
Aunt Jiang was like a trumpet flower that had suddenly stopped blooming and curled up.
I wouldn't say it's similar to before, but it's like a completely different person.
It's obvious it's because of Jiang Yanfen.
Jiang Jianni was puzzled because when her cousin was in this family, she never saw her aunt dote on her daughter much.
They wished Jiang Yanfen would stay at home and be a slave for the rest of her life.
It's impossible for Auntie to suddenly develop maternal love just because Jiang Yanfen left, right?
The idea that distance makes the heart grow fonder is absolutely impossible for my aunt, who is so calculating.
Jiang Haibing pretended not to notice his aunt's condition: "Auntie, I brought Xiangyang and the others to pay a New Year's visit and get acquainted with the family. The gifts are on the table."
Aunt Jiang, in a daze, went to get them candy and water, forcing a smile: "You've come all this way, sit a little longer."
Even though she wasn't feeling well, Aunt Jiang maintained her composure and gave Lu Xiangyang and Jiang Jiani each a red envelope.
"Now that you're married, you're an adult, Jia Ni. From now on, live a good life with your man."
"Don't be like your sister..."
Uncle Jiang said impatiently, "It's the New Year, can you please stop saying such discouraging things?"
Aunt Jiang immediately shut up.
Uncle Jiang said, "Jiani, Xiangyang, why don't you stay for dinner today? Uncle has prepared something delicious especially for you..."
Jiang Jiani quickly refused.
In the atmosphere of Uncle Jiang's house, even the most exquisite delicacies would taste bland.
Not to mention that she didn't believe Uncle Jiang's words at all.
After exchanging a few words, Jiang Jianni made an excuse that she had to visit other people's homes for the New Year and left.
The moment they stood up, Aunt Jiang knelt down with a thud.
Jiang Jiani was caught off guard and didn't even have time to dodge.
Aunt Jiang burst into tears, kowtowing between sobs: "Jiani, Jiani, I beg you, you and Yanfen are the closest, you must know where she went."
Please tell me.
"I only have this one daughter."
"That brat left without a word."
"At least let us know she's safe and sound, that she's still alive and well..."
Jiang Jianni's face turned ashen.
Jiang Haibing looked even worse than her. Without saying a word, he opened the door and pushed Lu Xiangyang away, saying, "Jia Ni, let's go."
Aunt Jiang reached out and grabbed Jiang Jiani's pants. Jiang Jiani jumped aside to avoid it and ran away in a panic.
Aunt Jiang was wailing in the house, her cries heart-wrenching: "Jiani, Jiani, don't go, don't go..."
Jiang Haibing turned around and came over aggressively, kicking the door of Uncle Jiang's house shut.
It made a very loud noise.
The plaster on the walls of the stairwell was shaken so badly that it fluttered down.
Jiang Haibing cursed repeatedly.
Jiang Jianni was filled with regret: "I should have never come."
Aunt Jiang has always been concerned about saving face; she's the kind of person who stands by and watches others make a fool of themselves.
I never expected something like this to happen during the Chinese New Year.
She felt that she was just trying to disgust her and make her have a bad New Year.
Jiang Yanfen's relationship with her was just so-so.
In front of Grandma Jiang, girls are like weeds; the two girls, being of similar age, seemed to be sticking together for warmth.
But Jiang's father worked hard to raise his children well, regardless of gender. As long as they loved learning, their academic performance was also important. He truly meant what he said and sold everything he owned to support his children's education.
As for Uncle Jiang's family, Jiang Yanfen went to work half a year before graduating from junior high school.
Because at that time, a textile factory was recruiting workers, and Aunt Jiang wanted to grab the job.
Married girls and unmarried girls live in two different worlds; girls who have children and girls who haven't lived in two different worlds; and working girls and school-aged girls live in two different worlds.
The two sisters originally had a good relationship, but Jiang Yanfen, who also loved learning, started working, and their relationship, while not completely broken, gradually cooled down.
After Jiang Yanfen went to university, the two sisters basically stopped seeing each other except during the Chinese New Year.
She's just using the title of "sister" for nothing.
Even her aunt played a part in it, thinking that Jiang Yanfen should work hard to earn money and shouldn't play with a little girl like Jiang Yanfen who was still in school and wasting money.
Therefore, Jiang Jiani had no idea where her aunt got the nerve to say that the sisters had a good relationship.
Just because Jiang Yanfen stayed at her house for one night before leaving?
Given the circumstances at the time, even if Jiang Jianni had some sympathy for Jiang Yanfen's situation, if she had driven Jiang Yanfen away, wouldn't that have been pushing her to the brink?
She didn't believe that Jiang Yanfen would have behaved herself if she had gone back with Aunt Jiang; she would most likely have gone to extremes.
She simply saved a life out of momentary pity; what did she do wrong?
Lu Xiangyang and Jiang Haibing listened to Jiang Jiani's constant grumbling and cursing.
After Jiang Jiani finished venting her anger, Jiang Haibing sighed and said, "Auntie probably regrets it now."
Jiang Jianni: "?? What does she regret? What does she have to regret?"
"Didn't she always say that she wasted her life giving birth to Yanfen and that she was useless? She's said it thousands of times since we were little, I can recite it by heart."
"Yanfen isn't home, so she's in her way. Shouldn't she be happy? What does she have to regret?"
"Are you regretting that Sister Yanfen didn't give her a large dowry?"
"But all the money that Sister Ke Yanfen has earned over the years is in her hands."
As for the fact that Jiang Yanfen stole all the money and even a little extra before leaving, she pretended not to know.
Jiang Haibing chuckled: "She doesn't regret this at all."
"What she regrets is that Yanfen ran too far away, and now she has no one to take care of her."
"Her situation at home isn't very good right now."
Jiang Jianni immediately became interested: "What happened? Did her uncle hit her? Or did Jiang Haiqiang and Jiang Haisheng do something again?"
"Did they ask your aunt for money again?"
"Could it be that Haiqiang's wife's brothers have done something nasty again?"
"Did the old lady have a fight with her two daughters-in-law?" "Didn't she always praise her two sons for being lucky enough to marry such filial wives, saying that Yanfen, as their daughter, was not as good as the wives they married?"
These are the kinds of things that ordinary families encounter. Apart from these, Jiang Jianni couldn't think of anything that could have caused her aunt to become like this.
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