In the Jiang family courtyard, after everyone had left, Niu Guihua and the others all looked at Jiang Hong with unfriendly expressions.
Niu Guihua, in particular, angrily yelled at her daughter, "What are you doing? Are you still my daughter? Why are you siding with outsiders? That's our house, why should we give it to her?"
I've never heard of a married daughter returning to her parents' home to fight for property. If this happened in our countryside, she'd be beaten out with sticks. I've never seen someone so ignorant.
"And what have you done? You ruined such a great opportunity!"
Jiang Hong glanced at Niu Guihua and said indifferently, "Mom, you're too impatient. Just now, you weren't in the right either, were you? Yes, there is such a saying in our countryside."
But isn't the situation special now? We live in the city, not in the countryside.
Furthermore, they have my grandmother's will, as well as testimonies from the surrounding neighbors and the neighborhood committee. So, what good would it do if you shouted yourself hoarse?
"It's just a house. Our family will definitely not lack houses in the future."
Jiang He didn't want to hear this. "You're quite arrogant. There will be many more houses in the future. Your brother is currently short of a house. You need to find a way to get me one."
Look at our family situation. Our two daughters can't get married, and our two younger children are already doing well. Where doesn't money come from? We don't even need a house for our wedding.
To this day, I still don't have a proper job. I'd love for a company to provide me with housing, but who's going to find me a job?
Jiang Hong snorted, "If you keep arguing like this, will you get a house? If you really anger Auntie, do you think our family will benefit?"
You all know better than anyone what she used to do. Once things fall apart, do you think my dad and his family will come out on top?
Niu Guihua said irritably, "That doesn't mean it all belongs to her. I've served the elderly before, after all."
Jiang Hong sighed, "Mom, things have already come to this. If you make a fuss, we might not even be able to keep these three houses."
If you want to make money, there are many ways. Why bother fighting with them for a room or two? Is it even worth it?
If we really anger these people, do you think our family will fare well?
Jiang Mei hesitated for a moment, then joined in, "Mom, just calm down. You all know what's going on with your daughter right now. We can't let anything else happen. Otherwise, if someone with ulterior motives finds out about my brother and sister, do you think we'll have any way out? Mom, listen to your younger sister."
Speaking of this, Jiang He stared at Jiang Mei with venomous eyes, "It's all your fault. If it weren't for you, my relationship wouldn't have fallen through."
Jiang Mei glared at her younger brother. "Blame me? When I was living the high life, you were also benefiting from it. Why didn't you blame me then? Stop talking nonsense to your mother. I'm not clean, and you're not much better. We're both equally guilty."
Why did Jiang Hong get into trouble? Wasn't it because of you? What have you ever done for this family?
Ever since you dropped out of school, it seems like you haven't given your family a single penny, have you?
Jiang He snorted coldly, "You old sow making fun of the crow, but at least my reputation is better than yours. I haven't been paraded through the streets yet."
Seeing his children arguing, Jiang Ping, as the father, angrily shouted, "Shut up, both of you! If you think we parents are incompetent, you can leave this house. I won't say a word."
The siblings immediately fell silent, but they glared at each other, neither looking at the other with disdain.
Jiang Hong didn't actually like any of them, but she had no choice but to accept her family situation.
You say God has already given her a special favor, so why doesn't He help her make a proper choice?
What's so good about going back to her original family? She'd still have to deal with all that messy stuff.
He added impatiently, "Alright, enough with the fighting among yourselves. You're really something. What time is it now? If you keep arguing, you won't even get to eat."
Mom, the issue right now isn't about fighting over the house. Don't forget, my second brother doesn't have a job yet.
Who would want to marry someone like him?
If you ask me, we need to quickly find a solution, starting with my second brother. Find him a job, anything goes, as long as he has a decent livelihood. He won't have trouble finding a wife. If we can't find one in the city, we can look in the countryside.”
Jiang He glared at his younger sister, annoyed. "Come on, you're always giving bad advice. Rural wives don't have any food rations. If you're like them, going back to the countryside to farm every day, what's the difference between being married and not being married?"
Jiang Hong felt quite helpless facing her second brother. She actually wanted to help Jiang He. She remembered that in the future, her second brother lived a life of poverty and hardship, spending his whole life as a laborer, but before he could achieve anything, his wife and children left him.
Now that she's back, she has to change Jianghe's situation. With a capable brother in the family, at least the two sisters can have someone to rely on.
But things are different now than in the previous life; many things have deviated from the original path.
Aside from knowing the general direction of future development, there are some things she really isn't clear about.
She was a tainted country woman, her life so heavy that she was almost bent over, that she had no time to pay attention to anything outside of herself.
"You make it sound so easy. Do you think jobs are so easy to find? There are plenty of people better than your brother who haven't found jobs yet."
Jiang Hong sighed, "Mom, think about it, our family is almost starving. What are we going to do if we don't hurry up and find a solution?"
Even if my brother goes to work as a temporary worker in the factory, at least he'll have a chance to become a permanent employee. When the factory hires, I'll take the exam too.
"Mancang, Mantun, and my eldest sister, why don't we go back to the countryside first? At least we have a house, and we can earn some work points in the production team. At least we won't starve to death. It's better than the whole family staying here and dying in poverty."
Let alone full warehouses and full granaries, even Jiang Mei was unhappy. "Why should I go back? I'm a city dweller, and I finally became a city person. Why should I go back to suffer? I'm not going back."
If you want to go, go back yourself. Anyway, you have a rural household registration; staying in the city is worse off than me. At least they'd hire someone like me.
Jiang Hong became a little anxious. "Sister, let me finish what I have to say. Even if you go back, you'll still be eating government-subsidized grain."
People in the city already know about your situation. Which factory would want you? You're constantly being gossiped about. Are you happy about that?
Someone like you would be better off going back to the countryside, finding a good family, and living a better life than suffering in the city.
It's not that I don't want you to stay in the city, but the situation is what it is now. I'll stay in the city for now to take care of Dad and my second brother. It won't be too late for you to come back when the situation improves a bit.
I'm staying here so I can at least think of a way to make money. Otherwise, I wouldn't want to stay here, and my reputation won't be any better.
But at least I don't have to worry about being paraded through the streets. That's the difference between us right now. There's no way around it; people always have to make choices.
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