As time went by, the results of the last recruitment exam came out, and unsurprisingly, the accounting job went to the factory manager's granddaughter.
When Jiang Hua learned of the result, she stayed indoors for a whole day without going out. When she went out again the next day, she had regained her usual gentle and timid smile and continued to frequently go to the hospital.
Recently, the temperature has been gradually dropping, and Buling has also been in the mood to watch the drama unfold, and she's in a pretty good mood.
One afternoon at dusk, Ling Wei helped Han Weiguo into the courtyard, with Jiang Hua carrying their things behind them. The moment they appeared in the courtyard, it was as if the courtyard had pressed the freeze button, and all was silent, staring at the three of them.
The three of them had only taken a few steps when two more figures entered from the other side. They were a mother and son, looking travel-worn.
The mother held her son tightly, asking, "Excuse me, does Jiang Hua live here?"
Upon hearing this, the neighbors couldn't help but turn their gazes toward Jiang Hua.
The moment Jiang Hua heard the voice, her face turned pale. She hurriedly tried to leave, but the mother over there had already guessed from the expressions of the crowd. She walked around the screen wall and immediately saw Jiang Hua preparing to escape.
"You little bitch! You stop right there!" The mother, who had been so kind just moments before, suddenly transformed, rushing to Jiang Hua's side like the wind and grabbing her tightly.
"Mother, wife! Wife! Mother, take me to find a wife!" the son clapped his hands and laughed.
Good heavens! Now everyone knows who this mother and son are; it turns out they are Jiang Hua's mother-in-law and husband from the countryside.
Thinking of this, everyone took a closer look at the man. He was fairly good-looking, with a fair complexion. Although he looked a bit disheveled, his fingernails were clean, but his smile was somewhat naive.
However, you can't call him stupid; at most, he's just not very mature, only at the level of a young child.
"Let me go! Let me go!" Jiang Hua struggled violently.
But how could she possibly struggle against her mother-in-law, who had been doing farm work all year round? And when her mother-in-law saw her struggling, she became even angrier and slapped her across the face twice: "You shameless little bitch, give back my family's money right now!"
The onlookers exclaimed, "What?!"
Bu Ling: "Sister Jiang Hua, you've got some great skills!" (A thumbs-up is included.)
A venomous glint flashed in Jiang Hua's eyes: "I didn't! I didn't take it! Don't frame me! Brother Han, save me!"
Brother Han: ....
Faced with Grandma Jiang Hua's unfriendly gaze, Brother Han was reluctant to get involved, but considering his image in the courtyard, he still said a few words: "Auntie, no matter what, you can't lay a hand on her!"
Grandma Jiang Hua glanced at Han Weiguo and asked rudely, "Who are you? I'm handling our family matters, why are you fussing over me?"
"That old lady is wise!" Wherever Han Weiguo is in trouble, there you'll find Bu Ling.
Grandma Jiang was shrewd; knowing this was Jiang Hua's territory and she couldn't go too far, she immediately slapped her thigh and started playing the victim:
"Everyone, you be the judge. My daughter-in-law, ever since she went to the countryside, has become lazy, greedy, and cunning. In order to eat something good, she coaxes my youngest son to steal food from home for her."
“My husband is the brigade leader. In order to avoid suffering, she lay down with my son. To be honest, we are not an unreasonable family. We know what kind of person our son is, and we didn’t want to tie her down. She wanted a letter of introduction to return to the city, and my husband gave it to her.”
"But she took all our money before she left! That was our lifeline! Without that money, our whole family would be in dire straits!" Grandma Jiang Hua said, tears streaming down her face.
“You have no idea how poor we are. We don’t even have enough food to eat all year round, so I understand that she doesn’t want to stay with us. But she can’t take our money. My whole family is waiting for that money to save their lives!” As she spoke, the despair in Grandma Jiang Hua’s eyes was heartbreaking.
"I didn't! When did I take your money? Don't frame me!" Jiang Hua continued to struggle, completely unaware that the neighbors around her were now looking at her differently.
Originally, after the incident with Bu Ling, everyone's impression of Jiang Hua had already plummeted. However, this is not a case of "familiarity breeds contempt," and since the knife hadn't fallen on them personally, and Jiang Hua had returned from the countryside after more than a year in such a miserable state, people couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
After all, they had watched her grow up and felt that it wasn't easy for her to go to the countryside alone. In addition, Jiang Hua was trying to change her image in the courtyard, so everyone's opinion of her had changed a lot.
But unexpectedly, Jiang Hua's mother-in-law suddenly appeared, accusing her of stealing the family's life-saving money. Given what had happened with Bu Ling before, everyone believed her almost without hesitation. Before anyone could say anything, Aunt Shen, having received the news, rushed over:
"Let go of my daughter!" she shouted, her hand about to slap Jiang Hua's mother-in-law.
But Jiang Hua's mother-in-law had been living in the countryside for many years, so how could she be hit? She dodged the slap in a flash, and even then, she didn't forget to grab Jiang Hua: "In-law, I didn't come here to find your daughter. As long as you return my money, I'll leave immediately and won't bother you!"
When Aunt Shen saw the injuries on Jiang Hua's face and the red marks on her hands from the evening, she unceremoniously grabbed Jiang Hua's mother-in-law and said, "My daughter said she didn't take it, so she didn't take it. Don't try to extort us!"
"You're talking nonsense! What do you think your daughter is? If she hadn't stolen my money, I wouldn't have bothered coming all this way to find her!" Jiang Hua's mother-in-law was no pushover either.
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