Chapter 28 Chapter 28 "I have considered the matter of accompanying the army carefully...

"Auntie said so, you should think about it carefully." Auntie Niu wanted to say a few more words, but her grandson Niu Zhuangzhuang came over and called her to eat, "That's it for now, we'll talk about it another day."

Jiang Qiuyue's porridge was almost cooked. She heard some noise in the yard and saw Lin Zhengrong getting up. She shouted, "Eat."

"I just saw Aunt Niu." Lin Zhengrong said.

"Well, she came to ask me about Jiang Yuanzong and Zhou Cuicui. Two people died at once, and the villagers were a little scared."

Jiang Qiuyue paused, looked up at Lin Zhengrong, "She also said that Zhou Cuicui and I had just had a quarrel, and now she is dead, and people who gossip will say that it was my fault, so she asked me to go with you to join the army."

"So what do you think?" Lin Zhengrong was eating sweet potatoes. He would get hungry easily if he ate only porridge.

"I'll think about it." Jiang Qiuyue was actually tempted, but before making such an important decision, she would give herself some time to calm down. After she calmed down, she still wanted to follow the army, so she would make a decision. Otherwise, it would be easy to regret it in the future if she made a decision while emotional. "Will Wang Chunhua and Lin Fugui be back soon?"

"Well, it should be a few days." Lin Zhengrong said.

When Lin Beibei heard that grandma was coming back, a trace of fear flashed across his eyes. He didn't like grandma. "Dad, can you let grandma not come back?"

Looking at his son, Lin Zhengrong went to see Jiang Qiuyue, "I think Beibei and the others are quite afraid of the people next door."

Jiang Qiuyue said yes, and she touched her son's little face, "Don't be afraid, with your parents here, no one can bully you."

Lin Beibei hummed heavily, finished the last of the porridge, put down the bowl and chopsticks, and said, "I'm going to go play with Brother Zhuangzhuang."

Brother Zhuangzhuang said he was going to catch longhorn beetles in the afternoon, and Lin Beibei was very excited. He asked his sister if she wanted to go with him, but Lin Nannan shook her head, so he went alone.

On the afternoon of the next day, the Zhou family brought back Zhou Cuicui's body and said that no problems were found during the examination. They concluded that Zhou Cuicui either committed suicide or fell into the water accidentally.

The Zhou family was unwilling to accept this result, so they went to the Chen family and beat Chen Ping. Chen Ping was beaten black and blue. Finally, it was Hu Haizhi who stepped in and allowed the Zhou family to go back.

When Chen Meiru came to Jiang Qiuyue with a basket of vegetables, she told her about this. "You didn't see it. Chen Ping was in such a terrible state. His head was broken. In my opinion, it's not Chen Ping's fault. He didn't break his leg on purpose. If Zhou Cuicui wanted to leave, he couldn't stop her."

"I'm being frank, don't mind me. During this time, don't go to the Zhou family's door. It's natural for Zhou Cuicui's parents to be sad. Let's avoid them and talk about it later."

Chen Meiru came here today specifically to say this. Her husband said that too many things have happened in the village recently, and asked her to remind Jiang Qiuyue to prevent any more trouble.

"Don't worry, sister. I never take the initiative to cause trouble." Jiang Qiuyue said.

"I know you are a sensible person. This is wild wild rice. My boy went to pick it. He was so busy talking to you that he forgot to give this to you." Chen Meiru took out the wild rice and said, "Don't give it away. You should make it earlier." I have to go home and see if those little guys have cooked."

The children are grown up and can help with many things at home. Chen Meiru is not someone who spoils children. Every child has to do something.

Jiang Qiuyue still sent Chen Meiru to the door. When she was about to enter the yard, she saw Jiang Chuntao coming and her expression instantly softened.

"Qiuyue." Jiang Chuntao had a white flower on her arm. "Dad will be buried tomorrow. Can you go back and see him?"

"No." Jiang Qiuyue refused directly. "Wouldn't it be better if the person died? No one would force you to give money anymore. Why do you have to drag me along? Don't you want to listen to what I say?"

"The person is dead, why are you still holding a grudge?" Jiang Chuntao didn't understand. Now everyone in the village was afraid of their family. "Let the past be the past. Mom and my sisters weren't that bad to you, were they?"

"That's not good either!" Jiang Qiuyue got angry when she looked at Jiang Chuntao.

She made it clear enough that she didn't want to have any contact with them, but the Jiang family acted as if they didn't listen and still came to see her as usual.

Jiang Chuntao's eyes were red and swollen, and she couldn't cry anymore. "But at least your parents raised you. Yaozu was beaten by Yunchuan and is lying in the hospital. You are still named Jiang. You just watch and do nothing. Aren't you afraid that others will poke your spine?"

Her original intention was to let Jiang Qiuyue attend the funeral. By then, all the uncles and elders of the Jiang family would be there, and everyone would say something, putting enough pressure on Jiang Qiuyue. Jiang Qiuyue would not remain indifferent.

Now that dad is dead and the family has lost its pillar, Jiang Qiuyue is the one who has the best life among the sisters. If Jiang Qiuyue doesn't help mom and brother, how will they live in the future?

Before the burial, Jiang Chuntao came over specially in order to let Jiang Qiuyue go back.

"I'm so happy that Jiang Yaozu got beaten up, what should I be afraid of?" Jiang Qiuyue sneered, "Don't try to blackmail me with morality. If you come to my house and nag again, I'll beat you up!"

"My life now is not good because of the Jiang family, but because I have made myself proud and stopped being pushed around. Jiang Chuntao, I have already made a clear distinction between you and me, so don't come looking for me again. Your words are of no use to me at all. Jiang Yuanzong deserved to die, and God took him away. I can't wait to set off firecrackers to celebrate."

"Qiuyue you..."

"What do you mean by 'I'?" Jiang Qiuyue said in a heavier tone, "Don't I know your little tricks? It's just that you don't want to spend so much money, and you thought that when I go to the Jiang family, you will find a group of people to blame me and let me take the money. I tell you, it's impossible. If you want me to give money to that loser Jiang Yaozu, I must be crazy!"

Jiang Chuntao couldn't say anything more. She pointed at Jiang Qiuyue for a while before asking the question in her heart, "They said that you were the one who reported my father. Is that true?"

"Is this question important? It is a fact that Jiang Yuanzong and Yu Qingqing were having an affair. Don't you hate them for so many years?"

Since Jiang Chuntao wanted to bring it up, Jiang Qiuyue didn't mind being more straightforward. "Yu Qingqing said back then that we have four daughters, and it's just right to marry three of them to the Yun family. This way she can save money on the betrothal gifts, and the two families are closer. Jiang Chuntao, you almost married Yunchuan back then, but you know what kind of person Yunchuan is, right?"

Jiang Chuntao was scared to death at that time. Yunchuan had a bad temper since he was a child and would beat people for no reason. All the children of the same age in the village were afraid of him.

When she heard Yu Qingqing say this, she cried all night and knelt down to beg her mother not to agree, but her mother said that she couldn't make the decision and had to listen to her father. Jiang Chuntao knew that her father might really agree to it if Yu Qingqing whispered in his ear.

At that time, she happened to see Wu Li and knew that the Wu family had prepared a generous betrothal gift. Jiang Chuntao deliberately showed her goodwill to Wu Li and asked Wu Li to go to her house to propose marriage.

Jiang Chuntao did not receive a single cent in dowry when she married Yunchuan, but Wu Li was able to give a dowry of 100 yuan, as well as chicken and pork. The greedy Jiang Yuanzong immediately agreed, thus saving Jiang Chuntao from disaster.

Speaking of Yu Qingqing, Jiang Chuntao also hated her in her heart. She had been helping to wash clothes for the four brothers of the Yun family since she was a child. Most of the time, her mother was beaten because of Yu Qingqing's instigation.

But she hated Qingqing, but she would not blame her biological father. She felt that as a daughter, her parents raised her, and no matter how many faults her parents had, she should be filial to them.

But seeing Jiang Qiuyue not caring about anything, she felt unbalanced.

"Why can't you speak?"

Jiang Qiuyue raised her eyebrows and smiled, "I know all your little tricks, don't pretend to be a good person in front of me. It's getting late, I have to cook."

"Qiuyue, if you insist on being so cruel, I can't do anything to you. But I hope you won't regret it one day in the future."

Jiang Chuntao took a deep breath, "Can you guarantee that Lin Dazhu will treat you well for the rest of his life? Can you be sure that he won't get tired of the old and abandon you? Without Lin Dazhu, you'll just be an ordinary village woman, without even a job and without the support of your family. Aren't you afraid?"

This time, before Jiang Qiuyue could speak, Lin Zhengrong came over and stood beside her. "Don't worry about this. The relationship between Qiuyue and I doesn't need anyone to question it."

His hand naturally rested on Jiang Qiuyue's shoulder, "If you continue to sow discord between us, I don't mind making you suffer a little."

Seeing Lin Zhengrong come out, Jiang Chuntao suddenly became silent.

Jiang Qiuyue and Lin Zhengrong closed the door. Jiang Chuntao felt that her trip was in vain and she went home angrily.

When we got home, it was already dark.

Fang Zhaodi looked haggard, "So, Qiuyue still doesn't want to come back?"

Jiang Chuntao shook her head. "She said she wasn't afraid of being criticized. I asked her if she was the one who reported it, but she didn't answer directly. I think it was probably her."

"She...how did she become like this?" Fang Zhaodi started crying again. "Your father will be buried tomorrow, and she didn't even look at him. How could I have such a daughter?"

"Mom, don't cry. I see through it. Qiuyue is now hard-hearted. We can't be soft with her." Jiang Chuntao's eyes flashed with hatred.

"What can you do?" Fang Zhaodi asked, wiping her tears.

Jiang Chuntao went to her mother's side and said, "She is unkind, we are unjust, we are like this..."

While Jiang Chuntao and Fang Zhaodi were talking in low voices, Jiang Xiahe, who was sitting next to them, looked at her father's funeral hall with an expressionless face and listened to the conversation between the two.

The next day, Jiang Yuanzong was buried, but not many people came to see him off. Yun Lang, as Jiang Xiahe's husband, did not show up either.

Instead, Yun Lang waited for Jiang Xiahe at the intersection only after Jiang Yuanzong was buried.

Yu Qingqing tried her best to get her sons to marry daughters of the Jiang family, but in the end only Yunlang married Jiang Xiahe, and he did so by using shameful means.

The relationship between the two families is now tense. Jiang Xiahe has not returned to the Yun family for two days. She was pulled aside by Yun Lang, and after the crowd dispersed, Yun Lang asked her when she would go home.

"Aren't you afraid that I will be like my dad?" Jiang Xiahe looked up at Yun Lang.

"A husband and wife for a day are bound by a hundred days of grace. You and I are a married couple, not an adulterer." Yun Lang narrowed his eyes, "I don't mind, what are you afraid of?"

"Now that your father is dead and my mother is dead, we brothers will soon separate and live our own lives behind closed doors." He paused and suddenly grabbed Jiang Xiahe's neck, "Or do you mean you don't want to continue living with me?"

"Yunlang, you... cough cough... let go!" Jiang Xiahe hit Yunlang's hand, but she had no strength to push Yunlang away.

After a while, Yun Lang finally let her go. "I tell you, if you marry into my family, you will be my person in life and my ghost in death. You and your lover will never be together in this life!"

"I'll give you one last night. Come back to me tomorrow, otherwise you know what I mean. Your lover hasn't gotten married for all these years just because of you!" Yun Lang said the harsh words and turned to go back to the village.

Jiang Xiahe didn't yell until Yun Lang was out of sight. She wished Yun Lang would die. But Yun Lang was not Yun Chuan. Yun Lang was the most hypocritical person in the Yun family. In the past, when the Yun brothers bullied others, Yun Lang would always show some concern.

She changed direction and did not return to Jiangjia Village, but went to Taohua Village.

When Jiang Qiuyue saw her second sister, she was first surprised, then impatient.

In her memory, Jiang Xiahe was a person of few words, who only cared about work, similar to the original owner, but more stubborn than the original owner.

"I'm not here to persuade you to help the Jiang family. I want to make an exchange with you." Jiang Xiahe got straight to the point. "Can you let me into the yard to talk?"

Hearing Jiang Xiahe say this, Jiang Qiuyue became interested and asked someone to enter the yard. "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"I want to divorce Yun Lang. Can you help me think of a solution?" Jiang Xiahe sat on a low stool, clenched her fists, gritted her teeth and said word by word, "I must divorce him!"

Seeing how Jiang Xiahe hated Yun Lang, Jiang Qiuyue suddenly remembered why Jiang Xiahe married Yun Lang.

On Jiang Chuntao's wedding day, Jiang Xiahe was found sleeping with Yunlang. Jiang Xiahe cried and said she was drunk and didn't know what happened. But so many people saw it, and Jiang Yuanzong forced Jiang Xiahe to marry him for the sake of face.

"Now that Jiang Yuanzong is dead, if you want a divorce, just apply directly. Or are you afraid of Yunlang's revenge?" Jiang Qiuyue asked.

"He is two different people in front of others and behind their backs. The villagers say that he is different from the other brothers of the Yun family and that he is still a good person, but in fact, he is the worst one. If I file for divorce with him, the villagers will persuade me and say that I am causing trouble."

Speaking of Yun Lang, Jiang Xiahe only felt hatred, "Qiuyue, I haven't read much either, I don't know why you suddenly woke up, but you must have been forced out because you couldn't make it anymore. I don't need you to do anything for me, just help me think of a solution. In order not to give birth to a child for Yun Lang, I soaked myself in cold water when I got pregnant two years ago, and I miscarried two children. Do you know how much I hate him?"

Afraid that Jiang Qiuyue would refuse, Jiang Xiahe immediately continued, "Yesterday I heard my eldest sister say that after Dad is buried, she will let Mom bring Yaozu to your doorstep to set up a tent to annoy you. After a long time, the people in Taohua Village will definitely point fingers at you. If you still refuse to give the money, after Lin Dazhu goes to the army, they will find a way to take your two children away. Mom is the children's grandmother. Even if you call the police, they will just say that you miss your nephew, and it won't be considered kidnapping."

"You know, this has always been the case in our family. Everyone has to put Yaozu first. Now that Dad is dead and our family has such a bad reputation in the village, Mom will definitely pester you to death in order to find a wife for Yaozu."

Jiang Qiuyue really wanted to get angry when she heard Jiang Chuntao and Fang Zhaodi set their sights on Beibei and Nannan.

As expected, the death of Jiang Yuanzong was not enough, Jiang Chuntao still refused to listen to what she said.

"Okay, I get it. Since you can tell me this, I should give you some advice."

Jiang Qiuyue thought for a moment, "You're right. Not many people would file for divorce now. Everyone is just forbearing and going on with their lives. Since Yunlang is so hypocritical, you can expose his true colors first. He will attack you, right? You can take the opportunity of not going home to argue with him, and let him attack you, and the captain and the others will find out. Even with this, they won't advise you to divorce, they will just sigh that Yunlang is such a person."

"Then what?" Jiang Xiahe couldn't wait to know what to do next.

"After Yunlang's true face is exposed, he will definitely take revenge and force you to go home with him. Mom and Big Sister will also persuade you that in their eyes, only honoring their ancestors is the most important thing. They don't care whether you are happy or not. They are just afraid that your affairs will affect the reputation of the Jiang family again."

Jiang Qiuyue knew the personalities of the Jiang family members very well. "When you are forced to return to the Yun family, I will let Dazhu secretly rescue you, which will anger Yun Lang again."

"All of this is to make Yunlang say it himself. He deliberately got you drunk and forced you. Only by letting him die can you get rid of him. Second sister, you are willing to abort Yunlang's child. You should not be soft-hearted, right?"

"I can't!" Jiang Xiahe was very sure.

Jiang Qiuyue and Jiang Xiahe discussed more details. After Jiang Xiahe left, Jiang Qiuyue found Lin Zhengrong and said, "I have thought about what you said about joining the army."