Halfway through the journey, Jiang Huaixu yawned and couldn't help falling asleep. When he woke up, the rain had stopped and it was completely dark. They had returned to Shili Village.
Seeing her wake up, Jiang Wei smiled proudly, "Little sister, many people from the village are here to pick us up!"
Jiang Huaixu rubbed her eyes and asked, "Why is it so noisy?" It was late at night and there were quite a few people enjoying the cool air.
After the sleepiness faded, she realized that she had been leaning on Jiang Erlang.
He stretched out his hand to Jiang Erlang and said, "Brother, did I press your arm? Let me rub it for you..."
"Sun Pangya!"
Jiang Wei opened her eyes wide and screamed. Jiang Huaixu immediately withdrew his hand and looked in the direction she was looking.
The torch flickered, but Sun Pangya was not only tall but also fat, so even though only a silhouette could be seen, she could still be clearly distinguished.
"Why has she lost some weight?" Jiang Wei muttered.
Jiang Huaixu knew about this. "Sister, you are too uninformed. Ever since the last incident, Sun Pangya's brother and sister-in-law have become increasingly dissatisfied with her. They must have been tortured..."
Jiang Erlang, who had been forgotten by Jiang Huaixu, moved his numb arms, looked at the two people lying beside the car and talking passionately, and shook his head helplessly.
"Dalang's wife, why did your family buy an ox cart? Tsk tsk, it must have cost a lot of money, right?"
Someone craned their neck to look at the car and asked, "What are you buying in the car?"
"Why do Uncle Jiang and Aunt Liu seem to have become richer after they split up?"
"No way! Ever since the dumb girl could talk, the Jiang family's life has been getting better and better. Maybe the dumb girl is a lucky star!"
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In response to the villagers' inquiries, Zheng Li Niang simply said, "It's almost autumn harvest time, so I bought an ox cart and prepared it."
I won’t say more.
Jiang Huaixu was like a cadre going to the countryside to inspect the people's conditions. When she saw someone greeting her, she waved at them with a smile.
Although Jiang Wei has a carefree personality, she is still hesitant and dares not speak when she sees her elders. Seeing her youngest sister like this, she can't help but admire her.
If she knew the term "social nerd syndrome", she would definitely attribute it to Jiang Huaixu.
Outside the crowd, Sun Pangya stared at Jiang Huaixu in the car with resentment.
If it weren't for her, her mother wouldn't have gotten sick, and her sisters-in-law wouldn't have been so mean to her.
All the suffering she is going through now will be avenged on this bitch sooner or later.
Thinking of this, her eyes fell on Jiang Erlang again. In the light of the fire, Jiang Erlang's face seemed to be more handsome than before.
Her mother used to tell her that the Jiang family was poor, and the eldest wife of the Jiang family had always subsidized the second wife. No matter how good Jiang Erlang was at studying, it would be useless if the old man Jiang was partial to him. What's more, Jiang Erlang was cold to her and didn't want her to be so kind.
After giving up, she was unwilling to give up, so she took out her anger on the little mute, but seeing that the Jiang family seemed to be rising again, if only...
A hint of greed flashed across Sun Pangya's eyes as she stared at the ox cart slowly moving away.
The group returned home in a lively atmosphere. Jiang Huaixu got out of the car and while others were talking, she simply washed up and went back to her room to sleep.
Her bones felt like they were falling apart all day.
It was too late, and everyone dispersed after a while. The Jiang family just unloaded the things from the car, talked for a while, and then went to rest.
The next day, Jiang Huaixu slept in for a while, fed the chickens, helped his sister-in-law light the fire and boil the medicine, then strolled to the old locust tree outside the yard.
Four children were waiting under the tree.
The oldest of these children was seven years old and the youngest was three years old, and she bribed them all with candy.
Several people squatted under a big locust tree, head to head, and talked excitedly.
The oldest one said, "My cousin said that recently Pang Yajie's brothers and sisters-in-law have been busy looking for men for Pang Yajie, but Pang Yajie doesn't like any of them. She said she wants to marry a scholar and won't marry anyone else."
Jiang Huaixu nodded, "And then?"
"She said it would be great if she could marry your second brother." Xiao Zhuzi answered quickly.
Tian Ya, who lived next door to Jiang Shujian, also said, "Sister Xu, Grandma Liu was scolding Sister Fu and Sister Rong at home yesterday, saying something about divorcing hens that don't lay eggs."
The youngest one, Xiaofeng, who is also Tianya’s younger brother, opened his eyes wide and just kept nodding, with a transparent liquid hanging under his mouth.
Jiang Huaixu nodded seriously, and did not forget to teach the little kids: "Don't learn to curse, otherwise you will become a person like Grandma Liu, okay?"
Tian Ya also nodded seriously. She disliked Grandma Liu the most. Grandma Liu loved to quarrel with her grandmother. Sometimes they quarreled through the wall. If she couldn't win the argument, she would mutter and curse while working, and then continue to quarrel next time.
Jiang Huaixu, who successfully got the inside scoop, took out the dragon beard candies from the small cloth bag with satisfaction and distributed them to the little kids.
Even Xiaofeng, who didn't provide any information, had one.
Tian Ya and Xiao Feng are siblings. Their grandparents have only one son, Jiang Dazhu. Two years ago, Jiang Dazhu went up the mountain and never came back. It was said that he was attacked by a wild beast and died tragically. However, the villagers took turns going up the mountain to look for him for two days and two nights but still couldn't find the body.
Not long after, Jiang Dazhu's wife left her two children and returned to her parents' home, and then found a new husband. From then on, the two children lived with their grandparents.
Tian Ya and Xiao Feng's grandparents are old, and the grain they harvest from the land, after paying taxes, is only enough to support the family.
The two of them never had enough to eat all year round and were as hungry as stick figures, with big heads and small bodies.
At this time, Xiaofeng was holding the dragon beard candy carefully, licked it happily, smiled with dimples showing, and licked it again.
Tian Ya took out a small cloth and wrapped the dragon beard candy, holding it tightly in her little hands, as if she was afraid that the dragon beard candy would grow legs and run away.
Jiang Huaixu knew that she wanted to take the candy back to her grandparents, so he sighed in his heart and touched her head.
"Okay, let's go play!" she said.
Watching the four people jumping and running away, she withdrew her gaze and trotted back home.
As soon as she stepped into the courtyard, Jiang Huaixu saw the whole family gathered together, as if they were looking at something rare. She paused, thought quickly, and made sure that nothing had gone wrong before stepping forward.
She stood on tiptoe and stretched her neck to look inside, muttering, "What are you looking at?"
When Jiang Sanlang heard her voice, he immediately asked, "Little sister, what did you buy?"
Seeing the five-spice powder in the jar, Jiang Huaixu waved his hand calmly: "The store owner said that adding this to stir-fry will make the taste better."
Boss Jiang frowned as he looked at the jar of salt. He had just tasted it and found that the salt was not only as white as snow, but also had no bitterness at all. He had never seen such salt before...
Thinking this way, the words came to my lips but I didn't ask them out loud.
Forget it, this kind of salt must be more expensive. I've already bought it, as long as it's edible, and it's better than before, why ask so many questions?
"Alright, alright, get busy, Dalang's wife, use this pot to cook breakfast."
Jiang Huaixu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that they had no questions about the pot.
The big iron pot bought from the mall is much more refined than the pots of this era. She is also annoyed by the fact that there are too many excuses.
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