Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Let this sweetheart leave her, she...
The sun sets in the west.
Jiang Erdong got off work and was riding his bike home. When he arrived at the intersection, he found his wife sitting on the side of the road, apparently waiting for him.
Jiang Erdong stepped on the brakes and stopped the car. He said to Ma Lijuan angrily, "Can't you just go home after work? You have to wait here for me to pick you up. I've been exhausted all day, and you don't even think twice about me."
He works as a bricklayer with the villagers, working when there's work to do, and farming at home when there's no work. Recently, he's been working outside with a few other villagers, riding his bike every morning and returning around this time in the afternoon.
Upon hearing this, Ma Lijuan angrily retorted, "You're exhausted outside all day, but I'm not tired working in the fields at home. What other wife would treat a man like me? I wonder why I have to plant so much land every day?"
Jiang Erdong became a little impatient when he heard her say this, but since they were outside at the moment, he didn't want to argue with her, so he just asked her directly whether she wanted to come up or not. If she didn't want to come up, then forget it, and he just left.
This is what happens when a man gets married. He can't even talk properly.
However, Ma Lijuan didn't come to the intersection to wait for him just to quarrel with him. She came there to discuss something serious.
She quickly grabbed her man's sleeve and motioned him to get out of the car. The two of them walked slowly and talked.
Helpless, Jiang Erdong could only sigh, get off the car, and see what his wife was going to say. If she couldn't think of a flower, he would just ride away and ignore her.
"Xia Li is going to take the child away." Ma Lijuan said.
Jiang Erdong scoffed, "Is Xia Li crazy, or are you? She's a woman who's already gone, why would she come back to ask for a child?" He didn't believe this nonsense and prepared to ride away, ignoring this stupid woman. He was tired after a day, and now he had to listen to this nonsense when he got home.
"Oh, don't disbelieve it, it's true, absolutely true." Ma Lijuan thought to herself. She didn't believe it before, but Xia Li really did it.
Jiang Erdong saw that Ma Lijuan didn't seem to be fooling him, so he got out of the car and prepared to listen carefully.
The couple pushed the cart and walked forward together. People they knew on the road saw them and joked that the couple still had such a good relationship even though their children were so grown up.
Ma Lijuan, an extrovert, didn't think anything of it and replied a few words. Jiang Erdong, on the other hand, was a simple, introverted man, pushing the cart with his head down and moving forward.
After everyone left, Ma Lijuan continued to talk about what had just happened. She did not mention that she had secretly contributed to Xia Li's plan, but only talked about the final result, and her mother-in-law also agreed.
Now Jiang Erdong couldn't hold his temper anymore, he stopped and asked his wife how much she knew. How could his mother agree to such a thing? His brother Jiang Dong was not at home.
Ma Lijuan expressed her speculation: "I think our mother has done a good job. Xia Li seems to be doing well outside. Our mother, as a grandmother, treats Jiang Zai much closer than our family. How can she really cheat the child now? She must be thinking of letting the child stay with Xia Li first. Xia Li already has a child, a boy, and it will be difficult for her to find another husband in the future. Wait a few years and your brother will come back. How can the son not recognize his father? In the end, the two of them have to be together. You will see."
She was very confident in her guess because nothing else was possible.
Jiang Erdong glanced at her twice and reassured, "Mom really agreed. Are you sure?"
"I really agree."
Jiang Erdong frowned and nodded, "Okay, let's go home first."
At night, Charlie still rested in the west room.
She had originally invited Jiangzai, but even though the child had slept with her once before, for some reason he did not agree.
Charlie didn't know what was going on, but she thought to herself that the child might be away from his grandmother in the future, so she decided to let him stay with her for a while longer.
Jiang Dong's mother finally found time to tell the second son and his wife about this matter. Naturally, the two of them had no say and would not raise any objections. After all, this matter was also beneficial to the couple.
With Jiang Dong away, raising their nephew would inevitably be the responsibility of the couple. Now that Xia Li, their biological mother, was willing to take on the responsibility, they were more than happy to do so. How much food and trouble would that save them in the future?
This matter was settled in this way, without Jiangzai knowing anything about it.
Therefore, when Jiang Dong's mother told Jiang Zai, the child burst into great emotions.
In Jiang Dong's mother's house, Jiang Zai stood before his grandmother, his eyes instantly filled with tears, feeling so wronged. Jiang Zai didn't know where his grandmother wanted him and his mother to go, but he vaguely knew that he would have to leave his grandmother and home to live with his mother. He looked at his grandmother, then at his mother, not knowing what to do.
Charlie was at a loss when she saw the child crying like this. She didn't even know what to do or how to comfort him.
Jiang Dong's mother really loves her grandson. She raised him with all her heart. Wouldn't it be hard for her to let this beloved child leave her? However, there's nothing she can do about it. The child needs a mother's love when his father is not around. It's okay for her, the grandmother, to miss him too much. The child is still young and will forget about it over time. He will always live a good life with his mother.
She pulled the child to her side, wiped away his tears, and comforted him, "Jiangzai, dear child, don't cry! Grandma wants you to go with your mother first. Then we, Jiangzai, can wait at your mother's place for your father to come find you. Doesn't Jiangzai miss his father too?"
Xia Li didn't react too strongly to Jiang Dong's mother's suggestion that Jiang Dong go look for the child, because she knew that as long as she took the child away, Jiang Dong would inevitably come looking for him. She couldn't stop a father from seeing his son, and she couldn't stop Jiang Zai from thinking about his father.
However, even if Jiang Dong comes to find us, it will not happen immediately. It may take a few years, and no one knows what will happen by then.
So, she doesn't have to think about the future, she just needs to live a good life with Jiangzai now.
Jiangzai really missed his father, and his father had promised him that he would come back but he didn't. "Will Daddy go to see Jiangzai too? Then when will Daddy go? Jiangzai can wait for Daddy to come back at home and then go with Jiangzai?"
When Jiang Dong's mother heard the child's childish words, she could no longer hold back her tears and hugged the child in her arms. Tears flowed freely, but she did not cry out loud.
When Jiang Dong's mother calmed down and Jiang Zai stopped crying, Xia Li walked over to Jiang Zai and squatted down, looking at him tenderly. She told Jiang Zai, "Don't be afraid, Jiang Zai. Mom will take good care of you. If Jiang Zai misses grandma, we will call her and Dad will come to see him."
Charlie told him a lot of new and interesting things, as well as a lot of fun and delicious things, hoping that the child would be more willing.
Finally, the little guy nodded, as if he knew that his idea of walking with his father could not be realized. Finally, with tears in his eyes, he was tired of crying and fell asleep on his grandmother's shoulder.
In her last days, Grandma treated Jiangzi very well, making many of his favorite foods. She also packed up Jiangzi's clothes, thick and thin, for spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Although Xia Li knew that this was a grandmother's thoughtfulness and concern, she was worried that it would be difficult to carry on the road, so she told Jiang Dong's mother that the weather in Guangcheng is often hot and some people still wear summer clothes in November.
Jiang Dong's mother was surprised, but she actually thought it was a good idea. This would save a lot of material and money. Just think about how much effort and material the women in the village spend making cotton clothes and trousers for their children every year.
After that, he no longer stuffed thick clothes into Jiangzai's bag, but only put in his best winter clothes.
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