While holding He Fangfang, Grandma Jin turned to Jiang Shushu and said, "Miss, thank you so much today. If it weren't for you, Fangfang would be gone today."
"Grandma, you're welcome. I just hope this sister is fine." Jiang Shushu pretended to smooth out her wet clothes, looking very uncomfortable wearing wet clothes.
"Girl, we live nearby. Your clothes are all wet. Go to the old woman's house. I'll get my daughter-in-law's clothes for you to wear first, and then I'll dry your clothes. Don't worry, I'm not a bad person. These old ladies and children all know us."
Grandmas: "Yes, we all know them. Grandma Jin and Fang Fang are good people."
Children: “Grandma Jin and Sister Fangfang are very nice.”
"Okay, thank you grandma, these wet clothes are really uncomfortable to wear." I was waiting for you to say this, how could I refuse?
"Fangfang, let's go back and change our wet clothes first. We can discuss anything later."
"Okay." After crying for a while, He Fangfang finally figured it out. She wanted to stand up, but her legs had no strength.
Jiang Shushu moved the small bamboo basket to her left hand and said, "Sister, let me help you." Then Grandma Jin and Jiang Shushu each held one of He Fangfang's arms, and the three of them walked towards home.
While chatting on the way, the three exchanged names, addresses, and jobs. Jiang Shushu also learned that Grandma Jin and He Fangfang lived in the same compound, and their houses were connected, separated by a wall.
When they returned to the compound, He Fangfang refused Grandma Jin's offer to give Jiang Shushu her daughter-in-law's clothes, and instead took out her best set of clothes and handed them to Jiang Shushu.
"Shushu, wear this set of clothes. It's new. I just washed it yesterday and haven't worn it yet." I bought this set of clothes specially. I originally wanted to keep it as my burial clothes after my death. Now that I don't need it anymore, I gave it to Shushu as a thank you for saving her life.
"Okay, thank you Sister Fangfang." Between old clothes and new clothes, Jiang Shushu definitely likes new clothes.
After they changed their wet clothes, He Fangfang said happily, "This outfit looks really good on Shushu. It seems like it was tailor-made for him. Shushu, I don't have anything good to give you, so I'll give this outfit to Shushu."
"No, no, Sister Fangfang. It's sunny outside now. My clothes can be worn in two hours at most after washing. Sister Fangfang has fair skin, and this dress will look great on her." We are people who want to do big things, and we can't take advantage of such small things.
Jiang Shushu was afraid that He Fangfang would continue to dwell on the issue of clothes, so he quickly changed the subject, "Sister Fangfang, where is the water? I want to wash the clothes first, otherwise it will be difficult to wash them after a long time." Only by washing the clothes could he stay at He Fangfang's house openly and find an opportunity to persuade her to sell her job to him.
"Shushu, sit down and rest. I'll wash your clothes."
"Sister Fangfang, let's stop fighting and wash together. This way it will be faster."
"good."
After they finished washing the clothes, they sat in the room in silence. Jiang Shushu was mentally drafting a draft of how to ask about work. He Fangfang was in no mood to speak. Although she no longer wanted to commit suicide, she was also confused about her future life.
"Sister Fangfang, I see you're feeling down. Can you tell me about your situation? I'll see if I can help. Someone involved may be confused, but someone on the sidelines can see things more clearly. Maybe your problem isn't unsolvable."
"You are still young and don't understand. Sister Fangfang's problem cannot be solved." She has been taking medicine for three consecutive months, but there is no effect at all.
"Sister Fangfang, even though I'm a few years younger than you, I know just as much as you do. My parents always say I'm the smartest kid in the Jiang family. Tell me about it and see if I can help you. If you don't, I'll definitely still be worried about you. Even if I go home, I won't be able to eat or sleep well."
"Ah, so serious?" He Fangfang was shocked.
"Yeah." Jiang Shushu nodded vigorously, so hurry up and speak!
"This...this..." He Fangfang was a little embarrassed. It was obvious that Shushu was not married, so she didn't have the nerve to tell her these things.
The way you hesitate is really frustrating. Why don't you just say something?
"Sister Fangfang, please tell me! If I really can't help, then I won't say anything more."
"Okay!" Anyway, he didn't plan to give the job to his so-called sister-in-law. Old Lady Zhou would definitely spread the news everywhere, and it would no longer be a secret by then.
"My biological parents and my adoptive father were good friends. After my parents died, he adopted me. My husband was adopted from his biological father's eldest brother. He wasn't favored by his biological parents since childhood, but we eventually fell in love and were married four years ago, with my adoptive father as witness. Two years ago, my adoptive father passed away, and my husband's biological parents started coming to their house frequently, asking him to honor them. He ignored them, so they came to me and even went to my workplace, causing a scene. It was incredibly annoying. My husband and I have been married for four years and haven't had any children. Three months ago, I went for a checkup and it turned out I was infertile. My husband's biological mother somehow found out and started threatening me, trying to get me to pay her back. I was afraid she would spread the news, so I gave her 20 yuan a month as hush money. Lately, she's gone even further, demanding I give my job to her daughter or else she'll make it public, making me miserable and my husband a laughingstock, forever humiliated. I was so overwhelmed that I thought I'd just die. Death would bring me freedom."
"Sister Fangfang, have you told your brother-in-law about the trouble his mother is causing? What did your brother-in-law say?" The husband is the key, and what to do depends on this husband.
He Fangfang shook her head: "I didn't dare to tell your brother-in-law. Your brother-in-law is a soldier. It's very dangerous every time he goes on a mission. I was afraid that he would worry about me when he was away and get distracted and injured during the mission. Besides, I could handle his biological mother before. But now she has caught me, and I have to endure her unreasonable demands. I wanted to deal with his biological mother first, and secretly take medicine. As long as I get better, I won't be afraid of his biological mother talking nonsense anymore. But I didn't expect that I took the medicine for three months, but it didn't work at all. The doctor said that I basically can't be a mother in this life.
My husband loves children. He used to always say we want two, a boy and a girl, with the boy looking like him and the girl looking like me. But none of that is happening anymore. I'm destined to never have children in my life. Sob… My husband is a good person, and I don't want to burden him anymore, but the thought of leaving him makes me feel worse than death. Shushu? What do you think I should do?
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