When the child was one month old, there was no big celebration. Instead, according to the local custom, they just went back to the village to invite Jiang Mingwen's family to dinner and had a great time together.
However, Jiang Shushu asked Yang Xiaobei to have two silver padlocks the size of thumbs made, one for each of the two children, to bless them to grow up safely. On the day when the children were one month old, Jiang Shushu was officially released from confinement (although Jiang Shushu had no health problems, in order to pretend, Jiang Shushu mostly walked around the house or nearby before the confinement, and most of the time she lay in the house to rest).
Jiang Shushu has a cousin named Jiang Huamei, who has been married and lived in Q City for 22 years. When Jiang Huamei heard Jiang He was looking for someone to help take care of his grandchildren, she immediately offered her services. Knowing Jiang Huamei's character, Jiang He and his wife agreed without hesitation. However, Jiang Huamei's second son wouldn't be able to take over Jiang Huamei's job until the end of May at the earliest, so Jiang Huamei had to wait until June 1st to officially start caring for the children.
Jiang Shushu was worried that Jiang He and his wife would be too tired to take care of the baby, and since Li Li was also busy with her current job, Jiang Shushu decided to wait until June 1st to officially go back to work.
The night before, Jiang Shushu learned from Feng Yushu that the butcher shop would be getting an extra batch of mutton at 1 p.m. today, on a first-come, first-served basis, with a limit of three pounds per household. (The reason for this unexpected bonus was to give internal employees a heads-up, so their families could purchase in advance.) To get the fresh mutton, Jiang Shushu set out at noon, fearing another surprise at the butcher shop.
Mutton is a good thing. Once it appears, it will spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. People like Jiang Shushu who know the news in advance can only have an advantage of ten minutes at most. If you miss this golden ten minutes, no one can say whether you can buy mutton.
When Jiang Shushu arrived at the butcher shop at 12:20, he saw several people waiting not far away. Although they were separated and not obvious, everyone's attention was focused on the butcher shop.
More and more people arrived, but they were all smart enough to find an inconspicuous place to stay, for fear that people passing by would see their purpose and spread the news. Everyone could guess each other's purpose, and no one spoke, no one said anything, just waited quietly.
Jiang Shushu: "..." As expected, there are still many smart people in the world. Look at how tacitly they understand each other and how well they whitewash the situation..."
Jiang Shushu said helplessly: "Well, I'm one of them, haha... It's actually really cool to get in through the back door. This kind of behavior that tests the public's sharp eyes is actually quite exciting."
Jiang Shushu was waiting bored, but when he looked up, he saw Yan Beiyang, which made Jiang Shushu embarrassed.
Ever since their last meeting in the park, Yan Beiyang had completely disappeared from Jiang Shushu's world.
Jiang Shushu was quite worried. Should he go up and say hello out of moral obligation? Or should he pretend he didn't see anything? If he did, he was afraid of causing unnecessary misunderstandings. If he didn't, it would seem impolite. After all, after everyone talked it out, they were all fine.
Yan Beiyang didn't expect to meet Jiang Shushu here. Yan Beiyang really liked Jiang Shushu before. After they officially broke up, Yan Beiyang was afraid that he could not control himself, so he consciously avoided Jiang Shushu. He never went to the place where Jiang Shushu worked or near her home, never asked about Jiang Shushu's affairs, and would apply for business trips whenever he could... It took him more than a year to get over it, to see things clearly, and to let himself go.
Later, avoiding each other became a habit. Yan Beiyang didn't want to cause trouble for Jiang Shushu, so he habitually avoided going close to Jiang Shushu's workplace and residence. So since the two officially broke up, the two really only met this time in all these years.
While Jiang Shushu was still struggling, Yan Beiyang approached, smiling gently. "Jiang Shushu, long time no see. How have you been these past few years? I don't mean anything special, just the concern of an ordinary friend." Shushu's face flushed, and he must be living a happy life. I have to admit that Shushu's choice was indeed the right one. Yang Xiaobei is indeed a person worthy of entrusting one's life to. He is indeed a person who is good at handling problems, better than me.
"Yan Beiyang, long time no see. I'm fine. How about you?" Yan Beiyang is a nice person. I hope he is doing well.
"It's pretty good, and I'm living a carefree life."
Then the two of them fell into an awkward situation.
Jiang Shushu smiled awkwardly, "Haha, are you here to buy meat too?" I don't want to eat these three pounds of mutton anymore, but it would seem too deliberate to leave now.
"Yes, a friend told me. I came over here to take a look. I didn't expect to meet you. You look very good. He must be very good to you. He has good taste. I have to admit that Yang Xiaobei is indeed more clear-headed than me." It's a pity that it took me more than 20 years to see it clearly.
"He's really good. We're doing well. You're actually quite good, too." After all these years, they should be married, right? They've only been together for three months. Even if there was affection, it would have worn off over the years, right? There can't be any deep feelings between them by now, right? Otherwise, there's really no way we'd be able to continue this conversation.
"Aren't you going to ask me if I'm married? We were friends before, after all. A few words of concern wouldn't be too much, right?"
"No, no, I haven't had time to ask yet. Are you married?" An ex-boyfriend of mine asked you whether you are married or not. Do you think it's appropriate?
"Do you want me to get married? Or do you not want me to get married?"
Jiang Shushu: "..." I want to curse, do you know? Brother, we are not suitable to talk about such a sensitive topic. They have not seen each other for several years, not just a few days.
Jiang Shushu thought of Yan Beiyang's good character in the past, and sincerely wished him well: "I hope you get married. I hope you can find someone like-minded to marry, and then live happily for the rest of your life." Then they went their separate ways.
"Congratulations, you guessed wrong. I'm not married, but I have a partner and I should be getting married soon."
Jiang Shushu: "..." Is it necessary for your words to be so ups and downs? Has Yan Beiyang ever been so mean before?
"Congratulations, congratulations!"
"Thank you... Jiang Shushu, thank you so much. If you hadn't appeared back then, I probably wouldn't have known how important I was in the hearts of my parents, brother and sister-in-law, nephews, and nieces. I might still be foolishly giving to them. Our family has split up now, and apart from the 5 yuan pension I give them every month, I don't have to care about them anymore. I live a very easy life now. At the beginning, I blamed you for not giving me more time. I also blamed myself for being so stupid. But now I really want to thank you. It's you who made me see my family clearly."
It turned out that Dong Dayun forced Yan Beiyang to go on a blind date out of spite. When Yan Beiyang ignored Dong Dayun, Dong Dayun got angry and married Yan Beiyang a weak-willed wife without his consent.
Dong Dayun's behavior completely annoyed Yan Beiyang. Yan Beiyang went crazy on the spot and beat his two brothers half to death. He also threatened to split up the family and never have any contact with each other again. If they didn't agree, they would go back to the countryside to farm together.
The girl originally came here hoping to live a good life, but when she saw Yan Beiyang beating people so brutally, she immediately burst into tears and extorted 100 yuan from Dong Dayun, then packed up and left.
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