Chapter 4: Resigned to Fate
"Why did you hit me again?"
"Because you deserve a beating!"
"Sister, you are unreasonable. What did I do?"
Jiang Yaozu blinked bitterly, but the other party rolled his eyes and ignored him. However, Jiang Hudi took over the conversation with a gloating look on his face.
"Who told you to trick her into going to the ditch? Your brain wasn't very good to begin with, and now you're really going crazy sometimes.
I followed her every day, squatting by the small ditch, and became familiar with the mosquitoes.
Humph, you deserve to be beaten!"
In reality, no one stipulated that Jiang Hudi had to follow Jiang Zhaodi, but the child was frightened by her mother's crazy behavior that day. She always felt that if her elder sister fell into the ditch and really drowned, it would be her fault for not keeping a close eye on her, so she was keeping a close eye on her.
"It's really not my fault. Who lied to her?"
When talking about the reason why he was beaten every day, Jiang Yaozu was so miserable that he burst into tears.
"When fish scales appear in the sky, the fish in the ditch start to flip around. When lumpy clouds appear in the sky, a swarm of fish appears in the ditch!
That's exactly what the rhyme grandma taught me said. My eldest sister didn't get anything from the ditch so she didn't have the good fortune to eat. What does this have to do with me?
Why do you keep hitting me? I can just stop saying anything from now on! Woo woo woo, you are so unreasonable…"
Just cry if you want to, no one will pay attention to him.
Mrs. Xu looked at her eldest daughter with worry in her eyes.
"Why do you keep splashing around in the ditch all day? How come you're not afraid of drowning? Have you forgotten the last time you choked on the water? Can you please not go there and save me some trouble?"
"become."
The straightforward agreement made Xu, who thought she would be wasting her breath again, stunned.
"Really not going?"
The eldest daughter suddenly became so easy to talk to that it was a little hard for everyone to get used to. Jiang Wan smiled and took a bite of the whole grain steamed bread on the table.
Coarse grains are indeed coarse grains, they make people's throats sore.
She tried hard to swallow all the tiny bits of sour and dull pain into her stomach.
There's no going back, she knows.
"Well, I've learned how to swim. I promise I won't drown again. I don't have to flounder around anymore."
"That's good."
A smile also appeared on Xu's face.
"I'm busy with work every day and don't have the time to look after the second and third daughters. Can you help me look after them a little longer in the future? Take the second girl with you when you go out to play."
Jiang Wan looked up at her.
"Got it, Mom, hurry up and eat. If you don't eat, I'll beat Jiang Lao San."
"Haha, you little girl. Okay, okay, I'll eat right away. You guys should eat quickly too. Wash up quickly before it gets dark so you can save some lamp oil."
At their mother's command, the children quickened their pace.
After finishing his meal and washing up and lying on the bed, Jiang Wan saw the jade plate hanging in the sky through the window and couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
The ancients could not see the moon of today, but the ancient moon also shines on those who are lost.
It's clearly the same moon, so how could it be divided into two worlds? Who would want to come to this ancient, shabby place? No air conditioning, no Wi-Fi, no food, no drink, no purpose. Just thinking about it makes life seem hopeless.
How good was it when you worked in the Third Hospital?
Aside from the old dean, she's the most mentally stable. She's often singled out for praise during meetings, and Xiao Jiang is the most popular doctor in the psychiatry department at the Third Hospital. She's a great patient confidant, and her future looks bright. Blah blah blah...
How could she be so irritable every day after coming to this shabby place? In the past, her colleagues would only be able to ask her, an expert, to help when they were able to get along well with the patients.
well.
He let out a long sigh.
"Jiang Zhaodi, what are you doing here in the middle of the night?"
Jiang Hudi, who was sleeping on the other side of the bed, turned over and looked at her with his eyes wide open.
Under the moonlight, her eyes shine especially brightly.
"Don't call me that nickname. It makes me irritable."
"Hmm? What do you mean?"
"What I mean is that you should go to sleep now, and we will change our names tomorrow morning."
"Why change the name?"
"Why are you asking so many whys? If you keep chattering and not sleeping, I won't beat Jiang Lao San!"
"No, sister, I'm going to sleep now!"
Seeing Jiang Yaozu being beaten was her greatest joy right now. How could she just stop beating him? The little girl quickly turned around and faced the wall, trying to fall asleep in a second.
Jiang Wan curled the corners of his mouth in a humorous way, then closed his eyes helplessly and accepted his fate.
The moon outside the window looked away from the windowsill with great satisfaction. Then it used all its might to shed its silver light, lighting the way home for the man who was galloping on his horse on the official road.
When the sky was just beginning to turn pale, the tall horses that had been running desperately for a long time were finally allowed to rest by the river to drink water and eat.
"Brother Jiang, are you almost home?"
"Well, it's about half a day's journey."
The unshaven Jiang Huailiang took the dry food from his personal guards, sat down on the ground with a heroic attitude, and stuffed his bread with big mouthfuls. He also gulped down half a bag of water, and after quenching his hunger and thirst, he turned his head and looked around, his face full of nostalgia.
"When I was first drafted into the army by the imperial court, the first place I rested was by the Black River. I cried for half the night, determined to die. I felt so sorry for my parents, wife, and children."
He squatted by the river and looked at his dusty appearance. He quickly scooped up a handful of water to wash his hands and face, and smoothed his hair in vain, trying to make himself look cleaner.
Zhang Jingguang laughed at him.
"Brother Jiang, why are you so nervous about coming home to pick someone up? This isn't like you at all. You're more like a shy young wife, hahaha!"
The others laughed too.
They are all comrades who have been together through life and death in the trenches, and there is no such thing as hierarchy in private.
Jiang Huailiang raised his big hand and threw a handful of water over, then stood up cursing.
"You know nothing! I'm just like, oh, I'm homesick."
"Is it because you're afraid of being home, or because you're afraid of being near your sister-in-law?"
Zhang Jingguang is a good person, very righteous. But he can be very mean with his mouth.
"I heard that my sister-in-law is very beautiful. Look at how rough you are now. Don't let people think you are a father with his daughter when you stand next to him! Hahaha, Brother Jiang, are you worried?"
The soldiers and generals next to him all laughed together, which made Jiang Huailiang so angry that he was puffing his beard and glaring.
"Get lost, you're a bunch of illiterate scoundrels. Stop asking about the affairs of educated people!"
She was so angry that she tilted her chin towards Zhang Jingguang, the bastard, and started to retort.
"No matter how unremarkable I am, I still have a family. Who would be like you and still act alone at this age? The King of Huai gave the generals a reward to return home to pick up their relatives. You are a lone wolf, why are you joining in the fun?"
This kick really hit Zhang Jingguang's lung. He jumped up from the ground with a roar, his eyes as big as copper bells.
"Why can't I go back home?
You are allowed to go back to your hometown to pick up your wives, children, and parents, and show off to the surrounding villages, but why can't you allow me to go back to my hometown to visit the graves?
I'll go back!
It will also let all the old men and women in the underworld know that their sons have become successful and become generals!"
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