Chapter 174 Landlord Kang Family (Part 2)
"What nonsense are you talking about? Guoqiang is already registered in the An family's household registration book. He is your legitimate eldest brother. He is the child I raised. Although he has a bad temper and is a bit domineering, he is definitely not the person you say he is!" Kang Xiaohua explained quickly. In the past, there were so many children in the family and the girl was unwilling to marry into the family and suffer. But in the past year, Guoqiang has been working and has room for choice in marriage.
She couldn't let those two bastards from the An family ruin Guoqiang's marriage at such a critical moment!
"You're wrong, Aunt Kang, our household registration has been implicated. You are on my father's household registration, so you can't show off to us brothers and sisters. Our mother passed away a long time ago, so how could she give birth to a big brother for us?" An Zhixia snorted and laughed, turning her head to look at the Kang family's grandparents and grandchildren who lived in the back house.
Although they both have the surname Kang, they have nothing to do with Kang Xiaohua. Kang Xiaohua is a native of the countryside of Kyoto, while the Kang family did migrate from Shanghai. Their ancestors were landlords, but they managed to escape the disaster because they donated their wealth early on, expressing their determination to break away from the old society.
The Kang landlord family had difficulty in having children, and after experiencing war, many people in the family died or left, leaving only the grandparents and grandchildren to depend on each other. Mrs. Kang gritted her teeth and took her grandson with her last savings to work. She changed her identity and went north to Kyoto to rent a back house. She barely made a living by pasting matchboxes, sweeping the streets, and washing clothes for others. Although her life here was low-key and poor, no one knew the old lady and grandson of the Kang family in Shanghai anymore.
An Zhixia knew so much, but it was the original owner's mother who said it casually. It turned out that An's mother was not a native of Kyoto, but a maid from a wealthy family in Shanghai. She had met Mrs. Kang. An's mother asked her to have a good relationship with the Kang family's grandparents and grandchildren. Not to say that she was too close, but she couldn't discriminate and bully them with tinted glasses like other people.
On the contrary, it was this pair of grandparents and grandchildren who relied on hard work who gave them a lot of help. Even if it was only a bowl of rice soup, a bowl of corn porridge, and a freshly cooked black dough ball, they were indeed rare good things for the Kang family.
"Grandma Kang, little brother Kang, my brother and I are back," An Zhixia said as she took out a small but heavy cotton bag from the sack and stuffed it into the bag for Grandma Kang. "Happy New Year, Grandma Kang!"
Mrs. Kang was a cheerful and capable old lady. She did not refuse the gift despite everyone's eager eyes. She took it cheerfully and nodded with a smile: "Good boy, you're back. You're back. Come sit with Grandma Kang later."
The 14-year-old Kang was thin and had high cheekbones, but his good genes could not be concealed. He smiled shyly, nodded at her and called her Sister Xia, his eyes as clear and bright as always, as if he had never suffered any hardship in life.
An Zhixia responded, while An Zhiqiu, carrying a sack, also greeted the Kang family with a smile, then pulled his sister into the house.
Kang Xiaohua stared at their backs fiercely, pulled her son up and went to the clinic together, and cried to the neighbors: "It's so hard to be a stepmother. If I treat my biological children a little bit well, they will say I am partial. Even my Guowen and Guowu can't tolerate them. You see, they came back and disfigured their eldest brother without saying a word, and also yelled at me, the stepmother.
After all, I am the wife married to their father, and I am a legitimate elder!
I also want to teach them how to respect the elderly and love the young and be polite, but as a stepmother, as soon as I open my mouth, they feel like they have been wronged. I am in a very bad situation. "
Everyone just laughed and didn't respond.
An Zhixia stood behind her without her noticing, "Aunt Kang, if you're pretending, just do it completely. Don't say one thing and do another. Let people find out your flaws and leave you with no face or substance at all! We all have eyes and brains, and you can't change the truth with just a few words.
Not to mention that we used to work without food, water or clothes, while your children played around, had enough food to eat and were not cold or hot. Just look at us, my brother and I, going to a place as far away as Jiangzhou to be educated youth in the countryside, while your two children became workers.
It's clear who's right and who's wrong, so don't waste your words to ruin our reputation. It's as if everyone is a fool and they believe whatever you say!"
Everyone's face was full of black lines. None of them wanted to be a fool. They used their brains and followed An Zhixia's rhythm. They all said to Kang Xiaohua, "What a sweet-faced stepmother. She is a stepmother who pretends to be a saint. She wears patches all day long and pretends to be poor and treats the An family's children harshly, while she and her own children have fair and white faces.
You say that the children don’t care if they are white and have good skin. But you have never seen Zhiqiu and Zhixia’s mother. She is so beautiful that she looks like a star on TV.
Look how much better and more handsome the two children have grown up to be after they left home without your harsh treatment. "
"We are not blind or deaf, who would believe you just because you said so? What's the difference between us and the blind and deaf? You are the only smart one in the whole alley, Kang Xiaohua, the others are fools."
Kang Xiaohua rarely suffered a loss with her words, but she didn't expect that after a trip around the countryside, An Zhixia's mouth became so powerful. Everyone was fearless and showed a one-sided trend, and they all blamed her.
She thought for a moment and smiled awkwardly, "I, I just said a few words casually, but you just kept talking nonsense. It will be hard to find a husband in the future."
If I really am that cruel person, can you two brothers and sisters stand in front of everyone?
Okay, aren't you tired after walking all the way? Go back to the house and talk to your father. I'll help your brother apply some medicine and see if there's anything delicious to sell in the grain store!"
As he said this, he dragged his son, who was screaming in pain for a long time, away.
An Zhixia smiled and took out some fruit candies from her bag, stuffing two into each person's mouth. "Happy New Year, everyone! My brother has gotten married, and these are the wedding candies. They'll sweeten your mouths. When my sister-in-law comes, I'll give everyone some milk candies!"
After receiving two candies, everyone happily congratulated the bride, asked about the bride's information, and then expressed sympathy and concern. Rural daughter-in-law, are these two siblings going to settle down in the countryside? That's right, all the money and connections of the An family have been spent on the work of the two burdens. How can they spare the energy to take care of these two siblings without their biological mother to take care of them?
An Zhixia didn't say much. She sent everyone away before returning to the house.
At that time, An's mother and father were both working. When they got married, they were assigned this house, the main house of the small courtyard. Although there was only one outer door, there was a main room and two bedrooms inside. As An's father remarried and the number of children increased, the two bedrooms were separated into small rooms with wooden boards.
(End of this chapter)
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