Chapter 58
Ever since he lost the bet and did a somersault last time, Jiang Li became the laughing stock of the entire Capital University, and Lu Che became the man he hated the most so far.
Today, he met Jiang Yao setting up a stall, which was a great opportunity for him.
If it had been last year, he could have reported it, but a college student working as a street vendor was enough for him to humiliate her severely.
"Hey... everyone, come and have a look. College students are selling egg rolls. They are college students. You haven't seen them before, right?" Jiang Li shouted loudly.
There were already quite a few people gathered in front of Jiang Yao's stall, and now with Jiang Li's "promotion", the place was immediately packed with people.
"Madam, although you have two children, they look quite young to me. You...are you really a college student?" Customer A asked curiously.
"Yes, I'm a student at Capital University. I'm here to work and study during the summer vacation." Jiang Yao smiled calmly, "My child is already in elementary school, so he's not that young anymore. But I'm quite happy to hear you say that, auntie."
She didn't feel embarrassed at all. Jiang Li was getting anxious and angry when he saw her. He continued to sneer, "How dare you call yourself a college student? College students are the pride of the country. How can they do this kind of business? It's simply a disgrace to college students."
In this day and age, people who engage in business are still looked down upon. When the onlookers heard about this, some followed Jiang Li in looking at him with contempt, while others showed expressions of disappointment.
"Yes, since you are a college student, the government provides you with free education and food subsidies, you should just study hard, why do you come here to set up a stall?"
"That's right, it has a bad influence, don't set up a stall next time, go back quickly."
"College students should study hard and get a job assigned by the government in the future. Why do they have to leave?"
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Everyone was talking at once, and Jiang Yao did not refute. She waited until everyone had finished speaking before she spoke, "I sell egg rolls at a stall. I use real ingredients and earn money to support my family with my skills. I don't think there is anything to be ashamed of."
"I am a college student, but who says college students can't set up stalls? The government subsidizes me, but not my children. What's wrong with me supporting them on my own? Am I waiting for the government to help me support them?"
"Whether I am a college student or not, I am just an ordinary mother at this moment. I sell egg rolls to support my children. If you think my egg rolls are delicious, you can buy a few to share with your family. If you think they are not delicious, I will never force you to sell them."
"If you don't have anything else to do, please go away."
Jiang Yao's words shut everyone up, especially Jiang Li, who had so much to say that he didn't have time to say a word. What could he say? She didn't deny that she was a college student, and she even said that she sold egg rolls to support her children. No matter what, he couldn't criticize her.
Lu Che ran here as soon as he got off work, firstly because the distance was not far, and secondly because the bicycle he used to pick up his co-workers was not in good condition.
But before he ran to Jiang Yao's stall, he saw from afar that her stall was crowded with people. He had a hunch that these people were not queuing to buy egg rolls, and he was worried that something might happen to them, so he rushed over and squeezed through the crowd.
When he saw Jiang Li, he had a rough idea of the current situation.
No matter how Jiang Li treated him, Lu Che didn't care. He didn't think it was a big deal for a man to suffer a little injustice, but if it involved his wife and children, he couldn't tolerate it again and again.
Lu Che's eyes were always calm when he looked at Jiang Li, without any emotional ups and downs, but at this moment they were so cold that it made people shudder.
Jiang Li tried many times to irritate Lu Che, but when he was really irritated, his heart was trembling.
"You...what do you want to do?" Jiang Li pretended to be calm, but he couldn't help shaking when he spoke.
"What do I want to do?" Lu Che sneered, "I want to ask you what you want to do? If you have any complaints about me, you can come to me. What's the big deal about my wife and children? Are you still a man?"
"How dare you, a country bumpkin, speak nonsense here?" Jiang Li's anger was ignited, and he raised his hand and swung at Lu Che.
No one expected him to take action, and Lu Che was knocked to the ground by him.
Jiang Yao reacted and immediately ran over to block Lu Che. She looked up and warned Jiang Li seriously, "If you hit someone, I will call the police now." After that, she turned her head to look at Lu Che, only to see that his cheek was slightly swollen. She asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine?" Lu Che shook his head. Chang Chang and Xiao Lu also fell in front of Lu Che. Xiao Lu's eyes turned red with anxiety. He asked Lu Che in a crying voice, "Dad, does it hurt?"
"Don't worry, Xiaolu, Daddy doesn't feel any pain." Lu Che comforted.
Seeing this, the onlookers also denounced: "Why did they beat someone without saying anything?"
"That's right, if you have something to say, talk it over nicely. It's wrong to hit someone."
"Lu, you country bumpkin, stop pretending. If you have the guts, stand up and fight me." Jiang Li roared.
"Barbarians use violence to solve problems. We don't fight, we call the police." Jiang Yao glared at Jiang Li.
"Report it if you have the guts!"
Jiang Li thought Jiang Yao's words were just bullshit, thinking she was trying to scare him. But she turned around and said to Chang Chang and Xiao Lu, "Hurry up and run to the police station in front to find the police officer and tell them that your father was beaten up."
As soon as he finished speaking, Changchang picked up the deer and ran away.
Jiang Li was confused by the actions of this family. The first thing he did was to run away. Jiang Yao could see what he was thinking. She sneered, "It's no use for you to run away. We know you. You can run away. We can go to the laboratory to find you, or we can arrest you at your home."
"...You..." Jiang Li pointed at Jiang Yao. Lu Che, who was knocked to the ground, stood up and protected him behind him, "Don't even think about touching a hair on my wife."
"You're just a weakling who was knocked down in one shot. Why are you trying to be a hero here?" Jiang Li said disdainfully.
Lu Che: "I hope you can be as majestic as this when you are locked up later."
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After a while, Changchang and Xiaolu came with the police. With so many eyes staring at him, Jiang Lixiang had no choice but to deny it. He could only follow the police back to the police station.
Lu Che's injuries were not serious, and Jiang Li's family had a background, so it was not realistic to lock him up. Jiang Yao had never thought of locking him up, she just wanted to teach him a lesson.
Because they had gone to the Public Security Bureau, it was already past seven o'clock when they returned home. The old lady stood at the door waiting and waiting. If she didn't know where they were setting up their stall, she would have run out to look for them.
The bruises on Lu Che's face were not particularly obvious, and it was dim at night, and the old lady's eyesight was not particularly good, so they worked together to get away with it.
After the old lady went back to her room to sleep, Jiang Yao took Lu Che back to the room and applied medicine to him.
"Wife, please be gentler. It hurts." When Jiang Yao touched Lu Che's wound with a cotton swab soaked in medicinal wine, he gasped.
"Does it hurt so much?" Jiang Yao muttered softly, "Why are you so slow to react today?"
"How can I not be slow? If I throw this fist, I will be the one in the police station today, and it will be the kind that cannot be rescued. I don't have a father who is a big factory director."
"... So you were just pretending all this time." Jiang Yao felt amused and bitter. "That's what I was saying. Why are you so slow to react now? You're not that old."
"Am I old? Don't you know?" Lu Che squinted at her.
"Not old, not old." Jiang Yao immediately begged for mercy and asked, "Then why didn't you hide?"
"I can avoid it this time, but I can't avoid it next time. I might as well take this opportunity to stop Jiang Li from thinking about it." Lu Che couldn't help but sigh, "I'm going to beat the drowning dog with a stick, my wife. I've made you suffer with me. Do you think I'm a coward?"
"I'm not wronged, it's you who is wronged. You're not a coward either. It's easy to throw a fist, but it's hard to clench it." Jiang Yao is not an 18-year-old girl. She thinks men who solve problems with violence are handsome. Men who endure silently are real men. She sighed and said, "That Jiang Li is haunting me. I don't know when I can get rid of him?"
"It's difficult." Lu Che shook his head. "Although he graduated from Capital University, he was recommended by workers, peasants and soldiers to go to university. He has no real talent at all. He just relies on the fact that his father is the director of the electromechanical factory to make a fuss. A while ago, Yue Lao really couldn't stand him and wanted to transfer him away, but he didn't want to. Anyway, he is now just making a living in the project team, and he specifically targets me."
"…How could you be so unlucky to get into trouble with such a person?"
"I can't help it, I'm too talented, it makes people jealous...hiss...wife, why are you trying so hard?"
"Wake up and stop being so self-righteous all the time."
After that day, Jiang Li disliked Lu Che even more, but he had no choice. If the couple got angry, they would send him to the police station. Although his father could get him out, it was not a good thing to go to the police station too many times, so he could only make things difficult for Lu Che.
Lu Che didn't care about that. He knew that his most important task now was to study. Only by mastering more knowledge could he have more say in the future.
The project team had completed its research tasks and disbanded in the second semester of his sophomore year. Although he had no income, with the reform and opening up, more electrical appliances appeared in residents' homes, and he often received private repair work. Because of his good skills, he earned more money from repairs than from research.
Not only did Lu Che make more money now, he was also able to get rid of Jiang Li because after the laboratory was disbanded, he went to the Capital Mechanical and Electrical Factory and continued to live a carefree life under the protection of his father.
But he still underestimated the Jiang family's ability to cover up everything and the extent of Jiang Li's hatred for him.
These days, university graduates are guaranteed jobs after graduation, and are usually assigned to their place of household registration. Lu Che was invited by Mr. Yue to work in the capital, and his household registration was transferred here, but when he was assigned a job, he was told to be assigned back to the Qingyuan Mechanical and Electrical Factory.
Qingyuan Mechanical and Electrical Factory was his old employer, and the leaders were very nice to him. In fact, as long as he was given a stage, he would have room to perform.
He was not afraid of starting over again, but because of Jiang Yao's outstanding performance, the school leaders intended to let her stay in school. Even if she was unwilling, the relevant legal departments in the capital were interested in recruiting her.
This way, the two of them will be separated.
"Wife, if it really doesn't work out, I won't go back to Qingyuan and will stay in the capital. I can open a repair shop and support you." Lu Che said.
"You are an outstanding graduate of the Mechanical Engineering Department of Capital University. Don't you feel aggrieved when you are asked to open a repair shop?" Jiang Yao asked.
"It's not aggrieved." Lu Che said, "Don't underestimate maintenance workers. They earn a lot. Just don't be disgusted by their humble status."
"I don't mind being shabby, but if you don't feel aggrieved, I feel aggrieved for you." Jiang Yao said indignantly, "Have you talked to Mr. Yue? Ask him to help talk to the leaders. I don't believe that based on your grades and abilities, the school leaders don't want to keep you, and the factories in the capital don't want you to go there."
"Before I went to see Master Yue, he had already asked around for information and asked for help, but when people heard my name, they either shook their heads or kept silent. Later, an old professor who was very close to Master Yue secretly told him that someone from the Jiang family had informed the school leaders and all the relevant college students in the city that they would never hire anyone like me." Lu Che was unwilling but could only accept his fate, "I was banned by Jiang Li."
"Isn't Jiang Li's father the director of a big factory? Does he have such ability?" Jiang Yao was so angry that she could hardly speak.
Lu Che: "Mr. Yue said that the Jiang family has a great influence in the capital, and it is not as simple as we see. He has tried his best to help me, but his ability is limited."
"So now we are no match for each other?"
"Yes." Lu Che exhaled.
"In that case, then we won't stay in the capital." Jiang Yaokuo went out.
"No." Lu Che rejected her decision without even thinking. "Since you married me, you have sacrificed enough for this family and for me. I can't let you give in any longer."
"Who said I sacrificed myself?" Jiang Yao held his hand and said, "For most people, staying in school is a dream, but I am not very interested in being a teacher. The only thing I miss about the capital is the good educational resources here. It would be the best if Changchang and Xiaolu could study here."
"You're lying." Lu Che said, "How could anyone not like such a good opportunity?"
Jiang Yao was amused by him, "Who says you have to like it if the opportunity is good? If I liked being a teacher, I would have applied for normal school instead of law. I have been with you for so many years, do you think I like to hold a book in the classroom and teach students all day long?"
"...I don't think she likes it." Lu Che knew that his wife was good at talking, but she had never expressed that she liked being a teacher. When she was in charge of kindergartens and nurseries in the electromechanical factory, she just went with the flow. He asked, "What do you like to be?"
Now that I think about it, this seems to be the first time he asked her what she liked to do. But before today, they didn't have the confidence to say whether they liked it or not.
"I like being a lawyer." Jiang Yao smiled slightly.
Lu Che looked at him, his eyes gleaming slightly. He knew that this was a gleam of love.
No wonder I never heard her say that, because before the social situation changed, the treatment of practicing lawyers was similar to that of Mr. Yue. Even now, in 1981, lawyers are still a very niche industry.
He didn't know how to become a practicing lawyer, but he could foresee that it would be difficult to work in this industry now. He couldn't help but worry about her, "This road may not be easy to walk."
"It's not easy to leave." Jiang Yao was mentally prepared. She chose not to ask him, "If I must leave, will you support me?"
"Of course." He smiled at her lovingly, "I support whatever you want to do."
"Okay." She raised her head and kissed his lips, "Then it's a deal, we leave the capital together."
"..." Lu Che was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and hugged her tighter, "You little fox, I love you more and more, what should I do?"
"Of course I will continue to love you!"
"Okay!" He lowered his head and kissed her deeply.
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