Chapter 131 Don’t forget to write me an IOU
Lin Wanxia was somewhat surprised. She
was surprised that Jiang’s mother’s fighting ability was so weak. She
just showed two IOUs during dinner, and she actually compromised and went back to her hometown? !
Lin Wanxia asked Jiang Sinian suspiciously, “Is your mother really afraid that I will go back to her hometown because I want money?”
Jiang Sinian, who was packing clothes, nodded and said calmly, “My mother is used to a hard life and has never had much money. You asked her for four or five hundred and scared her.”
Jiang’s mother was pretending to be sick, but she really had a fever that night. As soon as the fever subsided, she wanted to go home, and no one could stop her.
Lin Wanxia originally thought that Jiang’s mother would take the opportunity to make trouble again and let Jiang Sinian divorce her.
Who would have known that she never mentioned the matter again from beginning to end, and her attitude towards her also changed 180 degrees, becoming cordial and almost respectful.
Lin Wanxia thought about it and felt that Jiang's mother's attitude these two days was indeed like that of a creditor, earnest but a little cautious, so she believed Jiang Sinian's words.
Jiang Sinian took annual leave to escort Jiang's mother back.
Jiang's mother was illiterate and called Jiang Sinian before coming.
Jiang Sinian left his family with the phone number of the family compound.
The public phone in the family compound is the one in the grocery store.
Song Chunxia was very happy when she received the call from Jiang's mother. She thought she had a chance, and she said all kinds of bad things about Lin Wanxia on the phone. She also said that Jiang Sinian was on a mission and could not come back for the time being. If Jiang's mother really wanted to come, she could buy her a train ticket and pick her up at the train station.
So Jiang Mu, who had never even been to the county town a few times, dared to go out so far.
Getting to the city's train station has basically exhausted all Jiang Mu's common sense.
But the train from the city to here is not direct and needs to reverse in the middle.
When Jiang's mother was unsure, she would call Song Chunxia from the public phone at the train station.
Song Chunxia patiently answered Jiang's mother's calls again and again, telling her the next step.
And went directly to the provincial capital to pick up Jiang Mu.
Jiang's mother felt very comfortable being complimented by Song Chunxia and relied on Song Chunxia, so even if she didn't have the slightest intention of letting Jiang Si Nian marry her, she would still give Song Chunxia some sweetness from time to time.
It wasn't until these few days when I saw Jiang Si Nian that she revealed her true colors and confessed to Song Chunxia that she would not want a daughter-in-law from out of town.
Song Chunxia was so angry that she called her a "slut!" "Country bumpkin!" "Old woman!" to her face.
Song Chunxia was also desperate for Jiang Sinian because of this, and because of love turning into hatred, she asked Jiang's mother for travel expenses.
Lin Wanxia returned the money to Song Chunxia in front of Jiang's mother. After Song Chunxia left, she smiled and reminded Jiang's mother: "Auntie, don't forget to write me an IOU. Oh, yes, you can read, it's okay, I'll ask Jiang Sinian to write it for me."
Jiang's mother's face, which had just turned pale due to Song Chunxia's anger, turned red again in an instant.
***
Jiang Sinian didn't take the annual leave during the Chinese New Year, so he made up for it now, for a total of one month's vacation.
He invited Lin Wanxia to go back to his hometown with him, wanting to introduce her to his family and relatives and friends.
Lin Wanxia thought about it and still refused.
"It was no problem to go whenever I wanted before. At most, I didn't go out to sea and didn't make money. But now I am the captain of a fleet, and there are so many people who have to follow me to make a living."
Lin Wanxia recently understood for the first time what it means that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.
The problem is not only the heavy responsibility, but also the heavy constraints.
When she thought of a bunch of people following her, she felt that she was not free to do anything.
She should return to the fishing village after these two days of rest.
Jiang Sinian himself ran around all day because of responsibilities and obligations, so of course he would not embarrass Lin Wanxia and just said, "I will be back as soon as possible."
That day, Jiang Sinian took Xingxing and Jiang's mother north to return to his hometown.
Lin Wanxia went south to return to the island city by herself.
***
Lin Wanxia saw from a distance that several young men were leaning or standing at the door of her house but not in a proper manner. They were obviously not good people. She sighed helplessly.
She didn't understand why every time she came back from the compound, there would always be someone waiting at her door? !
When she got there, she found that these people looked familiar.
"Sister-in-law!" The leader came over warmly and stretched out his hand to Lin Wanxia from a distance, "You are finally back! We have been waiting for you at your house for three days."
This enthusiastic voice finally awakened Lin Wanxia's memory. They were members of the Dragon and Tiger Gang.
Brother Tiger's men.
The reason why Lin Wanxia didn't recognize them at the first time was because they had changed a lot.
Before, they were all fashionable in flowery shirts and middle-parted hair, and their behavior was full of ruffians.
Although they are still the same people now, Lin Wanxia would definitely not be able to pick them out among the fishermen.
His face was wrinkled by the wind and waves, but his spirit was much stronger than before.
"Do you have something to ask me?" Lin Wanxia knew very well that these people would not come to me for no reason.
Moreover, most of the time, it was not a good thing.
"Sister-in-law, it's actually nothing serious. I just came to you to open a back door. We all want to join the militia on the island, but Chen Bin insisted that we are not fishermen and would not take us." Kaizi's tone was a little aggrieved.
Lin Wanxia heard the grievance in Kaizi's tone and was embarrassed to laugh out loud.
These young people "on the road" are all on the blacklist of the street office or the police station. They are usually domineering in the island city. When have they ever been so aggrieved?
Lin Wanxia was somewhat curious: "Why do you want to join the militia? The militia is not as free as you were before, and there is no protection fee. On the contrary, you have to train every day, and patrol around when the fishermen go out to sea."
"Sister-in-law, you are looking down on people, aren't you?" Kaizi protested, "We have long since turned over a new leaf. You don't know that our Dragon and Tiger Gang has been disbanded long ago. We used the money we collected before to buy a fishing boat, and patrol the 246 sea area every day. In
the past six months, we have fought pirates, and we have also fought foreign soldiers or hired mercenaries disguised as pirates.
To be honest, our equipment and strength are not good enough. We almost didn't see King Yan several times! This time, we heard that the island city is going to reorganize the militia, so of course we have to join."
"But you don't have jobs, so you won't get paid if you join the militia." Lin Wanxia reminded.
"It's okay." Kaizi waved his hand, "We only have some money left after buying the ship, and we robbed some of it on the sea. In addition, our former mortal enemy was hit by the recent crackdown, and their remaining forces were also taken over by us. We are not short of money for the time being."
Lin Wanxia guessed that Kaizi was actually being modest. They were not short of money, but they should be quite rich.
They were not very skilled, but they could still fight pirates and rob each other, which must be due to their weapons and equipment.
Those were all expensive things, and ordinary people couldn't afford them.
At least she couldn't.
Buying those few homemade guns almost made her poor.
Lin Wanxia was not opposed to them getting clean and getting ashore, and nodded in agreement, "I'll go to Chen Bin to plead for mercy later. Let me make it clear first, there is no guarantee of success."