Volume 1: Reborn in the 1980s, selling lunch boxes with my mother Chapter 57 Look at How Pretentious They Are
"Move! This house must move!" Hu Jianguo slammed the table in anger.
Even my second uncle, who was more gentle in character, asked his sister with a cold face:
"When are you going to start building the house? Your eldest brother and I will go and give you a hand."
"Build the new house as soon as possible. I think this Liuzhutou Village is no longer habitable."
The eldest aunt slapped her thigh and said angrily, "Old Second is right! There is not a single good person in the Jiang family!"
Two children with the surname Jiang in the house were innocently implicated.
My second aunt Chen Xiaohong also agreed with her husband.
"Anyway, our farm work is almost done, so why not let my elder brother and Jianjun build a house for my younger sister? My elder sister-in-law and I can handle the household chores."
Hu Qiongfang didn't want to tire her two brothers, so she immediately explained that she had asked her new godsister for help, and that the sister might have already found a master craftsman to build the house, so it was not easy to go back on her word.
The Hu family values their promises, and when they heard that Hu Qiongfang had already found someone, it was not easy for them to turn that person away.
However, my eldest and second uncles insisted that once the house was built, they would take turns to look after it. As for my youngest sister, she would just stay at home and take care of the two children.
Now that the topic has come to this, the second uncle coughed lightly and hinted, "Fangfang, if you have nothing to do at home, take them back to stay for two days. Although mom and dad don't say it, they have been thinking about you all these years."
In that era, few people were willing to take photos, but the Hu family had several photos of Hu Qiongfang.
After Hu Qiongfang got married, Hu Jianjun often cried silently when he saw photos of his parents caressing his younger sister.
There are only a few photos at home, and they are almost worn out by my parents.
I even bought a glass photo frame and put my sister-in-law's photo in it, for fear that it would be damaged by touching.
Hu Qiongfang couldn't help but cover her eyes and sob.
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After having dinner at Jiang's house, Hu Jianguo was worried that the leader of the Malay clan would come and take revenge when they were away, so he asked his second brother Hu Jianjun to stay here for two days.
By the way, I helped my younger sister harvest the rice at home.
Before Hu Qiongfang came back, the two brothers inquired in the village and heard that after Jiang Leping died, his younger brother took all the family savings and separated from his eldest sister-in-law.
In order to earn money to support her two children in school, Hu Qiongfang got up early and worked late to fish for eels and dig loaches, and she never harvested the rice in the fields.
I don’t know if it’s because I don’t have the money to hire someone or I don’t have the time.
When the Hu brothers heard the news, their impression of the Jiang family's relatives dropped to negative numbers.
Since you know that Hu Qiongfang and her family are an orphan and a widow, and that they live a hard life and haven't harvested the rice in their fields, even if each of you sends one person out, the dozens of Jiang families in Liuzhutou Village can help them harvest the three acres of rice fields in an hour, right?
What happened? No elder in the village was willing to step forward and help.
That's it, and you still have the nerve to propose marriage to your own boy?
Oh, I'll marry my daughter here to carry on the Jiang family's bloodline and take care of the whole family.
What if one day the man is gone, are you going to watch these orphans and widows starve to death?
Second Aunt also looked down on such a family. She lowered her head and thought for a while, then said with a smile: "Then let Jianjun stay here tonight. Big brother, go back to the village and ask who can come and help tomorrow."
"The Jiang family had the heart to watch the orphans and widows starve to death because they couldn't collect food. Our Hu family would never do such a heartless thing."
It would be better to bring more people, and after returning, publicize all the immoral things done by the Jiang family.
Nowadays, when a family wants to marry off their daughter, they have to make inquiries first. Not only do they have to inquire about the boy and his family, but they also have to inquire about the reputation of their village.
If the reputation is too bad and the whole village is filled with chaos, then there is no doubt that the boy's family is probably not any better.
As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. My second aunt wanted everyone in the surrounding area to know about the evil deeds done by the Jiang family in Liuzhutou Village.
Including Jiang Leping's younger brother, who was said to be a scholar. His eldest brother died outside in order to earn tuition for him, leaving behind a family of orphans and a widow. Instead of taking care of the three children for his eldest brother, he separated from his eldest sister-in-law at this juncture.
He also took away the money saved by my mother-in-law and eldest brother.
Although the compensation money from the brother-in-law was given to the third mother, that is not the truth. The compensation money should have been left to Jiang Tian and Jiang Cheng, brother and sister.
The second aunt thought that if Jiang Lesheng really had a conscience, he should not take any money, but at least leave half for his sister-in-law to raise his nephews and nieces.
Instead of Hu Qiongfang giving it to him, he just took it.
Anyway, in my second aunt's eyes, Jiang Lesheng is not considered a good person just based on this point.
If Jiang Tian knew that her second aunt thought this way, she would definitely give her a hundred likes.
My second aunt has such an accurate eye for people!
Isn’t Jiang Lesheng just a bad person?
He is a wolf that eats people without leaving any bones.
The reason why Jiang Tian urged her mother to move them quickly was because she was afraid that after the school's winter vacation, the wolf Jiang Lesheng would return home and live in the same yard with them. If he had any bad intentions at that time, they would be unable to defend themselves.
However, Jiang Lesheng hasn't done anything bad to them yet, and he has some talent for studying. The elders in the Jiang family like him very much and hope that he can get into college and bring honor to the Jiang family. Even if he really has some bad intentions towards the three of them, the Jiang family won't do anything to him as long as there is no evidence.
Jiang Tian also wants to avenge the death of her brother in her previous life, but now is not the time.
She must first ensure the safety of Hu Qiongfang and Jiang Cheng.
As long as my mother and my younger brother are alive and well, Jiang Lesheng will have plenty of opportunities to get lunch boxes in the future for his suicidal spirit.
After dinner, everyone in the Hu family went back, but my second uncle Hu Jianjun stayed.
Now that her second brother has arrived, Hu Qiongfang feels embarrassed to go fishing for eels in front of Hu Jianjun.
For some reason, she didn't want her family to see her in such a miserable state.
Sometimes Hu Qiongfang wondered, if she had listened to her parents and married the soldier, would none of this have happened?
That person would not have sacrificed himself while saving others, and she would not have been unable to go home to see her parents for more than ten years.
But when she thought of Jiang Tian and Jiang Cheng, Hu Qiongfang felt a bitter feeling in her heart.
She knew it was a bit silly to think this way, but if she were asked to choose again, she would still want her Tiantian and Chengcheng.
Unexpectedly, Hu Jianjun took the initiative to suggest that he would accompany her to go fishing for eels.
"What are you afraid of? I'm here with you, just go ahead!"
"What do you mean 'women can't go out in the middle of the night'? In the early years of the mass production, every woman went to the fields with the men. During the double harvest season, some even slept in the threshing floor at night."
"How many years have they only had enough to eat? Look how pretentious they are!"
Hu Jianjun is truly worthy of being Chen Xiaohong’s husband. When the couple complain about others, they are both equally sharp-tongued.
Jiang Tian laughed when she heard this.
She suddenly looked forward to going to her grandfather's house with her mother.
