After a while the ringing continued.

Resigned to your fate, you picked up the call and put the phone to your ear.

There was a harsh questioning voice coming from the other end of the phone.

"Did you stop that damn girl?"

"No, there's none in the car." Jiang Haiyang said tiredly.

"Did you tip her off?" Jiang's mother continued to ask loudly on the other end of the phone.

"No... Liu Qin, the child is grown up now, just let him be."

"What kind of bullshit are you talking about? It's useless, damn girl. Unless she never comes back, I'm really pissed off."

Jiang Haiyang wanted to persuade him, but the phone was hung up and the voice stopped abruptly.

He put down his phone, looked around blankly, and finally went back with a hunched back to cook for his two children.

*

The last bus back to the county town had already left, so Liu Qin found Jiang Xue's bicycle in the school bicycle garage and rode it back home.

The chain fell off the car halfway.

She stopped the bike and installed the oil with a handful of oil. After finally installing it, she hadn't ridden the bike for long when it stopped moving again. She pedaled hard and heard a click, and the chain broke.

Liu Qin was so angry that she wanted to throw the car away.

But this broken bicycle could still fetch some money even if it was sold as scrap metal, so he resigned himself to his fate and pushed the bicycle home.

Just at this time, Grandma Jiang came over and called Jiang Xue to eat.

I met Liu Qin who was pushing a bicycle.

"Why are you back? Where's Xiaoxue?" Grandma Jiang looked back and saw only her second daughter-in-law, but no Jiang Xue.

"He ran away and said he was going back to City S." Jiang's mother replied unhappily.

Grandma Jiang looked at Jiang's mother suspiciously: "Did you scold her and beat her again?"

Without waiting for Jiang's mother to answer, Grandma Jiang thought this was the answer and directly blamed her: "How can you be so cruel! The child only comes back once every few months. Can't you talk to the child properly if you have anything to say?"

"I didn't hit her or scold her. She lied to me and ran away to go to the toilet. She also blocked my phone number. I was so angry that I almost died."

"How is that possible? Xiaoxue is so well behaved. She must have been beaten away by you." Grandma Jiang said with certainty.

Good? ? ? Nothing I have done in the past six months has anything to do with being good.

Not only is it disobedient, it's downright treasonous!

Which child is like her?

"You haven't been home for half a year, and you rushed back from the county town for your child's exam. You must have blamed her for the exam. Child, you need to communicate with her properly."

"She's not going to school anymore, why would she come back to take the exam?" Speaking of exams, Liu Qin thought of what she heard from her sister-in-law, who said Jiang Xue bought a lot of books and donated them to the school.

This damn girl spends all the money she earns.

Instead of giving the money to the school, it would be better to give it to her parents.

They bought the current house and borrowed nearly 20,000 yuan from Jiang Haiyang's friends and elder sister.

Originally, the money was almost enough to buy the house, but the transfer of ownership, renovation, transfer fees for the newly rented stall, purchasing goods, and living expenses for several people all cost money.

Even after setting up the stall, business was not particularly good. Business in the county vegetable market was basically only open in the morning, and there were very few people during the day, unlike in S city, where there were people all day long, and the prices could not be sold at the highest level.

Even so, the two of them were still very busy.

Grow bean sprouts, make tofu, buy vegetables early in the morning, come back to sort them and sell them.

But after ten o'clock, there were fewer people.

It seems that I can't get the money from Jiang Xue this time. I'll go back and see if there are any odd jobs. Let Jiang Haiyang look for them and make more money to pay back the money as soon as possible. Otherwise, I don't know when I can pay back the loan.

I don't know how much money Jiang Xue has made in the six months since she left.

Why spend so much money when you have it left?

Before I could even ask, the girl ran away.

I'll go to school tomorrow to see if I can give her some cash on the books I bought.

The family is in such a difficult situation, but Jiang Xue doesn't know how to subsidize the family and even donates books to the school. She thinks her eldest daughter must have been kicked in the head by a donkey.

"Come to think of it, Xiaoxue still wants to go to college. You can't just go to college if you want to, but it's right to have the idea of ​​progressing. If you and your wife can't help your child, then don't hold her back." Although Grandma Jiang also didn't agree with Jiang Xue continuing to go to school, she certainly couldn't agree with her second daughter-in-law in front of her.

The second daughter-in-law came back eagerly just to get money for her child.

If you want money, why don't you take care of your children? Good job.

She is the best at making trouble.

I spent all my money buying that shabby house and got myself into debt.

Although she said that she didn't count on her second son and daughter-in-law.

But if they all stay in their hometown, she doesn’t believe that her second son will ignore her if she gets sick and can’t move.

No matter how bad his spine is.

But this may not be the case if you live in the city.

She won't be able to move to the city when she gets old, and they can't even accommodate their own daughter Xiaoxue.

There would be no room for an old woman like her.

"Mom, was it you who gave Xiaoxue the idea to run away? She wasn't so brave before. And did you keep the money Xiaoxue earned? If you did, give it to me." Jiang Xue had a good relationship with her grandmother because she was raised by her grandmother. Would she give the money she earned to her grandmother? Jiang's mother suspected this and asked immediately.

"Bullshit! She didn't give me her money, don't lie."

Liu Qin looked skeptical.

Seeing that Grandma Jiang was furious, she asked Jiang Xue indirectly, but Jiang Xue didn't tell her how much she earned and saved every month.

The money was indeed given, but it was only two hundred.

When giving her the two hundred yuan, Jiang Xue said that she would buy her a big gold chain when she was able to earn money in the future. She was still young now and had to earn tuition fees, but no matter how difficult it was, she would return the money that her grandmother had given her before. It was not easy for her grandmother to make money at such an old age. The child has really grown up and is very sensible.

Looking at her mother-in-law's expression, Jiang's mother was certain that even if Jiang Xue didn't give her all the money, she would definitely give money to her mother-in-law when she came back this time.

She knew that she would never be able to get the money back, but she still wanted to say a few words:

"Mom, you are the elder, and which elder doesn't hope for the best for their children and grandchildren? Next time, don't try to sow discord between us mother and daughter in front of Xiaoxue."

Grandma Jiang was not happy when she heard this. "Do you need me to sow discord between you two? Everyone can see how you treat your eldest daughter and how you favor your youngest daughter. You are so biased, yet you still try to sow discord between them. You deserve Xiaoxue's disapproval! If I were to say, I'd better block her. Is there any mother like you?"

"I can't be a mother, but I am still her mother. She is my daughter!! How can you be so mean? You are not only nagging and stirring up trouble, but also biased. You can't help at all and you are even holding her back!!"

"You dead woman, who are you calling bad? I am your mother-in-law and elder, how dare you scold me like that!"

"I'm going to scold you, you old bitch, you old fool!!"

The quarrel became more and more intense, and they even started to bring up old grudges.

The two of them started fighting over this matter.

Because Grandma Jiang was older, Liu Qin avenged herself and gained the upper hand.

Thinking about how this mother-in-law rode on and beat me when I was young, she used particularly much force when she started beating me.

Grandma Jiang was not a pushover either. She just lay there and let her be beaten. She was old and not as strong as she was when she was young. She took advantage of Liu Qin's inattention to scratch her face and pulled her hair with her other hand and wouldn't let go.

When the two were fighting fiercely, they were pulled apart by Aunt Jiang who came over and the neighbors who heard the noise.

Aunt Jiang: "I say, sister-in-law, no matter what, you shouldn't hit your elders. It's unfilial."

Jiang's mother endured the pain on her hair and face and said unhappily, "Bah! You are the most filial and the most hypocritical one!"

Aunt Jiang: "Tell me clearly, how am I hypocritical? Are you a mad dog? You bite whoever you catch!"

Jiang's mother looked around and the way everyone looked at her made her stop scolding.

When Grandma Jiang left, she told her eldest daughter-in-law to take away the quilt and bed that she had given to Jiang Xue yesterday.

Jiang's mother was left behind, feeling very angry.

It’s winter, there’s no quilt, and no dinner.

The bicycle is broken, so I can't leave even if I want to.

She had just had an argument with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and was too embarrassed to borrow a car to leave.

She took out the quilt that had been in the cupboard for half a year.

There was a hard, musty smell covering my body.

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