The original family's children were not prosperous. Even in those years when family planning was not implemented, there were not many children in the family. In the generation of the original grandfather, there were only two brothers and sisters. After the aunt married far away, there were no close ones in the village. relatives.
The father of the original body is still the only son, and the original body has no siblings. Now that Yu Hongmei has returned to her parents' home, the life of Jiang Liu and his son can only be taken care of by the neighbors.
There are several families living next to the Jiang family. Among them, the Lin family has the best relationship with the Jiang family. The son of that family, Lin Lin and Yuan Shi, grew up together. When they got older, the two went together again. He was working outside, and this time the original body had an accident. It was also the forestry that helped him negotiate with the contractor and the developer after he was busy, and it was he who sent the original body back.
Half a month ago, Lin Lin went out to work again. When he left, he asked his mother to take care of the good brother Yuan Shi, but now Yu Hongmei left Jiang's house without calling him. Lin Lin's own mother, Aunt Manchun, was aware of the news. The first time, he took over the three meals a day for Jiang Liu and his son.
"Today is too late. There is not much good meat in the night market. I will go out early tomorrow to buy some pork loin bones and come back and make soup for you. The older generation said that you should drink more bone soup now."
It was almost evening when Aunt Manchun got the news. Seeing that the two children of the Jiang family should also be back from school, she could only make some simple home-cooked dishes with the materials she had on hand.
Fortunately, the most important thing in the countryside is fresh vegetables, stir-fried cold salad and thickened with a bowl of tofu soup, the dishes are also rich.
The dishes were cooked, and the rice was still simmering on the stove. When she was cooking for the Jiang family just now, the old lady also carefully looked around the Jiang family's kitchen.
Yuanshen works at the construction site, and the salary is not low. In addition, Yuanshen does not have the problem of drinking and smoking. Most of the money he earns is sent home, so as early as a few years ago, Jiang's family was built. It has a small building, cement floor, and tiles on the outer wall, which is also one of the best in the countryside.
The kitchen and bathroom of the Jiang family are no different from the commercial buildings in the city. They are all built by the original body after learning the craft outside. Forestry and the original body are good brothers, and the layout of the two buildings is naturally similar.
Only after using it, the careful Aunt Manchun still noticed the difference.
The woman in charge always feels that the lockers in the kitchen are not enough. In addition to the necessary tableware, all kinds of ingredients, rice, green beans, red beans and other messy things can fill all the boxes and cabinets, and the kitchen is often opened fire, even if the hostess cleans it again. Clean, and the gaps in the tiles will inevitably get dirty with oil fume.
But Jiang's kitchen is different. There are very few seasonings. Except for the basic salt, monosodium glutamate, and soy sauce, the old lady can't find a bottle of vinegar, let alone other condiments such as onion, ginger, and garlic, which are more interesting. It is the salt that every household must have. Yu Hongmei didn't keep a bag of it. When she came to cook, there was only a thin layer of bottom left in the salt box. Half a bag of salt came over and filled the salt box.
A woman who is in charge of three meals at home can't even care that the house is running out of salt, and the kitchen of Jiang's family is too clean. The old lady doesn't know if this is the reason why Jiang's family doesn't fire much, or whether it is Yu Hongmei's cooking. The reason why I don’t like to put oil and don’t like to stir fry.
The woman in charge is frugal, and Aunt Manchun often buys more daily necessities that can be kept for a long time when they are engaged in activities in the supermarket. First, it saves money and comes to prevent emergencies, but she can’t see anything in the Jiang family. Traces of hoarding.
In addition, there are many small problems that she is not used to.
For example, the toilet paper that the villagers use now is the straw paper that is sold by a bag in the market. This kind of toilet paper is the cheapest. It only costs one yuan per bag, which is enough for the whole family for a week. The toilet paper in Jiang's toilet is cotton. Soft tissue, a small box costs a dollar, and such tissue is often placed in the living room in the countryside, and is used to wipe hands and mouths when guests come to the door.
In the eyes of Aunt Manchun, who has been frugal for most of her life, Yu Hongmei's behavior is too reckless.
Another example is the towels in the bathroom. Yu Hongmei and her two children's towels are still fresh, but Jiang Liu, the main earner of money, didn't know it was from a few years ago. The white towels have turned yellow. The soft towel is hard to the touch, and it can be seen that it has been used for a long time.
As a daughter-in-law, Yu Hongmei only knew how to change new towels for herself and her children, but did not know how to change her husband a better towel. This was another sin in Aunt Manchun's view.
In just half a day, the old lady's observations of the Jiang family could only be summed up in one opinion, that is, Yu Hongmei, a young daughter-in-law, seems to have different living habits from an old lady like them. This woman is always bright and beautiful on the outside. , does not seem to take this home as well.
"Auntie, I'm sorry to bother you. The money at home should be put in that drawer, and the money for the dishes will be taken from there."
Jiang Liu has to lie on the bed at the moment, unable to move, he can only let the old lady go to the drawer to get the money.
"Eh."
Aunt Manchun is a cheerful person. She didn't play any push-and-pull games with Jiang Liu. She took care of Jiang Liu because of their relationship for many years. She would definitely not ask for money to help with cooking and laundry. She still had to accept the money for grocery shopping and other expenses of the Jiang family.
She followed Jiang Liu's instructions to open the change drawer in Jiang's house, but after looking around, there were only a few books in it. She even flipped through the pages, but couldn't find a dime.
"Liuzi, did you remember the wrong place to put the money?"
Aunt Manchun asked Jiangliu suspiciously.
"what?"
Jiang showed the same puzzled expression, but he knew in his heart that this was because Yu Hongmei took all the change with him when he left.
"Maybe there just happens to be no change at home, Aunt Manchun, look at the cotton jacket at the bottom left of the closet. There should be a passbook in the pocket of that jacket, and my ID card should also be there. I'll trouble you tomorrow and help I'll take a thousand dollars."
At the price of this era, one thousand yuan can be used for three or four months in the countryside.
Aunt Manchun didn't think much about it at the moment, but when she followed Jiang Liu's words to find the padded jacket, but did not find the passbook and ID card in his mouth from the padded jacket, she became anxious.
Did that stubborn Yu Hongmei really abandon her husband and run away
But even if she ran away by herself, why did she take the whole family's money with her? She didn't think about her lame man, didn't she think about her two children? Worse than a poisonous tiger.
"Neither?"
Jiang Liu's face was pale, and he seemed to have thought of this worst possibility.
"Impossible. Hongmei is a good woman. Maybe her mother was seriously ill, so she hurried away with the money."
Saying that, Jiang Liu grinned, but this smile was uglier than crying.
Such an expression fell in Aunt Manchun's eyes, that is, Jiang Liu couldn't accept his wife's betrayal at this moment, and deceived himself.
The old lady is so distressed, how come Jiang Liu still speaks for his unconscionable daughter-in-law at this time, such a man, there are people in the village who say that he drinks and vents his anger on his daughter-in-law, those people are really damaging , they should really let them see what the current river looks like.
"Liuzi, if you believe Auntie, tell Auntie, is all the money in your family in that passbook?"
The old lady felt that she didn't do things like Yu Hongmei. She could get a divorce, but she couldn't take Jiang Liu's compensation. The money she had saved at home was also earned by Jiang Liu. If she didn't want to raise two children, the money would be She also had to stay with Jiang Liu, otherwise how would the three of them live.
Jiang Liu has no elders, so she has to take the lead for Jiang Liu. If Yu Hongmei really did such a shameless thing, she would ask everyone in the village to go to Yu's house in the next county and ask them to hand over Yu Hongmei. .
"That passbook is the money that the foreman lost, and it's stored in my account, a total of 246,000."
The construction site paid him 230,000 yuan, and the remaining 16,000 yuan was the medical expenses that the real estate developer had pre-stored in the hospital. The real estate developer wanted to eliminate the impact of this incident as soon as possible, so he directly paid the more than 10,000 yuan. gave the original body.
These formalities are all done with the help of the forestry department. Aunt Manchun is the forestry department's mother, so she knows it well.
"Then haven't your family saved any money all these years?"
Aunt Manchun thought, with just a few of Hongmei Niang, how could they still spend all the money Jiang Liu had earned over the years
"The money is in charge of Hongmei, and I don't know. When I got married, I didn't earn a lot. I paid four or five hundred to my home every month. The rest are all sent home, and I don't know how the family has spent these years."
In the country, the per capita monthly income is around 1,000 yuan, and even less in the countryside. For a worker like Yuan Shen, who is working tirelessly on the construction site, don’t think it’s disgraceful to go out, but the salary is very high. He keeps 300 yuan, and the remaining money Sending it home is enough to feed several families.
Lin Lin is also married. Aunt Manchun doesn’t care about her son’s money, but she still knows how much his son’s family has saved. Lin Lin’s salary is similar to Jiang Liu’s, but he likes smoking and sends it home every month. The money is a little less than Jiang Liu's. In this way, his daughter-in-law has at least saved 170,000 to 80,000 yuan for his son. Jiang Liu sent home more money. Blocks are still not a problem.
Now Yu Hongmei has taken away the compensation money that Jiang Liu had made her hide, and she will never let go of the Xiaojia's deposit before.
It's a pity that Jiang Liu doesn't know how much money the family has saved. If Yu Hongmei insists that the family has not saved a penny, outsiders can't do anything to her.
Aunt Manchun was worried for Jiang Liu, how could this kid be so sincere, even the people next to him shouldn't trust him unconditionally.
This is also true for Hongmei. After leaving Jiang Liu, where can she find a man who loves her so much, Jiang Liu just lacks a leg, what will happen in the future is uncertain, she has given up Jiang Liu now, and regrets it in the future But it was too late.
"Auntie, I believe that Hongmei will not treat me that way. It must be that Mom is too sick. It must be like this."
Jiang Liu pursed his lips. He said this to Aunt Manchun, but also to himself. Only by comforting himself in this way can he have the courage to face the future life.
"Maybe in a few days, Hongmei will be back, aunty, should I borrow the money from you for the grocery shopping these days? When my legs are healed, I will definitely earn the money to pay you back, no no no , When Hongmei comes back in a few days, she will help me return the money to you."
Jiang Liu began to be incoherent, and Aunt Manchun, who had originally planned to bring someone to Yu's house the next day, also softened her heart when she saw such Jiang Liu.
She gritted her teeth: "Come, I'll lend you this money first, you and my second child are so good, if I don't help with this, he'll have to scold me to death when he comes back, besides, my parents and I are also old The neighbors are old friends, what is the difference between you and my serious nephew."
Aunt Manchun didn't feel bad for the money for grocery shopping, she just felt bad for Jiang Liu, afraid that he wouldn't be able to wait for the woman who was eccentric.
From Aunt Manchun's point of view, the possibility of Yu Hongmei coming back is almost zero.
Even if her mother was really ill, she didn't even spend a few minutes knocking on the door of the neighbors, asking them to take care of Jiang Liu and his son for a few days
Even if she is really seriously ill, can she take away all the savings in the family and not even give any change to the father and son
If it weren't for the fact that someone came to visit the injured Jiang Liu with pastry and milk, I am afraid that they would not find Jiang Liu who had been hungry all day until the two children of the Jiang family returned home in the evening.
So Aunt Manchun felt in her heart that Yu Hongmei would not come back, but now Jiang Liu's mood was already depressed because of the lame leg. If she told Jiang Liu with certainty at this moment that his daughter-in-law didn't want him anymore, Will he survive
"Liuzi, you still have two children."
Thousands of words were combined into one sentence, Aunt Manchun hoped that he would not do stupid things for the sake of the children.
"Hongmei will be back."
According to the original body's memory, in two days Yu Hongmei should have figured out that it was a bad move to leave without telling her, and then rush home to play the role of a good wife and mother, so now Jiang Liu not only can't let these people stand up for him, Instead, he has to play the role of an obsessive wait for his wife to come home.
He wants to see who is better at acting and who is more capable.
"Eh."
Facing such an infatuated Jiang Liu, Aunt Manchun had nothing to say and could only scolded Yu Hongmei a thousand times in her heart.
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"Manchun, have you cooked dinner for Liuzi?"
When Aunt Manchun came out of Jiang's house, she was surrounded by many villagers.
"How is it, Liu Zi is okay?"
It's true that some of the people who surrounded Aunt Manchun were watching the fun, but most of the people present were still at the gate of Jiang's house out of concern. At this moment, they looked at Aunt Manchun worriedly and asked.
"It's okay, I think it's a big deal."
Aunt Manchun didn't hide what Yu Hongmei did, "Yu Hongmei took all the money from the family, and didn't let go of the change that was originally in the drawer. You said that if she really took care of her natal mother Go, as for taking all the money with you?"
"What, I took all the money away. This is outrageous. Liuzi's leg has not been healed yet. He has two children. Can't he spend money on studying and eating?"
"It's too much. I didn't realize that Yu Hongmei was such a person before. I heard her speak softly and looked very gentle. I didn't expect her heart to be so cruel and poisonous."
"We can't let her take the money like this. Let's go to Yu's house to find her. Even if Yu Hongmei is not here, the Yu family should give an explanation. They raised their daughter."
Guys, you are anxious for Jiang Liu every word you say.
"Hey, Liuzi doesn't believe that Yu Hongmei really doesn't want him and the child. He still feels that Yu Hongmei will come back. He doesn't let me go to Yu Hongmei. He said that he will wait a few more days. I see this The child is so infatuated, if he doesn't follow him and suffers several blows in succession, how will he live in the future? Let's wait a few more days and let Liuzi slowly accept the fact that Yu Hongmei will not come back.
Aunt Manchun looked at the villagers and said.
"Liuzi was also grown up by us, he is our junior. Now that Liuzi has been robbed, we have to help him support his family. I've thought about it, wait for three more days, if the three days are connected with Hongmei. If we don’t call back, we will go to the door, and whoever wants to be with us will gather at the gate of the village committee, and we can’t let people from other villages bully us.”
If Yu Hongmei really did something sorry for Jiang Liu, then she would no longer be a member of their village, and the matter of the Jiang family could also be escalated into the matter of the two villages. As soon as Aunt Manchun said this, there was no one present. The few people responded, and everyone discussed what kind of farming tools should be brought with them at that time, so as not to be crushed by Yu family members in a fight.
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At this time, Yu Hongmei, who returned to Shima'ao's family in Jianghua County, did not know that her husband had told outsiders about her family background. At this time, she was held by her own mother and sat in the bedroom before her marriage, chatting about the Her marriage to Jiang Liu.
"Mom, these days are going to be over, don't you know, now Jiang Liu is lying on the bed, and he has to use a plastic potty for shit and coquettish. I have never done such a disgusting thing when I grew up."
Yu Hongmei didn't expect to get divorced at first, but since she married Jiang Liu, she has been raised too sweetly. Before she got married, she was also used to a spittoon. Now she has used the toilet for several years, and she begins to dislike it. It's a shit and pee thing.
"And Mom, when the forestry brought Jiang Liu back, he said that his leg is likely to have sequelae, and he doesn't know what he can do in the future. I'm still young, and I don't want to live a hard life."
Does Yu Hongmei have feelings for Jiang Liu? That must be there. After all, Jiang Liu spoiled her and handed over all the money she earned, no matter where the money was spent in her hands, it was hard to find such a good man with a lantern.
But she loves herself more than Jiang Liu, and besides, she is not the only choice now.
Thinking of this, Yu Hongmei's eyes couldn't help but get darker. Jiang Liu worked outside all the year round. She is a normal woman and has needs.
"Mom knows it's not easy for you, but Hongmei, you're too impatient. You shouldn't take your family's money back to your parents' house at this time."
Fan Fang felt sorry for her daughter. She also felt that her daughter should not spend her life with a lame person because of her appearance. It's just how important a woman's reputation is. , and still ran back to her parents' house with all the money in the family.
"You never thought, what kind of reputation will you have when this incident spreads? Could it be that you are planning to remarry to another province?"
What kind of good partner can a woman who divorces her husband immediately after an accident happen to her husband can find a good partner in the local area, unless she is married to a place no one knows, but there are many problems in marrying far away, and Fan Fang can't bear to leave her daughter so far away.
"Also, Mom asked you, what are you going to do with the two children, Fugui and Huakai?"
Fugui and Huakai are twins. This is the child's nickname. The elder brother Fugui is named Jiang Fu, and the younger sister Huakai is named Jiang Hua. The two children are cute and smart. Before the husband's accident, they were also the treasures of Yu Hongmei.
"Mom, it's better to remarry with a child."
Yu Hongmei showed helplessness, of course she was reluctant to have children, but women who remarried were already in a dilemma, let alone a woman who remarried with a child. She was forced to leave her two children behind.
"Listen to the mother, even if you want to get a divorce, you have to grab the flowers."
Fan Fang is much smarter than her daughter. No matter what, if her daughter files for divorce after Jiang Liu's injury, she will definitely be pointed at her back. If she doesn't raise a child, her spine will be pierced.
So after thinking about it, Yu Hongmei still had to raise a child by her side.
A daughter is better than a boy. Not only will she not have to help buy a house in the future, but she will also be able to earn a betrothal gift, and she has a child by her side, and her daughter Hongmei can also have a say in the division of property.
The old lady helped analyze her current situation, and Yu Hongmei was woken up at once.
"Mom, you're right, then I'll go back now."
Yu Hongmei stood up and said anxiously.
"Wait, you idiot, do you have any ideas when you go back home? If someone calls tonight, and I ask your sister-in-law to answer the phone, I'll say I'm sick and can't get out of bed. You've come to take care of me for a few days. Then go back, if no one calls you, you have to stay at home for a few days, at least you have to play all the tricks."
The old lady's eyes stared at Yu Hongmei like a falcon: "Remember, even if you want to divorce, it can't be your initiative, at the very least, you have to make others feel that you have to leave and are forced by Liu Zi. You leave."
Although I feel sorry for Jiang Liu, but who made Yu Hongmei her daughter-in-law, Fan Fang can only aggrieve this son-in-law and treat him as the last good deed for his daughter-in-law.
This old lady is the backbone of Yu Hongmei. Facts have proved that the major issues that the old lady has helped out on several occasions have been solved perfectly, so this time Yu Hongmei also believes her old lady.
Thinking of the plan discussed with my mother just now, Yu Hongmei's heart settled down.