Chapter 78 The heroine’s cannon fodder sister (30)
"I know, I just hope you can figure out what is best for you. Do you want more money, or do you want to spend more time with your family? There is so much money in the world that you can't make it all. Who can say the other thing? Is there only gold everywhere outside? The weaving culture in our village is better than that in the city. If you have time, you can go to the traditional craft competition held across the country recently and try it out with things from our village. If you win the prize, you will have the opportunity to participate in the Canton Fair, where many foreigners are willing to spend money. dollars to buy our stuff.”
Jiang Qiuhe could understand a little bit of what Jiang said in the first half, but couldn't understand it at all later.
“What is the Canton Fair?”
"It is a place where we can do business with foreigners. Foreigners like some of our country's traditional objects very much. If you want to participate, you should first participate in the National Traditional Crafts Competition. If we can win the prize, we will go this way. If we can't win, It’s not a loss for us.”
"Okay! Little sister, you know all this? You haven't been to these places, how come you know so many things?"
Jiang Lai raised his eyebrows, snorted indulgently, raised the whip in his hand and lightly swung it at Jiang Qiuhe.
"I usually tell you to read more and you don't listen. Do you know what it means to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles? I know all this from newspapers and books."
"I'm good at studying. I know that my little sister is the smartest. To be honest, I don't want to go to Shenzhen. I don't know where to buy tickets for such a far away place. I heard that there are people who have their hands and feet cut off and sold to black coal mines. I I feel scared after hearing this. Forget it, I’ll just stay at home and guard my small factory.”
Several people in the factory are also from the same village. They are paid 80 cents a day, which can earn them more than 20 yuan a month, which is enough to support their families.
After returning home, Jiang Qiuhe saw Jiang Qu sitting there eating and couldn't help but frown.
"Why don't you go see He Xing's grandma? She almost froze to death outside, you know?"
When Jiang Qu heard this, his appetite for fried rice disappeared, and his already restless heart became even more angry.
"Are you my brother? I just came back to have a bite of food and you let me continue to be a cow. Do you know how hard I have been these days?"
"I don't know whether you have worked hard or not, but since you are engaged to someone else, you are their grandson-in-law. The old lady is almost getting bedsores under her body. She has bed sores in the winter. She has been unable to get out of bed for just a few days? Are you from? You never changed her pants or mattress in the first place?”
Jiang Qu's face froze. He never expected Jiang Qiuhe to say such words.
"She is He Xing's grandma. My willingness to take care of her has already exhausted my love. What else do you want me to do?"
"He Xing gave you a lot of money, right? Did you ask someone to bring you a coat from other places?"
Jiang Qu's hands shook and his eyes were a little dodgey.
"That, that's what my classmate wants."
"Does your classmate need your help to buy it? A coat costs more than a hundred yuan. You are really willing to give it up. He Xing gave you the money to take care of his grandma, and you just used it to buy a dress! Here, Your clothes!”
After speaking, Jiang Qiuhe took a bag from the bullock cart and threw it on the table, revealing the corners of a camel coat.
"If I hadn't gone to pull the coal and they asked me to hand it to you, would you have planned to keep hiding it from us and He Xing?"
"He gave this to me! Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand!"
Jiang Qiuhe sighed helplessly, feeling both angry and ashamed.
"If dad knew about this..."
"Don't tell Dad! This dress was really given to me by He Xing. I spent all the money it gave me to take care of Grandma He to buy things for her. Brother, who do you think I am! How could you do this? To me! My hands are so cold that I can’t write, you know?”
As Jiang Qu stretched out his frostbitten hand, Jiang Qiuhe turned around and entered the house as soon as he took one look at her, and closed the door heavily. Even so, he could not stop the suppressed crying sound.
Jiang Qiuhe really relented and stood there in a daze, as if he was at a loss.
Jiang Lai was watching the show nearby, and when he saw Jiang Qu imitating her tricks intact, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
"Brother, she didn't shed a single tear. Why are you feeling guilty?"
"Hey, she did suffer. I shouldn't have said that to her."
"If you think she is suffering, just let her break up the engagement with He Xing. It depends on whether she is willing. Anyway, you will bear the blame. When people outside ask, they will say that you and dad decided to break up the engagement, and it has nothing to do with her.
If she is willing, then you and I don't want to do it, and she doesn't have to suffer anymore.
If she doesn't want to, then don't worry about it. People are willing to take care of your business, and they can take care of it all the time. ”
Jiang Qiuhe felt it made sense. Anyway, the He family's conditions were set here. Even if he was scolded, he couldn't just watch Jiang Qu marry and suffer.
As soon as Jiang Shansheng returned home, Jiang Qiuhe discussed the matter with him, and Liu Shuping quickly responded.
"Yes, yes, do you really have the heart to see your daughter suffer and suffer after getting married? Is your reputation that important? Is it more important than your daughter's lifelong events?"
"Dad, how about we give our family more compensation? I have the money, you have the food, so that others don't suffer and we don't get scolded so much."
"She is about to take the college entrance examination. It won't be a problem if she keeps doing this every day. Getting admitted to college is a lifelong blessing and cannot be delayed by Grandma He Xing."
After the two of them took turns to persuade, Jiang Shansheng finally relented.
"What do you think, girl? Is she willing to continue taking care of her, or does she want to be our daughter for a few more years?"
Liu Shuping said quickly.
"Aren't you talking nonsense? You see how bad her face has been recently. She gets upset when anyone mentions congratulations to her grandma. Do you think she is willing to marry her? I think she is only able to hold on like this because of you forcing her to do so. ”
Jiang Shansheng frowned and cursed.
"You're useless, you get into trouble and let others wipe your ass. From now on, you will continue to spoil me and you!"
After saying that, Jiang Shansheng went to count the grains.
Liu Shuping was so happy that she caught two chickens and asked Jiang Qiuhe to bring the engagement gift sent by the He family that day. Mother and son pushed a wheelbarrow to the He family's yard.
Grandma He acted very calmly, but she only accepted the engagement gift and didn't ask for anything else.
"Take them all back. It's not the parents' fault that the child is not destined to be together. If our marriage fails, we can continue to be neighbors. It's okay. It's the boy He Xing who is unlucky."
Liu Shuping kept smiling.
Grandma He's attitude was beyond her expectation. She thought she would be severely beaten before going back, but she didn't expect that she would just accept the engagement gift calmly and let them go back.
Liu Shuping was still afraid that she would regret it, so she insisted on stuffing a few bags of food.
"Then just write a note. We will take it seriously if our husband's painting is pledged. We will never be in-laws again. Don't worry." (End of Chapter)