Chapter 14 Jiang Meilan guards against thieves and takes Jiang Xiaoxiao to her grandparents' home
[My neighbor, Grandma Gui, would take away a piece of meat and a fish, Jiang Bajin would take away the spoon and bowl, and Jiang Xiangfa would also take away the bowl and chopsticks. Alas, my father, mother, grandparents, and second aunt are all busy and don’t notice these things, and my youngest aunt is not smart, so our house will be emptied out.] Jiang Xiaoxiao sighed.

Jiang Meilan blinked. Why wasn't she smart?
She is obviously very smart!

Of course, if you don’t count studying.

No, she is not stupid when it comes to studying. She has improved by ten places. Teacher Huang even praised her and said that she is a promising student.

"Jiang Xiaoxiao, you are not smart, you are the fool! I am obviously very smart!" Jiang Meilan put her hands on her hips unconvinced.

Jiang Xiaoxiao yawned and curled her lips. If you are smart, you would go and guard the things at home!
"You don't believe it? You little girl actually look down on your aunt! Humph!" Jiang Meilan became even angrier, and reached out to gently pinch Jiang Xiaoxiao's ear to express her dissatisfaction.

[My aunt is a fool. She can't keep the things at home! ] Jiang Xiaoxiao sighed. If she was a smart person, she would get busy. Why was she playing with a little kid like her?

Jiang Meilan heard Jiang Xiaoxiao's inner voice and glared at her angrily, "I'm not stupid! Jiang Xiaoxiao, you are!"

She turned and left angrily.

He walked to the jar of candy, grabbed a few and stuffed them into his pocket, then closed the door and ran out.

The Jiang family’s fish, meat, wine, and dishes were all placed in the kitchen.

When there is a wedding at home, the kitchen door will not be closed, so everyone can go and get whatever they need.

While distributing food, Aunt Jiang was directing everyone to serve the dishes. Sometimes she also helped to wash vegetables and dishes. She was doing the work of three people alone, which made it easy for people to take advantage of her.

When Jiang Meilan walked into the kitchen, she saw her neighbor, Grandma Gui, standing in front of an old water tank filled with fish, looking at the fish in the water.

The eyes are furtive.

"Gui Po, what are you doing?" Jiang Meilan thought of Jiang Xiaoxiao's thoughts, walked over and said loudly.

My little niece is so amazing, she can predict the future. Looking at the look of this old lady Gui, she really wants to steal the fish.

No, she is also amazing. She can understand what her little niece is thinking. She is also an amazing person.

Grandma Gui wanted to take advantage of the chaos to catch a fish, but when she saw Jiang Meilan coming, she knew she had no chance. She muttered, "Just now a cat ran in, and I was worried that it would steal some food, so I was chasing it away."

"Where's the cat?" Jiang Meilan looked around. "Is there no cat?"

"It's a wild cat that I just chased away." Grandma Gui waved her hand and said.

She glanced at Jiang Meilan, pursed her lips, and turned away.

Jiang Meilan shrugged her shoulders, moved a small chair, and sat at the kitchen door to guard it.

When someone came in to get something, she would ask who asked them to take it.

Those who work seriously will say that Liu Xihua or Jiang Daguo arranged for them to take it. Some cunning people who want to take the opportunity to steal things will find that Jiang Meilan is guarding them, so they will make an excuse and leave, saying that they are looking for someone.

Jiang Meilan is not stupid, she is just simple by nature and cannot think about the pros and cons of some things.

After being enlightened by Jiang Xiaoxiao, she became as shrewd as an abacus.

After the banquet, the Jiang family counted the items and found that none of the borrowed bowls and chopsticks were missing, and neither were the wine, meat, or fish.

However, there were a few dishonest people who liked to take advantage of the village's banquets to steal things. They cursed the Jiang family behind their backs for being too cunning and actually sending Jiang Meilan to guard the kitchen door, so that the family could not get any benefits at all.

"You're too smart. No wonder you can't have a baby." Grandma Gui spat at the Jiang family.
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On the second day after Jiang Xiaoxiao's full moon, Liu Xihua took Jiang Xiaoxiao to her parents' home.

This is the custom, and you have to bring candy and eggs when you go back to your parents' home.

Aunt Jiang put things into the basket while scolding Liu Xihua, "If it weren't for the two pieces of good cloth your parents sent me, I really wouldn't want you to go back. You're just an adopted child, is it necessary to take you to your parents' home to recognize you?"

At yesterday's full moon banquet, Aunt Jiang was subjected to a lot of ridicule and sarcasm, which made her so angry that she couldn't even eat her meal properly.

She became even angrier when her daughter-in-law wanted to take the found baby back to her parents' home.

Can't we just keep embarrassing things to ourselves at home? Must we make it known everywhere?
[Mom is going back to the back mountain of Liu's house to dig Ganoderma lucidum, grandma, please let Mom go] Jiang Xiaoxiao pinched her little fingers and blew bubbles. Aunt Jiang was stunned. Hey, she heard her granddaughter's voice again, will her daughter-in-law dig Ganoderma lucidum back?

Oh, that’s a treasure. I heard that people from the city come to the countryside to look for Ganoderma lucidum during holidays.

Aunt Jiang's face immediately turned from anger to joy, and she handed the basket to Liu Xihua, "Go, go, go early and come back early. There's a new child at home, and you have to go to the fields to earn work points."

After resting for half a month after her miscarriage, Liu Xihua started working in the fields.

She was not in good health, so Jiang Daguo did not let her work too hard. At the end of the day, Liu Xihua earned only four work points, less than the slow Jiang Meihua earned when she was weeding the fields.

Aunt Jiang often scolded her for being lazy.

The mother-in-law was scolding just now, but in the next moment she was smiling, leaving Liu Xihua confused.

She took the basket awkwardly and nodded, "Okay, Mom. I'll go back for lunch and then be back."

Liu Xihua’s parents’ home is in the next village brigade, and it only takes half an hour to walk there.

She put Jiang Xiaoxiao in a wooden baby stroller and carried the basket back to her parents' home.

When Liu's parents came to Jiang's house for a drink yesterday, Liu Xihua told her family that she would be back today.

In the morning, none of the Liu family members went out to work and waited for Liu Xihua at home.

When the neighbors at home saw Liu Xihua returning to her parents' home, they all came over to watch.

"Xihua, I heard you picked up a baby. Is it this baby?"

"Xihua, this kid is someone else's lost illegitimate daughter, right?"

"Xihua, if you raise a baby for someone else, what if the baby runs away after it grows up?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao is angry: Who are you calling an illegitimate daughter? Your whole family is illegitimate!

Liu Xihua looked unhappy when asked this question and walked into her home without saying a word.

The Liu family originally wanted to go out to greet them, but when they heard the neighbors talking outside the house, they did not go out and sat in the house sulking.

"Mom, Dad, elder brother and sister-in-law, younger brother and sister-in-law." Liu Xihua nodded to her family.

After Liu Xihua's elder brother and younger brother got married, they both had children.

The wives of the two men looked at Liu Xihua, who was unable to have children, carrying a picked-up child back to her parents' home, with a half-smile on their faces.

Father Liu was so embarrassed that he waved his hand and said, "Sit down, sit down."

Liu's mother also blamed her daughter for not being able to have a baby and bringing shame to the Liu family, but after all, she was her only daughter, so she controlled her temper, stepped forward to take the basket from Liu Xihua, put it on the table, and called her two daughters-in-law to cook.

"I'm busy in the fields. I'll be back soon." Liu Xihua glanced at her mother's expression and said, then picked up Jiang Xiaoxiao to show her mother.

There was a large crowd at the full moon banquet yesterday. Liu Xihua held Jiang Xiaoxiao and only walked around in the crowd symbolically before taking Jiang Xiaoxiao back into the house. She didn't have time to show the baby to her parents.

Liu's mother took it reluctantly.

[Dear grandma, please close the fence of the pigpen quickly, the piglets are about to run away.] Jiang Xiaoxiao waved her hands and tried to grab Liu's mother by the collar.

The original owner was courting death and was not liked by the Jiang family. Liu Xihua was also heartbroken and refused to see the original owner. It was Liu's mother who finally arranged the original owner's funeral.

Jiang Xiaoxiao has a good impression of this kind old man who has a sharp tongue but a soft heart.

Liu's mother opened her eyes wide in surprise: Oh my God, she seemed to hear her granddaughter, who was only one month old, talking?

(End of this chapter)