Chapter 25 Don't Give in to Xiao Shengzi

Liu Xihua was so angry that she fell backwards. "I shouldn't have talked to her!"

[Mom, don’t be angry. My aunt has a bad temper and will suffer in the future.]

Liu Xihua gently stroked Jiang Xiaoxiao's cheek and said softly, "Mom won't bother with her. Let's go and find Grandpa, Dad, Second Aunt and Young Aunt. They are still waiting for me to bring them food."

After saying that, Liu Xihua put the worn straw hat on the basket to block the sunlight for Jiang Xiaoxiao. She skillfully picked up the load and walked towards the fields of Canal No. 2.

Along the way, she passed by other farmers who were carrying loads of food on their shoulders.

After walking for about ten minutes, they arrived at the plot of land allocated to the Jiang family.

Jiang Meilan was sitting next to a small tree at the edge of a field, fanning herself desperately with her straw hat.

When she saw Liu Xihua coming over with her load on her shoulders, she immediately ran over like a happy little bird, complaining, "Sister-in-law, why did you come just now? I'm almost starving!"

Jiang Meilan ran to Liu Xihua and couldn't wait to lift the bamboo hat on one of the baskets.

Seeing Jiang Xiaoxiao lying inside and blowing bubbles leisurely, he was stunned.

But she soon realized what was happening, laughed and said, "Sister-in-law, do we want to have Xiaoxiao for lunch today?"

Hearing this, Jiang Xiaoxiao's face turned dark instantly, and she muttered to herself: Humph, this baby is not delicious, only you, Jiang Meilan, a fool, are delicious!

Liu Xihua took the bamboo hat from her hand, put it back on the basket, and pointed to another basket next to it with a smile: "The food and drinks are here."

Jiang Meilan stuck out her tongue playfully, pretending to be terrified and said, "Oh my God! I was so scared, I thought they were going to eat Xiaoxiao!"

She couldn't wait to pour some water and gulp down a large bowl of it. After quenching her thirst a little, she opened the pot of porridge, scooped up a full bowl, and began to eat it ravenously.

Liu Xihua shouted to the other three people who were working in the field: "Dad, Daguo, Meihua, come and have dinner!" The three of them stopped what they were doing and strode towards the edge of the field.

Jiang Daguo walked up to her and scolded Liu Xihua, "Xihua, why did you bring Xiaoxiao with you? It's so hot outside!"

Liu Xihua lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly, mumbling as she explained, "I really don't feel comfortable leaving Xiaoxiao at home, so I brought her out with me. There are shade trees here, and there's a cool breeze, so Xiaoxiao shouldn't be too hot."

Jiang Xiaoxiao snorted and refuted.

[Dad, that's not the case. It's grandma who doesn't care about me. I'm all sweaty, but grandma won't take the blanket away from me.]

[I didn’t drink a sip of water or eat a mouthful of milk for the whole morning. If my mother hadn’t gone back, I would have died of hunger and thirst, and my father would never see me again.]

[Wow, Xiaoxiao has such a hard life]

Jiang Daguo frowned, walked to the basket where Jiang Xiaoxiao was lying, and took off his hat.

Jiang Xiaoxiao grinned and waved her little fist at Jiang Daguo.

Seeing his daughter's increasingly beautiful features, Jiang Daguo was overjoyed. He wiped his hands on his clothes and took Jiang Xiaoxiao out.

[Huh, Xiaoxiao likes to be hugged by daddy] Jiang Xiaoxiao blew a bubble.

Liu Xihua served Uncle Jiang a bowl of dry porridge, and then served Jiang Daguo, "Daguo, put Xiaoxiao down and eat."

"Mom didn't take care of Xiaoxiao?" Jiang Daguo asked with a frown.

Liu Xihua sighed, "Forget it, I'll take care of our baby myself."

"What is she busy with at home?" Uncle Jiang asked while holding the bowl and sip the porridge.

"Doing housework." Liu Xihua pursed her lips and said.

Uncle Jiang had a disabled leg and it was difficult for him to find a wife when he was young. Finally, Aunt Jiang took a fancy to him. He had given in to Aunt Jiang for most of her life. It was useless for others to complain about Aunt Jiang. In order to avoid being disliked by her father-in-law, Liu Xihua simply stopped talking.

But Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't want to hide it for Aunt Jiang, and she complained indignantly.

[Grandma only washed the clothes of grandpa, grandma and aunts, did not feed the chickens or pigs, chatted with Grandma Gui, played with Xiao Shengzi, and lunch was made by mom at home]

[A family should be together. Grandpa, please bring grandma to the field tomorrow. Xiaoxiao wants to play with grandma.]

Humph, if we bring them to the fields, Aunt Jiang won’t be able to just sit there.

The gossip of the villagers would drown her.

Uncle Jiang listened to Jiang Xiaoxiao's thoughts, thought about it, and expressed his agreement.

Now that we have brought our granddaughter out, and there is really nothing important to do at home, let the whole family come out and do something.

It’s the same if you ask your wife to go home and cook when the time comes.

Grandpa Jiang finished his porridge and said, "Tomorrow, ask your mother to come and water the fields together. Time waits for no one. The earlier you water the fields, the better it will be for the cotton seedlings to form flower buds."

Jiang Daguo looked at the vast cotton field and nodded, "I know, Dad."

Liu Xihua handed the porridge to Jiang Daguo. She took it from Jiang Xiaoxiao and put it back into the basket, but did not cover it with the hat because there was no need for it under the shade of the tree.

Everyone sat under the shade of the trees and ate lunch.

Jiang Meihua held the bowl and scooped the soup with chopsticks, "Sister-in-law, why are there radish cubes? I thought they were potatoes."

Speaking of potatoes, Jiang Daguo also asked, "Yes, Xihua, I dug a few potatoes and brought them back yesterday, why didn't you make potato soup?"

"What? There are potatoes at home? Sister-in-law, potatoes are delicious. This radish is so disgusting and bitter." Jiang Meilan spat out the residue of the old radish and complained with a bitter face.

"Mom gave it to Meizhi's family. She said Xiaoshengzi liked to eat it." Liu Xihua told the truth.

When they heard that it was given to Jiang Meizhi, Uncle Jiang and Jiang Daguo didn't say anything. Jiang Meihua was afraid of Jiang Meizhi, so she immediately shut up and stopped asking.

Only Jiang Meilan dared not to care and shouted, "Why should we give it to their family? They are much richer than ours, and they still lack potatoes? Xiao Shengzi is only seven and a half years old, and he weighs almost as much as me! Aren't you afraid that he will become as fat as a pig and unable to walk?"

"Forget it, forget it. Are you ashamed? You are an aunt, why are you arguing with a seven-year-old kid?" Uncle Jiang glared at Jiang Meilan in dissatisfaction.

But Jiang Meilan was only fourteen years old, the age when she was growing taller and more greedy.

She was always hungry and sometimes she was so hungry that she was dizzy. When she saw a piece of yellow earth on the side of the road, she thought it was a sorghum bun dropped by someone else.

Now that the fat boy Huang Sheng had eaten her potatoes, it was as hateful as taking food from her mouth.

[Little aunt, you are only fourteen years old, you are also a child, don’t let Xiao Shengzi have food to eat! ]

Jiang Xiaoxiao deliberately fanned the flames.

Huang Sheng was not a good guy either. He later teamed up with some gangsters to plot against the chaotic and simple-minded Jiang Meilan and the honest and simple Jiang Daguo's son Jiang Chengcheng.

He tricked Jiang Meilan into working as a call girl in a KTV, and tricked Jiang Chengcheng into working in a black brick kiln, where he was almost beaten to death.

Jiang Daguo and Liu Xihua sold their house and borrowed a lot of money to rescue the two people.

The couple went to Jiang Meizhi to complain, but Jiang Meizhi humiliated them instead, mocking that Jiang Meilan and Jiang Chengcheng deserved it.

(End of this chapter)