Chapter 26 Aunt Jiang was frightened and agreed to go to the fields
Jiang Meizhi humiliated them unreasonably, saying, "Can you blame Shengsheng for this? He didn't tie Meilan and Chengcheng up to go there. He just made a small suggestion! They obviously took the initiative to go there. Now you feel you've lost out and you're blaming Shengsheng? It's totally unreasonable. No wonder our family has always been poor. You can't get rich if you're unreasonable!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao felt disgusted with Jiang Meizhi and her son because of their inability to distinguish right from wrong and their blindly protecting of their own children. She couldn't feel any good feelings towards them at all.

Hearing Jiang Xiaoxiao's voice, Jiang Meilan began to complain angrily: "Dad, big brother, look at Xiao Shengzi, he is only seven years old, but he weighs almost 70 kilograms. I am fourteen years old, and I only weigh 75 kilograms. My arms and legs are so thin, but his body is so strong, why should I give my food to him? Besides, his family has no shortage of food. Who knows if he will find it unpalatable after taking it back and feed it all to the pigs!"

"Your elder sister is not that kind of person. Don't think so badly of your elder sister and Xiao Shengzi." Uncle Jiang frowned with dissatisfaction and his tone was very stern.

Jiang Daguo didn't want to see his sisters quarreling, so he quickly persuaded them: "How big of a deal can this be? It's just a few potatoes! I can go to our private plot and dig a few more out later, right?"

Hearing her brother say this, Jiang Meilan still felt a little unhappy, and couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "Humph, anyway, I just don't like that little Shengzi."

Uncle Jiang, who was standing by, finished his porridge and put his empty bowl into the basket beside him. He urged Jiang Meilan, "Come on, eat quickly so you can go to work in the fields after you finish eating."

Jiang Meilan curled her lips in resentment, used chopsticks to scrape away the few remaining grains of rice in the bowl, and replied reluctantly, "I know."

After dinner, everyone returned to the fields to continue working.

Liu Xihua quickly cleaned up everyone's bowls and chopsticks and put them neatly together.

She picked up Jiang Xiaoxiao, carefully fed her a few sips of water, and then skillfully helped her urinate. Seeing Jiang Xiaoxiao's quiet and lovely appearance, Liu Xihua couldn't help but pat her face gently and said softly, "Xiaoxiao, be good. Mommy is going to work."

Jiang Xiaoxiao grinned. She has always been well behaved.

Worried that those nasty little insects and ants would sneak into the basket through the gaps and bite the children, Liu Xihua came up with a brilliant idea.

She first put the basket containing bowls, chopsticks and cans on the bottom layer, and then put the basket containing Jiang Xiaoxiao on the upper layer.

In this way, a section of space was formed under Jiang Xiaoxiao's body, and insects and ants could not bite Jiang Xiaoxiao easily.

After making all the arrangements, Liu Xihua checked again carefully to make sure that both baskets were placed securely. Only then did she put on her hat with confidence and joined everyone in the work.
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In the evening, everyone finished work.

Jiang Daguo took Jiang Meilan to his own private plot of land and dug up a dozen round, plump potatoes.

These potatoes are as big as eggs or as big as fists, enough for a family to have two meals.

As soon as she got home, Jiang Meilan quickly reminded Aunt Jiang: "Mom, we'll eat these potatoes tonight and again at noon tomorrow. Don't give them away!"

Aunt Jiang frowned, "Who did I send you off? You little bitch, you're making a fuss as soon as you enter the house! With your bad temper, it's hard to believe you'll ever get married!"

Hearing this, Jiang Meilan was immediately furious. "How did I have a bad temper? It's because Mom always sends food from home to Xiao Shengzi's house. I'm so hungry, how can I have a good temper?"

After saying that, she pouted with a look of grievance.

Aunt Jiang immediately turned around and glared at Liu Xihua, "Did you tell her that?"

Liu Xihua said nothing, silently picked up Jiang Xiaoxiao and walked into the house.

Since you can’t win the argument anyway, why bother getting involved?
As soon as she left, Aunt Jiang became even more furious and started yelling at her two daughters.

Fortunately, Jiang Daguo was there to persuade and comfort her, so she stopped cursing.

Jiang Meilan found that the rice was not cooked yet. She just put the rice into the pot and shouted at the top of her voice, "I'm starving, why is it not cooked yet?" This shouting completely angered Aunt Jiang. She raised her hand in anger and slapped Jiang Meilan hard.
"If you have the guts, cook for yourself! You can't do anything!"

Jiang Meilan, who was beaten so hard that she was burning, immediately shut her mouth out of grievance.

Jiang Meihua was much more obedient. She silently rolled up her sleeves, walked to the stove and started to get busy.

They quarreled again. Grandpa Jiang sighed with a headache, "Alright, stop quarreling! Tomorrow, you and I will go to the fields to work together. You don't have to cook. Let Xihua come back and do it."

Aunt Jiang got even more furious. "What? You want me to go to the fields? I won't go!"

In the room, Jiang Xiaoxiao snorted in her heart. This Aunt Jiang refused to go to the fields and didn't do housework. It was really outrageous.

After going out on their own, all the older grandmothers from other families went to work in the fields, but Aunt Jiang, who was only in her early fifties, started to take care of her old age.

If the family is wealthy, they can provide for their retirement at the age of 30, but the Jiang family is so poor, how can they afford to rest?

The whole family is afraid of Aunt Jiang, this is not okay...

When Jiang Xiaoxiao was thinking about who else could subdue Aunt Jiang, she suddenly thought of someone.

She tried hard to pull Liu Xihua's sleeve.

[Oh my god, grandma is afraid of my aunt. If I ask my aunt to take care of her, she will be scared.]

In the outer room, Aunt Jiang beat and scolded her sister-in-law and quarreled with her father-in-law. Liu Xihua had long been unable to bear it, but she was also afraid of her mother-in-law. When she heard her daughter say that her mother-in-law's sister could control her mother-in-law, her heart brightened. Yes, that person was truly powerful.

Liu Xihua walked to the main house door and said to Aunt Jiang, "Mom, when I delivered food this afternoon, I saw Aunt Jiang. She said she would come to see you tomorrow if she was free."

Aunt Jiang also has three sisters. The eldest sister is even more unreasonable and aggressive than Jiang Meizhi.

Aunt Jiang is such a fierce woman, but when she sees her elder sister, she is like a cat seeing a mouse.

Because this eldest sister doesn't like to work, but likes to enjoy eating and drinking. If she has no money, she will ask her son and daughter-in-law for it. If she can't get it from her son and daughter-in-law, she will borrow from relatives.

I also particularly like visiting my two younger sisters’ homes.

The excuse is to visit people, but in reality they just take whatever they see.

Aunt Jiang is a stingy person, how could she bear being robbed like this by her own sister?
After several times, Aunt Jiang saw her sister coming and hid secretly.

Or push family members out to block the knife.

But tomorrow everyone else in the family will go to the fields and she will be the only one at home. If her fierce and unreasonable elder sister comes, who will she ask for help?

Thinking of this, Aunt Jiang said unhappily, "She can come if she wants." Then she said to Uncle Jiang, "I will go to the fields with you tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)