Chapter 34 Jiang Meizhi's face changed

"Hey, Daguo, you're back? How much did you get for the vegetables? Lend some to your sister, she wants to buy shoes." Aunt Jiang waved to Jiang Daguo.

"You don't even have money to buy shoes?" Jiang Daguo casually stuffed the empty woven bag onto a shelf in the corner of the room and looked at Jiang Meizhi coldly.

"How could your sister be without money? Her family's conditions are worth ten of yours. Isn't she just short of money temporarily? Besides, it's not like she won't pay you back if she borrowed it." Aunt Jiang glared at Jiang Daguo.

"Originally I didn't want to buy shoes. Yesterday when I was riding a bike, the pedal scraped off a layer of skin on the heel of my white high-heeled shoes. It's okay to wear them in the village brigade, but if I wear them to work in the city, wouldn't people laugh to death?" Jiang Meizhi frowned.

"Your family didn't give you money to buy shoes tomorrow?" Jiang Daguo walked to the table, poured himself a cup of cold tea and took a sip, then asked with a cold face.

"Daguo, did you get hit by a shell outside? You opened fire on your sister as soon as you entered the door? How can you act like a big brother? She just borrowed some money to buy shoes, and you scolded Meizhi like you were scolding your grandson? She is your own sister!" Aunt Jiang slapped her thigh angrily.

"Mom, you always spoil her. Sooner or later, something bad will happen to her." Jiang Daguo put down the tea bowl and sat down on the chair in a depressed mood.

"Your sister has been smart since she was young and has never suffered any loss. How could anything serious happen to her? If something serious happens, it must be a good thing, not a bad thing!" Aunt Jiang protected Jiang Meizhi and hugged her in her arms.

"Brother, don't worry about my affairs. I won't suffer any loss and I will live a good life. I will take you to live in City A in the future." Jiang Meizhi raised her eyebrows excitedly.

"Okay, okay, let's go to City A. I don't want to stay in this crappy countryside for even another day." Aunt Jiang excitedly pulled Jiang Meizhi's hand, as if they could move tomorrow.

Jiang Daguo shook his head and finally couldn't help talking, "Meizhi, I went to City A to sell vegetables and passed by the Civil Affairs Bureau. I went in to ask around and found that there was no section chief named Wu Deyuan. Meizhi, you've been deceived!"

Jiang Daguo thought that his words could scare Jiang Meizhi and her mother, but they just smiled.

Jiang Jiangzhi smiled and said, "Brother, I know you are worried about me, but you can't lie, can you? Wu Deyuan is obviously the section chief of the Civil Affairs Bureau. How can you say he doesn't work there?"

"I went to ask, and the people there said there is no one named Wu Deyuan." Jiang Daguo said in a deep voice.

"Daguo, did you go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to inquire? Do you know anyone there?" Aunt Jiang rolled her eyes in doubt.

"Of course I know him. I know a deputy director of the Civil Affairs Bureau, and I heard that the deputy director has a higher rank than the section chief." Jiang Daguo said again.

Jiang Meizhi raised her eyebrows, pulled her face long and snorted, "Brother, are you jealous of me, that's why you say that? I'm your sister, if I'm doing well, how can I not help you? Do you have to say such hurtful words to me?"

"That's right, you've gone too far!" Aunt Jiang walked forward and hit Jiang Daguo.

Jiang Daguo looked at the mother and daughter, sighed, and showed them the note for food in his pocket.

"What do you think this is?"

Aunt Jiang was illiterate and only saw a round seal on a white note.

"What is this? A great country?"

Jiang Meizhi could recognize a few words, and she read them one by one, "Today we received 3.3 jin of eggplant, 2.1 jin of pepper, 4 jin of green beans, 3.5 jin of peas, and 5.6 jin of cucumbers. Big brother, why are you showing me the canteen list?"

"Who told you to look at this? Look at this seal!" Jiang Daguo handed the note to Jiang Meizhi again.

"City A...Civil Affairs Bureau cafeteria? Brother, have you really been to the Civil Affairs Bureau?" Jiang Meizhi opened her eyes wide in surprise.

Jiang Daguo took back the note and carefully put it back into his pocket.

"Would Big Brother lie to you?" Jiang Daguo said with a sullen face, "Deputy Director Hu of the Civil Affairs Bureau has asked around for me, and there is no one named Wu Deyuan working there, not even the branch office under it has that name! Besides, the Civil Affairs Bureau doesn't handle household registration transfers, you have to go to the police station to transfer household registration!"

Jiang Meizhi's expression gradually changed. Aunt Jiang also became anxious, "Daguo, could it be that he works at another unit, not the Civil Affairs Bureau? Have you asked someone to check other units?"

"Mom, I don't know anyone from other units, how can I check?"

"Why don't you ask the deputy director to help you investigate?" Aunt Jiang stamped her feet anxiously.

"They can only check their own unit, but they are in charge of the units below, so how can they check other people's? It's just like you can ask mom how much rice Meizhi's family has, but you can't ask how much rice Aunt Gui's son has. You can't ask about other families, and they won't let you ask, because other people's affairs are confidential." Jiang Daguo shook his head and explained.

"Oh my, could this really be a liar? Meizhi, what should we do?" Aunt Jiang's dream of being a city dweller was shattered, and she stamped her feet in anxiety.

"Fortunately, you found out early that the man was a liar. Otherwise, Meizhi would have given him 6,000 yuan, and you might not be able to pay it back for several years." Jiang Daguo shook his head and said.

Jiang Meizhi shuddered, stood up, walked out of the door without saying a word, got on her bicycle and left.

Aunt Jiang called her, "Meizhi, are you going back now? Are you leaving without eating?"

Jiang Meizhi was feeling restless and uneasy, so how could she eat?

The bicycle was also ridden crookedly.

On the road, he met Liu Xihua who was returning home from the fields. He rode past her without even saying hello.

Liu Xihua called her, but she didn't even turn her head.

"Strange, what happened to Xihua? Did someone beat her?" Liu Xihua shook her head and went home carrying a hoe.

Seeing Jiang Daguo also coming back, Liu Xihua asked, "Why did Meizhi ride away in anger just now? What happened?"

Aunt Jiang glared at Jiang Daguo, signaling him not to speak.

Jiang Daguo didn't say anything, just said, "She said she remembered something happened at home, so she went back. Maybe something really happened at home."

Jiang Meizhi had a proud temper and never paid much attention to Liu Xihua. Liu Xihua just asked casually, and seeing that Jiang Daguo looked calm, she stopped asking.

He only said, "Daguo, have you sold all the vegetables you carried to the city?"

Speaking of the vegetable business, Jiang Daguo's expression became cheerful, "Oh, we sold it. Not only that, we will also send some over tomorrow."

Jiang Daguo handed Liu Xihua the list of the required number of dishes.

Liu Xihua was very happy to learn that it was sold to the Civil Affairs Bureau.

This is a big customer, he bought all at once.

But when she saw the order list for tomorrow, she was in trouble.

"Ah? We still need green beans. We only have three racks of green beans at home, and we picked them all yesterday. I'm afraid we'll have to wait for several days for them to grow again. And we don't have any cucumbers. We still have some peppers, but I'm afraid they're not enough. We don't have any peas either, and the eggplants... I've picked all the eggplants now, but there are only three of them."

Aunt Jiang heard them discussing the delivery of vegetables, and thinking that the money had not been collected yet, she asked again, "Daguo, where is the money from the vegetable sales?"

(End of this chapter)