Chapter 40: Use the same trick to lure out the liar

Liu Xihua looked at her two sisters-in-law standing in the crowd. One of them took time out to help her wash and collect clothes, and the other took time out to help her hold the child. She felt that what her daughter said was right.

Ever since she married into the Jiang family, her eldest aunt Jiang Meizhi and her mother-in-law have never treated her well. On the contrary, the two younger sisters-in-law would find time to help her with small things and they didn't have any bad intentions.

Since I have to give a dowry anyway, I might as well give it now.

Liu Xihua pursed her lips, took back the two sheets from Aunt Jiang's hand, and gave one to Jiang Meihua and one to Jiang Meilan.

"Take this, it's the dowry that your sister-in-law gave you."

The neighbors who were watching the fun didn't expect her to do this and were stunned for a moment.

The neighbors who reacted realized that Liu Xihua was deliberately trying to irritate Aunt Jiang, and they all laughed and said, "Xihua really cares about her sisters-in-law."

Someone else said to Aunt Jiang, "Mr. Jiang, you are not going to compete with your two daughters for the dowry, are you? This is the gift from their eldest sister-in-law."

Most of the neighbors don't like Aunt Jiang and say this on purpose to make things difficult for her.

Aunt Jiang had a gloomy face and turned back into the house without saying a word.

Uncle Jiang called her, but she ignored him.

Jiang Meihua held the bed sheet and thanked her gratefully, "Thank you, sister-in-law."

Jiang Meilan was young and had no idea what marriage was all about. She blinked and asked in confusion, "Sister-in-law, I'm only fourteen years old, and you want me to get married?"

"Who told you to get married now? Just take it first and take it to your in-laws' house when you get married. This is an advance dowry gift." Liu Xihua said.

Jiang Meilan said, as if she understood, "Then I'll take it. Thank you, sister-in-law."

The matter was resolved, and there was no need to quarrel. Jiang Daguo waved to his sisters, "Come in. How hot is the sun outside?"

He pushed his bicycle into the house.

Liu Xihua took Jiang Xiaoxiao from Jiang Meilan's arms and went into the house.

Jiang Meihua and Jiang Meilan took turns looking at each other's bed sheets.

The neighbors found that there was nothing exciting to watch and left in twos and threes.

Aunt Jiang didn't get any advantage today, so she was so angry that she didn't cook. She went back to her bedroom and lay down, sighing and complaining about a headache.

Liu Xihua frowned, had to put Jiang Xiaoxiao down, and said to Jiang Daguo, "I'll go cook."

Just as she stood up, her sister-in-law Jiang Meihua walked to the door and said, "Sister-in-law, Mom has a headache. You take Xiaoxiao with you. I'll go cook."

Liu Xihua responded gratefully, "Just cook two dishes, don't make it too much trouble."

My second sister-in-law is diligent, but she is slow in doing things. If there are too many dishes to cook, she will be busy for two hours.

Jiang Meihua responded with a smile, "I understand." Then she called her sister Jiang Meilan to go to the kitchen together.

"I can't, second sister."

"I can't learn it. I don't know how to do it either. You got my sister-in-law's bed sheet. How can you not help her? Go quickly."

"I know, it's coming."

The two sisters went into the kitchen, chatting and laughing.
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The Civil Affairs Bureau needed a lot of vegetables, and considering that other places would need to buy vegetables in the future, Liu Xihua and Jiang Daguo discussed expanding the area of ​​the vegetable field.

City people like to eat beans, peppers, tomatoes and eggplants, and they plan to set aside three acres of land to grow these vegetables. Now is June, and after planting, they will be harvested in autumn.

After lunch, Jiang Daguo picked up the bucket and took the seeds to go to the field. At this time, Jiang Meizhi came again.

Aunt Jiang had gone to Jiang Daguo to ask for bed sheets but failed to get them. She was feeling very upset. When she saw her well-behaved eldest daughter coming, she deliberately sighed and patted her legs, "Meizhi, what are you doing here? Your eldest brother and his wife don't welcome you."

Liu Xihua looked unhappy, "Mom, we didn't say we don't welcome Meizhi back."

"You still say you don't have that intention? I asked you to send bed sheets to Meizhi, but you were reluctant to do so. If this isn't disdain, what is it?" Aunt Jiang glared at Liu Xihua.

Liu Xihua said calmly, "I have already given Meizhi's dowry, now it's time to give Meihua and Meilan's."

"Who told you to consider it as a dowry? Can't you just treat it as an ordinary gift?" Aunt Jiang said dissatisfiedly.

"Forget it, Mom. I have something important to tell my brother and sister-in-law. Forget about the bed sheets. My family has enough of them." Jiang Meizhi did have something important to tell Liu Xihua and his wife. She couldn't ruin things because of a small piece of bed sheet.

Since the eldest daughter didn't care, Aunt Jiang didn't say anything. She waved at Jiang Daguo and said, "Don't worry about anything. Your sister wants to talk to you about something."

Liu Xihua frowned and had to take over Jiang Daguo's responsibility and sit down with him to listen.

She looked at her sister-in-law and wondered what she was up to.

Jiang Meilan, who didn't have school on Sunday, came over with Jiang Xiaoxiao in her arms.

Jiang Meizhi saw that everyone was looking at her. She pursed her lips and sighed, "My friend Wu Deyuan came to see me this morning and said that I can officially go to work next Monday, which is tomorrow. But I still don't have my work clothes. Brother and sister-in-law, can't you help me? Lend me some money, and I will pay you back when I get a job."

"Ah? So soon, you can start working tomorrow?" Aunt Jiang was pleasantly surprised. She pulled Jiang Meizhi's hand and urged Jiang Daguo and Liu Xihua, "You must help. It's not easy for us to be city dwellers!"

"Mom, she just goes to work and she's not a city dweller yet." Liu Xihua shook her head and said.

"It won't be long." Aunt Jiang glanced at her and asked Jiang Meizhi, "Meizhi, have you found a solution to your household registration?"

"Yes, he said I can transfer after I start working," said Jiang Meizhi.

Jiang Daguo shook his head. "Meizhi, didn't I tell you that day? The person you know is probably a liar. He doesn't work at the Civil Affairs Bureau."

"I remembered it wrongly. He works in the Organization Department. Anyway, he's a section chief!" Jiang Meizhi still believed it and said, "When he came to our town to find me this morning, he drove a cheap car."

"Oh, he's still driving a car." Aunt Jiang became even more excited. "He is indeed a cadre."

Jiang Daguo still felt it was unreliable, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong.

[Dad, you can borrow the car. Having a car doesn’t necessarily mean you are an official. That Wu Deyuan is still cheating people.]

[Since my aunt trusts her so much, why not just do as she says, pretend to borrow money, find an opportunity to meet Wu Deyuan, and then call the police to have that person arrested]

[If Wu Deyuan is not caught, my aunt will still believe him and will keep asking my parents for money]

Jiang Daguo listened to his daughter's thoughts and suddenly came to his senses.

The method of luring the scammer out is feasible.

"Meizhi, I'm going to the city tomorrow. I'll go with you. Do you want to take a bus or ride a bike?" Jiang Daguo looked at Jiang Meizhi.

Jiang Meizhi blinked and suppressed her joy, "Brother, are you willing to lend me money?"

"I don't have any cash on hand, so I have to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to settle the bill and see if they can pay me in advance," said Jiang Daguo.

Liu Xihua became anxious and really lent it to Jiang Meizhi?
(End of this chapter)