Chapter 45 Let’s separate the family

"Daguo, what are you doing? Come out here! You are a rebel. You actually searched your own mother's house..." Aunt Jiang rushed forward to stop them like crazy and pulled Daguo back.

Jiang Daguo turned around and looked at Aunt Jiang with a cold face, "Mom, then you can take it out yourself."

"I, I, I...what did I take?" Aunt Jiang jumped up.

She slapped her legs, sat on the ground, and started crying. "My son and his wife lost money in the house, but they actually suspected their own mother. What kind of justice is this? I will not live any longer!"

Coincidentally, team leader Jiang Guoping, who was passing by, heard the noise from the Jiang family and walked over.

"What's going on in your family? Hey, the meal is ready, why are you not eating but just quarreling?" Jiang Guoping pointed at the table with the dishes and chopsticks, looked at everyone and asked with a puzzled look.

"Yes, Captain, it's a good thing you came. Please give me some justice. I, the old woman, work hard at home to cook and take care of the children, but my son and daughter-in-law suspect that I stole their money. I am innocent. I might as well die." When Aunt Jiang saw someone coming, she cried even louder.

Jiang Guoping looked at Uncle Jiang who was standing silently beside him, "Uncle, what's going on?"

Uncle Jiang was familiar with his wife's temper. Maybe she really took it, otherwise his son and daughter-in-law, who had always been honest, would not have criticized her at the same time.

But he couldn't argue with his wife, and besides, it was a family matter, so how could he explain it clearly?
He shook his head and waved his hands, saying, "The son and daughter-in-law misunderstood their mother. It's a small matter, a small matter."

"Daguo, you speak." Jiang Guoping asked Jiang Daguo again.

Jiang Daguo frowned and said nothing.

He was embarrassed to tell this to outsiders.

Jiang Daguo asked Liu Xihua again.

Seeing that Jiang Daguo didn't say anything, Liu Xihua didn't dare to say anything either.

Seeing that no one said anything, Aunt Jiang became even more proud and started crying again, "You are all wrongly accusing me. I'd rather die--"

"Call the police. They should be able to find out who stole it." Jiang Meilan said coldly.

"If you dare, I'll beat you to death, you idiot!" Aunt Jiang jumped up and slapped Jiang Meilan in the face.

Jiang Meilan's nose was bleeding and she stood there in a daze.

"Oh, Auntie, why did you hit Meilan? She is a little kid who doesn't know anything. You could just scold her a few words, but why did you hit her?" Jiang Guoping stomped his feet in anger.

Liu Xihua couldn't bear it anymore, so she called Jiang Meihua to take Jiang Meilan downstairs to wipe their faces.

Jiang Guoping looked at the noisy family and understood what was going on. He patted Jiang Daguo on the shoulder and said, "Forget it, forget it. Don't bother with your mother. Just deal with it."

Liu Xihua cried again when she heard this. "That was the money we saved for half a year... to buy the equipment to build the house."

Jiang Guoping glanced at Aunt Jiang, and then said to Liu Xihua, "Save more. Your family sells vegetables to the city every day. Life is getting better and better. In less than half a year, you can save up the money you lost. Okay, okay, let's go eat, stop arguing, and I'm going home too."

He waved and went back.

Liu Xihua was still crying. Jiang Daguo patted her shoulder, helped her sit at the table, and put the chopsticks in front of her. "Eat." He called Uncle Jiang again, "Dad, eat."

The only person he didn't call was Aunt Jiang.

Jiang Meihua helped her sister deal with the nosebleed, brought a bowl of rice to Jiang Meilan, and also brought a bowl for herself. The two sisters went to the yard to eat.

Liu Xihua couldn't eat, so she sat with her head down and cried.

Seeing that no one was talking to her, Aunt Jiang knew that the matter was over. Instead, she sat down at the table in a good mood and started eating as if nothing had happened.

This made Liu Xihua even more angry.

Aunt Jiang was eating and glanced at her. "All the wives in this team have given birth to babies. Xihua, when are you going to give birth? If you don't give birth to a baby, why are you thinking about that little money all day long?"

She snorted coldly. She had made up her mind that her son and daughter-in-law were no longer able to help, so she couldn't count on them.

Now that her eldest daughter is pregnant again, she plans to bring the baby home to be raised by her son and daughter-in-law.

It's better than the one they picked up who has no blood relationship with them.

When Liu Xihua heard her mother-in-law asking about having a baby again, she stopped crying.

She had originally been full of confidence in resenting her mother-in-law for stealing the money, but now her confidence was gone in an instant.

He stood there with an embarrassed look on his face.

Aunt Jiang glanced at her and snorted, "You're always fussing over trivial matters. No wonder you can't have a baby!"

Liu Xihua was so angry that she bit her lips so hard that they almost drew blood.

The family had a very unpleasant meal.

Jiang Meihua, who was thoughtful, tactfully took her sister to wash the dishes and boil water for bathing.

After the family took a bath, they went back to their rooms to sleep without chatting.

Liu Xihua couldn't sleep, so she sat on the bed and cried quietly.

[Mom, let’s separate from grandma]

[Xiaoxiao doesn’t want to be bullied by her grandmother and aunt’s children all the time]

Liu Xihua listened to her daughter's voice, stopped crying, bit her lip and said, "Daguo, how about... we live separately from mom."

Jiang Daguo was shocked. "Xihua, my mother is my only son. What will happen to my mother and father after the family is divided?"

"It's not that we don't want to take care of them when they are old, it's just that... I don't want to work and live with them anymore," Liu Xihua said with tears.

She wanted to say that she was under a lot of pressure.

If it weren't for her mother-in-law, she wouldn't have kept getting pregnant and having miscarriages.

"I know you're upset about losing your money today, but..." Jiang Daguo sighed, "Let's talk about this later. Anyway, I'll work hard to make money. Let's not keep it at home, but in the bank. When I went to the city these days, I heard them chatting and saying that they kept it in the bank and could earn interest."

Liu Xihua looked at him, nodded, and said nothing more.

She knew that Jiang Daguo didn't split up the family business because he was afraid that the villagers would talk about him.
She thought so at the beginning, but now, she is not afraid of what the villagers say. Does she have to live her life if she always cares about the villagers' thoughts?
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The next day, the family lived their lives peacefully, as if the money loss had never happened yesterday.

Of course, Jiang Daguo and Liu Xihua didn't say a word when they saw Aunt Jiang.

However, Aunt Jiang was busy getting herself ready to take a bus to the city and didn't notice the expressions of her son and daughter-in-law at all.

"Your third aunt's youngest son is getting married. I'm going to have a drink and won't be back tonight." Aunt Jiang opened an umbrella to block the not-so-strong sunlight in the early morning, adjusted her bag, and strode out.

[Mom, the money lost yesterday must be in grandma’s bag]

[Grandma will give the money to my aunt]

[Mom, hurry up and grab the hug]

Jiang Xiaoxiao clenched her fists, feeling indignant.

Jiang Meilan held her and saw her legs kicking and her head twisting. She hurriedly hugged her tightly, "You little thing, it's so hard for me to hold you. Can you please not move?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao thought to herself, if she could walk, she would rush forward and snatch Aunt Jiang's bag.

(End of this chapter)