Chapter 46: Get it back

When Liu Xihua heard Jiang Xiaoxiao's thoughts, she was stunned.

"Mom, wait a moment!" She rushed forward and snatched Aunt Jiang's bag.

Aunt Jiang reacted and reached out to grab it, "What are you doing? A daughter-in-law is actually grabbing her mother-in-law's bag. Is there any justice in this world?"

Liu Xihua ran away with her bag.

"Xihua, what are you doing?" Uncle Jiang shouted angrily and slammed the table.

"Xihua..." Jiang Daguo frowned. He didn't understand why Liu Xihua would snatch his mother's bag, but he was worried that his mother would hit Liu Xihua, so he walked over and pulled Liu Xihua away.

Liu Xihua unzipped her bag and dumped all the contents onto the ground.

A handful of banknotes and several colorful cloth and food coupons fell out.

The whole family was stunned.

Jiang Meilan blinked, "Mom, this is... how come there is so much money? What are you going to do with so much money?"

These days, Aunt Jiang has been telling Jiang Meilan that the family has no money and asked her not to go to school anymore.

But Jiang Meilan wants to go to school, and her grades have improved a lot, so why not let her?
Because her mother always complained about having no money, she, who had never done farm work before, started to work diligently in the fields every day in order to study.

But who would have known that the mother who complains about not having money every day actually has hundreds of dollars in her bag!

And her tuition is only a few dollars a semester!
"Mom, what is this?" Liu Xihua asked with red eyes, suppressing her grievance and pointing at a pile of money on the ground.

Aunt Jiang was so angry that her face turned red. She jumped up and rushed over to grab it, "My money!"

Liu Xihua grabbed it faster than her.

Aunt Jiang was furious and reached out to strangle Liu Xihua.

"Mom, stop hitting me!" Jiang Daguo hurriedly pulled Liu Xihua away and grabbed Aunt Jiang's hand, "Mom, what's going on with this money?"

As he pulled and stopped, Liu Xihua picked up all the money.

Looking at the familiar banknotes, she trembled with anger.

"My money, Daguo, why are you stopping me?" Aunt Jiang started fighting with her son.

[Mom, when Dad was sorting out the money a few days ago, he drew a pencil mark on all the money and bills and wrote a fancy word.] Jiang Xiaoxiao thought of something and clenched her fists.

Liu Xihua lowered her head to look at the banknotes, and sure enough, there was a word "Hua" written on the lower right corner of each note.

"Mom, these are our money. There are words written on them. They were written by Daguo." Liu Xihua said while shaking the banknotes.

Her words reminded Jiang Daguo, "Yes, yes, yes, I wrote a fancy word on it with a pencil. Writing with a pencil is convenient and easy to erase."

"Oh, no wonder my brother asked me to borrow a pencil the day before yesterday. It turns out you were going to mark the money." Jiang Meilan also said.

"Let me see." Uncle Jiang stretched out his hand towards Liu Xihua.

Liu Xihua bit her lip and handed over the bill.

Grandpa Jiang could barely recognize a few words. He knew the simple word "flower". After recognizing the words above, he looked at Aunt Jiang with a sullen face, "Grandma, you...ah, what should I say?"

He had been accommodating to Aunt Jiang all his life, and he didn't know how to say harsh words.

When the neighbors saw the Jiang family quarreling, they came over to ask why.

Aunt Jiang realized that the truth was revealed and she would be embarrassed if she continued to argue, so she picked up the bag that Liu Xihua had dropped on the ground, turned around and ran away.

Uncle Jiang shouted at her, "Where are you going?"

"I can't stay here anymore. I'm going to live with my relatives." Aunt Jiang left angrily without looking back.

Aunt Gui looked at her back and shouted, "Dongguo Niang, what's going on in your family? Dongguo Niang, which relative's house are you going to?" Aunt Jiang was so angry that she gritted her teeth. Any relative's house was better than her own.

Seeing that more and more neighbors were gathering around, Liu Xihua held the money in her hand, took Jiang Xiaoxiao from Jiang Meilan's arms, and went into the house.

Jiang Daguo also followed him into the house.

Grandpa Jiang waved to his two daughters and said, "Wash the clothes, sweep the floor, and get ready to go to the fields."

The family members are busy with their own things.

When the neighbors saw that there was nothing fun to watch, they dispersed in twos and threes.

Liu Xihua put the money and bills on the table, "Daguo, you see, Mom is really..."

Jiang Daguo never expected that his own mother would actually steal her son's money.

He put the money in order one by one with a serious face, and after counting it, he said, "Nothing is missing."

The money is not missing, but it can no longer be kept in the drawer. Aunt Jiang dared to break the lock this time, and she will dare to break it next time as well.

After discussing, the couple put the money into the gap between the bricks behind the cabinet.
-
Aunt Jiang originally wanted to use her son and daughter-in-law's money to visit her pregnant eldest daughter.

But the money was still discovered by his son and daughter-in-law, who snatched it back.

She doesn't have a dollar in her pocket now.

How to get to the city?
After biting her tongue, she shamelessly went to her third sister's house.

Chen Sanwa saw his sister coming over with a small handbag, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Where are you going in such a hot day?"

"I went to the city to see Meizhi. She found a job, so I went to see her." Aunt Jiang made up an excuse.

Chen Sanmei raised her eyebrows, "Is it true? Is she so powerful?"

"Meizhi has always been amazing. She lived in your house when she was a child. Have you forgotten?" Aunt Jiang glared at her sister.

"Okay, okay, she's great, okay?" Chen Sanwa answered perfunctorily.

"You are Meizhi's third aunt. She has found a job. Shouldn't you show some support?"

Chen Sanwa looked embarrassed, "You also need me to show my support for finding a job?"

"What do you think? If you are good to Meizhi, Meizhi will be good to you and your children in the future. When you go to the city in the future, will Meizhi still treat you badly?" Aunt Jiang made a promise to her sister.

Chen Sanwa has never been able to win an argument with her, but he also thinks that since they are all relatives, he might really have to rely on Jiang Meizhi in the future.

"Okay, okay, I'll give her a gift because of her ability," said Chen Sanwa.

The gift was two pieces of cloth, but Aunt Jiang didn't want the cloth now, she just wanted money.

She begged and coaxed her sister Chen Sanwa into borrowing 200 yuan.

It’s wrong, but who knows when it will be paid back?
Chen Sanwa felt resentful, but because of their sisterhood, she couldn't say anything.

However, he couldn't say it directly, so Chen Sanwa had the courage to say it aside to annoy his sister.

"Second sister, it's no wonder you always side with Meizhi. Although your Daguo is a son, he is no match for Meizhi, his sister." Chen Sanwa raised his eyebrows and said, "The couple are like a dumb gourd, and they can't make a sound even if they are hit with three sticks. They have been married for ten years, but they can't even have a baby. Second sister, do you think that the couple has no children? Is it your wife's problem or your son's problem?"

Aunt Jiang’s biggest worry is that her son and daughter-in-law have never had a child.

Hearing her sister say this, she was so angry that she was about to explode, "It's not Daguo's problem, it's Xihua's problem. She ate so much food, but she couldn't even have a baby!"

"Really? Not as good as Meizhi. Meizhi gave birth to a boy as her first child. Her boy is called Sheng'er, right? He is more than seven years old, right?"

When talking about the son her daughter gave birth to and thinking about the baby her daughter was pregnant with, Aunt Jiang's heart became more determined to side with her daughter.

(End of this chapter)