Chapter 223 I don’t know where it is rotten now.
Chapter 223 I don’t know where it is rotten now.
Jiang Qianxun is not afraid to speak.
Just standing at the door was not a big deal after all. She took Aunt Zhao's hand and said, "This is a long story. Don't worry. Let's go inside and talk slowly."
Auntie Lan also stepped forward and said, "Yes, Sister Zhao, it's so cold and you are wearing thin clothes. It's not good to stand at the door and get blown by the wind. It's just right that our eldest daughter brought you something to warm yourself by the fire. Let's go inside and talk slowly. Old Jiang, go and take down the two Little Suns."
"Yes!" After hearing Yu Lan's instructions, Uncle Jiang came back to his senses from Aunt Zhao's words, glanced at Director An with heartache, and turned around to get the Little Sun.
In fact, there are better equipment, but Director An said that too advanced equipment cannot be installed in the countryside, and people are afraid that they will not be able to get used to it.
Uncle Jiang also moved the other gifts in the car into the house.
The neighbors next door saw Jiang Qianxun, who had not been seen for many years, come back, and gathered with their elderly and children to watch and discuss the matter.
"It turns out that girl Xunxun is back. Aunt Zhao is right. If she hadn't told me, I would have thought it was a big star."
"That's right! Look at the gifts she brought back. Wow! They fill up half a car trunk. Look at that red gift box. It says ginseng on it! And look at that bag. It says cordyceps and bird's nest. They are all high-end products! I never thought that a little girl who couldn't even afford a meal back then could now afford such precious supplements!"
"It's more than just supplements. Look at the man carrying the gifts, and the woman who helped her into the house. They were so respectful to Xunxun and called her Miss. They must be her family's servants! She must be a lady from a wealthy family! It's really a matter of time! If Shen Kuan hadn't been paralyzed, I really want to see his expression when he saw Xunxun!"
"Oh! Shen Kuan is paralyzed, but Shen Lan still has brothers from her mother's side. Those blood-sucking leeches just moved to the town, not abroad. Just wait and see, there will always be someone with gossip who will tell the Shen brothers. When they see Xunxun has returned with money, who knows what kind of trouble they will cause."
"Why do you care about the Shen family? Xunxun is grown up now. I think even if they find out, they may not be able to do anything to her. I envy Aunt Zhao. Back then, Shen Lan's brothers were rude and bullied Xunxun. Everyone was afraid of the power of the Shen family, so no one dared to help, except the widow Aunt Zhao. Now you see, Aunt Zhao's kindness has been rewarded. She got such a big cart of gifts for nothing. I don't know how much good things she will bring home in the future."
"Benefits... I heard that they were given a long time ago. A few years ago, someone said that Jiang Qianxun gave Aunt Zhao a sum of money to move to the city and buy a house for retirement, but Aunt Zhao refused to take it... Oh, how nice it would be if it was given to me! I want it!"
The village was quiet. Uncle Jiang was moving things while listening to the neighbors' discussions.
In addition to feeling more and more distressed for Director An the more he listened, he also kept a wary eye on the Shen family that was constantly mentioned.
After the last item was moved down, he locked the car door and followed him into the house.
On the kang in Aunt Zhao's room.
As soon as Uncle Jiang came in, he saw Aunt Zhao hunched over, preparing to add charcoal to the pit. He was grateful for Aunt Zhao's help to Director An, and hurried over to grab the fire tongs.
"Sister Zhao, let me do it."
Aunt Zhao looked at the clean big hand that was stretched out to her and quickly shook her head: "You city people can't do these, so let me do it."
"Sister Zhao, Lao Jiang and I are both servants of the eldest lady. There's nothing we can't do. Why don't I do it?" Aunt Lan couldn't help but come over to help.
When Aunt Zhao heard that these two people were Jiang Qianxun's servants, she felt even more embarrassed and refused to let them go.
Seeing that Jiang Qianxun still had to boil water for her, she always felt that the little girl she had watched grow up had become superior, and she was even more reluctant to let her do things, and even changed the way she addressed her.
"Qianxun, let me do it. The firewood is dirty and you are pregnant, so don't dirty your clothes. Go sit on the kang first. Oh, the quilt on the kang is not clean either. I'll go change it for a new one!"
Seeing Aunt Zhao's restrained and uneasy attitude, Jiang Qianxun felt helpless and forced herself to help boil water, but even Aunt Lan refused to let her do it.
Finally, it was Uncle Jiang and Aunt Lan who were busy running around, while she and Aunt Zhao were sitting on the kang chatting intermittently.
We were having a pleasant chat when a young couple came in after hearing the news. When they entered the house and saw the guests and the room full of gifts, they were stunned!
Although it was clearly my own home, I didn't know where to put my feet and could only look at my mother lying on the kang awkwardly.
"Mom, this is..." the young man asked, looking at the situation in the house.
The young woman also stroked her slightly bulging belly and looked at Jiang Qianxun who was sitting with her mother-in-law, and said in amazement: "So beautiful, mom, she is..."
Finally seeing her family members coming back, Aunt Zhao hurried over to introduce them: "This is Qianxun, the stepdaughter of Shen Lan from the same village, Canjie, you know her. Qianxun, this is my daughter-in-law, Lu Liping."
"Brother, sister-in-law, hello!" Jiang Qianxun greeted them both politely.
Although Jiang Qianxun wore ordinary clothes on purpose, her aura and nobleness could not be concealed.
When Zhao Canjie and Lu Liping saw each other, they wanted to go up and say hello, but they were afraid that the clothes they were wearing for raising fish would suffocate the other person, so they only dared to greet Jiang Qianxun from a distance.
"Chihiro sister!"
The couple greeted each other in unison.
"I didn't expect that after not seeing you for so many years, Sister Qianxun has grown up so much and is pregnant." Although he didn't dare to step forward, Zhao Canjie and Jiang Qianxun were acquaintances from childhood, so naturally they talked a few more words.
When Shen Kuan was holding her down and about to give her the unspeakable injection, it was Zhao Canjie who rushed in and knocked the syringe away. Jiang Qianxun has always been grateful to this elder brother, and now that she sees that he has started a family and his wife is pregnant, she is also very relieved.
"My eldest brother is not bad. He is going to be a father soon. So is Aunt Zhao. She didn't tell me before, so I didn't prepare enough gifts. Uncle Jiang, please give some supplements that pregnant women can take to my eldest brother and his wife. It will be my little gift to them."
Zhao Canjie and his wife quickly waved their hands to refuse.
But how could the two of them possibly convince Uncle Jiang and Aunt Lan? In the end, the two of them had no choice but to accept it!
The Zhao family of three felt embarrassed to receive so many gifts. They could not take care of the fish pond or anything else for the time being and hurried to cook to entertain the guests!
Zhao Lanjie drove his tricycle to the town to buy groceries, while Aunt Zhao and Lu Liping prepared other vegetables and fruits.
Jiang Qianxun came prepared and asked Uncle Jiang to take out the meat he had bought, and they cooked together.
After the vegetables came back, the family cooked a lot of home-cooked dishes in front of the neighbors.
Soon, the big table that was usually used during the Chinese New Year was filled with chicken, duck, fish and meat.
Aunt Zhao was afraid that she was not treating them well enough, so she kept urging them to take more food.
"Qianxun, are you guys eating? Many of these dishes are what you like." Aunt Zhao said, using a serving chopstick to pick up a dish of braised eggplant and pork with sauce for Jiang Qianxun.
Seeing the eggplant stewed with sauce that impressed her the most, Jiang Qianxun was stunned for a moment, and quickly handed the bowl over: "Thank you, Aunt Zhao."
"Child, why are you being so polite to me? I remember that when you saw this dish before, you wanted to fight with me for it. Why are you being so formal now? Come on, eat quickly!" Aunt Zhao laughed so hard that her crow's feet deepened.
"I was ignorant before." Jiang Qianxun said with a smile.
"It's not you who is ignorant, it's obviously that beast Shen Kuan..." Zhao Canjie spoke too quickly and was halfway through his sentence when he was suddenly glared at by his mother.
Only then did Zhao Canjie realize that he had mentioned something he shouldn't have mentioned at the dinner table. Realizing that he had done something wrong, he quickly shut up and looked at Jiang Qianxun nervously.
Jiang Qianxun ate the dish which tasted exactly as she remembered, and when she saw Zhao Canjie's expression, she smiled.
"It's okay. I didn't get hurt in that incident, so it's okay to talk about it. And I have to thank my eldest brother and Aunt Zhao for that incident. If it weren't for you, I don't know what would have happened to me."
Jiang Qianxun said so, but the Zhao family knew that it was not appropriate to mention this matter, so how could they dare to mention it?
The subject was quickly changed.
After a warm lunch, Uncle Jiang followed Aunt Zhao's family to work.
Jiang Qianxun had the habit of taking a walk after dinner, but it was very cold outside in the village, so she didn't walk outside and sat on the warm kang.
Looking through the window at the scenery in the yard outside.
Perhaps the scene brought back sad memories, Jiang Qianxun became much quieter. She stroked her pregnant belly with one hand and held a water cup with the other. She looked through the window at Aunt Zhao in the yard, who was obviously less than sixty years old but had gray hair and looked about the same age as Madam Xing.
Zhao Canjie, who is five years older than her, looks to be in his thirties because of doing farm work for a long time. He is competing with Uncle Jiang for the work.
"Uncle Jiang, let me do the dishes!"
Uncle Jiang held the basin of dirty dishes with both hands and said, "It's okay, just wash a few dishes. I'm a chef, I have to do this kind of work a lot, I can do it. But you, I see that your leg is a little inconvenient, is it sprained recently? You should have a good rest."
When talking about his injured leg, Zhao Canjie was stunned for a moment, then quickly smiled again, saying that it was okay and that he would come over to grab it.
Uncle Jiang works out regularly, so he simply carries the basin into the kitchen, locks the door, and washes the dishes himself.
This made Aunt Zhao and her family of three feel helpless and uneasy. Finally, it was Aunt Lan who went out to comfort them. The three of them stopped arguing with them and went to clean up the table and the leftover food.
Lu Liping was also pregnant, but Zhao Lanjie didn't let her do it and came to help diligently.
Unable to help her husband, Lu Liping went to wash the tablecloth in advance and handed it to her husband as soon as he finished cleaning up.
Seeing that her husband's limp was indeed more obvious than before, Lu Liping felt very distressed and whispered.
"I told you that you had a leg problem and shouldn't go to clean the fish pond, but you refused to listen. Now it hurts, right? Even the guests can see it."
"It's okay. I'll just take a break after I clean the fish pond. Our baby will be born soon, and I won't have time then. I have to clean it up now and plant the fish fry. I hope I can sell them for a good price and give my baby a better life."
"Okay, I can't argue with you!"
"Oh, by the way, remember not to mention my leg injury in front of the guests. It's not good."
"I know." Lu Liping reached out and hit her husband: "Am I the kind of person who doesn't know the limits?"
Zhao Canjie smiled at his wife, understood the meaning in her eyes, and limped away with the rag in his hand.
But when he saw Uncle Jiang in the kitchen, he immediately straightened his back and walked much more steadily than before.
Jiang Qianxun took in the whole scene and tightened her grip on the water cup. Seeing Aunt Lan who came in early in the morning looking at her with a worried look on her face, she blinked to avoid more mist in her eyes.
She said to Aunt Lan, "Help me get my handbag."
Hearing a barely perceptible choke in the eldest lady's voice, Aunt Lan felt distressed and immediately went to the sofa next to her to get it.
Jiang Qianxun opened her bag and took out a bank card.
"Miss, is this from the Zhao family?" Aunt Lan asked.
"Ok!"
Aunt Lan sighed, "That's good. I see that the Zhao family is not doing well financially. Aunt Zhao doesn't seem to be in good health. I just heard her coughing, but she was just holding it in. That eldest brother doesn't seem to have good legs and feet, and my sister-in-law is pregnant. Giving them some money will help ease their burden."
Jiang Qianxun held the bank card, a trace of sadness flashed across her almond eyes: "Brother Zhao doesn't seem to have bad legs and feet. His right leg was injured before because of me."
"What?" Aunt Lan was a little shocked.
Having said this, Jiang Qianxun could no longer control herself, and let her thoughts pull her back to six years ago.
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