Volume 1: Reborn in the 1980s, selling lunch boxes with my mother Chapter 13 Moral kidnapping? Backlash!
Jiang Tian never expected that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't think of a way to deal with Jiang Lesheng. Her mother defeated Jiang Lesheng with just a few words.
Hearing that the elders in the village were all helping Jiang Lesheng, Hu Qiongfang lowered her head and thought for a moment. When she raised her head, there was a hint of gratitude in her eyes.
"I knew that Chengcheng's second uncle would not abandon us, an orphan and a widow."
What are you saying? Jiang Lesheng was confused for a moment, and suddenly had a bad feeling.
really!
Next, Hu Qiongfang continued to look at him expectantly with a grateful and flattering smile.
"My dear uncles and aunts, I didn't want to burden my uncle."
"There is so much land at home, and two children to raise. How can a woman like me shoulder such a heavy burden?"
"I wanted to separate from my uncle before because I didn't want him to suffer with us."
"I didn't expect that my uncle would be so kind to his eldest brother! Since my uncle doesn't want to divide the family , then, as the eldest sister-in-law, I can only shamelessly hand over this family to you."
Jiang Lesheng: ???
Hu Qiongfang's expression was even more grateful, but the words she said made Jiang Lesheng's head buzz.
"Uncle, look, the autumn harvest is coming soon. I am a woman and I am too busy to take care of everything at home and outside."
"Look, why don't you go back to school, complete the withdrawal procedures, and get your luggage back after you've dealt with your mother-in-law and your brother?"
"Given our family's financial situation, I can only ask you to come back and farm with me."
"But don't worry, you helped raise Tiantian and Chengcheng. The three of us, mother and son, will definitely not forget this kindness."
"Even if he is your brother, he will be grateful to you in his grave."
With a crack, Jiang Lesheng felt like a bolt of lightning exploded above his head.
Jiang Tian was stunned.
Her mother wouldn't...
After a moment of stagnation, Jiang Lesheng hurriedly explained: "I'm not, I didn't!"
He studies so well that he is usually among the top ten in the school in every exam. Even his class teacher says that he has already stepped half a foot into university.
As long as he gets into university, he can enter a public institution after graduation and become a state official. How could he give up his studies and go home to farm at this time?
Do you also want to help your eldest brother support his wife and children?
It's ridiculous!
Is this woman Hu Qiongfang crazy?
Unexpectedly, Hu Qiongfang still held on to him.
She cried and said that she, as a woman, could not raise two children, nor cultivate so much land at home.
There was no man to support the family. Was he just going to watch the three of them, mother and son, starve to death?
"Isn't there compensation given to my brother from the coal mine?" Jiang Lesheng immediately thought of this.
Jiang Tian wiped her tears aggrievedly: "They said my father was the main person responsible, and it was lucky that they didn't ask our family for compensation. It's impossible for them to compensate us much. It was because the boss felt sorry for me and heard that I had a younger brother that he gave me 10,000 yuan."
"Yes, uncle, ten thousand yuan sounds like a lot, but how can it be enough to raise two children? You can't just ignore us." Hu Qiongfang seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and held on to Jiang Lesheng tightly, refusing to let go.
The friends and relatives who were watching suddenly thought of this problem at this moment, and some of them who were soft-hearted started to persuade them.
"That's right, Chengcheng's second uncle. Your brother treated you well. He worked hard in the mine to support your schooling. Now that he is gone, you can't just ignore Qiongfang and her two children."
"That's right. Qiongfang is a woman with two children. How can she support such a big family? His second uncle, I think you should drop out of school as soon as possible. Your brother is gone, and you are left with Tiantian and Chengcheng. You should train them well. When you are old, they will definitely be filial to you."
Not everyone in the village wants to see a college student from the Jiang family.
Especially those grandmothers and aunts who usually don’t get along with Wang Chunmei.
Anyway, their son can't get into college, and they can't let Wang Chunmei's son go to college and become a cadre!
Everyone was talking at the same time, and Jiang Tian almost died of laughter while listening nearby.
I didn't expect that Jiang Lesheng would use filial piety to morally blackmail her mother.
Her mother then used the excuse of " brotherly love " to throw the blame back to him.
Don’t you like to play the moral blackmail game?
Come on!
You don't want to split up, right?
Then take on the burden left behind by your brother!
After all, your brother works in such a dangerous coal mine just to pay for your schooling.
Now that he is dead, leaving behind a house full of orphans and a widow, if you still have an ounce of conscience, you can't abandon these three children, right?
Come on, Comrade Jiang Lesheng, tell me, how do you plan to take care of the two children your brother left behind?
Jiang Lesheng simply wanted to bite Hu Qiongfang to death.
When did he ever say he wanted to drop out of school and come back to take care of his brother's two children?
But there was no way, he didn't dare to say this out loud.
Because according to the moral standards of this era, since his eldest brother died for himself, as his younger brother, Jiang Lesheng had an absolute obligation to raise the children left behind by his eldest brother.
If Hu Qiongfang insisted on not remarrying, Jiang Lesheng would have to support his sister-in-law, treat her like his own mother, and take care of her until the end of her life.
There is no way, this is the moral evaluation standard of this era.
If Jiang Lesheng refuses to raise his eldest brother's two children, this behavior would be even worse than refusing to support his biological mother.
Because his eldest brother was already dead, leaving only these two bloodlines. If Jiang Tian and Jiang Cheng also starved to death, then the eldest brother's lineage in the Jiang family would be extinct.
He caused his own elder brother to have no descendants. In ancient times, such a person would not be accepted by the clan, let alone take the imperial examination!
The situation was completely reversed.
Before, it was Hu Qiongfang who wanted to divide the family, but Jiang Lesheng was unwilling.
Now, it was Jiang Lesheng who wanted to split the family, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.
When these words came out of his mouth, his reputation was ruined.
Jiang Tian really wants to give Ms. Hu Qiongfang 1,800 likes.
The two sides were in a stalemate for a while, and then Hu Qiongfang gave a bitter smile, shook his head, and made concessions in front of many relatives and friends.
"Forget it, let's split up."
"Your eldest brother always told me before he passed away that you were smart and would have a great future. He would support you until you graduated from college even if he had to sell everything he had."
"I think if your elder brother were still alive, he would not agree to let you drop out of school and go home to farm."
"Let's divide the family! Take the two mu of paddy field from our family and rent it out to someone else to grow crops. Bring back some food every year, which should be enough for you to eat."
"You don't need to worry about the three of us, mother and son. Besides, your eldest brother saved two thousand yuan before he died, saying that it was for your college tuition. I'll give it to you as well."
"We don't have many rooms at home. The one that Grandma lives in is for you . Tiantian, Chengcheng and I will live in the other two. This way you will have a place to stay when you come home in the future."
"There is also 10,000 yuan given by the mine. I want to make it clear here today that this money is the child support given by the coal mine owner to the two children. My uncle and I cannot touch it. It must be left for Tiantian and Chengcheng. Uncle, do you have any objection to this?"
Jiang Lesheng felt like someone had stuffed a handful of coptis in his mouth and he couldn't utter a word.
