Volume 1: Reborn in the 1980s, selling lunch boxes with my mother Chapter 154: The Venomous Snake Emerges from its Cave
This year's Spring Festival is destined to be full of twists and turns.
On the third day of the first lunar month, the Hu family returned from their new house in town, and the eldest and second uncles accompanied their wives back to their parents' home.
Hu Qiongfang also took her two children back to Grandpa Hu's home to spend a day. The next day, she took Jiang Tian and Jiang Cheng back to Liuzhutou Village, set up offerings for her late husband and ex-mother-in-law at home, and then began to send New Year gifts to each family.
The villagers thought that Hu Qiongfang made a lot of money this year by running a restaurant, so the New Year's gift would definitely be more generous than in previous years.
Especially the elders of the Jiang family, who specially greeted their children during the Chinese New Year this year and told them not to spend money on buying good wine when giving New Year gifts. Hu Qiongfang opened a restaurant on the provincial road and made so much money, so she would definitely buy them the best wine this year.
After waiting for a long time, what we got was two bottles of earthen stove liquor, a bag of brown sugar, and a bag of candy for each family.
The faces of several elders in the Jiang family suddenly turned bad.
"Qiong Fang, didn't you make a lot of money running the restaurant this year? Why didn't you buy your grandfather two bottles of good wine for the New Year?" A younger generation, relying on their seniority, half-jokingly accused Hu Qiong Fang.
It’s a pity that Hu Qiongfang today is no longer the fool who was brainwashed by her mother-in-law and only knew how to be filial to her elders.
She gently pointed to the pile of New Year gifts in the corner of Grandpa Jiang's main hall, and looked at her cousin's wife who was questioning her with a puzzled look:
"Sister-in-law, I'm an outsider, how can I give more New Year gifts than you and my elder brother? Wouldn't that be embarrassing for you?"
"I was ignorant before. Every year when I gave gifts, I only cared about my own face. Now I know I was wrong. Don't worry, sister-in-law, I will never do such stupid things again."
Cousin and cousin's wife: "..."
What's even more infuriating is that the New Year gift that Hu Qiongfang gave to their family was a little less than in previous years, but the New Year's money that their family gave to Hu Qiongfang's two children could not be less by a penny, and they had to add a few cents more than other families.
There was nothing they could do. Who had made Jiang Tian and Jiang Cheng lose their father? If they dared to give less, Hu Qiongfang would find out about it and the whole village would make a fuss. They would be labeled as "unkind" and would be so embarrassed that the old guys would die.
But soon, several elders of the Jiang family quickly balanced the situation.
Because the New Year gifts that Hu Qiongfang gave to other families were even less, not even cheap earthenware liquor was given, each family only got a bag of brown sugar and a bag of candies.
The villagers almost cursed Hu Qiongfang to death behind her back.
But when they met, everyone was more enthusiastic and polite than before.
The reason is very simple: from the gift-giving incident, smart people have keenly noticed that Hu Qiongfang must have made a fortune!
If she had not become rich and had not stood up straight, how could she, a widow with children, have the confidence to offend the elders in the village?
The fact that Hu Qiongfang is not afraid of offending the villagers proves one thing: she no longer needs to live her life according to the villagers' wishes.
This made the villagers feel a little uncomfortable.
People who were once as poor as them suddenly became rich overnight. Even though the New Year gifts they gave were not as valuable as those given by some poor relatives, they did not dare to offend Hu Qiongfang in person.
Nowadays, whoever has money is the boss.
Who knows when his family will run into trouble and turn to Hu Qiongfang for help?
The villagers were just afraid in their hearts, but when Jiang Lesheng saw this scene, it was not so wonderful.
His original plan was to split the family first. Based on his understanding of his sister-in-law, when she, as a woman, was bullied in the village and could no longer make a living, wouldn't she ask him to come back and set up a household to support her?
Unexpectedly, Hu Qiongfang did not stay in the village waiting for others to plot against her or bully her. Instead, she ran away with her children, built a house and opened a restaurant on the provincial road.
Jiang Lesheng originally had several "spies" in the village, but Hu Qiongfang had been doing business along the provincial road and rarely returned to the village a few times a year, so the village's spies could do nothing about her.
How can this be possible?
Jiang Lesheng was still counting on the money from Hu Qiongfang to turn his life around.
He told Tong Xiaoyan that he sometimes went to the provincial capital library to read books on weekends. He was not lying to her. In fact, every time Jiang Lesheng went to the provincial capital, he not only read about the books in the provincial library, but also how the young men in the provincial capital dated rich girls and girls from high-ranking officials' families.
The teacher taught them that "reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles." Jiang Lesheng was indeed an obedient student, but others "traveled ten thousand miles" to broaden their horizons and increase their knowledge.
Jiang Lesheng traveled thousands of miles to learn how to pick up girls from the young men in big cities.
After going to the city again and again, Jiang Lesheng discovered that the girls from rich and powerful families could not be moved by a few love letters and hand-copied test papers like a small town girl like Tong Xiaoyan.
If you want to pursue these girls with strong backgrounds, you have to be willing to spend money on them.
At least the girl and her parents should see that they are not poor boys from the countryside, and that their family has some financial resources and is willing to spend money on the girl. Otherwise, who among the rich and powerful families would be willing to marry their daughter to the countryside to suffer?
But the problem is that he doesn't have enough money to cover these expenses.
Watching a movie, visiting a park, or boating, which one doesn’t cost money?
Jiang Lesheng observed all the relatives and friends around him and found that the person most likely to get the money was his sister-in-law.
Although the eldest sister-in-law had some dissatisfaction with him because of the death of his eldest brother, after all, his eldest brother died in an accident in the mine, and was not killed by his younger brother. Jiang Lesheng has been waiting for Hu Qiongfang to calm down.
The Chinese New Year was originally a good opportunity.
As long as the villagers continue to bully them, an orphan and a widow, Jiang Lesheng will stand up as the brother-in-law to protect Hu Qiongfang and her two daughters, and let Hu Qiongfang know that they are a real family and that he, Jiang Lesheng, is the most trustworthy support for them.
It’s a pity that these people in the village are so useless!
He didn't even dare to deal with a widow.
This won't work. Hu Qiongfang's life is getting better and better. She doesn't need her brother-in-law to support her at all. How could he possibly give him money to pursue a girl with money and background?
"It would be great if all three members of Hu Qiongfang's family were dead..."
A terrible and tempting idea suddenly came to Jiang Lesheng's mind.
Yes! Hu Qiongfang has not married yet, and is still the daughter-in-law of the Jiang family.
If something happened to her and her two children, then the money she had in the bank, as well as the new house and restaurant on the provincial road, should all be the Jiang family's assets. Who else should they give them to if not him?
A vicious idea took root in Jiang Lesheng's heart.
