Volume 1: Reborn in the 1980s, selling lunch boxes with my mother Chapter 55: Mother Hu's Dark History
Hu Qiongfang threw herself into her second brother's arms and cried loudly, almost fainting.
Next to him, another middle-aged man who was shorter and slightly fatter, had red eyes. He stretched out his palm like a palm leaf fan, gently patted the girl's thin back, and coaxed her dryly: "Don't cry, you will have big brothers and second brothers in the future, and see who dares to bully you."
It would have been fine if he didn't coax her, but as soon as he said this, Hu Qiongfang cried even harder.
The middle-aged man suddenly looked embarrassed.
Jiang Tian blinked her eyes, rubbed against Hu Qiongfang, tugged at her mother's clothes, and advised--
"Mom, it's so late, why don't you invite the uncles to come to your house and sit down first?"
Anyway, Ma Laitou's house has been smashed to pieces. If they stay there any longer, there is no guarantee that Ma Laitou's parents will blame them and ask them for compensation.
It’s better to quit while you’re ahead.
Hu Qiongfang cried for a while, and felt a little embarrassed, so she backed down and said to Jiang Tian:
"Go back first and boil two pots of hot water to make tea for the uncles."
Jiang Tian sighed, rushed forward, and ran home to boil some water.
While running, she was wondering curiously: her eldest and second uncles didn't look like very important relatives, and they were quite protective of her mother. So why didn't Hu Qiongfang go back to her parents' home after getting married for more than ten years?
When she got home, she saw that her brother had already boiled three bottles of water and even cleaned the large teapot for making tea.
Jiang Tian counted and found there were eleven tea bowls on the table.
His face suddenly turned black: "How do you know that there are eleven people with my uncle?"
Jiang Cheng smiled politely: "I gave a handful of orange candies to Xiao Liangliang next door and asked him to help me check it out."
Jiang Tian was speechless, thinking that this was the first time her uncles came to visit her, she went into the house and took out the things she had looted from the old woman's house.
He took a gourd ladle and scooped some peanuts, red dates, fruit candies and the like, and also took two pieces of cloud cakes and placed them on the big table.
Just as I put it away, I heard a noisy .
Hu Qiongfang returned with her family.
When she got home, she saw that the two children had already boiled hot water and made tea, and even the table was filled with candies and pastries that were only placed on the table to entertain guests during the Chinese New Year. Hu Qiongfang's eyes turned red and she couldn't help wanting to cry again.
Thinking that the two children had grown up without ever seeing their two uncles, Hu Qiongfang quickly wiped away her tears and pointed at Jiang Tian and his brother.
"Big brother, second brother, this is my eldest brother Jiang Tian, and this is the second brother Jiang Cheng."
And introduced to Jiang Tian and Jiang Cheng——
"This is your eldest uncle, this is your second uncle, this is your eldest aunt, and this is your second aunt."
Jiang Tian and Jiang Cheng obediently called for help.
Uncle Hu Jianguo rubbed his hands, took out a handful of small change from his pocket, and stuffed one into each of the two children.
"Good boy! This is the first time you call me uncle. I should give you a big red envelope."
"I came in a hurry this time and didn't bring anything with me. Next time, let your mom take you to your uncle's house and he will make it up to you!"
As soon as Hu Jianguo said this, everyone in the room had red eyes.
My aunt wiped her tears, stood up and asked all the relatives to sit down and have tea.
The second aunt also chimed in: "Alright, alright, you three brothers and sisters, you must get along well with each other from now on. The three of you are over a hundred years old in total, and you are still acting like children. You are not allowed to lose your temper in the future."
Hu Qiongfang wiped her eyes and was about to go cook, but was pushed down on a stool by her two sisters-in-law.
"We're all family, so just cook a pot of mung bean porridge and some pancakes, and we'll do it. You three siblings finally get to sit together, so have a good chat and stop throwing tantrums!"
Jiang Tian blinked beside him.
During this short period of time, the two aunts reminded her and the two uncles twice to stop being angry. Is there some story behind this?
Thinking that her two aunts were not familiar with their family, Jiang Tian ran over immediately.
"Aunt, aunt, I'll take you to the kitchen."
By the way, find out what the situation is with her mother and her family.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Cheng also stood up: "Mom, I'll go light the fire for my aunt."
The brother and sister were both smart as monkeys. They knew their mother was embarrassed to reveal her embarrassing story, so they simply went to their two aunts to ask.
As the saying goes, one's uncle is more important than anyone else. It was the first time that the two biological uncles came to visit. Unless Jiang Tian's brain was stuck in the door, she would never really just cook a pot of mung bean porridge to entertain the uncles.
This is not the time a dozen years ago when every household was so poor that they could not even afford to eat, and a pot of mung bean porridge was enough to entertain guests.
Without waiting for the two aunts to raise any objections, Jiang Tian opened the rice jar, scooped out half a basin of rice with a few clangs, and handed it to Jiang Cheng, asking him to wash the rice and cook it.
The aunt just sighed and hadn't said anything else when she saw her niece holding a kitchen knife and rushing towards the chicken coop under the night sky.
The two aunts hurried over to help.
The chicken was killed and the turtle was stewed. Jiang Tian picked up the basket and went to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables.
The two aunts also went over to help.
On the way, Jiang Tian finally asked the question that had puzzled her for two lifetimes.
Aunt Jiang Xiuxiu sighed and briefly told Jiang Tian what happened that year.
Speaking of which, it was really Hu Qiongfang who was wrong in this matter.
Hu Qiongfang is the youngest daughter of the Hu family. She was born when Mrs. Hu was almost 40 years old. The whole family loves her like the apple of their eye.
Hu Qiongfang was a pretty and well-behaved girl since she was a child. Many families with boys in the nearby villages were eyeing her. Hu Qiongfang's parents also carefully selected and chose a family in the neighboring village for her.
The youngest son of this family was still in the army at the time. Because his family had found a wife for him, he took a leave to come back for a blind date. The man was very satisfied with Hu Qiongfang, and both families had almost tacitly agreed. When the man returned to the army to file an application report, he would take a leave to come back next year to get married.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Hu Qiongfang finally couldn't hold it in anymore and told her family that she already had someone in her heart.
Hu Qiongfang's parents were so angry that they almost used family law. But they couldn't stop their daughter from marrying Jiang Leping, so they had to ask someone to find out about the Jiang family.
I heard that Jiang Leping has a younger brother who is much younger than him. His father passed away a long time ago, and his mother is not a hardworking person. If his daughter marries him, she will have to take care of this widowed mother-in-law and help raise his younger brother.
These days are visibly difficult.
Let’s look at the family they helped find. Although the young man is not as good-looking as Jiang Leping, he is a small leader in the army after all. Even after he retires, he will be able to find a good unit.
Once a daughter gets married and marries a man, she only needs to wait for a few years and wait for her husband to return from the army, and then she can start to eat the government's food.
Moreover, the young man’s parents are also hardworking. The eldest brother in the family has been married for a long time, and the second sister is also married. They only have this youngest son. When he is going to get married in the future, won’t his older brothers and sisters help him?
Between these two families, even a fool would know which one to choose, right?
I disagree! I absolutely disagree!
