The 1970s: Military Family Beauty

The next morning, Jiang Xiaocui got up before dawn to make breakfast.

She didn't know how to use the gas stove, so she just chopped wood and started a fire with a lot of noise. She didn't know that the tap water was on a timer, so she tightened screws and knocked on water pipes, making quite a lot of noise.

Hu Xiuqing got up and took a look in the kitchen. She just washed herself up without saying a word. She took a pancake from the steaming pot and ate it. She also took two steamed buns and a piece of pickled vegetables and put them in her lunch box. Then she went out and rode her bike to work.

When Jiang Furong woke up and went to Hu Xiuqing to ask for money to buy groceries, she found that Hu Xiuqing had left early.

She immediately understood Hu Xiuqing's intention - to pretend to be confused.

We know that there is no rice, flour, oil or vegetables at home, and there are four or five people at home who need to eat. What should we eat?

If grandma and the others hadn't brought home-grown radishes, pumpkins, beans, vermicelli, pancakes and eggs last night, there would only be the last two kilograms of rice and the sweet potatoes she bought on the spur of the moment left at home.

This is not just about not wanting to keep guests, it is clearly about wanting to drive them away.

Jiang Furong didn't want to bother with such petty issues. If she argued with petty people, she would become such a person.

She wants to solve the problem fundamentally.

After Jiang Chaohui and Jiang Guoqing went to school, Jiang Furong sat down and asked Grandma Jiang seriously what the real purpose of her visit was.

If she was just staying for a few days to relax and then leave, she would find a way to solve the problem of food and drink.

If my aunt wants to stay permanently, she should explain the reason and her plans clearly so that she can help me find a solution.

After hearing what Jiang Furong said, Grandma Jiang couldn't help but shed two lines of tears: "My granddaughter has really grown up. Grandma really didn't make a mistake in choosing her."

"Oh, Mom~" Jiang Xiaocui shouted nervously: "Why are you crying? Just tell Furong, tell her everything."

Grandma Jiang said, "Xiao Cui, you don't know. Mom didn't tell you. Before you came, all I could think about was Furong when she was a child. Back then, her mother always beat her in front of me. Later, she came to the army to live with Dapeng. Dapeng was never at home. If her mother beat her, who would stop her? Whenever I think about this, I regret it and can't sleep. Woo woo woo..."

Jiang Furong was also moved when she heard this: "Grandma, it's all in the past. She doesn't dare to hit me now."

Grandma Jiang cried with tears and snot: "Furong, don't try to comfort me. I can see it all. Your mother only held back her anger because your aunt and I were here. She beat you when we were not around. Don't say you didn't do it. I saw it all. There are still marks on your arms and legs. Woo woo woo..."

Alas! Jiang Furong was speechless, unable to explain why those slap and stick marks were from before. She could only wring a towel to wipe her grandmother's face and let her cry to her heart's content.

The more Grandma Jiang thought about it, the sadder she became. She cried for a long time before she stopped crying. She sighed deeply, "Alas, I'm old and useless."

Jiang Furong consoled her, "Grandma is the most capable. If I had half of her ability, I would be able to stand tall and proud."

Raising children, managing the household, and working hard for the happiness of her children and grandchildren even at such an old age.

Grandma Jiang smiled with tears in her eyes: "Really? Why don't you go with me?"

Jiang Furong didn't understand: "What?"

Grandma Jiang said seriously: "Furong, grandma came back this time just to take you away."

Jiang Furong pinched her face and said with an exaggerated expression: "I am not dreaming, am I?"

Grandma Jiang held her granddaughter's face in her hands and told her her plans: "Furong, if I remember correctly, you are already seventeen years old this year. In our village, you can get married at eighteen. Grandma has already found a partner for you. It was introduced by the brigade secretary Wang. He is the daughter of his eldest brother. He is nineteen this year and works in the agricultural machinery parts factory in the county. I have met him. He is very handsome and a head taller than you."

Oh my God, Jiang Furong was shocked. This must be the result that the original owner Jiang Furong had been looking forward to every day, right?

In the long and cold night, I was beaten and hungry, hoping that my grandmother would suddenly appear, hoping that Dachun would appear and take me away, so that I could live a good life from then on.

If the original owner were still alive, she would definitely follow grandma without hesitation, right?

It feels so wonderful to be cared for, remembered, and rescued from dire straits!

Why didn't grandma come a few days earlier? If she had come a few days earlier, everything would have been different!

Seeing her granddaughter's reaction, Grandma Jiang didn't show any shyness, but widened her eyes. Thinking that she didn't believe it, she quickly added, "Furong, if you're not satisfied, you can put forward some conditions."

Jiang Furong thought she had misheard: "Can I still make conditions?"

The nephew of the brigade secretary has a job and a city hukou. With such good conditions, he has no trouble finding a city girl to date. Why would he be willing to condescend to find a girl who has no job and is not even good-looking?

Grandma Jiang said, "Furong, listen to me first. I only gave birth to two children, your father and your aunt. Your father is a cadre in the army and will definitely not return to the countryside in the future. As for your aunt, she lived a very stable life before she separated from your uncle. There is nothing for me to worry about them.

The only thing I can't let go of is that your mother always beats you. It's no use just sitting there worrying about it. I thought it would be better to take you back home and find you a live-in son-in-law. Then my family business and my crafts will all be yours!"

Jiang Furong looked at Grandma Jiang, and a filter appeared in front of her eyes, a filter of colorful auspicious clouds.

My grandmother, who doesn't like dealing with people and is unwilling to bow to others, goes to find a matchmaker for her own sake and tries to find a way to give herself a stable home.

I'm so touched, what should I do?

"Grandma," Jiang Furong blinked hard, bringing herself back to reality: "I want to find a job. I don't want to go back to the countryside."

She wants to pursue technology and build a career, and doesn't want to get married.

Grandma Jiang said distressedly, "What kind of job can you find here? You've been staying at home for several years, and your mother hasn't even thought of finding you a job! She just lets you stay at home to look after your brother and cook for the whole family."

Jiang Xiaocui echoed, "That's right!"

Jiang Furong looked bewildered: "Grandma, I went to school and graduated from high school!"

Even if her diploma is worthless, the knowledge in her head is real money.

Jiang Furong took out her math homework book from her schoolbag and said, "Grandma, look, this is my high school homework."

Jiang Xiaocui took it and flipped through it. She couldn't understand the circles and quadrilaterals, and she couldn't understand the numbers, letters, and equal signs put together. But when she flipped through the pages again, she could understand the maps. She could recognize the words "train station" and "bus station," and the handwriting was surprisingly beautiful.

"Mom, look, Furong seems to have really gone to school."

Grandma Jiang is presbyopic. She took it and squinted for a long time but couldn't see clearly: "Did he really go to school?"

Jiang Furong finally discovered the problem: "Grandma, Aunt, why do you say I never went to school? And why do I cook at home every day?"

Jiang Xiaocui curled her lips: "It's your grandma who said that! Your grandma and your aunt both said that your mom was worried about letting my mom, and that means she was worried about letting your grandma come to help look after your brother, so they asked you to drop out of school and be a nanny at home."

Jiang Furong felt like a thousand alpaca horses were running wildly in her heart.

What is going on? It's so shameless!

Letting your daughter be a nanny at home, is this something a mother would do?