Looking back at Jiang Lai, what was her life like in those years?
No one seemed to ask, and no one seemed to care.
This is the strangest thing.
They were obviously a family, but everyone seemed to agree that Jiang Lai didn't need too much care. Although Jiang Lai's surname was Jiang, he already had a girl at home who was doted on.
She is superfluous.
She's here to steal her cousin's spotlight.
I don’t know when this idea has been entrenched in my heart, and it is more deeply rooted than the thoughts of the older generation.
But just now these thoughts suddenly collapsed.
Looking at Jiang Lai again, Jiang Li suddenly realized.
The person in front of me is my biological sister.
When others hit him, Shen Yaoyao would run away, but she would not.
"The noodles will become lumpy if you don't eat them. You won't eat them?"
Jiang Lai suddenly looked over, his dark eyes bright and lively.
Jiang Li said subconsciously before he could react.
"I'm not hungry. You can eat."
"Okay, this must not be wasted."
After saying that, Jiang Lai brought the bowl of noodles in front of him and started to show off.
People in the early 1960s were simple and honest, and they could put six taels of noodles in a bowl, which was very heavy and thick.
After Jiang Lai finished two bowls, the hunger deep in her heart disappeared, but she was still greedy, very greedy.
There is no way, this is the sequelae left by the body of the original owner.
She had lived too hard in the past, and when she finally returned home, she was still being guarded by the whole family like a thief. This caused her body to crave fullness.
He must have been full after eating two bowls of noodles, but Jiang Lai narrowed his eyes comfortably and sighed.
"Hey, this is the first time I'm so full."
Jiang Li couldn't even lift his head when he heard this.
Just as they finished eating, the two of them went to dig coal cores again in the afternoon. This time Jiang Li changed places to sell them.
Despite his young age, he is as shrewd as an adult should be.
After moving to a residential area behind the steel plant and selling it, the price was lower, but it was still sold out quickly.
In the afternoon, I sold another 16 yuan.
"One day adds up to half of my father's salary."
Jiang Hai is a level six chef in a state-owned hotel, and his salary is more than fifty yuan, which is pretty good at this time.
One can imagine how much Jiang Lai earned on this day.
Anyway, Jiang Li was very envious. He couldn't help but touch the ten dollars in his pocket that were not easy to save. He suddenly realized that he seemed to be able to get along better by following Jiang Lai.
On the way home, the siblings walked one behind the other.
It was getting dark, and there was only a thin layer of coal cores in the baskets of the two people. Each one was the size of a fingernail and had not been burned at all.
Shen Yan frowned and stared at Jiang Lai coldly.
"Is this all you need to dig in one day?"
Jiang Lai nodded.
"Useless things."
Shen Yan recently had a quarrel with Jiang Hai. Although they reconciled, the relationship was still tense, so even if she disliked Jiang Lai, she would not express it too much.
Looking at Jiang Li again, he was not only disgraced, but his eyes were blue, his nose was broken, and his mouth was swollen.
It looked like he had been beaten.
"Mom, I fell while digging coal cores."
"Your sister Yaoyao told me that you were fighting with someone, right?"
Jiang Li glanced at Jiang Lai subconsciously.
"It's a small fight, it's nothing."
"Yaoyao is worried, I just wonder what the children have to worry about.
Okay, if nothing happens, go and tell your sister Yaoyao, don’t let her worry. "
Jiang Li's eyes rolled around and he felt a little uncomfortable, but he reluctantly went there despite Shen Yan's urging.
Before leaving, I didn’t forget to give you a warning.
"My sister helped me fight today. Mom, please don't scold my sister."
Shen Yan frowned and said in disgust.
"Have you been fed ecstasy like your father?"
Jiang Li muttered.
"Anyway, don't scold my sister next time."
"You brat, why have I never seen you care so much about me?"
Before leaving, Jiang Li did not forget to say a word to Jiang.
"Sister, I'm leaving."
Jiang Lai waved his hand.
Shen Yan looked at Jiang Lai with a sullen face.
"What did you do to your brother?"
"I didn't do anything, Mom, what did you say?"
Jiang Lai looked confused.
Shen Yan said something wary and dissatisfied.
"Don't bring those messy things you learned outside to your home! It's like one or two of them drank ecstasy soup, and you still say you haven't done anything!"
Shen Yan's tone and her expression really couldn't be linked to the word "mother".
Jiang Lai looked at her with a smile.
"Mom, my brother calls me sister, but you think I'm giving him ecstasy soup, what? You want him to be sarcastic and sarcastic about me like before, so you think he's normal?"
Shen Yan has her own reasons. She never loses in arguing or reasoning.
But when she faced Jiang Lai, she suddenly felt that she was a little powerless.
"What's the point of being sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued? The family is so nervous about food and clothing right now. Since you came back, the family has been unable to open the fire. I care about what you eat and what you drink. I'll keep you fed and clothed. What else do you want?" Do you still think of me as your mother?"
"Mom, what we were talking about just now was about my brother and I. You and I talked about the food and clothing expenses at home. Okay, since you mentioned this, I just wanted to ask you.
Dad’s monthly salary is more than forty. Can I spend more than ten cents a day on food? Where did the family's money go? Where did the vegetables and meat that Dad brought back every day go?
Sometimes I suspect that there is a thief at home. Otherwise, why would the meat that was still in the cupboard yesterday be gone the next morning? Why would my brother and I drink porridge all day long and it is not enough for more than forty months?
It’s really strange, where have all the food, drinks and money gone?
Mom, aren't you anxious at all? "
Shen Yan's chest heaved violently as she listened to her anger, her face turned red and her breathing became rapid.
"Okay, Jiang Lai! I have to bear all the debts, right?! It's not your turn to point fingers in this family! If you think there's something wrong with this family, just tell your dad, who do you think it is?" Let’s go to someone’s house!”
Jiang Lai looked at her, still looking calm.
"I am my father's daughter, my father's only daughter. My father earns so much a month, and he is also the chief chef of a state-owned hotel. Why should I live in someone else's house?
If I leave, who will leave the dowry that my father worked so hard to save all his life?
Besides, Mom, I am your daughter and I am a member of the Jiang family. Why do you make me seem like your enemy now? How can any mother treat her daughter like you do? "
Jiang Lai's words made Shen Yan so angry that she almost went to heaven.
This damn girl actually dares to covet the family's money! He actually wants a dowry!
Such a beautiful girl has never thought about getting married, but this damn girl is very anxious.
"It makes me laugh to death if you tell me. It's like you were picked out of a pile of coal. You look exactly like your father. You still want to get married?"
"Looking like me? Shen Yan, what do you mean?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Hai stood behind Shen Yan and suddenly said this.
