Amidst the laughter of Sister-in-law Jiang and He Hui, the second sister-in-law, Jiang Limei’s eyes were full of smiles, pretending to be a daughter’s daughter: “I really want to go, but before I go, I still have to say, thank you for your hard work, sisters-in-law. !”
"It's just such a small amount of work, but it won't tire us out!"
Sister-in-law Jiang smiled and shook her head, waved to Jiang Li, and then turned her eyes to He Hui: "Our Li Bao is naughty as always, right?
"That's right, but it's better to be naughty. It looks lively."
The conversation between He Hui and Sister Jiang undoubtedly treated Jiang Li like a child, which made Jiang Li's face heat up: "I am already a mature adult!"
With that said, she walked away.
This is shameful.
In fact, older sister-in-law Jiang and second sister-in-law He Hui are both much older than Jiang Li. After all, the eldest brother Jiang Li is twenty years old, and the second brother Jiang Guosheng is eighteen years old. As far as their ages are concerned, they are It makes perfect sense for a daughter as old as Jiang Li.
In fact, Jiang Yiyang and Jiang Li are only one year apart in age.
But Brother Jiang doted on Jiang Li far more than he doted on his own son.
As wives, Sister-in-law Jiang and her husband took care of each other, and there was no need to say how much they doted on Jiang Li.
As for He Hui and Jiang Guosheng, as well as Brother Jiang and his wife, Brother Jiang and his wife, they doted on Jiang Li just as much as Brother Jiang and his wife.
Therefore, in the eyes of several brothers and sisters-in-law, Jiang Li is really just a child. Even though Jiang Li is now nearly thirty years old, she is still a little girl in the eyes of her sisters-in-law.
Well, although Jiang Guoan is the same age as Jiang Li, to be honest, he also loves Jiang Li very much.
Otherwise, Wang Pan wouldn't be jealous because Jiang Guoan was nice to Jiang Li, and he couldn't help but want to find fault with Jiang Li as soon as he saw him.
…
After breakfast the next day, Jiang Guosheng and his family returned to their residence because Jiang Guosheng and He Hui had to go to work and could no longer stay in the courtyard.
After Jiang Guosheng left with his wife and children, Jiang Guoan and Jiang Yihong accompanied their wives and children to their respective father-in-laws' homes.
"Let's go, I'll take you and the child to your parents' place on the way."
This was the voice of Jiang Li. She was about to take her children to the Jiang family's old house. When she saw Lin Dan carrying a bag in one hand and holding the child in the other, she couldn't help but smile and said something.
"No, no, I'll just go out and take the bus."
Lin Dan declined. She didn't want to trouble Jiang Li.
"listen to me."
Jiang Li said, taking the travel bag from Lin Dan's hand, and gently pushed Lin Dan to sit in the passenger seat.
She put the travel bag in the trunk.
"Are you all seated securely?"
After sitting in the driver's seat, Jiang Li turned to look at the back seat.
"Um."
Mingrui, Minghan and Mingwei nodded, and the dumplings and glutinous rice balls Guoguo sitting on their laps, who were hugged tightly by them, also nodded their little heads.
Looking back, Jiang Li told Lin Dan: "Hold the child well."
Lin Dan said softly "Hmm".
Through the half-opened car window, Jiang Li, Captain Jiang, Cai Xiufen, Brother Jiang and others started the car. After a moment, he held the steering wheel and the car slowly drove out of the courtyard.
After Lin Dan and her son were safely delivered to the gate of the family compound where the Lin family lived, Jiang Li took out Lin Dan's travel bag from the trunk and saw someone calling her niece-in-law.
"I called my parents before I went out."
Hearing his parents' voices, Lin Dan had a smile on his face.
Jiang Li naturally knew Lin's father and Lin's mother. After the two approached, she said hello with a smile and handed Lin Dan's travel bag to Lin's father. Without talking much, she said hello and sat back. Driver's seat.
"Sister-in-law, please be safe on the road!"
Putting the son into his mother's hands, Lin Dan walked to the car, smiled and waved.
Jiang Li nodded and said, "It's cold outside. Go home with your parents quickly and don't freeze the child." As the voice fell, she drove away under Lin Dan's eyes.
The vacation passed quickly. Jiang Liniang and the others stayed with Jiang Boya and Jiang Hongfa at the Jiang family's old house for less than a week, and it was the day to register for the new semester. Immediately afterwards, Mingrui, Minghan, Mingwei, and the three dumplings all returned to campus. (Kindergarten), opening up their new path to education.
Time flies by day by day, and in the blink of an eye, Mingrui's college entrance examination is less than two months away.
In order to ensure that Mingrui could get good grades in the college entrance examination, led by Jiang Li, the adults and children at home kept quiet every day and tried not to make loud noises that would affect Mingrui's study and rest.
Moreover, Mingrui should be given nutritional supplements in the food to avoid any lack of nutrients, which would lead to lack of energy.
On this day, after attending evening self-study, Mingrui was driven home by Jiang Li. He hesitated for a while and called Jiang Li softly: "Mom."
"Um?"
Jiang Li was driving the car and heard Mingrui's voice. She looked at Haodaer and said, "If you have anything to say, just tell me. Mom is listening."
"Actually, my family doesn't need to treat me specially, and it's still early before the college entrance examination. If because of me, my family suppresses me and can't speak loudly or laugh, I feel very sorry."
The corners of his lips pursed slightly, Mingrui was silent for a moment, and continued: "I have almost finished my review. It doesn't matter if I go home and read for a while, or not."
Jiang Li: "It's your family that puts pressure on you, right?"
"No, it's not that my family puts pressure on me, it's that I don't want to put pressure on my family because of me."
Mingrui explained hurriedly and reiterated what he meant. He was telling the truth. He was just facing the college entrance examination. It was not a life-and-death situation where his family needed to make "sacrifice" for him. He didn't even speak loudly at home or even laugh. Can.
"Okay, mom knows. From tomorrow on, the family will be back to how it was before." After listening to Mingrui's words, Jiang Li guessed that it was the atmosphere at home that made her great son There was pressure invisibly. It wasn't him who was under pressure, it was his family's actions that made the young man feel pressured. This was not good.
With this understanding, Jiang Li naturally wanted to make changes so that the family would not continue to be tense and create pressure on Mingrui.
"mom……"
"Um?"
"I promise to get good grades!"
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself, we can just perform normally when the time comes."
"good."
Mingrui nodded, but what he was thinking about was that he wanted to look good for his parents and strive to become the top scorer in the college entrance examination like his parents. Of course, if you think about it, you can't relax in reviewing before the exam. Try to review well, review in a down-to-earth manner, and then walk into the exam room with a calm mind.
But no one expected that on a weekend evening about twenty days before the college entrance examination, Mingrui was injured by a gangster on his way back from his classmate's house because of his bravery.
Jiang Li's heart was tense when he received a call from the hospital. He drove to the hospital alone without telling the family.
His left arm suffered a comminuted fracture and two ribs were broken. He had been pushed into the operating room. This was what Jiang Li learned after arriving at the hospital.
"Aunt Jiang, wuwu...I'm sorry, Brother Mingrui was injured by the bad guys because he was trying to save me..."
The girl was crying and blaming herself. Jiang Li looked cold, but her eyes could not hide the worry and worry. She did not respond to the other party.
"Tongtong!"
The sound of hurried footsteps came from far away. The person who came was a gay man who knew Jiang Li. His eyes were full of anxiety. As soon as he walked to the girl's side, he said: "Okay, don't cry anymore, daddy is here!"
After casually comforting his daughter, the man turned his eyes to Jiang Li and asked, "Is Mingrui's child okay?"
"The left arm suffered a comminuted fracture and two ribs were broken. He is currently undergoing surgery. As for whether there is anything else wrong, we will have to wait until the surgery is completed to find out."
Jiang Li looked at the other person and responded casually.
"sorry!"
The man bowed deeply to Jiang Li.
However, Jiang Li was away from home. She said: "I already understand the general story of the matter. It was not your daughter's fault. It was my son who acted bravely and was accidentally injured by the gangster."
Although he said this, Jiang Li regretted extremely at this moment that he could not drive to his classmate's house to pick up Mingrui, so that Mingrui had an accident on the way back.
I have to mention here that Mingrui’s deskmate had an operation a week ago because of acute appendicitis. After being discharged from the hospital, he could not return to school in time to review, so he called Mingrui and asked Mingrui, his deskmate, to come to his home to talk to him. A few questions.
Due to the good relationship between the two, Mingrui agreed immediately after receiving the call and said that he would go to the other party's house this weekend, which was today.
Unexpectedly, as the evening approached and the two people at the same table said goodbye, Mingrui came out of the family home of the other party's family and passed through a small alley. He saw a girl being pulled off a bicycle by three social youths. It was obvious that they wanted to do something to the girl. Unruly.
After recognizing that the girl was Minghan Mingwei's classmate, a little girl from the compound, and that she was most likely half-siblings with him, Mingrui naturally couldn't let it go.
Well, even if he didn't know her, Mingrui still couldn't turn a blind eye to this situation, so he ran forward and rescued the girl without saying a word.
As a result, the three social youths told him to stay out of his own business, otherwise he would bear the consequences.
Mingrui spoke sternly, angrily scolding the three of them for being useless. When he saw one of the social youths swinging his fist at him, he couldn't care about anything else and just started fighting with him.
Seeing that the other party did not have the upper hand, another young man from society joined in.
Mingrui had practiced boxing and kicking with Jiang Li since childhood, and also learned a few moves from the Jiang family's bodyguards. One person was more than enough to handle two social youths.
But the bad thing is that there are three people on the other side, and the third social youth who joins is actually holding a stick about one meter long in his hand. This stick is very strong at first glance. The other party is holding it tightly in his hand with a ferocious expression. He swung Mingrui's head hard.
This move was too fast. Mingrui knew he couldn't dodge it, so he used his left arm to resist in desperation. The result was a "click" sound, and his left arm was directly interrupted by the opponent.
The girl, Xiao Tong, kept crying for help!
By the time someone rushed over from the alley, Mingrui had been knocked to the ground by three young people from society. The corners of his mouth were bloodshot. He tried his best to protect his head and endured the kicks from three young people.
When they heard the cry for help, seven or eight people ran over, and they came from both ends of the alley. The three young people from society realized that something was wrong and wanted to escape, but they were all caught.
After learning the general story of what happened from the kind person who sent Mingrui to the hospital, what could Jiang Li say? Are you saying that your children shouldn't act bravely? This is definitely not allowed.
After all, if a child has a good outlook on life and encounters a bad guy bullying a girl, if he pretends not to see it and turns around and walks in another direction, from a personal point of view, it is not wrong, but from a moral standpoint, it is Seems too indifferent.
What's more, the girl who was bullied was Xiao Tong. If Mingrui really ignored her and allowed the situation to develop, she would probably feel guilty for the rest of her life and even hate herself for who she is today.
"But the child Mingrui was injured because he was trying to save Tongtong."
Xiao Jin looked apologetic, and the worry in his eyes was undisguised: "Let's do this, I will be responsible for Mingrui's surgery fees, hospitalization fees, and subsequent nutrition fees."
The person lying in the operating room was his son. Even though he didn't know the child, the blood relationship was unbroken. If it weren't for the child, Tongtong would probably be destroyed today. Thinking of this, Xiao Jin couldn't help but feel guilty. , and at the same time felt sorry for Mingrui.
It was about to take the college entrance examination, but Mingrui was lying in the operating room. At this moment, he just hoped that Mingrui's condition would not be too serious, otherwise it would be bad if he missed the college entrance examination.
"Need not."
Jiang Li shook his head.
"Logically, my family should bear all the expenses of Mingrui's stay in the hospital, not to mention that I am..."
What's more, I am Mingrui's biological father. Xiao Jin did not fully express the second half of the sentence. He knew that he was not qualified to call himself Mingrui's father in front of Jiang Li. After all, he had never fulfilled his responsibilities as a father for a day.
Even if it was not his fault because he didn't know there was such a son at first, what did he do for the child after he found out?
No, he didn't do anything.
Although it's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he can't, but this still makes him unworthy of calling himself Mingrui's father.
Xiao Jin smiled bitterly in his heart.
It's not that he is selfish and is afraid that recognizing Mingrui will affect his current family or his work. It's that he doesn't want to put a psychological burden on Mingrui, and he doesn't want to be shameless and pick peaches from Jiang Li and Luo Yanqing. He didn't want Mingrui's life experience to be shamed by the existence of his biological father.
Therefore, after Xiao Jin learned that Mingrui was his flesh and blood, he made a decision over and over again. He would not do anything that was not beneficial to Mingrui.
This may be the only thing he can do for Mingrui!
"If you insist, then it's your responsibility." Jiang Li knew that if she insisted on refusing, the person in front of him would definitely feel guilty, and it might become a problem.
Forget it, since the other party is willing to bear all the expenses for her big son in the hospital, she will do as he wishes!
More than two hours later, the light on the operating room door went out.
With a "clang" sound, the operating room door opened from the inside.
Seeing the doctor coming out, Jiang Li and Xiao Jin hurriedly asked about Mingrui's condition. They were told that the operation went well and the patient's condition was stable... It was confirmed that Mingrui's life was not in danger and his internal organs were intact. All he needed to do next was to maintain and recover. There is no problem with health.
Jiang Li breathed a sigh of relief.
The same goes for Xiao Jin.
…
"Why didn't your eldest brother come back from his classmate's house just now?" The night had completely fallen. Cai Xiufen stood at the entrance of the courtyard, looking around. She saw neither Mingrui nor Jiang Li driving back. She couldn't help but He muttered: "And your mother, watching the sky darken, but after answering a phone call, she drove out without saying a word, and there is still no sign of her."
Ming Wei was standing nearby. When she heard this, she smiled slightly and said, "My eldest brother may have been kept by his classmates for dinner. As for my mother, she probably had something important to go out to deal with, so she didn't bother to talk to grandma about you." greet."
"But why am I so anxious?"
Cai Xiufen frowned: "I've been feeling flustered since your mother drove away. How about we call your mother? Then call your eldest brother's classmate's home and ask if your eldest brother is gone. "
After listening to Cai Xiufen's words, Mingwei said: "I don't know the phone number of my eldest brother's classmate's home. Let's call my mother first and ask her to see if my eldest brother has contacted her."
"Sure, let's do it."
Cai Xiufen has no objection.
"Hey, Mom, it's me, where are you now?"
In the living room, Mingwei dialed Jiang Li's cell phone and asked. When she heard that Jiang Li was in the hospital, her heart immediately "thumped", but before she could say anything, Jiang Li's voice came over again: " Don't panic, it's not that something happened to your mother, it was your elder brother who had an accident because of his bravery, and it will be fine now..."
After hearing what Jiang Li said about Mingrui's situation, Ming Wei still felt uneasy: "Mom, how about I..."
Before she could continue, Jiang Li's voice came through the microphone again: "Obey, don't panic, your eldest brother will be in the ward now, and your mother will be with you. Don't be surprised, lest your grandma and you two get into trouble." Brother, Tuanzi and others are worried when they find out. By the way, you can give the phone to your grandma in a while, and mommy will have a few words with your grandma. In addition, I will call the old house. Your grandpa is at home recently. He is here. Mom I’ll take some time to go home.”
Mingwei: "I understand, then I'll give grandma the phone right now."
Jiang Li: "Yeah".
Cai Xiufen: "Li Bao."
"Mom, it's me..." Jiang Li lied, saying that Ming Rui would stay at a classmate's house tonight, and she would be back late because she had something to do, so she didn't have to wait for her to have dinner. After hearing what he said, Cai Xiufen responded: "Okay, Mom knows, please be careful when you drive back."
"good."
Jiang Li responded with a smile.
Cai Xiufen: "That's it, I'm dead."
Jiang Li: "Goodbye."
After the call ended, Cai Xiufen put the phone back on the landline and said, "You don't have to wait for your mother and your brother. One of them will come back later, and the other will stay at a classmate's house tonight. Let's start dinner now."
Mingwei: "I'll set the dishes." After saying that, Mingwei got up from the sofa and disappeared outside the living room door in a blink of an eye.
Before the start of the school year, Jiang Liniang and the others moved back to the quadrangle at Shuimu University with Captain Jiang and his wife.
"Tell the truth, our mother hasn't come back so late. Where is she?" After dinner, Mingwei took the three dumplings for a walk in the yard to eat, and then watched the three dumplings wash up until they went to bed and fell asleep. , she returned to her room and prepared to go to bed. Unexpectedly, Minghan knocked on the door and asked this question when she came in.
"Grandma told me during dinner, my mother is busy outside..." Before she could say anything else, she was cut off by Minghan: "You lied!"
Ming Wei frowned: "Why should I lie?"
"You have to ask yourself." Minghan said, "During the meal, I saw clearly that you were obviously worried, and your worries were related to our mother."
Hearing this, Ming Wei pursed her lips tightly, and she didn't speak for a while.
"Is my mother's outing related to my eldest brother?"
Minghan said: "Tomorrow is Monday and I have to go to school. It's impossible for my eldest brother to stay at his classmate's house tonight."
Mingwei: "Why is it impossible? The eldest brother can go to school from his classmate's house."
"Homework. Brother's homework is at home!" As soon as Minghan said this, Mingwei didn't know how to answer the question for a while. Seeing this, Minghan raised his eyebrows: "You have nothing to say, right?"
"Okay, I'll tell you." Mingwei no longer hesitated and said, "Our mother is taking care of my eldest brother in the hospital."
"What?"
Minghan opened his eyes wide: "What's wrong with eldest brother?" His eyes were full of anxiety and worry: "Tell me quickly, what happened to eldest brother? How did he show up in the hospital? Is eldest brother's condition serious?"
"My eldest brother acted bravely and was injured by the gangster. However, my mother said that my brother had surgery and his life is not in danger now."
Jiang Li did not say on the phone that Ming Rui was injured to save Xiao Tong, but simply told Ming Wei that Ming Rui was injured by the gangster because of his courage.
Minghan: "Which hospital? I want to see big brother now!"
Mingwei: "Don't cause trouble to mom!"
"I'm going to the hospital to see my eldest brother, are we just going to make trouble for our mother?" Minghan glared at Mingwei: "Do you want to come together?"
"Do you want grandma to know?"
Mingwei said: "Grandma is getting older. If they know that my eldest brother is injured and is hospitalized, something will happen to them in a hurry. What will you do then?"
"I……"
The corners of Minghan's mouth twitched, but he couldn't say anything else.
"Mom didn't tell grandma directly on the phone, and asked me to hide it from grandma, because she was afraid that grandma and grandpa would be anxious if they knew about it. If you want to make some noise now, I can't guarantee that grandma and grandpa won't notice any clues."
"But my eldest brother is lying in the hospital now!"
"Didn't you hear what I said before? Mom said that brother's life is not in danger now, so let's not worry."
"You didn't tell me. I asked you about it myself."
Minghan's eyes were full of resentment: "Luo Mingwei, I am your second brother. You shouldn't hide it from me when something happens to your eldest brother."
"Do you think I want to keep it in my heart? I'm feeling uncomfortable and panicked. I'm worried that if I tell you, you might attract my grandma's attention." Giving Minghan a roll of the eyes, Mingwei said, "We have to cooperate with mom. , let’s see what mom has planned next.”
"The college entrance examination is coming soon, and I don't know if my eldest brother's condition can recover before the college entrance examination."
Minghan expressed her worries.
"No matter how urgent we are now, there is nothing we can do. It is better to wait until mother comes back and ask carefully. But I think the eldest brother should be able to take the college entrance examination smoothly." After a slight pause, Mingwei continued: "Even if I miss it, it will be the same as taking part next year."
At around 10:30, Jiang Li returned home and parked her car at the entrance of the courtyard.
In order not to wake up her family, she quietly entered Mingrui's room, quickly packed a few sets of clothes and toiletries, then went to the kitchen to get a lunch box, and walked towards the entrance of the courtyard.
"mom!"
After putting his things in the car, Jiang Li heard Minghan's voice coming from behind him. He couldn't help but turn around and saw Minghan standing at the door of the courtyard at some point.
"You...what are you doing standing at the gate of the courtyard up late at night?"
Jiang Li leaned against the car door and looked at Minghan with a frown.
"Is my elder brother's injury serious?"
Minghan got straight to the point.
"Did Weiwei tell you?" Jiang Li asked, but she actually knew the answer in her heart. When Minghan nodded, she said, "The left arm suffered a comminuted fracture and two ribs were broken. The operation went well, and everything else is fine."
Minghan: "Will it influence my eldest brother to take the college entrance examination?"
"My right hand is fine and my legs are fine. There are still about twenty days until the college entrance examination. Your eldest brother will have no problem walking into the examination room."
Then catch the bugs. . .
(End of chapter)
