novelraw Chapter 534: The 1950s Tagalong (13)
Chapter 534: The 1950s Tagalong (13)
Early in the morning, as the nearby workers gradually headed to their jobs, this farce finally drew to a partial curtain.
On her small bed, An Ning also regretfully put away the melon seeds, planning to lie down and have a nice, long nap first.
Of course, although the immediate battle had temporarily stalled.
However, after this battle, not to mention Jiang the Big Fool, Jiang Wei Guo, whose worldview had nearly shattered into dust, the reputation of the old Jiang Family was definitely not going to be good in any way.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it stank for ten miles downwind.
Even Ms. Wei, walking to work, encountered quite a few sympathetic glances along the way.
Wei Qiao: "..."
The mother-in-law, clutching the huge sum of eight hundred left by her deceased son, had callously watched her former daughter-in-law and several children suffer from hunger and hardship. And that Jiang Family's second daughter-in-law was no easy lamp to light either, playing the rat all the way to her own mother-in-law's doorstep.
Tsk, why not just say it's karma coming full circle!
Moreover, look at this Jiang Family's second son, he's not like his elder brother before him. Although he tried to smooth things over in the middle, at that critical moment, anyone with eyes in the alley could see that this Jiang the Second and his own wife were truly in cahoots.So after getting off work, barely managing to deal with his endlessly clamoring old mother, Jiang the Second immediately scurried eagerly, following right behind his wife's backside back into their room.
Leaving Old Li Shi in the outer room, nearly fainting from anger.
This son, I'm afraid he was raised in vain.
Grew so tall and big for nothing, all raised for someone else's benefit!
Unaware that his own mother was secretly so angry she was even cursing him, her own son, the couple returned to their room, blew out the small lamp, and Jiang the Second immediately pulled his wife down onto the kang bed.
While tussling, he didn't forget to lower his voice and whisper:
"Wife, tell your man the truth, you really didn't take Mom's money!"
Hearing this, Zhang Da Ni'er was not pleased. Immediately straddling him on top, she gave her man's waist a hard pinch:
"You good-for-nothing Jiang the Second, what nonsense are you spouting! What kind of person I, Zhang Da Ni'er, am, don't you know! A little money is one thing, but eight hundred! If I really took it, wouldn't I have told you, the head of the household!"
"Besides, how long has it been since our Xiang Dong and Xiang Xi bought new clothes? If I had this money, I wouldn't shortchange anyone, especially not our own sons!"
"That's true too!"
"Ouch, ouch, wife, take it easy."
Rubbing his aching old waist, fearing his wife might give him another pinch, Jiang the Second hastily agreed in the darkness.
The little bit of suspicion in his heart also weakened.
To speak of his wife, she might be a bit stingy on ordinary days, but when it came to this family, Jiang the Second knew in his heart, there was truly nothing to criticize.
Not a bit like some people, who pull and haul things back to their natal family with all their might.
Even if she really got this money, it would definitely end up being used for their small family, for him and the kids.
This little bit of trust, he, Jiang the Second, still had.
But since it wasn't his wife who took it, then his mother's eight hundred, could it really be lost?
And lost right in his own home?
Thinking of what the people from the police station said today, Jiang the Second frowned again. Seeing him like this, Zhang Da Ni couldn't help but snort coldly.
"Are you stupid? Haven't you considered that your mom's money might never have been lost at all?"
"In the operas, what's that called? The thief crying 'stop thief'!"
"Ah, that can't... can't be... right?"
On the kang, Jiang the Second instinctively refuted, but by the end of his own words, he couldn't help but hesitate.
The thief crying 'stop thief', although it sounds strange, but it depends on who it's about. If it were someone else, fine, but if it were his mother...
Ai, it's not impossible either!
In the darkness, Jiang the Second couldn't help but roll over.
As the biological son who grew up listening to his birth mother's various "educations" aimed at his elder brother, no one understood better than Jiang the Second how many underhanded tricks his mother had to ensure her own comfortable old age.
Sometimes Jiang the Second even felt grateful that as the youngest son, and not as promising as his elder brother, his mother hadn't used the whole set of methods she used to "tame" his elder brother on him.
Especially after witnessing his own elder brother's fate firsthand recently...
It could be said that lately, no matter how eloquently his old mother spoke, no matter how she changed tactics to show concern for him, crying poor to him, his, Jiang the Second's, money pouch had been tightly sealed!
If his old mother, in order to better control him, plus worrying that his whole family was eyeing the "huge sum" in her own hands, deliberately made up this scheme.
Well, it really might be possible!
Otherwise, why was she so sure the moment something happened, immediately pointing at his wife!
Jiang the Second even felt that, unintentionally, he, Jiang the Second, had already stumbled upon the truth!
"Tsk, I told you! Your mother, that person, has the most schemes. The previous calm was all temporary. Seeing she can't get to us, sooner or later she was bound to cause trouble!"
Seeing her man seemed somewhat agreeable, under the quilt, Zhang Da Ni became even more self-righteous! Thinking of that vexing mother-in-law next door, she felt even more choked with anger!
Completely forgetting that after getting the twenty "huge" dollars, the first thing she did was secretly reward herself with several big meat buns.
The rest wasn't that she was unwilling to spend it, it's just, the money had only been in her hands for a few days, she hadn't decided where to use it yet!
Now Zhang Da Ni was glad she hadn't acted rashly. Otherwise, that old undying one would definitely have had more opportunity to frame their family!
In fact, clever Zhang Da Ni was now even suspecting.
Whether that earlier twenty dollars was actually a trap deliberately left by that old undying one, just waiting for her to fall into it. So she could pin the later eight hundred firmly on her.
Otherwise, why was the door usually locked properly, but that day, it wasn't locked properly?
Hey, what an old undying one, trading twenty for eight hundred, how could that old thing scheme so well!
In short, at this moment, the second son's family had thoroughly fallen into conspiracy theory.
In the darkness, Zhang Da Ni reached out again and gave her man a hard pinch:
"Zhang the Second, you listen to me good, what kind of person your mother is, we both know in our hearts. If you don't want to end up like your elder brother in the future, with his wife and kids becoming someone else's the moment he was gone, then from now on, all our family's money has to be kept with me, Zhang Da Ni!"
"Hmph, don't even think about eight hundred, not a single cent should go to benefit that old hag!"
A moment later, she softened her voice again:
"Jian Min, don't think I'm being harsh. Think about your elder brother. He was a filial son, but what was the result? Didn't see your mother remembering much good about him!"
She understood clearly today. That old woman, money comes first in her eyes. Sons, grandsons, they all take a backseat!
That was truly the case. Thinking of his elder brother, in the darkness, Zhang the Second nodded heavily, and finally couldn't help but smack his lips and add:
"And Xiang Dong and Xiang Xi, you keep a close eye on them at home too, don't let Mom tell the kids any nonsense!"
So filial indeed!
Having just gotten up in the early morning and being introduced to a new piece of gossip by her system, An Ning couldn't help but let out a tsk.
Well, this development was even more exciting than she had previously imagined!