Chapter 221 Deceiving oneself and others
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Jiang Sanluo took his wife and children to his mother-in-law's house to pay New Year greetings as usual.
I had a quick lunch there and rushed back.
As soon as he arrived home, Jiang Sanlang was called over by his father.
In the main room of her parents, Jiang Yunniang knelt in front of Mrs. Jiang Liu and cried. Next to her stood her youngest son Zhang Yuying and her youngest daughter Hongxiao.
"Mom, I really have no choice. Zhang Lang said that if he doesn't pay, he will be beaten to death by that family. Mom, do you want to watch Hong Xiao and Yuying lose their father?"
"What are you talking about? He hooked up with another woman and gave birth to a child, and he wants our family to keep him accountable?" Ms. Jiang Liu slammed the table angrily.
Jiang Yunniang: "He didn't hook up with anyone, it was that bitch who seduced him. Mom, Zhang Jia said that if he gave them another two hundred taels, they would be fine, and they would never interact with each other again."
Jiang Liu said angrily: "Do you believe his lies?"
Jiang Yunniang nodded: "I believe it."
"I don't believe it!" Mrs. Jiang Liu said, "Your brother has already asked about it. That Zhang Jia teamed up with others to deceive you, but you are so stubborn."
"mother……"
"I think you should make peace with him! Zhang Jia is very scheming, and he is not worth what you have to do for him."
"No! I don't want to reconcile! Yukun hasn't gotten married yet, and Yuying and Hongxiao are still young. If I reconcile with him, what will the children do?" Jiang Yunniang cried.
Not to mention her two sons, let’s talk about her little daughter Hongxiao. How will she be able to hold her head up in front of outsiders in the future?
Old Man Jiang was so angry that he banged his cigarette loudly, "Then what are you going to do? Are you going to keep giving him money? To fill his hole? What do you think of our family? As a free bank for you to keep that beast?"
Jiang Yunniang covered her face and cried bitterly.
Jiang Sanlang saw this scene when he walked into the house, his expression was ugly.
He, the eldest sister, was really stuck in the mud and couldn't stand up to the wall. It seemed that she couldn't live without that man.
"You're here." Old Man Jiang looked at his third son and said, "Sit down."
Jiang Sanlang sat down on a chair next to the Kang and asked, "Dad, why did you call me here?"
Old Man Jiang coughed and sighed: "Your eldest sister is like this, what should you do?"
"What can I do?" Jiang Sanlang said coldly: "Last time, the eldest sister said that her family's affairs have nothing to do with me and asked me not to interfere."
Jiang Yunniang suddenly turned around and cried: "Sanlang, you can't interfere like that. He is the father of Yukun and Yuying after all. If you beat him like that, how can he hold his head up in front of others in the future?"
"So, what do you want to do when you cry in front of your parents today? Let me give Zhang a beating to save his face?" Jiang Sanlang looked at his eldest sister coldly.
Jiang Yunniang shook her head: "I didn't mean that. It's just... Zhang Lang couldn't do anything about it. The family asked him for two hundred taels of silver. If he didn't give it, they would have to marry the woman back to be their equal wife. Otherwise, they would have to deal with it. Damn him."
"He dares!" Mrs. Jiang Liu shouted angrily, pointing at Jiang Yunniang and saying, "Yunniang, I'm not talking about you for my mother's sake. You are too weak. If Zhang Jia dares to marry an equal wife, I will go to the county government to sue him for terminating his wife." Marry someone else!"
"Mother..." Jiang Yunniang said in shock: "If he goes to jail, our family will be completely destroyed. You must not do this."
She turned to Jiang Sanlang again: "Sanlang, I beg you, lend me two hundred taels of silver first. From now on, I will pay it back to you even if I work as a cow or a horse."
Jiang Sanlang sneered coldly and turned to look at his parents: "Dad, you asked me to come here just to give money to my eldest sister?"
Old Man Jiang coughed in embarrassment, "When did I ask you to pay? Well, we can't ignore your eldest sister's matter. Didn't I ask you to come and discuss it?"
"I won't pay a penny."
Jiang Sanlang said: "I have nothing to discuss. The eldest sister can either divorce and we brothers will support her and her children. Or she can handle her own affairs and don't bother me from now on. I, Jiang Sanlang, don't have the spare money to support Zhang Jia and Zhang Jia." He has a family outside his home."
After that, he got up and left.
"Sanlang!"
Jiang Yunniang was so angry that she turned around and rushed to her parents: "Father! Mom! You can't ignore your daughter. Zhang Jia has always been very good to me. My daughter can't ignore him just because he made a mistake once."
Mrs. Jiang Liu pushed her daughter away, pulled Yuying and Hongxiao to her and asked, "Yuying, Hongxiao, grandma wants to ask you, is your father good to your mother?"
Yuying nodded: "Dad is very good to my mother-in-law."
Hongxiao: "Daddy also bought sweet cakes for grandma to eat. Daddy is very kind to grandma."
Old Man Jiang didn't believe it and said to his daughter: "Ms. Yun, if Zhang Jia is really good to you and really cares about this family, how could he have two children with another woman?"
He heard from Sanlang that Zhang A and his wife had a son and a daughter. The oldest child was three years old.
Sanlang also said that Zhang A simply co-acted in a play for Yun Niang and asked her to go back to her parents' home to get money to support him and his family.
"Your shop has been pawned to someone else a long time ago, Yun Niang, tell me who is running the shop now? Is it the brother of the other family?" Old Man Jiang asked.
Jiang Yunniang lowered her head, covered her face and sobbed.
Old Man Jiang sighed: "Yun Niang, that Zhang Jia's heart is no longer with you, so stop being stubborn."
He is a girl with soft ears and will believe whatever others say.
It is estimated that Zhang A has been pretending to be a good husband to deceive Yun Niang so that she can go back to her parents' house over and over again to give him money to squander.
"Dad, I'll ask you again, every time you go back to your parents' house to celebrate the New Year, why doesn't Zhang A come?" Jiang Laoshuan continued to ask.
Jiang Yunniang murmured: "He, he took his children to Zhangjiacun to celebrate the New Year. As you know, his parents died early, and it was his brother and sister-in-law who raised him up. The eldest brother is like his father. It would be unreasonable not to take the children to celebrate the New Year..."
Old Man Jiang turned to his granddaughter and asked, "Hongxiao, does your father take you to Zhangjiacun every year to pay New Year's greetings?"
Hong Xiao nodded confusedly: "Well, my eldest brother and I are going to my uncle's house to pay New Year greetings, and we will stay there for a few days."
"What about your father? He is also at your uncle's house?" Old Man Jiang asked.
Hongxiao bit her finger and said, "Dad has to go home beforehand. He asked me and my eldest brother to spend more time with my uncle and my uncle, and then go back in a few days."
Every year after she and her eldest brother went to her uncle's house, her father left. Once, the eldest brother wanted to take her back early, but the uncle stopped him from leaving.
The second brother always comes to Aweng's house with his mother-in-law to pay New Year's greetings.
"Dad, please stop asking!" Jiang Yunniang stood up as if she had been stabbed in a sore spot, grabbed her daughter Hongxiao and walked outside.
Jiang Liu and his wife looked at each other and shook their heads.
My daughter is hopeless.
That Zhang A doesn't come to Jiang's house every New Year, and makes excuses to go to his eldest brother's house. Then he leaves his children and goes back to the county town to celebrate the New Year with that outhouse.
The girl should be clear about this matter, but she deceived herself and others, and was coaxed into confusion by the man in just a few words.
Mrs. Jiang Liu sighed and said to her wife: "We can't let her continue to act recklessly. That Zhang A just wants to control Yun Niang and the child so that our family can always support him.
It makes no sense! Go back and take Dalang Erlang and the others with you, and let's go to Zhangjiacun and have a good talk. "
"What's the point of going to Zhangjiacun? Brother Zhang Jia has already separated. They will choke you to death if you open your mouth. Besides, we may not be able to find anyone."
Old Man Jiang snorted: "Take a few people to the county seat, find Zhang Jia and ask him directly what he means."
If you want to marry an equal wife, let him marry her and take your daughter home.
Mrs. Jiang Liu frowned: "What about Yun Niang? What if she stops her?"
Old Man Jiang: "If she dares to stop her and prevent her from returning to her parents' home again, our family will be without this daughter!"