Chapter 1328 I Have No Chance

Cai Xiufen smiled at Captain Jiang. Hearing this, Captain Jiang just took a puff of dry tobacco and suddenly coughed repeatedly. Seeing this, Cai Xiufen laughed out loud: "Why, do you think I'm wrong?"

"You are so old, but you are still so unstable. Aren't you afraid that the boss and others will hear the joke?"

The coughing finally stopped, and Captain Jiang looked at Cai Xiufen with a hard-to-find expression.

"What's so funny?"

Cai Xiufen didn't think so.

Captain Jiang extinguished the pipe and then put it on the kang cabinet together with the pipe.

"Where are you going?"

Cai Xiufen was holding the sleeping grandson, Jiang Guoan's son, in her arms. When she saw Captain Jiang getting off the kang and putting on his shoes, she couldn't help but ask.

"I'm going to visit my eldest brother."

The old father will have a birthday tomorrow. Although the whole thing is handled by the eldest son, he is the second son and he and the third son can only contribute money and manpower, but as a brother, he can't really not help anything.

Besides, their parents only gave birth to three brothers. Now that the two elders are getting old, they have fewer days to live. It would be good for him to accompany them and talk.

"Don't forget to put on that big cotton jacket."

Cai Xiufen had no objection to Captain Jiang going to Uncle Jiang's house, but in order to prevent Captain Jiang from getting cold, she couldn't help but remind him to wear something thicker.

"What big cotton jacket? Li Bao has said more than once that this is called a down jacket."

Since each room in the house is equipped with heating pipes, and even the living room has a moderate temperature, Captain Jiang, Cai Xiufen, and other people in the family, big and small, don't wear down jackets as long as they don't leave the house.

For example, now Captain Jiang only wears a thin sweater on his upper body, and then puts on a relatively close-fitting down vest.

"It's just a different name."

Cai Xiufen rolled her eyes at Captain Jiang: "You're so old, and you're being pretentious. But after all, you're still an old man!"

Picked up the down jacket hanging on the hanger and put it on. Captain Jiang turned to look at Cai Xiufen: "I really don't know what to say to you, woman."

The cotton-padded jacket is filled with cotton, and the down jacket is filled with... right?

This old woman has been in North City longer than him, how come she still doesn't know the difference between a cotton-padded jacket and a down jacket?

Captain Jiang shook his head secretly.

"Are you saying bad things about me in your heart?"

Just as he was about to walk out of the room, he heard Cai Xiufen's voice behind him, and Captain Jiang couldn't help but stop.

"What bad things can I say about you?"

He looked at Cai Xiufen and asked with a straight face.

"I said I didn't know the difference between a cotton-padded jacket and a down jacket."

The couple has lived together for decades and has never had a quarrel. Needless to say, they have a deep affection for each other. This also means that they know each other very well. Even if the other person's expression changes slightly, it is not difficult to guess what he (she) is thinking.

As soon as Cai Xiufen said this, she saw Captain Jiang looking away guiltily.

"Do you admit it?"

"What should I admit? You are just imagining things!"

Captain Jiang waved his hand: "Take a break, I'm leaving."

"Old man, don't think about struggling..."

Cai Xiufen's voice was not loud, but Captain Jiang had not left the room yet, so he naturally heard it. He saw his old face turn red in an instant, and then he left the room without looking back.

Obviously, Captain Jiang undoubtedly understood what Cai Xiufen meant.

But Cai Xiufen was smiling at this time, and there was a little pride between her eyebrows.

Want to struggle in my palm?

No use!

Even if you lie in the coffin, I will still hold you tightly!

This is not Cai Xiufen's boasting.

In fact, Captain Jiang was indeed controlled by Cai Xiufen, but then again, Cai Xiufen was not unreasonable. She would listen to Captain Jiang on major issues, and even if she had different opinions, she would speak to Captain Jiang.

For example, Jiang Li married Luo Yanqing.

The two talked it out in front of the whole family. In summary, it was all for the good of their precious daughter.

Therefore, afterward, there was no knot in their hearts.

"Mom, where is my dad?"

Jiang Li walked into the room and didn't see Captain Jiang on the kang, so she couldn't help asking.

"Didn't you see him at the gate?"

Cai Xiufen asked with a smile.

"Ah?"

Jiang Li blinked in confusion, but she reacted in a moment and said, "I took Tuanzi and the other three around the village for a while. Didn't we just come in!"

The implication was that she hadn't been at the gate all the time.

Cai Xiufen didn't answer, but asked: "Where are Tuanzi and the others?"

"Weiwei took them to play with Lin Dan and Yan Rou."

Jiang Li said with a smile, and when Cai Xiufen winked at her to close the door, she closed the door without saying a word, and then asked: "What's wrong?"

It's so mysterious, could it be that I want to tell her something in secret?

"Come up and sit."

Cai Xiufen lifted the quilt, put down the sleeping grandson in her arms, let the little guy lie down and sleep by himself, and asked Jiang Li to get on the kang.

Jiang Li: "You haven't been holding him until now, have you?"

"What's wrong? Can't I hold him?"

Cai Xiufen helped her grandson cover the quilt, and saw Jiang Li shaking her head: "I didn't say that. But since you came back from holding him until now, don't your arms feel uncomfortable?"

"What's uncomfortable?"

Cai Xiufen didn't care: "When I worked in the fields before, I worked the whole morning, and my hands were basically busy. That was tiring! But no matter how tired I was, what could I do? We are all the same. If we earn a few more work points, what will the family eat..."

Speaking of this, Cai Xiufen waved her hand: "Let's not talk about those old emperors. Now everyone's life is much easier. Every household has its own land. It is their own business to do what they want to do. If you don't want to be affected, just plant less. I think it’s fine to find a job in the city to make money as long as you can support your family.”

Jiang Li extended his thumbs up and praised: "My mother's thoughts keep pace with the times. She deserves to be a women's cadre. She is amazing!"

"Stop hating me."

Cai Xiufen glared at Jiang Li, knowing that her precious daughter was causing trouble to make her happy, but after being praised by her daughter, she felt happy in her heart. However, her face did not show much strangeness. She said: "It's a good national policy. I’ve been listening to the radio and watching TV news a lot while I’m here, so if I still stick to the old ideas, wouldn’t I be holding the country back?”

During the reform and opening up, people in the countryside who are smart and capable can do other things to get rich within the scope of the policy.

This way, there is nothing to say.

Cai Xiufen knew this very well, so when Brother Jiang and Brother Jiang contracted out part of the family's land, she insisted on starting a business outside without raising any objections.

After all, the country does not stipulate that country people have to farm their whole lives.

What's more, with the development of the country, more and more machinery will replace the work in the fields in the future, which does not require much human effort, just like the tractors that appeared in the past few years.

It can pull crops back from the ground and pull manure into the ground, which saves everyone a lot of effort.

"Mom, you are said to be powerful, but you are too modest to admit it. Tell me, you often listen to the radio and watch TV news. How many women in our village can compare with you?"

Jiang Li's eyes were shining, and her face was serious: "This is called pattern and vision. Mom, you are really an extraordinary old lady!"

Thumbs up again.

As for the clinker, Cai Xiufen did not accept Jiang Li's rainbow fart. Her eyes widened: "Am I very old?"

Jiang Li noticed that something was wrong and said hurriedly: "You are not old, you are still young. When we go out, we don't look like mother and daughter, but like sisters!"

"Then who do you call old lady?"

Cai Xiufen raised her eyebrows.

"Mom, you must have heard wrong. How could I call you an old lady?"

Jiang Li blinked his eyes and said cutely: "In my eyes and heart, my mother is a great beauty, so beautiful that my father can't take his eyes away when he sees her!"

"screw you!"

Jiang Li was sitting next to Cai Xiufen, which made it easier for Cai Xiufen to attack her.

"Ouch, it hurts!"

After being slapped on the arm by his mother, Jiang Li immediately came online: "Mom, don't you love me anymore?"

Looking aggrieved, she said: "I'm so pitiful. My mother doesn't like me anymore. What should I do? Who will comfort me?"

Cai Xiufen was neither smiling nor angry. She casually patted Jiang Li on the arm again: "I let you play tricks! I let you play tricks! I don't know that you have already misled Hanhan like this. Even glutinous rice balls are not good." I started to learn from you, can you tell me that you are a bit like a mother? "

Hearing this, Jiang Li instantly returned to her seriousness. She cleared her throat and said, "I am definitely the most perfect mother in the world!"

Cai Xiufen: "Are you trying to flatter yourself?"

Jiang Li deliberately misinterpreted my mother's meaning: "How ugly that is! Mother, look at me, your beautiful daughter, if I get a little bit of gold powder, wouldn't I turn into an ugly monster?"

Don't look too innocent.

"Are you playing tricks on me, your mother?"

Cai Xiufen seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

"How dare you!"

Jiang Li smiled flatteringly: "Mom, you know what kind of person I am, how could I play tricks on you? In fact, I just show off in front of you, and I will be bumped into by the children occasionally, but I make sure I’ve never been outspoken in front of children. If you think about it carefully, you’ll know if I told lies.”

She has always been a reliable mother in front of the children in the family.

"Okay, you have such a mouth, even if you don't make sense, you can still make sense!"

Pointing at Jiang Li's forehead, Cai Xiufen turned the topic to Wang Pan: "Your brother and your wife were quarreling just after they came back today. Your father and I said something about your brother, and your brother actually mentioned divorce in front of us. , I think your little brother didn’t say that on impulse.

Later, when your brother left, I chatted with your father about your fifth sister-in-law, and we mentioned Xiaodan and Rourou. As a result, your fifth sister-in-law was standing outside the door of our room. If Linlin hadn't greeted your fifth sister-in-law, I don’t know how long she will stand there and listen in the corner! "

Jiang Li: "It probably wasn't intentional."

Cai Xiufen: "I think so too, but I still feel a little uncomfortable."

Jiang Li: "What are you doing with my father Tilin Dan and Yan Rou?"

Cai Xiufen: "Isn't your fifth sister-in-law just because she is from the city, she keeps showing off to our family, and she always quarrels with your little brother. Anyway, I can't stand her noisy spirit."

"So you and my father mentioned the two grandsons-in-law, saying that they also grew up in the city, but one is more sensible than the other, right?"

After hearing Jiang Li's words, Cai Xiufen was startled at first, and then said: "As expected of my daughter, you can guess all this."

"Mom, there is no comparison between people. We live in different growth environments, and the personalities we cultivate are naturally different. As for the fifth sister-in-law, she just plays a little temper in front of my little brother. Don't take it to heart, look back. Also tell my dad, don’t worry about my little brother and his wife.”

Jiang Li didn't want his father and mother to be caught between Jiang Guoan and his wife and suffer.

After all, they are a couple. They may quarrel one moment and make up the next. But if the old couple gets involved, it may intensify the conflict.

Because as the saying goes: Husband and wife quarrel at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of the bed.

"Your father is more open-minded than me. He also advised me not to get involved in your brother and his wife's affairs, saying that your fifth sister-in-law might have been spoiled by her family and it was inevitable that she would have a temper in front of your brother after marriage.

I listened to your father's words and refuted him at the time, saying that you were spoiled by our family, but why didn't you always make trouble with Yan Qing? After your father heard it, he told me that he would go to your uncle's house to take a look. I knew he had nothing to say and was avoiding the issue."

"I didn't have a chance."

"What did you say?"

Cai Xiufen glared: "Say what you said just now again."

"Mother!"

Jiang Li's voice was soft, she was intentional, and said with a smile: "I was taught by you, how could I make trouble with your good son-in-law? Besides, your good son-in-law is busy with work, and it's not easy to go home to rest once. He can't give me a chance to make trouble, right?!"

Cai Xiufen: "Don't think I don't know what you meant by the previous sentence."

Isn't it just that the son-in-law is busy with work and didn't give her a chance to make trouble? Don't have this idea.

Thinking of this, Cai Xiufen said seriously: "Li Bao, how other girls get along with their men is not my business, but you can't act like a spoiled child in front of Yan Qing. Not to mention that Yan Qing has a good temper, he can't even take a break when he's busy at work. If you make a fuss when he finally comes home to rest, it's your fault!"

"I know! Your good son-in-law works very hard, I promise I won't make a fuss with him at any time!"

Jiang Li said solemnly: "Do you need me to raise my hand to swear?"

"Just know it."

Cai Xiufen shook her head and said helplessly: "When a couple lives together, either you give in to me or I give in to you. Only in this way can life go on harmoniously. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the two of them to live for a long time."

"I'll remember what mother said."

Jiang Li smiled slightly, and then said: "We can talk about my brother and his wife. Although we are all outsiders, I believe my brother is a man of great potential. He knows how to live his life. We just need to watch from the side. Besides, couples need to get along. Maybe after a year or two, the fifth sister-in-law will no longer quarrel with my brother over trivial matters. "

"It would be best if it were this way."

Cai Xiufen said: "From your eldest brother and his wife to your fourth brother and his wife, the four couples never made your father and I worry. It was you and Yan Qing. If you hadn't suddenly disappeared that year, your father and I would have been anxious. We would have complained in our hearts whether Yan Qing had said something harsh to you, which made you unable to accept it for a while, and you ran to a secluded place to stay alone, not wanting your family to feel uncomfortable... You two are also very worry-free.

I didn't expect your brother to be like this. When I first met your fifth sister-in-law, I thought she was a good girl, but she seemed to have changed her personality after marriage."

Hearing this, Jiang Li smiled and did not respond.

Before marriage, she was thinking about showing her best side in front of her partner and his family, especially those who pursued like Wang Pan, who would never forget to hide their shortcomings.

After marriage, the man she wanted to pursue became her own. Once her nerves relaxed, her character shortcomings would naturally gradually show up in life.

When she realized that Wang Pan was not as pure and carefree as she seemed, she kept a certain distance from him and gave up the idea of ​​bringing him into her circle of life, that is, providing him with an opportunity to get close to Jiang Guoan.

And when Jiang Guoan asked about his attitude towards Wang Pan, she expressed her opinion without any personal emotions.

As a result, because of Wang Pan's "perseverance", she succeeded in conquering Jiang Guoan.

She could see at that time that Jiang Guoan didn't necessarily like Wang Pan, but was mostly moved by his "perseverance"!

In addition, she felt that since they were old enough and didn't hate each other, it was okay to live together.

In a word: just make do!

Sometimes Jiang Li couldn't help but wonder, in the whole Jiang family, why is Jiang Guoan the only one who has such a bumpy love life?

When he first started working, he met a wonderful woman named Yang Zijuan, and when he was in college, he met Wang Pan, who had the spirit of "Yugong moving mountains". She sent love letters to him one after another, and even if he didn't accept them, he would still show up again and again to present her love letters.

Speaking of which, any normal man would probably be unable to resist.

And Jiang Guoan happened to be one of them.

Alas! Sighing secretly, Jiang Li felt that there was one thing that could not be denied, that is, Wang Pan was really good-looking and looked very well-behaved.

…

Grandpa Jiang has three sons, and Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang live with Uncle Jiang. Needless to say, tomorrow's birthday banquet will be held at Uncle Jiang's house.

Since many people from Uncle Jiang's family and Jiang Li's family went to Uncle Jiang's house this afternoon to help, the three families will have dinner together.

Around nine o'clock in the evening, Uncle Jiang's family and the second wife Jiang Li's family left Uncle Jiang's house.

The villagers who came to Uncle Jiang's house to help pick and wash vegetables have also returned to their respective homes one after another.

All preparations have been completed, and we are just waiting for the chef to take over the cooking tomorrow morning.

At present, there are weddings and funerals in the farm family, and the villagers are helping each other, and they need to borrow a lot of tables and chairs. However, Lao Jiang's family was very popular in Auli Village, so it didn't take Uncle Jiang or Captain Jiang and Uncle Jiang to open their mouths. Those villagers who came to help, whoever had a high table and long stools, just brought them over when they came to help in the afternoon.

As for the pots, pans, and tableware used on the banquet, the chef in charge has them at home, and they are rented exclusively for villagers from ten miles and eight villages to hold weddings and weddings.

There is no doubt that the chef in charge is a wise man who makes money through this legitimate method and achieves the goal of getting rich.

It is reasonable and reasonable, and it provides convenience to the folks in eight villages in ten miles. I received many thanks.

If the head chef could move his head faster and provide tables and stools, he would probably be able to increase his income...

"Everyone go to bed. You have to get up early tomorrow, so don't stay here all the time."

After returning home and sitting on the kang, Cai Xiufen looked at the room full of people and raised her hand to chase people away.

Captain Jiang did not speak.

"Mom, I'll stay and talk to you and my dad."

Jiang Guosheng, the second brother Jiang, spoke at this time. Seeing that my mother did not chase him away, Jiang Guosheng couldn't help but cast his eyes on Jiang Li: "Li Bao, you are also sitting in my father's and mother's house."

Jiang Li knew that the other party wanted to have a chat with her.

Nodding, she said to Mingrui: "Ruirui, you and Hanhan Weiwei take Tuanzi and the others to wash up and go to bed first."

"OK."

Mingrui responded, greeted Minghan, Mingwei picked up the dumplings and glutinous rice balls and went out of the room.

Brother Jiang, Third Brother Jiang, Fourth Brother Jiang, and Jiang Guoan sent their respective children away. Without waiting for Captain Jiang and Cai Xiufen to say anything, they all took off their shoes and got on the kang, huddled together with Jiang Guosheng and Jiang Li. Together.

"Old man, do you have a headache?"

Looking at her son sitting on the Kang, Cai Xiufen's brows turned into knots.

"Um."

Captain Jiang nodded.

Having too many sons is indeed a bit overwhelming, but fortunately, having only a few at home makes things easier.

"Dad, our brothers are not unfilial sons!"

Jiang Guoan said with a smile.

"Lao Wu is right, father and mother, we brothers are all filial. Of course, if compared with Li Bao, our filial piety is not enough!"

Brother Jiang said, he looked at Jiang Li, and then he was obviously embarrassed.

Brother Jiang looked at Jiang Li with a smile and said, "Li Bao, I am not as filial to our parents as you are, but I will work hard to prevent you from falling too far behind."

Third brother Jiang's eyes also fell on Jiang Li: "Li Bao, be filial in front of our father and mother. Third brother can't compare with you, but as long as our father and mother are here in our hometown, third brother will definitely take good care of us." All right.”

This is the truth. Ever since I accompanied Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang back to their hometown during the National Day, Third Brother Jiang has basically been in charge of the daily lives of Cai Xiufen and Captain Jiang.

For example, helping Cai Xiufen cook, or working in the fields with Captain Jiang. In short, Brother Jiang spends at least half of his time in the village in a month.

Sister-in-law Jiang San is taking care of everything in the clothing store.

"Brother, you all can say that I don't know what to say now."

Jiang Guosheng smiled bitterly: "I have been transferred to work in Beicheng for more than a year, but I rarely have time to go to Li Bao's place to see my parents. Instead, my parents come all the way to my place to visit our family. Speaking of which, no matter what I feel ashamed both as a son and as an elder brother! I couldn’t be more filial to my parents, and I couldn’t do anything to help Li Bao. Looking back, I am absolutely useless!”

"Second brother, what are you, eldest brother, third brother, fourth brother and younger brother doing? Are you holding a review meeting with me?"

Jiang Li was a little dumbfounded. She said, "What do you mean you are useless? You were defending our country. If there were no people like you, how could we live a stable and peaceful life?"

Gentle and smiling eyes passed over Brother Jiang and others. Jiang Li continued: "We are all children of our parents. In my opinion, when it comes to filial piety, I can't compare with you. First of all, growing up, my parents doted on me. You loved me, you also pampered me, and you didn’t let me do anything. There was delicious food at home, so you clung to me to eat it first. After I married Luo Yanqing, my parents were worried that I would be alone in Beicheng.

Not only did I ask my brother to accompany me, but my mother also went to Beicheng to take care of me. Later, even my father took care of me and a few children. I was not filial to my parents, but my father and mother were always there for me. worry. If you don’t want me to feel ashamed, then stop saying that I am not filial in front of my parents. Otherwise, I will jump off the kang and leave immediately! "

Then catch the bugs. . .