Chapter 328 Outburst
That night, Jiang Xiaoxiao and the others slept in her original room.
Fan Xiuying and the others had tidied up the house a bit.
The original single bed was replaced with a large double bed, and the wardrobe and everything else were cleaned up spick and span.
It was clearly prepared for the young couple.
Bai Yiyi dashed over to sleep with Fan Xiuying, who adored the girl.
Ever since Bai Yiyi entered the family home, Fan Xiuying bathed her, washed her hair, changed her clothes, and prepared food for her without missing a beat.
So Bai Yiyi was really close to Fan Xiuying now.
Early in the morning, Jiang Xiaoxiao woke up.
Sleeping in her own home was so comfortable, that feeling was a long-lost sense of belonging; being home, she didn't even dream at night.
That feeling made her think she could stay here forever.
Song Moting watched his wife with her big eyes looking out the window, secretly happy.
He gave Jiang Xiaoxiao a kiss, "Go back to sleep for a bit. I'll get up and help mom and dad tidy up the yard. Later, we'll go out to buy some things. We need to visit grandma. Before we left, grandpa called grandma to let her know we were coming back, so if we don't visit her, she might get anxious."
Jiang Xiaoxiao nodded, "Not sleeping anymore, not sleeping anymore, I'll get up too. We really should visit grandma today. By the way, according to the timeline, our acceptance letters might have arrived.
In a bit, can you call He Aiguo and the others to check the situation?"
The acceptance letters were sent directly to the county, and the county would distribute them to various farms.
When they returned to Jingbei, He Aiguo had made it clear that as soon as they got the acceptance letters, he'd help bring them back to Jingbei for them.
After all, He Aiguo would return home too, but he planned to return to Jingbei with Jia Shu with their acceptance letters, as they all applied to Jingbei when filling out the applications.
Jia Shu also applied to the Normal University and certainly wouldn't return home, so since it was convenient, He Aiguo thought to go with Jia Shu to help settle her there.
Song Moting nodded, "Got it!"
He got up, dressed, and went out to help.
Jiang Laocheng was in the yard chopping wood.
Song Moting took over directly, young and strong, and besides, he was quite familiar with chopping wood.
Jiang Xiaoxiao lay in bed for a while, and then got up.
Breakfast was fan Xiuying's meatball soup and pancakes, warming them from the inside out.
Upon hearing that Jiang Xiaoxiao was going to see Old Mrs. Song, Fan Xiuying became busy.
She must prepare some gift for her daughter to bring to the in-laws' house; she couldn't go empty-handed on the first visit to her husband's family without bringing anything.
Hurriedly, she went out to prepare gifts for Jiang Xiaoxiao, who couldn't stop her.
Bai Yiyi had already followed Fan Xiuying out.
Jiang Xiaoxiao laughed.
To be honest, this child really had a connection with their family, so close with the family members.
As she was laughing, someone arrived.
"Hey, Xiaoxiao, you're back? Why didn't your mom or dad say anything!"
Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at her grandma; it'd only been two years since she last saw her, but now the old lady was full of silver hair, and her back was hunched.
However, seeing her felt kind, accompanied by her uncle and aunt.
Jiang Laocheng didn't say a word upon seeing Jiang Xiaoxiao; his own son ended up with a year-long sentence because of Jiang Xiaoxiao's persistence, leaving a record on his file, making it impossible to get a job after.
The couple resented Jiang Xiaoxiao; as long as she wasn't home, they wouldn't say anything, thinking she'd never return home after going to the countryside.
Who knew she'd come in today, bringing Jiang Xiaoxiao back into their lives.
This lingering spirit had returned to their home.
Feng Guihua immediately turned hostile.
"Jiang Xiaoxiao, how do you still have the face to walk into our house?"
Jiang Xiaoxiao ignored Feng Guihua, smiling as she greeted her grandma.
"Grandma, you're here. I just got back, just one day, come in and sit. Dad, Grandma's here."
Completely ignoring Jiang Laocheng and Feng Guihua, she helped her grandma inside.
Grandma glanced at her son and daughter-in-law, sighed, "Xiaoxiao, don't mind your uncle and aunt. When did you get back? You look so much thinner, I heard from your mom that you got married.
This time you're back on leave, right? How long can you stay, can you spend the New Year here?"
Grandma wasn't a bad person; in the past, her words might have sounded harsh.
But in truth, Grandma knew what was what in the end.
Because of the money Grandma had back then, Jiang Xiaoxiao wouldn't hold anything against her.
After all, this grandma had a good heart.
"Grandma, we came back on leave to spend the New Year; this time our family is finally reunited. Oh, Grandma, I brought you some good things."
In her space, she had quite a few ginseng, but those ginseng couldn't be taken out casually.
Every piece was over a hundred, even hundreds of years old, too shocking to just take out.
But back when the farm harvested so much ginseng, they'd kept a few.
At least, the few educated youths, each of them left a few for their family; even those ginseng with lesser years were much older than what's in the market.
This was really good stuff, especially for the elderly, so Jiang Xiaoxiao set aside a few.
To be prepared for occasions like this, for social interactions and favors.
"Xiaoxiao, Grandma, there's no need for you to buy anything, you don't have to bring anything, coming from far to the countryside is not a holiday."
Grandma held onto her hand tightly.
"Hmph, that poor place, like you could bring back anything good, all talk."
Feng Guihua sneered.
She resented Jiang Xiaoxiao, because of her, she'd suffered so greatly.
"Can you shut up? Eldest sister-in-law."
Grandma was not happy, what was the eldest daughter-in-law trying to do here?
Today's visit wasn't a social call.
They came to ask for a favor!
How dare they come displaying their attitude at someone's house.
Feng Guihua finally fell silent.
Jiang Laocheng entered at this point.
Upon seeing his own mother, he was actually quite happy.
Upon seeing his older brother and sister-in-law, he wasn't so pleased.
"Mom, if you need anything, just ask big brother to give me a call. I can come over. Such a long way, in this cold weather, slippery roads, why make a special trip? Big brother, really?"
Being scolded by his younger brother, Jiang Laocheng became furious.
"What, you look down on your big brother now, eh? Think you're in any position to yell at me?"
Jiang Laocheng was taken aback, what's happening?
"Big brother, what's wrong with you?"
"Eldest, what are you trying to do, I'm not dead yet. Why are you screaming at your brother? Did he say anything wrong?"
Grandma scolded her eldest son, feeling rather sad inside.
This eldest son was spoiled.
Is this how you conduct yourself?
You're here to ask someone, yet you dare flaunt in front of others, pull rank, play the big brother card.
What's the deal with being the eldest now? Being the eldest, your life isn't as good as your own brother's.
The scariest thing for people is not seeing one's own position clearly.
"Mom, why do you always scold me in front of others? Aren't I your son? Always praising my brother, he's great, then why live with me? Why don't you follow your good son?"
We take care of you daily, isn't that clear bullying."
Jiang Laocheng couldn't take it; in the old days, parents lived with the eldest.
Plus, parents were partial to him, so he thought living with them was reasonable, even helping them some.
But since the younger brother's retirement, the family's situation turned, with mom leaning more toward the brother.
Plus, not scrimping bits from the brother for them; instead, with mom getting older, she's sick today, uncomfortable tomorrow, keeping them busy.
He's long been unbalanced in heart, almost shouting out his feelings today.
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