“Hasn’t my father already invested enough for them? My grandfather died early. At that time, my father was just 20 and his brothers and sisters were still small. You could not do heavy labor nor you carry the burden. It was my father alone who looked for work. He went up the mountain to mine rocks to feed your family! My father supported them for 20 years and only married when he was 40. Do you still feel that my father hasn’t invested enough? You still want him to pay up with 20 more years of his life?”
Su Mian had not known that before. She only learned of them when she had been chatting with Liu Da’s mother a few days ago. Liu Da’s mother told her that Su Jiang Hai lived a hard life. When he was young, he sacrificed everything for the Su family and delayed major turning points in his life. Now that he had two children, they should treat him well.
Su Mian’s aunts lowered their heads and uttered nothing, but Grandma Su did not relent, “Then he still has to support me!”
Su Mian took out 5 big unity, “Here!”
Grandma Su took the money and immediately took out a handkerchief from her jacket. Then, she carefully wrapped the money inside and placed it back into her pocket. After that, they all got up and left.
When they were just by themselves, Grandma Su took out her handkerchief and gave 10 yuan to each of her daughters, “Take this first. I’ll ask for more on a different day.”
Although Su Mian’s aunts took the money, they were not impressed. They had come here to ask for more than a hundred yuan. Just by simply selling a few kilograms of meat was enough for them to earn 10 yuan.
“Father, this is not okay. Grandma gave the money to my aunts after they went out. They are looking down on us. She will definitely come back when she has no more money.”
“I think you should talk this over with Second Uncle and Third Uncle, and decide how much maintenance allowance to give grandmother every year,” When they left, Su Mian heard every single word her grandmother and her aunts said.
Su Jiang Hai nodded his head.
After being disturbed by them like this, Su Jiang Hai did not eat lunch and went to work in the basement.
In the afternoon, Su Mian went to Zhang Yan Jie’s house again. This time, Qi Fang became a lot more cordial. She invited Su Mian inside and even served candy and melon seeds. The change compared to this morning was very shocking, causing Su Mian to stare at her blankly.
Wei Min whispered to her, “The news about your father earning money had been a wide spread. She probably heard it.”
It was indeed so. After her grandmother made a huge scene at noon, everyone in the village was probably talking about it. There was no other entertainment in the village, so a group of women would naturally sit together and gossip.
“You became more famous again.”
“What do you mean?”
“They say you are a little shrew! It’s being spread around that you made an unreasonable scene in front of your elders!”
“I was Zhu Ge Liang verbally sparring with a group of Confucians!”
Wei Min shot a glance at Li Ya Jun and lowered her voice, “This time, you will truly not be able to get married!”
Su Mian looked at Wei Min’s eyes that were glancing at Li Ya Jun. She truly wanted to tell her that she had fallen for her brother!
Li Ya Jun suddenly blushed, and his thin lips became pursed. He was thinking of bringing a marriage proposal to Su Mian’s family right after taking the college entrance exams without even minding if Su Mian passed the exams or not.
After being taught a lesson in the morning, Zhang Yan Jie sat beside Li Ya Jun this time. Her arm even shifted closer towards Li Ya Jun from time to time. However, Li Ya Jun kept dodging it and was finally driven to the edge of the table.
Seeing this, Wei Min was delighted. Zhang Yan Jie truly did not understand men. The more she took the initiative, the more Li Ya Jun would run away.
At night, when Su Mian returned home, he saw Su Jiang Hai lying on the heatable brick bed. He was even covered with a quilt.
“Father, what’s wrong?”
“Xiao Mian, it’s nothing. Your father’s waist is just hurting. Resting for two days should be enough,” Su Jiang Hai was afraid that Su Mian would worry. His body was truly disappointing. After being angry at noon, he took off his cotton-padded jacket while working and his back caught a chill.
Su Mian did not know what to do now. She had not learned the pulse diagnosis skill. Leaving aside the side effects of Chinese medicine, it would not be enough to cure him.
“I have a way to relieve him of the pain!”
Why didn’t you say so earlier!
