Chapter 7: Best Friends

"The child stopped breastfeeding when she was two years old." Jiang E smiled bitterly, "There is nothing to eat at home. I don't want her to lose weight without eating well after we quit breastfeeding. Fortunately, breastfeeding nourishes people. I don't want Xiaobao to be as skinny as me. .”

Xiaobao felt sleepy after eating enough and fell asleep in a few moments.

Jiang E breathed a sigh of relief and put Xiaobao into the crib sent by the waiter.

When the food was delivered, Jiang E lowered her head and began to eat a big meal. Seeing this, An Wen had no choice but to press her words and lower her head to cook together.

When the food on the table was all gone, Jiang E stroked her round belly and said, "I haven't eaten such a good meal in a long time, and I haven't felt so full in a long time."

An Wei was stunned. What she ordered was home-cooked food and she often ate it at home, but when it came to Jiang E's mouth, it tasted like delicacies from the mountains and the sea.

No matter how poor An An was, he would never be unable to afford food.

"In addition to paying off the mortgage, Yang Zian's salary was all sent to his parents. I didn't get a penny." Jiang E said with envy, "In fact, not long after marrying him, I knew that there was someone in his heart who couldn't get it. Bai Yueguang, we had a big fight, and the relationship has deteriorated since then. He asked me to go back to the countryside to raise a baby, saying that I would make money early to give the baby a good future, and asked me not to hinder his future. I think He leaves early and comes home late, and there is no one to talk to me. If something happens and no one can be found to take me to the hospital, I promise to go back to my hometown with his parents."

An Wen frowned, "Are the conditions in his country very difficult?"

"No, it's just an ordinary family with a three-story building. His father opened a small shop in the town and his mother worked in the village. The conditions can't be said to be very good or bad. His father can earn three thousand a month. Even though he can do a lot, his income from farming can be several thousand a year.”

A rural family with an income of tens of thousands a year has no children to raise and no mortgage to repay, because Yang Zian's salary is enough to afford the mortgage, and the two elders are still in good health. In fact, the economy of the two elders is very loose.

"But why are you so malnourished? I remember that your hair used to be dark and beautiful, but now it's dry and yellow, and you're leaner than a monkey."

The girl who was so beautiful back then is now a country woman, and she is still a country woman with yellow skin.

"Yang Zian's money doesn't fall into my hands." Jiang E laughed sarcastically, "He was kind to me at the beginning, but after the child was born and we found out it was a daughter, the whole family changed. He didn't help me during the confinement period. When it comes to raising children, I am a new mother. I don’t know anything, and I don’t know who to ask, so I have to figure out everything on my own. At first, I didn’t even know whether the child was hungry and peed or just crying because he felt uncomfortable. The child was fussy and I spent the whole night I couldn't sleep all night, and they thought I didn't work and couldn't take care of the baby."

An Wen's face changed color slightly, "A woman's body is weak during the confinement period. It's a time to recuperate. If they don't help take care of her, why don't they care about this or that? What kind of work do you do during the confinement period?"

"Yeah, that's it. You think I eat too much. I haven't eaten a single meal of meat since I was in confinement. Every meal is pumpkin, cucumber, water spinach... anyway, they are the ones grown in the fucking fields, but damn He also thought that I ate too much, saying that I had eaten twenty cucumbers and twenty kilograms of water spinach... He said that the vegetables that I worked so hard to grow ended up in the mouth of an outsider, and it was a big loss..."

An Wei was stunned for a moment, then said angrily, "How can there be such a top-notch person? Isn't Xiaobao their grandson?"

"Grandson? It's just a girl. What kind of grandson is it? Besides, Xiaobao is still young, so he can't eat these things." Jiang E laughed sarcastically, "During the confinement period, I still have to do it at home. I fed them chickens. I hadn’t tasted meat for a long time, so I picked up two eggs and ate them. As a result, my mother called me a chicken thief and a weasel.”

"How much does an egg cost? How many can an outsider give as a gift, but your daughter-in-law can't bear to part with it?" An An was trembling with anger. In the past three years, she had been too busy thinking about herself, thinking that even if Jiang E and her husband had a normal relationship, they would not be able to part with it. It couldn't be too far off. She never knew that Jiang E had such a hard life.

"Later, when I was in confinement, I started to separate the house. It was obviously a house, and I was given the smallest room. I was allowed to set up a shed outside to cook. The family ate delicious food every day, and I asked Yang Zian to give it to me. I sent money, but he actually said that after paying off the loan, there would be no money left, and he would also pay for food for my parents, so that I could save some money. He also said that I lived in the country, so there was no rent, no water bills, and my parents still paid for the electricity. Yes, you don’t know why I need so much money? If you don’t have food to eat, just grow your own vegetables. There is so much land at home and everyone is growing it. How come you’re starving to death?”

Jiang E burst into tears as she spoke. She held a tissue and cried repressedly, "In their house, the two elders are clearly separated from me, but they come to quarrel with me every day, quarrel with me for not giving up breastfeeding, and quarrel with me every day. I don’t give salt to my baby. I want to feed my baby salt when he is only three or four months old. He thinks I don’t know how to take care of a baby and makes him as skinny as a monkey. But they have never done so once and can only use their mouths. Beep..."

Thinking about days like this, she felt aggrieved, but she had no one to complain to. It was so stressful that she was almost depressed. Now that she couldn't help but complain, she still felt aggrieved.

"I'm sorry, I actually don't want to say these trivial things, I just couldn't help it for the moment."

"Jiang E, how could you be so stupid? After living like this for two years, why didn't you make plans and return to Jiangcheng earlier?" An Wei felt distressed and angry.

"To put it lightly, I am penniless and the child is small. Who will take care of me when I return to Jiangcheng? I will feel sorry for the travel expenses. Besides, the child is so young and cannot be separated from my mother at all. I can't bear to leave her. She is in the countryside. I don't need her at all. I don’t have to spend too much money on groceries by spending rent. If I go back to Jiangcheng, like now, I will have to ask you for help even with where to live, and I won’t have money to eat..."

"Why didn't you come to me earlier?" An Wen blamed herself, "Why didn't I notice it earlier? I haven't even seen you in three years?"

In fact, Jiang E didn't want her to see her dilemma.

Jiang E took Xiaobao to do some small crafts and was very busy. Every time An Wen asked her about the situation, she only said yes.

An Wen said he wanted to see her, but she would only say that she would go back to Jiangcheng and there was no need to go to the mountains...

"I'm sorry, Jiang E..." An Wen lowered his head, covered his face, and spoke bitterly.

"It has nothing to do with you. I chose my own path, and I also chose my husband." Jiang E smiled bitterly, "I didn't discuss it with him when I returned to Jiangcheng this time. I didn't want to be rejected by him, and I didn't want his family to point fingers. point."

"When I settle down, find a job, and send my children to kindergarten, I will contact him again. If he is willing, he can move out of the company dormitory. If he is not willing, I will take care of the baby by myself." Jiang E said expressionlessly.

In the past three years, Yang Zian has been home only a handful of times. Only two or three times a year, the dependence she once had in her eyes was no longer necessary.

While An Ai felt sorry for Jiang E, she couldn't help much. After dinner, she took Jiang E to the rental house. Jiang E was very satisfied with the house and had no doubts about the five hundred a month rent. She gratefully Hugging An Wei, "An Wei, thank you. Without you, I really can't make it. Don't worry, when I find a job, I will pay back the fifteen thousand as soon as possible."

An Wen lent Jiang E 10,000 yuan, plus one year's rent of 10,000 yuan, which makes it 20,000 yuan.

Jiang E clutched the 10,000 yuan tightly, her eyes red, "This is the largest amount of money I have received in the past three years."