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Chapter 272 The Female Cannon Fodder Who Falsely Claims Favors in the Historical Literature 13

Grandma Jiang's head hurt after hearing these long and flowery words. She felt that Zhao Xue was relying on her lack of education to make trouble and was constantly forcing others to do something.

She immediately spat at Zhao Xue, spitting everywhere. When she saw Zhao Xue dodging in disgust, she became furious and pointed at Zhao Xue with trembling hands.

"you......"

Zhao Xue shrugged her shoulders. Looking at Grandma Jiang's angry expression, she actually felt a little happy.

The anger he had felt towards Jiang Erya before seemed to have dissipated a lot, but he still looked innocent.

Seeing Zhao Xue like this, Grandma Jiang felt even more angry and immediately raised her voice, "Okay - Zhao Zhiqing, since you didn't lie, that's fine. Then what you said yesterday about cutting some chicken for my daughter Erya as an apology, do you still admit it?"

The villagers walking on the road were attracted by Grandma Jiang's voice. Those behind stopped to watch, while those in front slowed down their pace intentionally or unintentionally and pricked up their ears to listen.

Zhao Xue didn't expect Grandma Jiang to bring up this suddenly. She was just saying it on purpose to show off in front of Jiang Erya. Meat is very precious. She would be stupid to give some to that woman.

She wanted to deny it without thinking, since she didn't get much meat anyway. But Grandma Jiang interrupted her the next second.

"If you don't admit it, I will call Arya over and confront everyone in public! Last time, my Arya fainted because of what you said, and we haven't even bothered you yet, but you took the initiative to provoke me!"

Zhao Xue's expression changed slightly. She did say those words to Jiang Erya. If she really came over, she would definitely admit it. Erya had attracted a lot of sympathy from the villagers because of her weak health these days. Everyone would definitely believe her words.

She couldn't just turn against everyone and deny it!

Her son Jianjun is now in a critical period of promotion. There might be observers coming to learn about his family situation. She must not leave a bad impression of being unreasonable on everyone.

It would be better to just... find an excuse to get away with it.

Damn it! This damn old woman even brought so many people here!

Having made up her mind, Zhao Xue immediately spoke apologetically, "Grandma Jiang, I did say that, but I thought Cheng Shuo would give Erya some chicken. We are a big family, and we finished eating the pheasant last night. I'm really sorry, I just wanted to cut some for Erya, but I can't do anything about it!"

When the people around heard the result of this farce, they couldn't help but look at Zhao Xue in surprise. They originally thought she was stupid, after all, who would give away meat voluntarily? But now it seems that she is not that stupid. She ate it at the first time, and there was no more for others to eat even if they wanted it.

Grandma Jiang's face was dark. "Zhao Zhiqing is really sharp-tongued! Your pheasant doesn't even have any meaty taste. It must be a fake chicken! Besides, Jianjun couldn't have just shot a pheasant. I heard that your backpack was so heavy that you could hardly lift it!"

snort!

Do you really think she came here without finding out clearly?

Still want to deceive her!

Zhao Xue was embarrassed on the spot because she was humiliated yesterday. Both of them were unwilling to give up and wanted to hunt more prey. They came back late and naturally had no time to cook meat. They didn't expect to be exposed in public.

Her face flushed red with embarrassment and she was too embarrassed to speak.

Fortunately, at this moment, another middle-aged woman's voice sounded in time and rescued her.

It was Lu Jianjun's mother, Mother Lu. When she heard that her daughter-in-law was blocked by Old Lady Jiang, she immediately ran over.

After understanding the whole thing, although she was extremely dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law for causing trouble on her own initiative, they were all a family now, so she naturally had to stand up and speak for her daughter-in-law.

"Mrs. Jiang, what are you talking about? Ah Xue, why would you lie to me? We did eat the pheasant last night, but they came back late, so we ate it later. If others didn't smell it, they can't say we didn't eat it! There was only a pheasant in the backpack, and the rest were wild vegetables. We ran out of vegetables at home, so we asked them to go dig some."

Despite Mother Lu's explanation, the onlookers, including Mrs. Jiang, did not quite believe it.

After all, why do we have to dig some wild vegetables so late? Besides, Aunt Lu always likes to show off in front of the villagers how outstanding her son is in the army. They have long had the stereotype that "when Lu Jianjun takes action, prey is not a problem."

He just shot a pheasant. Who are you looking down on?

Mother Lu naturally knew that they didn't believe it, but this was the only explanation she could give.

Putting aside other things, this time it was Zhao Xue who was the first to say something she shouldn't have, and Mrs. Jiang took it seriously, so they were indeed in the wrong for not giving her back.

Secondly, the incident of Zhao Xue making Jiang Erya faint with anger has always been brought up as a topic of conversation. Even if she gave a piece of meat, it was to tell everyone that the Lu family owed no one!

Thinking of this, Mother Lu said to Grandma Jiang and everyone else sincerely, "Mrs. Jiang, since I'm here, let's not lie. Ah Xue said she wanted to cut some meat for your Erya as an apology for what happened last time, so I, as your wife, took the lead! Although the chicken from last night is gone, we still have a small piece of pork at home, and I'll take it to Erya to nourish her body later!"

Mother Lu's words were frank, and the key point was that she really wanted to give Erya a piece of meat for free as compensation. All the people in the crowd who had previously had a bad impression of the Lu family changed their views.

Grandma Jiang's expression eased a little. It was not easy to tear off a piece of meat from the Lu family. Naturally, she didn't care how much meat it was. She immediately took Lu's mother's hand and the two sisters started to talk to each other intimately.

Mother Lu felt sick in her heart. She wanted to vomit after hearing what this old woman, who was a generation older than her and could be her aunt, said about sisters and younger sisters. But she still listened with a sincere look on her face.

Grandma Jiang was really afraid that the pork she had just got would slip away, so she immediately followed Mother Lu step by step to the Lu family, and waited with a stern face for Mother Lu to give her the pork.

Sure enough, when he saw the half-fist-sized piece of meat that Lu's mother took out, he kept complaining in his heart, but he took it happily on the surface, and kept praising the other party for being honest and polite.

Mother Lu was so moved that she wanted to regret her decision and take the meat back, but she didn't want to be so honest, because if she didn't, Mrs. Jiang would definitely keep pestering her.

How can there be such a person? You are getting the benefits but you are still pretending to be important. It's really disgusting!

Finally, Grandma Jiang returned happily with this precious piece of meat.

That night, several men of the Jiang family were present, and Liu Hongjuan brought the plate of fried pork and wild vegetables to the table.

The piece of meat was not very big to begin with, and even though Liu Hongjuan cut it into small pieces so that everyone could eat more, each person could only eat two pieces at most.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Aiguo's distribution of the meat was different from before.

He first accurately picked up the smallest piece of meat on the plate and gave it to Jiang Yueshu. He spoke with a rare gentle expression, "Erya, you must take good care of yourself and don't get angry easily."

Jiang Yueshu sneered in her heart. Of course, he let a malnourished person like her eat smaller pieces of meat than other normal people. He really had to be thick-skinned to say such outrageous things.

This piece of meat is not even the size of a little finger nail, it's just enough to fill the gaps between her teeth!

Just with this, Grandma Jiang and Liu Hongjuan were already dissatisfied, especially Grandma Jiang. Although the meat was indeed available because of Jiang Erya, everyone knew that if she hadn't specifically pestered Zhao Xue to ask the Lu family for it, no one would be able to eat the meat!

Jiang Aiguo also thought so in his heart, but he was more concerned about Jiang Erya's physical condition recently. He was afraid that she would faint again and it would be difficult to explain to the team leader, so he made a final decision on the matter. If it got out, others would only say that he was a father who loved his daughter.

After all, it was given in the name of nourishing Erya's body, so as long as she was allowed to eat a little, it would be equivalent to her having eaten.

Thinking this in his mind, Jiang Aiguo was somewhat dissatisfied with Jiang Erya's silence, but since he had done the face-saving job, he didn't need to care about anything else.

After that, Jiang Yueshu had no share of the dish of pork with wild vegetables. After all, there was lard in it, and the others were all craving it, so why waste it on a little girl?

Jiang Yueshu ate the bowl of porridge in front of her without looking away. Ever since Jiang's father specifically told Liu Hongjuan not to deprive Jiang Yueshu of food and drink, she was allowed to have a bowl of porridge.

Sure enough, there was only enough meat on the plate for the remaining few people to eat one piece each, and only a few pieces were left.

Grandma Jiang and Liu Hongjuan felt that the men in their family were more valuable, so after eating their own piece of meat, they stopped eating.

But there were only three pieces left on the plate, one for Jiang Aiguo, one for Brother Jiang, and only one piece left.

Unexpectedly, the piece of meat went into Jiang Zhuang's mouth.

Grandma Jiang and Father Jiang had a rare argument. Grandma Jiang believed that Jiang Dali was Father Jiang's biological son and that the piece of meat should be given to him. As for Jiang Zhuang, he was just a burden living under someone else's roof, so why should he be given it to him!

Although she usually treats these grandchildren with a certain degree of affection, she is definitely more partial to Jiang Aiguo's own flesh and blood.

Jiang Yueshu felt strange. Although she had no good feelings towards the Jiang family, it was just as Grandma Jiang said. Jiang Dali was a family member, so naturally the piece of meat should be given to their family. Unexpectedly, Jiang Aiguo had other ideas.

She held the bowl to shield her chin, observing the whole situation calmly.

After hearing Grandma Jiang's merciless words, Liu Hongjuan looked at Jiang Aiguo with slightly red eyes. Her eyes were a little complicated, as if she felt guilty, aggrieved and unwilling.

Jiang Aiguo also responded quickly. He knocked on the table and said to his old mother with some dissatisfaction, "Mom, Zhuangzhuang is also a child of the Jiang family now, and he is the youngest. This piece of meat should be given to him!"

After hearing her son's unquestionable and meaningful words, Grandma Jiang pouted her lips, feeling dissatisfied. However, she also knew that her son was the head of the Jiang family now, and she couldn't force her son, so she had to shut up.

When Jiang Dali heard that the piece of meat was not his, he immediately started making a fuss and even looked like overturning the table. Jiang Aiguo immediately dragged him out in dissatisfaction, kicked him a few times, and gave him a few verbal lectures. Only then did the disturbance calm down.

Jiang Yueshu glanced at Jiang Zhuang, who was standing beside Liu Hongjuan with a smug look on his face, and felt even more uncomfortable.

Jiang Aiguo is not a righteous person. He probably wants to cover up something by saying this.

She thought about it carefully, and looked around at Jiang's father, Jiang Zhuang, and Liu Hongjuan. She didn't know if it was a psychological factor, but she always felt that Jiang Zhuang had the shadow of Jiang's father.

Could it be that Jiang Zhuang is Jiang’s father’s biological son?

Is that why Father Jiang is so biased towards him?

In that case, doesn't that mean the two of them were together before her mother passed away?

Jiang Yueshu suppressed his doubts and prepared to find an opportunity to find out.

For several days in a row, Jiang Yueshu was assigned to work, all of which were light jobs with low work points and low pay. She first went to visit Doctor Zhang and learned about various herbs from him.

In order not to disturb Doctor Zhang's work, she borrowed medical books from Doctor Zhang's home and read them carefully.

Doctor Zhang wanted to teach her how to recognize and learn by himself, but he really didn't have much time. Jiang Yueshu didn't know many words, so she pretended to learn by reading medical books.

So, after a round of recognizing words, Doctor Zhang was pleasantly surprised to find that Erya was really a smart girl. She would ask a word no more than twice each time, and she was very smart and could draw inferences from what she had learned.

He didn't believe it at first, so he found a page and asked her to read it out loud. Only then did he finally put aside his doubts. Erya could actually read out every word he had taught her without making any mistakes.

Looking at the thin girl in front of him, he couldn't help but understand what a genius was. If she could go to school in her situation, who knows how lucky she would be.

Doctor Zhang and his wife mostly felt sorry for her, and were even more resentful towards Jiang Aiguo, who gave birth to a child but did not raise her. They couldn't help but bring this up when they went out to chat.

Without the Jiang family knowing, rumors began to spread in the village:

Jiang Aiguo's family is really inhumane. They are unwilling to even treat their own daughter!

Jiang Erya was also a poor girl. Her family didn't give her money, so in order to cure her illness, she followed Doctor Zhang to learn how to identify herbs and went up the mountain to collect them herself.

With these rumors, Jiang Yueshu's going up the mountain every other day did not arouse the curiosity of the villagers, but they could not help but speak with sympathy.

That was a deep mountain where an accident had happened before. Who doesn't know how many dangers are hidden there? Adults like them don't dare to go there to pick herbs alone, but this girl was forced into such a situation and had to risk her life to pick herbs.

The Jiang family is so hateful!

With this in mind, everyone could only chat and curse at each other in private. After all, they were powerless and could not control the Jiang family or provide any help.

It was another day, and it happened that the team was taking a break, so the villagers could take this time to go to the town.

After seeing Liu Hongjuan leading Liu Qingqing onto the ox cart, Jiang Yueshu stood at the entrance of the village where the ox carts were parked, ready to wait for the second ox cart to arrive.