Chapter 314 - 314 Support
314 Support
To Jiang Chun, as long as her father was fine, she was relieved. “Doctor, why did my father faint?”
Wu Chen explained patiently, “It’s because your father hit his head on the ground when he fell. I did a CT scan of his brain. There are no blood clots in his skull, only a slight concussion. It’s normal for him to feel a little dizzy and nauseous. What he should do now is to lie in bed and recuperate.” ...
After Wu Chen finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Chun meaningfully. “As family members, think of a way to give the patient a quiet recuperation environment. Otherwise, it won’t be good for his recovery.”
Yu Bing felt that Wu Chen was implying something. When the two of them returned to the ward, she understood why Wu Chen said that.
“Third Brother, since your leg is broken, you might as well stay at home and recuperate. Let Jiang Yu take your place. He’s young and doesn’t have much experience, but he can learn.”
When Jiang Chun heard her grandmother’s shrill voice from outside the door, she suppressed her anger and the urge to rush in to scold her.
Old Madam Jiang had five sons and two daughters. Jiang Wu was the third son. Their parents usually valued the eldest and doted on the youngest, while the middle one was usually ignored. Therefore, Jiang Wu was the least favored of the three.
Jiang Chun walked into the ward and saw Old Madam Jiang sitting on a chair beside the bed.
Her third cousin, Jiang Yu, was her uncle’s second son. At this moment, he was standing behind Old Madam Jiang with a smile. Jiang Yu was 19 years old this year and was only two months older than Jiang Chun, so he should have gone to build a village last year like Jiang Chun did, but Jiang Chun’s aunt used connections to delay it, so he missed the departure time of the intellectuals.
Jiang Chun knew that they had always had the idea of letting Jiang Yu replace Jiang Wu.
Everyone knew that her father relied on medicine to treat asthma. Her mother’s part-time work income was only 15 yuan a month, and her father’s salary was 25 yuan. In addition, the factory gave him a special sick allowance of 5 yuan a month. A total of 45 yuan was just enough for his daily expenses and treatment. It was already very good if they could save up to 5 yuan a month.
Jiang Chun knew that these so-called relatives only wanted to live off of them and had never cared about their lives at all.
Jiang Chun’s grandparents had their own house. Because they lived with Jiang Chun’s uncle, the house was basically given to Jiang Chun’s uncle’s family. Because Jiang Chun’s grandparents had a pension, Jiang Chun’s uncles didn’t need to provide for them, but they insisted on Jiang Chun’s family giving them five yuan every month.
Jiang Wu was a filial person, so he was willing to take cheap medicine with poor efficacy so that he could scrimp and give the money to his mother. However, Old Madam Jiang’s greed grew. In order to make his mother happy, Jiang Wu sometimes even sent her the holiday benefits given by the factory. Jiang Chun could only sulk at those times.
Later, when Jiang Chun was in junior high school, she fainted. The doctor said that she was malnourished and only then did Jiang Wu start to halve the gifts he sent over. However, no matter what Jiang Wu did, all he got in return was even more ruthless oppression.
Jiang Chun took a deep breath and greeted Old Madam Jiang. “Grandma.”
Old Madam Jiang glanced at Jiang Chun but didn’t respond. She said to Jiang Wu with a frown, “You don’t want to agree? Do you want to be disobedient and unfilial? You don’t want to listen to me anymore?”
Jiang Yu also smiled and said, “Third Uncle, don’t be so insensible. Despite my young age, I know that I have to listen to my parents. Just listen to Grandma’s arrangements.”
Jiang Wu’s mind started buzzing again when he heard their words.
Jiang Mei was very worried when she saw her husband frown in discomfort. She mustered her courage and said to Old Madam Jiang, “Mom, if Jiang Wu loses his job, our family won’t have the money to buy medicine. I’m sorry, but we can’t give Jiang Yu his job.”
When Old Madam Jiang heard this, she narrowed her small eyes at Jiang Mei and scolded, “Since when do you have the right to speak here? You’re just a hen who doesn’t know how to lay eggs! He doesn’t even have a male descendant, what’s the point of living in this world?! You’re only around because he’s so protective of you. He should have divorced you long ago and asked you and your daughter to scram from our family!”
Every time Jiang Mei saw Old Madam Jiang, she had to listen to this sort of thing. She was already used to it, but she still couldn’t help but feel aggrieved.
When Jiang Chun saw Jiang Mei’s red eyes, she immediately pulled her mother behind her and said coldly, “Grandma, I’m a girl, but I have my father’s blood running in me. My mother left the Jiang family with the bloodline of the Jiang family, so why should we scram?!”
“Moreover, our family register belongs to our family of three. It doesn’t have anything to do with you, right? I’m not even in the same family register as you, so why are you so worried?!”