Chapter 165: Full-Month Banquet

"I don't know what method you used to make your cousin take the blame," Jiang Yu naturally wouldn't believe his rebuttal, "but in this world, it has always been an eye for an eye."

Whether one believes it or not, there is always cause and effect in this world.

"County Magistrate Jiang is in a high position of power; who could possibly resist?"

Yang Feng smiled indifferently, as if resigning himself to fate.

Once, they were classmates who were exactly the same.

But now, one is a County Magistrate, while the other is a laid-off worker.

The dreams of the past were long since out of reach, and the remaining half of his life was nothing more than living in a daze.

As the County Magistrate, Jiang Yu was naturally proud and content; his wife was beautiful and gentle, and his children were sensible and filial.

Moreover, Jiang Yu looked down on him.

Perhaps it was at a dinner a few years ago; after getting drunk, he wanted to pay the bill and incidentally wanted to ask Jiang Yu to help him find a job.

But Jiang Yu rushed to pay the bill and even said something about knowing he was currently unemployed.

Yang Feng had always remembered the look of disdain the waiter gave him at that time.

Perhaps from that moment on, his mentality began to twist.

This time, he had aimed to bring Jiang Yu down; he had thought Jiang Yu would first suspect his subordinates, but he never expected the truth to be uncovered so quickly.

He thought he had freed himself, but he didn't expect his cousin to take all the responsibility.

Jiang Yu smiled, then turned and left.

From this day forward, within the borders of Huaiyang County, this person named Yang Feng would never have another chance to get ahead.

This was the first time Jiang Yu had used his official position to do something.

After the matter was resolved, in his relief, the two people Jiang Yu was most grateful to were his wife and his sister-in-law.

One was naturally his wife, who always believed in him unconditionally.

His way of expressing gratitude was, of course, through physical action.

The other was his sister-in-law, who was quick-witted and intelligent; she was more than enough to be a match for his older brother.

Soon it would be the full-month banquet for his niece and nephew, and he planned to prepare a practical gift.

The Jiang Family began preparing for the full-month banquet.

The old Jiang Nainai from their hometown came to visit again, saying she had brought a gift for her great-grandson.

She was very solemn and insisted that Si Rong bring the children down.

Si Rong had no choice but to carry the two children into the hall with Wu Ma.

Although she didn't really like this old lady, generally speaking, it was just a clash between new ideas and old ideas; there was no malice.

The old lady looked at the two fair and tender children and was extremely happy.

She insisted on lifting the children's swaddling clothes to look at their "little bird."

Si Rong had no choice but to let her look, but when the old Jiang Nainai wanted to touch, she covered them up in time.

"Nainai, you can't touch; Xiao Nian has been a bit prone to internal heat these past two days."

This was a phrase Hu Qian always kept on her lips.

The old Jiang Nainai was a bit unhappy about not getting to touch the "little bird," but she still took her gift out of her pocket.

It was actually a gold ingot.

It looked very old, but one could tell it was real gold.

"Nainai, is there only one?" Jiang Cheng started reaching into his Nainai's pocket, "You have to give your great-granddaughter one too!"

The old Jiang Nainai slapped him on the head, "What does a little girl need a gold ingot for? To subsidize her husband's family later?"

Si Rong:...

The old Jiang Nainai just had that kind of talent; even when she did a good deed like giving a gift, she could still make people dislike her.

She took Ju Zi into her arms and covered her ears.

She didn't want her to hear these words.

And in her heart, she thought about crafting a gold ingot necklace for her daughter.

Her daughter was not just a "little girl," but her own heart and soul.

She loved her daughter just as her mother had once loved her.

Over there, Jiang Cheng, who had failed to fish a gold ingot out of his Nainai's pocket, had already started talking back.

"Nainai, aren't you a 'little girl' yourself?"

"According to you, girls are all 'subsidized goods,' so how come I've never seen you subsidize anything for our Jiang Family?"

The old Jiang Nainai was so angry she started chasing him with her cane to hit him.

Whenever this happened, Jiang Yu would add fuel to the fire from the sidelines, "Brother, how can you talk to Nainai like that?"

"Nainai, you must let him know today that you are the elder of this family!"

Jiang Yu helpfully took off the old Jiang Nainai's outer vest, "We have heating here; you'll run faster if you take it off!"

The old Jiang Nainai stopped chasing and tapped Jiang Yu on the head with her cane, "Don't put on this fake kindness here, you monkey grandson, you're trying to steal my money again!"

Seeing his goal exposed, Jiang Yu's mouth became as if steeped in poison, "Nainai, since you look down on girls so much, is it because you've always looked down on yourself in your heart?"

"Do you feel you weren't good enough for my grandfather? Otherwise, how could you have given birth to such an excellent son as my dad? And such an excellent grandson as me?"

"You're getting worked up again! By the way, I forgot to tell you, I picked up that two hundred yuan you lost last year, and I used it all to buy good things for my wife!"

Today he was determined to really anger this old woman!

She came to their house to pretend to be poor every time, yet he never expected she had such a good thing as a gold ingot hidden in her hands; when he had his daughter, he hadn't even seen a piece of candy, only receiving a roll of the eyes from the old woman.

"You! You unfilial son! Give me back my two hundred yuan!" The old Jiang Nainai was about to be angered to death.

"Not giving it back, not giving it back, just not giving it back!"

"Wife, he really is childish," Jiang Cheng ran in front of his wife, "I wouldn't be like that, right?"

Si Rong:...

She rolled her eyes, not wanting to pay him any mind.

Hmph.

If a woman is the land, then a man is the hoe.

If he doesn't till the land well, yet still wants to see a pleasant face, he's dreaming.

Jiang Cheng hit a wall and was utterly baffled.

The Jiang Family's full-month banquet was set for the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month.

The top floor of Zuiyun Pavilion.

The Jiang Family and Si Family had many relatives, and they invited a full fifty tables.

Si Rong and the two children were naturally the focus of all attention.

This was the first time in Wu Ma's long life that she had witnessed such a grand scene.

Aside from the dedicated accountants, the red envelopes given by the close relatives of the Si Family and Jiang Family couldn't even fit in the bag she was carrying.

There were also countless gifts, little clothes, and toys.

So this is the style of capitalists.

The Si Family's eldest brother and second brother gave red envelopes of ten thousand directly, twenty thousand for the two children.

It simply shocked Wu Ma for a hundred years.

Mother Si held the two children, unwilling to let go no matter what, and Si Rong took the opportunity to confide in her about the eccentric behavior of the Jiang Family's old matriarch.

"Don't fuss over so much; in the end, the benefits were given to you."

Si Rong picked faults and spoke of several dissatisfactions with Jiang Cheng.

Although the Jiang Family members were very easy to get along with, Si Rong still felt that she could only be a bit childish when she returned to her mother's side.

This time, Mother Si criticized her, "No one is perfect; don't you have some small flaws yourself?"

Si Rong:...

Of course she did, but, "Mom, whose mother are you exactly?"

Over there, Jiang Cheng also found an opportunity and, feeling a bit embarrassed, told Jiang Yu about his situation.

Originally, he had thought he could coax his wife into a good mood this time.

Jiang Yu smiled without smiling, "Starting from when your sister-in-law finished her postpartum confinement?"

"You didn't do anything?"

"And she got angry?"