Chapter 52: Chapter 52: Will Never Let Go
But after dinner, he still reached out to the old lady, “Mom, give me money and cloth tickets. Mianmian also needs some new clothes.”
“Screw off, no money!” Zhang Guihua’s voice suddenly rose by eight octaves, her nostrils flaring wide.
There were hardly any savings at home to begin with, and not a single cloth ticket, not to mention the new clothes for the two grandsons during the New Year were also made from cloth tickets squeezed out begrudgingly.
Jiang Changhai said indignantly, “Today, I saw many students in the classroom wearing new clothes. Our Mianmian is smarter than all of them, and she should not be outdone in clothing!”
“I think you’re delusional!”
Zhang Guihua slapped her own son on the forehead, saliva flying everywhere, “One person’s cloth ticket isn’t even enough to make one piece of clothing, where am I supposed to get you more cloth tickets?!”
She wanted them for herself!
Sun Lixia had long felt that the Eldest’s head wasn’t screwed on right, otherwise, he wouldn’t have forsaken his son but instead treated that girl like a treasure.
The others seemed indifferent, already used to the Eldest’s whimsical nature.
Besides, there really were no cloth tickets at home, and even if he turned the house upside down, it wouldn’t matter; the money just wasn’t there.
And Jiang Mianmian wasn’t too keen on new clothes, believing that food was a more tangible benefit since you could only show clothes off while eating is what really matters.
Better to spend the money on a few more meat buns!
However, her dad was doing this for her, so she wouldn’t undermine him.
“I don’t care, my daughter must have a new set of clothes to wear!” Jiang Changhai, as usual, resorted to being shameless, “If you don’t give me, I’ll just take the family’s old hen to exchange for money!”
Seeing him target the old hen again, the old lady turned to find a broom, “You good-for-nothing, I knew I should never have given birth to you!”
At this moment, Jiang Dashan said solemnly, “Eldest, you know the situation at home. If you can get your own cloth ticket, I’ll give you money to buy the fabric.”
“Fine, I’ll figure out a way to get some cloth tickets myself.” Jiang Changhai had been waiting for these words; he wouldn’t miss any opportunity to extract money from his parents!
The rest of the Jiang Family didn’t believe him; for the lazy, gluttonous Eldest to get cloth tickets would be a surprise indeed!
But Jiang Changtao felt really frustrated inside. Previously, in such situations, his dad wouldn’t have said anything but rather let his mom decide.
Previously, because he had had two sons, their Third Branch had been more favored by the old lady compared to the Eldest and the Second Son, enjoying the first pick of any good items.
But now, because San Ya was clever and good with her studies, suddenly they seemed inferior in comparison with their underachieving sons. Wasn’t he upset?!
The two boys were scratching their heads and struggling with their homework on the squared paper, mostly blank, unable to squeeze out a word.
So they simply threw down their pencils, “Mom, we want to sleep.”
“No sleeping!” Sun Lixia glared with fierce eyes, “You two need to show some spirit; you can’t be outdone by a girl!”
She was reluctant to admit it, but she had to accept the fact that San Ya was intelligent.
The two brothers’ faces showed their reluctance. They weren’t as smart as San Ya; how could they compete?
Besides, studying was so boring; nothing like fishing in the river or hunting bird’s eggs in the trees for fun.
But faced with their Biological mother’s stern expression, they could only continue to scratch their heads and nibble on their pencils, eventually simply scribbling something, knowing their parents couldn’t understand anyway.