Chapter 65: Chapter 65 Uncle Xia Returns
Aunt Xia finding her a job must have been seen when she went to ask around, and it spread from there.
Despite her clear refusal, Aunt Xia still went to inquire, probably to provide her with more options.
“Yes, give the job to me,” Xia Mei responded, looking proud and unyielding.
The room fell silent for a while.
“Chuyi, did your aunt really find you a job?” was the first voice to break the silence, surprisingly, it was Mother Xia’s.
Xia Chuyi looked at Mother Xia.
Mother Xia glanced at Xia Mei, then at her, thought for a moment, and said, “Chuyi, Da Mei’s education is lower than yours, it’s harder for her to find a job, why don’t you let her have it?”
This was the suggestion that Mother Xia gave after seriously thinking it over.
Xia Chuyi felt her heart might never succumb to heart disease because her heart had been toughened immensely by her closest kin.
Before Xia Chuyi could react, Xia Mei jumped up in dissatisfaction.
“Second Aunt, what do you mean? How am I lesser educated than Xia Chuyi? Second Aunt, are you using Xia Chuyi to belittle me, showing that you look down on me? I graduated from town middle school! Check around our village, how many can graduate from middle school? And I’m a girl!”
Xia Mei, as the only doted-on female in the Xia Family, couldn’t stand the slightest grievance and directly dared to refute Mother Xia.
“You from the second house have no men, just two women, incapable of shouldering burdens or making significant contributions, seldom doing any fieldwork or housework, just idling away!”
“Our third house also lacks a son to carry on the lineage, and the Xia family relies on our main house to continue the heritage! You two women managing to live well here in the Xia Family is all thanks to our main house’s grace!”
“Now that you want Xia Chuyi to step aside from the job for me, Second Aunt, you start demeaning me, what do you mean by that?”
Xia Mei’s barrage of questions made Mother Xia’s eyes well up with tears.
“I didn’t mean that…” Mother Xia sobbed.
“Then what do you mean?” Xia Mei persisted, “And you, Xia Chuyi, are you giving up the job or not?”
“Heh…” Just as Xia Chuyi was about to speak, boom, the door was kicked open from the outside.
“To give up what?” came a thunderous rebuke.
The three of them immediately turned towards the door.
Uncle Xia’s face was frosty, wrapped in a military-green coat, holding a man by the collar—it was He Qing’s father.
Throwing Mr. He down, Uncle Xia loudly scolded, “Daughter of the Xia Family, what do you mean by having my niece give up her spot to you?”
“Yeah, what exactly do you want Chuyi to give up to you? Let’s hear it!” Aunt Xia added angrily from the side, her eyes full of rage.
The group that followed Uncle Xia also started clamoring.
Mr. He and Mrs. He, caught in between, were too frightened to say a word like quails.
“I…” Xia Mei was intimidated by Uncle Xia and Aunt Xia’s imposing manner, momentarily at a loss for words; she had never been treated at home.