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Nianyang planned to visit her uncle, Jiang Aiguo.
Jiang Aiguo was adopted by Gu Yuandao’s father during the famine years. After the original grandfather passed away due to illness, Gu Yuandao split from Jiang Aiguo.
Gu Yuandao never liked Jiang Aiguo, this non-biological brother. When splitting the family, he used the fact that he was the father’s biological son, and only gave Jiang Aiguo a few pounds of grain to send him away, leaving him to fend for himself.
Jiang Aiguo was grateful for the life-saving kindness of the original grandfather and was very tolerant of Gu Yuandao. After the family split, he used his brute strength to work in the mines, earning money to build a wooden house for himself and start a family, living a very frugal life.
However, he treated the original protagonist very well, perhaps as a way to repay the grandfather’s kindness back then.
Seeing the original protagonist not being accepted by the Gu Family, he would frequently send delicious food and drinks, even treating her better than his own daughter, Jiang Tian.
It can be said that the few warm moments in the original protagonist’s life were all given by Jiang Aiguo’s family. However, the original protagonist was very disappointing; every time Jiang Aiguo secretly gave her food and money, she was coaxed into giving it all to the Gu Family.
Later, under the instigation of Gu Youlan, she even actively asked for things from Jiang Aiguo’s family to take back to the Gu Family, causing the already poor Jiang Family to eventually not even have enough food.
Thinking about those past happenings, Nianyang couldn’t help but sigh, the original protagonist was truly foolish!
Now that she has come, she must protect this only family member on behalf of the original protagonist.
Arriving at the door of the Jiang Family, Nianyang saw her uncle Jiang Aiguo and aunt Sun Li feeding chickens and ducks in the yard; their relationship had always been very good.
"Uncle, Aunt," Nianyang greeted them sweetly as she walked in.
"Yangyang, why have you come?" Jiang Aiguo and Sun Li quickly dropped what they were holding and happily welcomed Nianyang into the house.
"I missed you, so I’ve come to see you. These are eggs I brought from home for you," Nianyang smiled as she handed Sun Li a basket holding the ten eggs she had taken from the Gu Family.
In a past life, the Gu Family almost drained the Jiang Family dry like a leech. Now, she’s just giving a few eggs to the Jiang Family, not excessive at all, right?
"What, eggs for us?"
Jiang Aiguo and Sun Li were shocked. It had always been Nianyang taking things from their house to the Gu Family; when did Nianyang think of bringing them anything?
"Yes, I noticed you’ve both lost weight recently, you need to eat more eggs to supplement your nutrition!"
Because of this remark, Jiang Aiguo and Sun Li’s noses soured, almost making them cry.
They had always treated Nianyang as their own, but she wholeheartedly devoted herself to the Gu Family. This was the first time Nianyang showed such care for them, no matter the reason, they felt this girl was worth cherishing!
"Yangyang, it’s enough that you have this thought, but we can’t accept these eggs. You’re already suffering grievances at the Gu Family, and if your mother knew you took eggs for us, you’d get beaten." Sun Li tried to push the basket back into Nianyang’s hands.
Nianyang hid her hands behind her back, "It’s okay, Aunt. I’ve figured it out now, I won’t be a puppet for the Gu Family anymore. I was immature before, taking so much from your house, and in the future, I will gradually return everything to you. The Gu Family won’t take even a hair from you again!"
Jiang Aiguo and Sun Li were stunned, feeling like Nianyang, whom they watched grow up, had changed into a different person.
Not only was she no longer timid and weak, but she also spoke with conviction.
In the past, when they tried to persuade her repeatedly to be strong and not be manipulated by Wang Ying, she let it go in one ear and out the other.
How did she change so drastically after just a few days?
"Look at what you’re saying, we’re family, no need to talk about returning anything." Regaining their composure, Sun Li and Jiang Aiguo pretended to scold, but in truth, they were comforted; Nianyang had finally pulled herself together.
"Gu Nianyang, why are you taking things from my house again?" Jiang Tian, entering the door, saw Sun Li holding eggs to give to Nianyang, assumed she was taking advantage again, and shouted aggressively.