Otoharu

Chapter 6 Quarrel
Li Meier was carried into Jiang's house by Mrs. Xu, and as soon as she crossed the threshold, she saw her uncle walking slowly leading a boy who was about her age.

The boy was wearing a sky-blue jacket with two small braids tied into the sky. He was born in pink and carved jade, like a doll that came off a New Year painting.

And her uncle is even more handsome and handsome, and the two of them walking like this are as beautiful as a painting.

"Uncle!" Li Meier broke free from Xu's arms, and ran towards Jiang Yanzhi, holding onto her uncle's thigh without letting go.

"Uncle, I miss you so much." Li Meier raised her head, and acted like a baby to Jiang Yanzhi in a childlike voice. She liked uncle very much since she was a child, but unfortunately, when she was ten years old, he went to other places to become an official. Come to think of it, she hadn't seen her uncle for five or six years, so seeing her now, she was naturally very close.

Jiang Yanzhi bent down, picked Li Meier up, and said with a hearty smile, "Didn't uncle just visit Meier a few days ago, and Meier missed me so soon?"

"It's been more than half a month, it's been a long time." Li Meier hooked Jiang Yanzhi's neck with both hands, shaking her head and acting like a baby.

"Mei'er, come down quickly, don't pester your uncle." Jiang Shi also came over at this time, and said helplessly.

"Sister, Mei Meier likes me, you won't be jealous." Jiang Yanzhi looked at Jiang Shi and said narrowly.

Jiang Shi smiled and spat at him, "They're all about to get married, and they're still so unsteady." While speaking, she still looked calmly at the little boy beside Jiang Yanzhi.

The boy was very quiet all the time, being led by Jiang Yanzhi, he didn't say a word, but looked at Jiang Shi and Li Mei'er curiously.

"Uncle, who is he?" Li Meier asked directly, relying on her childish speech.

Jiang Yanzhi hesitated for a moment before replying: "His name is Jiang Shanqing, and he is a few months older than you, Mei Meier. You can call him Brother Shanqing."

"Brother Shanqing, hello, my name is Li Meier, shall we play together?" Li Meier got off Jiang Yanzhi, walked up to Jiang Shanqing and asked.

Jiang Shanqing also looked at Li Meier, but didn't speak, he seemed to be looking at Li Meier, his eyes were transparent, he didn't look like a child at all.

Because of Jiang Shanqing's non-response, the scene was a little awkward for a moment, but fortunately, Mrs. Xu said at this time, "Stop standing at the door, and eat inside first."

Only then did Jiang pull Li Meier to the inner hall, Li Meier couldn't help but looked back at Jiang Shanqing again, seeing that he was still looking at her, she instantly felt as if she had been seen through, and looked away in panic.

Grandpa Jiang Zhongheng had been waiting for them in the inner hall for a long time, and he was very happy to see people coming. The family had breakfast together at the table, and no one mentioned Jiang Shanqing's matter.

After eating, Mrs. Xu looked at Jiang Shanqing with a reluctant smile, "Shanqing, take your sister to play in the yard for a while."

Jiang Shanqing still didn't speak, and led Li Meier out of the main hall.

After the two children left, the atmosphere in the main hall instantly became solemn.

"Shunzi, your eldest sister is here today, tell your parents the truth, what is going on with this child?" Jiang Zhongheng opened his mouth first, looked at Jiang Yanzhi, and asked with a serious expression.

Jiang Yanzhi frowned slightly, as if he didn't want to mention this matter, he also knew that it was impossible to keep ambiguous, so he could only reply helplessly: "Father, mother, don't ask any more, just treat Shan Qing as our child and raise him." Can't you do it?"

"No!" Jiang Zhongheng patted the back of the chair heavily with his hand, "This one is not right, how do you want us to raise him, have you forgotten that you are not married yet? Raising such a child of unknown origin, you How do you explain it to your future daughter-in-law!?"

Jiang Yanzhi lowered his eyes, and said with a stubborn expression: "It's a big deal, I won't get married."

"Nonsense!" Jiang Zhongheng was clearly confused, his face was flushed, and he coughed violently.

"Old man!" Mrs. Xu got up quickly, helped Jiang Zhongheng calm down, and looked at Jiang Yanzhi emotionally, "Shunzi, how can you be so confused, don't you even want your parents' future for that child! "

"Mother, I'm not... Hey! I also have my own difficulties!" Jiang Yanzhi stood up and said with a tangled expression.

"Father, mother, let me have a chat with my second brother alone." Mrs. Jiang, who was in the most stable mood in the room at the moment, looked at the second elder brother and said.

Mrs. Xu also counted on her daughter to persuade her son well, so she nodded and said: "I will take your father in to rest for a while, and you can persuade your younger brother well."

After Jiang Zhongheng and his wife left, Mrs. Jiang looked at Jiang Yanzhi and asked, "I don't ask anything else, just ask if this child is your flesh and blood?"

Jiang Yanzhi hesitated for a moment, then finally shook his head.

Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, his expression relaxed a lot, and he asked again: "Then you are determined to raise this child?"

Jiang Yanzhi nodded, and finally told the truth, "Sister, this child's mother entrusted this child to me before she died, and I promised to take good care of him, and I will never break my promise."

Jiang's heart moved, she already had some guesses, she nodded and continued: "Of course you have to do what you promised others, but have you ever considered, given your current situation, whether you can properly raise that child?" ?”

Jiang Yan was at a loss for words. Given his current situation, he was indeed not very suitable for raising children.

"You're a big man, and you don't know how to take care of children. Why don't you ask your mother to help you raise them, but you also know that your parents are old and their health is not very good. If you take care of such a small child, maybe you will let me take care of you." They are tired and sick." Jiang Shi still said softly, but pointed directly at the center of the problem.

Jiang Yanzhi was so ashamed by what she said, Na Na said, "Otherwise, I'll hire another woman to take care of Shan Qing..."

"The family has to support you and your third younger brother to study, and they are living in a very rigid way. If there is any spare money, we can hire another wife." Jiang continued to attack her heart.

"Shanqing's mother left him money, a full 100 taels..." When it came to money, Jiang Yanzhi became more confident.

Mrs. Jiang was a little surprised, she didn't expect Jiang Shanqing's mother to leave him such a large sum of money, but she didn't show it on her face, she still said earnestly: "You may think 100 taels is a lot, but it's The money left by her mother to Shanqing, will Shanqing want to study in the future? You are also a scholar, and you know that studying is expensive. If you think about how much money you spent at home from Kaimeng to Juren, you still feel that 100 taels Is there a lot?"

Jiang Yanzhi remained silent, and after a while, he asked in a muffled voice, "Sister, what do you think I should do?"

Jiang's tone became calm and gentle again, "Don't worry, I will discuss it with my parents, and I will always find a way."

(End of this chapter)