Floating Song in Troubled Times: The Reborn Business Girl of the Republic of China

Chapter 14 Second Miss Xia [6]

"Mom, you guys should come up with an idea, or let the eldest brother ask Mr. Xia again." The second daughter-in-law looked at the crowd anxiously. Without a job, there would be no money. how they live.

Mrs. Cheng lost her mind for a while, and took her son's hand to confirm again.

"Second brother, they really fired you."

"Mom, what time is this, and I'm still lying to you." Thinking of his gambling debts outside, and this prodigal woman at home, he felt annoyed for a while.

"This is how to do!"

"Grandma, Niuniu and I want to eat candies, and Goudan wants to eat candies..." The three children hurried in, their little faces blushing with joy.

"What to eat, you are not allowed to eat, and I will have no money for you to eat in the future." The second child hit his son hard on the head.

Immediately, the three children burst into tears, and the whole tube building became lively.

"What are you beating the child for? Come on, grandma's good grandson, don't cry, don't cry, I'll give you the money, use it to buy food." Madam Cheng looked at her eldest grandson distressedly, and took out the bag from the middle layer of the coat. He gave out two cents and handed it to the child.

The three children took the money, immediately forgot about being beaten just now, and ran downstairs like a gust of wind.

"Mom, let eldest brother go to Xia's house again!" The second daughter-in-law can't care about face anymore, after all, money is the real thing.

The old lady looked at the two daughters-in-law and son hesitantly, both of whom were fond of her.

"Oh, I'll tell your elder brother later."

Cheng Jianhong pushed open the door, and saw his father sitting on an old mahogany chair with a cigarette pouch in his mouth.Layers of entangled smoke prevented him from seeing his father's face clearly.

The so-called study room is nothing more than dividing a small house into two rooms, and the other half is where five children sleep.The only small window was covered by a thick black curtain, without a trace of light.The room smelled of decay and bad ink.

The simple bookshelf is full of various thread-bound books, four books and five classics, etc.With a table and chairs, there is hardly any room left.Cheng Jianhong stood there awkwardly, after all, he didn't have a good impression every time he entered the study.

"If you can't bear it, you will make big plans. Jianhong, you have let father down so much this time."

"Dad, you have seen what the Xia family has done. If it hadn't been for your persistence for so many years, I would never have agreed to this marriage." Mentioning this matter, Cheng Jianhong seemed to have a mountain pressing down on him. I can't breathe.

Old Master Cheng shook his head, a trace of calculation flashed in his eyes.

"Okay, I won't force you anymore, but don't forget, you are the eldest son of the Cheng family. There is still a chance to ask the Xia family for that jade pendant back."

"What jade pendant?" The word jade pendant has been heard for the second time today.

But why didn't he remember that the Xia family took his own jade pendant.

"The jade pendant in Qingqian's hand." Old Master Cheng looked thoughtful.

"Is that from our family?" As for Xia Qingqian's jade pendant, he seems to have seen it before. It is a white Hetian jade in the shape of a lotus flower, delicate and lovely.

Mr. Cheng nodded, as a tacit consent.

"En, I see." Cheng Jianhong also thought about it, it must have been given to that woman by his family, but the strange thing is that he didn't seem to have seen this jade pendant before, nor heard his family mention it.

"Okay, you go out."

Cheng Jianhong nodded, then walked out, and just stepped out the door.The second child and the third child walked towards each other with telegrams in their hands, looking a little flustered.

"What's the matter?" Cheng Jianhong rubbed his temples wearily, he didn't want to talk, but he couldn't, and asked irritably.

"Brother, the third child and I have lost our jobs." The second child handed the telegram just delivered to the elder brother directly. Originally, there was still a little luck in his heart, thinking that the Xia family would save face and leave a way for the Cheng family to survive .Unexpectedly, after a while, a telegram came from the place where the third child worked, and he didn't have to go to work tomorrow.

Holding the telegram in his hand, Cheng Jianhong held it tightly, his face livid, and said angrily, "I will take care of this matter, you don't have to worry."

"Brother, how do you solve it." The second child asked, and the two daughter-in-laws on the side also listened to each other, wanting to know the solution.

"Don't worry about it, you won't starve to death anyway." Cheng Jianhong prevaricated, and then quickly walked outside.

But no one in the family knows that even though the eldest is teaching in a university after returning to China, it only costs one or two hundred yuan a month.In addition to the riots caused by the students in the past few months, as well as local riots, the Education Bureau has not paid wages for a long time.The boss still has to take care of his own expenses for a month, and now that Xiao Mumu is not a thrifty woman, I am afraid there will be no money left for a month.

"Brother, how do you support this family? Have you ever raised us?" The second child suddenly became angry and shouted loudly at Cheng Jianhong's back.

"That's right, brother, we all know what's going on with you, don't slap your face to look fat. Don't think we don't know about the money you took from dad last month. I think it's better to ask the Xia family." Unconvinced face.

Hearing the words of the two younger brothers, Cheng Jianhong was really going crazy. He was kicked out in the morning, but in the afternoon he could still plead for others in a low voice. He really is a spineless dog.

"You two repeat what you just said."

The eldest and the second looked at Cheng Jianhong walking towards them step by step, with livid faces, serious expressions, and fierce eyes.The two of them wilted in an instant, but they still held on.Seeing that their husbands were being bullied, the two daughters-in-law came over immediately, stood beside them, and looked at Cheng Jianhong with all their teeth and claws.

"What do you want to do? Because you are our big brother, we put up with you. What have you done for this family these years, we worked hard for this family. In the end, you were implicated. Can't say a word, really I thought that I was superior to others when I went to a foreign school, and I didn’t follow behind. If my second child also went to school, he would definitely be more promising than you.” The second daughter-in-law has long been disgusted with her elder brother , I thought that after returning home, the family would have face and the conditions would be better, but it turned out that they were posting backwards. There is no such thing in the world.

"That's right, big brother, if you don't give us an explanation today, we'll go to school and find your leader." The third daughter-in-law shouted timidly at the top of her voice.

Cheng Jianhong sneered, he didn't expect that he would have such a day, and a woman who is really uneducated should be abandoned.

"It's not your turn to talk at home."

"Huh, you are capable, but you can find a job for the second and third child." The two women were choked by the boss's words, but they couldn't be weak, and they still roared unwillingly.

This sentence poked Zhong Cheng Jianhong's heart. Nowadays, it is hard to find a job, many people are idle at home, and even his own job is due to Xia's family.

(End of this chapter)