Chapter 30: Fame brings trouble (Ch 808831725)

Lunar New Year’s eve.
The Jiang family’s old house in Xinxiang.
Jiang Miao and his parents returned to their old home in Xinxiang these days.
Lin Shuya did not return to Yangcheng either. She didn’t want to see her two brothers, so she followed Jiang Miao back to the old house to celebrate the New Year.
Jiang Miao’s parents had returned a few days earlier and cleaned the old house, making it look brand new.
A bright red couplet has been posted on the door couplet.
Shuya and her mother were busy in the kitchen, braising a goose and pig’s trotters, and making two salt-baked chickens in a pressure cooker.
“A Miao, come and get the dishes and chopsticks.”
“good!”
Soon the table was filled with a large amount of food.
Shuya added a bowl of rice to the two elderly people and poured orange juice: “Come on, Dad and Mom, try the honey-glazed barbecued pork I made.”
“Shuya, you should eat too. You look thinner.” Mom put a large piece of pig’s trotter into Shuya’s bowl.
Jiang Miao smiled but said nothing.
After the reunion dinner.
In the second half of the night, my father set off firecrackers to open the door again.
Crackling…
The year ends with the sound of firecrackers.
Before we knew it, the first day of the new year has arrived.
Jiang Miao hugged Shuya, and the two of them listened to the sound of firecrackers coming from the village from time to time and chatted in low voices about the past.
“Shuya, let’s get married next year!”
Shuya put her head against his chest, feeling his warmth, and said nonchalantly, “Just get the marriage certificate. I don’t have any relatives there, and my college and high school classmates are not close anymore. I’ll probably just invite a few girlfriends over for a meal. I think holding a wedding is too much trouble. It gives me a headache just thinking about it.”
“If you don’t like crowds, then we can just keep it small and hold a wedding banquet in the cafeteria of the company headquarters. I will invite a few relatives who I have a good relationship with, as well as the company’s employees.”
Lin Shuya raised her head, looked into his eyes, and said with a smile: “I’ll do as you say.”
Jiang Miao lifted up her hair and kissed Shuya gently on the forehead: “But wedding photos and wedding dresses are a must, one Chinese style and one Western style, pick the one you like.”
“Yeah.” Shuya leaned on his shoulder again.
Outside the window, the sound of firecrackers gradually subsided.
In the dead of night, Jiang Miao had a rare late nap.
I didn’t get up until ten o’clock the next day.
On the first day of the new year, there is nothing much for young people in local rural areas to do. Things like worshiping ancestors are usually done by the older generation who go to the ancestral temple to worship.
Jiang Miao and Shuya drank a box of pure milk and prepared to drive the pickup truck to the breeding base.
I had just walked out of the door and taken a few steps when I saw my eighth aunt, who was still pregnant, walking past with her grandson not far away.
Jiang Miao took a look, and the identification panel immediately showed the other party’s situation. He then shook his head, thinking that it was really hard to persuade the damned ghost with kind words, so he patted Shuya on the back and said, “Let’s go!”
“A Miao! Don’t you recognize people anymore now that you’re rich?” Eighth Aunt started to swear again.
“Ajie has made a lot of money in the past few years. I heard that he bought a house in Jincheng Bay. Why doesn’t Eighth Aunt go to live in Jincheng Bay?” Jiang Miao asked with a smile.
“Isn’t this under renovation? A Miao, you and A Jie are good brothers, can you…”
Jiang Miao smiled and said, “Auntie, I know a friend who handles loans at a bank. If Ajie needs it, he can contact him…”
Eighth Aunt waved her hands repeatedly; “Uh… no, no! I just want to borrow some from you, after all, we are all family…”
“Auntie, you misunderstood. I borrowed tens of millions from the bank to start my company. I see that Ajie has made a lot of money in the past few years. How about lending me a few hundred thousand to help me get by?” Jiang Miao took the initiative.
“Uh!” Auntie was speechless for a moment, then she started chattering again: “A Miao! It’s not easy to do business nowadays, you better be careful, don’t lose your father’s capital…”
“Thank you for your concern, Aunt Ba. I’ll be leaving now.”
After saying that, he pulled Shuya into the car and left.
In the car, Shuya asked him what he was talking about just now, and Jiang Miao explained it briefly.
After hearing the explanation, Shuya smiled and shook her head: “You really are very good at predicting things.”
“There are good people in the village, bad people, and sinister and cunning people. My father is too honest. If I don’t take precautions in advance, I don’t know how much money I will have to borrow when the time comes.”
“If you borrow money once or twice for emergencies, that’s fine. The problem is that some people will push it too far, thinking that it’s natural for you to lend them money, and that it’s their own fault if they don’t pay back the money.”
Jiang Miao gently hit the steering wheel.
“So don’t be too nice to people in the countryside, especially those aunts, uncles, and so-called good brothers. If you are nice to them, sometimes they won’t be grateful to you, but will think you are easy to bully.”
“A Miao, is the condition of the eighth aunt really that serious? But her son should be quite rich, right? Why doesn’t he receive treatment?” Lin Shuya asked with a frown.
Jiang Miao shook his head: “That Ajie has never been a good person since he was a child. He is a gambler. I think the money he spent on the house in Jincheng Bay was paid by Bagu and his wife. All the money he earned over the years was spent with his bad friends.”
“I see.”
…
And the other side.
Mother Huang Qiuyue also rode her bicycle to the ancestral hall to prepare for the ancestral worship.
Along the way, people who had a good or bad relationship with her in the past all greeted her with a smile.
Someone smiled and said, “Qiuyue, your son has made a lot of money, you should enjoy your life.”
Although Huang Qiuyue was uneducated, she was well aware of the cunningness that was unique to middle-aged rural women, and she immediately spoke according to the script that her son had prepared in advance:
“Xiuzhu, where did you hear this news? If my son really makes money, that would be great. His company has borrowed tens of millions, and Dahai and I are so worried.”
“Is this true or false?”
Someone said sourly: “Third Aunt, your family has become rich but you don’t come back to your hometown. This year, the government office is putting on a play and we need A Miao to write a play!”
“As a woman, I can’t make the decision on the subject of the play!”
Some people even promoted their own daughters: “Sister Qiuyue, A Miao and my daughter are old classmates. After the Chinese New Year, why don’t we arrange a time for the two young people to have tea together.”
Huang Qiuyue shook her head: “Ahua, my son has a girlfriend.”
Jiang Yao, the cousin of Jiang Miao’s uncle’s family, who knew some of the situation of Jiang Miao’s family, had already warned his mother and father not to talk nonsense in the village.
Jiang Yao’s mother had a pretty good relationship with Huang Qiuyue. Plus, her son was still relying on Jiang Miao’s family for food, so naturally she wouldn’t say anything irresponsible. Instead, she joined in the discussion.
Although everyone suspected that Jiang Miao had made a lot of money, since there was no real evidence, they could only guess that he might have made millions.
Adding the tens of millions of loans that Huang Qiuyue mentioned, his jealousy was lessened.
…
On the other hand, father Jiang Dahai also met all kinds of “good brothers” and “good neighbors”.
Jiang Dahai remembered his son’s reminder and was not overwhelmed by the flattery of the crowd. Instead, he became calmer.
One of the elders in the village (similar to the clan elder), smoking a water pipe, asked with a smile: “Da Hai! How many plays do you want to write this year? After all, your family has made money, and writing plays is a matter of honor for the family, so don’t let people look down on it.”
Jiang Dahai knew that this was inevitable, so he nodded and said, “Although A Miao didn’t make much money, we can’t lose face for the Jiang family. I’ll pay for the book!”
“Da Hai, you are not being kind.” Another boss teased, “How can one book be enough?”
“Uncle San, please forgive me! I was planning to give this money to my son for emergencies.” Jiang Dahai smiled bitterly and waved his hand.
Another short boss asked tentatively, “By the way, Dahai, is your eel farm still hiring? My second brother’s Li Yan used to work in logistics at the Guotai Frozen Factory, so he has experience in this area.”
Jiang Dahai shook his head: “The eel farm is not short of logistics, but it is short of a few people to feed the fish.”
“Feed the fish?” The short eldest brother was immediately disappointed. Obviously, he had no intention of letting his nephew do the job of feeding the fish.
After chatting for more than half an hour, seeing that they didn’t get much benefit from Jiang Dahai, these people stopped talking.
After all, we are all from the same village, so some things cannot be taken too far.
All this was within Jiang Miao’s expectations.
Before returning home for the New Year, he told his parents his thoughts in advance and asked them to be careful of the people in the village so as not to suffer any harm.