20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 727 A bad year
"why?"

Jiang Ya didn’t quite understand, but she didn’t refute it immediately. She just felt that her parents were a little bit puzzled.

"No reason, just listen to me and don't bother with your old man."

Jiang Lianheng acted like a father, speaking in a firm and commanding tone, and he did not allow the girl to have any questions.

Jiang Ya originally had no idea, but when she heard this, she felt unhappy and immediately responded, "It's none of your business!"

"Say it again?" Jiang Lianheng widened his eyes.

But Jiang Ya turned a blind eye, without any fear in her eyes, and immediately raised her voice and replied: "It's none of your business!"

"Asshole! I see you've been in school for a few days, but you've almost lost your way! You haven't improved your abilities in recent times, and you've only been rebelling against me. I think you're itching for trouble again, aren't you?"

Jiang Lianheng had been in a bad mood recently. When he saw the girl talking back to him, he immediately slammed the table and glared at her, pointing at the person beside him and shouted, "Get over here!"

"I'm not, why don't you come over?"

"Hiss, fucking—"

Jiang Lianheng's face turned pale and he was about to stand up and rush over.

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly tried to persuade him kindly: "No, no, no, it's a holiday and the meal is almost over, don't get angry with the child, forget it!"

Zhao Guoyan and the others quickly filled their cups with wine, stood up to stop Jiang Lianheng, and said with a smile: "Come on, let's drink! Children are just like that, it's no big deal!"

"Hey, just spoil her!" Jiang Lianheng reluctantly sat down and cursed, "Sooner or later, I will be pissed off to death by this girl!"

"Come, come, drink, drink."

"What are you drinking?" Jiang Lianheng suddenly pointed at Dongfeng, "Especially you, you don't know how to keep an eye on her. You just pamper her all day long. Look at what this girl has become now?"

Zhang Zhengdong lowered his head, having no way of refutation, so he could only endure the scolding in silence.

When Jiang Ya heard this, she immediately retorted to her father, "If you say anything, I'm the one saying it. Why are you so angry at my Uncle Dong?"

"Hey, you're still trying to be a hero!" Jiang Lianheng's anger was still lingering, and he stood up and shouted, "I'm going to teach you a lesson today!"

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly stood up and tried to persuade him again.

But at this moment, someone at the table suddenly responded by slamming the table, and immediately stopped Jiang Lianheng.

"okay--"

Xu Ruqing's face looked a little ugly. He looked ahead with empty eyes and said with a hint of reprimand, "Is it necessary to quarrel like this just because of such a small matter? Are you going to eat your meal or not?"

The restaurant suddenly became quiet and everyone was silent.

Xu Ruqing seldom expressed his opinions in front of others. Seeing that his granddaughter was about to be beaten, he became anxious. He sat on the chair angrily and did not even look at Jiang Lianheng.

The dignity of an elderly person at home often depends on the attitude of his or her younger generations, especially when the younger generations are wealthy.

Jiang Lianheng was stunned for a moment, pursed his lips, and quickly put on a flattering smile. He walked to Xu Ruqing, bent down and said, "Aunt, look at you, why are you angry? I... Jiang Ya and I were just joking, trying to scare this girl, we weren't quarreling... Hehe, aunt, you should eat the dumplings with donkey meat filling while they're hot!"

As he spoke, he personally put a dumpling into his aunt's bowl and respectfully poured her a cup of wine.

Xu Ruqing sighed, shook his head and said, "Xiao Ya is just a child. You are an adult now, why are you angry with her?"

"Yes, yes, aunt, please calm down. I will be more careful next time." Jiang Lianheng stood with his hands hanging down, like a child who had made a mistake, not daring to show the slightest sign of disobedience.

"Xiaodao, don't blame your aunt for being nosy. When you are in the underworld, not everything can go as you wish. Don't take it out on your wife and children at home when you encounter bad things outside. That's not what a man should do. Have you forgotten everything your father taught you?"

"Aunt, I...I didn't!"

Jiang Lianheng explained in a low voice: "Actually, I am doing this for Jiang Ya's own good. You said that the students in the provincial capital don't study hard, and they just think about useless things all day long. They beat this one today and beat that one tomorrow. They are all yelling nonsense. I asked Jiang Ya to stay away from them, isn't it to avoid trouble, don't you think?"

"Then talk to the child nicely!" Xu Ruqing calmed down, "Just explain it to her. It's not like she doesn't understand. Why do you keep scolding her?"

"Ah, aunt, it would be strange if this girl could understand good or bad words!" Jiang Lianheng looked at Jiang Ya with a squint, "Those little brats in school, what do they know!"

Jiang Ya curled her lips: "I know more than you."

"You know more than me?" Jiang Lianheng snorted coldly, "The oldest students in your school are only sixteen or seventeen years old. Their hair hasn't even grown out yet. What can they understand? They just take things for granted! I think students nowadays are too idle. Let them go out and find a class to attend, and they will all behave themselves!"

"What does this have to do with work?"

"How can it not matter? They are all relying on their parents to provide them with food and clothing, and they are so arrogant. They just know how to shout slogans all day long. Can the foreigners be killed by scolding them? Or are they just bored? You students deserve to be fooled. You don't know the difference between grains and animals. You don't even know how much an egg costs, and you still want to overthrow this and that!"

"You know?"

"Of course I know—"

Jiang Lianheng paused for a moment, then stretched his neck and shouted to the kitchen, "Song Ma, how much is an egg in the market now?"

Without waiting for Song Ma to come in, Hai Xinnian responded, "Three cents each. The price has gone up recently."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Xiaoyan and Wang Zhengnan frowned: "The price has increased again? Wasn't it only two cents a piece some time ago?" Hai Xinnian shrugged and said, "I heard it when I accompanied Song Ma to buy vegetables last time. Song Ma also said that the price has increased."

Jiang Lianheng did not participate in the discussion and wanted to continue presenting facts and reasoning with the girl.

But Jiang Ya noticed the flaw and refused to listen. She pointed at her father and mocked him, "See, you don't even know it yourself, and you're still talking about others!"

"Asshole, I'm just giving you an example, an example, why are you arguing with me?"

"Aunt, look at my dad. He's scolding me again."

"No, no!" Jiang Lianheng quickly changed his tone and said with a smile, "Aunt, eat your food, eat your food!"

Xu Ruqing had no choice but to wave his hands and said, "Alright, alright, both of you should have a good meal!"

Then, the restaurant gradually became quiet again, and everyone just focused on eating without talking anymore.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little depressed.

Seeing this, Xu Ruqing took the initiative to change the subject and asked, "Xiaoyan, the Chinese New Year is almost here in the next two days. Can Xiaobei come back?"

"I think this year will be tough." Hu Xiaoyan said, "Xiaobei wrote to me last time and said he was stationed in Tianjin, but there will be changes soon. He will tell me when things stabilize. Now that they have just won a victory, they will probably have to consolidate their territory and will not withdraw easily."

Wang Zhengnan laughed and said, "Last time the Fengtian Army lost, Beifeng was promoted to regimental commander; this time the Fengtian Army won, I wonder if he will have a chance to fight for the position of brigade commander?"

"That's not easy," Hu Xiaoyan didn't seem to have much hope. "The regiment commander is fine, but if he wants to move up, it's really a one-size-fits-all situation. Unless we expand the army on a large scale, there won't be much chance. The main reason is that he didn't go to the front line this time, so even if he made contributions, it would be difficult for him to get the credit."

"Well, I think the head of the group is pretty good!" Li Zhengxi said, "As an official, there is no such thing as a boss. Being able to keep people safe is better than anything else!"

Everyone said of course - if you have more than 30% energy, you can do a thousand things, but once it’s gone, everything is over.

No matter how high your official rank is, you have to live to enjoy it.

Li Zhengxi then asked, "Brother, isn't Wen Tingge coming back yet? Shanghai is now the territory of the Zhi army, right? If he continues to stay there, won't he be in danger?"

"I wanted him to come back, but he sent a telegram saying that the current situation in Shanghai was still unclear and he wanted to wait and see. After all, he had finally established the branch in Shanghai, and he was a little unwilling to leave it like this."

As he was talking, Jiang Lianheng suddenly waved his hand and said, "Actually, these are all excuses. I know what he is thinking. He wants to avenge his brother. How can I stop him? Besides, the family is not in a hurry to hire people now. Even if there is a place for someone to be hired, his legs and feet are not able to take care of it now. If it rains, it will rain. If my mother wants to marry, let him do it!"

"In that case, there will be three fewer people at home during the New Year this year?"

"Well, that's the way it is. It's the same year after year."

Year after year, it is indeed like this, life and death, eternal and immortal, never based on human will, but just the law of reincarnation...

The winter solstice is about to pass, and the end of the old year is approaching suddenly.

Although Zhao Zhengbei and Wen Tingge did not come back, the atmosphere in the Jiang family was still lively. Everyone was busy and congratulating each other. It was always a joyous New Year atmosphere.

Guyu gave Xifeng a big fat boy, and she brought him home during the New Year to meet everyone, which was a double happiness.

Year after year, year after year.

The sound of firecrackers crackled and red colored paper was scattered all over the ground, and it was time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.

On New Year's Eve, Hu Xiaoyan called Jiang Lianheng to her bedroom, took out a three-foot-long red ribbon from under her pillow, and waved at him, "Come here."

Jiang Lianheng's eyes lit up, and he immediately closed the door, saying with a smile: "Okay, my wife, we have been married for more than 20 years, and you finally got the hang of it and know how to have fun with me. That's great, I am very pleased! Tell me, should I tie you up, or should you tie me up?"

"You're so frivolous. Tie it yourself."

"Wife, you know I usually prefer to take the initiative!"

"This year is your zodiac year!" Hu Xiaoyan rolled her eyes, threw the red ribbon over and said, "This is the belt prepared for you, what are you thinking about!"

Jiang Lianheng took it in his hand, then realized what was happening, and couldn't help but muttered, "I'm already thirty-six?"

"What do you think?" Hu Xiaoyan reminded, "I'll tie it on early tomorrow morning to break the bad luck and keep peace!"

"Well, this stuff is just a trick, it's useless."

"Who cares if it's useful or not? It doesn't take much effort to tie it. We still have to talk about these old orders."

Jiang Lianheng unfolded the red silk ribbon and slowly approached the bed as if nothing had happened. Suddenly he raised his head and said with a grin, "Wife, how about you help me try first?"

Hu Xiaoyan immediately became alert, and hurriedly moved towards the bed, half smiling and half scolding, "Tsk, I'm tired during the New Year, don't bother me all the time, don't make trouble, tsk, don't make trouble..."

Jiang Lianheng's figure embraced the head of the bed, and the lovemaking made the two of them forget the trivialities of life for a short while.

The moonlight outside the window gradually sinks to the west...

It was past midnight. It was the 1925th year of the Republic of China, which was the first day after the Spring Festival of in the new calendar.

Jiang Lianheng is thirty-six years old, and his fate is against the year of Tai Sui, so this year is not going well for him...

(End of this chapter)