PFC Chapter 193 Yes, Lu Jiangting is a spoiled brat.
Chapter 193 Yes, Lu Jiangting is a spoiled brat.
They thought Lu Jiangting was the most outstanding junior in their Lu family, but he ended up marrying a widow. It was a disgrace to their ancestors.
The old lady was extremely anxious and told Lu Cong, "Don't agree. You absolutely cannot agree to this marriage."
Lu Cong tapped his pipe and filled it with another bowl of tobacco.
"Sister-in-law, this is a time for free love. If we disagree, it might not work out. They are in a military marriage, and we, as parents, cannot interfere."
“What kind of nonsense rules are these? We don’t recognize them. You guys go to the South City after the New Year, bring Jiang Ting back, and I’ll use this cane of mine to beat him awake.”
Wang Cuilan also said, "Yes, I think what my sister-in-law said is right. Old man, after the New Year, you should first go and persuade Jiang Ting. If he doesn't listen, then you should bring him back. We absolutely cannot let him marry a widow. We can't afford to lose face like that."
They sat in the courtyard discussing their plan, their voices quite loud.
A passing neighbor overheard this and chimed in with his own comment.
“Cuilan, if you disagreed, why didn’t you stop Jiang Ting in the first place? You should have stood up to stop him when he was having an affair with Widow Fang. If you had stopped him earlier, things wouldn’t have turned out like this.”
I regret it when I think about it.
“How could we not have said that? We’ve told him countless times that if he wants to help others, he should do so within his means and know when to stop. He shouldn’t go too far and hurt Yuyao’s feelings.”
“We advised you, but why is your Jiang Ting still having an affair with Widow Fang? You probably just said it casually and didn’t take it seriously at all.”
“He takes it to heart, I try to persuade him gently, and he always agrees readily. You tell me, he's already agreed, what else can I say?”
Hey, everyone in the neighborhood knows them.
Lu Jiangting was their son born late in life. After giving birth to two daughters, Wang Cuilan's health deteriorated, and she was unable to conceive for many years.
She was in her forties when she became pregnant with Lu Jiangting again.
She doted on Lu Jiangting like the apple of her eye, working herself to the bone rather than letting him do any work, just letting him focus on his studies.
In the countryside, which boy doesn't do farm work?
Lu Jiangting from his family was an exception.
Of course, he has a perfectly legitimate reason not to work, since he's good at studying.
Looking at the walls covered with certificates of merit in his home, everyone was speechless.
If anyone in the family envied Lu Jiangting for not doing any work, the adults in their family would all say something sarcastic.
"If you could be like Lu Jiangting, using your certificates of merit to wallpaper the walls, you wouldn't have to do any work either."
After hearing this, most children would sheepishly go to do their chores.
After all, they're good at farm work, but getting first place is really not an option, not even if you beat them to death.
They all felt that Lu Jiangting was spoiled by his parents.
There's nothing wrong with him reading, but he's terrible at everything else.
He can handle his fiancée and his parents with ease.
And what happened? He still ended up entangled with Widow Fang.
"You've really ruined this kid. You verbally abused him and told him to sever ties with Fang Qing. But what did you actually do? He called you and asked you to help Fang Qing take care of her child, and you actually went and did it."
They regretted it even more when the matter was brought up.
"Oh dear, I've been fooled by them. They said Fang Qing's husband was a martyr, and helping to take care of the martyr's orphan would help him get promoted."
WTF?
Is that even true?
"Really? Yes, he called and said that their boss is about to retire and they need to promote someone from the lower ranks. The higher-ups are reviewing them; they need to have not only work ability but also good character. He said that by helping Fang Qing and her child, he could get a promotion. That's why we helped Fang Qing take care of her child for their future."
"Did he get promoted?"
"Promotion my ass, his boss hasn't retired yet."
The neighbor was delighted.
"Then your Jiang Ting is all set. He not only took care of the orphan but also the widow. He's definitely going to get a promotion."
These words were full of sarcasm, making them blush with embarrassment.
Lin Yuyao is beautiful and capable. The two families have been talking for so many years, but when it comes to a daughter-in-law, they still prefer Lin Yuyao.
Especially with Fang Qing as a comparison, they felt that Lin Yuyao was better.
After his sister-in-law left, Lu Cong smoked three pipes of tobacco in a row, which made him cough.
Finally, after knocking off the ash from his cigarette, he said to Wang Cuilan, "Old woman, we can't take that widow. We still need to persuade our son to marry Yuyao."
Wang Cuilan nodded. "That's what I was thinking too. Why don't you go to Nancheng after the New Year?"
Lu Cong shook his head, "My body isn't up to it, I'm afraid it won't work."
"Oh? What should I do? My health isn't good either; I'm almost blind."
Lu Cong lowered his head and remained silent for a long time before saying, "Let's discuss it with the eldest and second eldest when they come back for the New Year. Let's see if the eldest or the second eldest should go, or better yet, both of them. In any case, we have to persuade Jiang Ting. We can't have that widow Fang."
"Okay, then let's do it this way."
Rumors are circulating that Lu Jiangting and Fang Qing are getting married. Do they deny it? They have no choice but to admit it.
The captain overheard those words.
They were talking loudly on the phone, the two old people crying and saying they couldn't marry a widow. The brigade leader could hear them clearly.
They were so ashamed that they didn't even attend the Lin family's wedding.
You should know that because of the relationship between the two families' children, they have been visiting each other like relatives all these years.
Whether it's the Lu family or the Lin family handling matters, they always visit each other.
Lu Cong and his wife didn't go to the Lin family's wedding banquet, and the neighbors deliberately teased them about it.
"Brother Lu, the Lin family is having a banquet, with over a dozen tables. Why aren't you going?"
Lu Cong's face darkened.
"Hehe, it's done so well! Each table has a whole chicken, a whole duck, and a whole fish... This is the first time I've ever seen such a generous wedding banquet."
Lu Cong's face was extremely ugly. Wang Cuilan, standing next to him, spat and said sarcastically, "They're generous because they're rich. Humph, do you think I don't know how much money they have? Giving a girl three hundred yuan would kill people."
Their family back home works in the coal mines, risking their lives for a pittance. How can that compare to Jiang Ting's salary? Jiang Ting works in an office, earning almost two hundred yuan a month. They're just putting on a show by using their hard-earned money for a banquet.
"You can't say that. They raise their own chickens, ducks, and fish, grow their own vegetables, and even raised two more pigs this year to prepare for the wedding banquet. The pork is all from their own pigs. They started preparing a year in advance for the wedding, which shows that the Lin family knows how to conduct themselves."
"But you guys, hey, you said you were going to marry Yuyao back in March, but wasn't the wedding date set two years in advance? I didn't see you even prepare the livestock beforehand. The Lin family gave you a dowry of three hundred yuan, and your Jiang Ting even cheated them out of it. It's good that she didn't get married."
"Hey, how can you talk like that? What do you mean by lying? That's borrowing."