Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 330 - 28: The Doomed Sister-in-law in the Group-Pampered Novel
Now that Jiang Jinbao was almost beaten to death, how could the Jiang Family just let it go? They went straight to the village secretary, with Liu Yan, Jiang Jinbao’s mother, as the main force, sitting and crying at the village office entrance with her husband Jiang Gaoquan’s family from morning till night.
The village leaders were extremely annoyed, so they had to arrange for someone to investigate who exactly beat Jiang Jinbao.
The Jiang Family is now in a gloomy state because ever since Jiang Jinbao woke up from being beaten, he would curse whoever came near him. The foul language he used made passersby frown and sigh, wondering how the Jiang Family raised such a worthless person.
But the Jiang Family didn’t see it that way. On the contrary, they let him beat and curse as he pleased, feeling heartbroken that he had suffered so much to become like this.
Several older sisters rushed back non-stop; the eldest was just thirty years old but looked like fifty after being married off for a few years, almost older than Liu Yan.
The Jiang Family married her off to an old widower in another town, and all the money was used for a dowry. After marrying, she hadn’t had a single good day and had given birth to five children for the widower, the youngest just born recently. Upon hearing that her brother was beaten up, she immediately carried her child across town.
The experiences of the other sisters were similar. Even after marrying and becoming mothers, they still acted timidly in front of Liu Yan. This was a conditioning ingrained from childhood they could never change, especially seeing Jiang Jinbao hurt, it was more painful than being hurt themselves.
"Where is Jiang Lai? Hasn’t anyone notified her to come?"
Liu Yan had just come inside to bring food and got a round of scolding from Jiang Jinbao again. She felt stifled, reluctant to vent on her son. Fortunately, her daughters had returned, but the woman’s sharp, harsh face was gloomy, so the daughters dared not say anything, fearing they’d upset her.
Even though they hadn’t come empty-handed, almost emptying their homes of good things to bring as offerings, they still couldn’t get a single smile from Liu Yan.
"The whole village knows about Jinbao being beaten up; the fourth sister surely knows too."
Liu Yan kept a cold face, staring outside the door.
"Go, go find her and bring her over. I want to see if this housekeeper of a split family still acknowledges me as her mother."
The eldest sister hurriedly carried her child to find Jiang Lai.
Jiang Lai was just about to go out when she saw a middle-aged woman carrying a child coming from afar, looking somewhat familiar. It wasn’t until she got closer that she recognized her: wasn’t this the oldest sister from the Jiang Family?
"Did you know Jinbao was beaten?"
Jiang Lai nodded, unfazed.
"Yes, I know."
"Then why aren’t you going to check? He was beaten terribly. Everyone is there except you. Hurry up and go."
That anxious look would make one think a big shot got beaten up.
Jiang Lai withdrew her arm with a cool expression.
"What’s there to see? If he died, I might have to contribute to the funeral, but he didn’t even die."
The eldest sister’s eyes widened, as if Jiang Lai had said something outrageous, wanting to cover her mouth.
"Don’t speak nonsense! Jinbao is the only son in our family. He is supposed to carry on the Jiang Family line. What if something happens to him and our family line ends?"
"Let it end then. Does our family have a throne to inherit?"
The eldest sister more and more felt Jiang Lai must be crazy; otherwise, how could she say such treacherous words!
"Jinbao is our brother, the backbone of our family. If there’s no man in the family and you’re bullied by your in-laws, who will support you?"
Jiang Lai almost laughed at these words.
Liu Yan must have said something that made the eldest sister believe her. Without realizing who’s been bullying her all along, how could she say something so ludicrous?
But at that, Jiang Lai did change her mind. Initially, she felt it was unlucky to go, but now she’s interested in checking out the scene.
"Where’s your husband? Bring something along. Jinbao is injured and needs good food. As a sister, shouldn’t you bring something to show care?"
Still bring something?
Jiang Lai locked the door, blocking the dried sausages and salted fish hanging on the indoor clothesline, not giving them any face.
"Already so fat, what else to eat? They might as well take this opportunity to lose weight."
The eldest sister was somewhat dissatisfied.
She’s so poor, with so many mouths to feed, yet she even brought the last bit of meat she had at home for her brother. Look at Jiang Lai, living in a big brick house with a yard full of poultry and preserved meats, basically the richest in the village. She looks prettier than when she was at home, and her figure is more voluptuous.
Living such a good life, she doesn’t even think about helping her family a bit. So selfish.
The eldest sister pouted discontentedly, unhappy all the way. Even when the child cried, she loudly scolded him.
"Cry, cry, cry, you only know how to cry! Our family is this poor, what’s the point of crying? Would your mother bear to see your uncle suffer?"
These words were said for Jiang Lai to hear, but the power was not even one-tenth of Lv Cuiping’s, so Jiang Lai couldn’t care less.
In the Jiang family’s courtyard, the three daughters were already busy washing clothes and cooking. When the eldest sister brought Jiang Lai over, the other two sisters noticed Jiang Lai came empty-handed and asked,
"Did your husband come too?" 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
Did the husband carry the things?
Jiang Lai waved her hand.
"He didn’t come, just me."
After that, Jiang Lai swaggered into the house. Jiang Jinbao lived in a sunny inner room, right next to the kitchen, with Liu Yan living close by so that she could respond to any call.
Upon seeing Jiang Lai, Liu Yan lowered her face, her expression worsening when she saw her empty hands.
"You came to see your brother empty-handed?"
"I wanted to bring something, but my mother-in-law didn’t allow it, so I couldn’t help it."
Liu Yan frowned.
"Didn’t you split from the family? You even had money to build a brick house. Can’t you live comfortably with such a big house?"
"Yes, we live comfortably, no matter how big."
"I called you to discuss something. Jinbao has spent quite a bit on hospital bills lately. Our money’s almost gone. Can you give me two hundred to help your brother recover?"
Two hundred.
Jiang Lai laughed upon hearing this.
Many families can’t scrape together two hundred even if they lose everything, and here Liu Yan lightly asks her to give two hundred.
"Two hundred? Just two hundred? Let me tally it up for you. To make up for Jinbao’s suffering, he at least needs an old hen soup for nourishment, preferably fish soup as well, so he heals faster. After recovery, he needs to marry; Jinbao is our family’s pride, so he’ll need a new house, a brick one! Can’t miss the big three: the dowry must be the highest!
By my account, forget two hundred; even eight hundred won’t do it."
Upon hearing this, Liu Yan’s eyes lit up as she looked at Jiang Lai.
"How much do you have on hand?"
"Four or five hundred, maybe."
