From-DIDIDA Novels
1068 I Will Give You One Day
Jiang Yi’s words caused Tan Jing to be completely infuriated. If not for Jiang Yi’s cruel treatment of her back then, she would not have become infertile. If not for Jiang Yi, she might have both a son and a daughter now and she would not have to endure all the gossip from her neighbors.
It was all Jiang Yi’s fault. It was Jiang Yi who caused her all this pain!
“If not for you, I won’t have ended up like this! Yet you question me about this now! How can a mother behave like this!” Tan Jing said in agony.
However, Jiang Yi did not think much of it. She felt that she was already very nice to Tan Jong. Normally, when a girl reached marriageable age, the family would quickly make arrangements for her to be married off. Not many mothers would have done what she did, allowing Tan Jing to date Xia Wen freely.
If not for the fact that the Xia family was a prominent and well-to-do family, Jiang Yi would not agree to let Tan Jing marry Xia Wen. Her original intention was to make a big sum of money from marrying Tan Jing off. If Xia Wen was from a poor family, Jiang Yi would never even consider it. She would just ask Tan Jing to break up with him and then marry anyone from the village who could fork out 500 dollars as betrothal money. She did not care about Tan Jing’s happiness at all.
“What did I do to you? What did I do wrong? Tell me! How did I raise you wrongly!” Jiang Yi said angrily.
Tan Jing looked at Jiang Yi aggrievedly as tears silently flowed down from the corners of her eyes. She thought for a long time before saying, “Why didn’t you buy a padded cotton jacket for me when I was young? Yet you bought it for my younger siblings. Do you know that my health was affected by the cold winter because of that? If you had given me even a thin cotton jacket, the condition of my body might be much better than now.”
She thought that by saying that, Jiang Yi would feel sorry for her, feel guilty and blame herself. However, Jiang Yi did not think that it was her fault at all. Instead, she thought that Tan Jing should just bear with all that she had gone through.
“Are you talking about a lousy piece of clothing! What do you mean by I didn’t buy it for you! When you were young, I fed you, didn’t I! When I was young, not only did I not have a padded cotton jacket, I didn’t even have food to eat! Despite that, I still took care of my entire family! Why are you so delicate! Why are you so difficult! If I am like you, I would have starved to death long ago! Don’t blame me for the fact that you can’t have children!” Jiang Yi scolded.
Tan Jing’s heart completely turned cold when she saw how atrociously Jiang Yi behaved in her house. She should not have expected anything from Jiang Yi nor imagined that Jiang Yi would feel sorry for her.
All this time, all Jiang Yi wanted was money. As long as she could get money from Tan Jing, it did not matter even if Tan Jing died.
“Let me tell you! You have to do this! I’ve already come to an agreement with the child’s family. It’s up to you to convince the Xia family to accept the child! I’ll give you one day to do it!” After saying that, Jiang Yi left Xia Wen’s house, leaving Tan Jing depressed and alone at home.
In the end, this matter was left unsettled. Xia Wen was too busy with Qiao Mei’s family matters and helping the Xia family get ready for the new year. He often stayed over at Xia Jun’s house and did not go back to his own house. Even if she wanted to reconcile with Xia Wen, she did not get the chance to meet him.
At this point, it was a situation of the two of them staying together despite not being able to stand the sight of each other.
Later on, Jiang Yi came back a few times to kick up a fuss. However, due to the Xia family’s prestige, Jiang Yi could not make the decision to directly send the child to the Xia family. It would not be a good thing to offend the Xia family.
Tan Jing woke up early the next morning. Although she did not like staying at Qiao Mei’s house, as the Xia family’s daughter-in-law, she still had to get up early to help out with the chores. Otherwise, Xu Lan and the others would have a lot to say about her.
Xia Guang was used to waking up early in the army. He woke up before dawn and proceeded to sweep the courtyard, then he even wiped down the handrails of the long corridor and tidied up everything inside and outside the house.
After that, there was really nothing else for him to do, so he went to the kitchen in the front yard to assist the helper. This helper’s surname was Fan, so everyone addressed her as Sister Fan. The previous helper had to take care of her grandchild and did not have time to work for the Xia family anymore, so they had to hire a new helper.
This new helper was a diligent person. She had worked as a helper for many families and was quite tight-lipped. In fact, she was recommended by the previous helper, so she should not be too lousy.
“Hello, Third Uncle.” Tan Jing greeted Xia Guang and he simply nodded at her. He was busy cutting up vegetables and did not have time to chat with Tan Jing.