Chapter 439: Do You Want to Try?

When Jiang’s mother heard this, she sneered. “So now, after you’ve gone out and experienced the world, you’re finally able to eat your fill and keep warm?”

Saying this, Jiang’s mother glanced at her daughter with disdain. “You look no different from a beggar now. Anyone who doesn’t know would think we’re in the middle of a famine.”

Jiang Huijing lowered her head, looking at her own appearance. Her face flushed, and she softly explained, “It’s just that we haven’t had water to bathe for the past few days. It’s not like at home, where we can bathe whenever we want.”

Li Yiyi, who had been standing at the door for a while, saw that the couple wasn’t going to cause any trouble, so she finally left.

She had just come out of the kitchen when she caught sight of Jiang Hong walking in from outside.

“Wife, I heard from the women in the family courtyard that we have relatives visiting. Who are they?” Jiang Hong asked as he approached her, having overheard something while outside.

“The people are inside. It’s your sister and brother-in-law,” Li Yiyi answered softly.

When Jiang Hong heard this, his expression immediately darkened.

Li Yiyi quickly noticed his grim face, fearing that he might impulsively kick the couple out.

As he was about to step into the living room, she grabbed his arm. “Don’t do anything rash. Since they came as guests, we have no reason to throw them out. Do you understand?”

Hearing his wife’s words, Jiang Hong took a deep breath, and after calming down, he replied, “I know what to do, wife.”

After another deep breath, Jiang Hong finally stepped into the living room.

As soon as he entered the living room, the first person he saw was Wang Fuguo, sitting there drinking tea.

His relaxed demeanor made it seem as though this was his home.

Jiang Hong’s imposing presence was quickly noticed by Wang Fuguo, who was so startled that he almost fell off his chair.

Hastily, he stood up and awkwardly greeted Jiang Hong. “Third Brother, you’re home from work.”

Jiang Hong looked at him with disgust. His clothes were ragged, and in the rural areas, anyone willing to work wouldn’t be dressed like this anymore.

“Where’s my sister?” he coldly asked Wang Fuguo.

Wang Fuguo swallowed several times in his heart. As Jiang’s son-in-law, he was terrified of only one person in this world: Jiang Hong.

“She, uh, she should be in the kitchen,” he said, pointing in the direction of the kitchen, trying to steady his nerves.

Jiang Hong glanced at him and didn’t say anything more. He turned and immediately left the living room.

Once he left, Wang Fuguo plopped back into his chair. Only then did he realize his back was soaked with sweat from the shock.

In the kitchen, Jiang Huijing saw that her parents were ignoring her, so she stayed behind, staring longingly at the cabbage stir-fried with pork belly that was nearly ready.

The pork belly was probably fried first, both sides golden brown, and it smelled incredibly delicious.

“Mom, it looks almost done. Why don’t you serve two bowls for us? My husband and I are starving,” Jiang Huijing said as she swallowed, watching her mother dish out the food.

Jiang’s mother sneered, stopped dishing out the food, and looked at her daughter with mocking eyes. “You think I’m going to serve you two bowls? Can’t you see this is a family meal? Why should I serve you two first?”

Jiang Huijing looked at her mother with a slightly unfamiliar gaze, her eyes turning red. “Mom, I’m your daughter. Why are you being so petty?”

“You weren’t like this before. When I wanted something, you would secretly give it to me,” Jiang Huijing added, her voice softening.

Jiang’s mother sneered again. “Before, my eyes were clouded by lard, and I didn’t see that you were an unfilial daughter. Now I know better. If someone wants to pamper you, let them. Don’t come to me.”

Just as Jiang Huijing was about to call out “Mom,” a cold voice suddenly came from outside the door. “Jiang Huijing, how dare you come back!”

The fiery tone startled Jiang Huijing, and she froze, slowly turning to see Jiang Hong standing at the door.

“Third Brother, you… you’re back.” Seeing his unhappy face, Jiang Huijing suddenly became meek and called out to him.

Thinking of all the stupid things his younger sister had done over the past couple of years, Jiang Hong was furious.

“What are you doing here? Who told you to come?” he asked sternly.

Jiang Huijing trembled at his tone and stammered, “No, no one told us to come. We came on our own. We’ve been looking for work outside for a long time, but because we don’t know anything and have no education, no one would hire us. We’re about to starve.”

She glanced up at Jiang Hong and softly added, “I heard Third Sister-in-law is doing well here, so we thought we’d come and ask if she could arrange some work for us.”

Hearing this, Jiang Hong couldn’t help but laugh in anger. “Jiang Huijing, Jiang Huijing, you were smart when you were young, but how did you become so stupid as you grew older?”

“Spending so much time with Wang Fuguo must have made you dumb. I tried everything to stop you from marrying into the Wang family, but you were like a crazy person, insisting on marrying him,” Jiang’s mother sneered, looking at her daughter with disgust.

Jiang Huijing defended her husband. “Mom, how can you say that about Brother Fuguo? He’s actually quite clever. The reason we weren’t swindled while we were out was thanks to him.”

Jiang’s mother, hearing her daughter’s words, became even angrier. She covered her head with one hand and said to her son, “Third, take her out of the kitchen. I don’t want to see her, or my blood pressure is going to rise.”

Jiang Hong immediately acted without any hesitation and dragged his obnoxious little sister out of the kitchen.

“Third Brother, what are you doing? Let go of me, do you hear?” Jiang Huijing shouted angrily.

“Shut up, or don’t blame me for forgetting we’re siblings. Don’t you dare think I won’t kick you and your husband out of my house. You’ll never set foot here again. Do you want to try it?” Seeing that her voice was about to echo through the entire family courtyard, Jiang Hong’s face darkened as he threatened her.