Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 565: Cannon Fodder Daughter and Her Cannon Fodder Dad (5)

Chapter 565: Cannon Fodder Daughter and Her Cannon Fodder Dad (5)

The kids next door were envious to the core.

Although his parents were both teachers, they could only eat porridge and rough noodles every day, not even willing to use oil.

But at their house, they could eat meat every day.

No matter how much, they always had a hint of grease in their stomachs.

Jiang Li was proud, and because he had a father like Jiang Hai, he became the strongest teenager on the whole street, and nobody dared to mess with the Jiang Family.

Today, there was no meat.

The most unhappy one was Jiang Li.

He took small bites of the bean sprouts in front of him, which were a bit sour and bitter without any salt, and he didn’t even know how long Mom had hidden them before taking them out to fry.

"Mom, when is Dad coming back?"

"Your dad isn’t coming back!"

Shen Yan was angry, and the more she thought about it, the angrier she got.

Because she knew Jiang Hai had come back early, but he was unwilling to enter the backyard.

Thinking this way, she finished the tasteless meal and went straight to the front room, pushing the door open only to see Jiang Hai lying on the bed, snoring with his big belly.

"You’re still sleeping!"

She slapped the man, waking up Jiang Hai.

"What are you doing?"

"Where’s the lunchbox?"

"On the table."

"It’s empty! Where’s the stuff that was inside!"

Jiang Hai felt a bit guilty, but thinking of how Shen Yan treated Jiang Lai today, he turned cold-faced again.

"Didn’t take it!"

"Didn’t take it or did you and your daughter eat it all by yourselves? How can you be so heartless to eat alone with so many mouths in the family!"

The phrase "eating alone" was what Jiang Hai hated the most now.

"Do you really have no clue who’s eating alone? Or do you want me to make it clear?"

Jiang Hai hadn’t even complained about her being biased towards outsiders, and now she was arguing with him over a meal.

After a moment of silence, sobbing sounds came from the room.

Shen Yan started wiping her tears again, crying as if terribly wronged.

"I worked hard alone to raise four kids and gave you three sons, each healthier than the last!

Now you are prosperous with descendants, but in our Shen Family, my brother is the only boy and he’s gone! Now, there are only the two seedlings, Aping and Yao Yao, so what’s wrong with me treating them better?

I’m allowed to slave away for the Jiang Family, but not support the single heir of the Shen Family! Jiang Hai, take a look at yourself, are you still a human?

Do you want the Shen Family to die out?"

The accusations were clear enough to reach Jiang Lai’s ears.

Just separated by a wall, with a door in between, if Jiang Lai wanted to hear, she could hear everything clearly.

"Shen Yan is good at running a pyramid scheme."

Each time pitting "your Jiang Family" against "our Shen Family," leaving Jiang Hai dumbfounded.

And so, Jiang Hai began to soften and apologize.

"Men, they can’t be relied on."

Little Buding’s heartfelt sigh made Jiang Lai look at her in a different light.

"So are you male or female? Or perhaps male or female?"

Little Buding snorted coldly.

"None of your business."

"Forget it, just a dog, doesn’t matter male or female."

"Who are you calling a dog?! Have you ever seen a dog that can talk?"

"I have."

"..."

Little Buding decided to stay silent, not giving Jiang Lai any chance to further trample on her dignity.

Currently, Jiang Lai’s skills were just slightly better than hers; arguing wouldn’t work in her favor.

Meanwhile, Jiang Hai gave in.

Although he felt something was off, it somewhat made sense, so he could only helplessly lower his head.

Shen Yan seized the opportunity to ask.

"Why did the steel factory manager’s secretary look for you?"

"How do you know everything?"

"I’m telling you, my ears are sharp, better behave at the restaurant! Spill it!"

Jiang Hai sighed.

"The manager’s wife is having a birthday, planning to have me cook the birthday feast since I’m the only one who knows our Jiang Family’s northern cuisine, so the manager is giving me a chance to show off a bit."

Shen Yan’s voice rose with excitement.

"How much will they pay?"

"What payment, wouldn’t the boss of such a big factory lack these little things, didn’t ask."

Shen Yan’s tone lightened considerably, and the couple reconciled as if nothing had happened.

The next day, Shen Yan made breakfast, looking at Jiang Lai with some dissatisfaction but refrained from acting out because Jiang Hai was around.

After Jiang Hai left, she threw a basket coldly at Jiang Lai.

"Today, you and your brother go pick up coal lumps."

Off to the side, Shen Yaoyao spoke up.

"Aunt, let me go too, it’s not proper for a girl’s house to pick up coal lumps."

"What’s wrong with a girl’s house? There are many girls picking up coal lumps in the coal yard!

Your health is weak, so just stay home, help with the cooking and assist around."

Then she looked at Jiang Lai again. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Follow your brother, don’t get yourself lost again."

Jiang Lai looked at the basket, then at the silent Shen Ping beside him.

"Mom, both of us Jiang siblings have to go pick coal lumps, why do the Shen siblings get to stay home and enjoy free food?

Mom, I haven’t been to school, but if I ask Dad about some big principles, what then?"

Shen Yan realized Jiang Lai had eavesdropped on their conversation last night.

She felt a surge of anger.

Jiang Lai was ready to run anytime, after all, she was small, and once she ran, no one could catch her.

"Mom, am I wrong? Jiang Li, look how you’re dark and dirty from dawn to dusk, and look at Shen Ping, fair and clean, no wonder the most beautiful Xiuxiu on the street likes him."

Xiuxiu was the girl Jiang Li liked.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Li, who usually sided with outsiders, immediately stood on the same side as Jiang Lai.

He liked his cousin, but that didn’t mean he liked his cousin brother too.

On the contrary, he was jealous of and hated this cousin brother.

Mom favored him the most, and before Shen Ping came, Mom favored her youngest son the most.

Jiang Lai’s few words stirred up the fire in Jiang Li’s heart.

"Yeah, Mom, give Shen Ping a basket too."

Shen Ping thought of the coal yard he accidentally visited before, and the few pitch-black kids hunched over, seemingly drowning in coal dregs.

He shook his head immediately.

"I’m still recovering from a cold; how about next time when I’m better, I’ll go with you guys, how about that?"

Jiang Lai looked at them and continued to speak.

"If you guys aren’t going, then we won’t go either."

Jiang Li nodded along.

"Yeah, we won’t go either."

Shen Yan was furious, but the household needed coal, and if the kids weren’t sent to find coal lumps, where would the coal come from with winter approaching?

After much thought, Shen Yan looked at Shen Yaoyao.

"Yaoyao, why don’t you go along to play, let Ali help you more."

Shen Yaoyao stood there, silently clenching her hands and gritting her teeth.

But in front of Shen Yan, she was always well-behaved and of course wouldn’t refuse her.

"Okay, I’ll go then."

She said as she turned to Jiang Lai.

"Sister Jiang Lai, let’s get going."

Jiang Lai sized her up and down.

"You’re wearing this to dig coal lumps? These clothes aren’t cheap."