Chapter 39: Jiang Meimei's Struggle
Jiang Meimei sat alone in the corner of the tea room, looking quiet and quiet, completely in a ladylike state. But in fact, she was going through a great torment inside. For as long as she can remember, the family has lived in a dilapidated residential building of less than 50 square meters, lying in bed every night without looking up to see the obvious cracks in the prefabricated roof. The old sewer pipes smell upwards all year round, making every room have a lingering faint smell. The terrazzo lime floor is unabashedly bare, as dark as a city in the haze, and the miscellaneous brand of range hood in the kitchen is always hung with thick sludge because of poor exhaust. When she was a child, Jiang Meimei didn't feel anything, this was her warm and peaceful home. But as she grew older, the home that had given her a happy childhood gradually became gray in her eyes. Especially when I came back here from the elegant elevator room in the neighborhood of a classmate or friend, the stark contrast made Jiang Meimei often feel suffocated. This house is too dilapidated and cramped. But neither her parents nor herself can change this situation. As an adult, this has always been a hidden pain in her heart. In order not to let others look down on her because of this, she never even invited others to play at home. Even Ni Yunlang only came once after the relationship between the two parties was confirmed, and that time Ni Yunlang strongly asked for it, and she really had no choice before agreeing.
After working for a while, she discussed with her parents to sell the old house and add her parents' savings to a new house. However, the old house is located in a remote area, and it is old, and the parents cannot afford to take out a loan, so there is no good house at all according to this situation. So when she heard that Xinran could buy a cheap elevator room, Jiang Meimei was undoubtedly pleasantly surprised. Ni Yunlang took her to see the model room first, and she took a fancy to it at a glance, as if she had been waiting for this house for so many years. Next, under the mediation of Xinran, a huge discount of thirteen points was given, and Jiang Meimei made up her mind at that time to buy the house even if she was burdened with a huge loan. The next day, she took her parents to see the house. Her parents also liked it very much, and agreed to sell the old house and use all their savings to support her.
Last month, the old house has found a buyer, Jiang Meimei's family has also temporarily moved to her grandmother's temporary residence, although the family of five is crammed into two small bungalows, life is inconvenient, but a bright future is beckoning to them. Planning a new house has become a topic of discussion at home every day. The family was full of joy and anticipation.
But now, all of this is about to come to naught. Jiang Meimei is absolutely unacceptable!
She thought about it again and again and decided to call Xinran directly. According to Ni Yunlang's account, Xinran is a very decent man, perhaps, he will not like to blackmail people like Ni Yunping. Moreover, when dealing with men, Jiang Meimei feels that it is much easier than dealing with women. However, she made three or four calls in a row, but no one answered. Jiang Meimei was a little discouraged, she wasn't sure if Xinran deliberately didn't answer the phone, or if it was really inconvenient to answer her phone because of something. She sent another text message to Xinran, with very tactful words and a very low posture. But there was still no response. Jiang Meimei was a little annoyed, these two were obviously a nest of snakes and rats, and they discussed to force her to return the three golds.
Is there really no other way? Thinking of the three sets of three golds, Jiang Meimei was very reluctant. Of these ten pieces of jewelry, except for the big diamond ring selected by Ni Yunlang, each of the others was picked by Jiang Meimei herself with her mother-in-law-to-be, and none of them she didn't like or was dissatisfied with. Even the size of each one is exactly the right size for her, it is almost like it was made for her. She doesn't know how many times she's tried them on, and more than once she's worn them to the store to show off to her colleagues. Now let her hand it all over, she really can't accept it. She had grown so big, and it was the first time she had so much real money jewelry at once, but after only a few months, she was going to lose it all. Is God really playing tricks on her?
Jiang Meimei sat in a daze, and it took a long time to find that the tea in front of her was completely cold. Look out the window, it's almost noon. She reluctantly stood up and left the tea room. Standing on the street, looking at the traffic in front of her, she was a little dazed and didn't know where to go. After hesitating for a long time, she dialed Ni Yunlang's phone.
Jiang Meimei actually just wanted to grasp the last straw, perhaps, deep down, she still wanted to hear Ni Yunlang's voice again. But Ni Yunlang on the other end of the phone reacted indifferently and impatiently. This aroused Jiang Meimei's anger, and her tone instantly became impatient: "Ni Yunlang! Are you still finished? You went to my store to fix me, and your sister came to ask me for three golds, are your families crazy? ”
Ni Yunlang was very unhappy when he heard this: "You are crazy!" I'm okay with you now! You tell her about my sister! Do you like to give the three golds, what does it matter to me! ”
Jiang Meimei said angrily: "Of course I won't give it!" But your sister used my parents' house as a threat, saying that if you don't give it, you won't give a discount, and you won't sell us the house! ”
Ni Yunlang said impatiently: "Your house has nothing to do with me!" After speaking, she hung up the phone without waiting for Jiang Meimei to reply.
Jiang Meimei stood at the corner of the street with the phone that was hung up, and finally couldn't help but scold.
Passers-by looked curiously at the slender young woman on the side of the street chattering and scolding at the air in front of them, thinking in their hearts: Such a beautiful girl, is she crazy?
At the same time, Xinran was sitting in the office looking at Jiang Meimei's several missed calls and the text message on her phone. He was just in a meeting and didn't receive a call from Jiang Meimei. But at the moment, he didn't plan to fight back. He understood what Jiang Meimei meant, but he also understood his wife's thoughts. Although he didn't approve of Ni Yunping's approach, he still had to defend her. Moreover, the thirteen-point discount he gave was enough to make up for Jiang Meimei's loss of three golds, and there was even a lot of surplus, so he decided to remain silent on this matter.
But I don't know why, when he really did this, he had a sense of uneasiness in his heart about using power for personal gain and oppressing people with power. After pondering for a long time, he decided to give Ni Yunlang a call.
"What's wrong, brother-in-law?" Ni Yunlang just hung up Jiang Meimei's phone, and he hadn't completely freed himself from the irritability just now, and his tone was a little impatient.
Xinran ignored his feelings at all, and said seriously: "Jiang Meimei called me." I didn't receive it, probably because of your sister to ask for Sanjin and her parents to buy a house. In the end, it was because of you, you are a man, and in the end, no matter what the outcome, you should be responsible. ”
Ni Yunlang was stunned for a moment, and said: "I ......" but couldn't answer. Xinran's words calmed him down from the irritability he had just had, and he began to think about his responsibilities as a man.