Sweet Nostalgia of the 80s

Chapter 1829: Chapter 1828: Will Repay by Working Like an Ox or Horse

”Why are you speaking like this? Why do you start cursing the moment you open your mouth?” A breathless, skinny woman rushed in from outside, her cheeks looking like they’d been brutally carved out with a knife, and the flesh on her face barely amounted to two ounces.

She wasn’t tall, but she looked quite fierce. When she spoke, she first glared, hands on her hips, looking exactly like a shrew.

”Who are you?” An Ping asked.

”I’m his... mother!” The woman stood in front of Tian Hui, adopting a protective stance.

Seeing her, An Hao understood why An Hui was part of the An Family and yet when they met face to face, they seemed like strangers.

Turns out, he took after his mother!

”Hey, mom! Mom! Don’t be so fierce, these are our relatives! We can’t be too harsh with family!” An Hui quickly tried to calm his mother down.

”Am I fierce or are they? If they’re family, I’m their second aunt, right? Is this how they treat their aunt?” The woman puffed her chest out, looking fiercely imposing.

Her voice was sharp and loud, which drew the two elder brothers in the house out.

An Baoguo, seeing his wife and son had arrived, beamed like a blooming chrysanthemum: ”Jiang Guixiang, Huizi, come in quickly. You’re home now, why are you still standing at the door? Come meet your brother. Our brother is now the richest man in the village! He’s got money!”

”Really?” Jiang Guixiang’s eyes immediately lit up, and her expression changed dramatically, the fierceness from a moment ago gone, replaced with a flattering, humble smile, faster than a face-changing act in Sichuan opera, ”Oh my, brother! You don’t know, Baoguo talked the whole way about your childhood stories, he said you were exceptionally good to him, more so than his own parents!”

”Yes, yes! My dad said that an elder brother is like a father. Even though he lost his parents, having you as his elder brother was just like when his dad was still around!” An Hui chimed in immediately with flattery.

He’s quite good at this!

”Come on in! Since you’re back, just live well. As your elder brother, I can’t ignore you, don’t worry!” An Shuchao felt heartache seeing how his brother’s family lived.

”Listen. Isn’t our brother speaking nicely?” An Baoguo tightly held Jiang Guixiang’s hand and said, ”You didn’t know, did you? As soon as our brother heard about our large debt, he’s going to help us repay it!”

”Really?” Jiang Guixiang was overjoyed, pulling An Hui down with her into a kowtow, ”Thank you, elder brother! We will never forget your kindness. In the next life, we’ll repay you as oxen or horses!”

”Get up, quickly! No need to become oxen or horses, just live your lives well.” An Shuchao quickly helped An Hui and Jiang Guixiang up, introducing An Hao and An Ping to them, ”These are my son and daughter!”

”We’ve met.” Jiang Guixiang smiled, her expression was particularly warm, ”It was your second aunt’s fault for speaking harshly earlier, please forgive me!”

An Hao didn’t say a word and went back into the house.

An Ping snorted coldly, following An Hao into her room.

”Why are you here too?” An Hao lowered her head, sweeping the dirt off the bed, taking out the bedding from the cabinet to make the bed.

”I don’t want to see their entire family. They irritate me!” An Ping said angrily with hands in pockets, leaning on the dust-covered table, ”Sis, tell me, dad wants to repay their debt, where is he going to get the money from?”

”From his savings, where else?” An Hao briskly continued her work, ”That’s his own brother, he can’t ignore them.”