Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 54

Chapter 54: Chapter 44: Jiao Jiao’s Outburst (2)

Ever since I was little, my mom and grandpa’s family have mailed over countless clothes. And you, you pick first, and after you choose, sometimes you even step on them. Your Huang family’s kids always wear mine. Have I ever mentioned it to anyone? I haven’t. I didn’t think there was any need to fuss with you; I could wear patched-up clothes as long as you didn’t go too far.

When I was in the first year of middle school, my mom, saving and scrimping with the leftover salary each month, bought me a watch, which ended up on your big brother’s wrist, and the clothes you laughed at me in were bought for me. Did I ever tell anyone?

Your big brother got a job because your mom falsely claimed to be my mom. The unit took care of him as a martyr’s family, recruiting him into the factory. Did I ever state the martyr was my dad and disagreed?

A year later, the bride price your second brother used to get married was wired over by my mom each month. Your second brother’s partner’s watch was a gift for me from my second uncle. The military coats and uniforms your eldest and second sister-in-law wore were sent over for me by my two aunts. Did I ever mention it outside?

Your little brother’s spot in high school was obtained by your mom running over and saying my mom backed her up. Did I ever say your mom deceived society?

Your dowry consisted of three turntables and a ring, all sent for me by my grandfather’s family. The cashmere coat you wear was mailed to me by my mom. The watch you wear was sent to me by my mom. The new cotton clothes and pants your son wears were handmade by my mom, and the sweater and knit pants were handwoven by her. These were all sent by my mom for her grandson.

Where do you get off saying your mom raised me? Your parents were harsh with me, you siblings ganged up to bully me, yet you made use of my mom’s, my grandpa’s, my aunts’, my little aunt’s belongings. Where’s your conscience?

When I was pregnant, my mom, my grandpa, my two aunts, and my little aunt mailed 28 parcels altogether in just eight months, and I didn’t even see a single hair of them.

No wonder people say I sustain the life of five families with my own blood: your family, your two sisters-in-law’s families, your maternal Huang’s family, and your husband’s Wang family. Where do you get such audacity, taking possession of things from my grandpa’s family? Where do you get the guts to occupy the things my mom worked so hard to send?

After using them, did I ever tell outsiders? But how come you can’t even leave my son’s things alone and wear his brand-new cotton clothes and pants, sweater, and knit pants? And you insult me to my face wearing the cashmere coat my mom sent, laughing at me. Now you’re even forcing your way in, making me acknowledge that your entire household hasn’t taken things from others. How dare you storm in just three days after I’ve given birth, cursing! Where do you get your nerve and audacity?

These few families scrimp and save, afraid that I’d suffer grievances whilst pregnant, cobbling together all my cousins’ shares to mail to me, and yet you so shamelessly rely on military mail deliveries. Who gave your dad the gall to take my military mail?

Military mail is for military personnel to send, but does your dad just know about not leaking secrets? Once my grandpa’s family learns of these things, let’s see if the county prison has enough space to hold you five families. You sure have the nerve. My dad was a martyr, my mom is a soldier, working on the frontlines for New China, for new socialism, yet you think it’s naturally right to take my assets. Who gave you that courage?

Can you make the state’s decision to take someone’s military mail at will? Who gave you such audacity to disregard national military law, disregard national laws, and ignore the confidentiality of military mail?

There’s also talk in the county that your grandpa, with a stomp in Beijing, can shake the city thrice. Who told you to say that? How did my biological grandpa become your grandpa? Your family has taken not only things but also wants to claim my relatives and insult my grandpa’s patriotism. My grandpa in Beijing, following the chairman, when did he become so formidable? Or is it that your maternal Huang grandpa is the boastful one, fabricating and spreading rumors. Zhou Xue, whose idea was this?

After getting married, you dared to claim your grandpa would take your whole family to Beijing because you despise this little corner. How is it that this land can’t hold you? This land has nurtured the villagers and you too. How dare you?

Whose grandpa can stomp in Beijing, shaking the city three times over? What does this imply? Is it a bid for monarchic restoration? Now the whole nation is toppling imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic capitalism. After hardship, people can finally decide for themselves; the people are the masters. Yet you, so painstakingly, fuel feudalism and monarchical rhetoric. What’s your intention? Do you plan a counter-revolution?

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