I'm back in 1990

Chapter 944: The Granddaughter's Future Reliance

At noon, the three women had lunch at the International Finance Center. After returning home in the afternoon, Jiang Shan was called out by Wu Xin to help carry things. He was startled when he saw all sorts of handbags in the back seat and trunk of the car.

"Did you guys empty the whole mall?" He stared wide-eyed at the three women, aunt, sister-in-law, and niece.

"Her aunt bought them all; I couldn't stop her even if I tried." Wu Xin seemed helpless, but her tone was filled with joy. She couldn't be happier that her aunt was so good to her daughter!

Jiang Shan looked at his younger sister Jiang Rong and complained, "Buying two items would have been enough. Why did you buy her so many?"

Jiang Rong casually closed the car door: "Never mind that. Fei Fei is all grown up now, she needs to dress up a bit. Besides, she'll be starting her internship and entering the workforce soon, how can she not have a few decent clothes? Consider this a gift from her aunt!"

Jiang Shan pointed to the handbag in the car and asked, "How much did it cost?"

"Brother, why are you so long-winded these days? You're like an old woman." Jiang Rong complained that Jiang Shan was too annoying.

Jiang Shan had no choice but to look at his wife, Wu Xin.

Wu Xin naturally wouldn't hide it from the man, and she whispered to him, "Her aunt spent over 100,000 yuan on Feifei today."

"What?" Jiang Shan was startled; this number was indeed unexpected.

To be honest, Jiang Rong hasn't really helped her family much since she married into the Huang family.

Firstly, her family was well-off. Her father had retired as the principal of a grain school and received several thousand yuan a month in pension. Her mother, Ji Lan, had retired as a saleswoman at a grain and oil store, but she still received more than three thousand yuan a month in pension.

My brother Jiang Shan works at the Water Resources Bureau. His job is easy, and his salary is quite high. My sister-in-law Wu Xin's salary is slightly lower, but the Sanitation Department is a public institution, so she has a guaranteed income every month, regardless of the weather.

Therefore, her family members were living very well, so she had no need to help them. Of course, she would still give them the filial piety due to the important festivals throughout the year.

The only place I spend money is on my niece, Jiang Yufei. When Jiang Yufei got into university, I bought her a cell phone and I also give her some pocket money from time to time.

Jiang Rong had raised her niece, Jiang Yufei, since she was a child, so their bond was naturally strong. In addition, Jiang Rong herself did not have a daughter, so she treated Jiang Yufei like her own daughter.

Seeing her brother Jiang Shan's overreaction, Jiang Rong complained, "Brother, can you stop making such a fuss? Don't you know girls should be raised in comfort and privilege?"

"But we can't spend so much money all at once!" Jiang Shan was still somewhat indignant.

"Forget it, forget it, I don't need your help. You're getting more and more nagging!" Jiang Rong didn't intend to say anything more to her brother. She pulled him aside and helped her sister-in-law Wu Xin and niece Jiang Yufei pick up their things. Just then, the housekeeper came to help as well.

The sight of several people carrying large and small bags of things home startled Principal Jiang and the elderly couple, Ji Lan.

Ji Lan asked the group, "What's going on?"

Jiang Shan has one good quality: he won't embellish what he's said before. So he didn't say anything and let his sister explain it to their mother herself.

Jiang Rong smiled and explained to her elderly mother, "Feifei is going to do her internship next month, right? I bought her a few extra outfits. Once she enters the workforce, her appearance is very important, especially since she'll be interning at a hotel; she needs to pay even more attention to her personal image."

Jiang Shan thought to himself, "The hotel provides uniforms, you know!" But he didn't say it aloud.

"You don't need to buy so much!" Ji Lan frowned slightly as she looked at the pile of things.

But she didn't say anything more. As an aunt, she loved her niece, which was what she wanted to see. Jiang Yufei was the only granddaughter in the Jiang family, and now and in the future, they were counting on her aunt to help raise her.

If her granddaughter Jiang Yufei were outstanding, she wouldn't have to worry about this. But as her grandmother, she knew very well what kind of person her granddaughter was. Her studies were just so-so. She attended countless tutoring classes in junior high and high school, including one-on-one tutoring, spending a lot of money, before she barely managed to get into a private university.

She was a little vain, but not malicious. It was precisely because of this that Ji Lan understood that if her granddaughter didn't have her aunt's support, she would have run into countless bumps on her head if she went out into the world to make a living on her own.

Older generations always want to prevent younger generations from experiencing the hardships they went through, so they try to pave the way for them and help them avoid taking unnecessary detours, as long as they have the ability.

Even those who lack ability will occasionally ramble on and offer opinions on key issues, but most of these opinions will not actually be adopted.

Now that she has her aunt, Ji Lan no longer has to worry about many things.

"Mom, Feifei is a girl, she should dress up nicely so she can attract boys!" Jiang Rong felt that her niece was good at everything except studying. Her looks were probably not a perfect 100, but she was at least 70. If she dressed up, she would be 85.

Most boys choose a partner based on looks first. Of course, Jiang Rong confidently believes that her niece's future partner must be a young and talented man from a wealthy family. Although her niece's family is of average means, with an aunt like herself, she is sure to find her a satisfactory match.

"You can't buy so much at once! Don't do that next time." Ji Lan stopped there; there was no need to say anything more.

The happiest person today was Jiang Yufei. Even though she had been shopping for most of the day, she wasn't tired at all. With the help of the nanny, all the things her aunt had bought for her were moved into her room.

After the nanny left, she immediately locked the door and began trying on each piece of clothing again, constantly taking pictures of herself with her phone in the full-length mirror in the walk-in closet.

For most of the afternoon, she was busy taking photos and selecting some of the more eye-catching ones to upload to her personal space.

Although she was busy for half a day, the results were obvious. Before long, she not only received a lot of praise, but her roommate also called her directly when she didn't go online.

Once this girl starts chatting, she'll never stop, since the campus card offers plenty of voice call time.

As for the content of the call, it's easy to guess: the callers were all filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred, while the person who answered the phone couldn't wait to show off to the whole world.

The phone call lasted until her cousin Huang Zemian came to call her for dinner, and Jiang Yufei even had to change the battery in the middle of it.

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