Chapter 569 - 9: The Cannon Fodder Daughter and Her Cannon Fodder Dad (Part 9)

Shen Yan was startled, suddenly turning her head to see the tall and stout Jiang Hai standing at the doorway, his face sullen as he looked at her.

Although she knew Jiang Hai had a good temper, appeared intimidating but was soft-hearted and even softer-eared.

Yet when startled like this, seeing him suddenly still made her heart skip with fright.

"Are you trying to die?! Standing behind someone without making a sound."

Shen Yan continued to put on a bold front.

As if wanting to find some courage by doing so.

Jiang Hai wasn’t having it anymore, feeling like there was a fire burning in his chest, eyes full of anger.

He had heard everything Shen Yan just said loud and clear. He used to think this woman was just biased towards her own family, but now he understood, she simply looked down on him!

That’s why she even resented Jiang Lai, who was their child together!

"You say, what’s wrong with her looking like me? Isn’t she your child?!"

When Jiang Hai’s anger rose, his voice was frighteningly loud, leaving Shen Yan bewildered for a moment without knowing what to say.

If she had known Jiang Hai was right behind, she wouldn’t have said such things even if she were beaten to death.

"I-I was just disciplining the child, words for disciplining can’t be taken seriously! Besides, didn’t you promise me before to keep silent when I discipline the child, so what? Every time I educate your daughter, you throw a fit.

Next time, I won’t teach your daughter, okay?

She’s such a big girl now, you teach her yourself, okay?"

Shen Yan had quite a method for dealing with Jiang Hai.

Which was to precisely grasp what Jiang Hai cared about.

Jiang Lai was of an age where she was approaching marriageable age, needing to be taught many things now, and who else but Shen Yan could teach her those things?

Jiang Hai knew himself to be a coarse man who didn’t understand these women’s matters, worried saying too much would make it difficult for Jiang Lai to find a husband in the future.

So he stayed silent whenever Shen Yan reprimanded Jiang Lai.

Thinking that, although a biological mother might be biased, she’s still her mother, surely she couldn’t be as unreliable as a stepmother.

Shen Yan understood his mindset and deep down also claimed to be doing it for Jiang Lai’s good.

So once she adjusted her mindset, facing Jiang Hai left her no longer flustered, even a bit angry.

Just as Jiang Hai seemed to be backing down, Jiang Lai suddenly chimed in.

"Mom, cousin’s outfit looks so nice, isn’t this month’s clothing cloth ration just released? Make one for me too."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yan turned as if electrocuted, glaring at Jiang Lai, her eyes like brass bells, simmering with hostility.

It was an instinctive reaction because she couldn’t believe Jiang Lai dared to make such an outrageous request.

This reminded Jiang Hai.

"Yes, Jiang Lai should be given a few nice outfits too, didn’t my cloth ration just arrive? Perfect for making a dress for Jiang Lai."

"No, using fabric for a dress is too wasteful, only scraps can be used for shoe soles. How about making pants and a jacket, the rest could be used for making you an outfit."

Jiang Hai didn’t hesitate in the slightest.

"Don’t make one for me, since Yao Yao has one, give the same to Jiang Lai."

"But skirts are picky, she wouldn’t wear it anyway, Yao Yao has fair skin more suited for skirts."

Jiang Lai began feeling aggrieved again.

Jiang Hai impatiently replied.

"Make it for both of them! Or make none at all! If you keep being unfair, the kids are grown, let them fend for themselves."

Shen Yan forced herself to swallow her pride.

Jiang Lai’s challenge was undoubtedly against her authority in the household.

She truly couldn’t understand how she birthed such a being, let alone her likeness, with such deep schemes, fixated on other people’s good stuff all day, without assessing her own worthiness.

Shen Yan nodded.

No longer speaking.

Anyway, let the clothing be made, according to Yao Yao’s measurements, and when Jiang Lai can’t wear it, it won’t be her fault.

At this moment, feeling the matter was sorted, Jiang Lai suddenly spoke up again.

"Dad, I’m all grown up now, isn’t it inappropriate to keep living in the same room with you guys?

Today, I went to dig coal, when discussing this with others they mocked me."

Shen Yan felt a pang in her heart upon hearing this.

Immediately sensing what Jiang Lai intended to say next.

"We only have a few rooms at home, living with us wrongs you? Can’t you see your older and younger brothers cramped in one room, yet you’re dissatisfied?"

Jiang Lai ignored her, just quietly looked at Jiang Hai.

"Dad, is it because when I was lost, you weren’t planning on bringing me back so you cleared out my room for someone else?"

This sentence really hit Jiang Hai’s sore spot.

Jiang Lai hadn’t spoken before, he was so careless he never realized these things, nor thought about how inappropriate it was for such a grown girl to stay outside their bedroom.

Reflecting on it now, it was indeed inappropriate.

These matters should have been noticed by the mother earlier, yet Shen Yan clearly didn’t wish to address them.

"Yao Yao and Aping are sharing a room now, let Aping sleep in the room with Ah Hu, Ashun, and Ali. This way the partitioned space can let Jiang Lai live."

Currently, the Shen siblings’ room is divided by a wall, almost like two separate rooms.

Why should a young lad occupy such a nice room?

Shen Yan was of course unhappy, shrilling on the spot.

"Aping is in ill health, moving to another room he won’t get accustomed!"

"What makes you think your own daughter will get accustomed living with us?! Shen Yan, enough is enough!"

"What’s wrong with our room? It’s wide and has natural lighting, I bet of all these, Jiang Lai’s living condition is the best! Paying too much attention to what’s in others’ bowls, thinking even their dung is fragrant!"

At this point, Jiang Lai appropriately fanned the flames from the side.

"If your room is so great, let Shen Ping move there, since his health is poor and he needs sunlight.

I don’t need so much sunlight, I just want a room of my own."

"You shut up, Jiang Lai! Adults are talking, what are you, a kid, cutting in for? Are you looking for a beating? We’ll discuss this evening after dinner!"

Jiang Lai just clung onto Jiang Hai’s sleeve.

"Dad, didn’t I say it right? Aren’t all these rooms ours, part of the Jiang Family?

If they’re to be used, shouldn’t I get first pick?"

The man couldn’t withstand Shen Yan’s manipulation, to get him to do anything it had to be immediate, otherwise by morning tomorrow it’d be ruined, Shen Yan could nag him into submission all night.

After these ten plus years of nature, Jiang Lai wasn’t counting on turning things around in mere days.