Digging Bamboo Shoots

When Jiang Xia saw her second aunt-in-law panicking, she comforted her, "Second Aunt-in-law, don't worry. I've already refused on my end, so Grandpa and Maternal Grandmother won't agree. Even if they do agree, I have ways to refuse."

Her second aunt-in-law regained her composure as well. After Jiang Xia's refusal, her parents-in-law indeed wouldn't agree.

They weren't the kind of people who couldn't tell right from wrong. The two of them also knew Tan Yudai and Li Qiuying's personalities.

Besides, her parents-in-law were going to help care for the children without asking for payment. They only wanted to lend a hand to their little grandson.

Of course, Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei naturally wouldn't treat them poorly. They didn't give them a fixed monthly salary, but the money they gave the elderly couple during the holidays was far more than a salary.

After calming down, Second Aunt-in-law began to worry that Jiang Xia might misunderstand her for treating her nephew's wife and niece that way—that she only cared about making money for her own family and had forgotten kinship.

She didn't want to say anything bad about the two younger women, but without an explanation, she would seem selfish. "Xiao Xia, I don't want your eldest cousin-in-law and Li Qiuying to go to the Capital City because our personalities don't get along. If you..."

Jiang Xia interrupted her. "Second Aunt-in-law, you've got it wrong. I'm the one who doesn't want them to go. It has nothing to do with you. Even A'Lei and my parents can't force me to do something I don't like, let alone anyone else. So this isn't your fault. If anyone asks, just say that I didn't want to hire them. You don't know anything."

Second Aunt-in-law felt that Jiang Xia was really good with words,