Restarting life in Siheyuan

Chapter 13

Intermediate Court, Yi Zhonghai's home.

The aunt was gently massaging Yi Zhonghai's temples. She looked at the man with his eyes tightly closed and said distressedly.

"Is it better? Does it still hurt a lot? You are getting older and you are always worrying about their family. Who knows how much you have suffered?"

"Isn't there nothing we can do about it? I still expect Dongxu to provide for us in our old age. I can't give them any benefits."

"I'm telling you, Lao Yi, don't find it hard to hear. There's something wrong with your choice of Jia Dongxu. It's hard for me to rely on him for your retirement."

"Tell me, why is there a problem? Leave it to me when Lao Jia leaves and ask me to take him with me. I have to take him with me."

"Besides, this master and his apprentice are like father and son. If he doesn't respect us, he will be scolded to death."

The aunt hesitated and retorted.
"You have also seen that this Jia Dongxu is a ruthless man with a lack of character. He cheats and cheats in the workplace. This is what you said. He doesn't care about his wife and children at home, but he only knows how to eat and drink with his friends outside."

Yi Zhonghai was silent and had no objection. This was all superficial and could not be refuted.

Seeing that the elder did not refute, the elder mother continued.

"Looking at their family, the Jia Zhang family is a scourge. They are greedy, lazy, cunning and treacherous. They are like a dog-skin plaster and cannot be touched or touched. As the saying goes, if the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, then Jia Dongxu is crooked. , it’s hard to explain this awesome story.”

"Looking at it, Qin Huairu is the only one in their family who respects the elders and supports the younger ones. He is diligent and capable."

"Everything you said is right, but what can we do? We have thrown so much into it, we can't just let it go."

The first man sighed: "All things considered, I still don't have a child of my own, otherwise there would be so much trouble."

It suddenly touched the sore spot of the eldest mother. Her heart ached and she was speechless. Not being able to leave a wife for her uncle has always been her heartache.

Seeing that his wife remained silent, Yi Zhonghai reacted. "I'm not talking about you. Alas, I was wrong. Let's not talk about it anymore."

"Don't lock the door for a while. I guess the Jia family will come over and ask for money." The first man quickly changed the subject.

"You really want to pay a hundred and fifty dollars for their family? Who is going to pay for it? They only pay twenty!" The eldest mother was a little indignant.

"Maybe it's not even one hundred and fifty, but I'm afraid that the Jia Zhang family will have nothing to lose, and the Dongxu family will have to leave some money to live on."

The aunt felt suffocated and speechless. Yi Zhonghai also fell into deep thought.

"I really underestimated the eldest son of the old Zhu family. He seems to be ordinary and unremarkable. He talks in such a way that I can't even keep up."

After a pause, he spoke again.

"Everything is done in a set-up manner. The arrangements are so thorough. Who would have thought that he left the door untouched to preserve evidence?"

Big Mom nodded.

"This kid has never noticed before, why is he so thoughtful."

"So, in the future, maybe I will become a person. Old lady, do you think we should..."

"Lao Yi, you want to change someone? Have you figured it out? In fact, there are only three children in their family. There is no Lao, nor..."

"What are you thinking about? I don't want to say how much I invested in Dongxu. I just want to say that this time we have offended their family. Besides, the three of them are too old to remember well and they easily hold grudges."

"Then what do you mean?"

Yi Zhonghai thought for a while and said it anyway.

"I just want to have a chance to ease the relationship with them. Don't make things too tense. I'm afraid this kid will become a figure and it will be troublesome if he holds a grudge."

"That's right, you can't lose face either, so I'd better find an opportunity to do this." Aunt Ma thought for a while.

West wing of the middle courtyard, Jia’s house
Mrs. Jia Zhang has already prepared her clothes again, washed and prepared to go to bed. This person tends to get sleepy when she is fat. Mrs. Jia Zhang has long developed a healthy lifestyle of going to bed early and getting up late. Nothing can stop herself and the kang. close.Seeing Jia Zhang preparing to lie down, Jia Dongxu twitched the corners of his mouth, but still did not speak.

Qin Huairu had a grimace on her face and was helpless. She looked a little anxious when she saw her mother-in-law lying down.

"Mom, we haven't heard anything about Dongxu yet. It's up to you to make up your mind about this, or else Zhu Xuefeng will report the case tomorrow."

"His wife, I'm old and have low energy, so I'm going to bed first. You can figure it out on your own."

Can Mrs. Jia Zhang not understand Qin Huairu's little thoughts? Isn't it just that he wants to pay for it himself? That's not possible. No one can touch his own pension money, not even his own son.

Qin Huairu looked at Jia Dongxu helplessly, "I heard what Uncle Liu just said. In this situation, we may have to squat for several years. If you are not here, how will we mothers survive?"

After saying that, I couldn't help crying. Banggan and Xiaodang had been lying down for a long time. They were woken up now. When they heard Qin Huairu, they cried. They didn't dare to make a sound on the kang and just kept talking. Turn over.

"Cry, cry, cry, just cry. Crying is useless." Jia Dongxu was also irritable, and his mother couldn't offend him, so he had to vent on his wife.

"My master will definitely help me. He always came forward every time something happened in the past. There is no reason not to help me this time."

Without the hustle and bustle of the compound, Jia Dongxu calmed down and regained his intelligence and found hope.

"Besides, if that damn Xu Damao hadn't provoked me, I wouldn't have provoked him..."

"Is there anything else about Xu Damao? Tell me quickly."

Qin Huairu seemed to see hope again.

It turned out that Xu Damao saw Jia Dongxu coming back from drinking and met him on the road. He told him that Zhu Xuefeng had been stealing glances at Qin Huairu and teasing him during this period.

He said that Zhu Xuefeng must have grown up and thought about some things. After saying this, he looked at Jia Dongxu with a smile, which made Jia Dongxu unbearable.

Jia Dongxu was so angry that he went crazy with the help of alcohol, and then...

"No wonder you asked me that day if Zhu Xuefeng was teasing me. Others ignored me, okay?"

After being quiet for a while, Qin Huairu said,

"Since Xu Damao has a hand in this matter, he can't run away. He also has to pay!"

When Jia Zhang, who was lying on the kang, heard this, he sat up.

"Dongxu, my son, this matter is easy to handle. You go to Xu Damao and ask him to lend you one hundred. His wife, you go to Shazhu and borrow fifty, and then ask the uncle to borrow one hundred."

"If you lose this little bastard, you'll still have a lot left over. Well, I, the old woman, have to make decisions on all the big and small things in this family. Lao Jia, I'm worried about my life."

After listening to Jia Zhang's words, Jia Dongxu immediately became energetic.

"Daughter-in-law, mom is right. I will go find Xu Damao right away. You go find Shazhu. I will go first."

Opening the door, Jia Dongxu walked quickly to the backyard.

Qin Huairu was still hesitating, "Mom, based on this, we already have enough money, so we don't need to ask Silly Zhu for help."

Mrs. Jia Zhang had already lied down again.

"You slut, I don't even want to borrow 50 yuan from you. You just have to flirt with him every day. You have your elbow turned out and you want to steal someone again!"

Qin Huairu was silent. This mother-in-law could associate everything with stealing. If this were the case in the village, her reputation would have been ruined long ago.

I didn't dare to refute, so I had to straighten my clothes, open the door, and look into the yard. After all, it was not good to be seen by a single young man at night.

Everyone in the main courtyard was basically ready to rest, and there was no one in the middle courtyard. Qin Huairu was not afraid of being seen and walked directly to the main room.

(End of this chapter)