Siheyuan: Master of the Fire, Eating Watermelons Online

Chapter 101: Jia Zhang's "Model" In-Laws

For one morning, Jia Dongxu, Yi Zhonghai and an aunt were all outside looking for someone.

But after wandering around outside for a long time and searching everywhere in the area, he still didn't find anything.

When we returned to the courtyard to meet up at noon, we found that we hadn't found anyone, and all three of us felt a little heavy-hearted.

"How's it going? Did you find the person?"

Not long after, Jia Zhang, who stayed at home, saw them coming back from outside and asked hurriedly.

In fact, there is no need to ask, you can tell it from their expressions.

Moreover.

If they really found it, it would not just be the three of them who would come back.

"No, we have searched everywhere in this area."

Yi Zhonghai shook his head helplessly.

After hearing what Yi Zhonghai said, Jia Zhang subconsciously asked, "Could it be that the area you searched was not large enough? Or that you didn't search carefully enough?"

"Mom, how far have we gone? How can we be more careful?"

Jia Zhangshi was talking without any pain in her waist. She almost pissed off Jia Dongxu and complained angrily, "In just one morning, do you still want us to search the entire city?"

This morning, he was almost exhausted to death.

Normally, working in the workshop is not this uncomfortable.

"Sister-in-law, it's not a good idea to keep looking aimlessly like this. I think we should ask Dongxu to go to Changping this afternoon and visit his father-in-law's house. Maybe Qin Huairu has already gone back." Yi Zhonghai suggested.

In fact, this was what they had discussed in the morning.

Yi Zhonghai hadn't said anything else. If he couldn't find anyone in the city and Qin Huairu didn't return to her parents' home, then things would be troublesome.

Next, it may be necessary to report it to the street office and the police station.

This is a matter involving human life, and it cannot be covered up easily.

Even he couldn't bear this responsibility.

This is different from what happened in the hospital before.

After all, there were only a few people in the hospital who really knew the inside story at the time, and the parties involved all had their own concerns and handles, so it was unlikely that they would bring old accounts to the table afterwards.

What was really difficult at the time was actually to use connections to smooth things over with the hospital security department and suppress the matter.

But now...

Qin Huairu has been married into the Siheyuan family for many years. Her sudden disappearance would definitely attract attention.

Even if Jia Zhang's excuse that Qin Huairu was taken back to her parents' home to visit a sick patient could cover up the matter for a while, it would not be a long-term solution.

If Qin Huairu doesn't come back for a long time, people in the courtyard will definitely gossip about her, and the street will sooner or later discover the problem.

And Qin Huairu’s parents and brothers are still here!

Even though Qin Huairu's family has never come to the courtyard house over the years, it doesn't mean they no longer exist.

The consequences and risks are too great, this matter cannot be suppressed and must not be suppressed.

If Qin Huairu really can't be found, then she can only report it, take it one step at a time, and adapt to the situation.

The best outcome is that Qin Huairu really returns to her parents' home, and then Jia Dongxu just needs to coax her back.

"Okay, I'll cook first, and Dongxu will leave after dinner."

Jia Zhang nodded, but naturally didn't say anything more.

In fact, she was also panicking.

Although she did not go out with them to look for people in the morning, it did not mean that Jia Zhang, who stayed at home, did not care at all. On the contrary, she was very nervous and felt restless.

She was afraid that something might really happen to Qin Huairu outside, and then people from the street, police station and Women's Federation would come to her house, and she would be in big trouble.

Even though Jia Zhang was unwilling to admit it, in her heart, she realized that she had gone too far recently and pushed Qin Huairu too hard.

It is impossible to say that Qin Huairu's "departure" has nothing to do with her.

At this time.

When he heard Jia Zhang say she wanted to cook, Bang Geng hurried over and said, "Grandma, don't cook. Your food is so unpalatable. Find mom and let her cook."

As soon as these words were spoken, Jia Dongxu, Yi Zhonghai and the aunt looked directly at Jia Zhang.

Jia Zhang's face changed, and she scolded Bang Geng awkwardly, "Bang Geng, stop talking nonsense, how can my cooking be so bad?"

"I'm not lying, your cooking is terrible!"

After saying this, he ran to find out what Jia Zhang had done that morning.

Because it was not tasty, not only the sticks, but even Jia Zhang herself didn't eat many bites, so there were a lot of leftovers.

Now Jia Zhang was embarrassed.

Jia Dongxu, who had been looking for someone outside for a long time, was also hungry, so he picked up the white flour bun that Jia Zhang had made in the morning, took a bite, and soon spit it out.

Not to mention the texture and taste, the inside is still raw and not cooked through at all.

"Mom, your steamed bread is not even cooked through."

Jia Dongxu couldn't stand this kind of half-cooked steamed bun.

Such good white flour is wasted.

Immediately afterwards, Jia Dongxu tasted the cabbage that Jia Zhang had fried in the morning, and the result was the same.

But it had just entered his mouth for less than a second before he spat it out.

Not to mention it was salty, it was also bitter, which made Jia Dongxu wonder how this dish could be so unpalatable.

Being sabotaged by her own grandson and son, Jia Zhang was so depressed that she almost vomited blood. Feeling ashamed, she quickly made amends, "I haven't cooked for many years. Isn't my cooking skill rusty?"

This statement is so reasonable that it is impossible to refute it.

From the day Qin Huairu married into the Jia family, Jia Zhang seemed to have never cooked again.

All the housework, including the chores at home, were thrown to Qin Huairu.

Jia Dongxu obviously realized this and suddenly didn't know what to say.

finally.

The three people from the Jia family still had lunch at Yi Zhonghai's house.

Looking at the three members of the Jia family wolfing down the food at the dinner table, Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but sigh. What if he couldn't find Qin Huairu?
For the first time in history, Yi Zhonghai realized the importance of Qin Huairu to the Jia family.

While eating, Yi Zhonghai suddenly asked Jia Dongxu, "Dongxu, we're going to your father-in-law's house this afternoon. Have you thought about how to deal with it?"

"What are you going to deal with?" Jia Dongxu, who was busy eating, raised his head and looked at Yi Zhonghai curiously, "Aren't you going to see if Qin Huairu has returned?"

Jia Dongxu's matter-of-fact words almost choked Yi Zhonghai to death.

"That's true, but how are you going to start the conversation? You can't just ask Qin Huairu if she's back home, right?"

Suppressing his depressed mood, Yi Zhonghai said patiently: "If you ask this, then if Qin Huairu is here, your father-in-law will know that she was driven away by your family. Do you think he will be kind to you then?

But if Qin Huairu is not at her parents' home, and they find out that Qin Huairu is missing, things will become difficult. You don't think they can pretend that nothing happened, do you?
After all, Qin Huairu is also their daughter..." Yi Zhonghai's words obviously made Jia Dongxu think, and made him realize that he had thought too simply.

You really can't be unprepared.

Jia Dongxu, who was too lazy to think, looked directly at Yi Zhonghai and asked for help: "Master, what do you say we should do?"

After thinking for a while, Yi Zhonghai suggested: "I think after you finish your meal, you can go out and buy something, like pork or something else.

When the time comes, bring the things to her house. If Qin Huairu is there, you should be nice to her regardless of whether she has complained to her family or not. After all, you should not hit someone who smiles at you.

But if he is not here, don’t let it slip. Just think of it as a son-in-law visiting your father-in-law. If someone asks why Qin Huairu didn’t come with you, just say…”

After hearing the plan proposed by Yi Zhonghai, Jia Dongxu nodded frequently.

However, when she heard that Yi Zhonghai asked Jia Dongxu to buy meat or bring gifts when he went to Qin Huairu's house, Jia Zhang said unhappily, "Buy meat? We only eat meat once a month, and our meat coupons have been used up long ago. Where can we buy meat?"

"This……"

Yi Zhonghai was speechless. How could he not see what Jia Zhang meant? The word "reluctant" was almost written on her face.

Helpless, Yi Zhonghai could only take out a meat ticket from his pocket and said to Jia Dongxu: "Dongxu, this is the meat ticket quota for me and your aunt this month, you can use it first!"

Originally, they were going to use the meat ticket to buy meat in a few days so that they could improve their lives, but now they had to give it up.

Yi Zhonghai had just handed over the meat ticket, but the next second, before Jia Dongxu could make any move, Jia Zhang took the meat ticket in her hand first, and immediately thanked Yi Zhonghai with a smile: "Thank you, uncle, you have helped our family a lot."

However, Yi Zhonghai was not at all happy when being thanked by Jia Zhang.

On the contrary, I felt a little disgusted.

After the meal, Jia Zhang took Bang Geng back directly, but Jia Dongxu did a good job of saving face and stayed to express his gratitude to Yi Zhonghai for his help today.

This made Yi Zhonghai feel a lot more comfortable.

If Jia Dongxu had not been so "sensible", given Jia Zhang's behavior, he might have given up on Jia Dongxu long ago and looked for someone else to take care of him in his old age.

……

Jia family.

As soon as he came back, Jia Dongxu directly reached out to Jia Zhangshi for the meat ticket and said, "Mom, give me the meat ticket you just gave me so that I can go buy meat. I have to go to my father-in-law's house next!"

"Are you really going to buy some meat?"

Glancing at Jia Dongxu, Jia Zhang showed no intention of handing over the hostage.

"if not?"

Jia Dongxu was stunned for a moment.

"You are stupid!"

After glaring at Jia Dongxu unhappily, Jia Zhang said directly: "Let's keep the meat ticket. When you go to your father-in-law's house and meet Qin Huairu, tell her that we have bought meat and ask her to come back to eat meat. Then she will come back with you, right?
If she doesn't come back, she will have no meat to eat. What do you think she will choose?
Don’t rush to deliver meat to someone else’s house. If you don’t come back to pick them up, the meat will be gone.”

It was obvious that she was reluctant to give up her body, but what Jia Zhang said actually made some sense.

Fearing that Jia Dongxu would disagree, Jia Zhang looked at Banggeng again and said to him, "Banggeng, let's keep this meat ticket and buy meat when your mother comes back. How about that?"

"Okay, okay! Grandma, I want to eat braised pork!"

Banggeng didn't care about that. When he heard there was meat to eat, he clapped his hands excitedly.

Seeing this, Jia Zhang hurriedly smiled and agreed: "Okay, I will make you braised pork when the time comes."

As Jia Zhang's biological son, Jia Dongxu naturally knew what Jia Zhang was thinking.

However, after seeing that the two had discussed it, Jia Dongxu did not object, but asked: "Then I can't come empty-handed, right?"

Hearing this, Jia Zhang thought for a while and then said, "Don't you have some peanuts? Take them over. Although peanuts are not as good as meat, they are also good stuff."

"I'm planning to save these peanuts for drinking!"

Jia Dongxu was a little hesitant.

Seeing Jia Dongxu being so stingy, Jia Zhang scolded him angrily: "Which is more important, your wife or the peanuts? You can buy them later."

"Why are there only so few peanuts left?"

When Jia Dongxu found the peanuts, he found that there were almost half less than before. His face changed immediately. He quickly looked at Banggeng and angrily scolded: "Banggeng, you little bastard, did you steal my peanuts?"

Jia Dongxu was so frightened by this incident that Bang Geng hid behind Jia Zhang.

Bang Geng still remembers the last time he was beaten clearly, and he is obviously afraid that he will hit him again.

"Alright, alright, it's just some peanuts. You're so stingy." Protecting the stick behind her, Jia Zhang waved her hand casually, "Don't you still have half a bottle of liquor left? Why don't you take it with you?"

"It's only half a bottle. I'll go get some more later!"

Jia Dongxu said helplessly.

When you bring wine to someone's door, how can you only bring half a bottle?

It would be fine if it was good wine, but the key is that it is the most common and cheap loose liquor available.

No matter how stingy Jia Dongxu was, he still felt it was a loss of face.

It’s better not to bring anything at all.

"You loser!"

After hearing what Jia Dongxu said, Jia Zhang became unhappy again.

Jia Dongxu was also unhappy and complained on the spot: "You can't bring half a bottle of wine with you, right? You will be the one who will be laughed at by the villagers!"

Jia Dongxu could never accept that he, a city dweller, was laughed at by those peasants from the countryside.

"Can't you learn from Uncle San and add some water to the bottle?"

“Is money so easy to make?”

"I really don't know how to live at all."

"Luckily I'm watching you. If you keep squandering like this, even if our family has mountains of gold and silver, you'll squander it all sooner or later."

"I just don't believe it. If there's a little water in the wine, Qin Huairu's father can still drink it..."

"..."

Without giving Jia Dongxu any face at all, Jia Zhang complacently "educated" and scolded him, and her words revealed her contempt for her relative.

This time Jia Dongxu did not refute and finally did as he was told.

Save if you can.

Thinking about the cost of getting more wine, he felt reluctant.

Money has been a bit tight lately.

At worst, he won't drink the wine, which means he is saving his share.

Thinking about it this way, Jia Dongxu felt that he was a qualified son-in-law.

Soon.

Jia Dongxu put the peanuts in his arms, picked up the bottle of wine mixed with water, and went out, ready to take a bus to Changping.

(End of this chapter)