Siheyuan: Master of the Fire, Eating Watermelons Online

Chapter 143: The Jia family is in trouble, Jia Zhang scolds her unfilial son

To survive in the underworld nowadays, one must not only have strong fighting skills and skills, but also have brains and the ability to read signals.

They are all idiots, none of them has a smart brain. In this kind of environment, they would have been finished long ago.

What's more, how could someone who set up a trap for Jia Dongxu not see through his little trick just now?

By taking the initiative once, Jia Dongxu was directly beaten again.

Fortunately, their purpose was just to get money, and the police were alerted last time. Although they were not the target, they obviously received a lot this time.

At least he listened to Jia Dongxu and stopped slapping him in the face. Instead, he went to other places where it was not easy to be seen.

After having enough fun, they gave Jia Dongxu a three-day deadline and then left.

After lying on the ground for a long time, Jia Dongxu got up cursing and limped towards the courtyard.

This group of people is too cruel.

The key is that you can't hide from it even if you want to.

Thinking that the other party only gave three days, Jia Dongxu felt extremely heavy.

What if he still can't come up with the money after three days?
Limping back to the courtyard, Jia Dongxu heard the third aunt exclaiming as soon as he stepped into the front yard: "Ouch! Jia Dongxu, what happened to you? Did you get robbed again?"

The third aunt's shout attracted a lot of people. Jia Dongxu explained awkwardly and helplessly: "Third aunt, you think too much. I just accidentally fell on my way back."

"You are really careless. You fell like this."

The third aunt looked at Jia Dongxu with some sympathy and shook her head secretly.

Wang Weiguo came out of the house after hearing the noise outside. Seeing Jia Dongxu's miserable appearance, he did not believe his lie about falling down and immediately thought of Jia Dongxu's gambling debts.

Although there were no visible injuries on Jia Dongxu's face, his condition did not seem like a simple fall.

Moreover, he owed three hundred yuan. Given Jia Dongxu's current situation, it was impossible for him to pay it back so easily. It would be strange if the debt collector did not cause trouble for him.

Needless to say.

Coming back so late and still like this, he must have been stopped and beaten on the way.

When he returned to the central courtyard and stepped into the house, Jia Zhang saw Jia Dongxu in this state. Naturally, she started crying and screaming, and Jia Dongxu was too late to stop her.

no way.

During this period of turmoil, many people from the Intermediate Court were recruited.

Yi Zhonghai, who was also called over, frowned slightly when he saw Jia Dongxu's condition, and couldn't help asking, "Dongxu, how did you get into this state?"

When they got off work today, Jia Dongxu was supposed to leave with him. However, just as they walked out of the factory gate, he said he had a stomachache and ran back to the factory, leaving him alone to go back first.

however.

Yi Zhonghai had been back for a long time and they had even eaten, but Jia Dongxu was still nowhere to be seen. Even Jia Zhang came over to ask several times.

Just as I was worrying and thinking about whether I should go out to look for her, I heard Jia Zhang's voice.

"Master, I'm fine. I just accidentally fell on my way back." Jia Dongxu could only repeat this lie depressedly.

"You are too careless."

Yi Zhonghai shook his head helplessly, but didn't say anything else.

As everyone left, the house returned to peace. Jia Dongxu looked at Jia Zhang and urged, "Mom, where's the dinner? Bring it out quickly. I haven't eaten yet! I'm almost starving to death."

"Let your wife take it for you. All you do is order your mother around all day long."

Jia Zhang's face was full of displeasure. She didn't want to move and made a casual remark.

Of course.

Jia Zhang's target was not her son Jia Dongxu, but her daughter-in-law Qin Huairu.

However, as soon as she finished her words, Qin Huairu brought up the dinner reserved for Jia Dongxu, which immediately made her shut up.

But Jia Zhang was even more angry.

In her eyes, Qin Huairu's actions seemed like she was deliberately going against her mother-in-law.

She and Qin Huairu hadn't spoken to each other for almost a day, except for her waking her up to eat in the morning.

But unfortunately, although her attitude was no longer as submissive as before, Qin Huairu still did all the work she was supposed to do, and she could not find any fault with her.

If she continued to make trouble, she was afraid that Qin Huairu would be angry and run away again.

Feeling depressed, Jia Zhang turned around and went back to the inner room, where she fell dead on the bed.

Jia Zhang's reaction reminded Qin Huairu of what Wang Weiguo had said to her before, and she realized that resistance was still useful.

Although Qin Huairu's so-called "resistance" was at best a minor act in Wang Weiguo's eyes, it was already a very bold attempt for Qin Huairu.

At least in the past, no matter what her mother-in-law Jia Zhang said or did, even if she had some thoughts in her mind, she dared not express them. She was completely submissive, like a puppet at the mercy of others.

But what she got in return was not respect and kindness, but even worse treatment from her mother-in-law.

Now she was just a little colder in her attitude. She didn't try to please anyone on purpose, nor was she afraid of making her mother-in-law unhappy all the time. As a result, she didn't dare to do anything to her easily.

Qin Huairu discovered a ridiculous fact.

In the Jia family, the more obedient and submissive you are, the easier it is to be bullied.

After looking towards the inner room and confirming that Jia Zhang had not come out again, Jia Dongxu, who was originally concentrating on eating, suddenly whispered to Qin Huairu: "Huairu, come here."

Hearing Jia Dongxu's words, Qin Huairu subconsciously felt a little resistance in her heart.

But what she was thinking about at this moment was the figure of Wang Weiguo.

This discovery even surprised Qin Huairu herself.

After hesitating for a while, Qin Huairu walked over and sat down opposite Jia Dongxu, intentionally or unintentionally keeping some distance from him.

"What are you afraid of? I'm your husband, not a bad person."

As if he had noticed Qin Huairu's estrangement, Jia Dongxu couldn't help but frowned and complained casually.

As Jia Dongxu said this, Qin Huairu realized that her reaction was wrong and inappropriate.

After all, no matter how badly Jia Dongxu treated her or how little he cared about her, he never hit her, but she just couldn't control herself.

Fortunately, Jia Dongxu's mind was not on this, so he did not delve into it. Instead, he asked in a low voice: "Huai Ru, let me ask you, do you know where Mom hides her private money?"

"This……"

Qin Huairu was stunned when she heard this, and quickly shook her head and said, "Dongxu, how could I know?"

"Keep your voice down."

Qin Huairu was a little excited just now, and her voice was a little loud, which scared Jia Dongxu. He quickly lowered his voice to remind her and looked towards the inner room.

After waiting for a while, seeing that Jia Zhang inside didn't move, Jia Dongxu finally breathed a sigh of relief. Unwillingly, he whispered again to confirm: "You really don't know?"

"How would I know? Mom's private money..."

"Okay, okay, stop talking."

When Qin Huairu gave a negative answer again, Jia Dongxu was a little disappointed and immediately lost interest in listening to her explanation.

In fact, Jia Dongxu also knew that his mother's private money was hidden very secretly. Not to mention his daughter-in-law Qin Huairu, even he, her own son, was on guard against it.

Qin Huairu didn't know where the private money was hidden, which was actually within his expectations, but Jia Dongxu was still depressed.

Jia Dongxu, who was upset, said to Qin Huairu, "Do you have any wine at home? If you do, take it out and I'll have a drink."

"Gone."

Qin Huairu shook her head. It was almost difficult to have food at home, so how could she have money to buy wine?

Thinking of this, Qin Huairu couldn't help but say to Jia Dongxu: "Dongxu, we need to buy food. The food left at home is enough for tomorrow."

"Why do you need to buy food again?"

Jia Dongxu frowned, looking quite unhappy.

Seeing this, Qin Huairu had to remind him, "The last time we bought food was half a month ago."

"is it?"

When Jia Dongxu heard this, he was also stunned.

After calming down and thinking about it, Jia Dongxu found that it was indeed the case.

Not to mention the one hundred yuan from Wang Weiguo, even the two times of help he asked from his master were not spent on anything in the end.

One time was to fill the hole of one hundred dollars, and finally he used the five dollars given by Yi Zhonghai to appease Jia Zhang.

another time.

He lost the bet because of his carelessness.

Not only the money, but also the remaining food coupons for this month were lost.

With so much money spent every month, how could the family have any extra food or money?

Now, not only is there the 300 yuan I owe, but even what to eat for my family has become a problem.

If I continue to look for my own master, the problem of food may be solved, but the three hundred yuan...

After frowning and thinking for a long time, Jia Dongxu suddenly looked up towards the inner room, gritted his teeth, and said directly to Qin Huairu: "Huairu, go and ask mom to come over."

Qin Huairu had no choice but to do as she was told.

"Oh, you finally called me mom. It turns out you still remember me, your mother-in-law!"

The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law had been holding it in for the entire day and had not spoken to each other on their own initiative. When Qin Huairu came in and called her, Jia Zhang thought that Qin Huairu could not bear it and was about to give in, so she could not help but reveal her true nature and began to mock her.

"If you don't want to hear it, I won't call you anymore."

Unexpectedly, Qin Huairu's sudden reply made her stunned.

"Gah..."

Jia Zhang sat up on the bed and looked up at Qin Huairu in disbelief, as if she was meeting her for the first time in her life.

Before she could get angry, Qin Huairu turned and walked out.

It's the opposite.

The sky is turning upside down.

It is extremely rebellious for a daughter-in-law to dare to speak to her mother-in-law like this.

Jia Zhang was furious, but when she thought of the coldness and calmness in Qin Huairu's tone just now, it was as if a basin of cold water was poured on her, and she couldn't help but hesitate.

The changes in Qin Huairu in the past two days and the change in her attitude towards her have made Jia Zhang realize that her previous way of treating Qin Huairu seemed to be no longer effective.

Is it really because I pushed myself too hard?
In just a moment, Jia Zhang suddenly felt like she was doubting her life.

After calming down for a while, Jia Zhang came out from the inner room.

When she came out again, the expression on Jia Zhang's face was calm, as if nothing had happened just now.

Qin Huairu was a little surprised by her reaction. She had been prepared to face Jia Zhang's anger and trouble, but she didn't expect that nothing happened.

His eyes swept across Qin Huairu's body, and finally stopped at Jia Dongxu's position. Jia Zhang asked, "Dongxu, you asked Huairu to call me out, what's the matter?"

"Mom, our family is running out of food. Do you know about this?"

Jia Dongxu looked up at his biological mother, Jia Zhang, and asked.

"What? Our family is going to run out of food?"

Hearing Jia Dongxu's words, Jia Zhang was stunned.

Running out of food is no small matter.

She doesn’t usually cook and doesn’t pay special attention to these things, but that doesn’t mean Jia Zhang doesn’t care.

The key point is that Jia Dongxu was talking about running out of food, not that the food at home was almost gone.

It sounds like the meaning is similar, but the significance they represent is completely different.

"Mom, I'm out of money. Please give me some of your own savings, or we won't have enough to eat."

Jia Dongxu went straight to the point and stated his purpose directly.

"Private money?" Jia Zhang's face changed slightly, and she denied it flatly, "How can I have any private money? Dongxu, are you crazy?"

Even though this matter was no secret in the Jia family, Jia Zhang never admitted it in front of her son and daughter-in-law.

That was the money she had worked so hard to save for her future retirement and funeral.

Touching her private money is more painful than taking her life.

It is even more impossible to ask her to pay money.

Seeing that Jia Zhang was lying with her eyes open, Jia Dongxu couldn't stand it anymore and exposed her on the spot: "Mom, do you have fun like this? Over the years, the pension I gave you every month has increased from one yuan to three yuan. If you didn't save any private money, where did you spend it?"

"I bought some medicine, don't you know I have a headache?"

Jia Zhang argued cunningly.

"Didn't I buy all these painkillers for you? What medicine did you buy?"

Jia Dongxu felt very hurt that his own mother was playing tricks on him.

"I don't care. I just don't have any money."

Unable to argue her way out of this, Jia Zhang started to act like a spoiled brat.

"impossible!"

Upon hearing this, Jia Dongxu said firmly, "I gave you three yuan in pension money this month, and my father-in-law also gave us five yuan, which is also with you. You told me that you have no money?"

Even though Jia Dongxu had said it so bluntly, Jia Zhangshi still looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, and was obviously determined to refuse to take the money.

Seeing this, Jia Dongxu's face darkened.

"Mom, you have to take this money!"

"Not only do you have to take it this month, you have to take it next month as well."

"And I have one announcement to make. Starting from next month, I will not give you your pension money. You have to buy the painkillers with your own pocket money."

"Every month, you have to take out ten dollars from your private savings to subsidize the family expenses..."

"God damn it, you want to kill me, your mother!"

"Jia Dongxu, you unfilial son, I will scratch you to death!"

"Old Jia, come up quickly and take a look at this unfilial son Jia Dongxu..."

"I won't live anymore!"

"..."

　I'm not feeling well today, so I'll just update 4,000 words.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)