Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 1006 Changes in the Jia Family
Qin Huairu had no idea what Jia Zhangshi was thinking. She was just afraid that if she took over the job, she would remarry and leave the Jia family with a huge mess. At that time, she would really be helpless. So she quickly raised her hand and swore an oath.

"Mom, don't worry, I won't remarry. I still want to raise my and Dongxu's child and take care of you in your old age. When Banggeng reaches the age, he will take over the job. This job will always belong to our family."

Madam Jia nodded in satisfaction: "Alright, let's go out and have a good talk with the director."

Qin Huairu helped Jia Zhangshi out of the inner room. Upon seeing this, the guild director quickly stood up: "Auntie, Dongxu's family, have you made up your minds?"

Qin Huairu nodded: "Director, we've thought it through. I'll take over Dongxu's work position. However, I'm pregnant right now. Could you wait until I give birth before I go back to work?"

When the union director heard Qin Huairu say this, he looked somewhat embarrassed: "This... I'm afraid it won't work. The factory has a rule that once you take a job, you have to start working and can't delay production. You still have several months before you give birth."

Qin Huairu looked pitiful, and tears involuntarily fell down her cheeks: "Director, you know my family's situation. Dongxu is gone, leaving us, a widow and an orphan. My mother-in-law is old and in poor health, taking medication all year round. The family used to rely on Dongxu. Now that Dongxu is gone, if I go to work and something happens to me, and I lose the baby in my belly, how can I face Dongxu?" She then burst into tears.

Jia Zhangshi also pretended to wipe away tears: "Director, please have some understanding for our family. Huai Ru is pregnant and has two more children. If anything happens to her, our family will have no hope."

Seeing the family crying like this, the union director couldn't bear it. He felt great sympathy for them. The union was there to help workers. After thinking for a moment, he said, "How about this, I'll go back and talk to the factory about your situation and see if I can buy you some time."

Then he took out a file folder and two letters of introduction from his handbag: "These are for you to go to the personnel department to complete the procedures for taking over the work position. Also, the factory knows that you have a rural household registration, so these are the documents for signing your household registration. You need to go back to your village to get a certificate and transfer your household registration before you can enter the factory. Go and complete the procedures first, and then come to the factory to find me."

Jia Zhangshi accepted the file folder and letter of introduction, her eyes filled with gratitude: "Thank you, Director, thank you, Director. You are such a kind person."

The union director sighed: "Alright, you can go and complete the formalities first. Dongxu is gone, but you must stay strong. Life goes on. I'll go back to the factory now."

Qin Huairu helped Jia Zhangshi see the union director off, and the two of them finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the file folder and letter of introduction in her hand, Qin Huairu felt a mix of emotions. Although she had taken over Jia Dongxu's job, it also meant that she would have to shoulder the heavy burden of the family in the future.

Madam Jia looked at Qin Huairu and saw that she still looked pale. She felt sorry for her and said, "Huairu, this family will depend on you from now on."

Qin Huairu forced a smile: "Mom, I'm fine. Once Banggeng grows up, things will be alright. I'll take care of the family for now. Don't be too sad, and take good care of yourself."

The two went back into the house and started cooking and packing, discussing how to go back to the village the next day to complete the procedures for transferring their household registration.

Back in the village, Qin Huairu first went to the brigade headquarters to get a certificate, then went to the township to complete the procedures for transferring her household registration. With the certificate, she went to the subdistrict office. After a day of back and forth, Qin Huairu finally completed all the procedures. Looking at the new household registration book in her hand, she felt a mix of emotions.

Handing the household registration booklet to Jia Zhangshi, Jia Zhangshi looked at the new booklet and suddenly burst into tears. She thought: If only she hadn't been so greedy, thinking about getting a few more acres of land and transferring her and Qin Huairu's household registrations to the capital, would Dongxu have survived, and would her family have ended up like this? But it was too late now. Seeing Jia Zhangshi suddenly cry, Qin Huairu comforted her, "Mom, don't cry. We've already transferred the household registrations. Things will gradually get better."

Madam Jia wiped away her tears and looked at Qin Huairu: "Huairu, it's all my fault. If I hadn't been greedy for those few acres of land, we wouldn't be in this situation today."

Qin Huairu shook her head: "Mom, it's not your fault. Nobody wanted Dongxu to happen. What we need to do now is to live well, raise Banggeng and Xiaodang, and the baby in my belly."

Jia Zhangshi watched Qin Huairu's back as she busied herself in the kitchen, smiled slyly, then turned her head and stared through the window at Yi Zhonghai's room in the east wing.

Jia Zhangshi's appeasement policy these past few days has not been in vain. Qin Huairu has been successfully brainwashed. What she fears most is that Qin Huairu will abandon her and the children and leave alone. At the age of thirty, with a good appearance and a beautiful figure, these are all Qin Huairu's assets. If she wanted to remarry, there would probably be a long line of people wanting to marry her.

Having achieved her goal, Jia Zhangshi then turned her attention to Yi Zhonghai. After all, that old man was her son's master and the head of the entire courtyard. In the old days, he was the head of the household. If she couldn't skin him alive, she would be letting down Jia Dongxu, who called her "master" every day.

Courtyard No. 95, East Wing.

Since Jia Dongxu's accident, Yi Zhonghai has been immersed in grief. Only he knows that his pain is not the loss of a disciple, but the fact that so many years of investment have gone down the drain, leaving him penniless and heartbroken. Moreover, he has suddenly lost his retirement goal, which is something he cannot accept.

Knowing that her husband had been in a bad mood these past few days, Li Cuilan, an older woman, specially bought half a roast chicken, half a pound of pig's head meat, and fried a peanut to serve as snacks for her husband. At this time, Li Cuilan still thought that Yi Zhonghai was depressed because of Jia Dongxu's death.

Li Cuilan was not good with words and didn't know how to comfort her husband, so she did needlework in the bedroom while Yi Zhonghai drank alone in the main room.

Just then, there was a knock on her door. Li Cuilan was about to get up and go out when she heard Yi Zhonghai in the main room ask, "Who is it? Wait a minute."

Li Cuilan sat down again in the bedroom. Listening to the commotion outside, Yi Zhonghai opened the door and was quite surprised to see Jia Zhangshi from across the room. He casually asked, "Why are you here?"

"Can't I come? Master, have you been hiding from our family for so many days?" Jia Zhangshi said in an unfriendly tone.

"No, don't talk nonsense. I'm just too sad, yes, too sad, I can't face this result," Yi Zhonghai said in a panic.

Madam Jia didn't say anything, but walked straight into the main room. Looking at the dishes on the table, she said, "Master, you are really sad. You are so sad that you are eating roast chicken and pig's head."

Yi Zhonghai looked at the table, then at Jia Zhangshi, and he didn't know how to answer.

(End of this chapter)