The Red Era: Living in Seclusion in a Siheyuan as a Boss

Chapter 466 A mess!!!
While the two sisters were talking, their mother Qin Huairu walked in from outside carrying a basket of vegetables.

"Mom! Did you just come back from buying groceries?" Xiaodang greeted her with a happy face, his tone somewhat intimate.

"Yeah!" When Qin Huairu saw that Xiaodang had returned home, her originally slightly heavy face instantly broke into a smile, as if all her worries had disappeared.

Banggeng walked to the eight-immortals table with an unhappy look on his face and sat down, intending to pick up the teacup to quench his thirst.

However, his eyes were suddenly attracted by what Xiaodang brought back - two fat carps, two bottles of "Taihang" fine wine, and a net bag full of lively crabs.

His eyes suddenly lit up and he immediately came up with an idea.

It turned out that this spring, the Bangteng finally returned to the city.

Since he had not found a suitable job and was worried about being looked down upon by his wife's family, he gritted his teeth and took over the opportunity to take over the Red Star Factory from his mother Qin Huairu.

As a result, Qin Huairu lost her original job.

In desperation, she could only muster up her courage again and shamelessly ask for help from the always soft-hearted Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu was so annoyed by Qin Huairu that he had no choice but to run around for her again.

He found Lu Dachuan, and after some pleading, Lu Dachuan finally gave in.

Although he had no good feelings towards Qin Huairu, he reluctantly agreed for Gan Ning's sake: "Old He, I agreed only for your sake. But a formal job is impossible. I can only arrange a temporary job for her in the cafeteria to do odd jobs!"

When Sha Zhu heard this, he was immediately delighted. In his opinion, it was already very good that Lu Dachuan agreed, so he could just be a temporary worker.

After all, the cafeteria is his "three-acre land", and as long as he is there, Sister Qin will not be treated unfairly.

In this way, Banggeng successfully took over Qin Huairu's job and became a first-level worker at the Red Star Factory. His salary was meager, with a monthly income of less than 40 yuan.

At the same time, Qin Huairu also entered the canteen of the logistics factory and started her work as a temporary worker, with a monthly salary of only about 20 yuan.

However, she has Sha Zhu to take care of her, so she can bring some leftovers from the kitchen and steamed buns home every day.

With their daughter Xiaodang paying part of her salary home every month, the Jia family's life gradually improved.

So why did the mother and son start to quarrel so early in the morning?

The crux of the problem actually lies with Banggeng.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon! In Beijing, people are very particular about reciprocity. Giving gifts to relatives and friends before the Mid-Autumn Festival is an indispensable traditional etiquette.

The Jia family doesn't have many relatives, only Qin Huairu's parents' family and Banggeng's father-in-law's family need to be visited.

The Jia family was very frugal and were reluctant to spend money on gifts, so they hoped that the factory would give out some benefits so that they could use them to entertain their relatives.

Who would have thought that Banggeng, who had just started working in the factory, and Qin Huairu, who worked hard in the logistics department, would receive so few holiday supplies.

The combined benefits for the mother and daughter were just four pounds of mooncakes, a fish and two pounds of meat.

If they were to enjoy these welfare products themselves, they would be more than enough. However, if they were to give them as gifts, it would be insufficient.

Banggeng is a selfish kid since he was young.

Since he took over the family job, he has not brought a penny of his salary home, and has used it all to please his wife and his father-in-law's family.

I had originally planned to take advantage of the holidays to show off my abilities and please my father-in-law, but now I feel like I am not capable of doing so.

Banggeng was thinking about taking all these supplies for himself and giving them to his father-in-law's family.

Of course Qin Huairu would not agree easily. She had always been resentful of Banggeng's father-in-law and his family, and was also very unhappy with this daughter-in-law.

Both of Yang Xiaotong's parents are knowledgeable university teachers, and Yang Xiaotong herself was admitted to university through hard work. Therefore, they look down on the family background of the old Jia family from the bottom of their hearts.

At first, Yang Xiaotong's parents were strongly opposed to the marriage between Banggeng and Yang Xiaotong, but the matter was done and they were out of reach to change the established facts, so they could only reluctantly accept this reality.

Later, Yang Xiaotong was successfully admitted to the university, and Banggeng returned to the city. During this period, Banggeng knew that his marriage was in danger, so he did not choose to sit and wait for death, but tried his best to please his father-in-law's family.

After some effort, Banggeng's father-in-law finally reluctantly accepted him.

Although they accepted the Jia family, the Yang family still looked down on them.

It was Mid-Autumn Festival, but Yang Xiaotong, the daughter-in-law, did not come to the Jia family to celebrate the festival, but went back to her parents' home.

Qin Huairu was so angry that she had no place to vent it. Bang Geng was so shameless that he wanted to take away all the holiday items at home, without caring about the lives of his family members at all.

Qin Huairu, who could no longer bear it, finally exploded. She said in a trembling but firm voice: "I'm telling you, don't even think about it! If you want to take anything, just take the things you sent me. You can't take even a penny of what I sent you!"

Bang Geng was so angry that his face turned red. He shouted angrily, "Mom! Do you know how difficult it is for me to find a college student wife? My father-in-law's family are all intellectuals. They have broad vision and have seen everything. It's a festival, and you want me to take such a small thing. Where can I put my face? How can I hold my head up in their family in the future?"

Qin Huairu was so angry that she almost fainted. Her fingers trembled like leaves in the wind. She pointed at Bang Geng angrily, her voice sharp and trembling: "You only care about your wife and your father-in-law's family, and you don't care about your mother and grandmother at all, right?"

"Get out of here! Go back to your father-in-law's house. From now on, don't ever set foot in this house again!"

"I'm leaving now. I really won't come back! Don't regret it..." How could Banggeng bear to leave when he didn't achieve his goal? He just said this but didn't move his feet.

At this time, Jia Zhang, who was in the house, heard the quarrel between the mother and son outside becoming more and more intense, so she had to bite the bullet and walk out of the house to try to ease the atmosphere between the mother and son.

"Hey, mother and daughter, please stop talking! It's a big holiday, and you're making so much noise. What the hell!"

"Don't you see that the neighbors in our yard are all staying at home today? Do you want them to continue to laugh at our family?"

When Banggeng saw that he had a backer, he quickly said to Jia Zhang: "Grandma, you are finally here! You have to judge this matter for us. I just wanted to give something to honor my father-in-law, but my mother insisted on arguing with me. Look at how stingy she is, and she even got angry with me!"

When Qin Huairu heard this, she was filled with disappointment towards her son. She gnashed her teeth and cursed, "Banggeng, you heartless thing, has your conscience really been taken away by a dog? You've only been married for a few years, and now that you have a wife, you've thrown your mother out of your mind?"

Bang Geng was so frightened by Qin Huairu's scolding that he shrank his head and didn't dare to say a word for a long time.

When Jia Zhang saw this, she knew something was wrong. The mother and son were about to have a falling out. She quickly stepped forward, pulled Qin Huairu aside, and tried to comfort her with kind words. After Qin Huairu had vented her anger, most of her resentment disappeared. She picked up her basket and went out to buy groceries.

The house finally calmed down temporarily until Xiaodang came home skipping and jumping.

Here, the mother and her two children were talking in low voices, carefully criticizing Banggeng. Xiaodang was listening nearby, and gradually understood the whole story. Her dissatisfaction with her brother Banggeng was growing like a snowball.

As a child in the family, Xiaodang was full of confusion and injustice: Why did I have to hand over almost all of my hard-earned salary to the family, while my brother Banggeng did not hand over a penny and even asked for money from the family openly?
At this time, Banggeng grabbed two bottles of good wine, a plump fresh fish, and a net bag of lively crabs on the table, and said with a smile on his face, "Oh! Look at the welfare of your factory, sister, it's really good! Fish, wine, crabs, everything is available, isn't this a good choice for gifts! Mom, I'll take these to give to my father-in-law, okay!"

Qin Huairu, Xiaodang and Huaihua looked at Banggeng's smug look and were stunned by his shameless behavior.

After a long while, Xiao Dang finally reacted and shouted, "Why? This is the benefit I worked so hard to get. Why would you give it to your father-in-law?"

Huaihua was also extremely anxious. She looked at the big crabs that she had been craving for for a long time, which were about to be taken away by her brother. She quickly agreed, "That's right. These were given by my sister. They are not yours. Why do you take them away?"

Bang Geng looked a little embarrassed, but he still said, "Why differentiate between you and me? Aren't we all part of this family? Now that I'm in trouble, why are you reluctant to lend a hand? I really see through you..."

Xiaodang was so angry at Banggeng's unreasonable words that tears welled up in her eyes and she finally couldn't hold back and let them fall.

She choked up and retorted, "Brother, ask yourself, what have you contributed to the family? You don't pay your salary, and you eat and use the family's food all day long. Do we owe you?"

Bang Geng was furious when he heard this and shouted, "What are you talking about? Do you have the nerve to speak up? Ask yourself, can the salary I earn be compared to yours? Why is your job superior and so much better than mine?"

Xiao Dang was so angry at Bang Geng's words that she wanted to laugh. She snorted coldly and retorted, "Why? I didn't take this job from my family. I worked hard to find it! If you also want such a good job, then work hard for it yourself, don't be jealous here!"

"Thinking back then, when mom was not at home, you went to work in the countryside. Later, your family asked you to come back to take over, but you refused to come back.

My grandmother didn't want me to take over, so my aunt had no choice but to shamelessly ask Uncle He for help. Only then did he find me a stable job, and the family could barely get by.

Now that you see that I finally got a good job, you are jealous. What were you doing before? "

When talking about this, Banggeng knew that he was in the wrong, but now he seemed to be in a difficult situation and could only bite the bullet and argue arrogantly: "Thinking back then, if I hadn't resolutely gone to the countryside, how could our family have lived a life of food and clothing? I went there for this family. It would be fine if you didn't appreciate my kindness, but now you treat me like this..."

Xiao Dang sneered disdainfully, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone: "You said it lightly and beautifully, but why didn't you come back later? Could it be that you were so happy that you forgot about your home?"

Bang Geng was furious at Xiao Dang's series of sharp words. His face became uglier and uglier. He said angrily: "How do you talk to your brother like this? Ask yourself, when have you ever respected me? How can you talk to your brother like this?"

Xiao Dang lowered his head, with a tone of neither servility nor arrogance, and slowly responded: "If you want to win the respect of others, you still have to rely on your actual actions to speak!"

When Banggeng heard this, his eyes widened immediately, and he raised his hand angrily, as if he was going to hit Xiaodang.

Seeing this, Xiao Dang turned pale with fear and quickly hid behind Qin Huairu, shouting in panic as he hid, "Mom! My brother wants to hit me!"

Jia Zhang was quick to move forward and stopped the stick, saying, "Oh! My little ancestor! You can't do this, you can't do this!"

Qin Huairu also rushed over after hearing the noise. Her face darkened and she sternly scolded Bang Geng, "Bang Geng! What are you doing? This is simply lawless!"

Seeing that no one in the family was willing to stand on his side, Banggeng's emotions broke down instantly and he shouted, "Okay, it's all my fault! You all can't stand me, so I'll just leave, so as not to bother you here..." After that, he turned his head abruptly and strode out the door. Before leaving, he did not forget to steal things on the table and took them away.

Seeing this, Xiaodang was so anxious that he jumped up and down, and quickly asked Qin Huairu for help: "Mom! Please take a look at my brother..." Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Qin Huairu's stern voice: "Enough! Let him take it! Mom will make up for it for you later!"

Huaihua found out that her favorite crab had been taken away, and she couldn't help but grumble softly: "My brother is too much. Why didn't he leave even one crab for us? I haven't eaten this delicacy for a long time. I'm so greedy..."

"You only know how to eat!" Qin Huairu was so angry after hearing Huaihua's complaints that she patted Huaihua on the back. "Without crabs, we can't celebrate this festival? Can you be more promising?"

Xiao Dang retorted to her mercilessly, with a bit of stubbornness in his tone: "That useless guy is obviously my brother!"

Qin Huairu tapped her forehead and said, "Your brother wants to rebel, and you want to follow his example, right?"

After being knocked by Qin Huairu, Xiao Dang immediately became much more obedient. She lowered her head and whispered in a voice that only she could hear: "I don't have the courage. I just feel sorry for the welfare items I received!"

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Sha Zhu's home was particularly quiet today, because Sha Zhu and Wang Qiuju and his wife did not go to work for the holiday. The three of them gathered together for a rare occasion and began to prepare lunch.

In the kitchen, Wang Qiuju's busy figure was set against the sunlight pouring in from the window. She casually tilted her head towards the east wing, frowned slightly, and said casually, "Look, what are the old Jia family arguing about during this big festival?"

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu didn't even raise his eyelids, but just drooped his eyebrows, with a somewhat helpless and indifferent tone: "Hey, who knows! Anyway, it's none of our business, so don't worry about it!"

At this time, He Qiu, who was helping to pick vegetables, smiled and interrupted, "Hey, I know about this!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Qiuju couldn't help but stop what she was doing and turned her head suspiciously, with a look of curiosity and confusion in her eyes: "Oh? You know?"

He Qiu nodded, with a sly smile on his face, and said, "Yeah, that's what happened..."

Wang Qiuju shook her head when she heard this and thought: What kind of people are these in the Jia family? She looks down on any of them.

At this time, Sha Zhu had already opened the pot. He was holding a plate in his hand and skillfully fished out a few plump "Shengfang crabs" from the steaming pot. With a smile on his face, he ordered He Qiu who was standing beside him, "Hey, bastard, quickly take these crabs to your Aunt Qin and the others to have a taste!"

When He Qiu heard this, he immediately responded, "Okay! I'll go right away!"

Wang Qiuju was watching this scene from the side. Although she felt a little disapproving in her heart, she did not object out loud. She just curled her lips slightly, which was regarded as her tacit approval of Sha Zhu's decision.

When He Qiu disappeared outside the door, Wang Qiuju slapped Sha Zhu on the back without hesitation, with such force that Sha Zhu staggered forward. "Hey, what are you talking about? Qin Huairu didn't get to eat crabs during the festival, and you're starting to feel bad?"

When Sha Zhu heard this, he immediately showed an unhappy look on his face and retorted: "What are you talking about? I feel sorry for her? Why should I feel sorry for her if there is nothing wrong with me?"

Wang Qiuju refused to give in, with a playful smile on her face: "You don't feel bad? Then why did you immediately ask your son to deliver crabs to her family when you heard that they had no crabs to eat? Isn't this obvious?"

When Sha Zhu heard this, he immediately got anxious and complained: "Sister Qin is at least a capable person under my command. Isn't she the first one to report to me when there is any disturbance in the canteen? Isn't it normal for me to care about her?"

Wang Qiuju narrowed her eyes when she saw this, and said slowly with an unquestionable dangerous tone: "He Yuzhu, I see that you have become quite capable recently, right?"

When Sha Zhu saw Wang Qiuju's slightly angry expression, his heart couldn't help but skip a beat and a feeling of fear arose spontaneously. This was not an exaggeration.

The main reason was that Sha Zhu knew that if they really fought, he would not be a match for Wang Qiuju. Although Sha Zhu was thick-skinned and would not be seriously injured if he lost, the key point was that it would be too embarrassing.

Back then, he was a well-known "God of War" in the courtyard, but now he can't even beat his own wife. If this gets out, people will definitely laugh their heads off.

A good man never suffers a loss in front of him. Seeing this, Sha Zhu immediately put on a flattering expression and begged for mercy: "Oh my dear daughter-in-law! How dare I act so presumptuous in front of you! Even if I have ten times the courage, I dare not play tricks under your nose!"

Wang Qiuju said with satisfaction: "I don't think you would dare! I'm warning you! Stay away from Qin Huairu during work. If I hear something I shouldn't hear, hmph..."

(End of this chapter)