Siheyuan: Since 1962

Chapter 200 Childish
"I know you don't want to lend your bike to Qin Huairu, but just do it for the sake of the child, okay?"

Lou Xiao'e closed the door and spoke softly to Xu Damao, which was rare.

She knew the risks of lending the car to Qin Huairu, but she really couldn't bear to see the child suffer.

He had made up his mind that if Qin Huairu really broke down her bicycle this time, he would go home and act like a spoiled child to his father, asking him to buy Damao a new bike so that he wouldn't have to use the factory bus anymore.

"Okay, okay, it's already been lent out, how can it not be good? Ezi, let me say this, if it weren't for me, you would have been cheated to death by those people in the yard. How can Qin Huairu be good? Let's not talk about the last incident with Yi Zhonghai. How could she not know what their family said yesterday? She looked down on her poor relatives in the countryside after marrying into the city, and now she remembers it after something happened."

Xu Damao rolled his eyes and continued drinking his wine, speaking of Qin Huairu with disdain.

He didn't take the bicycle matter to heart, but the IOU was in his hand, and Qin Huairu couldn't deny it.

Now Yi Zhonghai is no longer there to support her, and that idiot Sha Zhu is not in the yard either, so her old ways are no longer feasible.

Lou Xiao'e took out a wine cup from the cupboard, poured herself a glass, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, you are the only one who sees clearly, I am stupid, okay. I am not doing this for the sake of our good deeds. It has been more than half a year, and there is still no movement in my belly. Aren't you anxious?"

She had rarely drank with Xu Damao before, but today Xu Damao was unhappy because of her soft-heartedness, so she accompanied him to have a few drinks to make him feel better.

"Anxious, why aren't you anxious?"

"Oh, you don't want to drink anymore?"

"Drink later."

Soon, lascivious music was heard in the room.

Perhaps because he was in a good mood, the noise lasted for a long time before it finally quieted down.

……

The next morning, it was just dawn.

Qin Huairu rode a bicycle with Qin Jingru, riding laboriously on the way back to the city.

Fortunately, when Dongxu was around, he borrowed her bicycle several times, and she took the opportunity to learn how to ride a bicycle. Otherwise, even if she had borrowed the bicycle, she wouldn't have known how to ride it.

Qin Jingru, who was still childish, still asked in disbelief: "Sister, if I go to the city, as long as I take good care of the child, I can get two dollars when I come back?"

Even though she was already on her way to the city, she still couldn't believe that such a good thing would happen to her.

Food and accommodation are provided, and you can earn two dollars just for taking care of the children. If I tell others about it, people in the village will be so envious.

"How can I lie to you? I've told you more than ten times. I work in a factory now, earning 22.5 yuan a month. Your two yuan is not much difference. Just take good care of Banggeng, Xiaodang, and Huaihua, and I'll make arrangements for you. I'll let you marry into the city like I did, and live on commercial grain."

Qin Huairu slowed down her bike speed and kept promising benefits to Qin Jingru.

Although Qin Jingru is the child of her third uncle and she had watched her grow up, if she didn't tell her this, she always felt that she would not take good care of the child.

"Sister, when I marry and move to the city, will I be able to eat meat and white flour buns more often, instead of eating sweet potatoes every day?"

"I heard from the secretary last time that the girls in the city are dressed very beautifully. They all wear what's called that. There's no rush. I wonder if I can have it in the future."

Qin Jingru hugged Qin Huairu's waist, looking at the Sijiu City not far away, and her mind began to imagine a beautiful life in the future.

Her father always said that her cousin had become a phoenix, and now she could also become a phoenix and live a good life.

"Really? No hurry. That's called Bragi. Just listen to it. Cloth coupons are so scarce now. Everyone uses them on the cutting edge. How many families can use them to make Bragi?"

Qin Huairu rolled her eyes silently. What good things were she thinking about? She even wanted to wear a bra. Didn't she see that she didn't have a bra after being married to the city for so many years? She only had so many cloth coupons every year, so she had to focus on her children first.

Apart from the work clothes she received when she entered the factory, she hadn't bought any new clothes for many years.

"Oh... I thought I would have enough clothes to wear if I married into the city. Sister, can you help me find a good family?"

Qin Jingru pouted and looked a little disappointed, but soon she started to act coquettishly with Qin Huairu again.

She thought that since the secretary could see so many girls wearing bras in the city, there must be many families in the city who could afford to buy bras. As long as her cousin was willing to help, she would definitely be able to help her find such a good family.

"You want to wear a blouse so badly? You are still young and you still haven't found one. When you get to the hospital, you should help me take care of the child. When you can get married, I will definitely help you find one."

Qin Huairu just found it funny when she heard her words. How could a well-off family with good conditions look down on a country girl? It was already considered marrying up for her to marry Jia Dongxu. Lao Liu was too imaginative.

Qin Jingru didn't know what her cousin was thinking. When she heard her cousin agree, she immediately thanked her sweetly: "Sister, you are the best to me."

The two of them just chatted about each other.

After entering the city, Qin Huairu began to introduce the various buildings in the city to the curious Qin Jingru.

By the time they arrived at the courtyard, it was already completely light and the sounds of people getting up could be heard from the alley one after another.

"The houses in the city are so beautiful, much better than the houses in our village."

Qin Jingru jumped off the bicycle, staggered twice, and just as she stood firm, she looked around the yard with great interest.

"Okay, come with me into the house first. There's plenty of time for you to watch."

Qin Huairu patted Qin Jingru's arm and urged her to go to the yard.

She felt a little uneasy as her three children stayed at home for a whole night without any adult to look after them.

"Qin Huairu, you just came back from the countryside? Did you borrow the bicycle from Damao?"

As soon as they entered the front yard, they bumped into Yan Bugui who came out to wash.

Yan Bugui looked at the bicycle Qin Huairu was pushing and couldn't help but make some plans in his mind.

"Good morning, Uncle, this is not my mother-in-law... It's not good to leave the child alone in the yard, so I borrowed a car from Damao and went back."

Qin Huairu replied vaguely, and then continued: "I'll take my sister back to the house first, Uncle Er, you are busy."

"Hey, I should."

Yan Bugui looked at Qin Jingru, who had two pigtails, and nodded with a smile.

This girl is pretty, but unfortunately she is from the countryside and is Qin Huairu's sister. Otherwise, Jie Cheng could have gotten to know her. What a pity.

As soon as they walked through the hall, Qin Jingru whispered in Qin Huairu's ear: "Sister, this is the uncle in your courtyard. He looks like an intellectual."

It's not Qin Jingru's fault. In that era, anyone who had attended primary school in the village was already an intellectual. In many villages, only the party secretary and a few village cadres could read.

Of course I would be surprised to see an intellectual as soon as I entered the yard.

(End of this chapter)