The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 11 Go to Lama Temple
Jia Dongxu has always been a very mysterious person. He never appeared in the TV series at all, and only had a scene of a photo. Even with this small scene, he completely overshadowed the protagonist Qin Huairu.

In fan fiction, this character is even more bizarre. Basically, few authors say that he is a good person. All kinds of crimes are pinned on him. He, his mother, and his son, the three of them, can make up half of the criminal code.

But think about it objectively, if the guy chosen by Yi Zhonghai as his elderly sponsor does not have any redeeming qualities, then Yi Zhonghai has lived in vain. So it is impossible, as some authors say, that Jia Dongxu is easy to control.

It is impossible for Jia Dongxu to be a first-level worker forever. Even if you tie a mentally retarded person to a machine tool for so many years, he can be promoted to a higher level.

Now Jia Dongxu is at least a third-level fitter, and he earns more than 40 yuan a month. At least he has no problem supporting his family, and he is considered one of the best young workers in the factory.

There is definitely drinking involved, but it is definitely not like gambling and having a girlfriend as described in other novels. Yi Zhonghai has been hanging around in society since the old society. What does a gambler look like? He is
It is clear that those gamblers are so desperate that they would even sell their wives and children.

If he found such a person to take care of him in his old age, he wouldn't be afraid that Jia Dongxu would lose all the money he had saved with great difficulty.

So Jia Dongxu has some problems, but they can't be that serious. He is a bit sneaky, likes to drink, is a bit arrogant at home, does not respect women, and has a bit of domestic violence.

But these problems were not considered big problems in that era. There were few men who didn't beat their wives, few men who didn't drink or smoke, and who didn't like to be a little lazy.

Liu Hua looked at Sha Zhu speechlessly and said, "She is someone else's wife. She can be ordered around as she pleases. If he doesn't love his wife, that's his family business. The Women's Federation can take care of it, but you can't."

Sha Zhu said angrily: "I just can't stand it."

"If you can't stand it, you can just get married and live a good life. You can praise your wife to the sky and spoil her like a little princess, so that others will envy her." Liu Hua said jokingly: "You don't even have a wife, and you are pointing fingers at other people's family life. Telling others about it will only make people laugh."

"Why are you like this? You always try to poke people in the sore spot." Sha Zhu said dissatisfiedly: "I have dated a few girls, but they just don't want to be with me. What can I do?"

Liu Hua smiled and asked, "What are your criteria for choosing a wife?"

Sha Zhu counted on his fingers and said, "First, she must be pretty, second, she must be educated, third, she must have a city hukou, and fourth, she must be able to take care of others."

Liu Hua shook his head: "Why don't you go to Lama Temple and look for it?"

"Looking for a wife is like looking for a matchmaker, why would I go to Lama Temple?" Sha Zhu said puzzledly, "There are only lamas there, and now the young ones have been dismissed, leaving only a few old ones."

"It's okay to put forward conditions when looking for a wife, but you are making a wish to the matchmaker. If the girl has such good conditions, why would she choose you?"

Sha Zhu sat up straight and said, "My conditions are not bad. I make more than 30 yuan a month. I am a poor farmer for three generations. One person can feed the whole family. I also have two houses passed down from my ancestors. They are private."

Liu Hua looked around and saw no one was paying attention to them, so he pulled Sha Zhu to a corner and said, "Don't talk nonsense. I pulled you to a corner just to save your face. Don't you understand what's going on?"

Sha Zhu said proudly: "What's the situation? I'm in good condition."

"I will refute you one by one." Liu Hua shook his head helplessly: "You are proud of your salary of more than 30 yuan. You think you have good conditions. Where does your confidence come from? There are at least four levels of people in the steel rolling mill who earn more than you, and there are many young people. The only advantage you can take is that you can fill yourself up in the kitchen and save some food." "I must explain this." Sha Zhu said unhappily: "I can also make extra money outside, cooking for others, and I always get five or eight yuan."

"Is it stable? Why do people want to find a proper job? It's because the salary is stable. Even if you do extra work this month and you can only make 120 yuan, can you guarantee the same next month?"

Sha Zhu scratched his head: "Then this one doesn't count, what about the others?"

"You have a good background." Liu Hua tapped Sha Zhu's smug head and said, "You said your family's traditional cooking skill is Tan's cuisine. Do you know what Tan's cuisine is?"

"How could I not know this? It's a government-run dish."

"At least you know what's right and wrong." Liu Hua said unhappily, "Your family has always been a cook, how did you decide this?"

"It's true."

"I remember you once said that your father steamed buns and asked you to sell them, so your family should be small business people?" Liu Hua shook his head: "How did you become poor peasants? Is there something wrong with this?"

"Even if our home is not positioned correctly, he doesn't have to run away."

"Nonsense, this means he has started to cheat and is afraid that people will find out." Liu Hua shook his head and said, "To put it in a positive way, he is afraid of implicating you, so he cuts off all ties. This has nothing to do with you."

"That makes sense, why didn't he make it clear."

"If I make it clear, doesn't it have anything to do with you? It's best if you don't know."

Sha Zhu nodded: "If that's the case, then I don't have to hate that old man anymore."

"You have to hate them when you should." Liu Hua said with a smile: "At least you have to pretend."

Sha Zhu nodded, and Liu Hua knocked his head with his knuckles: "Do you know what I hate most about you? I hate that people like you are heartless. What do you mean by one person eating well so the whole family is not hungry? Isn't your sister a human being? When you were full in the kitchen, did you consider that your sister was still hungry at home?"

"Then if she doesn't have food, the deaf old lady and the aunt will give her food."

"Even though you have a lot of delicious food in the cafeteria, at least you have some oil. What can these two old ladies eat? Steamed bread, pickled vegetables, and at most some cabbage soup. Haven't you seen how skinny your sister is? She's just skin and bones. If you tell others about this, she's the sister of a cook. Ask others, will they believe it?"

"Oh, yes, he seems to have lost some weight, but isn't this because a natural disaster just happened?"

"You have a point." Liu Hua shook his head in disgust. "Now it's a little easier. Give your sister some more nutrition. She is in the growth stage. Malnutrition now will not be good for her health in the future. Let me tell you some basic common sense. If a woman is malnourished during her growth, she may have difficulty giving birth in the future."

(End of this chapter)