Siheyuan: I found a wife right after I crossed over

Jia Zhang took the initiative to remind: "Why didn't Shazhu bring a lunch box these two days?"

Qin Huairu said: "He said the factory workers were not getting enough to eat and the factory leaders did not entertain them, so there were no leftovers at all."

Jia Zhang was very disappointed: "A cook who can't even bring back some leftovers is really useless! Don't get so close to him in the future, and don't bring shame to our Jia family!"

Qin Huairu was so angry that she was about to cry: "Didn't you ask me to coax him and ask for his lunch box? Why do you think I was born cheap and have to get close to other men?"

Jia Zhang said confidently: "I asked you to coax him because I wanted his lunch box. Now he can't even get the leftovers back. Why are you still getting so close to him?"

Qin Huairu was so angry that she lowered her head and stopped talking.

He glared at Jia Dongxu who was standing next to him. Jia Dongxu just frowned and looked worried, as if he hadn't heard anything.

Jia Zhang thought for a while and said, "How about, Dongxu, you go to your master to borrow a few dollars and go to the pigeon market to buy a piece of meat tomorrow? Otherwise, you see, this pigeon is still growing, how can it not eat all the time?"

Jia Dongxu said with a bitter face: "Mom, I have borrowed more than ten yuan from the master this month and haven't paid it back yet. How can I have the nerve to borrow again?"

Jia Zhang said disapprovingly: "Who made him your master? Yi Zhonghai wants you to take care of him in your old age. If you go to borrow money from him, he will definitely not let you return empty-handed."

Jia Dongxu hesitated for a moment, but still stood up: "Then I'll try."

At the Yi family across the street, Yi Zhonghai and his aunt were also having dinner. The food in their house was obviously better than that in the Jia family. They ate yellow and white flour steamed buns and some stir-fried cabbage with vinegar.

Yi Zhonghai was an eighth-level fitter with a monthly salary of 99 yuan. He had no children, so the old couple should have lived a more comfortable life. However, Yi Zhonghai seldom bought meat to eat. It was not because he did not like it, but because he was afraid that people in the courtyard would be jealous, and he was even more afraid that the Jia family next door would come to borrow it.

Because he had no children, Yi Zhonghai had to start planning for someone to take care of him in his old age early on, and after careful selection in the courtyard, he chose Jia Dongxu.

But he didn't expect that Jia Dongxu was not only a hopeless person, but also that the Jia family members kept causing trouble in the yard and asked him to clean up their mess.

Moreover, he would come to my house and ask for money at any time. He said he wanted to borrow money, but he had borrowed money countless times and never received any money back.

Because of this, Yi Zhonghai didn't know how many times he had been complained about by the aunt.

It is said that he did not find a son to take care of him in his old age, but rather found an ancestor who is difficult to serve!

Just then, the two of them were having dinner when they heard someone outside calling out, "Is the master home?"

Hearing this voice, the aunt's face suddenly darkened and she muttered, "Why did you come here at dinner time instead of earlier? It must be bad news!"

Yi Zhonghai also frowned and said, "Okay, talk less, don't let anyone hear it."

Then he coughed and said loudly: "Is that Dongxu? I'm here, come in!"

The door curtain was opened, and Jia Dongxu poked his head in with an awkward smile: "Master, are you eating?"

Yi Zhonghai smiled and said, "Yes, Dongxu, have you eaten? If not, let's sit down and eat together."

Jia Dongxu nodded immediately: "Okay, Master, I haven't eaten yet." Then he took the initiative to pull a stool and sit in front of the dining table.

The old lady's face suddenly turned darker. She reached a hand under the table and twisted Yi Zhonghai's thigh hard.

Yi Zhonghai's face twitched, but he pretended to be fine and said, "If you haven't eaten yet, eat something. Old woman, what are you still standing there for? Go get chopsticks for Dongxu to serve him rice."

The old lady glanced at him and didn't move.

Jia Dongxu stood up quickly and said, "No need, Master's wife, please sit still. I'll do it myself. We are all family. How can I ask Master's wife to serve me food?"

As he said that, he walked quickly into the kitchen as if he was familiar with the place, took a set of bowls and chopsticks, and used the soup spoon to scoop all the remaining rice soup in the pot into the bowl.

Then he took the steamed bun made of two kinds of flour and took a big bite. While chewing, he said, "After all, he is my master. Our living conditions are different. The steamed bun made of two kinds of flour is much more delicious than the black-flour steamed buns in my house." Then he took a big bite of vegetables and ate them, "There is also pickled cabbage. My master's wife's cooking is so delicious. By the way, Master, why is there no meat? You earn so much money a month, why can't you even afford to eat meat?"

The old lady snorted and turned her face away.

Yi Zhonghai hesitated and said, "Your master's wife and I don't like to eat meat."

Jia Dongxu swallowed the steamed bun and said, "Master, you and your wife are old and don't like to eat meat, but I love meat, and Banggeng loves meat!"

Chapter 28 Bleeding

The aunt's face became darker and darker, and she almost blurted out: "What does it have to do with us if you eat meat?"

But she knew that she couldn't say this, because Yi Zhonghai said that they would still have to rely on Jia Dongxu for their retirement.

Yi Zhonghai's face twitched as well, and he said, "Dongxu, why haven't you eaten yet? Is there any problem at home?"

He was used to being polite, so he asked casually.

But Jia Dongxu was waiting for him to say this. He immediately put down his chopsticks and said with a sad face, "Master, I know you care about me the most. I won't hide it from you. Banggeng is making a fuss at home and insists on eating meat. It's all because of that kid Yang Chong. He eats meat every day and Banggeng makes a fuss when he smells it. Master, you also know that I have to support a whole family with my salary. I can't even eat enough steamed bread, so how can I have money to buy meat? So my mother said that your master loves you the most and he will definitely not just sit there and watch, so he asked me to come and borrow some money from you to buy meat."

As he said this, he looked at Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai almost wanted to slap himself in the face. Why was he talking so much? Why was he asking whether it was difficult or not?

Now, we’ve brought the wolf in, haven’t we?

The old lady was so angry that she kicked Yi Zhonghai hard on the calf.

Yi Zhonghai cried out in pain.

Jia Dongxu was stunned: "Master, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?" He looked at Yi Zhonghai in surprise.

Yi Zhonghai endured the pain and stammered, "It's okay, it's okay, I just got bit by a mosquito on my leg." Then he said with embarrassment, "Dongxu, it's difficult now, and Master's family is not doing well either. Eat less meat if you can. Besides, it's almost the end of the month, and even if I give you the money, you don't have the meat coupons to buy meat, right?"

Jia Dongxu immediately said, "Master, my mother said that it's okay for adults like us not to eat meat, but Banggeng is still growing and can't live without meat. Otherwise, he won't get enough nutrition and won't grow tall. Who will break the pot for you in the future?"

Yi Zhonghai's face twitched twice again. This was a threat to himself, telling himself that if he didn't let Banggeng eat meat, he wouldn't support him in his old age!

Jia Dongxu went on to say, "Master, don't worry about the meat coupons. If I don't have any, I'll go to the pigeon market to buy meat. Meat in the pigeon market doesn't require meat coupons, and it's only a few cents more per pound."

Yi Zhonghai had no choice but to look at the old lady, but the old lady had a sullen face and didn't even look at him.

He hesitated for a moment and took out a few banknotes from his pocket, and pulled out two one-dollar bills. Before he could say anything, Jia Dongxu, who had been staring at his hand, said, "Master, if you want to give me something, give me a few more. Meat in Pigeon City is very expensive now."

Yi Zhonghai's hand trembled twice, but he still changed a five-yuan note and handed it over: "Dongxu, Master is not well off right now, and your mistress is taking medicine all the time, so you should be frugal with these five yuan."

Before he could finish, Jia Dongxu took the money and said, "Master, don't worry, I'll remember it." Then he stuffed the half-eaten bun in his hand into his mouth, then grabbed another bun and stood up, "Master, I won't disturb you and your wife anymore. I'm leaving, you guys should eat quickly."

After saying this, he took the steamed bun and left in a hurry.

As soon as he left, the aunt put her bowl on the table in anger: "You ask for money every day, how can you live like this? Do you want him to take care of you in your old age, or do you want to take care of his family in their old age?!"

Yi Zhonghai also had a very unhappy expression on his face. He now regretted a little why he had chosen Jia Dongxu as the candidate for his retirement.

Now the Jia family is like a nest of parasites, sucking my blood! But it's too late to regret now, I can't get rid of them even if I want to.

Besides, I have invested so much before. If I give it up now, it means all my previous efforts will be wasted.

Yi Zhonghai couldn't bear to let go.

Not only am I reluctant to give up my previous investment, I am even more reluctant to lose my face.

Because if he gave up on Jia Dongxu now, it would mean declaring that he had made a mistake, and then wouldn't his prestige as the boss in the hospital be affected?

Now, even if he knew he was wrong, Yi Zhonghai had to bite the bullet and move on.

However, Yi Zhonghai was not willing to use his money to fill a bottomless pit every day, so he had to find a way to let others bear the cost for him.

Yang Chong obviously didn't expect that his meal of rabbit meat would cause so much trouble to Yi Zhonghai. They went to bed early after dinner. Originally, they wanted Yang Xiaojuan and Yu Xiu to sleep in the inner room, but Yang Xiaojuan was sensible and refused. She sensibly made the small bed in the outer room and slept there.

However, this also reminded Yang Chong that it was inconvenient to have one more person in the house, and there was still a long time to live, so he should find a way to find another house.

And the house can't be too far away.

He immediately thought of a small ear room next to Sha Zhu's house. A young technician from the steel rolling mill used to live there. Later, the technician was transferred to work in another place, and the house was taken back by the street.

Although this house is not big, it is big enough for one person to live in. If it can be bought, it would be most suitable for Yang Xiaojuan to live there.

However, many people have their eyes on this house, including Jia Zhangshi, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui, all of whom have set their sights on this house.

The Jia family only had one house, and now five people from three generations lived together. Jia Zhang dreamed of occupying this house. But only Jia Dongxu in her family had a city hukou, so the street only gave them one house, and she was not allowed to move in after several attempts.

Liu Haizhong has three sons. The eldest, Liu Guangqi, became a live-in son-in-law because his family had few houses. In the end, he was transferred to another place to work with his father-in-law. This is a permanent pain in Liu Datou's heart. So he also wants to take over this house and let Liu Guangtian or Liu Guanghai live in it.

There is also Yan Bugui, who has more children in his family, especially the eldest son, Yan Jiecheng, who has been dating his girlfriend for more than a year and is anxious to buy a house and get married.

But when both of them applied to the street office, their applications were rejected. The reason given by the street office was simple: there were too many people who needed houses in the yard, and it would be unfair to give any to anyone.

If you really want it, then spend money to buy it.

Buy it with money? Both uncles felt a little pain in their hearts. A house costs several hundred yuan. How could Yan Bugui be willing to spend such a huge amount of money?

Liu Haizhong was also hesitating. Although his salary was not low, he had many places to spend money. He planned to wait and see, waiting for the right opportunity to lower the price before taking action.

Yang Chong knew that it would be difficult to take over the house while two masters and a shrew were watching closely. He had to act as soon as possible, and it would cost him some blood.

Chapter 29 Forced Marriage

The next morning, Yang Chong left home early and returned to the mountains again.

When he went up the mountain yesterday, he found several wild boar tracks and planned to hunt a few wild boars today. Wild boars are large, weighing several hundred kilograms, and can outweigh dozens of rabbits and pheasants.

He now has to hunt more game and sell more for money. Yu Xiu's work targets and the house in the yard both require a lot of money, and they are all things that must be done quickly, so he must make money as soon as possible.

As for the system's daily sign-in rewards, only the rewards on the first day seem relatively generous. After that, the rewards are only ten yuan in cash and some flour, rice, vegetables, etc. It is difficult to expect to do big things with these rewards.

Perhaps because of my increasingly skilled skills, I had a rich harvest today. I found a wild boar's den and easily killed two large wild boars. Then I shot forty or fifty wild rabbits and pheasants, and even picked up a nest of newly born pheasant chicks.

Yang Chong put all the prey into the space and prepared to go down the mountain and return to the city.

I hadn't planned to go to Yang Laochuan's house today, but when I passed by the village entrance on my way down the mountain, I saw a lot of people gathered in front of Yang Laochuan's house, and there were noises and curses.

Yang Chong walked over without thinking. There were a lot of people gathered around. From the outer circle, one could hear Yang Laochuan explaining something to someone, but the other party was refusing to give in.

"Make way." Yang Chong pushed his way through the crowd and saw a burly, stupid boy grabbing Yang Laochuan's collar with his hands. There was also an old man in his fifties pointing at Yang Laochuan and cursing non-stop: "Yang Laochuan, I'm telling you, if you accept the betrothal gift from my family, you have to marry my daughter to my son. Don't think that you can just let my daughter run away. She can run away, but she can't. If you don't let her come back, I won't let you have a good life!"

Yang Chong knew this old man, he was the Guo Laosan that Yang Laochuan had mentioned before.

In other words, he spent thirty yuan to buy Yang Xiaojuan as his daughter-in-law.

And that stupid boy was Guo Leng, the son of Guo Laosan.

Yang Chong remembered Guo Leng. This kid had been tall and strong since he was young.

But he was kicked in the head by a donkey when he was a child, so he is a little stupid, and that is why he still can’t get married even though he is in his thirties.

Yang Chong thought to himself, what a coincidence that he came back today.

It was just the right time to completely put an end to this matter, so that Yang Xiaojuan would not have to be troubled by it anymore.

So he walked up to him, grabbed Guo Leng's wrist without saying a word, and said, "Let go!"

Everyone around was stunned. No one expected that someone would come out to meddle in other people's business. Guo Leng had just said half a sentence: "Who do you think you are..." when he felt a sharp pain in his wrist. He could not help but cry out "ouch". He grimaced in pain, his body hunched over, and even his face changed.

Yang Laochuan took the opportunity to break free and instinctively hid behind Yang Chong without thinking.

At this time, Guo Laosan reacted and pointed at Yang Chong angrily and said, "Boy, which village are you from? Do you want to cause trouble?"

At this time, someone suddenly recognized Yang Chong: "Isn't this Chongzi?"

Some people haven't reacted yet: "Chongzi? Who is Chongzi?"

"It's the kid from Yang Zhenshan's family! I haven't seen him for so many years. He has grown a lot taller, but his features haven't changed at all. He looks just like Yang Zhenshan!"

"That's true. Now that you mention it, I remember it. That's true. This family hasn't been back for many years. How come this child suddenly came back today? Where is his father Yang Zhenshan?"

……

Amid the discussion, Guo Laosan looked at Yang Chong angrily: "Yang Chong? What do you want to do? Let go of my fool!"

Yang Chong snorted and loosened his grip. Guo Leng, who was struggling hard, was caught off guard and fell to the ground.

He immediately got up and cursed, "You bastard, are you looking for death?" and rushed towards Yang Chong with his fists raised.

But just as he pounced forward, Yang Chong kicked him directly on the shin bone.

"Ouch!" Guo Leng screamed, then sat down on the ground again, covering his calf.

"Mr. Yang, what do you want to do? What gives you the right to hit people? Does our Guo family have a grudge against you?" Seeing his son suffer losses in front of Yang Chong again and again, Guo Laosan no longer had the momentum he had just now and said timidly.

Yang Chong turned his head to look at Yang Laochuan who was hiding behind him and said, "I didn't hit anyone, I was just angry when I saw you guys bullying my second uncle."

Guo Laosan said: "Who said we bullied him? It was Yang Laochuan who owed him money and refused to pay it back!"

Guo Leng also got up from the ground and said angrily: "Yes, he hid my wife from me!"

As he said this, he tried to pull Yang Laochuan away again, but Yang Chong twisted his wrist again, causing him to scream in pain.

Yang Chong twisted Guo Leng's arm and asked Yang Laochuan: "Second Uncle, didn't I ask you to pay them back the money you owed them? Why didn't you do it?"

Yang Laochuan's face flushed red, and he shook his head vigorously: "I paid it back. I just went to pay him back, but he and his father didn't want the money, they insisted on Xiaojuan!"