Siheyuan: I am stupid, I don't want to be a bootlicker

In the room where Liang Xiaobing and Hao Ping were guarding, there were sixteen or seventeen children, big and small, squatting there.

Some were drowsy and had high fevers, some had dull expressions, were pale and thin, weak and sobbing softly.

As soon as the old man saw Xiaojun and Lingxi, the forty-year-old man couldn't hold back his tears and burst into tears on the spot.

After a busy day, it was already dark when I got home.

When the anxious old lady saw the two sleepy children, she immediately hugged them and burst into tears.

The old man held He Yuzhu's hand tightly, his eyes red as he kept expressing his gratitude.

He Yuzhu dealt with it for a long time before he was able to get away and return to his own room.

Lou Xiao'e couldn't help but sigh as she listened to him running around all day, but finally finding the child meant everything was fine.

Qin Jingru also ran around for a while and felt that she was involved in a big event.

At this moment, I was lying on the kang without any sleepiness, talking to my cousin with great interest:

"Cousin, Brother Zhuzi from your courtyard is really capable. He can accomplish things in one day that even the police station can't do."

When Qin Jingru spoke, her big watery eyes looked particularly bright in the dark room.

Qin Huairu laughed when she heard this:

"Yeah, I think so too, but Lou Xiao'e is pregnant now and can't serve a man, but you can..."

Qin Huairu smiled and said nothing more, but reached out and pinched Qin Jingru's chest.

"Oh!"

Qin Jingru was frightened and screamed, her face flushed:

"Cousin, what are you talking about? Brother Zhuzi is married, and Sister Xiao'e is pregnant. I don't want to be that bad woman."

I have to say that although Qin Jingru is a very ambitious woman, she has not yet experienced the baptism of life and has a much clearer bottom line than Qin Huairu.

"Hey, you've been in the city for a while. Do you think you, who comes from the countryside, can find a decent city person?

What, you still want to go back to the countryside and dig for food in the fields?"

Qin Huairu glanced at Qin Jingru with a half-smile, she knew very well where her cousin's weak spot was.

After hearing this, Qin Jingru remained silent.

"Lou Xiao'e's belly is quite big. You don't have much time left. Think about it yourself."

Qin Huairu struck while the iron was hot and added another sentence.

Qin Jingru remained silent. She wanted to marry a good man in the city, but she didn't want to be a bad woman.

Nothing happened that night. Early the next morning, everyone in the courtyard went to work or took care of their children.

Qin Jingru cleaned up her two little nieces, and after they finished their meal, she cleaned up the house.

As soon as my cousin went to work, Jia Zhang immediately became angry and found everything wrong with her.

She has raised herself to be fat and white, and is as lazy as a mouse in winter, yet she still has the nerve to find fault with her.

Qin Jingru decided to go all out and went straight to Fenglian's house in the backyard to visit.

Fenglian has finished her confinement, and Xu Damao's mother has also gone back. Xu Damao goes to work during the day, and she is bored at home alone.

When Qin Jingru entered the room, the child had just fallen asleep. He was chubby and fair, basking in the sun, and very cute.

"Fenglian, is the child asleep?"

Qin Jingru glanced at the little guy on the kang and spoke softly.

"Well, let's talk outside."

Fenglian looked at the child with a gentle smile on her face, and went to the front room with Qin Jingru to talk.

"Have you finished cleaning up your house?"

As Fenglian spoke, she went to the chest of drawers and took out half a plate of melon seeds and put it on the kang table.

Qin Jingru was very happy to see the melon seeds. She grabbed a handful and cracked them while saying:

"I've finished cleaning up. There's not much to do. It's just that my cousin's mother-in-law is too lazy to move."

Fenglian smiled and said nothing to Jia Zhangshi. She just asked her:

"It's almost the twelfth lunar month. How long do you plan to stay in the city?"

When Qin Jingru heard this, her face suddenly fell:

"My family is not in a hurry for me to go back, since there is nothing to do in winter anyway.

That’s my cousin…”

Fenglian was holding a needle and thread in her hand, sewing a small vest while listening to Qin Jingru talking.

Seeing that she suddenly stopped talking, he looked up and asked:

"what happened?"

Qin Jingru glanced at Fenglian, and remembered that when the child was lost yesterday, all the old women in the yard were as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

In the end, it was Fenglian who made the decision and assigned tasks to everyone. Those who needed to report to the police station should report to the police station, and those who needed to find someone should find that person.

She felt that Fenglian should be a capable person, and since she came from the countryside to the city, she would be able to communicate with Fenglian.

Therefore, I told Fenglian what Qin Huairu said yesterday.

Fenglian and Qin Huairu had a grudge against each other. If it weren't for He Yuzhu, she and the baby in her belly would have died.

Besides, he can get along well with Qin Jingru, so naturally he would not help Qin Huairu to cheat Qin Jingru.

However, she was a smart person, so she didn't say anything first, but just asked:

"What do you think?"

When Qin Jingru heard this, her face was full of helplessness:

"Fenglian, to be honest, I also want to be like you and find a man in the city to live a good life.

But my cousin asked me to go... I really don’t want to destroy other people’s families.

Although I want to live a good life, I don’t want to be a bad woman. "

Qin Jingru's face was full of confusion when she said this.

When Fenglian heard this, she immediately laughed:

“Jingru, I knew you were a good girl with a kind heart.

Originally, she is your cousin, and I shouldn't say nonsense in front of you.

However, your cousin's reputation in the courtyard is not very good. If you are interested, ask Second Aunt.

Also, do you know what kind of family Lou Xiao'e comes from? "

When Qin Jingru heard this, she immediately became excited.

Her cousin often talked to her about Brother Zhuzi, but never mentioned Lou Xiaoe.

"What family? Don't they live in the courtyard next door?"

Fenglian smiled:

"Lou Xiao'e's father used to be a capitalist, and now he runs a very large farm.

Many college students and their teachers are doing research on their farm.

Anyway, ordinary people like us don’t understand the details.

The Lou family used to live in a villa and drive a car, but they sold both the villa and the car after they started a farm.

Lou Xiao'e has been studying in a private school since she was a child. Now she works in the street office during the day and attends night school at night.

Jingru, I'm not looking down on you, but do you think that with your conditions, He Yuzhu will divorce Lou Xiaoe and marry you?"

Qin Jingru was so surprised after hearing Fenglian say so much in one breath that she couldn't even close her mouth.

In particular, I heard that Lou Xiao'e used to live in a villa and had a car at home.

To a country girl like her, these things were like listening to foreign books.

"Then, then my cousin still..."

Qin Jingru was not stupid and she reacted quickly.

"Your cousin just wants He Yuzhu to keep you outside. Wouldn't it be more legitimate if she asked him to do the work herself?"

Fenglian explained to her:

"After all, He Yuzhu is now the leader of the steel mill. If he is reported to have promiscuous relationships with men and women, losing his job would be the least of his problems.

By then, your cousin will have such leverage over him, and no matter what she asks him to do, will he dare not do it?"

When Qin Jingru heard Fenglian say this, she was so angry that her whole body trembled and her back felt cold.

She didn't expect that her cousin, who grew up with her, would harm her like this.

"This, but I've been in her house for so long, and she's really been very nice to me."

Qin Jingru couldn't accept it and thought Fenglian might be overthinking:

"The clothes I wear, the vanishing cream I use, and the leather shoes I wear were all bought by her.

I……"

Fenglian smiled, glanced at the high-heeled leather shoes Qin Jingru was wearing and asked:

"I see that pair of high-heeled leather shoes of yours are made of sheepskin, right? They must cost at least seven or eight dollars, right?"

Qin Jingru also followed Fenglian's line of sight and nodded, saying:

"Yes, my cousin took me to the department store to buy this. It cost me seven or eight dollars."

Fenglian didn't say anything else, just asked:

"Your cousin is still an apprentice, earning $22.50 a month.

While supporting a family of five, can I still have enough money to buy you a pair of leather shoes for seven or eight dollars?

What about the cream, clothes, and dinner for you? How much does that cost?"

Qin Jingru's face showed bitterness. Although she came from the countryside and had not received much education, she could still do some calculations.

"But, but why is she so nice to me?"

As soon as the words came out, Qin Jingru understood it herself without waiting for Fenglian to speak.

In order to let herself go and become Brother Zhuzi's concubine.

"She's been so good to you and let you see the good life in the city. Do you still want to go back to the country?"

Fenglian asked again with a smile, and Qin Jingru's face turned pale.

Yes, these good days gave her the illusion that she was also a city girl.

Think about the days in the countryside where people earn work points and scrape for food on the farm, but may not even earn five dollars a year.

She was afraid from the bottom of her heart.

She really didn't want to live that kind of life again.

"Fenglian, Fenglian, I can see that you are the only one in this courtyard who has a kind heart and is also a capable person.

Can you give me some advice, what should I do?"

Qin Jingru was not stupid either, and she immediately took the opportunity to ask Fenglian for help.

"If it were up to you, you should go find Xiao'e for this matter. She's working at the neighborhood office now, and she might be able to find you an easier job.

In this way, you don't have to go back to the countryside anymore. As for whether you can find a city man to marry, it depends on your own ability."

Fenglian wanted to ask Xu Damao to find her a job, but when the words came to her lips, she thought about Xu Damao's character. What if...

Forget it, let her go find Xiao'e!

"But, I..."