Siheyuan: God rewards hard work and makes life better

Yan Fugui was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat. His mind was racing. He had already discovered that word a long time ago, but he didn't expect it to come out this way.

But now he had already exchanged those fish for food coupons, and his family was in urgent need of food. How could he bear to spit out the meat that he had already eaten?

Then an idea flashed in his mind, and he pretended to look at the bottom of the bucket and exclaimed, "Oh, there really is a word Pei, isn't this a coincidence?"

"But I have to make it clear first, I didn't see any fish. There was only a bucket there."

Pei Guang rolled his eyes and said, "I believed your lies and you treated me like a fool." I remembered that he accepted Sha Zhu's gift but didn't do anything in the play. I guess he got greedy.

After thinking about it, he came up with a plan, "Uncle, this isn't right. I seemed to have heard Auntie and Jiecheng talking about the fish a few days ago."

"How about I go find them and confront them? Or hold a meeting to discuss the matter?"

Yan Fugui believed it to be true. It was definitely too late to give a confession now. He cursed in his heart, wondering how could these prodigal sons have been heard by others.

Then he pretended to be enlightened, "Oh! Maybe I remembered it wrong, there seemed to be a few fish."

"But I later exchanged them for food coupons. I'll give them to you now."

Pei Guang gave him a displeased look. This was a man who would not give up until he reached the Yellow River. Fortunately, I was smart enough to trick him.

"Uncle, my future wife should have a bucket there too. If you took it, please return it as well."

Yan Fugui smiled bitterly and had no intention of explaining further.

Soon, Yan Fugui handed over several kilograms of food coupons, fishing rods, and buckets. He felt his heart bleed, thinking he had picked up a great bargain, but in the end it was all in vain.

Moreover, he went home and asked the child's mother, but she had never discussed this matter with the child. Then he realized that he had been deceived by Pei Guang. He sighed that he had been smart all his life, but was foolish for a moment.

Pei Guang accepted it all. If he could return it decisively, he should have given him some thank-you fee, but now forget it.

Yan Fugui looked at his back. He had originally wanted to talk about his son's job, but now there was no hope at all.

Alas! It’s all because of greed!

.........

After resting for a while after dinner, Pei Guang started practicing Bajiquan in the yard.

"Swish! Whoosh!" The wind from the fist whistled past, and the fist force was strong and powerful, making a series of noises.

After finishing a set of boxing, he suddenly heard a noise coming from the middle courtyard. The sound sounded like that of Jia Zhang, so he hurried over to check the situation.

When they arrived at the middle courtyard, they saw several neighbors already watching. Sha Zhu and Liang Ladi were standing at the door of the Jia family, both looking unhappy.

Qin Huairu was standing in front of the two men with a bitter face, as if she was being bullied.

Jia Zhang sat on the ground crying and shouting to her parents, saying that there was no way for her Jia family to survive.

Pei Guang pulled his sister who was watching the fun to find out what happened. It turned out that Qin Huairu had borrowed 5 kilograms of food from Sha Zhu before and agreed to return it within ten days.

But after more than half a month, Qin Huairu showed no intention of returning the grain. Liang Ladi urged her several times but to no avail, so she came to her house.

"Sister Liang, my family really doesn't have enough food. I will definitely return it to you next month." Qin Huairu said weakly, her eyes slightly red and her pitiful look aroused sympathy from many people at the scene.

Liang Ladi was not convinced. "Sister-in-law, wasn't the ration issued just a few days ago? How come your family doesn't have enough food?"

"We clearly agreed to return it in ten days. You can't go back on your word."

Qin Huairu said with a bitter face: "It's not that Banggeng is hungry every day. If there is 5 kilograms of food missing at home, I'm afraid he will have problems with hunger."

Jia Zhang wailed, "Liang Ladi, are you trying to force our family to death?"

"Dongxu, why did you leave so early? How can we, an orphan and a widow, survive?"

More and more neighbors heard the noise and gathered here.

Yi Zhonghai was troubled when he heard about the situation. He stepped forward and said, "Zhu Zi, the Jia family is not having a good time either. Why don't we ask them to return the grain next month?"

Before Sha Zhu could say anything, Liang Ladi spoke first, "Master, the rationed food has just been distributed for a few days and the food is not available. Could it be that the Jia family will have an extra 5 kilograms of food next month?"

"this......"

"Ladi, you see, Zhuzi is a chef in the factory after all, and your family is better off than the Jia family. Why don't you just treat it as a charity?"

"After all, a family with orphans and a widow is indeed quite pitiful."

Yi Zhonghai didn't know much about the situation in the kitchen, he just took it for granted that Sha Zhu's family was well-off and it was a good thing to help the residents in need.

Liang Ladi was so angry that her nose was crooked. That was 5 kilograms of grain. Judging from the current black market price of grain, it would cost at least ten yuan.

Yi Zhonghai actually said that he was doing a good deed? Is there anything wrong with his brain?

And quite a few neighbors actually nodded in agreement, so it turns out that what we are borrowing is not your food, right?

"No, my children don't have enough to eat."

"That's five kilograms of food! If it were you, who would be willing to give it away like that?"

"Come on, come on, let's see who dares to say he can deliver five kilograms of food."

The neighbors immediately lowered their heads after hearing this. They were just too sympathetic just now, but now it seems that it was indeed not reasonable.

Qin Huairu cursed in her heart when she saw this. Liang Ladi was too difficult to deal with. Why did Sha Zhu marry such a thing?

She knew that her tricks were useless against Liang Ladi, so she could only start with Sha Zhu.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"Silly Zhu, please help our family. Look, I'm still pregnant, and Bang Geng and Xiao Dang are still so young, wuwuwu!"

Sha Zhu was so moved by her crying that he was in a dilemma for a moment.

Although he is a cook, he hardly gets any private work outside now, and there are not so many leftovers from the canteen. After getting married, the burden on the family has increased a lot, and he can't let the children go hungry.

Yi Zhonghai didn't want to have a falling out with Liang Ladi, so he spoke up again: "I think we should let the Jia family pay it back in installments, two kilograms per month, until it's all paid off. What do you think?"

Seeing that Liang Ladi was determined to achieve her goal, everyone thought that this was a good idea. At least it gave the Jia family some buffer time, so they all spoke out in agreement.

"That's a good idea!"

"Just do it!"

Liang Ladi was reluctant to agree at first. With the Jia family's stubbornness, the next grain payment might be delayed again. But seeing everyone's attitude, she knew that it would be too much to continue the fuss, so she agreed.

Qin Huairu didn't know what to say, so she went into the house and took out two pounds of corn flour. Otherwise, the reputation of defaulting on debts would spread, and the Jia family would not be able to stay in the courtyard in the future.

At this moment, she felt extremely regretful. If she had known earlier, she would not have lent the grain. Now she has gained nothing.

Xu Damao looked at Qin Huairu from below with envy in his eyes, but unfortunately there was no surplus food at home, otherwise...

Chapter 89 A clear path

After the matter was resolved, Liang Ladi returned home and started to scold Sha Zhu.

"Zhu Zi, stay away from the Jia family in the future. Jia Dongxu's salary was so high when he was alive, plus the pension, there will always be a way to get food."

"They are clearly trying to take advantage of you. Don't be a pushover in the future."

Sha Zhu nodded and said, "I heard Qin Huairu say that she would pay it back in a few days, so I just lent her some money. Who knew she wouldn't keep her word?"

"Just ignore her from now on."

"Hey, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's quickly create a little man, or else Yu Shui and the old lady will get suspicious."

When Sha Zhu thought of that incident, his whole body shuddered and his expression became lewd without him realizing it.

Liang Ladi rolled her eyes at him coquettishly, "You dead face, you're only thinking about that."

Tsk tsk! This gesture of wanting to refuse but also to welcome made Sha Zhu's heart flutter, and he pounced like a tiger and started the fight.

.........

Pei Guang watched a great show and continued reading medical books after returning home.

I don’t know how much time had passed, but there was a knock on the door outside. I opened it and found it was Qin Huairu.

She fell to her knees on the ground with a plop and begged, "Xiao Guang, please help the Jia family. We can't make ends meet anymore."

Pei Guang was startled and quickly dodged to the side and said, "Qin Huairu, get up first, let's talk it over."

"As long as you promise to bring some lunch boxes to the Jia family, I will get up immediately."

Pei Guang naturally would not be easily threatened by her, but such a scene was too ugly.

"Qin Huairu, either you get up first and I'll show you a way out. Or I'll just leave and you can do whatever you want."

Seeing his posture, Qin Huairu hesitated for a while, then stood up.

"Xiao Guang, what is the bright path you are talking about?"

Pei Guang looked around and in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he simply took her to his sister's house.

Pei Liyun was extremely surprised to see the two of them, and a row of question marks appeared on her head. Didn't her brother say before that he would stay away from this widow, so why is he contacting her again now?

After the two sat down at the table, Pei Guang didn't waste any words and said directly: "Let me ask you, was the money from the Jia family taken away by your mother-in-law?"

Qin Huairu nodded and admitted it without hesitation. Pei Guang was so smart, and these things could not be concealed at all, so it was a waste of effort to play these tricks.

Pei Guang continued, "The root cause of the Jia family's problems is that you are too cowardly. As long as you are a little stronger, your mother-in-law will never be able to defeat you."

"You should know that the Jia family now relies on you to support the family. If you leave, the family will fall apart long ago, and Jia Zhangshi will not dare to turn against you."

"Besides, the Jia family's property belongs to you and Jia Zhang. There is no reason for her to monopolize it. She will not be able to stand firm anywhere."

"As long as you threaten her casually, for example, that you want to remarry, you will see if she is afraid or not. She will definitely give her the money obediently."

"Jia Zhang is just a paper tiger. She has no other tricks except throwing tantrums and rolling around."

These words made Qin Huairu's scalp tingle.

She has little education and doesn't understand any big principles. She just thinks this behavior is very unfilial.

After all, she is Dongxu's mother. If Dongxu knew about it, he would blame her.

But when she thought about the current situation at home, she couldn't care less. Then she said worriedly, "But my job belongs to the Jia family. My mother-in-law said that if I leave, I must return the job."

Pei Guang sneered, "Let's not talk about whether Jia Zhang dares to let you go. If it really comes to this, you can just hold a meeting and let the neighbors judge."

"At worst, you can just split up the family. The neighbors will definitely be on your side, the children will still be with you, and the job will still be yours in the end. At most, you can just give Jia Zhangshi a little living expenses every month."

"As for the reputation issue, I can't even afford to eat, why would I care about my reputation?"

Qin Huairu's heart was filled with emotion when she heard this. It turned out that this could be done. She had never heard of anyone talking about it before.

It turned out that the one who was really insecure was her mother-in-law. As long as she was right, the job would still be hers after the family was divided, the children would stay with her, and she would have her share of the family money.

At the moment, no one else will help the Jia family, so if they want to feed the children, they have no choice but to resort to this last resort.

"Thank you, Xiaoguang, I know what I should do now." Qin Huairu bowed to him and thanked him sincerely.

Pei Guang waved his hands repeatedly, "Please stop it! I'm just annoyed by your schemes, otherwise I wouldn't want to get involved in the Jia family's affairs."

"Puchi!" Qin Huairu laughed out loud, and felt that the dark clouds above her head had dissipated a lot.

After Qin Huairu left, Pei Liyun finally spoke up: "Brother, from what you said, Qin Huairu is not that bad!"

Pei Guang knocked her head and scolded her with a smile: "You are not bad, but you are always calculating our food. Why don't you give your share to others?"

In other words, he didn't give Qin Huairu the chance to plot, otherwise who knows how she would have sucked his blood.

Pei Liyun touched her head and said with some dissatisfaction: "I'm not that stupid. I just said that she is not a bad person. I didn't say I would give her anything."

"It's good that you know it. Anyway, just don't get close to the Jia family."

Pei Guang didn't want to tell his sister about things that hadn't happened yet. People change step by step, and no one knew what would happen to Qin Huairu next. All he could do was stay away from the Jia family.

.........

Qin Huairu was walking on the way home, feeling troubled and thinking about how to deal with her mother-in-law.

We haven't reached the stage of splitting up the family yet. After all, she is Dongxu's mother. It will not be good for her reputation if the news gets out. It would be better to make some money first.

When Jia Zhang saw her coming back, she asked suspiciously, "Didn't you say you were going to the bathroom? Why did you take so long?"

Qin Huairu rolled her eyes and casually said that she felt a little uncomfortable in her stomach.

Every time she goes out for a while, her mother-in-law becomes suspicious, suspecting that she is having an affair outside, and the situation is getting more and more excessive.

Now she was not going to endure it anymore, and said bluntly: "Mom, you know that there is not enough food at home now, you should give me some money."

Jia Zhang's face changed and she said sternly, "That's my retirement money, don't even think about it."

"That was left by Dongxu for our family. If you occupy it like this, don't blame me for asking the neighbors to judge the matter." Qin Huairu said calmly, with a hint of coldness in her tone.

Jia Zhang looked at her daughter-in-law as if she had seen a ghost. How could she threaten her just because she went out to the toilet?