Siheyuan: Pretend to be a Pig and Eat the Tiger

Chunnier was worried about food. After the autumn harvest, the food ration was reduced, and her salary was not enough to cover the family's consumption.

Looking at Jia Zhang rubbing her legs, Chunnier was speechless. She pretended to be serious every day with the soles she had made for more than a year, and said that she felt sorry for her eldest grandson;
Are you so distressed? She is so worried about her food, drink, defecation and urination, can't you do some odd jobs?
"Mom, starting tomorrow, you don't have to sit idle. I've already registered. The street office saw that there was no man in my family, so they promised to give me a job pasting matchboxes.
Ten ounces of silver, the more you work the more you earn, at least it can supplement the family income, our family has a small ration, so we can only go to the pigeon market;

The key is not to be seen by others. If we are reported, we will be in big trouble. Who can blame us for having a criminal record?"

Chunnier had a blank expression on her face. She always felt something was wrong. For dinner tonight, her son and the shrew only ate a little and stopped eating. It was rare for her to have a full meal!
"Nier, I still have to do housework and take care of the children..."

Jia Zhang murmured to herself, "It was so hard to stop, but within half a year, the vicious woman asked her to work to earn money. What was she doing? Did she think she hadn't suffered enough?"
"My dear mother-in-law, if you don't agree, I can only do as I said before. There is not enough food at home every day, and you are still unwilling to work;

This family can't last long if I rely on myself. If you don't make a change, I can only find a way out on my own. You have to agree whether you agree or not!"

Chunnier felt miserable, life in the city was not as good as you thought, and of course, life in the village was not easy this year either;
Is it true that I am a bad luck to marry a husband? Every time I marry one, one dies. The first one was fine. I thought I would enjoy the happiness with the second one, but who knew that the pressure would be so great;
Qin Huairu is the same age as me, but she is getting younger and younger. What about me? I am the cuckoo in the magpie's nest, but I am so much older!
I thought I could live a good life by marrying into the city, but who could have imagined that it didn't improve much, I just got the status of a worker;

The salary is high, but there is not enough food, and I have to spend money to buy expensive food at the pigeon market. If this goes on, it will be useless even if my husband collapses from exhaustion!

Seeing Banggeng grow up slowly and his appetite getting bigger and bigger, Jia Zhang was cunning, lazy and very good at making trouble. She would often complain that she had not eaten meat for a long time.
If you want to eat meat, why don't you work? My salary is enough to feed you. It's good enough if you don't starve to death. You still want to eat meat? Look at how capable you are.

I thought I would have enough money to spend after paying off Jia Dongxu's debt, but a natural disaster struck and life became extremely difficult.

"Nier, I promise you, I will go to the street office tomorrow to get the job back. You must not have such thoughts!"

Jia Zhang was panicked. She must not let a wild man into the Jia family, otherwise, she would have no good life and might even starve to death!
The next day, He Yuzhu made buns with oil residue and cabbage. Originally, the buns made with pure oil residue could be eaten once, but unfortunately, a lot of them were destroyed by the thief!

As usual, there were three buns left. As for the other food, He Yuzhu put it in the cellar before going to work. There were only three buns in the entire He family.

"Brother Zhuzi, you..."

Qiuyue rolled her eyes. Is this a special "cultivation" rhythm? Banggeng will definitely go to school today, right?

"Haha, who knows, let's go to work!"

The He family's children didn't understand what their parents were talking about, so they carried their schoolbags and went to school. Banggeng didn't want to go.
But under Chunni'er's threatening eyes, he had to carry his schoolbag and walk to school. She was also afraid of someone, but this person just didn't have time to teach him! When Banggeng was in class, he kept thinking about how to get home. The He family was making buns in the morning. Thinking about yesterday's oil residue buns, how could he concentrate on class?
Jia Zhang from the compound was also thinking about this problem. If Bang Geng didn't come back, she couldn't get anything from the He family.
Bang Geng is still a child, so it's okay if he's found out. But she's different. If she's caught, she'll definitely be sent to the police station.
She never wanted to hang out in the labor camp again. It was not a place for human beings to stay. She had been away for several years, but now when she thought of the ferocious big sister, she was still terrified!
"You are such a half-grown brat, you are eating me to death. My great grandson, if you don't come back, we two won't be able to eat meat buns anymore!"

After thinking about it, Jia Zhang decided to go to the street office to have a look. She still had to do the work assigned by the vicious woman. Otherwise, if she brought a wild man back, she really wouldn't be able to do anything.

Even she herself has no idea what their lives as grandparents and grandchildren will be like in the future. Maybe it will be very miserable?
What she didn't expect was that when she brought back the matchbox, Banggeng had already returned and left her a bun;
"Grandson, you're back already?"

Don’t let surprises come too quickly. Whatever you think of will come true. Just when I was thinking about my eldest grandson, the surprise came. It’s really nice!

"Grandma, Shazhu is so tactless. He only left me three buns and no more greasy residue. Their kitchen is not even as good as ours!"

Bang Geng smiled complacently. Isn't it easy to enter the He family? I'm already familiar with the route!
"Well, my eldest grandson is so nice. He left one of the three buns for grandma!"

Jia Zhang was not angry because Bang Geng left few buns. Instead, she smiled with relief. No matter what he did, as long as he thought of her, it would be fine!
Jia Zhang was pasting matchboxes when Chun Nier came back with a very unhappy look on her face. There was no dinner for the day and when she got off work, the grain store was closed!
"Ni'er, no matter what, you can't let my grandson starve. It doesn't matter if the adults go hungry, but you can't let Banggeng starve, right? He is the only child of the Jia family, so we have to think of a way!"

"Find a way? How can I find a way? I can only go to the Pigeon Market tonight and make do with two meals. I'll ask for leave tomorrow to buy some!"

"Nier, if I go there, no one will be willing to lend me money. But you are different. You have good relationships in the compound. How about you lend me some first?"

Jia Zhang hesitated for a moment and looked at Chunni'er tentatively. Dinner had to be eaten, and she couldn't let her eldest grandson go hungry, right?
"You also know that you are unpopular? You know that but you still offend people!"

Chunnier gave him a displeased look. This was an era when rations were rationed based on tickets and people had to eat grain and drink soup. Now that supplies are extremely scarce, who has surplus food?

"I have realized my mistake, but it's too late to say this now, right? We should solve the problem of eating right now!"

Jia Zhang didn't feel embarrassed. She thought, "It's no big deal if I offend someone." If the two widows were not strong enough, how could they survive?
"Haha, my dear mother-in-law, who in the compound is willing to lend us food? Do you think there is anyone else?"

Chunnier was so angry that she laughed. Where did this old woman get her confidence from? She usually had nothing to do and always provoked people. Now she was asked to borrow food. Where could she borrow it?
"Yi Zhonghai, this old man is adopting a worthless person that no one wants and wants to abandon our family? He is Dongxu and your master, you can't refuse him, right?" (End of this chapter)