Siheyuan: I found a wife right after I crossed over

Yi Zhonghai was anxious and couldn't wait to turn back, so he immediately asked Yang Chong to go to his house to see the aunt.

The old lady blushed with embarrassment and kept saying, "What are you doing, old man? I'm already old, and it's not enough for you to do that to me every day and night. Now you let Chongzi come to show me what?"

Yi Zhonghai said: "Letting Chongzi show you is for your own good, why are you wasting your words?"

The old lady stopped talking and stretched out her hand for Yang Chong to take her pulse.

After taking Yang Chong's pulse, his expression was serious. Yi Zhonghai quickly asked, "How is your aunt? Chongzi, how is her health?"

Yang Chong said, "Master Yi, let's go out and talk."

When the two of them came outside, Yang Chong said, "Master Yi, it seems that things are a bit tricky. I'm afraid that Auntie's physique won't be able to handle it."

"What should I do?" Yi Zhonghai said anxiously, "Is the Yi family's incense going to end with me? No, Chongzi, you have to help me think of a solution. I know you have a way."

Yang Chong said, "Master Yi, aren't you making things difficult for me? Although there are ways, I can't persuade people to divorce when I'm treating them, right? A middle-aged woman is so kind, but you're asking you to divorce her just because she's too old to have children. Isn't that too cruel?"

Yi Zhonghai was stunned: "You mean, if she can't give birth, I can find someone else to give birth for me?"

Yang Chong said quickly, "I didn't say that, Master Yi, don't think that way. Am I a bad person? How can I persuade people to divorce? Besides, even if you divorced Aunt Yi, you are already old, where can you find a suitable person to marry? Young people won't want to marry you, and old people can't have children. Not everyone is like Aunt Jia next door, who can still have children in her fifties."

After saying that, he turned around and walked away. After walking a few steps, he remembered something and turned back to Yi Zhonghai and said, "Master Yi, I didn't say anything today. Don't tell anyone about me. What you do has nothing to do with me. Do you understand?"

Yi Zhonghai nodded repeatedly: "I know, I know."

After Yang Chong left, he stood there and muttered, "Divorce? That's a good idea. But who should I find to give birth to my child?"

"Chongzi is right. Older ones are not easy to give birth to, and younger ones won't marry me. It's not easy."

"Chongzi just mentioned Jia Zhang? Can she really still give birth?" Yi Zhonghai suddenly remembered this sentence, and a glimmer of hope rose in his heart again.

While thinking about this, he walked back to the yard. After entering the central courtyard, he did not go home immediately. Instead, he looked in the direction of the Jia family, hesitated for a moment, and finally walked over.

At the Jia family, Qin Huairu is cooking.

Her belly had slowly grown bigger, but the tasks of cooking and washing clothes were still hers. As usual, Jia Zhang sat on the edge of the kang, sewing the sole of a shoe that she would never finish, while she took a pumpkin seed from the paper box and put it in her mouth, stuttering.

Bang Geng sat at Jia Zhang's feet and asked lazily, "Mom, what are we having for dinner?"

"What else can we eat? Steamed bread and radishes." Qin Huairu said unhappily.

The family situation was getting worse day by day. She used to be able to help others with odd jobs and earn some money to supplement the family expenses. But as her belly grew bigger, she could no longer do anything and no one dared to use her.

Jia Zhang did nothing, and the family lived on the ten yuan the factory gave them every month. Ten yuan was enough, but Jia Zhang insisted on deducting three yuan from the ten yuan, saying it was for her retirement. Moreover, the old man and the child were greedier than anyone else, wanting to eat meat every two days, so the seven yuan was gone before they could even eat by the end of the month.

Now it’s good enough to have steamed bread and radishes to eat.

"It's steamed bread and radish again. I don't want to eat steamed bread and radish. I want to eat meat!" Banggeng said dissatisfiedly when he heard it.

Qin Huairu was too lazy to pay attention to him and continued cutting radishes.

Banggeng went to pester Jia Zhang again, hugged Jia Zhang's legs and shook them: "Grandma, I don't want to, I want to eat meat, not steamed bread and radish."

Jia Zhang raised her eyes and glanced at Qin Huairu: "Huairu, Banggeng wants to eat meat, and as a mother, don't you want to think of a solution?"

Qin Huairu said angrily, "What can I do? I've already spent all my money this month. How can I buy meat with it? Why don't you take out a few dollars to buy meat for Banggeng? Anyway, you haven't spent the three dollars a month yet, have you?"

When Jia Zhang heard this, her eyes widened: "My three dollars is my retirement money! Qin Huairu, you actually want my retirement money."

Qin Huairu rolled her eyes and was too lazy to say anything.

Jia Zhang continued, "Can't you find Sha Zhu? Sha Zhu only earns more than 30 yuan a month. How can he spend it all by himself?"

Qin Huairu said, "You're looking for Shazhu again. Have you forgotten that I've borrowed money from him three times this month, and I haven't paid back the money every time. How can I have the nerve to borrow from him again?"

Jia Zhang said, "Tsk, pay it back? Should we pay back the money we borrowed from Sha Zhu? He lent it to us willingly, why should we pay him back? Besides, we borrowed money from the courtyard, so whose money should we pay back? We borrowed the money because we couldn't make ends meet, and now we still can't make ends meet, why should we pay it back?"

Qin Huairu: "..."

"Just wait, if Shazhu comes back later, go and borrow from him again. He will definitely not ask you for the money he borrowed before. It's useless for this silly boy to ask for money, so it's better to lend it to our family. Our Banggeng is still growing, so it's better for him to eat more meat." Jia Zhang said.

"If you want to lend it to me, go ahead. I'm too embarrassed to do that anyway!" Qin Huairu said.

Jia Zhang was anxious: "Who do you think I am if I go to borrow money from Sha Zhu? Even a fool knows that Sha Zhu is borrowing money from you. If I go there, won't I be asking for trouble?"

Qin Huairu stopped talking again. She knew that it would not be her and Xiaodang's turn to eat meat, and borrowing money was always her own business.

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai came and asked at the door: "Huai Ru, have you cooked?"

Qin Huairu was stunned and instinctively looked at Jia Zhang.

There were doubts on both of their faces.

Since Jia Dongxu's death, Yi Zhonghai has never come to this house again. He even often tries to distance himself from them outside, for fear of being involved with them.

Why are you here today?

Qin Huairu glanced at Jia Zhangshi, then responded, "I'm working on it. You're the master, right? What can I do for you?"

Yi Zhonghai smiled cordially and said, "It's the end of the month now, I want to see if you have any difficulties at home. Dongxu is gone, and I, as your master, can't care enough about you."

As he said this, he naturally opened the curtain and walked in.