Comfortable life in Siheyuan

As soon as Jia Zhang walked into the front yard, she was surrounded by a group of people.

"Hey! Aunt Jia, there are relatives coming to our house. Are you getting ready to go out to buy groceries?" Xu Damao said with a frivolous smile in the crowd.

Jia Zhang glared at Xu Damao and said indifferently, "Why buy vegetables for a yellow-haired girl? What if she eats so much and refuses to go back to the city? You have to provide food!"

"Xu Damao, why don't you just give some money. Your family is not poor, you can definitely afford to support one more person." Yan Jiecheng on the side said with a smile.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I have a wife and children, and a whole family to support. How can I afford to support others?" Xu Damao said the truth. In fact, Xu Damao felt very aggrieved now. Since he married Sun Xiaoyan, the family's living expenses have increased, and he hasn't been to the Eight Great Hutongs for a long time.

"A country girl doesn't even have a fixed age limit, who in the city would dare to marry her?" Jia Zhang's face was filled with disgust. This man was confused and she herself was still a country girl.

"Aunt Jia, is Sister Qin's sister here to find a boyfriend?" Aunt Three suddenly asked.

"He came to see his sister. He wants her to find him a date in the city. Where can we find one for him? I plan to send her to the station this afternoon."

After hearing what Jia Zhang said, the crowd suddenly started talking loudly.

"Auntie Jia, is this girl pretty? Call her out and let us see her." Someone in the crowd shouted.

"Who is thinking about love? Tell your aunt and she will help you arrange it." Jia Zhang teased with a smile.

"Who is it? It was Jiefang you who said that. If you want to see her so much, let Aunt Jia bring people to your house to take a look. What if you find she is right?" The second aunt also joked with a smile.

"Our Jiefang is still young and doesn't have a job yet. Isn't your Guangtian about the same age? Why don't you go and call Guangtian back?" The third aunt was not afraid and teased deliberately.

"That bastard is not so lucky. I don't even know where he is now. Who will help him find a wife? I think Jiefang is already 18 years old, about the same age as the girl. Let's take a look first, just in case they fall in love." The second aunt deliberately provoked. She knew that with the temperament of the Yan family, it would be impossible for them to find a rural girl.

"Oh! By the way, isn't Second Uncle's apprentice Cui Da still married? Why don't you introduce him to someone? Isn't he also from the countryside?" Third Aunt said in return.

"Hmph! That person has long severed ties with our Old Liu, and they have no contact now. If you want to introduce him to someone, go by yourself." The second aunt said with a gloomy face.

The crowd was not satisfied with chatting in the front yard, so they went to the middle yard, and some even stood directly at the door of the Jia family.

"Did you see it just now? This girl is pretty, and quite fair."

"She's quite well-proportioned, with a big butt. She looks like she'll be able to bear children."

"You know what, Qin Huairu is fertile. She gave birth to three children in just a few years. If Dongxu hadn't passed away, she would probably be pregnant again now!"

Xu Damao stretched his neck and looked into the room, and saw the beautiful Qin Jingru with eyes full of anticipation.

"Sister, why is it so noisy outside? Did something happen?" Qin Jingru asked curiously.

"Just go out and take a look yourself. How would I know? I didn't go out." Qin Huairu deliberately teased.

"I won't go out. Your mother-in-law is also outside. I guess she doesn't say anything good about me. Sister! I always thought you were living a good life in the city, but after seeing your mother-in-law, I feel that it's just so-so." Qin Jingru pouted with some disgust.

"At any rate, it's better than working in the fields every day. Just think about it, the women of my age in our village, what have they become now? Don't they look much older than me?" Qin Huairu asked calmly.

"Yes, yes, yes! Why? Aren't they all the same? You're not having a very good life either." Qin Jingru was still a simple girl after all, and she had never done any heavy work at home.

"Our life is not that good, but it is not bad either. At least we have food and drink, and we are not exposed to the wind and sun. So compared with people of the same age in our village, we look much younger." Qin Huairu explained.

"Sister, can you help me find someone suitable in the city? I don't want to stay in the countryside all my life. In a few years, I'll be like an old lady." Qin Jingru looked at Qin Huairu pitifully.

"I'll send you back in the afternoon. I'll help you arrange it here. I'll go back and inform you if I find a suitable one." Qin Huairu said with a smile.

"That's great, thank you." Qin Jingru jumped up happily. If this girl was really from the city, she would probably have been promised to someone by now.

In the backyard, Liu Qingshan and a few others were teasing the children, and ignored the noise from the front yard.

At this time, Liu's mother came in from outside, and Feng Yu asked hurriedly: "Mom, why is it so lively in the front yard!"

"A relative from the Jia family in the Central Courtyard has come. She's a girl of about seventeen or eighteen years old." Mother Liu explained with a smile.

"It's just his relative who's here. Why is the yard so lively? I thought something happened." Sha Zhu didn't understand for a moment and said with a puzzled look on his face.

"I heard that she is Qin Huairu's sister. She is very beautiful, so many people are watching in the middle courtyard."

Liu Qingshan knew who it was as soon as he heard it. Who else could it be other than Qin Jingru? She was pretty, but she was ignorant and could be fooled by Xu Damao with just a few words.

"No matter how beautiful a girl is, since it involves the Jia family, no one in our courtyard dares to marry her!" Liu's mother shook her head and sighed.

"Our mother is really amazing and has foresight. The relatives of the Jia family live in the same courtyard. Aunt Jia must come to visit every day. She is so annoyed." Liu Qingshan joked with a smile.

"So that group of people are just there to join in the fun?" Ding Qiunan asked curiously.

"Yes! I guess he wants to see the beautiful girl!" Liu's mother said with a smile.

When several women heard this, they teased their husbands and asked them if they wanted to go and take a look.

The crowd in the central courtyard gradually dispersed, and Jia Zhang also returned to the house. Seeing Qin Huairu picking vegetables and chatting with her sister, she felt a little unhappy.

"Her aunt, you came here from the countryside, didn't you bring anything with you? We city people have a ration. If you eat a meal, someone in our family will be short of food this month." Jia Zhang said with a look of disgust.

"I was in a hurry to leave and forgot about it." Qin Huairu said a little embarrassedly.

"Hmph!" Jia Zhang snorted coldly and went back to the kitchen.

Looking at the steamed buns in the pot, he secretly hid two of them. He cursed in a low voice: "Who are you going to feed all those buns? You really don't know how to live."

Qin Jingru also looked a little uncomfortable, and looked at Qin Huairu with embarrassment: "Sister, I'd better go back early. Your mother-in-law looks really bad. If I eat here, she will probably scold me to death."