Comfortable life in Siheyuan

Huaihua looked at her sister with some confusion, not quite sure what was going on.

Qin Huairu then invited everyone to have dinner together, and her attitude became more and more enthusiastic, but it also increased Xiaodang's suspicion.

Halfway through the meal, Xiaodang became a little restless and thought about finding an excuse to leave, but Huaihua was like a wooden man, still struggling with a few slices of sausage.

At this time, Qin Huairu put down her chopsticks and said with some resentment: "Banggeng, it's good for you to go out to work, but it's too far from home. Walking there every day is not a solution. Why don't you go back to Lili's house?"

Wang Li’s parents’ home is not too far from the soap factory, only about ten minutes’ walk away.

"That won't work. I'm not a live-in son-in-law like Liu Guangfu. Besides, I still have to respect you and my grandmother!"

When Jia Zhang heard this, she was also puzzled in her heart, you are such an ungrateful person, and you still want to be filial to me, how can I have such luck!

"But holding meetings for more than an hour every day is not a solution, right? How about I raise money to buy you a bicycle?"

After holding it in for a long time, Qin Huairu finally expressed her intention, and her eyes kept glancing at Huaihua who was eating and Xiaodang who was silent.

"Mom, Lili and I don't have much money on hand, just twenty or so yuan, and it's all Lili's salary. How much money can you take out?" Banggeng followed what his mother said and began to glance at his two younger sisters.

"Mom can only give out fifty yuan. If it's more, the family won't be able to survive. Xiaodang, do you have money? Mom will borrow some from you, and I'll pay you back when I have money!" As she said this, the whole family looked at Xiaodang.

"Mom, I'm just a temporary worker now, and my salary is not high. I also have to pay the rent every month, and I don't have much money. I can only take out twenty dollars at most." Xiao Dang felt aggrieved, but he also knew that he would not be able to do without the money.

Huaihua also reacted now, put down her chopsticks, listened quietly, and didn't dare to breathe.

"Sophora japonica, what about you?"

Even though Huaihua had tried her best to turn herself into a quail, Qin Huairu still didn't let her go.

"Mom, I've been studying for the past six months and have been taking leave frequently. I don't have any money. I rely on my sister to have enough food to eat."

Huaihua is not stupid either, and she knows that she is poor now.

"Mom, Huaihua took frequent leave in the first half of the year in order to prepare for the college entrance examination. She didn't have much salary to begin with, and she has always been relying on me. How could she have any money?" Xiaodang also spoke up for Huaihua.

"Then you don't have anything to say? Your brother was so good to you when you were a child. You can't be so selfish!" This was said by Jia Zhang. The dishes served tonight were so sumptuous, and she couldn't eat for free. She had been given the task long ago.

"It's not that I don't want to pay, I just don't have any, and the money you have added up is more than 90 yuan, which is enough to buy a second-hand bicycle." Huaihua said aggrievedly.

Banggeng pondered for a while and felt that ninety yuan was far from enough to buy a new car, so he could only buy a used one.

"Xiao Dang, you can take the thirty. Even if you buy a second-hand one, buy your brother a sturdy one. It will also last longer."

Xiao Dang had no choice but to nod and agree to the plan.

"When you get up tomorrow morning, remember to send the money over. Your brother has taken half a day off this morning. It will be much more convenient for him to go to work once he buys a car." Jia Zhang pressed on.

"Got it. Huaihua and I are full too. Let's go back first."

Xiaodang and Huaihua came here happily to eat, but ended up going back with their heads hung.

When they arrived at the residence, Xiao Dang began to complain, "Didn't you see that I kept pulling you when we were having dinner? Are you a pig? Don't you know there are traps here?"

"How would I know? How could I have imagined that my own mother and brother were working together to plot against me?" Huaihua also looked innocent.

"You can donate your brain if you don't need it anymore. Our brother is so kind as to treat us to a meal. It's not even a festival." Xiaodang stretched out his hand and nodded Huaihua's head.

"Sister, I know I was wrong, but you can't blame me. Our mother is too much."

"Brother is the only boy in the family, so our mother will definitely support him!"

"Sister! Are you really going to give them thirty dollars tomorrow?"

"What can we do if you don't send us off? We'll just have to eat dirt in the days ahead." Xiao Dang said dimly.

Xiaodang and Huaihua sat there in silence. After a while, Xiaodang sighed deeply.

"Well, now that things have come to this, we can only accept it. However, we must be more careful in the future."

Huaihua nodded, "Yes, I understand, sister."

Early the next morning, Banggeng got the money and went out with his wife Wang Li. Two hours later, he pushed a bicycle that was 70% new into the courtyard.

"Hey! Man! You bought a car!" The third uncle said in surprise as he looked at Banggeng who came in pushing the cart.

"Third Uncle, isn't our workplace too far? I'll go buy a second-hand car for transportation." Although it's a second-hand car, it can be seen that Banggeng is still very satisfied with it.

"Okay, you've become sensible now and know how to be thrifty." The third uncle praised him and said nothing else.

After Banggeng walked away, he took a chessboard and went to the door to play chess with Yi Zhonghai.

"Why are you so slow? Who are you talking to?" Yi Zhonghai didn't notice it was Bang Geng and was a little confused.

"The great joke about the Jia family is that this kid bought a second-hand bicycle. I just took a look at it and it looks pretty good." The third uncle explained.

Yi Zhonghai was arranging the chess pieces while saying, "I was wondering why her house was so lively yesterday. Xiaodang and Huaihua both came back. She was also busy cooking for such a long time. This is the root of their feelings!"

Yi Zhonghai was a little puzzled yesterday. It wasn't a festival, so why were the Jia family so willing to do this and make such a big fuss? It turned out to be for the bicycle.

"You said that his two sisters paid for this car?" the third uncle asked curiously.

"I guess they paid a part of it. Xiaodang and Huaihua rent a house outside and can't come up with much money at once." Yi Zhonghai explained.

"That guy really didn't want to learn electrician. Li Hu took his electrician certificate and went to the electrician class in the steel rolling mill. I heard that he can be converted to a regular employee in one month." The third uncle said exaggeratedly.

"Who told you this? It's not that exaggerated. If Li Hu wants to be promoted, it depends on his performance. But it will probably take at most half a year. If Liu Qingshan helps him, it will take at least three months."

"Bang Geng is picking up sesame seeds and throwing away watermelons! This is stupid!"

"It's better for him not to go to that electrician job. Old Liu told me that the electrician books Qingshan gave him still look new. There's no way he'll pass the exam! And if he really becomes an electrician, with his level of skill, if something goes wrong, he might lose his life." Yi Zhonghai curled his lips in disdain.

"That's right. The Liu family will be in trouble then."