Siheyuan: Starting from a Truck Driver

Qin Huairu planned to communicate with Yi Zhonghai and let Yi Zhonghai teach Banggeng some real skills. Maybe Banggeng could become a master in the future. Seeing Qin Huairu's silence, Banggeng was a little impatient: "Mom, where is my breakfast?" Qin Huairu came back to her senses, looked at her empty hands, and suddenly patted her head: "Oh, I forgot. But it doesn't matter, I'll go buy it now." Banggeng pouted and continued to play with the paper frog.

As soon as Qin Huairu left, Banggeng immediately opened the bag she brought. A strong smell of medicine hit his nose. Gurgle - his stomach kept sending out hunger signals, making Banggeng feel uncomfortable. Children of his age are good eaters, but during his hospitalization, he could only eat simple meals every day. He hadn't eaten well for a long time. In addition to Qin Huairu spending all her money on medical expenses, the doctor also told Banggeng to avoid certain foods before his wounds healed.

Banggeng, a naughty boy, was good at stealing, but he never took formal studies seriously and only regarded Qin Huairu's words as a lie. If he had not been unable to move during this period, he would have slipped out to find food. Now Qin Huairu didn't know when she would come back, and Banggeng had some evil thoughts in his mind. He moved his body and felt that the wound didn't seem to hurt so much, so he slowly got off the bed.

When the patients around saw Banggeng quietly get out of bed, they all pretended not to see anything. After a few days of getting along, everyone understood the character of this mother and son. Unless there is nothing wrong, it is best not to provoke them, otherwise once they are caught, they will stick to you. Previously, a kind aunt gave Banggeng a wooden spinning top, but Qin Huairu pestered her and asked Banggeng to recognize the aunt as a relative. On the day the uncle passed away, the aunt took away all kinds of sundries in the ward in addition to taking away the uncle's memories.

After getting off the bed, Banggeng walked around the ward with the help of the wall. Unfortunately, there was nothing in the ward worth his while. Everyone had learned their lesson and everything of value was hidden. Even for meals, those who could walk would choose to eat somewhere else, otherwise Qin Huairu would shamelessly come to get some. I heard that some people would get some meat and white flour, but Qin Huairu would even get some porridge.

He walked out of the ward slowly and looked around. He felt that it would be too conspicuous to go to the next ward, which was full of patients. Finally, his eyes stopped at the nurses' station. There were people coming and going there, and the nurses were busy all the time. It was not easy for a child to attract attention. In addition, there was no surveillance now, so even if he stole something, he would not be discovered.

Bang Geng strolled to the nurses' station and saw the pancakes on the table. They were still warm. It must be that a nurse had just bought them and was called back to work, so she didn't have time to eat them. He looked around, stuffed the pancakes into his pocket without hesitation, and left whistling. His skillful technique was so good that even a habitual thief would be ashamed of himself.

He came to the public toilet in the hospital, quickly hid in a cubicle, took out a pancake and ate it in big mouthfuls. Maybe the pancake was too fragrant, or there was a special sense of satisfaction in eating in the toilet, a piece of pancake quickly went into Bang Geng's stomach. After eating, he licked his lips, as if he was still immersed in the delicious taste.

After finishing his meal, Bang Geng burped contentedly and came out of the toilet. A patient happened to come in to use the toilet. The patient noticed the food crumbs at the corners of Bang Geng's mouth and the chewing movements, and couldn't help but frowned. What kind of quirk is this?

Bang Geng didn't notice his surroundings. He smacked his lips casually, washed his hands, and walked out. When he passed the nurses' station again, he heard the nurses talking about someone missing breakfast. Bang Geng glanced at them and returned to his ward in silence.

After a while, Qin Huairu came back from outside with a bowl of millet porridge. The porridge was not thick, but more like rice washing water. Banggeng took a look and gave up the idea of ​​eating because he felt quite full.

Qin Huairu put the porridge down and urged, "Son, eat it while it's hot, otherwise it will get cold." Banggeng said reluctantly, "Mom, I'm not hungry." Qin Huairu was stunned for a moment. She knew her son's temper very well. He just said he was hungry, but now he said he wasn't hungry, which meant he had probably eaten. But this was not a courtyard, and there was no place to eat, so she guessed that Banggeng might have stolen someone else's food again.

Qin Huairu's face turned gloomy. She grabbed Banggeng and asked, "Banggeng, did you eat other people's food again?" Banggeng remained silent and just fiddled with the paper frog in his hand, which was obviously a consent.

Qin Huairu raised her hand but didn't put it down for a long time. She couldn't bear to really hit her son. Finally, she gritted her teeth, put down her hand, and gently knocked Banggeng's head: "You've made enough trouble for me!" Banggeng remained silent. He was used to Qin Huairu only giving verbal warnings and never really punishing him.

Qin Huairu realized that her son did not listen to her, so she could only drink the bowl of millet porridge by herself, then picked up Banggeng's information and prepared to go through the discharge procedures. Banggeng's condition is much better now, and Lao Li's medicine can also be taken care of at home.

When paying the bill, Qin Huairu was almost heartbroken. She paid another ten yuan, and now only had three or four yuan left. There was still half a month before the salary was paid. How should she live in the next few days?

Qin Huairu could only take things one step at a time. After all, there were many neighbors in the courtyard, as well as three uncles who were in charge of the business. She couldn't just watch her family of five go hungry. After getting the receipt, she took the stick back upstairs.

The mother and daughter walked slowly towards the courtyard. The distance from the hospital to the courtyard was not close. Qin Huairu was reluctant to take a taxi and had no bicycle, so she had to walk. Because Banggeng was not mobile, it took the mother and daughter nearly an hour to get back to the courtyard.

As soon as they entered the house, Jia Zhang and her grandchildren, Xiaodang and Huaihua, came out to greet them. When the three of them saw the items in Qin Huairu's hand, a trace of joy flashed across their faces. Xiaodang even stepped forward to help: "Mom, let me do it."

Qin Huairu didn't think much about it and handed the paper bag directly to Xiaodang, and reminded: "Be careful, it contains your brother's medicine, and it's very expensive!" Hearing that it was medicine, Xiaodang curled his lips, then handed the thing to Huaihua and asked her to take it into the house.

After entering the house, Xiao Dang finally couldn't help asking, "Mom, didn't you bring anything to eat?" Qin Huairu put the basin down and said without turning her head, "Where can I get the money to buy you food? Your brother has already spent a lot of money on medical treatment, and there are more problems in life."

"Isn't it okay to let brother take less medicine? The disease will get better anyway. Being hungry is the big deal. I don't want to be hungry." Another daughter echoed.

"Yes, Mom, you are too partial!" Qin Huairu's face became even gloomier when she heard her daughters' complaints. She understood more and more why Li Weidong said that she was not good at educating children. Seeing Huaihua and Xiaodang treat Banggeng like this, she was their biological brother, Qin Huairu felt that she had to take action, otherwise her daughters would treat Banggeng the same way in the future. She didn't want to have unfilial daughters.

"Come here, both of you!" Seeing that Qin Huairu looked unhappy, Xiaodang and Huaihua immediately hid behind Jia Zhang and pulled at the corner of her clothes.

"Grandma!" Jia Zhang didn't want Qin Huairu to hurt her granddaughters.

"Qin Huairu, why are you becoming more and more unreasonable? When you are angry, you take it out on the children? How dare you come at me!" Jia Zhang scolded.

Qin Huairu looked bitter and explained: "Mom, these two children really need discipline. Listen to what they said just now."

"They are still young. They will understand when they grow up. I know it is hard for you, but don't be too harsh on the children. How can they understand?"

Jia Zhang protected the children and didn't let them get close to Qin Huairu. Qin Huairu was helpless. She couldn't really do anything to Jia Zhang. Although she had this idea in her mind, she didn't have the courage to do it.

Qin Huairu had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​teaching her daughters a lesson. "Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to boil the medicine." After seeing Qin Huairu leave, Jia Zhang pulled Xiaodang and Huaihua to her.

"You two, your brother is the only child in the family and should be taken care of more. When you grow up and get married, remember to think of your brother first. Look at him, no matter if there are any good things or fun things, he always thinks of you first." Xiaodang was dismissive of this, thinking it was natural for Banggeng to take care of them.

While Jia Zhang scolded her granddaughters, Qin Huairu was already outside the house preparing to boil medicine. When she was about to clean the earthenware jar, she met Lou Xiao'e at the faucet, who also held a clay jar filled with Chinese medicine.

Qin Huairu couldn't help asking, "Lou Xiao'e, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

I understand. Although Qin Huairu agreed, she didn't actually believe Lou Xiao'e's words. Compared with her shrewd husband Xu Damao, Lou Xiao'e seemed a little slow, and even lying was easy to expose. But she didn't expose the other party, because she would not do anything that had no benefits.

The two took the water and left. Lou Xiao'e, who returned to her room, breathed a sigh of relief. She was worried that Qin Huairu would continue to ask questions.

Xu Damao brought back the Chinese medicine in the morning, saying it was a secret recipe that would help one get pregnant. Lou Xiao'e believed him completely without any doubt.

After being married for so long, Lou Xiao'e's belly had not moved, and she was very anxious. But she knew that anxiety would not solve the problem. She had planned to go to the hospital after the New Year, but unexpectedly Xu Damao found a secret remedy himself.

While she was boiling the medicine and waiting for it to cool down, Xu Damao just came home from get off work. Hearing the noise, Lou Xiao'e immediately came out to greet him.

"Da Mao, you're back. The medicine is ready. Drink it quickly." Xu Damao was shocked when he heard this. What he feared most was that this matter would be leaked out. Only Lou Xiao'e knew about his past, and others dared not tell it. But if others really knew about it, how would they laugh at him? So he quickly pulled Lou Xiao'e back to the room.