Siheyuan: Pushing Huairu, the Prime Minister admits defeat

After lowering his neck and avoiding Li Weijun's sight, Jia Dongxu let out a depressed breath and glanced at Qin Huairu who was still concentrating on sewing at the sewing machine.

The sewing machine was a dowry that Jia Dongxu bought with his father's work injury pension when he got married. Although it is a bit old, it has been well maintained.

Under the light, a layer of beautiful black glaze still sparkles.

"Huai Ru, it's getting late, go to bed and sleep. Don't take those mending jobs anymore. You can only earn a few cents by sewing one or two pieces of clothing. Tomorrow I will lead Bang Geng to the grain station to carry food. At most, you can just tighten your belt and eat less. I will feel bad if you exhaust yourself."

Looking at Jia Dongxu who was making faces and grinning, Qin Huairu didn't even raise her eyelids and spoke in a calm tone.

"The child is too young to make a fuss. I will sleep after he falls asleep. Besides, a small fly leg is still meat. You didn't give me money this month, and my mother needs to take painkillers. There are people asking for money everywhere. If I don't get some sewing work from the neighbors, our family won't be able to survive."

As soon as the voice fell, Jia Zhang on the other side of the curtain quickly responded: "Dongxu, your wife is right. Our family is full of money holes. If you don't do some needlework, it will be a waste of the sewing machine you bought. Besides, being diligent and quick will help with postpartum recovery."

"Okay, okay, Mom, just stop interfering and go to bed early."

Seeing that the plan to pay public grain had failed, Jia Dongxu's face turned bitter. This period of time had really frustrate Jia Dongxu.

I have a lovely wife at home, but I can only look at her but not touch her.

The time had finally come to fruition and I had nothing to worry about, but I never expected Qin Huairu to be so cold.

Jia Dongxu didn't think much about it. He just thought that his beautiful wife was angry because he lost his wages yesterday.

He turned his head in disappointment and had to give up.

As soon as my head touched the pillow, I saw that my eldest son Banggeng still had his eyes open, staring at a spider jumping around on the ceiling, in a daze.

That's a lot of anger...

He slapped Bang Geng hard and gave him a big slap on the face: "You unlucky child, you are so dishonest all day long, you only eat food but don't spit it out, it's useless."

When other people beat their children on rainy days, they do so because they have nothing to do. Jia Dongxu did this purely to vent his anger.

He is deeply in debt from gambling, has no hope of career advancement, and has long been piling up public grain.

Naturally, he could only vent his anger on his children. In this day and age, it is normal for fathers to beat their children.

Banggeng was slapped quite hard.

I just felt dizzy and saw stars, and then I burst into tears.

His crying triggered a chain reaction like a domino effect.

Xiaodang's creepy crying, Qin Huairu's voice coaxing the child, and Jia Zhang's noisy voice instantly caused chaos in the central courtyard.

After Li Weijun finished washing up at the well, he heard the noise coming from Jia Dongxu's house and was confused for a moment.

Just as I was about to go forward to see what was going on, I saw Sha Zhu, who was staggering home with a lunch box, and then he kindly knocked on the door.

"Sister-in-law, what's going on? I heard a child crying as soon as I entered the yard."

"Who is it? Who is it? You come to me every night to pick on me. If you have any problem, why are you looking for your sister-in-law?"

The one who opened the door was Jia Dongxu. When he saw that the nosy person was Sha Zhu, who was holding several lunch boxes in his hands, his harsh expression softened instantly.

"Oh, it's Shazhu, it's Banggeng who's complaining about being hungry, I was just discussing with your sister-in-law where to get some food, and look what a coincidence, isn't it, you're offering him a pillow just as he's falling asleep? Banggeng has you as his uncle, who knows how he'll honor you when he grows up."

When Sha Zhu saw that the person who opened the door was not Qin Huairu, whom he had been thinking about, his face froze. He was about to run away, but he could not stand Jia Dongxu's thick skin, so he could only take out the leftovers reluctantly.

At this time, Qin Huairu, holding the child, also walked out with a tired look on her face.

Looking at the lunch box in Jia Dongxu's hand and Sha Zhu's weird expression, she instantly understood, Sha Zhu, the dry food has been refreshed again.

After saying thank you, Qin Huairu's gaze suddenly passed over Sha Zhu and fell on Li Weijun who was watching the show by the well.

While Jia Dongxu was arguing with Sha Zhu, Li Weijun raised the big steel watch on his wrist.

He pointed in the direction of the front yard, indicating that if Qin Huairu was unhappy, she could go to the east wing of the front yard late at night to relieve her worries, and there would be plenty of bananas, milk and other things.

As Li Weijun spoke, he straightened his waist and had a slightly frivolous smile on his face. Even Qin Huairu felt a little embarrassed to watch.

Her almond-shaped eyes were slightly closed, and a smile broke out on her pretty face.

Jia Dongxu and Sha Zhu were busy hugging each other and didn't care about what was happening.

However, the young Bang Geng, looking at his mother's sweet smile and then at the frivolous Uncle Li, his tear-stained face actually giggled.

This creepy smile made Jia Dongxu and Sha Zhu, who were standing by, feel a chill on their necks.

"Hey! This unfortunate child, he cries and laughs at the same time."

Jia Dongxu touched the back of his head in confusion. Although he felt it was strange, he didn't think much about it.

After sending Sha Zhu away with a few words, he took the leftovers and, not even wanting to heat them up, happily invited his wife and mother to have a midnight snack.

"You know what, Shazhu is a very honest man. He knows I like spicy food, so he fried the bacon to make it salty and spicy. Mom, you should try the fried eggs with leeks, especially the salty stir-fried shredded gourd. It smells delicious. I guess it's because of the sesame oil."

That’s right, Li Weijun specifically asked Sha Zhu to add half a spoonful of sesame oil.

Qin Huairu looked at her parents-in-law who were eating with smiles on their faces, but she remained indifferent. She was wondering in her heart whether she should go to the party in the evening.

Jia Dongxu thought she had no appetite, but he didn't ask any more questions. He put a piece of scrambled eggs into Banggeng's mouth with chopsticks and pinched his son's little mouth.

"You, if you cry, we have food to eat. Remember this in the future. If you have trouble getting food, just go find your uncle Shazhu. Shazhu's family is rich and you don't need any food. Rice, noodles, oil, meat, etc. Shazhu is a cook, so he doesn't need any!"

"Yes, my dear grandson, your father is right. When we were out of food, Shazhu's family had plenty of food. He owed us this."

Looking at his father who was giving him advice and his grandmother who had a kind face, Bang Geng nodded heavily.

Little did they know that this would sow the seeds of many bitter consequences.

From now on, many neighbors in the courtyard were terrified at the name of Banggeng.

Of course, these are all things that happened later. After washing up, Li Weijun turned on the lamp and watched How the Steel Was Tempered for a while. He didn't feel sleepy until he fell into a drowsy sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, the door that was not bolted opened with a click...