The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

"I'm exhausted, eh."

Qin Huairu stood up, stretched lazily, and muttered with a sad face.

Qin Huairu did nothing all morning except washing several hundred kilograms of potatoes. She felt like her waist almost didn't belong to her.

"Qin Huairu, wash these too."

Before Qin Huairu could take a break, Liu Lan brought another basket of vegetables and gave instructions.

"Also, why is there no one helping?"

Qin Huairu complained when she saw this, and Liu Lan became impatient after hearing this.

"It's not like other people don't have anything to do. This little bit of work is nothing. You just slack off all day long. I tell you, don't bring your lazy skills from the workshop to the kitchen, or I won't forgive you."

After saying this, Liu Lan said no more and left.

Qin Huairu looked at the vegetables in front of her and felt like crying, but she had no choice but to continue eating.

Seeing this, other people in the kitchen felt a little sorry for Qin Huairu, but no one would offend Liu Lan for Qin Huairu, so they could only pretend not to see it.

..............

In the evening, in the courtyard.

"Old Liu, you're in a good mood today."

Liu Haizhong walked into the courtyard with a smile on his face, but when he saw it, he asked curiously.

"Look, I grabbed two cans of food today. I'll have some snacks to go with my wine when I get home. How can I not be happy?"

He swung the thing in his hand in his bangs, looking very proud.

Seeing this, Yan Bugui's face was full of envy. He wanted canned meat, too.

You know, the Yan family hasn't eaten meat for a long time, and Yan Bugui was immediately very greedy.

"Lao Liu, I still have some wine, how about..."

"No, don't even think about it." Liu Haizhong stopped Yan Bugui from speaking before he could finish.

"I don't know you yet. Your wine can't even be called wine. It's just water with a hint of alcohol."

Liu Haizhong was speechless. He had been tricked by Yan Bugui before, so of course he couldn't be fooled now.

Yan Bugui was choked, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't find any reason to refute, so he could only bring out his family motto.

"Isn't this difficult? If you don't take this into account, there are so many people in the family that I can't afford to support them."

Yan Bugui said with melancholy that Yan Jiecheng has moved away, despite the objections of Yan Bugui and his wife, and moved to a courtyard house not far away. Now he no longer needs to pay living expenses to the Yan family, so the Yan family's food standard has dropped again.

"Where's your eldest son? He's a regular employee now, hasn't he given you any gifts?"

Liu Haizhong was extremely curious when he heard this, and the fire of gossip was burning in his heart.

"Don't mention it." Yan Bugui complained, "If it weren't for Liu Minghui, I wouldn't be so passive. It's all because of his help, otherwise Jie Cheng wouldn't have moved away."

Yan Bugui is now full of resentment towards Liu Minghui. He had gone to Liu Minghui to beg him not to interfere, but was told that it was all Yan Jiecheng's good fortune, and that the distribution of houses at the steel rolling mill was a good thing. Yan Bugui was so upset that he could not say a word.

After hearing this, Liu Haizhong said solemnly: "Liu Minghui was wrong in this matter, but your family didn't lose out either. Isn't it good to get a house for free?"

"After all, given your family's situation, isn't it wrong for the child to find a way out on his own?"

Liu Haizhong's tone was filled with deep contempt for Yan Bugui. In his opinion, Yan Bugui was the one who played a good hand of cards badly and was overly calculating all day long.

"Oh, let's not talk about it. I'd better go back and think about what to eat tonight."

Liu Haizhong's words hit Yan Bugui's lungs, and he left after saying a few words.

"Hey, this old Yan, he won't let me talk anymore."

Liu Haizhong muttered something and then went home.

At this time, He Yuzhu was on his way back to the courtyard, but there was a different person following him.

"Qin Huairu, you keep nagging me, don't blame me for picking on you."

He Yuzhu became impatient. Qin Huairu kept complaining to him, saying that her family was in great difficulty and that Yi Zhonghai wanted to flirt with her.

He Yuzhu interrupted her endless chatter and directly threatened Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu was shocked at this moment. She had originally wanted to trick He Yuzhu so that she could feel more secure in the cafeteria, or at least have an easier job. However, she didn't expect that He Yuzhu didn't like her at all and threatened her with her job instead.

"Zhu Zi, I didn't expect you to be such a person. You weren't like this before. It's Sister Qin's fault. Can you please forgive me?"

Although Qin Huairu was shocked, she continued speaking.

In response, He Yuzhu stopped and looked at Qin Huairu with a cold face, saying: "I tell you, we are just ordinary neighbors, don't be ungrateful, otherwise, hmph."

After He Yuzhu finished speaking, he left without looking back without waiting for Qin Huairu to think it through.

Qin Huairu was left alone, staring blankly on the street.

"These stinky men are nothing. He Yuzhu, why are you pretending? I don't believe you don't cheat."

Qin Huairu's expression kept changing. She was cursing one moment and smiling the next. She looked at He Yuzhu's back as he left and thought.

.....

"You're back so early today."

When Liu Minghui returned home and saw Yu Li cooking, he asked curiously.

Yu Li was busy in the kitchen. When she heard the words, she responded without turning her head: "Well, the kids are making too much noise, so I'll leave work first."

After hearing this, Liu Minghui immediately came to his son, looked at his son who was playing with wooden toys, and threatened him.

"Good boy, you actually dare to cause trouble and ruin your mother's work, right?"

Liu Minghui pinched his son's chubby little face and spoke viciously.

"Oh, mom, mom, dad is so scary."

Liu Bowen, who was only three years old, had never seen such a scene before, and he immediately started crying and yelling at Yu Li.

"Okay, okay, don't scare the child. Go wash your face quickly. You smell like smoke."

When Yu Li heard this, she hurried out and said unhappily.

Seeing this, Liu Minghui could only mutter that loving mothers often spoil their children, and then left.

At the Jia family, Qin Huairu returned home and found that there was no food at home, so she asked Jia Zhangshi.

"Mom, why didn't you buy any food today? What are we going to eat tonight?"

Qin Huairu asked helplessly. Usually it was Jia Zhang who went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables every day, but she didn't expect that there was nothing today.

Jia Zhang came over at this time; "You work in the cafeteria, right? I just wanted to save some money, so I didn't buy any vegetables."

Qin Huairu was speechless after hearing this, "Mom, I just went there today, how could I bring leftovers? Besides, there are no leftovers in the cafeteria now."

Qin Huairu was right. There might not be enough food in the cafeteria every day, so how could there be leftovers?

After hearing this, Jia Zhang curled her lips and said, "You said it yourself."

Qin Huairu felt even more helpless after hearing this. She could only turn around and go to the cellar to get the leftover potatoes and prepare to stir-fry a dish to make do.