Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

Xu Erni quickly pointed at her mother-in-law and said, "Mother-in-law, have you forgotten what Director Wang said last night? If you dare to hit me, I will go to the Women's Federation in the street to report you. This is a new society, and mother-in-law daughters-in-law are not popular. If you want to be a wicked mother-in-law in the new era, I can help you realize your wish."

Jia Zhang stopped in her tracks. The powerful weapon of Director Wang from the Street Office was very effective for Jia Zhang. How many people who have experienced the war-torn era are not afraid of the government? Jia Zhang's face was very ugly. She pointed at Xu Erni and said tremblingly, "You dare to disobey me, your mother-in-law. Is there any daughter-in-law like you in the world?"

Xu Erni also put her hands on her waist and said without giving in, "Mother-in-law, you are the conscience of heaven and earth. I just wanted to go out to see if there is any work for me. I also want to find a job to share Dongxu's pressure. But as soon as I came back, you wanted to stab me with your shoe sole awl. I am a living person, how can you let you bully me like this?"

If it was someone else, if it was a kinder mother-in-law, Xu Erni really wouldn't dare to do this. But the reason why Xu Erni dared to do this was because she knew what kind of person her mother-in-law was. Knowing that her mother-in-law was the public enemy in the courtyard, she dared to confront Jia Zhang, the mother-in-law, without hesitation.

Seeing that her daughter-in-law dared to disobey her and even talked back to her, Jia Zhang sat on the ground and started howling again. At this time, Wang Chunhua happened to walk into the courtyard. When she heard Jia Zhang's howling, she became even more angry.

Wang Chunhua said with a gloomy face, "Jia Zhang, why are you howling in the courtyard in broad daylight? Do you believe that I will lock you up in the street office and let you howl in the street office? Every day, you have nothing to do, so you go out to do odd jobs and eat like a pig. And you keep talking about how poor your family is. How come I don’t see it?"

Director Wang angrily scolded Jia Zhangshi so much that she didn't dare to say a word. Director Wang snorted coldly and said to the young ladies and wives who were watching the excitement, "Well, let me tell you a piece of news. There is a policy now, which is to bring electricity to every household. If you want to bring electricity to your home, you can come to the street office to handle this matter. It's about 50 yuan per household, and one kilowatt-hour of electricity is about two cents. Everyone, tell each other about this matter to those who don't know, okay, that's it."

After Director Wang finished talking about this, he was ready to leave. But when he saw Jia Zhang sitting on the ground, he got angry again. She really didn't like this old woman at all. With a dark face, he said, "Hey, why are you still sitting on the ground? Are you going to continue to summon your old Jia after I leave? If you do these crooked things again, I will really drive you back to your rural hometown. Did you clean the public toilet I asked you to clean?"

Jia Zhang nodded quickly and swore to heaven, "Director Wang, I cleaned the public toilet." Wang Chunhua nodded in satisfaction, snorted coldly, and left without paying attention to the others in the courtyard. The neighbors in the courtyard were left whispering and discussing what Director Wang had just said.

Ma Xiaoya said to Yang Erniu next to her, "What do you think? Do you plan to bring in electricity?" Yang Erniu shook her head and said, "It's more than fifty yuan, we can't afford that. Besides, one kilowatt-hour of electricity costs two cents, and those two cents can buy a pound of corn flour. At worst, we can use kerosene! Anyway, we don't want to bring in electricity."

Most of the young ladies and wives in the courtyards are reluctant to spend the money, but a few also want to enjoy a high-end life. Although Sijiucheng is the capital, there are still many places without electricity. The former Nanluoguhu Street is one of them. They all said that they would have a good discussion with their boss tonight.

Jia Zhang originally wanted to continue to summon her own old Jia after Director Wang left. She was just an ordinary rural woman, and crying, making a scene, and threatening to hang herself were her winning tactics. But after what happened last night, Jia Zhang herself felt that her trick had some flaws. She also knew that she would not get any benefits if she continued to make a scene in the courtyard, so she said with a dark face, "Okay, hurry up and cook. I'm a little hungry."

Xu Erni cursed the old man in her heart, saying that he was born in the Year of the Pig, but she had to do it. She nodded quickly and went to the kitchen to prepare to cook. But when she saw that there was only one pound of corn flour in the kitchen, she almost cried in her heart. What kind of life was she living? How could it be worse than the life in Qinjia Village?

But what can I do? Everyone in Qinjia Village is jealous of me. I can still divorce and go back to Qinjia Village in disgrace, but I don't need to think about it. It's impossible. I can only sigh and plan to have a good talk with Jia Dongxu when he comes back tonight about the food in the house being eaten up by his mother again.

Thinking about the appetite of his mother-in-law, it can be said that most young men don't eat as much as her. He secretly complained in his heart, how could he have such a mother-in-law? He sighed deeply in his heart and prepared to mix something into the steamed bread of this old woman, thinking that he had to teach her a lesson.

Xu Erni was not a person who would accept everything that happened to her. What could her mother-in-law do to her? What could her husband's biological mother do to her? She was not her biological mother, so why should she be so filial to her? She made up her mind, secretly picked up a few small stones in the kitchen, and then spit a few mouthfuls of saliva into the cornmeal.

Seeing her masterpiece, Xu Erni was very satisfied. Even if you are as cunning as a devil, you still have to drink my foot washing water! Xu Erni grinned. She was very satisfied to be able to teach this old woman a lesson.