Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

In the middle courtyard of the Jia family, the food had almost run out, leaving only a few corn flours. Jia Dongxu's handsome face showed a worry, looking at his sleeping son, he felt that he was under a lot of pressure. Xu Erni frowned and said to her husband, "Dongxu, the food at home is almost gone, can you think of a way, otherwise the whole family will starve to death."

Jia Dongxu frowned as he smoked. If he had a way, he would have thought of it long ago. But he was just a person who liked to listen to his mother's advice. If he had to make his own decision, it would be too difficult for him.

She habitually looked at her mother, frowned and said unhappily, "Why are you looking at me? Can I conjure up food? You are the head of the family, shouldn't you do these things?" Jia Zhang's fat face was full of anger, and she thought her son had set his sights on her pension money. That was absolutely impossible. Unless she, Jia Zhang, died, he would never hand over the pension money on him.

Jia Dongxu had a dark face, he knew that his mother was such a selfish person. But he couldn't do anything to his mother, he could only sigh and said helplessly, "I'll go to Master's house to think of a solution." Jia Dongxu stood up and wanted to go to Yi Zhonghai's house, but was stopped by Xu Erni next to him.

Seeing her daughter-in-law blocking her son's way, Jia Zhang's fat face showed displeasure, and she started to scold, "You shameless little whore, what do you want to do by stopping your man? Get out of my way quickly. People in the house are almost starving to death, and you won't let your man go out and think of a solution."

He was becoming increasingly dissatisfied with his daughter-in-law, thinking that she did not bring any benefits to their family, but was holding back his son. If his daughter-in-law was a city dweller, it would be so much better. If he had known earlier, he should not have let Liu Chunhua divorce his son. If his son had not divorced, she should be eating and wearing well at home now.

Since Liu Chunhua and Tian Er got married a few years ago, he could see the smell of meat wafting from their house every day. And what about the Jia family? It was very good to have it once a month. His own grandson was almost as thin as a stick, which made him, as a grandmother, very sad.

Although Xu Erni was a little angry about her mother-in-law's scolding, what else could she say now that things had come to this? After thinking for a while, she said, "Dongxu, our family has been bothering the master almost every day recently. If you go again, I'm afraid that the master will be angry and our family will not benefit. We must think of a permanent solution. How good would it be if I had a city hukou?"

Jia Dongxu's face was so ugly. He thought his wife was going to say something earth-shattering. He cursed with a dark face, "Didn't you ask the master to find a job last time? The master is an eighth-level fitter in the steel mill. She can't do anything herself. How can you, as an apprentice, let me do anything? The control of household registration is very strict now. I'll find you a job and don't mention this matter again."

Xu Erni scratched her head and asked tentatively, "The last time my master found a job for me, he was only a level 7 fitter. Now he is a level 8 fitter. I think it should be possible." Xu Erni still had some delusions in her heart. Qin Huairu, who married into the family from the same village, was already a purchasing agent, and he also wanted to find a job.

He failed last time, but that was last time. Maybe he could succeed this time? So he still wanted to seduce Jia Dongxu. He wouldn't lose anything if he tried. Jia Zhang, who was standing next to him, frowned and shook her head and said, "Don't think about it anymore. I don't think it's possible. It would be great if we could have one more person in our family."

Jia Dongxu frowned and said, "How is it possible to have more rations? Except for me, even Banggeng has rural household registration and cannot enjoy these benefits." Jia Zhang rolled her eyes and said, "I have an idea. Shazhu's family has several rations. Why don't we ask them to give up one of their rations?"

Xu Erni was a little speechless. How could the other family give up their quota to hers? Jia Dongxu frowned, wondering what was wrong with his mother to come up with such a speechless idea. Did his family have such a good relationship with Sha Zhu's family? The answer was definitely no.

Jia Dongxu said with a dark face, "Mom, do you think Sha Zhu will help our family? Our family doesn't have a very good relationship with Sha Zhu's family. Why should he help our family?" Any normal person would reflect on what his son said. But Jia Zhang was obviously not normal. She pursed her lips and said, "Hey, look at what you said. Our family is the poorest among the people in the courtyard, and Sha Zhu is the director of the cafeteria. He should help our family well."

Xu Erni looked at her mother-in-law in silence, wondering if her mother-in-law's brain was filled with water. Jia Dongxu shook his head and said, "Mom, don't fantasize anymore. This is impossible. Sha Zhu will never help our family. Besides, our family is not of such status. How can others look down on us?"

When Jia Zhang heard that her own son dared to say such things about the Jia family, she was furious. She said with a dark face, "How can you say that? Our Jia family used to be a famous family. The Jia family in "Dream of Red Mansions" is the ancestor of our Jia family. You don't know what I told you. Well, I will go to ask Sha Zhu in person. He will definitely give me, an old man, some face and help our family."

Jia Zhang put on her shoes and walked out the door. She was ready to appeal to Sha Zhu's emotions and reason. In Jia Zhang's impression, no one in this courtyard was richer than Sha Zhu. And the poorest family in the courtyard was their old Jia family.

This rich man must help the Jia family, which is what Jia Zhang thinks is natural. She went to He Yu's house in a rage. Xu Erni wanted to stop her mother-in-law, but was stopped by Jia Dongxu. Xu Erni looked at her husband, and Jia Dongxu sighed and said, "Let our mother give it a try and see."