Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

Director Wang and the neighbors in the courtyard all think that Qin Huairu is a good woman. She does not seek any benefit for herself in any of these three aspects, which shows how much Qin Huairu loves her children!

Director Wang looked at Jia Zhang and said, "Jia Zhang, do you agree to these three conditions? If you don't agree, I will divide the family and find a house for Qin Hairu and her son, and keep them away from you."

Jia Zhang said hurriedly: "Promise, promise, I promise I can definitely do it."

Director Wang looked at Qin Huairu again and said, "Huairu, you should go back and rest first. You just gave birth to the child, and you should also take care of your health. If Jia Zhangshi does not fulfill her promise, then you can go to the street office to find me, and I will make the decision for you."

"Thank you, Director Wang." Qin Huairu bowed to Director Wang with tears in her eyes.

Afterwards, Qin Hairu was helped back into the house by the aunt in the yard. After Director Wang and the onlookers left, Jia Zhang slowly walked into the house.

As soon as she entered the room and saw Qin Huairu sitting on the bed covered with a quilt, Jia Zhang wanted to get angry, but suddenly she thought of what happened today and swallowed back the curse that was about to come out of her mouth.

"Qin Huairu, you've grown up. You actually dared to do this to me today." Jia Zhang teased Qin Huairu in a sarcastic tone.

Qin Huairu also took off her disguise, looked at Jia Zhang steadily and said, "Jia Zhang, I didn't bother with you before because Dongxu was here. Now, if you dare to provoke me again, I will take the child away and leave you alone in this yard for the rest of your life."

"How dare you! Banggeng is the only child of the Jia family. Why do you want to take Banggeng away? If you want to take anyone away, take these two money-losing goods with you." As he said this, he pointed at Xiaodang and Huaihua.

"They are money-losing goods, aren't you a money-losing goods? Humph, Jia Zhang, I won't say much to you today. If you want to live a quiet life, then do the three things I said. If you don't want to, then we'll see. Anyway, I'm young, and the worst that can happen is that I can find another city girl to marry."

"You...you..." Jia Zhang was so angry that she couldn't speak. Qin Huairu was right. She could remarry, even with the child. That idiot Zhu in the courtyard might have had feelings for Qin Huairu for a long time. No, she couldn't let her go. She had to work like a slave for the Jia family and raise Banggeng.

Thinking of this, Jia Zhang's tone softened, "Huai Ru, don't you think it's better for us mothers to live a good life? Stop making trouble, mom will definitely stay at home and take good care of the children."

Qin Huairu didn't say anything, but picked up Huaihua and coaxed her. Jia Zhangshi hit a snag and felt aggrieved, but she couldn't vent her anger, so she could only go into the kitchen and cook.

Time soon came to evening, and everyone in the courtyard came back from get off work. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they heard their wives talking about what happened in the Jia family today. Qin Huairu rarely stood up to resist, which was very surprising.

Yi Zhonghai sat at the table, listening to Aunt Yi chattering about what happened today, and fell into deep thought.

He didn't understand whether Qin Hairu really wanted to split the family or wanted to control Jia Zhang, but Qin Huairu's rebellious consciousness was undoubtedly not a good thing for Yi Zhonghai.

It seems that my plan has to be postponed. I will wait until Qin Hairu enters the factory to temper her and then take action.

"My dear, go and prepare 10 jin of corn flour. I will take it to Jia's house to have a look."

Aunt Yi did not suspect anything and immediately went to prepare cornmeal. Yi Zhonghai brought cornmeal to Jia's house, where the Jia family was having dinner, cornmeal porridge and two steamed buns. Bang Geng ate the steamed bun very happily, and the remaining one was for Jia Zhang.

As for Qin Huairu, it was corn porridge cooked by Sha Zhu for her. Although Jia Zhang was also very greedy, Sha Zhu directly handed the bowl to Qin Huairu, and Jia Zhang could only stare blankly.

Yi Zhonghai handed the corn noodles to Jia Zhangshi. Jia Zhangshi took it, opened it, curled her lips, and then took the corn noodles to the kitchen.

"Huai Ru, how do you feel?" Yi Zhonghai asked with concern.

"I'm fine, Uncle Yi. I'm thinking of taking a two-day break and then going to work."

Yi Zhonghai thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll take you to the factory to get your job done, and then you go back to the countryside to transfer your household registration here, so that your family can have food on the rations next month."

Qin Hairu nodded, and then the two talked for a few more words before Yi Zhonghai left the Jia family.

As soon as Yi Zhonghai left, Jia Zhang came out of the kitchen and said, "Qin Huairu, I warn you, don't do anything to let Dongxu down."

Jia Zhang just noticed that Yi Zhonghai's eyes were looking at Qin Huairu in an unnatural way. As someone who had experienced this before, she naturally knew what Yi Zhonghai meant.

Qin Huairu saw that Banggeng had already taken Xiaodang out to play, so she spoke out her true feelings. "Mom, I know what you mean."

"In fact, Yi Zhonghai hinted to me before that he wanted me to give him a child, but I never agreed."

"What?" Jia Zhang suddenly exploded, and couldn't control her loud voice and started yelling.

Qin Huairu quickly waved her hands to ask Jia Zhang to calm down. Seeing that Qin Huairu still had something to say, Jia Zhang looked at her angrily to see what else she could say.

"Mom, I know you are angry, but we can't beat him now!"

"Although he is no longer a big boss in the factory, he has many disciples in the steel mill. I will work in the factory in the future. It will be too easy for him to embarrass me."

"But you can't follow him." Jia Zhang was still very angry. Yi Zhonghai, this old beast, didn't even let his apprentice's wife go.

"Let's go find Director Wang and sue Yi Zhonghai."

Qin Huairu shook her head. "It's useless, mom. We don't have any evidence, and the neighborhood office can't catch him. He will definitely take revenge on our family later."

"What should I do?"

"Well, we can only deal with him first. Meanwhile, we have to keep Sha Zhu hanging and let him serve as a shield for our family."

"Are you really planning to be with that old guy Yi Zhonghai..." Jia Zhang didn't finish her words, but Qin Huairu understood what she meant.

"Mom, this has to happen. Unless we move away, we can't escape his clutches. But I'm not willing to let this old guy take advantage of me for nothing. I'll go to the hospital to get an IUD in a few days. Doesn't he want to have a child? I won't let him have his way."

"Ah." Jia Zhang sighed helplessly. At this moment, she no longer blamed Qin Huairu in her heart. "Huairu, let's live a good life from now on."

"Mom, you'll be fine in the future. You're being unreasonable in the eyes of outsiders, so I'll come out to clean up the mess. Do you understand what I mean?"

Of course Jia Zhang understood. She had been a widow for more than ten years. How could she not understand that Qin Huairu wanted to play a double act with her?

Jia Zhang nodded to show that she understood.

Two days later, Qin Huairu had no problem going to the fields. Yi Zhonghai took Qin Huairu to the personnel department of the steel rolling mill and helped her go through the work procedures.