Siheyuan works as a nanny for Shazhu

Qin Huairu heard Jia Dongxu enter the house and stood up to greet him. She was about to ask how her mother-in-law was doing, but then she saw Jia Dongxu crying. She hurried forward and said, "Dongxu, what's wrong with you? Is it your mother-in-law..."

At this point, Qin Huairu covered her mouth in shock. Jia Dongxu heard the voice and pulled Qin Huairu and said, "It's okay, Huairu, it's okay. Mom is fine. She will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow after one night of observation."

Qin Huairu heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. She reached out to wipe away Jia Dongxu's tears and said, "Look at you. You're already an adult, why are you crying? I thought something happened to mom."

After that, she made two more "Pooh" sounds and secretly glanced at Jia Dongxu. Seeing that Jia Dongxu didn't pay much attention to what she said, she continued to ask, "Dongxu, you are tired too. I'm glad that mom is okay. I'll make some food early tomorrow morning and you can send it over in the morning. I'm not feeling well and there are two more people to look after at home."

"Well, you don't have to go. I'm not tired. I just want to talk to you." After what happened today, Jia Dongxu realized that because of her indulgence over the past few years, Jia Zhang had offended many people in the courtyard. Now he urgently wanted to find someone to talk to.

"Okay, sit down. I'll pour you some water. You're tired after a day. I've boiled some water. Soak your feet in it first to relieve your fatigue."

After saying that, Qin Huairu first poured a bucket of water, which had already cooled down, and added some hot water. Then he took out the foot basin, poured some hot water in, and mixed it with cold water until it was warm.

When she reached Jia Dongxu and wanted to bend down to take off her shoes, Jia Dongxu quickly stopped Qin Huairu and said, "I'll do it myself. You're pregnant, so be careful."

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm used to it, I just forgot for a moment, it's like this at home normally."

Jia Dongxu widened his eyes and said, "You are pregnant, and I am usually at work, so you are still doing the housework? Mom didn't help you."

Qin Huairu didn't say anything and shook her head. Not to mention helping, she even had to order him to do this and that. She didn't dare to say anything, otherwise when Jia Dongxu went to work, who knows what the old woman would do to him.

Seeing that Qin Huairu didn't say anything, Jia Dongxu knew what was going on. He said dejectedly, "Huairu, tell me why our family is living like this now. I remember it wasn't like this before."

Qin Huairu was also confused. She didn't understand what he was saying or what he looked like. Jia Dongxu started telling Qin Huairu what happened tonight from the beginning, and even the attitude of the third uncle when he came back in the evening. Qin Huairu was surprised after listening to it. How could he become a public enemy in the courtyard?

Thinking about everyone's attitude when I was feeding Jia Zhang the golden juice at night, they all looked enthusiastic. Why is the contrast so great? Could it be that they thought the same as I did? It also allowed me to vent my anger.

Qin Huairu thought about it, and looked at the man in front of her, the man she had chosen to spend her life with. She couldn't help but feel heartbroken, and could only say, "Dongxu, it's not like that. Think about it. We were all good before, but it was only in the past few years that our family couldn't make it anymore.

With just your salary and that little food ration, which keeps getting reduced, there is nothing I can do. If I hadn't gone out to look for some, the family would have been broke. If I had known earlier, I would have registered with the street office and transferred my household registration. At least I could have had more food rations with the child."

At this point, Qin Huairu also started crying. At that time, she listened to what Jia Zhang said and thought that she could get some food in the countryside, so she was unwilling to transfer her household registration. Later, when she was given food according to her household registration, it was too late.

Jia Dongxu also had a look of disappointment on his face. He knew about this as well. At that time, he listened to Jia Zhang's words and thought that he could occupy some land in the countryside, grow crops at home and get some food. However, he didn't know that in the past three years, all the large communes and canteens in the countryside were gone. How could his food ration be enough to feed four or five people?

The two talked about everything, and all the issues could not be avoided without mentioning Jia Zhang. It was also because Jia Dongxu was weak-willed that Jia Zhang had the final say in the family before they got married, and she still had the final say after they got married.

Yi Zhonghai also played a very important role in the middle, repeating every day that it is only the children who are not considerate and not the elders who are at fault, and that one should be filial to his parents and listen to his mother.

Everything is too late now, and we don’t know how long we will have to live like this. Although there have been no disasters this year, even if things get better, it won’t get better that quickly. There will always be a process.

Qin Huairu held Jia Dongxu's hand and said, "Dongxu, don't think too much. Talk to mom. I heard from the old people in the yard that this year's harvest is good, and it should be better than last year. When the time comes, we can buy some things and deliver them door to door to ease the relationship. It should be fine."

"I hope so. If the difficult times are over, I will ask Master to take me with me. Most people in the courtyard will still give Master some face. After all, as a master for so many years, he still has some prestige."

"But I have to tell Mom in advance. Otherwise, no matter what I say, if Mom is still the same, I don't think anyone can help. This time, I have offended Second Uncle badly. If everything is directed at our family, life will be really difficult."

Jia Dongxu nodded. The water had cooled down. He picked up his feet and wiped them himself. He said to Qin Huairu, "Go to bed early. You have to get up early tomorrow, or you'll be late for work again."

Qin Huairu also got up and packed up, and soon the two of them went into the house to sleep.

Yi Zhonghai couldn't sleep at night, thinking about the meeting in the evening. He realized at this time that he must have been fooled. But it was okay. Let Jia Zhang suffer a little and let them know that without my help, the Jia family would be like rats crossing the street in the yard.

On Monday, Jiang Feng went to work as usual, but he didn't know that he was being targeted again. However, this time it was a good thing. He was admitted to the technical department of the machinery factory. Several newly recruited technicians also stood up to greet the section chief. Jiang Feng also brought Xiao Liu from the steel rolling mill. Now Xiao Liu can work on his own and his level has been promoted to 11.

He knew how his rank came about, and he obeyed Jiang Feng's orders, saying whatever he said. There were two other people who were recruited from college graduates, and were currently 14th-level trainee technicians. At around ten o'clock in the morning, Jiang Feng, who was looking at the information, received a call from Zhang Jiacheng, asking him to come over.

Jiang Feng gave instructions for the work here and walked leisurely to the steel rolling mill. The two factories were adjacent to each other, but there was a wall between them. It was only a few steps from the gate to the technical department. After saying hello to Engineer Li and Engineer Huang, Jiang Feng walked into Zhang Jiacheng's office.

Seeing Jiang Feng coming, Zhang Jiacheng waved for him to sit down. Xiao Huang followed in and brought him a cup of tea. Zhang Jiacheng held the information in his hand and handed it to Jiang Feng: "This was sent by Director Yang. It is not our factory's machinery. I think he received an order to think of a way to improve efficiency."

Jiang Feng took the information, looked at it in his hand and said, "This is simple. We can improve work efficiency by performing maintenance and replacing parts. Haven't you arranged to change it?"

Zhang Jiacheng smiled bitterly and said, "It has been modified, but they are not satisfied and think it is not enough. I have also seen that if we maintain the original machinery well, replace some worn parts, or use better materials to make it, it will be no problem to improve it by 5 to 10 points."

"That's not a modification. If it's higher, it has to be designed. Director Yang never said where this machine came from."

"I told you not to ask, I just said it's a credit to fix it, I'm looking for you to come over and see if there's any solution."

Jiang Feng then picked up the information and read it carefully. He was actually thinking about the redesign in his mind after reading it for more than an hour. He had a rough idea in his mind and said to Zhang Jiacheng, "It's not a big problem. Did you say when you need it? It will probably take some time."

As he was talking, the phone in Zhang Jiacheng's office rang. Zhang Jiacheng walked over to answer the phone and called the factory director. He heard a "hmm" sound. He hung up the phone and said to Jiang Feng, "Don't ask me. Just ask the factory director later. I told you to have lunch here and talk later."

"Alright, let's do this for now. I'll leave this set of information with you and I'll take it away later. It still has some reference value."

Zhang Jiacheng nodded, put away the information, checked the time and said, "Let's go to Director Yang first. They will be there soon."

Jiang Feng drank a few sips of tea, stood up and followed Zhang Jiacheng. It was still early, so they slowly arrived at Director Yang's office. He knocked on the door and heard someone say "Come in". Zhang Jiacheng took the lead and pushed the door open and walked in. There was not only Director Yang inside, but two other people were sitting inside.

One of them sat upright, and the other sat up straight, but he seemed to be unaccustomed to it. Director Yang was talking to the two of them. When he saw Zhang Jiacheng and Jiang Feng coming in, Director Yang also stood up and said, "Okay, this is the great contributor to our steel mill. Old Zhang was specially called here to accompany you."

The man called Lao Zhang also quickly stood up and greeted the two people. Another person also stood up. Seeing this, Director Yang quickly pulled the two people to sit down, and asked Zhang Jiacheng and Jiang Feng to sit down. After they were seated, Secretary Li came in with two cups of tea.

After Director Yang waited for Secretary Li to leave, he spoke: "These two are Engineer Zhang and Engineer Jiang from the Technical Department. You should have heard of their names. This one is Engineer Zhang from above. His rank is higher than yours. He is a level 7 engineer. This one is Director Lou. You should have heard of him. The steel mill used to be his property."

After hearing the introduction, Zhang Jiacheng and Jiang Feng quickly stood up and greeted Engineer Zhang first. They also greeted Director Lou, and then they sat down. Director Yang took out a cigarette and passed it around. After lighting the cigarette, everyone's expressions relaxed.