Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

Talk about peace of mind.

But can Qin Huairu's heart really be at peace?

Cui Dake's slightly bent body and ingratiating smile on his face made the man in front of him look like a completely different person, seeming a little humble.

Once, for this man, Qin Huairu did not hesitate to use all means and tried her best to please him. She longed for the so-called good life and hoped to hold on to this man and make him a support for herself and her family.

However, everything is different now.

To be precise, everything changed from the moment Cui Dake was imprisoned five years ago.

She went from being an indispensable existence to a burden and became dispensable.

Qin Huairu knew in her heart that the relationship between her and Cui Dake was merely physical satisfaction and lacked spiritual resonance.

What Cui Dake coveted back then was her body.

What she pursues is Cui Dake's ability, the ability to support his family.

Now, Qin Huairu has the ability to support her family. This is not because her work has been significantly improved, but because the population of the family has decreased - the two people with the biggest appetite and the most picky have passed away.

The pressure of life seemed to dissipate a lot in an instant, and Qin Huairu experienced an unprecedented sense of freedom.

A monthly salary of about 20 yuan is enough for her and her two children to live a comfortable life.

The key thing is that the package left by Banggeng contained a huge sum of two to three thousand yuan and various bills, which became her solid support.

She no longer needed to run around to meet her family's basic needs, nor did she need to please the men in the factory for a living. Instead, she had more time and energy to explore her inner world.

She longs to find a man who can connect with her soul, rather than just someone who lusts after her body.

At the very least, you should find someone who likes you, just like Sha Zhu before, who will help you wholeheartedly.

Cui Dake, who had just been released from prison, obviously did not meet her standards.

Furthermore, Qin Huairu always steps forward when she needs people and steps back when she doesn't.

As a person who had been sent to a labor camp, Cui Dake had difficulty finding a job, let alone supporting his family.

The best strategy at the moment is to draw a clear line with him as soon as possible to avoid being dragged down by him.

Qin Huairu took one last glance at Cui Dake and walked straight into the yard.

Sha Zhu naturally didn't say much. He and Qin Huairu were just neighbors. No matter how others viewed it, at least in Sha Zhu's heart, that was the case.

Seeing Qin Huairu was about to leave, Cui Dake hurriedly chased after her. You know, he had no place to live now, and the nights in late spring were still quite cold, and he didn't want to sleep on the street.

"Dake, do you have anything else to do?"

Qin Huairu turned around and her eyes fell on the man following her.

At this moment, she would never consider letting Cui Dake stay overnight. She knew that her reputation was already bad, and if she let another man stay overnight at her house, she knew that tomorrow the rumors would spread all over Nanluoguxiang and even spread to the factory.

Wouldn't the reputation that she had worked so hard to improve over the past six months be brought back to its original state?

Cui Dake's face was full of anxiety: "Qin...Sister Qin, I...I have no place to live."

Qin Huairu responded indifferently: "Let's go to the hotel."

Cui Dake was anxious: "Sister Qin, how could you do this? After all, we have reached the stage of discussing marriage. I came back this time just to renew our relationship."

Qin Huairu said firmly: "Dake, stop talking nonsense. We have nothing to do with each other. I also know that you wanted to marry me back then, but you had no choice. Now I have figured it out. A forced melon is not sweet. Don't worry, I won't bother you anymore in the future."

Sha Zhu did not walk far. Listening to Qin Huairu's cold and ruthless words, he was stunned for a moment, and then returned to normal.

After all, he no longer has many thoughts about Qin Huairu.

Even though he still felt a little hot in his heart when he saw Qin Huairu's plump figure every day, Sha Zhu still didn't want to have too much interaction with Qin Huairu.

He has someone in his heart, and he can't let her down, even though he never expressed his feelings, and she never asked him to wait. Sha Zhu still fantasizes that after Sai Yuhuan is released from prison, if she is willing, he will take her to his home.

As for whether he would be ridiculed for finding a woman who came from the Eight Great Hutongs or had been sent to a labor camp, this was not a problem that Sha Zhu needed to consider. After all, he was a stubborn man and he had made up his mind. No one could persuade him otherwise.

Now Sha Zhu is willing to help Qin Huairu, but more out of pity.

Poor woman like her, a woman who lost her son and mother-in-law. He thought that if he could give some help in normal times, he would try his best to give it.

Sha Zhu has always considered himself a good person, and good people should help the weak. In his opinion, Qin Huairu is a weak person.

In the past six months, he has solved a lot of troubles for Qin Huairu, mainly those men who tried to take advantage of the widow, those men who had some interactions with Qin Huairu in the past, and those men who tried to harass her.

When he saw Cui Dake following Qin Huairu closely, Sha Zhu did not go home directly, but followed Qin Huairu intentionally or unintentionally. He was worried that Cui Dake would become desperate and Qin Huairu, a woman, would have difficulty dealing with him.

Cui Dake didn't even look at Sha Zhu beside him. The most important thing for him at the moment was to get Qin Huairu to take him in.

To be honest, Cui Dake felt extremely aggrieved inside, because Qin Huairu had tried her best to please him back then, using her plump body to please him.

Who could have thought that the world is unpredictable, and now he has to marry the woman he once didn't want to marry just to find a place to live.

I have to say, life is so unpredictable!

"Dake, here is five dollars. It's my sponsorship. Just stay in the hotel for two days, find a good job, and live a good life in the future." Qin Huairu took out five dollars and handed it to Cui Dake with heartache.

Five dollars, equivalent to an adult's food ration for one month, was considered as repayment for Cui Dake's favor.

Seeing Qin Huairu take out five yuan without hesitation, Sha Zhu looked at her with new eyes. He didn't expect that Qin Huairu, who always took money but never spent it, would take the initiative to pay for others. It seems that the rumors are true. Qin Huairu did get a lot of money from the bag left by Bang Geng.

Cui Dake took the money blankly, wanting to say something, but not knowing where to start. Cui Dake also had self-esteem, so he would not continue to pester Qin Huairu, at least not in front of Sha Zhu, because he did not want to let the fool laugh at him.

He still had to settle himself down first, and then find a job that could support himself. When he made a comeback, he firmly believed that Qin Huairu would take the initiative to throw herself into his arms. In his mind, Qin Huairu was such a person who could only share the good times but not the bad times.

Cui Dake turned around and left the courtyard. It was almost dusk and he was exhausted. He decided to find a hotel quickly and leave everything until tomorrow.