Siheyuan: Started in 1950, third-level cook

"No, I need to keep this money for a useful purpose. Dongxu, you still have living expenses, so go buy a few pounds of corn flour when you get off work." Jia Zhang's face changed and she quickly changed the subject.

Jia Zhang had the habit of hiding a secret stash of cash from a long time ago, under the pretext that it was for future retirement.

But now the family is running out of food. If they starve for a few days, they will die. How can we still support them?

"Mom, I know why you save money. It's for your retirement. You're only in your forties, so it's too early to think about retirement."

"Besides, I, your son, work in a steel mill. How can I not provide for your retirement?"

Perhaps because he drank Sanlouzi, Jia Dongxu's tone was a little harsh.

He was still so young, but Jia Zhang had already started preparing for his retirement?

Those who don’t know would think that Jia Dongxu is a short-lived ghost!

Coupled with some of the ideas that Yi Zhonghai often brainwashed him with, Jia Dongxu was somewhat unhappy at this time.

It is our duty to respect the elderly, but we should also be considerate of them, right?

Even though everyone in the family was starving, he still held on to that little bit of money and refused to let it go.

Seeing that Jia Dongxu was a little anxious, Jia Zhang retorted without showing any weakness: "Shut up, this is my money, I can do whatever I want with it!"

"Okay, okay, then you just go ahead and keep the money. Huairu, your eldest grandson and I will starve to death."

Jia Dongxu muttered impatiently, then began to drink the porridge in big gulps. After a few sips, he wiped his mouth and prepared to go out to work.

"Oh, we can't live like this anymore, Old Jia, you should hurry up..." Seeing that Jia Dongxu was so tough today, Jia Zhangshi wanted to move Old Jia out immediately.

And Lao Jia’s portrait was placed on the table, which added to the deterrent effect.

But Jia Dongxu seemed to be used to it. Before Jia Zhang finished reading, he shouted, "Shout, shout louder, go to the yard and shout, see if you can call my dad back."

"It's a good opportunity to let the people in the courtyard see that your family is starving, but you are still holding on to that little money and not caring about the life and death of your family. Let the people in the courtyard judge for themselves."

When these words were spoken, not only Jia Zhang was confused, but Qin Huairu who was standing beside her was also confused.

Hey!

Today, Jia Dongxu drank some low-quality liquor and unexpectedly became tougher than before.

However, Qin Huairu had no intention of mediating the fight. She was still counting on Jia Dongxu to ask Jia Zhang for money.

No matter how the mother and son quarreled, Qin Huairu didn't care even if they fought.

As long as I can get the money, everything is fine.

But unfortunately, after Jia Dongxu finished speaking, he patted his butt and went out to work.

Yesterday's work has not been completed yet, so he has to go to work early to avoid being scolded by Guo Dapiaozi.

After Jia Dongxu left, Qin Huairu was completely helpless.

She didn't dare to argue with Jia Zhang alone, because this mother-in-law would hit people if she got angry.

Fortunately, Jia Zhang did not sit there and wait for death. After breakfast, she started strolling in the yard.

He would chat with everyone he met and then ask to borrow food.

But what Jia Zhang didn't expect was that after going around in circles, there was not a single person who wanted to borrow food from her.

This made Jia Zhang very angry, and she cursed everyone in the courtyard for being heartless and ungrateful.

When other people in the courtyard saw Jia Zhang calling others ungrateful, they became even more furious.

In the entire courtyard, is there anyone more ungrateful than the Jia family?

Sha Zhu has helped your Jia family wholeheartedly for so many years, but when it comes time to pay back the money, he wants to default on it.

Who would dare to lend her things?

Even if you lend out a pound of corn flour, it would be like throwing meat buns at a dog.

There was no other choice, so after strolling around and gaining nothing, Jia Zhang went to knock on the Yi family’s door.

"Boom boom boom, boom boom boom!"

Although I didn't lend Yi Zhonghai the painkillers yesterday, Yi Zhonghai is still Jia Dongxu's master after all. If his disciple's family runs out of food, can the master just sit back and do nothing?

The person who opened the door was an old lady. When she saw Jia Zhang, she looked at her with disgust and was about to close the door immediately.

"No, what are you doing?" Jia Zhang was anxious. It was fine if others rejected their family, but do you, the Yi family, also want to turn against us?

"It's disgusting to see you!" The disgust of the old lady was about to overflow.

The two things that happened yesterday have completely disheartened the aunt.

People like Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhangshi, even if they support them all their lives, may not necessarily be filial to them when they are old.

Just break up now, whatever happens.

"Niu Huifang, what do you mean? We are out of food. I asked you for some food but you gave me a cold shoulder. Old Jia, please come back soon..."

Jia Zhang knew that she was in the wrong for what happened yesterday, so she simply sat down at the door of Yi Zhonghai's house and started crying loudly.

Yi Zhonghai, a man who values ​​his reputation very much, would definitely not be able to stand such behavior.

At that time, either the two families will break up completely, or go and get the food obediently.

And Yi Zhonghai has invested in the Jia family for so many years, how could he just break up with them?

The aunt felt so disgusted when she saw Jia Zhang throwing a tantrum on the ground.

He refused to lend me even some painkillers yesterday, yet today he had the audacity to come to my house and ask for food.

How can this person be so shameless?

Just when the aunt was about to close the door and go home, Yi Zhonghai's voice came from the room.

"Huifang, please lend them some food, just for the sake of the children." Before easing the relationship with Sha Zhu, Yi Zhonghai did not want to completely break up with the Jia family.

"What the hell, borrow?"

Jia Zhang was unhappy when she heard this.

In the past, we would directly deliver food to their homes, but now we have to borrow it.

what?

Do you also want to learn from Sha Zhu and come to us for debt when the relationship between our two families becomes bad in the future?

Yi Zhonghai has become a bad person!

It’s all the fault of that damn idiot Zhu. Why is he asking their family for money for no reason?

No, the main reason is still Chen Jun. If it weren’t for him, how could Sha Zhu become like this?

Jia Zhang cursed viciously in her heart. The woman in front of her suppressed her disgust and asked, "Will you lend it to me? If you don't want it, I'll close the shop!"

“Borrow, borrow, borrow!”

In order to shirk her debt, Jia Zhang patted her butt, stood up from the ground, and squeezed in without waiting for the aunt's consent.

When the aunt gave her a few pounds of corn flour, Jia Zhang's face drooped again.

This is too little. In the past, when Yi Zhonghai gave them aid, the amount would always start from ten kilograms.

But these are enough for our family to eat for three or four days. We can come to Yi Zhonghai’s house for more when they are gone.

"Hey, Niu Huifang, you still have two bags of white flour at home! You hid it really well. We haven't eaten white flour in a while. I have even forgotten what it tastes like."

Jia Zhang took the corn flour and wanted some white flour.

This action almost made the aunt go crazy, and she pushed Jia Zhang out.

"Old Yi, we can't go on like this. The Jia family is a bottomless pit, and Jia Zhang is just a person who only eats and doesn't poop."

Yi Zhonghai endured the severe pain and sat up from the bed, sighed and said: "Go find Sha Zhu, and do as we agreed yesterday."

"Once we make peace with Sha Zhu, we will stop associating with the Jia family."