The Dog King of Siheyuan Tears and Rebirth

After hearing what Jia Zhang said, Qin Huairu was so angry that she almost went crazy, "Jia Zhang, do you want to starve our family to death? It sounds nice, and you are going to support us, but your work station belongs to all of us, not just you. Hurry up and give me the money as agreed, otherwise don't blame me for remarrying with the child." Qin Huairu scolded.

Hearing Qin Huairu's words, Jia Zhangshi didn't care. Now that she had a job, she didn't rely on anyone, so she said contemptuously, "Marry her! Take all three children with you, don't leave any behind, whoever gave birth to them should raise them."

Seeing Jia Zhang's fearless look, Qin Huairu was really furious. "Okay, okay, Jia Zhang, you are going to starve our family to death. Why didn't I see that you are so capable before? Okay, very good, I will go to Director Wang now and see what she says. This workstation belongs to our whole family. If you want us to starve to death, then let's die together, together."

Hearing that Qin Huairu wanted to find Director Wang, Jia Zhang was really scared. She also knew that what she did was not authentic. She just wanted to try and keep more money for herself, but she didn't want to really fall out. However, she couldn't just give in, otherwise this drama would be in vain. So she said, "Huairu, don't talk about finding Director Wang. It's not easy for an old lady like me to work hard to earn a little money. You don't know that my bones have been hurting more and more since I started working. I can't stand the two yuan painkillers a month. Let's discuss how to divide the money again."

"How do you want to divide it?" Qin Huairu asked.

"I, I can only give you half. I have to keep the other half to buy medicine, and I also need to eat in the cafeteria occasionally, otherwise my body can't take it." Jia Zhang bargained.

"No, how can I live on 8.75 yuan a month? How about you take care of the food and drink? I don't want the money, but you take care of the family's food, drink, and defecation?" Qin Huairu said unhappily.

"What about the nine dollars?" Jia Zhang asked.

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"Ten yuan, at most ten yuan. Why don't you go to work? I don't want to work so hard." Jia Zhang said with a pout.

"No, you can only keep five dollars at most. This is my bottom line. Otherwise, how will the whole family survive? Xiaodang will be nine years old next year and should have gone to school. And several other children's clothes are almost too big to wear! Don't we have to buy some cloth and replace them?" Qin Huairu said.

"Bah, why should a money-loser go to school? It's good enough for a stutterer to survive. In the old society, people couldn't afford to live and would sell their property. Be content. What clothes should you wear? You won't go out. Just stay at home. Even naked is fine. It's only ten dollars. Take it or leave it."

As she said that, Jia Zhang took out ten dollars and threw it on the table, looking like she was telling you what to do.

Seeing Jia Zhang like this, Qin Huairu was helpless. Fortunately, she got ten yuan, and she could survive if she found more work. So she took the ten yuan and said, "Mom, don't blame me if you don't have enough to eat in the future. Ten yuan for a family means less than one steamed bread for each meal. You can do it yourself, and don't blame me later."

At this time, Qin Huairu had already started to calculate in her mind. The shortfall of money had to be taken from Jia Zhang's mouth. She had smelled the aroma of braised meat just now, and she knew that this damn old woman would go to fill her mouth as soon as she got her salary.

"It's up to you. You can't let me starve. I still have to work!" said Jia Zhang.

"I can't help you. Calculate carefully how much corn flour you can buy with ten yuan. That doesn't even include the vegetables! Calculate it yourself. If you think I'm taking advantage of you, take the money back. I don't want to worry about it!" Qin Huairu said contemptuously, "Don't think I didn't smell it. You must have gone to buy some braised meat just now. Your mouth is full of the smell of braised meat."

Qin Huairu's words made Bang Geng on the bed very angry. She hadn't eaten meat for several months, and this old woman actually bought meat secretly without taking her with her. So she immediately got up and said, "Okay, old woman, you actually ate meat secretly again, you heartless and evil woman, just wait, when you die I will throw you out to feed the dogs."

"Qin Huairu, don't accuse me. I didn't smell anything. The reason I smelled something was because I saw a piece of meat on the ground when I came back. I didn't know who dropped it, so I picked it up and ate it. And you, little beast, I'm your grandmother. Be careful or I won't give you food." Jia Zhang said.

"Mom, you know whether it is true or not. People should have a conscience. I won't talk to you anymore. Think about it yourself. I'm going to cook." Qin Huairu said.

"Hmph, believe it or not, I'm going to go take a shower. I smell all over." Jia Zhang said indifferently.

Just like that, the meeting between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law to divide the spoils ended.

At night, Qin Huairu lay in bed thinking and felt that this was not a good way to go. Although she still had some money, she couldn't just sit there and do nothing. Thinking of this, she got up again, lit the oil lamp, and took out the meat tickets she had saved up over the past few months. Yes, it was she who went to collect the tickets from the Jia family.

Taking out the tickets, Qin Huairu counted out the meat tickets she had saved and put them in her pocket. Then she put the other tickets away, put on her clothes and went out. Yes, she wanted to go to the black market to buy the meat tickets. She heard that the price of meat tickets was still reasonable recently.

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The next day, before Jia Zhang came back, Qin Huairu had already cooked some cornmeal porridge and fried some cabbage, and then asked the children to eat.

"I'm telling you guys, don't tell your grandma about what we're eating now, and don't eat too much. We'll have steamed bread for lunch, okay?" Qin Huairu said to the children.

"Mom, I know, just like the old woman, she ate behind her back, I know that." Bang Geng said, "Can you buy some meat and eat it behind her back? She bought meat behind our backs."

"Banggeng, you are already a twelve-year-old boy, can you understand a little bit? Don't you understand the current situation in our family? It is your greatest ability to prevent you from starving to death." Qin Huairu said bitterly.

"Oh, then can we eat meat during the New Year?" Banggeng asked.

"Try your best, Mom, can you try your best?"

"Okay!" Bang Geng said. He also knew that his family could hardly make ends meet. Now he didn't dare to steal and could only endure it.

"Have you two remembered it?" Qin Huairu said to the two younger ones.

"I understand, Mom!" Xiaodang said.

"I want to eat meat." Xiao Lian said foolishly.

Qin Huairu burst into tears upon hearing Xiaolian's words, "My little Lian, I'm sorry for you, please get better soon! Wuuwuwu..."

……

At noon, when Jia Zhang returned home for lunch, as expected, there were only four steamed buns and a bowl of clear cornmeal porridge for each person on the table.

During this period, Jia Zhang also raised some opinions, but Qin Huairu made a lot of calculations, and Jia Zhang agreed with them, so she had to give up. Fortunately, she had some money and could have a meal occasionally. Anyway, she felt that she was getting the better deal, so she didn't say anything more.