Siheyuan: The happy life of a little chef

After everyone left, Li Jianjun and Xu Damao came to the backyard and helped Qin Huairu clean up the upside-down room first.

"Sister-in-law, why don't you stay at Jia's house for another night? There seems to be nothing here. It's so cold at night. How can you stay here?"

Qin Huairu didn't care at all.

"I finally got out. I don't want to stay in that house for even one night. I want to stay here even if it's freezing at night. From now on, this will be my home with Xiaodang Huaihua."

Li Jianjun could understand her feelings.

"Sister-in-law, let's go to my house and have dinner first, and then we can do it."

Qin Huairu felt a little embarrassed. It wasn't that she was being pretentious, but she had just hugged Li Jianjun in the afternoon and now she had to face Han Chunyan, and she didn't know how to face her.

Li Jianjun doesn't care. He is upright and has nothing to fear.

"Go ahead. You still have to pack up your things later. It's cold, and you can't work on an empty stomach."

Qin Huairu did not refuse and followed Li Jianjun back home.

At the dinner table, Li Jianjun told Han Chunyan and Lou Xiaoe what happened. The two women scolded Sha Zhu and Jia Zhang for five minutes without repeating themselves.

"Huai Ru, don't worry. If there is anything you can't solve, just tell us. Jianjun and I will do our best to help you."

"Yeah, yeah, Damao and I will too."

This was the happiest time for Qin Huairu in all the years she had been married into this compound, because she now had friends who truly cared about her.

"Thank you, thank you. No one has ever been so kind to me. I have been married to the Jia family for so many years. Except for going back to my parents' home when I got married, I have never been back. I have always been alone."

She started crying as she spoke, and Han Chunyan put her arm around Qin Huairu's shoulders to comfort her.

"It's okay. We are here and won't let anyone bully you."

Li Jianjun thought about it.

"Sister-in-law, there is a bed in that room. I'll get you a stove and some coal later so you won't be cold at night. Do you have a quilt or something?"

Qin Huairu wiped away her tears.

"Thank you, Jianjun. We have a quilt at home. It was given to me as a dowry by my parents. When the time comes, just clean it up and spread out the quilt. We can do the rest tomorrow. It's getting late."

Li Jianjun nodded.

"Come back after lunch tomorrow to clean up. It won't count as your leave. Don't worry. I'll let the security department know when the time comes."

Qin Huairu said gratefully.

"Thank you, Jianjun. I don't know how to thank you. If you hadn't helped me, I don't dare to think about what would have happened next."

"Sister-in-law, you've said thank you a lot today. Let's eat. After eating, go back and get the quilt first, so that Jia Zhang won't lock the door."

Qin Huairu returned to Jia's house to get something after dinner.

On the table in the Jia family, the lunch box that Qin Huairu brought back was still eaten by Jia Zhangshi. Qin Huairu didn't say anything, but just packed up the lunch box and took it away.

Jia Zhang and Bang Geng sat on the bed watching Qin Huairu pack up. She was afraid that Qin Huairu would take away Jia's things.

Qin Huairu didn't take much, just her own clothes, her daughters' clothes, and a quilt.

Bang Geng saw Qin Huairu packing her things and asked.

"Mom, where are you going?"

Qin Huairu still loved Bang Jiang very much and couldn't bear to tell him that they had split up.

"The house is too crowded, so your sister and I will live in the backyard. If you miss your mother, come to the backyard to see her."

Jia Zhang said sarcastically.

"That's a nice thing to say. If you really care about Banggeng, you should marry Shazhu."

Bang Geng also asked.

"Mom, why don't you marry Sha Zhu? He gives me a lot of delicious food every day."

Qin Huairu couldn't answer this question. Banggeng was still young and didn't understand anything at all.

"Bang Geng, you are still young and don't understand now. You will understand when you grow up. Mom is gone."

After saying this, Qin Huairu hugged the quilt and left the Jia family in tears.

When Jia Zhang saw Qin Huairu go out, she slammed the door shut from the inside and sat back next to Bang Geng.

She wanted to stop Banggeng from thinking about Qin Huairu and not let him run away with Qin Huairu.

"My dear grandson, your mother refuses to marry Sha Zhu, so she has to move out and doesn't want the two of us anymore. From now on, we will have to depend on each other. Your mother might find another man to marry."

Banggeng became anxious when he heard this.

"I want my mother, I want my mother, grandma, my mother will not abandon me."

Jia Zhang held Bang Geng tightly to prevent him from running to Qin Huairu.

"Bang Geng, be obedient. From now on, you won't have a mother, only grandma. Grandma will treat you well. Tomorrow, grandma will find a way to get you some meat."

Banggeng made a fuss for a while, but fell asleep after being comforted and promised by Jia Zhang.

Yi Zhonghai came to Sha Zhu's house at night and knocked on Sha Zhu's door.

When Sha Zhu saw that it was Yi Zhonghai, he quickly let him in.

"Uncle, why can't we talk about it tomorrow? Why do you have to come so late?"

Yi Zhonghai really couldn't understand why Sha Zhu agreed to take care of Jia Zhang in her old age. He couldn't sleep unless he found out. Now the only person in the hospital who could take care of him in his old age was Sha Zhu, so he had to find out what Sha Zhu was thinking.

"Zhu Zi, can you tell me what you think? Why do you want to provide for Jia Zhang's old age?"

Sha Zhu was stunned for a moment and smiled sadly.

"Uncle, do you really think I want to marry Qin Huairu? Yes, I liked her before, but don't you think about it? I'm already like this, what's the point of marrying a beautiful woman? I can't have children anymore."

Yi Zhonghai didn't know how to comfort Sha Zhu and couldn't speak for a moment. After all, he was also responsible for this matter. It was he who asked Sha Zhu to follow Li Jianjun.

Sha Zhu didn't even wait for Yi Zhonghai to speak.

"Uncle, let me be frank with you. I also want to take care of myself in my old age. I never thought about this issue before. I always thought I was still young and it would be okay to get married and have children later. But now I regret why I didn't get married and have children earlier. Maybe if I had a wife and children, I wouldn't have thought about dealing with Li Jianjun, and this wouldn't have happened."

Yi Zhonghai sighed.

"Zhu Zi, you mean that you don't want to marry Qin Huairu now, but you want Bang Geng to take care of you in your old age? Then there's no need for you to support Jia Zhangshi?"

Silly Zhu smiled.

"Master, the Qin Huairu family has split up, and only Jia Zhang and Bang Geng are left in the family. If I treat Jia Zhang and Bang Geng well, over time, Bang Geng will treat me well in the future. I am different from you."

After saying this, he looked at Yi Zhonghai meaningfully.

Yi Zhonghai felt a little uneasy. Did Sha Zhu discover something? So he tried to test it.

"Zhu Zi, what's different from me? Why don't I understand?"

Silly Zhu smiled.

"Uncle, I was stupid before. I didn't want to think about anything and acted impulsively. But after I was injured and hospitalized, I figured out a lot of things. Why did Brother Dongxu only become a second-level worker after so many years? Brother Dongxu is not stupid. Also, after Brother Dongxu passed away, you and I became much closer. Although we had a good relationship before, it was not to this extent. I know what you are thinking."