Siheyuan: Fighting against the beasts under the pressure of the system

Afterwards, Qin Huairu didn't dare to say anything, but just wiped her tears secretly.

Jia Dongxu also knew that it was his mother's fault. He felt particularly ashamed in front of Qin Huairu and always felt a little sorry for Qin Huairu.

After food was rationed, the Jia family's living standard began to decline.

I know why it is written in many books.

"A family's monthly income of 5 yuan is a hard indicator. Only those with incomes below 5 yuan are considered poor. In fact, this indicator is relative to families where all family members have urban hukou."

With 5 yuan per person, you can buy all kinds of supplies allocated by the country. Although it may not allow you to eat well or have enough, it can at least guarantee the most basic living needs.

If the income is less than 5 yuan, it is difficult to buy all the daily necessities, so it is considered poverty.

However, if there are family members with rural household registration, the 5 yuan standard cannot be met because some daily necessities require money, which must be purchased on the black market.

In the courtyard, because he was the only one in the Jia family with a city hukou, the allocated materials were limited, and they needed to purchase a large number of various bills to maintain basic life.

So even though he was earning a higher salary, the Jia family's living standard at the time was actually below the poverty line.

In this era, if a family has a majority of urban residents, one person with a job can support the entire family.

Patting Huairu's arm, Jia Dongxu said with relief.

"Everything will get better."

"My relationship with my master has grown stronger over the past few days. Yesterday, my master secretly told me that he would teach me some skills in two days so that I can pass the exam to become a third-level worker next year."

"Our life will be much better then."

"If the salary increases a little, our family will all have enough food to eat."

Hearing this, Qin Huairu felt happy for Jia Dongxu.

"Really? An old man is finally going to teach you real skills."

Alas, Jia Dongxu sighed and looked out the window fiercely.

"This old man is not a good person. I have learned a lot from him in the past few years. He is treacherous, cunning, hypocritical, and has a strong desire for control."

"He planned to take care of my family just to support me in my old age, and didn't teach me real skills. It's all my mom's fault for being so blind to pick such a master for me. This old man is so good at disguising himself."

"If it weren't for the brat in the backyard, this old guy wouldn't have fallen, and his reputation wouldn't be so bad now. But we have no choice but to rely on this old guy!"

"When I learn some skills and level up, you'll see how I deal with this old thing."

Qin Huairu was a little scared and worried when she saw Jia Dongxu like this.

"Dongxu, the old man is very cunning and his methods are very powerful. If you have a conflict with him, I'm afraid he will harm our family."

"Huai Ru, don't worry, I know what the old man is like. I will be polite to him. Doesn't he want me to take care of him in his old age?"

"Okay, then let's be filial to him in the compound and in the factory."

"This old man has been reluctant to eat and wear for so many years, and he saves a lot of money every month."

"We have to have several thousand yuan in savings now, and we have two houses this big at home. They don't have any children, so this will all be ours from now on."

"He was right to remind me last time. He wanted me to eat the kid in the backyard, but I didn't expect that the kid in the backyard was a tough guy. I broke his teeth and reminded me."

"This old couple has no children. Since they want me to take care of them in their old age, we have to plan carefully and get more money out of them so that our family can live a better life."

"That money will belong to our family in the future."

After saying this, he revealed a ferocious look like a hungry wolf, and Qin Huairu immediately fell into fantasy.

"Dongxu is right. All the money in the uncle's house belongs to me and will belong to me in the future."

After the two of them imagined a wonderful life for a while, Qin Huairu came back to her senses first.

"Dongxu, hurry up and eat, or the porridge will get cold soon."

The two of them finished their dinner in no time.

Qin Huairu took a bag of noodles and came to Yi Zhonghai's house while everyone was eating, and shouted at the door.

"Is the uncle home? I'm Qin Huairu."

At this time, an old lady came out of the house with a smile and greeted Qin Huairu.

The aunt has been observing Qin Huairu for a long time. She is a sensible woman, good at housework and outside work, and filial to her mother-in-law.

Apart from being too beautiful and attracting a lot of attention, she has no other shortcomings.

"Huai Ru is here, come in quickly."

After entering the living room, Yi Zhonghai also came out from the inner room. Seeing the plump young woman in front of him, the old man's eyes lit up. Dongxu's wife was so attractive.

Yi Zhonghai, who is old but young at heart, was a frequent visitor to the Eight Great Hutongs when he was young, otherwise he would not have been in poor health and infertile.

Seeing the beautiful apprentice's wife, some dark thoughts came into my mind.

"Huai Ru is here."

Qin Huairu was a scheming woman, and was used to seeing all kinds of looks from men. As soon as she saw the look on the old man's face, she knew that he was a hypocritical old pervert.

"You old fool, what my Dongxu said is right, he is a hypocritical man."

But I still had to pretend to be polite and speak timidly.

"Uncle, my family is out of food. Dongxu asked me to come and borrow some food. I will return it to you at noon next month."

The old man became excited after hearing this.

"What haven't you returned yet?"

"Dongxu is my apprentice, and we are all family. His family is out of food, and I, as their master, can't just stand by and watch. I'm going to get 10 kilograms of corn flour for Huairu so that his family can get by."

The old lady took the flour bag from Qin Huairu's hand and happily filled it with 10 kilograms of corn flour. Qin Huairu thanked her repeatedly.

After Qin Huairu left, Yi Zhonghai watched the plump young woman walk out the door, sat on a chair, and savored the moment with lingering feelings.

The aunt was angry but dared not speak out.

"This old thing is still so lewd. Even at this age, he is still as shameless as when he was young. It seems that I have to be more careful about Qin Huairu in the future."

The old lady has been sleeping in the same bed with Yi Zhonghai for so many years, and she knows what kind of person her husband is. It seems that the old man has become lustful and has some bad thoughts.

No, we must prevent it.

Intermediate Court

At Sha Zhu's home, Sha Zhu has been having a hard time these past few days. He finally understands the difficulties of having a bad reputation. Things are easier in the yard.

After he started working in the factory, people in the kitchen were whispering every day and avoiding Sha Zhu, and no one around dared to approach Sha Zhu.

In the past two days, the logistics director took the opportunity to scold Sha Zhu several times. If Sha Zhu had his previous temper, he would have had a good fight with him.

But Shazhu doesn’t dare now.

"First, Shazhu is now cooking the big pot, and has not yet started cooking small dishes, so he has no say."