Siheyuan: Liu Guangtian's happy life

In the Red Star Courtyard, in Yi Zhonghai's home in the middle courtyard, Yi Zhonghai was sitting on a chair drinking wine and looking towards the Jia family, his eyes full of confusion and sadness.

It has been like this for a week since Jia Dongxu passed away. It seems as if all his energy has been drained away and there is not a trace of vitality left in him.

An old lady watched and sighed, thinking that if this continued, her husband would surely collapse, so she said:

"Old Yi, Dongxu is gone. I know you are very unwilling and sad, but we can't let a living person die from holding his urine. We still have to live! If anything happens to you, how will I live in the future?"

"It's all my fault that I didn't give you a child, otherwise you wouldn't have to worry so much about our future care," said Auntie, crying sadly.

Yi Zhonghai's eyes fluctuated a little when he heard what his wife said. His wife was fertile, but she had a miscarriage while trying to save him and became ill. Until now, she has not given birth to a child for him.

It was his own fault for being promiscuous when he was young, not his wife's. When he saw his wife crying, he finally jumped out of his own world.

Comforting the aunt said:

"Wife, I have never blamed you. Let's not talk about what happened back then. We are both at this age and don't want to go through it again."

"I've just been feeling sad recently. I raised Dongxu as my own son. I taught him everything I could and helped him wherever I could. Dongxu was a good person, filial and sensible. We don't have to worry about supporting him in his old age. But now he's gone! The person I worked so hard to raise is gone. How can I not be sad and resigned to the fact that the old man has to send off the young man?"

"We used to have Shazhu as a backup, but this idiot is getting worse and worse. Now he has married the daughter of the Lou family. It would be great if we could let them take care of us in our old age. But if the Lou family knew about us, they would be in big trouble. They can't let their daughter and son-in-law take care of a stranger in their old age."

"I am sad about what we will do in the future. We can still do some work now, but I am afraid that when we are old and die, there will be no one to help us wear mourning clothes and break pots and lift poles! How sad it is!"

The aunt was also sad, and suddenly she said:

"Old Yi, what do you think about us adopting a child? It's good to adopt someone you know well, but after all, you can't raise the child yourself. There are many orphans being handled by the street office during the famine. We can go and take a look when the time comes."

"Old Yi, we are not old yet. Although we are almost 50, we are not old yet. We can still raise children. Let's go and take a look. If we see someone we like, we can take him home and raise him."

Yi Zhonghai was a little moved after listening to his wife's words. He had thought about adopting a child before, but was interrupted by the deaf old lady.

The old lady said:

"What if you adopt an ungrateful person? What if he takes your money and house and doesn't care about you anymore?"

But now that the existing Jia Dongxu is dead and Sha Zhu is no longer close to him, it would be better to find a younger one to adopt. If he doesn't take care of them in the future, he will just accept his fate.

After making up his mind, he said to Auntie:

"Let's talk about adoption later. It's not appropriate now. It's not right for us to adopt a child right after Dongxu left. It will have a bad impact."

Yi Zhonghai still has to save his face, otherwise people will gossip about him, saying that you are planning to adopt a child right after your apprentice left, and why I haven't seen you adopt a child before.

Auntie naturally knew it very well. It must be because of the Jia family. However, what Lao Yi said made sense. This matter could not be rushed.

But she still has something to say:

"Although the Jia family of Lao Yi has subsidies and pensions now, I don't think they are people who know how to live."

"I've checked secretly these past few days. We have meat. Who knows when they run out of food and might come to our house to ask for more. It was okay when Dongxu was here, but now their family is a bottomless pit! You'd better be careful. When they come to our house, don't help them too much or they'll take all the good things from us."

Yi Zhonghai frowned. This Jia Zhang really didn't know how to live. She just spent the money earned by her son's life and did nothing with it. His wife was right. Who knows, she might come to ask for food one day.

Although he had a brief romance with Jia Zhang in the past, the past was the past and the present was now. Things were different. Looking at Jia Zhang's current state, Yi Zhonghai was afraid even with the lights off!

According to his previous relationship with the Jia family, Jia Zhang might blackmail him, since he is rich. Yi Zhong was very conflicted, as he could not think of a good way to get rid of the Jia family.

There is a way, which is to find a man for Qin Huairu. Sha Zhu was a good candidate before, but now that he is married, it is impossible for him to abandon his child and join the widow like his father did.

You can't ask them to divorce, that's not realistic. Yi Zhonghai got a headache just thinking about it, so he decided to just ignore it for now. Qin Huairu was pregnant with a baby, so he'd just wait until the baby was born.

However, he still had to talk to the Jia family. They must not be allowed to spend all of Dongxu's pension, otherwise they would become his scapegoat.

Yi Zhonghai walked towards Jia's house as soon as he left home. When he arrived at the door of Jia's house, he smelled the aroma of meat. The door was still closed. Yi Zhonghai thought that the family must be eating meat secretly, otherwise why would they close the door? Aren't they too hot?

Yi Zhonghai knocked on the door, and suddenly there was no movement from inside.

The Jia family stewed fish and dumplings today. The family ate enthusiastically and sweated profusely. The family had a great meal these days.

The vegetables these days were all bought by Jia Zhang. After all, Qin Huairu was pregnant and it was inconvenient. When Qin Huairu saw that Jia Zhang bought meat these days, she questioned it and told Jia Zhang to be more frugal.

But Jia Zhang's reason was that you, Qin Huairu, are about to give birth, so naturally you need to eat something good to replenish your body, and we will benefit from it.

Qin Huairu sneered at first, but later she enjoyed it very much. After eating it for two days, she seemed unable to stop eating it. She felt uncomfortable all over if she didn't eat meat for a day, and her stomach had become picky.

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. How can I have the salary I have today forever? The reason is as simple as this!

In addition, after Jia Zhang opened her heart to him a few days ago, the two of them carefully counted the family assets at home.

Jia Zhang saved 420 yuan, Qin Huairu saved 230 yuan, and Jia Dongxu received 500 yuan in pension, totaling 1150 yuan.

When the two of them finished calculating their family assets, they were as happy as children, completely forgetting that the money was earned with the lives of their men.

Oh my God! I have never seen so much money before. Qin Huairu said:

"Mom, it's you who can save so much money. Look, I only have over 200!"

Jia Zhang said with a proud look on her face:

"Humph, you think I don't know that you usually hide money secretly, I'm just too lazy to tell you, I have seen all kinds of scenes, don't forget that I also came from being a daughter-in-law."

Jia put away her smile and said seriously:

"Huai Ru, you must not let outsiders know about this money. Tell them that it's very difficult. I have to take painkillers every month, and there is no money saved at home."

"Dongxu's pension is for Banggeng to marry in the future. We can't use it unless it's absolutely necessary."

Jia Dongxu's pension was naturally kept by Jia Zhangshi. Qin Huairu could not get it at all and could only spend the money she had saved.

Seeing that their family seemed quite wealthy, Jia Zhang suggested that they eat something delicious. They hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and they had forgotten that they had attended the banquet hosted by their son and husband yesterday.

They ate this for a week and couldn't stop. On average, each person in the Jia family gained several pounds. The money was not much, just a few dozen yuan, which was just a drop in the bucket for them!

Today is the sixth day of eating meat. Just as they were eating happily, someone knocked on the door. Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang looked at each other in silence.

Finally, it was Jia Zhang who spoke up:

"Who's knocking at the door?"

"It's me, Yi Zhonghai."

Qin Huairu and the other man looked at the door in confusion, and Jia Zhang went to open the door. They couldn't just not let him in!

As soon as the door opened, Jia Zhang said:

"What's up, uncle? We're eating. Have you eaten yet? How about joining us?"

Jia Zhang just greeted him politely because Yi Zhonghai was her son's master. If it was someone else, she wouldn't even bother to be polite.

"Sister-in-law and Huairu, I have nothing to do. I just came to see you. I have finished my meal. I glanced at the table and saw that the food was indeed delicious."

"Oh, thank you, uncle. Please sit down. Bang Geng, quickly get a stool for you, uncle, to sit on," Qin Huairu told Bang Bang.

"Bang Geng swallowed a mouthful of fish and said:

"Okay, Mom. I'll go right away. After I got a stool for Yi Zhonghai, he returned to the dining table and continued making it."

Yi Zhonghai praised Banggeng for being sensible, and then said:

"Sister-in-law, and Huairu, I have something to say to you. You continue eating and I'll say mine."

"Okay, uncle, you say."

"It's like this. I heard from the neighbors that you've been eating meat these days. I'm not criticizing you, but I just want to tell you that you should live frugally. You can't do this. Otherwise, if you run out of money and there's an emergency, what should you do? You still have to save money."

Jia Zhang was not happy to speak and said:

"That bastard is gossiping and I'm not going to tear his mouth to pieces. Uncle, you also know that my daughter-in-law is pregnant and she has to eat some good supplements. It's only been a few days and others are already complaining!"

Yi Zhonghai felt that he should not have come. This Jia Zhang was unreasonable. He had said everything that needed to be said. It was up to them whether they listened or not.

"Sister-in-law, I'm also afraid of the bad influence. After all, you guys are enjoying a lavish life after receiving Dongxu's pension. It's inevitable that other neighbors will gossip about you. Just be sensible. I will also explain it to them. I'll leave first, you guys enjoy your meal!"

After Yi Zhonghai left, Qin Huairu said:

"Mom, what the uncle said makes sense. We can't keep eating like this. Even though it doesn't cost much, it won't last long."

Jia Zhang looked at Qin Huairu with contempt, which made her feel extremely uncomfortable, and said:

"Mom, did I say something wrong? Why are you looking at me like that? It's creepy!"

Jia Zhang said:

"Is that what Yi Zhonghai meant by saying that you are stupid and don't even know it? When Liu's daughter-in-law was pregnant, did anyone say anything? Why can't my daughter-in-law eat something good when she is pregnant?"

"Yi Zhonghai is afraid that we will get close to him after we have eaten up all the money. He is afraid that we will drag him down. This old man is very cunning. You have to be careful."

Qin Huairu is now full of admiration for Jia Zhangshi. As the saying goes, "listen to advice and you will have a full meal," it is true.

"Mom, I know. I will be on guard against him."

"Well, that's good to know. Don't worry about anything now. Just give birth to the baby safely. I'll take care of the rest of the family!"

"From now on, we just need to pretend to be poor and in difficulty when we are outside. There will always be kind people who will pity us!"

Qin Huairu also knew that if she wanted to live a good life, she just had to pretend to be pitiful.

"Well, I know Mom!"

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