The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

"Huai Ru, I didn't expect the steel mill to give me such a large piece of cloth. It's just enough to make two new sets of clothes for Bang Geng."

Jia Zhang looked at the cloth Qin Huairu brought back and said with a smile.

As for Bang Geng, he was just looking at the meat that Qin Huairu brought back, with an excited look on his face, thinking about eating the meat.

"Mom, I thought so too. Bang Geng has grown a lot taller, and last year's clothes are too small."

Qin Huairu also looked at Bang Geng with a loving look and agreed.

"Mom, let's have meat tonight."

Banggeng was not interested in new clothes, but instead pestered Qin Huairu for meat.

"What are we going to eat? We have to save some for making dumplings for the New Year."

Qin Huairu tapped Banggeng's forehead repeatedly with her finger and spoke unhappily, which made Banggeng very unhappy and he was about to cry.

When Jia Zhang saw it, she pulled Banggeng into her arms and said.

"If the child wants to eat, just make some for him. There's plenty of it."

Jia Zhang said nonchalantly that for her, Banggeng was the hope of the Jia family, so as long as Banggeng asked, Jia Zhang would generally not refuse.

Qin Huairu looked at the pound of mutton on the table and said unhappily, "It's only a pound of meat. It's barely enough to make dumplings for the New Year. How can we eat it now?"

After saying that, Qin Huairu squatted down and said to Banggeng, "Be good, Banggeng. Let's save it for the New Year."

After hearing this, Jia Zhang came to her senses. She realized that there was nothing to celebrate the New Year this year, so she had to plan for it, so she joined in the fun.

"By the way, you got your salary today, right? Where's my pension money?"

Jia Zhang suddenly came to her senses and reached out to Qin Huairu for money.

Qin Huairu's body stiffened. She had been trying to fool him, but she didn't expect Jia Zhang to remember it. She could only speak hesitantly.

"Mom, this month's salary is not much. I have only received a dozen days' salary. Can you let it go? Or I can make it up to you later."

Qin Huairu said helplessly that only ten days had passed this month, and even if she got paid, only half of it would be paid. She had only received fifteen yuan today. If she had to give another three yuan to Jia Zhang, she would not be able to survive the year.

"No, you said you would give me three dollars a month, and I have it now."

The money belongs to you only after it is in your pocket. Jia Zhang would certainly not agree to this and immediately demanded that Qin Huairu give her the money.

"But I haven't bought the New Year's goods yet."

Qin Huairu said this in a conflicted manner, but Jia Zhang was not one of those men who were greedy for her body. She was not interested in her appearance and kept staring at her.

Helplessly, Qin Huairu could only take out three dollars from her pocket and handed it to Jia Zhang reluctantly. Jia Zhang was very happy after taking it. She immediately went back to the inner room, locked the door and found the place where she had hidden the money.

I saw Jia Zhang squatting in the corner and pulling out a brick very close to the ground. This was where Jia Zhang hid the money.

"Hey, why is it only this little?"

Jia Zhang took out an iron box from inside, counted it, and found that there was less than two hundred yuan. She immediately sighed, because because of Jia Dongxu before, she paid two hundred yuan in compensation to the steel mill, which reduced Jia Zhang's pension money a lot.

After looking towards the back door and seeing that no one was peeking, Jia Zhang put the three dollars she had just received in, and then restored the wall before leaving with peace of mind.

The situation of the Jia family is just a small microcosm of the courtyard. After returning home, most people made the same decision as Qin Huairu, which was to save the meat for the New Year. Of course, there were also exceptions, and that was Cui Dake who lived next door to the Jia family.

Because Cui Dake lived alone and usually went to the pigeon market, he had no shortage of meat to eat.

After returning from the steel mill, Cui Dake happily started to prepare. He took out two carrots from the cellar and planned to stew lamb.

Before long, the aroma of mutton spread throughout the courtyard, attracting many children to gather outside the kitchen window of Cui Dake's house.

"This guy doesn't know how to be careful. He has so many children surrounding him. Let's see what he will do later."

An auntie standing opposite Cui Dake's house muttered, and Yi Zhonghai came back at this time. After sniffing the fragrance, he said, "Dake is really good at cooking. Why don't we invite him to have New Year's Eve dinner with us this year?"

The first lady also agreed and said, "Sure, let's invite the Jia family as well."

After these words were spoken, both of them were stunned. It seemed that Cui Dake’s relationship with the Jia family was too bad, and it would be difficult to deal with it.

"Let's talk about this tomorrow. Let me ask first."

After thinking for a moment, Yi Zhonghai said, and then handed the meat he brought to the aunt. It was a lot more than that of others, estimated to be about two kilograms.

"The steel mills are quite generous this year. They gave us so much. But is it gone?"

The aunt saw that other people had some other things, at least some daily necessities, and couldn't help but ask in confusion.

Yi Zhonghai touched his nose and explained embarrassedly: "I saw that the Jia family was in trouble, so I gave all the cloth to Huairu and asked her to make clothes for the child."

After hearing this, Auntie didn't react much and just quietly put away her things. She knew that Yi Zhonghai was helping the Jia family now for their future life, so she didn't object.

Cui Dake was busy in the kitchen. When he looked up, he found so many little radishes outside the window. He immediately became unhappy and waved the spatula to drive them away.

"Go back quickly. You have meat at home too. Don't think about mine."

Many sensible people left after hearing this and just watched from a distance. As for Bang Geng, he didn't care at all and looked into the house with longing. On the kitchen stove, there was a pot of carrots stewed with lamb. The tempting aroma was hitting Bang Geng's sense of smell. If he wasn't too small, Bang Geng would have wanted to crawl in.

After seeing that most of the children had left, Cui Dake was planning to enjoy his dinner in peace, but he didn't expect that Bang Geng was still there, and he immediately came up with a plan.

"Bang terrier, do you want to eat?"

Cui Dake's voice was loud and many people in the yard heard it, not to mention Bang Geng who was just outside.

"Want to treat me to a meal, Uncle Cui?"

Banggeng had a look of joy in his eyes and naively thought that Cui Dake was going to treat him to meat, and even called out Uncle Cui.

"Of course, as long as you go to the courtyard and shout 'Jia Zhang is an old hag,' I will give it to you."

This is Cui Dake’s evil taste. He wants to see what kind of expression Jia Zhang would have after being scolded by her grandson.

Banggeng was still young and didn't know who Jia Zhang was, so he planned to do as Cui Dake said. At this time, Qin Huairu, who had been paying attention, hurried over.

"Bang Geng, let's go back with mom."

Qin Huairu didn't even glance at Cui Dake. In her opinion, Cui Dake was just teaching her a bad lesson, and she had already cursed Cui Dake several times in her heart.