Siheyuan: Father Yi Zhonghai and Sister-in-law Lou Xiaoe

"I'll check it out tomorrow."

Liu Haizhong was thinking, it would be nice to just build a simple structure first, and then reinforce it when someone comes to repair the house.

In this way, his two sons will have a place to live after they get married.

When it was daybreak, everyone finally saw what the yard had become after the earthquake.

The pavilion in the central courtyard is a little crooked.

There were two houses in the backyard that were pretty badly damaged.

A wall collapsed in the front yard.

There are also some cracks in other places.

Anyway, I have to find someone to repair it in a few days, otherwise I won’t be able to live in this house.

This situation made my mood, which had finally calmed down last night, become restless again.

"Da Mao, Er Mao, come and have some noodles!"

Just when everyone didn't know what to do, Liang Ladi came in with two bowls of noodles as if nothing had happened.

"Where did you get the noodles?"

Jia Zhang looked over and saw noodles, eggs, and vegetables.

They don’t usually eat this well at home.

How come people can still eat so well during an earthquake?

"The kid's father did it!"

Liang Ladi smiled and handed the chopsticks to her two sons: "Remember to return the bowls after you finish eating!"

"it is good!"

Da Mao and Er Mao said in unison, without paying any attention to anyone else, they squatted on the ground and started eating.

"How about we make something to eat? Who has noodles?"

"I'll go get some cabbage from the cellar. You guys build a stove. There's a big pot in the woodshed that you can use."

"You guys get ready first. I'll go out and see if I can buy some noodles from the supply and marketing cooperative. Then we can all contribute some money."

"Go quickly!"

"..."

Perhaps it was because they saw the two brothers, Damao and Ermao, eating noodles there, and also smelled the fragrance, everyone was a little hungry, so they were all very energetic now.

"Huai Ru, take Xiao Dang and Huai Hua to find the aunt. The noodles Liang Ladi brought over just now were made by them. There must be more!"

Jia Zhang whispered to Qin Huairu.

"If you want to eat, go by yourself. I'm not going!"

Qin Huairu didn't want to lose that person.

"I went there yesterday, but they wouldn't let me in. I'm sure I won't get a meal if I go today."

Jia Zhang is still very self-aware.

"Grandma, there's no need to go. It's useless to go. Yi Bufan won't give it to you."

"Let's wait for the people in the middle courtyard to make it and eat it ourselves."

Banggeng still believes in everyone.

"How long do we have to wait?"

Jia Zhang took a quick glance and saw that everyone was indifferent, so she had no choice but to go again with a thick face.

Mainly because I was a little greedy and really hungry.

"What are you going to do again?"

As soon as Jia Zhang walked into Yi Bufan's yard, she was seen by Xu Damao.

"I, I came to see if you need any help."

Jia Zhang smiled and tried to be as gentle as possible.

"No! Get out."

Xu Damao waved his hand.

"Well, I'll help you wash the dishes and pots. Give me a bowl of noodles. There's so much left anyway."

Jia Zhang walked over and saw that there was still some noodles in the pot.

"No, I can do the washing of pots and dishes!"

An auntie said with a smile.

"I can do that too. You don't have to steal my job."

"We don't have any extra food for you."

Liang Ladi walked over and stood in front of Jia Zhang. It looked like she might really come to grab the pot.

"Uncle, aunt, you see, we have been neighbors for many years."

"When my old Jia was still alive, we were neighbors."

"I am already over sixty years old. You can't bear to see me starve due to natural disasters or man-made disasters, right?"

"I just..."

Jia Zhang felt that the hard approach didn't work, so she tried the soft approach.

Yi Bufan didn't say anything. He walked over, picked up the pot, poured all the remaining food into his bowl, and continued eating.

"The noodles are gone. If you need a pot, I can lend it to you. Let's cook here."

Yi Bufan glanced at Jia Zhang.

"Ah good!"

Jia Zhang was originally very angry when she saw Yi Bufan pour the remaining noodles into her bowl.

But now, when he heard Yi Bufan say this, he suddenly felt happy again.

It’s not that Jia Zhang doesn’t know how to cook, it’s just that a good cook cannot cook without rice.

She didn't have eggs, vegetables, noodles, etc., but now she has them, so she doesn't have to worry about making a delicious bowl of noodles.

He immediately picked up the eggs next to him and started beating them.

"What are you going to do?"

Yi Bufan asked doubtfully.

“Crack the eggs!”

"Cook noodles later!"

Jia Zhang said as a matter of course.

"These are our eggs. If you want to fight, take your own!"

Yi Bufan's words made everyone smile.

Just now, other people really thought that Yi Bufan was so generous to Jia Zhang.

This is normal now.

"Ah, didn't you tell me to do it myself?"

Jia Zhang was a little confused.

"I just said, I'll lend you the pot, but I didn't ask you to use our noodles, vegetables and eggs."

Yi Bufan said as he took the egg from Jia Zhang's hand and put it back.

"You, if I had these, I would use them to find you!"

Jia Zhang really couldn't bear it anymore. She felt like she was being fooled.

"Then you should also know that we definitely won't give it to you!"

Yi Bufan also looked at Jia Zhang with a smile on his face.

"Go find your ex-husband. Your ex-husband must have food and drink!"

Xu Damao also said with a smile.

"Jingru, I'm your sister's mother-in-law, so we're relatives, you see..."

Jia Zhang looked at Qin Jingru again.

"Weren't you no longer a member of the Jia family when you married Sha Zhu?"

"From that time on, you should no longer be considered my sister's mother-in-law."

"Then it seems that we are not relatives."

Qin Jingru has been married into the Siheyuan for several years and is quite familiar with the notoriety of the Jia Zhang family.

"You, you are talking nonsense. I will always be Qin Huairu's mother-in-law."

Jia Zhang understood that at her age, if she didn't hold on to Qin Huairu, it would be all over.

"But my sister won't admit it."

Qin Jingru shook her head.

"Zhang Cuihua, if you really want to use our dishes, you can buy them."

"Just give us fifty cents for a bowl of noodles."

Yi Bufan said as he fed Yi Xiaoyue.

"Ah, a bowl of noodles costs fifty cents, you might as well go and rob it."

Jia Zhang finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"No, robbing is against the law. It's not against the law to let you go. It's your own free will."

Yi Bufan explained with a smile.