Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

The middle-aged uncle curled his lips and said, "No matter how solid the foreigner's clothes are, you can't wear them. What's more, they are people who have worn them before. Don't you feel a little uncomfortable? You might as well buy some wool with that money and knit a few sweaters by yourself. It seems that this young wife is very lazy and gluttonous. How come she can't even think of this?"

A young man who had just returned from studying abroad and was drinking herbal tea said, "Hey, you people don't understand. Foreign things are just good. I also bought a sweater abroad. It is very sturdy and it won't get worn out even if you wear it for eight or ten years. I think this sister-in-law did a very good job. Although it is second-hand, you can buy three pieces for 18 yuan. It's such a good deal."

The middle-aged man curled his lips and said, "Boy, you are worshipping foreign things. Our country has good things too. Our sweaters are also very good. I like the sweaters my wife knits for me. They are thick and soft. I will go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some wool and ask my wife to knit me a set."

Hearing the arguments of the people around him, Qin Huairu didn't care whether foreign sweaters were better or domestic sweaters were better, but what the middle-aged uncle said just now made her feel that it made sense! It will be late autumn in more than a month, and the temperature difference between morning and evening will be very large. My man has to go to work early every morning, should I knit a sweater for him?

Anyway, I just do the housework every day, and I feel bored in the afternoon. At best, I can pick up He Yushui from the elementary school. There is nothing else to do. I nodded and whispered to He Yushui, "Yushui, do you know that there is wool for sale in this supply and marketing cooperative? How about I make a sweater for you and your brother?"

He Yushui was naturally very happy. She nodded and said, "Sister-in-law, are you really going to knit a sweater for Yushui?" Seeing her sister-in-law's expectant look, Qin Huairu touched her head and said, "Sister-in-law, keep your word. Why didn't I see any place selling wool just now?"

He Yushui smiled and said, "It's right where the sweaters were sold just now. Let's go and have a look after we finish drinking tea." Qin Huairu nodded, sat under the shade of the tree, drinking tea, and watching Qin Sanchun being beaten by her own man in the distance. Although she and Qin Sanchun were relatives, Qin Sanchun looked down on them when they were in Qinjiazhuang. Now she is so lucky, everyone says she married well, but she didn't expect to marry such a man.

This man is much older than Qin Sanchun. She is three years older than her husband. Thinking of this, Qin Huairu's pale face flushed. She was very lucky to have found such a man. After thinking for a while, she said to Qin Jingru, "Girl, you must keep what we saw today to yourself and don't talk nonsense in the village, understand!"

Qin Jingru was a little puzzled. When Qin Sanchun was in Qinjia Village, he bullied her and her sisters a lot. She wanted to promote it when she went to Qinjia Village. Why didn't her sister let her? Qin Huairu sighed and said, "Qin Sanchun's father is the village party secretary. We can't afford to offend him. There is no need to offend the village party secretary for such a small matter."

"Don't forget that our three families are still living in Qinjia Village. As the saying goes, a county magistrate ruins a family, and a prefect annihilates a clan. Your father is still a hunter in Qinjia Village. If the secretary says that you are not allowed to enter the mountains, what will your family do in the future?"

Qin Jingru thought about it and realized that what her elder sister said was right. She nodded and said, "Sister, I understand. I will keep today's incident to myself." Although she was very unhappy, Qin Jingru decided to listen to her elder sister. Seeing that her younger sister listened to her words, Qin Huairu was also very happy.

She was very smart since she was young, and knew that if this matter spread to Qinjiazhuang, it would be a thankless task. Although Qin Sanchun was quite hateful and had bullied her before, she did not want to offend the village party secretary's family for such a small matter. The village party secretary was a very petty person, and she had to keep her sister's mouth shut.

She touched Qin Jingru's head with a smile and said, "As long as you listen to me, whenever your school is on vacation, as long as there is a chance, I will ask your parents to send you to the city to play for a few days." Upon hearing this, Qin Jingru's bright eyes lit up. She raised her head, looked at her sister expectantly and said, "Sister, you are telling the truth. You can't lie to me."

Qin Huairu rolled her eyes and said, "Would it be good for me to lie to you? Besides, I won't lie to a child like you. Drink the rest of the tea quickly. I'll take you around and then send you to the hospital." Qin Jingru said "oh" reluctantly, buried her little head and started drinking.

He Yushui was also reluctant to part with her little sister Qin Jingru. She patted Qin Jingru on the shoulder and said, "Jingru, don't worry. When we are on vacation, I will ask my brother to pick you up." In fact, He Yushui was very lonely in her heart. She had a playmate like Yu Haitang in school, but in the courtyard, she could only play alone.

Qin Jingru said happily, "Yushui, is what you said true?" He Yushui patted his chest and said, "Of course, my brother loves me very much. When the time comes, I will tell my brother, and he will definitely pick you up. Besides, I haven't completely learned the rubber rope skipping you taught me."

Qin Huairu looked at the two little girls chattering, but she was not annoyed. Instead, she was very happy. Her cousin and her sister-in-law had a good relationship, so the Qin family would benefit from it in the future. Although she was a married woman, she was like spilled water, but people were not plants and trees, so how could they be heartless?

She still wanted to quietly support her mother's family in whatever way she could. She couldn't live a very good life in the city while her mother, brothers and uncles had to eat coarse food in Qinjiazhuang.