Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

In fact, the most underestimated person in the courtyard is not Xu Damao or Yan Fugui. The smartest person in the courtyard is Jia Zhangshi, a rural woman with no education. She was able to raise her son through the war. Is she a fool?

She understood the personalities of the people in the courtyard very well, and she also properly grasped Yi Zhonghai's idea of ​​providing for her in her old age. His aggressiveness was just a disguise of his appearance, but at the end of the performance, no one knew whether his aggressiveness was real or fake.

Jia Zhang looked at her daughter-in-law Xu Erni again. After spending some time with her, Jia Zhang felt that her daughter-in-law was not a good person. She fought with her for her son every night, and her cowardly son was bewitched by Xu Erni, which made Jia Zhang very angry. Fortunately, the old Jia Zhang was able to grasp her son's nature and make her son stand on her side. Jia Zhang was very satisfied.

How many sons forget their mothers after getting married? It is a skill to suppress one's own sons and make them obedient. He said coldly to Xu Erni, "I'm hungry, please cook me an egg." Xu Erni cursed in her heart that the old man had a good idea. You want to eat eggs, and I want to eat eggs too. But are there any eggs at home? So she said with a bitter face, about to cry, "Mom, where are the eggs at home now? We can't even afford cornmeal. How about I cook you some cornmeal porridge?"

Jia Zhang snorted coldly and said, "I don't care anyway. Why don't you lend it to me? I don't care whether you pray to God or Buddha. I must eat eggs today. Otherwise, you are being unfilial to me as your mother-in-law." Xu Erni's eyes turned cold, but then returned to normal.

She had already made up her mind. Didn't her husband go to his master's house just now? Then I would go to Yi Zhonghai's house and embarrass Jia Dongxu, so that there would be a rift between the mother and son. But she still said with a sad face, "I don't know anyone in this courtyard. Who would be willing to lend me eggs?"

Jia Zhang seemed very arrogant. She snorted coldly and said, "I don't care anyway. You can go to Sha Zhu or Xu Damao's house to borrow it. But if you dare not borrow it, don't blame me, your mother-in-law, for being rude." Xu Erni sniffed and looked very weak. Jia Zhang snorted coldly and said, "Why are you pretending? I used this trick of yours when I was young. Go now."

As he said that, he threw a ball of thread at Xu Erni's head, and Xu Erni reluctantly left the house. Jia Zhang, who was lying on the kang, saw this scene and felt that she had been showing off her power just now. A smile appeared on her fat face, and she closed her eyes and fell asleep with great satisfaction.

Jia Dongxu knocked on Yi Zhonghai's door. Yi Zhonghai was warming himself by the fire. The temperature inside was still acceptable. As a seventh-level fitter in the factory, he had prepared a lot of coal for the winter. Yi Zhonghai was drinking tea by the stove. Hearing the knock on the door, he curiously walked to the door and opened it from the inside.

When he found out it was his beloved apprentice Jia Dongxu, his face was filled with joy. He pulled Jia Dongxu in and said, "It's you, Dongxu. You come to see the master in such a cold weather. Come in quickly, come in quickly. Come on, come on, my dear, take out the tea that the deputy director of the workshop gave me last time, and pour a cup for Dongxu. Let's have a good drink together."

Bai Xiuying nodded with a smile. Although she had a very bad impression of Mrs. Jia and even hated her in her heart, she was very satisfied with such a humble and polite apprentice. Especially since Jia Dongxu would be the old man who would take care of them when they got old, Bai Xiuying was even more satisfied.

Bai Xiuying picked up a large teapot and brewed a large pot of tea in it, and also thoughtfully poured some white sugar into the cup. White sugar was a very scarce commodity these days. If Yi Zhonghai had not been a senior fitter in the factory, he would not have been able to get white sugar.

Bai Xiuying put the tea on the stove and said to Jia Dongxu with a smile, "Master's wife, I put some sugar in the cup. Dongxu, drink more." Jia Dongxu felt his heart warmed. He also knew that the master and the master's wife seemed to be investors to him, but putting aside other things, the master and the master's wife were still very good to him as an apprentice.

Jia Dongxu took a sip of tea, which was still very sweet. He was very moved, thought about it, sighed and said, "Master, Master's wife, the purpose of my coming to your house is to chat with you two. My mother got angry again at home. In fact, sometimes I really think, how great it would be if you two were my biological parents."

This was Jia Dongxu's innermost thought. He had been tired of his lawless mother, Jia Zhang. His mother wanted to get involved in everything, especially in food. If she was not satisfied, she would call his father.

In fact, Jia Dongxu has no memory of his father. He is under great pressure now. His mother gave him life and raised him with great difficulty. This shackle makes him very uncomfortable. He is very grateful to his mother, but she cannot tell him what to do just because of this.

Jia Dongxu said a lot in Yi Zhonghai's house, and Yi Zhonghai and his wife were very happy. Jia Dongxu had complaints about Jia Zhang, but was very grateful to them. This was a very good start, and Yi Zhonghai still pretended to say, "Dongxu, when we come to this world, we must respect the old and love the young."

"Although your mother was wrong in what happened today, she is an old lady over fifty years old, and you must respect her. Don't dare to complain about her behind her back. If you do, the master will be angry. Do you understand?"

Bai Xiuying also nodded and echoed her wife's words. Jia Dongxu felt very bitter. He felt that these people in the world really didn't understand him at all. Parents are grateful to their children, but this is not a reason to ask for endless demands from their children.