Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

The two brothers Yan Jiefang, who had just entered the house, were also shocked. Their living conditions were already poor, and if they had another child, wouldn't it be the end? Yan Jiecheng curled his lips and said to his father, "Dad, you are still as good as ever. If you have another brother or sister, do you want us to have to eat coarse food?"

Yan Fugui's face was dark, thinking that his eldest son was too filial, and actually contradicted his father. He took a broom and hit him a few times, saying, "Although our family's living conditions are poor, I have starved you bastards to death. I work hard every day, and you dare to say this to me, I will beat you to death today."

Seeing his father was angry, Yan Jiecheng rushed out. He said a few meters away from Yan Fugui, "Grandpa, are you going to kill me?" Yan Fugui shouted in the house, "Get lost, I don't have a son like you." Yan Jiecheng curled his lips. This kind of situation was already commonplace for him.

Mrs. Hua looked at Yan Jiecheng and said, "How could you make your father so angry again?" Yan Jiecheng smiled and said, "No way, my father was just joking with me. Hey, Aunt Hua, can you use your slingshot to catch me?" Mrs. Hua said unhappily, "Why, you want to go shoot sparrows again?" Yan Jiecheng touched his belly and said, "We haven't had meat in almost half a year. If we don't eat some meat, I'm afraid I'll forget what meat tastes like."

Mrs. Hua smiled and said, "Okay, I'll get it for you. The rules are still the same. If you catch a sparrow, you have to give one to me." Yan Jiecheng wrinkled his nose and said, "You are too dark, are we still good neighbors?"

Sister Hua said with a smile, "Don't scold me, I learned it from your old man. I borrowed your shovel for a few days, and your father insisted that I give him some potatoes. Your aunt, I am learning from the same person as you." Yan Jiecheng nodded and said, "Okay, okay, I am afraid that you are getting old."

Aunt Hua laughed when she heard it, and went back to her home to get out a slingshot. Then she looked at Yan Jiecheng with a smile and said, "You little bastard, don't lie to me. If you don't hit anything twice or three times in total, I won't lend it to you in the future." Yan Jiecheng was speechless for a while. He glanced at Aunt Hua and said, "Gao Gao, he is really good. This has blocked my way out."

Aunt Hua said with a smile, "Then I have to be careful. If you don't pay attention to your family, you will really suffer." Yan Jiecheng said happily, "Okay, I'm afraid of you, old man. I won't talk to you any more. I'll go out and try my luck before it gets dark." Aunt Hua nodded with a smile and watched Yan Jiecheng run out.

At Jia's house, Jia Dongxu looked at his mother with a sad face and asked, "Mom, can I really not get married? What did Matchmaker Gao say? Why doesn't Huang Xiaojuan associate with me anymore?" Jia Dongxu was so heartbroken. Just now the matchmaker came to him and said that the other party was not satisfied with him. This made Jia Dongxu very sad.

Jia Zhang became annoyed when she saw her son crying. She slapped the table and said, "Enough. You're such a grown man already, keep crying. Why are you crying? It's just a wife. Can't you find another one if you don't have one? And I've told you, it's hard to find a wife in the city. Can't we find one in the countryside?"

Jia Dongxu pouted, his face full of reluctance. Because in this era, most city people would not marry country girls. Because in their minds, only men who are very incompetent would marry country girls. Jia Zhangshi also wanted to marry a city girl for her son, but her family knew their own situation. Her family was very poor, and the city girl would not look down on her son.

A son is the apple of a mother's eye. If her son is unhappy, she, as a mother, will also feel bad. Looking at Jia Dongxu, Jia Zhang clenched her fist and said, "You go and take all the meat and wine to your master's house. No, I, as a mother, will go with you. Doesn't Yi Zhonghai want you to take care of him in his old age? If you don't give something, there is no such good thing in the world."

Jia Dongxu was a little stunned. His mother just said that they would eat the meat by themselves, how could she change her mind in a moment? Jia Zhang patted her son's face and said, "Why are you still standing there? Do you want a wife? Without the help of your master, can you find a wife? Go and get some more pickled cabbage from our pickled cabbage jar. I remember you bought some peanuts yesterday, take those too."

Jia Dongxu nodded, put the meat and pickled vegetables on the plate, Jia Zhang took two bottles of wine, and the mother and son prepared to go to Yi Zhonghai's house. Before leaving, Jia Zhang said to her son, "When you get to your master's house later, don't sit there like a log and don't talk. Don't just eat as if you haven't eaten for many days. Say more good things, especially about the aspect of old-age care. I hope you can promise to provide for them and their husbands in the future. All is fine, understand?"

Jia Dongxu nodded, but still asked in confusion, "Mom, didn't you say that you wouldn't let me take care of the master in his old age? Why are you asking me to do that again?" Jia Zhang was so angry that the fat on her face trembled. She slapped her son on the head with her right hand and said, "I don't think I'm stupid, Jia Zhang. Why did I give birth to a son like you? You probably inherited your brain from your damn father, so stupid. Don't you know the principle of speaking differently to different people? Anyway, you just listen to your mother and say whatever your master wants to hear."

Jia Dongxu nodded dully. He just had to do whatever his mother said. Why did she ask for no reason? Jia Zhang looked at the silly house again, her teeth clenched, and she thought to herself, "Just wait. Unless we drive the two little beasts from the He family out, such a big house can only belong to our Dongxu."

In Sha Zhu's house, his sister He Yushui had already fallen asleep, leaving Sha Zhu alone to think about what to do in the future. Looking at this shaky house, Sha Zhu sighed. He had never lived in such a house before, and he was really afraid that it would rain heavily one day and the house would collapse.