What if I haven't seen Siheyuan?

The next day, before dawn, Jia Zhang got up early, which was unusual for her.

When it was still dawn, she ran to Qin Huairu's side anxiously, shook her hard while she was still sleeping, and shouted, "Qin Huairu, wake up, don't sleep anymore!"

Qin Huairu was awakened by the sudden noise. She was still a little sleepy, but she got up quickly. She quickly washed up and made some corn porridge to eat.

Before leaving, Qin Huairu was still worried and kept reminding Jia Zhang: "Mom, wake up Banggeng early and let him finish eating. Then go to school early and don't be late again."

Jia Zhang looked impatient and said, "I know, I know, you should leave now!"

After hearing this, Qin Huairu pushed her bicycle out of the door, and her figure slowly disappeared in the morning mist.

Qin Huairu rode her brand new bicycle to the vegetable market in a hurry. She carefully selected more than ten kilograms of top-quality pork belly, which was just the right amount of fat and lean, and looked particularly tempting.

Then, he quickly ran to the supply and marketing cooperative and carefully selected things there. After a while, the back seat of his bicycle was filled with rice, flour, candies, cakes and other things.

After buying the things, she rode her bike towards Qinjia Village.

Although the journey home was a bit long, and the heavy supplies on the bike slowed down the speed a lot, Qin Huairu's face was filled with a happy smile all the way.

Her heart was full of thoughts of Yan Xiaoyao, thinking about how good he had been to her and the wonderful life in the future. It seemed as if all the tiredness was gone, leaving only joy and anticipation.

After Qin Huairu returned to Qinjia Village, she stood quietly in front of her yard, her eyes a little dull. Her heart was filled with emotion, since she got married, Jia Dongxu never accompanied her back here until his death.

It was only a few years ago when there was a natural disaster and the Jia family was so poor that they had no food to eat, forcing her to shamelessly come back to borrow food. She only came back a few times.

I remember that people starved to death in Qinjia Village at that time.

When I returned home, I saw that my family was eating wild vegetables and tree bark, and drinking clear porridge. I was too embarrassed to ask to borrow food.

After staying at home for one night, when she was about to go back to the city the next day, her father stuffed 20 kilograms of corn flour into her hands without saying anything, and told her to come back for more after she finished eating.

Then he waved his hand and told her to hurry and catch the bus back to the city, then bent down and went into the house.

Thinking of this, Qin Huairu couldn't hold back her tears any longer, and they flowed down. Those tears were like all the grievances she had suffered over the years, the longing in her heart, and the guilt, all came out at once.

Winter in the north is very cold. At the end of the year, there was nothing to do in the commune, so everyone in the Qin family stayed at home to spend the winter.

Mother Qin had just finished preparing breakfast in the kitchen and was about to call Father Qin and the others to come for dinner. When she turned around, she saw Qin Huairu, whose face was red from the cold, standing at the gate of the yard sobbing.

She was stunned for a moment, then immediately shouted into the house: "Old man, our daughter is back, come out quickly!"

After shouting, she quickly opened the courtyard door, ran to Qin Huairu, took her hand, and asked anxiously: "Huairu, why are you back? Did you feel wronged?"

As he spoke, he touched her cold hands and then said, "Come on, go to the house with mom and warm up."

Qin Huairu also hugged her mother excitedly and said, "Mom, I'm not wronged. I just missed you and came back to see you."

After saying that, he said to Qin's mother: "Mom, I brought you a lot of things when I came back this time." After saying that, he pointed to the supplies tied on the bicycle.

Mother Qin then realized that Qin Huairu actually came back on a bicycle, and the bicycle was full of things. She quickly complained: "You silly child, why are you carrying so many things? Aren't you afraid of being tired?"

At this time, Qin's father also ran out of the house in a hurry.

When he saw Qin Huairu, although he was surprised at where she got the bicycle, his concern made him not think about it, and he said anxiously: "My girl, why did you come back from so far away?"

"Is there not enough food at home again? I'll ask your brother to move some food to you from the cellar later. The harvest is pretty good this year, so we still have some food stored at home."

When Qin Huairu heard her father's words, her heart ached and tears began to flow uncontrollably.

She wiped her tears and said, "Dad, I didn't come back to borrow food this time. Life at home is much better now. I just missed you and came back to see you and mom."

At this time, Qin's mother reached out and hit Qin's father, complaining: "Okay, you old man, help your daughter push the car back home quickly, don't let your daughter get cold again."

After Qin Huairu's brother came out with Qin's father, he stood by and could not get a word in. As soon as Qin's mother finished speaking, he immediately rushed over to take the bicycle and said, "Sister, I'll help you push it in."

After the family entered the house, Qin Huairu quickly asked her brother to take down all the things tied up in the car, and said with a smile: "It's not easy to come back once, I brought you some things."

After the younger brother took the things down, everyone in the Qin family looked at the opened bag with their eyes wide open in shock.

Qin's father was even more anxious, and hurriedly said to her: "My daughter, these are all valuable things. Where did you get them? This must have cost a lot of money!"

Then he said to her anxiously, "And I see your bicycle is still brand new. You know, in our village, only your second uncle is the village chief, and the government gave him an old bicycle that is who knows how many years old. Don't do anything stupid!"

Qin Huairu hesitated for a moment, then said, "Brother, go and keep watch in the yard." Then she closed the door of the house.

She glanced at her parents, her face blushing, and whispered, "Yan Xiaoyao bought me the bicycle, and I'm in love with him now."

"He is so nice to me. He asked me to buy these things and bring them back. He said it was inconvenient for us to come to our house, so these things can be considered as gifts from him as the new son-in-law." His face was full of happiness.

After saying that, he paused and told his parents about Yan Xiaoyao's situation.

Then he said proudly: "Xiaoyao is a college student, he is highly respected in the factory, and he is also honest and kind. Moreover, he transferred me to the infirmary, so I don't have to do hard labor in the fitter's workshop anymore."

After hearing what she said, Qin's father and mother were silent for a while.

Father Qin sat on the kang, puffing on his pipe, his brows furrowed, and his expression could not be seen clearly in the smoke.

Qin's mother sat aside, and stopped sewing the soles of shoes in her hands. Her eyes were a little blank, as if she was thinking about something. The room was so quiet that you could hear the sound of the cold wind blowing outside the window. It was silent for a long time.

Father Qin took a deep puff of his cigarette and said to Qin Huairu with concern: "My daughter, the age difference between you two is too big. What will you do in the future?" His face was full of worry and his eyes revealed his concern for his daughter's future.

Mother Qin also looked worried and agreed, "My daughter, since you two are now together, your father and I won't say much to you. Just live a good life. But you still have to be careful of Jia Zhang in the Jia family. She is not an easy person to deal with. It will be terrible if she finds out."

When Qin Huairu heard that her parents accepted her and Yan Xiaoyao's relationship, she immediately smiled and said to them very happily: "In fact, Jia Zhang has known about it for a long time, and she even covered for us!"

Father Qin was shocked, his eyes wide open, and he said in disbelief, "What? That shrew Jia Zhang can still cover for you?"

Mother Qin also looked suspicious and said anxiously: "Huai Ru, I think you are confused. With Jia Zhang's character, if she knew about your relationship, she would definitely make a big fuss!"

Qin Huairu smiled and said, "I was also surprised at the time. Later, when I told Xiaoyao about it, Xiaoyao said that Jia Zhang was afraid that I would run away, and now with Xiaoyao's help, the living conditions at home have improved a lot, and we can eat meat often!"

"I give Jia Zhang some money occasionally. She is more active than me now. She is afraid that I will make Xiaoyao angry one day and I will not be able to live happily ever after."

After she finished speaking, Qin's father and mother looked at each other.

Then he shook his head helplessly, sighed, and said, "If that's the case, someone like Jia Zhang might really do that."

However, Qin's father was still worried about her and Yan Xiaoyao.

He frowned and couldn't help but say, "My daughter, he is still young now, and the age gap is there. What if in a few years, when you are older, he changes his mind? Have you thought about this problem?" When saying this, Qin's father's eyes were full of anxiety and concern.