The Great Era of Siheyuan

After a bumpy journey, Li Wenqiang didn't even have time to eat. He passed Xingshou Commune and finally arrived at his destination.

Li Wenqiang was a good man and sent her directly to Qin Huairu's parents' home, Qinjiatun, which was a few kilometers away.

The car stopped at the door of a dilapidated earthen-walled house. Li Wenqiang took a quick look. The house had about four or five rooms, each about 20 square meters. The exterior was very dilapidated and looked quite old. If there were not many people, such a house would be considered spacious.

It was already noon. Qin Huairu's parents and brothers, sisters-in-law and younger sister-in-law heard the noise and hurried out to check.

When they saw a motorcycle parked in front of their house, they were very confused and wondered when their family had such a wealthy relative.

Just when they were wondering, Qin Huairu carefully climbed down from the car carrying the child and luggage, and shouted to them happily.

"Mom, Dad! I'm back to see you!"

Seeing Qin Huairu coming back, both of them looked a little ugly, but they still forced a smile.

"Huai Ru, you're back. These two kids are so handsome. Who is this?"

Qin Huairu's mother first exchanged a few words of greeting, and then asked Qin Huairu about Li Wenqiang's identity.

Qin Huairu smiled and said, "Mom, this is Li Wenqiang from our hospital. He sent us back on the way."

"Really? Comrade, thank you so much! I don't have anything to offer you, why don't you come in and have a glass of water?"

Looking at the two elderly couples in front of him, who were in their fifties, pale and thin, with wrinkles all over their faces, wearing shabby clothes, and with cloudy eyes, he looked at him cautiously, with a hint of inferiority and simple smile on his face.

After what happened just now, Li Wenqiang had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

"Nothing, we're all from the same courtyard. I came to the countryside with the projectionist from the steel mill. Now that everyone is here, I won't stay any longer. Bye!"

Li Wenqiang said hello and prepared to leave.

"Hey, comrade, wait a minute, come sit down at home and take a rest!"

The two old men warmly tried to persuade them to stay.

"No, let's talk about it later when there's a chance!"

Li Wenqiang declined and left on his motorcycle.

Qin Huairu looked at Li Wenqiang's departing back and felt a little complicated.

They had just had a quarrel, but Li Wenqiang sent her home without letting the past grudges go. He did not embarrass her in front of her family, making her unable to hold her head up in the village, and making her mind in a state of turmoil.

After Li Wenqiang rode away on his motorcycle, Qin Huairu brought Xiaodang and Huaihua, and led her parents and brother and sister-in-law into the house.

The furnishings in the house were simple, with only a few worn-out pieces of furniture placed randomly, and the floor was all yellow mud. The solid wood table was covered with dirty colors, which had completely covered up the original color.

There were several benches, one of which was even broken, but they were reluctant to throw it away. The light in the house was dim and a little gloomy. Fortunately, there was a drought in the past few years, otherwise it would definitely be dark and damp after a heavy rain, like a mud puddle.

Qin Huairu's mother whispered from the side while helping Qin Huairu put her luggage away.

"Huai Ru, the comrade who brought you here seems to be very capable. How is your relationship with him?"

Qin Huairu was slightly startled and said with a somewhat gloomy look.

"Mom, how could they think highly of us? They just sent us back on the way."

My father was smoking a pipe and keeping silent. My mother was also silent. Although she was prepared, she still felt a little disappointed.

In their opinion, their daughter is not bad looking, it would be nice if she has some relationship with the young man just now. Look at the motorcycle that young man just rode, they can't find one in the whole village, you can tell at a glance that his family is well-off.

Perhaps because he was in an unfamiliar environment, Xiaodang timidly snuggled up to Qin Huairu. Qin Huairu looked at the child, feeling guilty and helpless.

Holding Xiaodang's hand, Qin Huairu forced a smile and said, "Xiaodang, these are your grandparents and your uncle and aunt. Haven't you seen them before? Hurry up and call them!"

When Xiaodang saw the strangers, he hid behind them and looked at them timidly and called out in a low voice.

"Grandpa, grandma, uncle, aunt!"

After saying that, she hid behind Qin Huairu again. The situation here was completely different from what she had imagined. She thought she could have some fun after coming out, but it turned out that it was even worse than when she played at home!

"Oh, good! Good granddaughter!"

Although she felt a little embarrassed, Qin Huairu's mother still smiled and patted Xiaodang's head to show her closeness.

"Huai Ru, why did you come back this time? To be honest, you shouldn't have come back. Food is scarce at home now, and I really can't help you anymore!"

Qin Huairu's father took a puff of his cigarette and said in a heavy tone.

"That's right, little sister. You married and moved to the city to live a good life. I thought I could still benefit from you, but you have taken so much food away from home over the past few years. It would be fine if our family could make ends meet, but now we can't even afford to eat. If we continue to help you, we will starve to death!"

"Yes, every time you come back you have to take a bag of food from home. How can we have so much food for you now?"

"That's right, Huairu, don't blame us. You know what the situation is like now. Your family really can't help you!"

When my brother and sister-in-law heard what my father said, they immediately started to protect their own interests. If they really gave her more food, everyone in their family would starve to death!

"No, no, I didn't come to your house to get anything this time. I also brought you some food. Mom and Dad, look, these are all brought by me for you!"

Qin Huairu felt very sad when she saw her family’s reactions.

When she was married to Jia Dongxu, her mother-in-law always gossiped about her and forced her to bring things back from home. In order to make her life easier in the Jia family, her family members gritted their teeth and helped her.

"Where did you get all these things? Huairu, we can't do anything illegal!"

Seeing the more than ten kilograms of food and a small piece of bacon in Qin Huairu's backpack, everyone in the Qin family couldn't help but drool.

"It's okay, these are from my own home, you can keep them!"

Qin Huairu said with a smile.

"Dad, Mom, this is all from my little sister, let's just accept it!"

A middle-aged man with sunken cheeks and dark yellow skin said this.

"Okay, since it's your kindness, I'll accept it! Huairu, now that Dongxu is gone, have you ever thought about finding someone new?"

Qin Huairu's mother asked with concern.

"Mom, why are you asking this? Dongxu just left, and I haven't thought about this question yet."

Qin Huairu replied somewhat uncomfortably.

"You should think about it. You don't have a man at home now. How are you going to support three children in the future? Your mother-in-law is not an easy person to get along with!"

Her father said suddenly, took a puff of his pipe and then slowly exhaled, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of smoke.

"Mom and Dad! My mother-in-law remarried and took Banggeng away with her. Now I am the only one left in the Jia family!"

Qin Huairu said calmly.

"What do you mean, your mother-in-law remarried and took Banggeng away? Does this Jia Zhang have any shame?"

Father Qin was furious, and then he remembered the most important thing.

"So how are you now? Who owns the job and the house?"

Father Qin asked nervously.

"The money in the family was given to her, and the house and the job belong to me. This is some money I saved, you keep it. I will go to work in the steel mill this month, so that the family will not be cut off from livelihood in the future!"

Qin Huairu took out the dozens of dollars she had earned from Xu Damao in the past few days, and took out some bills from her pocket and stuffed them into her parents' pockets. She was looking forward to the future, but also a little worried.

"That's good, that's good!"

After hearing Qin Huairu's words, Qin's father and mother finally felt relieved, and her brother and sister-in-law were also smiling.

"That's good too. Huairu can find someone to marry in the future! With my sister's looks, she will definitely marry into a good family!"

Qin Huairu smiled after hearing this but did not answer. Now she is involved with Xu Damao and she doesn't know what the outcome will be!