Siheyuan: Walking the Path of Qin Huairu

Looking back on this year, Xu Huizhen has now saved 100 million yuan in her piggy bank. Her legitimate income includes her salary and the dividends from the tavern. For insurance purposes, the winter vegetables grown by her second aunt in Fangshan are all sold through the tavern. Although she earns less, it is legal and reasonable and can withstand investigation. Therefore, the tavern's income is considerable.

With the vegetable greenhouses at his second aunt's house and the steel mill as cover, Cai Quanwu also secretly sold the vegetables in his own space. After the vegetables were eaten, who would count how much was eaten?

In addition, she also earned money from trading seafood in Tianjin and agricultural and sideline products in her hometown of Xujiawan, as well as from the system's rewards, which she cashed in on for things that were useless and had no preservation value.

There was also a batch of food and supplies stored in the space. Her family didn't spend much, so she saved the money. Nearly 30,000 yuan, a lot of money in this era. She planned to use the money to buy antiques, calligraphy and paintings, gold, etc. during the three-year difficult period, and wait for the prices to rise.

Yingzi was also going back to her hometown for the New Year. She hadn't been back home for more than half a year since she came to Beijing. It would be a lie to say that she didn't miss home, but Xu Hui was really worried about a girl who had hardly gone out going home alone. This time, Xu Jianshe was also going home for the New Year, so the two of them could keep each other company.

After Yingzi started working, she received two months' salary, 27.5 yuan a month, while others were paid 18.5 yuan when they first joined the company. This was also thanks to Xu Huizhen's arrangement, who set this salary standard for Hu Yingzi on the grounds that she was the founder of the embroidery factory.

Since she started working, she gave Xu Huizhen five yuan a month for living expenses and accommodation, and kept three or two yuan for pocket money, saving a total of 35 yuan. Xu Huizhen didn't want this money. Although Yingzi lived and ate at home, she also helped her take care of the children and do housework. But she was afraid that Hu Yingzi's appetite would be raised, so she accepted it and wanted to buy her a dowry when she got married. The Hu family's ancestral preference for boys over girls could not be relied upon.

As for Xu Jianshe who occasionally brought back some goods from other places, Hu Yingzi also earned a little money, all of which were saved in the small treasury. When she was about to go home, she asked, "Sister Huizhen, do you think I should give all my salary to my mother?"

Xu Huizhen asked: "What do you think?"

Yingzi blinked and said cunningly, "Brother Jianshe saves five yuan a month. I want to keep five yuan a month as my dowry in the future. The remaining ten yuan will be given to my family. More than ten yuan a month is a lot of money in the countryside!"

Xu Huizhen: "Your mother is such a money-hungry person, will she agree?"

Hu Yingzi: "My mother will definitely not agree. Hehe, I will go back and tell her that my monthly salary is 18 yuan. What can she do to me?"

Xu Huizhen: "Yingzi, have you grown up? You dare to fool your mother? Tell me, have you ever fooled me like this before?"

Hu Yingzi waved her hands repeatedly: "No! Absolutely not! I can have the good life today because of your care for me, Sister Huizhen. If I fooled Sister Huizhen, I would be struck by lightning and die a miserable death!"

Xu Huizhen curled her lips and said, "Okay, stop talking about death all the time. Do whatever you want. I won't interfere."

Hu Yingzi: "Then you have to keep it a secret for me. If my mother finds out, at least one of my legs will be broken." Hu Yingzi said as she looked down at her legs.

Xu Huizhen burst out laughing. When she was young, Mrs. Hu was very powerful, but in her later years, she was like a toothless tiger, and was completely subdued by her sons.

Although the embroidery factory had just opened and didn't have much money, Xu Huizhen also gave everyone some benefits during the Spring Festival, one pound of meat and ten pounds of seafood for each person. It wasn't much, just a token of appreciation, but every employee was very satisfied and said they would work harder next year to get more benefits at the end of the year. Xu Huizhen was moved to tears. People of this era are so simple and easy to satisfy.

Yingzi gave her all the New Year gifts she received and she was allowed to take them home. Xu Huizhen also gave her five catties of meat and five catties of rice. As for Xu Jianshe's family, forget it. They were not that close.

However, the Commercial Bureau was a good unit, and the New Year's goods they distributed were very complete, including fish, meat, rice, and noodles. Xu Jianshe left a bag of rice to Xu Huizhen, saying that it was too heavy to carry, and he took the rest home. Xu Huizhen did not refuse.

Xu Jianshe was a man of few words. As they walked along the road, Hu Yingzi kept chattering, "Brother Jianshe, do you miss home? I've been away from home for more than half a year. Now I just want to grow wings and fly back home like a bird!"

Xu Jianshe: "I'm fine. I don't miss home that much."

Hu Yingzi: "Brother Jianshe, do you think my clothes look good? They were made at Xueru Silk Shop. My friends in the village probably won't recognize me when they see me! Do you think this can be considered a return home in glory?" Hu Yingzi looked very proud.

Xu Jianshe was just a supporting actor, and he replied, "I guess so!"

Hu Yingzi: "Brother Jianshe, if your family wants to find you a wife, you must not agree. Sister Huizhen said she would find you a wife in Beijing, so that every time you come back from a business trip, you can have delicious meals, a wife and children, and a warm bed. How wonderful! If you marry a wife in your hometown, you will only see her a few times a year, and it will be the same whether you have a wife or not."

Xu Jianshe was still young, not even of legal marriage age. The current marriage law stipulates that men can get married at 20 and women can get married at 18. So Xu Huizhen hadn't proposed marriage to him yet. Hu Yingzi was quite smart, and she gave Xu Jianshe a shot of prevention first, so that no one else could get there first.

After sending Xu Jianshe and the others away, Xu Huizhen planned to celebrate the New Year together with Han Qingqiu and his family, just like last year. However, Xu Jianmei and Cai Quanwu secretly wanted to match her up with He Yuzhu and also wanted to get involved.

Xu Jianmei came to my house and said, "Sister Huizhen, Yingzi is gone, and your house is too quiet. How about this, we'll come to your house for the New Year and ask Zhuzi to cook. Don't worry, we'll bring our own food. The most important thing is that there will be more people around, and it will be more lively. After a busy year, it's better to have some fun, right?"

Xu Huizhen nodded, "That's fine. Add Aunt Han."

Xu Jianmei: "That's settled then. By the way, Sister Huizhen, can I ask what kind of man you want to find?"

Xu Huizhen said nonchalantly: "She can work in the living room and in the kitchen. She can take care of children and wash clothes. She can use her pen to bring peace to the world and she can fight against hooligans with her martial arts!"

Xu Jianmei curled her lips and said, "Your requirements are too high. Where can you find such a perfect person? It's good enough to ask me to look after the pillars. He can do almost everything you said, except that he has a low level of education. Just think about it, it would be a blessing to have a cook at home who cooks for you in different ways every day. He is also good at being reasonable and can beat up hooligans!"

Xu Huizhen shook her head and said, "He can't do it!"

Xu Jianmei asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Xu Huizhen thought to herself, "He has another woman in his heart, this is absolutely unacceptable." Of course, she couldn't say it. He Yuzhu liked Qin Huairu a little bit in his heart, and he felt distressed when he saw Qin Huairu being wronged, otherwise he would not have been so involved.

What you can’t get is always the best. In modern terms, it is the white moonlight in your heart.

You should never marry a man who has a white moonlight in his heart. Marrying such a man will only bring you unhappiness!

Of course, she couldn't say this to Xu Jianmei, so she just said perfunctorily: "I like radishes, but He Yuzhu likes vegetables."

This one sentence choked Xu Jianmei to the point of being speechless.