1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

Jia Zhang sat in the room, her fat body twisted into a ball, slapping her thighs with both hands, howling at the top of her lungs: "Old Jia, you left early, leaving me to suffer this injustice! Open your eyes and look, this life is unbearable!"

The fat on her face was trembling and her facial features were twisted together. She looked both funny and disgusting.

She stared at Qin Huairu with her round eyes, spitting non-stop: "Qin Huairu, you are a heartless thing. My Jia family provides you with food and clothing, but you dare to talk back to me when you are strong enough! Where were you when I was bullied by the Li family? Now you dare to show off in front of me, what are you thinking?"

Qin Huairu was so angry at her unreasonable accusation that her face turned red, tears welled up in her eyes, and she loudly retorted: "Mom, can you please be reasonable? I work hard for this family, washing clothes, cooking, taking care of the children, working day and night, but you make things difficult for me everywhere!"

When Jia Zhang heard this, she became even more excited. She simply sat down on the ground, kicking her legs and slapping the ground with her hands, crying, "Oh my, this is outrageous! The daughter-in-law dares to teach her mother-in-law a lesson! I won't live any longer!"

At this time, Xiaodang was the only one in the room. He was so scared that he hid in the corner, hugged each other tightly, and shivered.

Jia Banggeng stared at Jia Zhang motionlessly, as if he was thinking about something. He thought that his grandmother relied on this trick to dominate the courtyard, and he must learn from her.

At the entrance of the courtyard, Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu came back together from get off work at the steel rolling mill.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Jia Dongxu greedily inhaled the fish fragrance wafting in the air. When Yi Zhonghai saw this, he glared at him coldly.

He cursed in his heart: "It's all Jia Dongxu's fault. He agreed to the unreasonable request of the Li family and made me pay a thousand yuan! Look at the Li family eating fish and meat. That money is all my hard-earned money!"

He clenched his fists tightly and glanced in the direction of the Li family with resentment. Let's wait and see if this matter is over!

The noise became louder and louder as they walked towards the central courtyard. Upon careful listening, they could hear Qin Huairu crying, and the sound of Jia Zhangshi throwing a tantrum was even more deafening.

Yi Zhonghai was already upset, and now he was even more furious. He rushed into the Jia family in two steps at a time.

He shouted loudly: "Stop making noise! ​​Don't you think it's not chaotic enough? Can you please let people be quiet for a while!"

When Jia Zhang saw Yi Zhonghai coming in, she felt like she had grabbed a life-saving straw.

He immediately got up from the ground and rushed to Yi Zhonghai.

She cried with snot and tears: "Old Yi, you have to make the decision for me! This Qin Huairu doesn't treat me as her mother-in-law. She orders me around all the time. I can't live like this anymore!"

Yi Zhonghai was annoyed by her pestering him and shook her hand away with force, his face so gloomy that water seemed to drip out of it.

When Qin Huairu saw Yi Zhonghai coming, she told him the whole story without hesitation.

"The Li family is cooking fish tonight, and my mother-in-law asked me to go over to their house to get food. I didn't want to go, so she said I was from the countryside... an old man... woo woo..."

Qin Huairu cried so hard that Yi Zhonghai felt distressed.

After hearing this, his face turned as dark as ink and he glared at Jia Zhang fiercely.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, if you continue to make trouble, I will no longer be involved in the affairs of the Jia family. And you must return the thousand yuan to me!" After saying that, he turned around angrily and went back home.

After hearing what Yi Zhonghai said, Jia Zhang no longer dared to make a fuss, but she still glared at Qin Huairu fiercely.

Jia Dongxu was caught in the middle, not knowing what to do.

After a while, Jia Dongxu's stomach growled with hunger, so he asked Qin Huairu: "It's already this late, why haven't you cooked yet?"

Qin Huairu said unhappily, "There's nothing to eat at home. What are we going to use to cook? We've already eaten up all the food we bought. How can there be anything left?"

Jia Dongxu scratched his head and turned his gaze to Jia Zhang: "Mom, there is no food at home, don't you still have money?"

When Jia Zhang heard this, her eyes widened even more, and she jumped up and down and cursed, "How dare you two losers covet my money! That's what I saved for my retirement and self-defense, no one is allowed to touch it!"

Her shrill voice seemed to be able to penetrate the roof, and the flesh on her face trembled constantly with anger.

Jia Dongxu looked helpless, frowning, and said to his mother, "Mom, when you were taken to the police station, it was my master who paid for you and Bang Geng to be rescued.

We really don’t have money to buy food. If you don’t give us money, we will starve.”

After saying that, Jia Dongxu sighed heavily, sat down on the stool helplessly, and stared blankly at Jia Zhang.

Jia Zhang was also aware of the situation at home. She had been at home for a whole day and had only eaten two pancakes. Her stomach was also growling with hunger, but that was her pension money and she was really unwilling to take it out easily.

She stood there, her eyes flickering, biting her lips, her heart deeply conflicted.

"Why don't you go to your master's house and borrow some first? We can pay him back when you have enough money!"

Seeing that his mother was still unwilling to give up, Jia Dongxu became even more anxious, "Mom, the thousand yuan was paid by the master, and now my master's wife is unhappy about this matter, and she doesn't look at me well.

How can I have the nerve to go to my master's house to borrow again?

The most important thing for us now is to buy some food to live on. Can I double your pension money when I get paid?"

Jia Dongxu looked at Jia Zhang almost pleadingly.

Jia Zhang was furious and glared at Jia Dongxu and shouted, "You useless thing, you just know how to force me! I worked so hard to save this little money, is it easy?"

Jia Dongxu also lost his temper, "Mom, it's already this late, and you're still so stubborn! Are we all going to starve to death?"

Jia Zhang was a little frightened by her son's yelling, but she still said firmly: "That won't work either, the money cannot be touched!"

Jia Dongxu was completely desperate. He held his head in his hands and said in pain: "Mom, can you please not be so willful? We have to survive!"

At this time, Jia Zhang's attitude softened a little. She scratched her head and looked at Jia Dongxu angrily. Sometimes she was helpless with this stupid son.

Finally, she gritted her teeth and said, "Everyone go out, everyone go out and wait!"

Jia Dongxu knew that his mother was going to give him money, so he quickly followed Qin Huairu and the two children out of the house.

However, not long after they left, Jia Zhang's voice was heard from inside the house again: "Oh my God, who stole my money? My retirement money. That's what I earned through hard work! I won't live any longer!"

Jia Dongxu also rushed into the house desperately and asked anxiously: "Mom, what's going on?"

Jia Zhang slumped down on the ground, slapping the ground with her hands. "Dongxu, all my 500 yuan is gone. What should I do?"

Jia Dongxu's head buzzed and everything went blank.