1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

Li Weiguo was sitting at the table eating, but his thoughts drifted to the question just now.

He suddenly remembered that his second grandmother Qin Xinghua’s family was also from Qinjia Village. Could it be that Uncle Dahu knew Qin Huairu?

This discovery aroused an inexplicable curiosity in his heart.

Qinjia Village is not far from Lijia Village, and Uncle Dahu often went to Qinjia Village when he was a child, so it is normal for the two to have met.

But the strange thing is that Li Weiguo has never seen Uncle Dahu and Qin Huairu talk to each other.

Sometimes, he would see Uncle Dahu staring at Qin Huairu's back in a daze. Is there really some special relationship between them?

Li Weiguo looked at Uncle Dahu curiously and found that he did not look very well.

But everyone was eating at that time, and Li Weiguo didn't want to ask him directly. He could only suppress his curiosity and wait for a chance to talk.

After dinner, Li Weiguo followed his two uncles to the yard next door to rest.

Since the whole family moved into the small courtyard last year, Li Weiguo has maintained the habit of eating in the small courtyard and then resting in the quadrangle courtyard.

The two uncles still live in the back house, and Li Dahe’s two back houses have now become warehouses.

Li Weiguo cleaned up the place where he lived and sealed the outside door of the room that was originally used as a kitchen.

He still lives in the same house where he used to live with his brothers.

Li Weiguo thought that as long as his father continued to work at the steel mill, he would not be able to reclaim these rooms.

What's more, his mother now works in the steel mill, so there is no way his house can be taken back.

As long as he doesn't take it back, he can live there with a clear conscience.

Li Weiguo had just finished washing up and was about to lie down to rest when he heard the voices of his two uncles talking outside.

He raised himself slightly and looked out through the crack in the window.

I saw Li Dahu carrying a bucket and preparing to walk towards the backyard.

Li Dahu said to Li Xinchuang, "Xinchuang, you go to sleep first. I'll go get a bucket of water so you don't have to queue up at the pool tomorrow morning."

Li Xinchuang smiled and joked, "Dahu, you are not normal today. I never see you being so diligent normally."

Li Dahu glared at him and said, "I see you've worked hard during the day. Go to sleep instead of talking so much." After that, Li Dahu picked up the bucket and walked towards the east yard.

Li Weiguo lay back on the kang, feeling even more confused.

The three of them usually get up early in the morning to fetch water. They have never seen Uncle Dahu fetch water late at night.

Thinking about Uncle Dahu's strange behavior today, his curiosity became even stronger.

He had a bad feeling that Uncle Dahu must know Qin Huairu.

In order to verify his guess, he quickly turned on the invincible detection radar and looked towards the central courtyard with his consciousness.

He secretly wondered in his heart what was behind Uncle Dahu's series of strange actions, perhaps there was some secret behind them.

It only took Li Weiguo a moment to look over, and at that moment Li Dahu had already walked to the gate of the central courtyard.

The breeze was blowing and the moonlight was like water, sprinkling in every corner of the courtyard.

By the pool in the backyard, Qin Huairu was bending over, scrubbing the clothes that Banggeng and Xiaodang had taken off.

She was busy pasting paper boxes and taking care of Xiaodang during the day, and only had time to wash the children's clothes after Banggeng got home from school in the evening.

After all, you don't have to light lamps and burn oil to work during the day, so you can save some electricity bills.

Her family lives a tight life now and cannot afford to waste anything.

She rubbed the clothes vigorously in the cold water, and the washboard coordinated with the movements of her hands, making a "squeak, squeak, squeak" sound.

Qin Huairu's face was full of fatigue, but her eyes were firm and persistent.

She knew that she had to persevere for the sake of her family and her two children.

She had only one thought in her mind, which was to try her best to give her two children a better life.

Just then, Li Dahu walked into the central courtyard.

His figure seemed particularly tall in the moonlight, and he immediately saw Qin Huairu standing by the pool washing clothes.

Seeing her struggling to wash clothes, Li Dahu felt a pang of pain in his heart.

His thoughts instantly went back to the past.

Once upon a time, Qin Huairu was the person he held in his hands and in his heart.

Qin Huairu has been pretty, diligent and kind since she was a child.

They spent many wonderful times together.

However, an idea of ​​Qin Huairu made them go their separate ways, and from then on, the man and the woman had nothing to do with each other in marriage.

Although Li Dahu hated Qin Huairu for being cruel to him, he couldn't bear to see how miserable her life was now.

He stood there, stunned for a few seconds, with countless thoughts flashing through his mind.

He thought of Qin Huairu's eccentric son-in-law Jia Dongxu.

In the factory, he had heard a lot about Jia Dongxu, intentionally or unintentionally.

Jia Dongxu took over his father's shift at the steel mill and also took Yi Zhonghai, a senior official in the yard, as his apprentice.

To be honest, Jia Dongxu's conditions are indeed much better than his.

He has a good father, so even if his father dies, he will have a formal job to inherit, not to mention that he has Yi Zhonghai, a seventh-level fitter, as his master.

Jia Dongxu's conditions are indeed much better than those of Li Dahu, an unemployed country boy.

But Jia Dongxu had a good hand, but he ruined it.

Jia Dongxu is really disappointing. After so many years, he is still just a first-level fitter.

The little salary I earned each month was not enough to cover the family's expenses.

Life was very difficult and we often needed help and donations from neighbors in the courtyard.

Li Dahu despises such men from the bottom of his heart.

Li Dahu felt contempt in his heart. A man like this was not even as good as him. He didn't know how Qin Huairu made the choice in the first place?

Is it because I am blind or too picky to choose to marry into such a family?

This Jia Dongxu is obviously not a good match. He has no opinion on his own and is a coward.

Li Dahu looked at Qin Huairu again, his heart full of pity.

Although Qin Huairu had cruelly abandoned him, she was indeed a diligent and pretty woman.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have fallen in love with her in the first place.

But it's too late to say anything now. He is already a husband and she is already a wife. There is no possibility between the two of them anymore.

But he couldn't just watch Qin Huairu working so hard for the Jia family while Jia Dongxu was living a life of debauchery outside.

Thinking of this, Li Dahu took a step forward and walked towards the pool.

His footsteps were particularly clear in the quiet night.

Qin Huairu was concentrating on washing clothes when she suddenly felt someone coming towards her.

She instinctively raised her head and wanted to say hello with a smile, thinking it was the old man in the front yard.

However, when she saw clearly that the person coming was Li Dahu, the smile froze on her face at that moment.

The two looked at each other in silence, and the atmosphere suddenly became unusually awkward.

Qin Huairu quickly lowered her head and continued to scrub the clothes as if nothing had happened.

Li Dahu walked to the other side of the pool, put down the bucket and started to collect water.

The water in the bucket was flowing, and the "shua, shua" sound of Qin Huairu washing clothes made the night seem even quieter.

Neither of them spoke, and there was an indescribable awkwardness in the air.

Li Dahu looked at Qin Huairu, with a thousand words in his heart, but he didn't know where to start.

After a while, Li Dahu finally broke the silence.

"Did you know that Jia Dongxu was drinking in the pub today?" His voice was low and hoarse.