1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

The aunt sighed deeply and continued, "It was Qin Huairu who came to borrow another five kilograms yesterday. Seeing how pitiful her family is, I would feel bad if I didn't lend it to her. But if I lend it to her, my family will... Oh, there's really nothing I can do!"

Her face was full of confusion and she held the spoon tightly in her hand, as if venting her helplessness.

When Yi Zhonghai heard that Qin Huairu from Jia Dongxu's house across the street had borrowed some food again, his brows immediately furrowed.

His expression became even gloomier, and a hint of annoyance appeared in his eyes.

Why is it the Jia family again?

He finally realized that as long as the Jia family was there, his family would never have enough food.

"You are just too soft-hearted. Now even if you have money, you can't buy food. Sigh! ... I will go out and think of a solution tonight!"

However, before leaving, he wanted to ask the old lady for advice.

Jia family.

Qin Huairu sat at the table, pasting paper boxes quickly with her hands. Her brows were furrowed, and her eyes were full of anxiety and helplessness.

Because there will be no more work of pasting paper boxes in the future.

During this period, the family had income from pasting paper boxes. She pasted paper boxes all day long and could earn a few cents in a few days, which at least helped alleviate the difficult situation at home.

But, in the future... Now there is no food left at home. If I hadn't shamelessly gone to the old man across the street to borrow five kilograms of mixed grain flour, I really don't know how I would have survived.

Jia Dongxu on the side was eating nonchalantly. His expression was indifferent and he glanced at Qin Huairu from time to time with eyes full of disgust.

While chewing the multi-grain cake in his hand, he muttered in his heart: "Huh, this woman actually slept with someone else before marrying him. He feels sick just thinking about it."

He hasn't touched Qin Huairu for a few days.

At first, Qin Huairu thought he was just too tired and in no mood.

But this went on for several days in a row, and Qin Huairu became a little restless.

One night, Qin Huairu couldn't help but crawl into Jia Dongxu's bed. With a hint of shyness and expectation on her face, she whispered, "Dongxu..."

However, before Qin Huairu could finish her words, Jia Dongxu pushed her out with disgust.

"do not bother me!"

Although Qin Huairu couldn't see Jia Dongxu's expression in the darkness, she could clearly feel his disgust.

A bad premonition came to her mind and Qin Huairu became anxious.

She didn't know what she had done wrong to make Jia Dongxu so unhappy.

From that day on, Qin Huairu became cautious and didn't even dare to speak loudly.

However, even so, Jia Dongxu was still lukewarm towards her.

They even talked less and less. He ignored Qin Huairu, and Qin Huairu didn't dare to ask him what was wrong.

At this moment, Qin Huairu was holding the unfinished paper box in her hand, her eyes full of worry.

She frowned slightly, looked at Jia Dongxu who was eating, and couldn't help whispering: "Dongxu, there is not much food left at home, and I don't know how long we can last. There will be no more paper box pasting work in the future, so how are we going to live?"

There was deep sorrow in her tone and helplessness written all over her face.

However, Qin Huairu's pitiful appearance made Jia Dongxu feel a chill.

He cursed in his heart: "What a hypocritical liar, still pretending in front of him, why was he so blind to marry her in the first place!"

But he also knew that life had to go on and the Jia family still needed Qin Huairu's care, so he did not turn against her directly.

He said very coldly: "I'll go out tonight and think of a solution. We can't always be like this." After that, he stood up, walked out the door to work without looking back.

Jia Dongxu's back disappeared at the door, and Qin Huairu sighed helplessly and sat on the edge of the kang.

Her eyes were empty as she looked ahead, her heart full of confusion about the future.

"We can't make ends meet anymore. We should go back to our hometown and think of a solution. After all, although life is difficult back home, as long as everyone in the family earns work points, we won't starve."

Thinking of this, Qin Huairu seemed to see a glimmer of hope. She bit her lip and decided to try again.

So Qin Huairu picked up the paper box again and worked even harder.

However, Xu Damao ushered in the most important day of his life.

Today, he was going to have a blind date with Lou Xiao'e, the youngest daughter of the Lou family, and the location was chosen near the park.

His parents called him back home last night to talk about this matter, and also gave him ten dollars.

Let him take Lou Xiao'e to the state-owned restaurant for a good meal.

When he thought of this, Xu Damao felt happy. Even if Lou Xiao'e looked down on him, at least he could have a good meal, and he would be satisfied.

Xu Damao started washing his hair and changing his clothes early in the morning. He put on his cleanest and tidiest clothes and looked radiant.

He looked in the mirror, his mouth corners raised, revealing a smug smile, thinking: "I must leave a good impression on Lou Xiao'e today. Maybe Lou Xiao'e will fall in love with me at first sight. Hehe, if it works out, I will be lucky. Even if it doesn't work out, I can still have a good meal, which is worth it."

As he was getting ready to go out, he hummed a little tune and walked briskly through the middle courtyard.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered the message Qin Huairu's parents asked him to convey, but he had forgotten it because he was busy these days.

So he shouted to the Jia family twice: "Qin Huairu! Qin Huairu!"

Qin Huairu was busy in the house. When she heard the sound, she put down her work and walked out.

When she saw it was Xu Damao, her brows immediately frowned, an expression of impatience appeared on her face, and she said, "Xu Damao, what do you want me to do?" Her tone was full of disgust.

The last time Xu Damao spoke so harshly, Qin Huairu avoided him for a long time.

When Xu Damao saw Qin Huairu, he smiled slyly and his eyes became malicious.

He leaned close to Qin Huairu and said, "Of course I called you for good news. Your parents asked me to bring you a message saying that your sister-in-law gave birth to another nephew, and they want you to go back on the third day of July when the baby is one month old."

While speaking, his eyes kept looking at Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu has a really good figure, with a curvy figure. I just don’t know what Lou Xiaoe looks like. Who is prettier between her and Qin Huairu?

Qin Huairu didn't pay attention to Xu Damao's scrutiny. When she heard the message her parents had asked Xu Damao to bring, her eyes lit up instantly and a smile of surprise appeared on her face: "Really? That's great!"

"Of course, why would I lie to you? You don't know, your parents told you that themselves when I went to your village to show the movie. If I hadn't been busy a few days ago, I would have told you a long time ago." Xu Damao said proudly, with his chin slightly raised.

Qin Huairu was both happy and sad when she heard that her mother's family had a new baby.

She was happy that her brother and sister-in-law had another child, but when she thought of her own situation, she couldn't help but feel sad.

Given her family's situation, she was afraid that she would not have the money to go back on the full moon day.

Oh, she has it so hard!

Xu Damao looked around and found that there was no one around, so he decided to test Qin Huairu.

He approached Qin Huairu again, with a wicked smile on his face, and whispered: "Qin Huairu, I heard a lot about you in Qinjia Village, such as you and Li Dahu..."

Xu Damao didn't finish his words because he saw Qin Huairu's face opposite him changed.