1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

Li Dahu had already expected this. The moment Li Dajiang called him, he knew that perhaps Li Dajiang had seen his conversation with Qin Huairu in the morning.

He understood that this matter would be discovered sooner or later, and at that point there was no need to hide it any longer.

He slowly raised his head, his eyes revealing a hint of reminiscence and endless melancholy, as if he had traveled back to that dusty period of time.

"Brother Dajiang, this is a long story."

Li Dahu's voice trembled slightly, as if he was trying hard to suppress the waves in his heart.

"Qin Huairu and I grew up together, and her family lived near my grandmother's.

When we were young, we played together every time we went to my grandma's house.

When I went to the river to fish, she cheered for me on the shore. When I climbed a tree to rob a bird's nest, she waited nervously under the tree.

Those days are the most precious memories in my life, and I will never forget them. "

Li Dahu paused and took a deep breath, as if trying to calm the pain in his heart.

"As we get older, our relationship is changing.

Unconsciously, love sprouted in each other's hearts.

We had stood back to back in the mountains countless times, looking forward to our future life. I thought she would be the one to accompany me for the rest of my life, and we would walk through life hand in hand. "

Speaking of this, Li Dahu's eyes turned red and tears welled up in his eyes.

“However, all this changed after Qin Huairu entered the city once.

She saw the prosperity and bustle of the city, and her originally pure heart became complicated.

She began to desire to become a part of the city and live a life like the city dwellers.

For this, she cruelly abandoned our years of relationship and resolutely separated from me. At that moment, my heart felt like it was pierced by a knife, and I couldn't breathe due to the pain.

I feel abandoned by the whole world..."

Li Dajiang listened quietly. He could see the heartbroken boy in Li Dahu's eyes, and a trace of sympathy arose in his heart.

Li Dahu continued, "Since then, I have been bedridden and have never made my affair with Qin Huairu public. I have buried it in my heart.

Later, my family arranged for me to marry Suzhi.

She was a kind and hardworking woman. She never complained about my poor health and lived with me through many hard years.

I also thought that Qin Huairu and I would never have any contact again.

Until I recovered and saw her again in the courtyard..."

"Brother Dajiang, I know we both have families and have never done anything out of line. When Jia Dongxu was here, I talked to her once..."

Li Dajiang frowned slightly and said seriously, "You can keep your sanity and still have a conscience. Fortunately, you didn't let your emotions get the better of you and do something stupid, otherwise I wouldn't let you off so easily."

He paused, his eyes showing a hint of warning and admonition.

"She is no longer the Qin Huairu of the past. She is Jia Qinshi, or to put it bluntly, a widow with a child.

You can't be soft-hearted and don't get close to her blindly.

You have to understand that you already have a family and responsibilities, and you can’t ruin the happiness you’ve worked so hard for just because of someone who has abandoned you.”

Li Dahu smiled bitterly and nodded helplessly: "Brother Dajiang, I understand. I won't do anything to let Suzhi down. Don't worry."

Li Dajiang nodded slightly and continued, "Do you know why the people in the courtyard are now avoiding the Jia family and don't want to get involved in their affairs?

Although life was indeed difficult for Jia Zhang and her daughter-in-law, they should never have the idea of ​​getting something for nothing.

When others help them with good intentions, they are not only ungrateful, but also selfish and only think about their own interests. They never consider the situation that the people who help them will face.

Dahu, now I know about your past with Qin Huairu, but that is all in the past.

I hope you can look at this matter soberly and stop meddling in the Jia family's affairs.

Okay, you go back first, I'll go with you when we get paid after get off work."

Li Dajiang's move was intended to prevent Li Dahu from lending his salary to Qin Huairu on impulse, thus causing family disputes.

Li Dahu understood Li Dajiang's good intentions. He nodded silently, turned around and left slowly. His back looked particularly lonely in the mottled light and shadow.

Li Dahu spent the entire afternoon thinking about what Li Dajiang said.

It was not until the bell for the end of get off work rang that he and Li Dahe and others went to collect their wages.

Although Qin Huairu arrived early, she had no choice but to wait in line and wait to receive it together with the employees of the third workshop.

Although she had only been on vacation for a few days, she found that her colleagues were very indifferent to her.

Finally it was Qin Huairu's turn. She nervously took the pay slip, her eyes falling on the meager salary amount, feeling mixed emotions.

The 18 yuan salary was earned by her with great effort while she was pregnant.

Since she started working in the steel rolling mill, she has tried hard to learn the skills of a locksmith.

But since she lost Yi Zhonghai's protection and help, her life in the workshop became extremely difficult. In addition, due to her limited education, she could not understand the complicated workpiece drawings at all.

Therefore, she had been working in the factory for many days but was still receiving an apprentice's salary.

In fact, she also understood that if it were not for the relationship between the deceased Jia Dongxu and Lao Jia, the workshop director would have transferred her out of Workshop 3 long ago.

Qin Huairu received her salary, signed her papers, held the salary carefully in her hand, and turned around to leave.

When her colleagues saw her, they all looked at her strangely, but no one was willing to come forward to greet her.

She knew in her heart that everyone must have known that she owed Li Dajiang ten dollars and had not paid it back. This made her face burn, as if she had been slapped in public.

She wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into and quicken her pace to escape from this embarrassing situation.

"Qin Huairu, now that your salary has been paid, isn't it time for you to pay back the money?"

A familiar voice suddenly sounded behind her, with obvious dissatisfaction and questioning in the tone.

Qin Huairu looked back and saw Li Dahe standing behind her with an angry face and contempt and disdain in his eyes.

In his opinion, the relationship between the Jia family and his family was not very good. Since Qin Huairu had received the salary, she should return it in time.

Qin Huairu's steps froze instantly, and she subconsciously clenched the eighteen yuan in her hand tightly, and a layer of sweat instantly appeared on her palm.

She secretly calculated in her mind that the eighteen dollars was just a drop in the bucket for her family's situation. If she paid back ten dollars, the remaining eight dollars would not be enough to support the elderly and children in her family for a month.

She stammered, "That..."

My mind was racing, trying to find a suitable excuse to delay paying back the money.

"What? Are you trying to find an excuse to delay this time?"

Li Dahe immediately shouted loudly, interrupting her.

"Brother Li, my family is really in financial difficulty, you..." Qin Huairu tried to continue explaining.

Unexpectedly, Li Dahe didn't give her a chance at all and stopped her again loudly: "Shut up! Don't tell me that your family is in financial difficulty. It's only natural to pay back debts! If my brother hadn't paid for your hospitalization, would you not have given birth to the child? Besides, you didn't even spend ten dollars to give birth to the child, why didn't you pay back the remaining money?"