1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

Jia Zhang knew that this was just a temporary way to shut those mouths up. There would definitely be people who would secretly talk about her behind her back in the future, but at least no one would dare to talk nonsense in front of Qin Huairu. This was the best she could do.

Qin Huairu was already deeply mired in sadness, tears pouring out of her eyes like a flood.

However, at this moment, a series of shocking and astonishing words from Jia Zhang came to his ears.

That voice was like a sharp dagger, cruelly piercing the last fragile line of defense in Qin Huairu's heart.

In an instant, she felt as if struck by lightning, and her crying suddenly stopped.

At this moment, Qin Huairu seemed to have just woken up from a dream. She suddenly realized that what was the use of crying and being heartbroken?

Could tears turn into food to feed her family of five?

Or could tears solve the dilemma she was facing?

The answer is obviously no!

In these difficult and hard times, survival is the top priority.

Only by living can there be hope; only by facing reality with tenacity can she raise her three children. What else can't she do for her three children?

Thinking of this, Qin Huairu took a deep breath and slowly raised her head.

Although her red and swollen eyes were still covered with tears, her look gradually became firm.

"That's right, I can't keep being depressed like this." Qin Huairu said to herself secretly, "No matter how big the difficulties are, I must grit my teeth and hold on, and I must raise my three children to adulthood!"

Early the next morning, the sun shone on the bluestone road of the courtyard.

Everyone thought that Qin Huairu would be too embarrassed to go out because of what happened yesterday, but she went to work with her head held high as usual, as if it wasn't her who made a fool of herself in front of everyone yesterday and nothing had happened.

This frightened the aunties in the yard so much that their eyes almost popped out.

They gathered together, looked at Qin Huairu's receding back, and talked in low voices.

Aunt Liu said softly, "Qin Huairu is really shameless. Even after such a big incident, she can still act like nothing happened."

Aunt Zhao said with some admiration: "But having said that, her energy is also quite admirable. For the sake of her children, she can endure anything."

They spoke in voices as low as the buzz of a mosquito and looked around from time to time, fearing that Jia Zhang would suddenly appear.

After all, Jia Zhang's cruel words last night are still echoing in their ears. The men in the family have repeatedly reminded them not to talk nonsense in the yard. If Jia Zhang really hanged herself at the door of her house, then they would have no way to live.

Jia Zhang's trick was really effective and temporarily suppressed the rumors.

However, even if the tree wants to be still, the wind will not stop. How can the rumors about Qin Huairu be truly stopped?

In the following days, no matter whether Qin Huairu was working in the workshop or eating in the cafeteria, she could see the male workers in the factory secretly looking at her with wolfish and ferocious eyes.

Don't think that Qin Huairu will feel ashamed and afraid to act because of this.

She seemed to be blind and could not see the profane looks the male workers gave her.

She still held her head high, her eyes charming, and stood gracefully among the crowd, ignoring the gazes of all the male workers.

If you want to get close to Qin Huairu, you have to pay the price.

Was she wrong to do that? Yes!

At this moment, she was even thankful that her parents had given her this good body, otherwise her family of five would have starved to death in this famine year.

In the face of life and death, everything else is trivial.

Li Huaide naturally heard some of the rumors about the steel mill. At first, he was afraid that Qin Huairu would be influenced by the rumors and would not dare to associate with him anymore.

He also didn't expect Qin Huairu to be so tenacious and not affected by the rumors at all. This made him look at her with new eyes.

But in order to prevent the rumors from spreading, Li Huaide naturally could not continue to meet with Qin Huairu in the factory, but he had never thought of giving up Qin Huairu.

After all, in his eyes, domestic flowers will never be as fragrant as wild flowers, and no matter how good the wife at home is, she is not as good as the secret one that makes him addicted.

Li Huaide secretly found someone to rent a separate house in a quiet and remote area near the steel mill, which became a good place for him to meet with people.

It was just that Li Huaide brought Liu Lan here for the first time. Liu Lan’s situation was similar to Qin Huairu’s. She also gave herself to Li Huaide in order to survive.

However, Liu Lan was a smart person. At the very beginning, she used her own advantages as a condition to ask Li Huaide to transfer her to the cafeteria and also asked Li Huaide to raise her salary.

Of course, Qin Huairu would not know these things.

In order to better control Qin Huairu, Li Huaide gave her small favors. He also knew that it was impossible for Qin Huairu, a widow, to remain chaste for him, so of course he would not give Qin Huairu too many benefits.

But Liu Lan is different. Her husband Li Huaide, in order to demonstrate his ability, naturally has to behave better than Liu Lan's dead man in every way, so that Liu Lan can willingly obey him.

Li family.

After Li Weimin told his family about Qin Huairu's slander against Li Dahu, the Li family's dissatisfaction with Qin Huairu reached its peak.

Although they knew that it was not easy for Qin Huairu to support a family as a widow, it did not mean that they could tolerate Qin Huairu slandering the Li family without reason, not to mention that the man was the eldest nephew who had been taken care of by Grandpa Li and Grandma Li.

Especially after Grandma Li heard about it, she went to Qin Huairu's house in person the next day to have a good talk with her.

What had her eldest nephew Li Dahu done to let Qin Huairu down that Qin Huairu wanted to destroy his reputation in front of everyone in the hospital?

Naturally, the Li family would not let Grandma Li go. It was not because they were afraid of Qin Huairu, but because they were afraid that Grandma Li would be so angry that it was not worth it.

Besides, didn’t Qin Huairu fail?

Besides, the Jia family still has the reckless Jia Zhang. Instead of looking for answers in others, it is better to keep Li Dahu under control and cut off Qin Huairu's thoughts of getting close to him.

Of course, Li Weiguo didn't want Grandma Li to go to the Jia family to confront Qin Huairu. He pulled Grandma Li's arm and said, "Grandma, leave this matter to me! Believe me, I will definitely teach the Jia family a lesson."

Grandma Li stared at Li Weiguo suspiciously and said, "Weiguo, do you really have a solution?"

Li Weiguo nodded affirmatively and said, "Grandma, of course it's true. The people in the Jia family are not easy to deal with. I can make Qin Huairu unable to take care of herself with just a little effort."

"Let my dad and the others talk to Uncle Dahu! After all, grandpa and grandma are the elders, and Uncle Dahu has something to say that he can't. Besides, there's also Aunt Suzhi. After a long time, Aunt Suzhi will also hear about it. I think it's better for Uncle Dahu to talk to Aunt Suzhi himself!"

Grandma Li nodded in agreement after hearing what Li Weiguo said and said, "Okay, let's do as you say. I'll tell your father and the others when I have time. It's not easy for your Uncle Dahu to be where he is today! Don't let Qin Huairu ruin him!"

Hearing this, a dark light flashed in Li Weiguo's eyes.

No, he would never let Qin Huairu succeed.