Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

Jia Zhang asked, "Is it possible that Yi Zhonghai is not willing to pay even two hundred dollars?!"

Jia Dongxu replied: "It's not about the money. I asked him to find a way to transfer me back to the workshop."

Jia Zhang said angrily: "Dongxu, Dongxu! I really don't know what to say to you! Is your brain stuck in your ass?! Why don't you use your brain?! Don't you know what Yi Zhonghai's situation is now?! Even if you want him to help you change your job, it's not now! You have to wait until Xiaodang is adopted. If you do this now, aren't you telling Yi Zhonghai clearly that you are plotting against him? Will he agree?!"

Jia Dongxu asked in some embarrassment: "Mom, what should we do now?!"

Jia Zhang replied: "Go talk to Yi Zhonghai again and ask him to give us money, and we will adopt Xiaodang to him."

Qin Huairu asked: "Mom, Dongxu and Yi Zhonghai have already broken up today. If I go to Yi Zhonghai again, will he agree?!"

Jia Zhang glared at Qin Huairu and said, "You are such a jinx! How can you interrupt me when I am talking to my son?!"

Qin Huairu immediately showed an aggrieved expression on her face and said, "Mom, I am also thinking about this family."

Jia Zhang said coldly: "Who are you showing this to? I won't fall for it." After that, Jia Zhang looked at Jia Dongxu and said: "Dongxu, you don't know how to manage your wife."

"Pa!" Jia Dongxu, this mama's boy, really listened to his mother. Before Jia Zhang finished speaking, a slap had already hit Qin Huairu's face. Qin Huairu's right face swelled up instantly. Qin Huairu covered her swollen face and looked at Jia Dongxu with tears in her eyes. Jia Dongxu's heart twitched when Qin Huairu looked at him. It seemed that he had done something wrong.

When Jia Zhang saw Qin Huairu's expression, her face turned ugly instantly, and she slapped Qin Huairu. Qin Huairu's left face also swelled up. After all, Jia Zhang's hand strength was not as strong as Jia Dongxu's. Although Qin Huairu's left face was swollen, it was obviously not as swollen as the right face.

Qin Huairu cried and asked, "Mom, why did you hit me?!"

Jia Zhang said coldly, "You jinx, we have never had a smooth life since you married into our Jia family. If it weren't for Bang Geng, I would not only beat you, but also ask my son to divorce you!" Then she shouted, "What are you still standing there for?! Hurry up and bring the food over! Do you want to starve us to death?!"

Qin Huairu kept cursing Jia Zhang in her heart, but she still pretended to be submissive, walked obediently to the stove, and brought the prepared meals to the table one after another.

At the same time, Yi Zhonghai returned home from get off work. Liu Guiying, who was sitting at the end of the bed sewing clothes, saw her husband coming back, and immediately put the things in her hands into the dustpan beside her, then took the thermos bottle and walked to the washbasin rack, poured some hot water into the washbasin, and said, "Old Yi, you wash first!"

"Hey!" Yi Zhonghai responded, walked to the washbasin rack, and asked, "Has the old lady's dinner been delivered?!"

Liu Guiying replied: "It has been sent over a long time ago."

Yi Zhonghai picked up a towel, wiped his face, walked to the table, sat down and said, "This morning, when I was going to work, Jia Dongxu stopped me. He wanted to adopt Xiaodang to us."

Liu Guiying's first reaction when she heard this was that the Jia family must be scheming something. Seeing his wife bowing her head and keeping silent, Yi Zhonghai continued, "Jia Dongxu's condition was 200 yuan, plus a job for him. But I didn't agree."

Liu Guiying suddenly raised her head and looked at Yi Zhonghai, saying, "After all, the Jia family still won't let us go. Is Jia Zhang planning to wipe out the entire family?! Old Yi, let me tell you! Even if you want to adopt someone else's child, you can't adopt the Jia family's! I've figured it out. The Jia family is a bunch of ungrateful people."

Originally, Yi Zhonghai wanted to persuade his wife to adopt Xiao Dang, but now seeing his wife's big reaction, Yi Zhonghai could only temporarily give up this idea. Yi Zhonghai said: "The day after tomorrow, the salary will be cut off. So the holiday will start. We will go back to work on the fourth day of the New Year. The day after tomorrow, I will go to the street office to find Director Wang and ask her about the rules for adopting a child. If it really doesn't work out, we can adopt one in two years."

When Liu Guiying heard Yi Zhonghai say this, she felt relieved. "Let's eat!" Liu Guiying said, "Let's eat!" Then she left the house and brought in the food that was warm on the stove.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day for the steel mill to pay its wages. Jia Dongxu received his wages early, went to the logistics department to receive the New Year's benefits, and waited at the door of the finance department. Not long after, Yi Zhonghai appeared. Yi Zhonghai took his wages and was about to leave, but was stopped by Jia Dongxu.

Yi Zhonghai asked: "What's the matter?!"

Jia Dongxu looked around with a smile and said, "Master Yi, this is not the place to talk. Let's go somewhere else!"

Yi Zhonghai stared at Jia Dongxu for a while and nodded silently. Jia Dongxu took Yi Zhonghai to the corner of the stairs and said, "Master Yi, you know the situation of my family. I can't support so many people now. So I want to adopt Xiaodang to you. Don't worry! I don't want you to help me find a job. You just need to give me two hundred yuan."

Yi Zhonghai sneered and asked, "Jia Dongxu, are you still asleep?!"

Jia Dongxu's face changed and he asked back: "What do you mean?!"

Yi Zhonghai said: "There are plenty of children in the orphanage. It doesn't cost money to adopt one, and you can also register the child. Why should I spend two hundred yuan in vain?!" After saying that, Yi Zhonghai sneered twice, turned around and left.

"Yi Zhonghai! Just wait and see!" Jia Dongxu also left after saying that. After the two left, Liu Lan and the kitchen helper in the cafeteria came up from downstairs. Sister Zhang said, "How did Jia Dongxu come up with this?! He gave his daughter to someone else and asked for money. Isn't this a human trafficker?!" Then she looked at Liu Lan and asked, "Liu Lan, you and Sha Zhu live in the same yard with Jia Dongxu and Yi Zhonghai. How are they doing?!"

Liu Lan replied, "A hypocrite, and a whole family of lazy people. Everyone knows what happened between Yi Zhonghai and our Sha Zhu. Jia Dongxu's family is very complicated. Jia Dongxu's mother is a well-known shrew in our courtyard. Every day, apart from sleeping, she sewn soles and thought about how to order her daughter-in-law around. Jia Dongxu's daughter-in-law lived a life in the Jia family that was worse than that of the maids in the landlord's family back then."

"Isn't the daughter-in-law of the Jia family too pitiful?!"

Liu Lan then pretended to be mysterious, looked around, and said, "Do you remember Qin Huairu who worked as a loader in our factory some time ago?!"

Sister Gao quickly agreed, "Remember! How could I not remember?! Every day at noon, when it's time for lunch, I'll ask Yi Zhonghai to treat her to a meal."

Liu Lan said, "That woman is Jia Dongxu's wife." Then Liu Lan told the sisters about the rumors about Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu around the courtyard. After listening to Liu Lan's story, Gao and the others were all surprised. Zhang said, "I didn't expect that the rumors a while ago were really true."

Liu Lan said, "They say there's no smoke without fire. If it was fake, it would have been gone by now. How come it's still spreading now?"

"That's true!" Sister Han echoed and asked, "I heard that Jia Dongxu's son was in prison?!"

Liu Lan replied, "That's true. But that guy is not a good guy. He has been stealing since he was a child. Even if he doesn't go to jail this time, he will go to jail sooner or later next time."