Siheyuan: Started in 1950, third-level cook

Although Chen Jun didn't like Sha Zhu very much, as long as he worked honestly in the cafeteria, Chen Jun was too lazy to deal with him.

But if this guy doesn't behave himself, he can be kicked out in minutes.

Even if you can't make it to the steel mill, you can still get to work in the workshop.

In this way, Chen Jun returned to the office, took a nap for a while, read some books, and waited until the bell of the steel rolling mill rang before he left work leisurely.

When they got home, Lin Yao cooked some porridge but hadn't cooked any dishes yet. Chen Jun was in a good mood today, so he rolled up his sleeves and went to the kitchen to simply cook two dishes.

A serving of stir-fried beef, a serving of stir-fried lamb tripe with green onions, and the millet porridge cooked by Lin Yao made it another hearty dinner.

However, an uninvited guest came to our house during dinner.

"Qin Huairu, why are you here again?"

Chen Jun was a little speechless. Qin Huairu almost always came to their house when they were having dinner, and several times she came to ask for food.

If I remember correctly, the Jia family has been eating cabbage and potatoes for several days in a row, and their rice and flour are really running out.

Why don’t you think of buying some rice and noodles, but you are still thinking about his fried meat?

Oh, right.

Jia Zhang's pension money was lost, and the family didn't even have money to buy food.

Qin Huairu looked a little embarrassed when she heard this, and quickly explained: "I'm not here to borrow meat. Dongxu was discharged from the hospital today, and I want to borrow your bicycle to pick Dongxu up."

Borrow a bicycle?

Chen Jun simply waved his hand and said, "No, no, I won't lend it to you. I won't lend my car or my wife to you."

"You don't have a wife either..."

Qin Huairu couldn't help but mutter something, with a hint of dissatisfaction in her eyes.

How stingy! I just wanted to borrow someone's bicycle, but Chen Jun refused without even a second thought.

If Jia Zhang hadn't thought it was prestigious to lend a bicycle to pick someone up, Qin Huairu wouldn't have wanted to look for Chen Jun.

After all, Jia Dongxu's wounds have not healed yet, and riding a cart is not as convenient as riding a bicycle.

There was no way. Chen Jun refused to lend it, and the third uncle Yan Bugui was also unwilling to lend it.

Seeing Qin Huairu coming back empty-handed, Jia Zhang frowned in dissatisfaction.

"Where's the bicycle?"

Qin Huairu shook her head: "We didn't get to borrow one. Chen Jun is too stingy and doesn't want to lend us a bicycle."

"Useless trash, you can't even do this. And that Chen Jun is nothing either, why don't you lend it to us?"

As usual, Jia Zhang cursed for several minutes and also scolded Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu was used to it, but she just felt a little tired.

Before, she thought she was unlucky, but now she feels that it was her bad fate that led her to marry into the Jia family.

I was really blind at the time. If I had known that the Jia family had so many troubles, I would have chosen to date Sha Zhu.

But Shazhu ran away from his father and brought a burden with him, so Qin Huairu looked down on him.

"Why are you still standing there like an idiot? Go borrow a cart from Uncle Wang. I'll get two quilts to spread on it so Dongxu will be more comfortable." Jia Zhang started to make arrangements.

Uncle Wang’s cart?

Hearing this, Qin Huairu's reaction was exactly the same as Chen Jun's at the beginning.

"Mom, Uncle Wang's cart was used to carry manure, how can it carry people?" Qin Huairu reminded.

"That was two years ago, don't keep talking, go borrow a car!"

There was no way out, so Qin Huairu was driven out by Jia Zhang.

"Hey, Sister Qin!"

As luck would have it, I happened to meet Sha Zhu coming back.

"Shazhu, you didn't bring your lunch box today?" Qin Huairu's focus was different from others. She was thinking about Shazhu's lunch box every day.

Sha Zhu grinned and said, "Sister Qin, I resigned today and will not go to Fengdeng Building anymore."

"What?? Why did you quit? Why didn't you discuss it with me?"

When Qin Huairu heard the news, she became furious.

If Shazhu stops being a cook, he won't have lunch boxes every day, and his quality of life will plummet.

"Sister Qin, don't panic. I resigned for a reason. An uncle told me that I should go to the factory to take over He Daqing's shift. I will be the chef of the steel mill in the future. When Brother Dongxu comes to the cafeteria to eat, I will give him an extra spoonful of soup." Sha Zhu said proudly, and then as if he thought of something, he smiled and said, "Sister Qin, are you going to the hospital? I haven't eaten yet, why don't we go have some big meat noodles together? You know what, the noodle shop you took me to last time was really good, but the meat slices were small..."

"Shut up, idiot!"

Qin Huairu's face suddenly changed and she interrupted Sha Zhu directly.

Sha Zhu was stunned and looked at Qin Huairu in surprise.

Did you say something wrong?

The meat slices at the noodle shop that Qin Huairu took us to yesterday were indeed not very big. Only someone like Jia Dongxu, who has never seen the world, likes to eat this, and he has to eat it twice a day.

Qin Huairu also realized that she was too excited, so she quickly changed the subject: "Shazhu, your brother Dongxu is discharged from the hospital today, can you help me borrow a cart from Uncle Wang's house?"

"Borrow a cart? That's a piece of cake!" Sha Zhu naturally would not miss this opportunity to show off, and went to borrow a cart happily.

When Uncle Wang heard that someone wanted to borrow his car to pick someone up, he was also shocked.

After confirming again that Sha Zhu was not joking, he lent the cart to Sha Zhu.

"Hey, this cart hasn't been used for more than two years. Pull it slowly so it doesn't get damaged."

"Okay, don't worry."

"Especially the wheels, they are a bit rotten due to the wind and rain, so you have to be careful."

"Oh, I see. Uncle Wang, why are you so long-winded?"

In this way, Sha Zhu, the big wronged guy, naturally acted as a coolie, and the three of them, carrying Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang, set off towards the hospital in a mighty manner.

What Sha Zhu didn't expect was that when they arrived at the ward and were about to take Jia Dongxu away, the nurse suddenly brought them a bill.

"Are you crazy because of poverty? Why are you still charging us money when we are about to be discharged from the hospital?" Jia Zhang was furious when she saw the more than one dollar on the bill.

Jia Dongxu was discharged from the hospital this time because his medical expenses had run out and he was forced to go home for recuperation.

Now they are about to leave, and suddenly a bill appears. Jia Zhang feels that the hospital is trying to make some dirty money and rip them off before they leave.

"Don't slander me. The patient was complaining about pain in the afternoon, so we prescribed some medicine and gave him an injection. It's all written on the bill," the nurse said unhappily.

Jia Zhang looked down at the bill, but couldn't make sense of it because she could barely read.

"Qin Huairu, what's wrong with you? Why didn't you stop Dongxu from taking the medicine? I don't care, you have to take the money!" Jia Zhang rudely stuffed the bill into Qin Huairu's hand.

Qin Huairu looked at the bill and sighed helplessly, but she was not surprised at all.