Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

Yan Bugui looked at Jia Zhang who was tied up in the room and said to Zhang Renkang

"Renkang, now that the snow has stopped, should we send Jia Zhang to the police station?"

Zhang Renkang laughed

"Second uncle, you two uncles can decide on this matter. I am just a resident in the same courtyard, how can I always interfere with your decision?"

Yan Bugui was not considering whether to send Jia Zhang to the police station, but he and Liu Haizhong did not want to take responsibility. If they went to the police station, they would be criticized. Fortunately, Jia Zhang was addicted to painkillers. If she was smoking opium, they would have been done for and would have been implicated and suffered.

Zhang Renkang continued

"Mrs. Jia Zhang taking painkillers is a special case and extremely rare. It is normal that you are not aware of it. When the time comes, you can take Qin Huairu with you. After all, her mother-in-law is more familiar with the house than you are."

Liu Haizhong nodded and said

"Okay, I'll go to the Street Office later to see what Director Wang says, and then ask Qin Huairu to send Jia Zhang over."

After the discussion, Zhang Renkang walked to his home in the backyard. When he entered the house, he saw the three girls sitting at the dining table waiting for him to come back for dinner. Zhang Renkang hung his coat on the wall at the door, then walked to the dining table and sat down. Yu Li asked

"Renkang, is everything okay on the road? What did the factory say?"

Zhang Renkang took a sip of rice porridge and said

"The road is fine. The army has entered the city to clean up the road. It looks like the city will be passable this afternoon. The factory will resume normal work tomorrow. We will probably have to speed up production to catch up with the progress."

Yu Li nodded and said

"So shall we go to work together tomorrow or should I stay at home?"

Zhang Renkang said

"I'm at work. There's a task assigned to me. I need to call Chen Wei to discuss it tomorrow. I'll take you with me on my bike."

Yu Haitang asked excitedly

"Brother-in-law, can we go to school now?"

These few days at home have been very suffocating for her and Zhang Yushui. Yu Haitang is a lively person. It is her nature to gossip and hang out with her sisters at school. Although there is no shortage of food and drink at Zhang Renkang's place, the space is limited and she and Zhang Yushui can't do anything.

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

"Let the rain take you to the school tomorrow. Ride slowly on the way. If the school is not open yet, come back later."

Zhang Renkang estimated that the school should have resumed classes. After all, the school was still in session on the day when it snowed, and most boarding students probably had no way to leave school.

After dinner, they rested for a while at home. Before 3 pm, Zhang Renkang and Yu Li explained the situation and hurried to Qin Jingru and Lou Xiaoe. The next day, Zhang Renkang climbed over the wall at night and almost scared Qin Jingru to death. Because it was too late and the courtyard where Qin Jingru lived was on Qianmen Street, Zhang Renkang didn't dare to knock on the door and climbed over the wall. Qin Jingru thought a bad guy came in when she heard the noise, so she stood behind the door in fear with a wooden stick in her hand. Zhang Renkang knocked on the door and shouted softly,

"Jingru, are you in the room? It's me."

Qin Jingru cried and opened the door when she heard Zhang Renkang's voice and threw herself into his arms. Zhang Renkang comforted Qin Jingru for a while and checked that everything was fine on her side. Lou Huaide often sent people to repair and take care of this small courtyard, so the houses in the courtyard were well maintained and quite sturdy and durable.

Qin Jingru still had enough food and meat for one person, but she didn't have much firewood in reserve. Moreover, if the fire was not stopped, the remaining coal would only be enough to burn for two days and two nights. Most importantly, Qin Jingru was too scared to live here alone. She didn't dare to fall asleep easily at night and only dared to sleep for a while during the day.

Zhang Renkang rode his bicycle slowly towards Qianmen Street. There was a bag of coal on the back seat of the bicycle, and a sack of food on the frame, including three pounds of pork, twenty pounds of rice, and seven or eight tin cans. Along the way, except for the snow piled up against the wall on the roadside, the main roads were basically cleared by the local people and soldiers under the organization of the street office all morning. It was just that the snow had melted and frozen in many places, making it a little difficult to walk.

After knocking on Qin Jingru's door, Zhang Renkang pushed the car into the yard, found a place to park the car, hugged Qin Jingru who rushed over, and said with a smile as he looked at the yard that had been almost cleaned up.

"You are quite diligent. You have almost cleared all the snow in the yard."

Qin Jingru said proudly

"I started cleaning up after breakfast this morning, Brother Renkang, do you think I did a good job?"

Qin Jingru cleared the snow along the road in the courtyard and piled it on both sides. In the middle of the courtyard, a snowman with a carrot stuck on it was built on the flowerbed, facing the gate. Zhang Renkang first put the coal he brought from the back seat in the west wing, then carried a sack of food into the main room, leaned against the stove, stretched out his hand to keep warm, turned his head and looked at Qin Jingru, who was holding the corner of her clothes shyly, and said

"Jingru, I brought you a bag of coal and a bag of food. Please keep them safe. I will go to the factory to bring you the coal tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. This way you will have enough for the winter."

Qin Jingru didn't know what she was thinking, and was indifferent to Zhang Renkang's words. Zhang Renkang called her twice, and finally Qin Jingru's soul came back. Qin Jingru looked at Zhang Renkang who was warming himself by the fire, jumped up, leaned into his arms, and kissed him.

Seeing Qin Jingru taking the initiative, Zhang Renkang was not polite. He opened her teeth and sucked on Qin Jingru's tongue to enjoy it. After a while, Qin Jingru, who was panting, had charming eyes. That hint of charm seemed to turn into a thread that hooked Zhang Renkang. She leaned over to Zhang Renkang's ear and whispered

"Brother Renkang, I miss you, please take me."

Zhang Renkang put one hand around Qin Jingru's waist, and with the other hand he held her legs and lifted her up, and put her on the kang. The two of them became intimate with each other.

"The white snow reflects the red plum blossoms, and the red blossoms are in full bloom in the spring."

Qin Jingru, who had just experienced sex, was defeated soon and could not bear the battle. The cold wind was blowing outside, but the house was full of spring. Under the leadership of Zhang Renkang, Qin Jingru was forced to keep taking the challenge. On the eve of fainting, Zhang Renkang's mind went blank and he entered Qin Jingru's inner world.

Holding the motionless Qin Jingru in his arms, feeling the torture of his "conscience", Zhang Renkang was also a little tired. He was also tired from running back and forth to the steel mill early in the morning. He found a comfortable position and fell asleep while touching his conscience.

I don't know how much time has passed. When Zhang Renkang woke up, he felt his nostrils were like this. When he stood up and shook his head, he was hit twice and pressed down. He squinted and looked carefully. This conscience was really big and white, pressing on his face.

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Zhang Renkang got off the kang and added some charcoal to the stove. He looked at the dark sky outside the window, cooked a pot of rice porridge for Qin Jingru and thoughtfully cut some shredded pork and put it aside. He looked at his watch and saw that it was already seven o'clock. He turned around and looked at Qin Jingru who was lying on the kang, and smiled.

"Jingru, I've made you some porridge with shredded pork in it. Come drink it later."

Qin Jingru responded weakly

"Well, I'll wait a moment. Brother Renkang, are you leaving?"

Zhang Renkang laughed

"It's getting late. I have to go back. As you know, there are a lot of things going on in that courtyard. I want to prevent them from causing any trouble."

Qin Jingru stood up, frowned, and leaned against Zhang Renkang, suppressing her discomfort.

"Brother Renkang, I don't want you to leave, okay? Stay with me for a while."

Zhang Renkang looked at Qin Jingru, who was white in his arms, with embarrassment. His conscience was heavy and he gritted his teeth and said:

"Okay, I'll leave later."

Zhang Renkang picked up Qin Jingru and leaned against the kang, covered her with a quilt, and hugged Qin Jingru. He was not only tortured by this "conscience", but also faced a soul-searching question that Li had never experienced before. He thought to himself that the genes of this old Qin family were really good, "fair, peach blossom eyes, and a good conscience". No wonder Qin Huairu could charm everyone in the hospital and the factory. She really had enough capital. Let alone three children, even five would not starve.

Zhang Renkang and Qin Jingru explored the "value of conscience". It was past nine o'clock when Zhang Renkang pushed the cart and reluctantly left the courtyard. No wonder rich people had to buy villas and later apartments. Zhang Renkang now understood that this kind of fun could not be provided by his wife at home. In the past, when he saw young and beautiful girls walking their dogs in the subway and commercial centers, Zhang Renkang was envious but could not figure out where they worked and what they did.