Siheyuan: The beauty Xueru Huizhen, the birds are jealous

The residents of the courtyard all stared with wide eyes and envy at this scene. In this era of material shortage, these gifts are undoubtedly a huge fortune.

They knew very well that in this era, any purchase of an item required a receipt.

The monthly meat supply was too meager to meet the needs of the family.

Most people can only buy some fatty meat to refine the oil, and then add an extra spoonful of lard when cooking to satisfy their cravings.

However, Yang Ming can still enjoy a comfortable life in this environment and taste delicious meat from time to time.

How can one not be envious of such treatment?

To this day, Yang Ming still enjoys the honor of being personally accompanied to his residence by the factory director, carrying a box full of gifts in his hands.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, envy and jealousy were evident in their expressions. Among them, the Jia and Yan families were calculating in their minds whether they could get some benefits from it.

"Yang Ming, I see you have a lot of things in your hands. Let me help you take some back to your home." At this time, Yan Bugui took the opportunity to offer to help, citing the friendship between him and Yang Ming.

"Then I'll trouble you, Third Uncle." Yang Ming responded politely without refusing. He knew very well that he, Xu Huizhen and the children were busy with their own affairs in the courtyard where they currently lived and had no time to take care of these trivial matters.

Therefore, he was also willing to make friends in the yard who could speak for him and convey messages.

Although Yan Bugui sometimes likes to be calculative and take advantage of others, he still maintains certain principles compared to other neighbors.

Yan Bugui's calculations were mostly due to the fact that his family was large, with four children and a wife, all of whom relied on his salary to live. The pressure of life forced him to do so.

In the play, when Sha Zhu transformed the courtyard house into a happy nursing home to support three elderly men, Yan Bugui was the first person to realize the tight pension expenses.

He disregarded his reputation and secretly picked up waste and sold it to reduce Sha Zhu's financial burden.

"This old man Yan, he can't wait to come up to me when he sees something good." Jia Zhang looked at this scene and muttered. She also coveted those gifts, but she knew that she had a bad relationship with the Yang family, so she naturally didn't want to go up and make trouble.

However, every time she saw those exquisite gifts, her heart felt like being scratched by sharp claws. There were many people in the crowd who knew the value of the gifts, and they discussed them privately.

"The wine in that box seems to be Maotai?"

"I heard that this wine costs dozens of yuan a bottle, and you need a wine ticket to buy it!"

"And those hams, are they from Xuanwei? They are really rare and good stuff..."

"In the past, it was only offered as tribute to the royal family. How could ordinary people like us have the opportunity to taste it?"

"What a generous gift! Are these all given by Director Yang?"

Hearing these discussions, Jia Zhang felt indescribable.

Whenever night fell, the hard, black steamed bread and pickles were placed on her family’s dining table, and the aroma of meat wafting from the backyard made her feel unbearable.

"Yang Ming is such a heartless person!" she complained angrily, "He got so many good things today, but he didn't even think of sharing some with our family!"

Of course, she also understood that the Yang family had a distant relationship with her family and would naturally not take the initiative to share. But the jealousy and dissatisfaction in her heart still made her unable to help but make such a complaint.

Jia Zhang's personality has always been inclined to bully the weak and fear the strong.

At home, she would only complain in a low voice and talk about her daughter-in-law behind her back. Once she felt dissatisfied, she would vent all her emotions on her daughter-in-law.

Even if she was given the courage, she would not dare to provoke a strong man like Yang Ming easily.

Jia Dongxu, who was standing by, seemed to be accustomed to his mother's behavior, but a hint of dissatisfaction was revealed in his eyes that was difficult to conceal.

Especially when he saw that his wife Qin Huairu was pregnant but still had to sit at the table to eat, he couldn't help but think of the embarrassing scene between Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai in the vegetable cellar a few days ago.

"Bang!" Jia Dongxu suddenly slammed his chopsticks on the table, pointed at the steamed bread and pickles on the table with a gloomy face, and said indignantly: "Is this food edible? Every day we have pickles and steamed bread. Don't we even have some white flour at home? I do heavy work. How can I have the energy to work if I don't eat enough?"

Qin Huairu looked at Jia Dongxu's anger and felt bitter in her heart.

She knew that the reason why Jia Dongxu was so angry was not really because of the simple food.

Jia Dongxu's salary was all handed over to Jia Zhangshi. The four people in his family depended on his salary and the meager food allowance, plus Jia Zhangshi's pension and medical expenses. How could they expect to eat as well as Yang Ming's family?

Qin Huairu knew very well that Jia Dongxu's anger was mainly because Yi Zhonghai had taken advantage of her by sending her corn noodles that day, and was discovered by the people in the yard, which made him feel humiliated. But he chose to swallow his anger at that time, but now he often finds fault with her and uses her as a punching bag.

"Qin Huairu," Jia Zhang suddenly said, "Go find Master Yi and ask him to give our family some food. You must bring back some food this time."

Qin Huairu was stunned when she heard her mother's words, and subconsciously looked at Jia Dongxu. Seeing this, Jia Dongxu glared at her and urged: "Didn't you hear what my mother said? Go quickly!"

Qin Huairu felt helpless. Just now Jia Dongxu was still angry with her for that incident, but now the mother and son tacitly asked her to go to Yi Zhonghai for food.

However, it was still early, and Qin Huairu was not worried that anything might go wrong between her and Yi Zhonghai.

She glanced at Bang Geng who was eating silently with his head down, and felt that she seemed to be becoming more and more out of place in this family.

Under the repeated urging of Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu, Qin Huairu finally stood up with difficulty and walked towards Yi Zhonghai's residence.

After Qin Huairu explained her purpose to Yi Zhonghai in detail, although Yi Zhonghai wanted to help, his eyes fell on an old lady with a slightly annoyed look on her face, and he instantly realized the subtlety of the situation.

After their past was revealed, Yi Zhonghai and Yi Yi almost had a big fight at home. In the end, Yi Zhonghai made a solemn promise that he would never separate from Yi Yi and would never have children outside the family, which eased the atmosphere at home.

At this moment, facing the scrutinizing eyes of the aunt, Yi Zhonghai could only hide his embarrassment with a wry smile. He said, "Huai Ru, I understand your family's predicament, but my family's food rations are also limited, and I have to take care of the elderly in the backyard. However, you go back to eat first. After dinner, I will call a meeting of everyone in the courtyard to see if everyone can come up with a solution. I will definitely not let you go hungry."

Qin Huairu knew that Yi Zhonghai was deliberately keeping a distance from her, but she had no choice but to agree: "Okay, uncle, I'll trouble you with this matter."

Qin Huairu returned home empty-handed, and Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu's faces were terribly gloomy. But when they heard that Yi Zhonghai was going to call a meeting of the whole hospital, their faces eased a little. However, they still complained about Yi Zhonghai.