"Sister Huairu, don't be angry. It's better for Taohua to follow Li Weidong than to follow another man."
Qin Jingru pulled Qin Huairu aside and persuaded: "Brother Wei Dong is not the kind of heartless man. Even if he can't give Tao Hua a place, he will not treat Tao Hua badly."
"Peach Blossom is a rural girl, although she has good looks and looks pretty, but you also know that nowadays, girls from rural areas who marry into the city cannot get food allowances, and even their children have become rural residents."
"Some of the girls in the commune also married into the city. Look, what kind of family they all married into? They were either too poor to blame, or they were missing arms and lame."
"Even if you marry into the city, you will still be ridiculed by your parents-in-law. You might as well follow Brother Wei Dong!"
Instead of explaining to Jia Taohua, Qin Jingru was analyzing herself.
Ever since she followed Li Weidong, Qin Jingru sometimes felt sad because she had no status and could not be with Li Weidong openly.
But thinking about the experiences of other girls, she felt relieved.
She is a rural girl who does not have to work with her back to the sky or serve her parents-in-law. Now she has become an assistant in a poverty alleviation workshop. She will soon be able to obtain urban household registration, and her monthly salary is as high as 45 yuan.
How could Qin Jingru spend so much money on her own? She would go back home every month and buy some good things in the city, such as snacks from Daoxiang Village, fine white noodles, clothes, etc. and send them back.
Last month, she used the money she saved to buy a radio for her father. Qin Jingru's family became the first family in Qinjiagou to own a radio.
His family's life is better than that of the commune secretary.
Qin Jingru knew very well that this was all the result of Li Weidong.
Qin Huairu also knew this, but felt a little sorry for Jia Taohua.
"Taohua, you still have to make your own decision on this matter."
"Sister, I like Brother Wei Dong. Even if we don't have a status, I still want to be with Brother Wei Dong."
Seeing Jia Taohua's firm attitude, Qin Huairu said nothing more.
It was already past eight o'clock in the evening, and Qin Huairu was about to go back to the house to sleep, but was stopped by Jia Taohua again.
"Sister, there's something I'm a little embarrassed to tell you."
"Silly girl, I am your sister and you are my sister. There is nothing we can't say between us."
Jia Taohua bit her lip and whispered, "Brother Wei Dong has arranged for me to go to high school. I want to go to college in the future, so I may not have time to take care of Aunt Jia."
At this time, the three of them remembered that Jia Zhang was still lying next to them.
Qin Huairu turned her head and saw that Jia Zhang's face was ashen and foam was coming out of the corners of her mouth. She quickly took out a chopstick from the kitchen and stuffed it into her mouth.
Prevent Jia Zhang from biting her tongue, and then ask Qin Jingru to call a community doctor.
Dr. Zhang from the community learned that Ms. Jia Zhang was foaming at the mouth and had already gone back to rest. He rode his bicycle and carried a medical kit to the courtyard.
"The doctor is here, please see what's wrong with my parents-in-law?"
Dr. Zhang took out his stethoscope and examined Mrs. Jia Zhang for a while, then opened Mrs. Jia Zhang’s eyes to take a look, and finally took Mrs. Jia Zhang’s pulse.
He said in a deep voice: "Your parents-in-law have suffered a recurrence of stroke."
A trace of suspicion appeared on his face: "It shouldn't be. I just checked your parents-in-law two days ago. Her condition has improved greatly, and she is likely to recover soon."
"Did you receive any stimulation again?"
Qin Huairu looked a little weird when she remembered what happened just now: "Doctor Zhang, you don't know that Mrs. Jia Zhang has been lying in the house since she had a stroke. I even hired someone to take care of her. How could she be harmed?" It’s exciting.”
Jia Zhang had abused Qin Huairu like that before. If she were a daughter-in-law from another family, she would definitely take the opportunity to retaliate.
But Qin Huairu treated Jia Zhang like her own mother. Qin Huairu's reputation for filial piety has now spread throughout the neighborhood, attracting repeated praise from the residents.
"It may be that the condition has recurred. As you know, this disease is like this. It often relapses. Fortunately, the condition is now under control. I will prescribe some medicine for Jia Zhang. As long as you take it on time, there will be no danger to your life. .”
Dr. Zhang nodded, stood up and helped write the medication order.
It was getting late, so Qin Huairu still asked Qin Jingru to go to the hospital in the dark to buy medicine, and gave it to Jia Zhang with boiled water.
Looking at Mrs. Jia Zhang who was lying on the bed unable to move, Qin Huairu felt a little worried.
It's obvious that Mrs. Jia Zhang can't leave people like this, but now that Jia Taohua is going to study, who will take care of Mrs. Jia Zhang?
After thinking about it, Qin Huairu thought of the third aunt.
If we want to say which family in the courtyard is living the hardest life now, it must be the Yanbu noble family.
It stands to reason that Yan Bugui is an old teacher and earns a salary of dozens of dollars a month. Yan Jiecheng also earns a salary, so the family should live a good life.
but.
Ever since Chen Yuanyuan became pregnant, she has been making noises about eating meat, and she eats it every day.
Meat is very expensive these days. The price in the market is one dollar and seventy-five cents. You need a meat ticket, but meat is often not available in the market, so you can only buy it at the pigeon market.
In the pigeon market, the price of meat has also skyrocketed. At the beginning of the year, it was only two and a half yuan per catty, but now it has risen to nearly four yuan per catty.
Chen Yuanyuan eats a pound of meat every day, which costs the Yan family four yuan.
After a month, the salary of Yan Bugui and Yan Jiecheng was not enough at all. Fortunately, Yan Bugui had some savings before, so he could barely survive.
The third aunt has now started picking up scraps with Yan Bugui. If she is given some money to take care of Jia Zhang, she will definitely agree.
After thinking clearly, Qin Huairu came to Yan's house overnight.
At this time, a war was breaking out in the Yan family house.
Chen Yuanyuan was holding the table, looking at the meat on the plate, and said angrily: "Yan Bugui, what did you do? Why are all these meats from pig necks?"
The meat on the pig neck, also known as blood neck, trough meat, etc., contains a large amount of mandibular lymph nodes and retropharyngeal lymph. Almost no one buys it, so the price is cheaper than ordinary meat.
Yan Bugui lowered his head and said: "Yuanyuan, you have to suffer for two days. After two days, I have paid your salary and I will definitely buy you fresh meat."
Snapped!
As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Yuanyuan swept the plate down on the floor, spilling the fried meat soup all over the floor, and the greasy fried meat rolled on the ground, covered with dust.
This made Yan Bugui very distressed.
Although these pork necks are cheap, they only cost one yuan and a half. He bought them by using the money in his bankbook.
"Oh, Yuanyuan, what are you doing!" Yan Bugui felt sorry for the meat. He hurriedly knelt down, not caring that the meat was already stained with dust, picked it up and stuffed it into his mouth.
Yan Bugui's expression fell into Chen Yuanyuan's eyes, making Chen Yuanyuan feel sick in her heart.
I remember when she was at her cousin's house, Chen Yuanyuan enjoyed spicy food every day. The meat was all high-quality pork belly, and she could also eat fruits shipped from the south.
But now!
Not to mention the simple meals every day, even the meat was replaced by pork neck meat. As for the fruits, they were rotten goods that could not be sold in the supply and marketing cooperative and could not be eaten at all.
The more Chen Yuanyuan thought about it, the angrier she became. She slapped the table and shouted loudly: "Since you don't want to have this child, then I will get rid of the child tomorrow and divorce Yan Jiecheng."
As soon as these words came out, Yan Jiecheng, who just wanted to defend Yan Bugui, suddenly fell silent.
The third aunt quickly stepped forward and took Chen Yuanyuan's hand, and whispered persuasion: "Yuanyuan, don't be angry, your father is an old fool. Don't worry, I will buy you fresh pork tomorrow."
Saying this, the third aunt's heart was bleeding. With just such little money, could their family survive until Chen Yuanyuan gave birth to the child?
Yan Jiedi was unhappy. Since Chen Yuanyuan became pregnant, the situation of the Yan family has changed fundamentally.
In the past, Yan Jiedi was the only girl and the youngest child in the Yan family. She had always been favored by everyone in the Yan family.
Now Chen Yuanyuan has become the family's precious egg, while she, Yan Jiedi, has become a weed on the roadside.
She stood up and curled her lips and said: "Really, there are so many pregnant women these days, and I have never seen anyone eating meat all day long. Take Li Weidong from our compound as an example. He is the workshop director and leader. His My wife is still the second uncle in the compound, a clerk in the street office, and she doesn’t eat meat all day long.”
"Yan Jiedi, what did you say!" Chen Yuanyuan's eyes widened.
Not to be outdone, Yan Jiedi stood up and said, "I told you, what's the matter? Look, all the money we have at home is spent on you. Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiekuang and I can only eat boiled radishes all day long. Is your conscience okay?"
"You little girl, I've known you have opinions about me since I got married."
As Chen Yuanyuan spoke, she rolled up her sleeves and was about to scratch Yan Jiedi.
Yan Jiedi was not to be outdone, and the two fought together.
Yan Jiecheng wanted to go up and help, but he didn't know who to help.
To help Chen Yuanyuan, Yan Jiedi is his biological sister. He has watched Yan Jiedi grow up, and the relationship between the two is very good.
What if Chen Yuanyuan is angered by helping Yan Jiedi and Chen Yuanyuan goes to the hospital to abort the child in anger? !
At this moment, there was a clear coughing sound from the door.
"How many of you are busy?"
Qin Huairu had been standing at the door for a while. Seeing Chen Yuanyuan arguing in the Yan family, she felt it was not the right opportunity. She originally wanted to wait a while, but who would have thought that Chen Yuanyuan and Yan Jiedi actually started fighting.
Only then did Qin Huairu have to stand up.
Seeing Qin Huairu, Chen Yuanyuan's face turned pale and she quickly let go of her hand.
Chen Yuanyuan's character is like that of a shrew. She is unreasonable and messy. She has never been afraid of others.
If there was anyone Chen Yuanyuan was afraid of in this compound, it was Qin Huairu.
The reason is simple. Qin Huairu caught her and knew who the real father of the child in her belly was.
Yan Bugui didn't expect Qin Huairu to appear suddenly, so he quickly stood up and said awkwardly: "Well, Huairu, don't get me wrong, Chen Yuanyuan is exercising with Yan Jiedi! These days, Yan Jiedi's school teaches children kung fu, so let Go back home to practice, as you know, our family is full of boys and there is only one girl, Yan Jiedi, so we can only let her practice with her sister-in-law."
When Qin Huairu heard this, she almost laughed out loud. Yan Bugui's brain was so good that he came up with this lame reason.
However, these matters have nothing to do with Qin Huairu, and she is not willing to make the Yan family look embarrassed.
"Really? Yuanyuan, you have a really good relationship with your sister-in-law. Nowadays, it is said that after getting married, it is difficult for the sisters-in-law to get along with each other. Now it seems that they are all spreading rumors."
Chen Yuanyuan smiled awkwardly: "Yes, Yan Jiedi is a good child. I like her very much."
She changed the topic and said with a smile: "Sister Huairu, why are you here so late."
Hearing this, Yan Bugui also remembered and interjected: "I just saw the doctor from the community going to your house. Did something happen to your house? Is it serious? Do you need help?"
"Well, I came here so late today just for this matter." Qin Huairu sighed and told the story of Jia Zhang.
"Tell me, I have tried my best to serve Mrs. Jia Zhang, how could her illness relapse?"
"Huairu, this has nothing to do with you." The third aunt said with a smile: "Since Mrs. Jia Zhang fell ill, everyone has noticed your performance."
Although Yan Bugui looked down on Qin Huairu and felt that her style was not right, he still gave Qin Huairu a thumbs up on this matter.
"As the old saying goes, illness comes like a mountain, and goes away like a thread. Jia Zhang's still had a stroke. This kind of disease likes to relapse. Huairu, you don't have to blame yourself."
Qin Huairu pretended to be worried and sighed: "I also know this. Jia Zhang is Dongxu's mother. Dongxu left early. If Jia Zhang has another problem, I will really have no face to see Dongxu in the future."
"I finally hired a caregiver from my hometown. Now there is something going on at my hometown and I need to go back. I still have to go to work. What should Jia Zhang do?"
After hearing this, Yan Bugui gradually understood Qin Huairu's intention.
"Huai Ru, what do you want to do here this time?"
Qin Huairu looked at the third aunt and said: "Third aunt, I have thought about it. You are the most suitable person to take care of the Jia Zhang family in our compound. Now that you are here, you and the Jia Zhang family can be regarded as old friends. The relationship between you back then The relationship is still very good. Secondly, you don’t have a job, and you are at home on weekdays, which means you are responsible for cooking for them, so you have enough time to take care of the Jia Zhang family. "
The third aunt had been bullied by Jia Zhang in the past, so of course she didn't want to, and waved her hands repeatedly: "Huairu, stop talking nonsense, I don't know anything, how can I take care of others?"
"Oh, Third Aunt, taking care of Mrs. Jia Zhang is very simple. You just need to feed her food and water and take medicine on time. You can still come back and do housework at ordinary times."
Qin Huairu continued: "Of course, even though we are neighbors in the same compound, I can't let you help in vain. I will give you five yuan each."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the Yan family had different expressions on their faces.
Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiedi had disdain on their faces. They were unwilling to let the third aunt take care of the Jia Zhang family.
Yan Bugui, Yan Jiecheng and Chen Yuanyuan were a little moved.
Five yuan a month can buy a pound of meat for Chen Yuanyuan.
Furthermore.
The third aunt is in the courtyard and can come back at any time.
The work is not too heavy either.
Yan Bugui said: "Old lady, I think Huairu is very sincere. Jia Zhang has also been our old neighbor for many years. We used to have a very good relationship. Now we encounter difficulties, please help."
Chen Yuanyuan also agreed.
Seeing this situation, the third aunt could only nod helplessly and agree. (End of chapter)
