When Qin Huairu returned home, Mrs. Jia was sitting on the kang holding the soles of her shoes. She lowered her eyelids and asked directly: "Where did you go this morning?"
A pair of soles lasts for a year. Everyone in the courtyard admires Mrs. Jia's energy, and so does Qin Huairu.
After entering the house, he picked up the clothes that Xiaodang had just changed out of and was about to go out to wash them. When he heard his mother-in-law, he stopped and said, "Ye Haoran hired me to cook for him. I don't do it in vain. I will get paid for it."
Children from poor families basically only have two or three sets of clothes, and they have to wash them after changing them, otherwise they will not even be able to change if they are dirty.
When Qin Huairu went to the yard, Mrs. Jia pulled up the curtain, took a look and muttered: "You prodigal woman, I don't even know how to bring some back."
Only you know best whether you are a family or not.
While rubbing his clothes, Xu Damao walked out of the backyard unsteadily.
"Hey, Sister Qin is so diligent in washing clothes. I would be satisfied if I could marry a wife like you."
"Go away, I don't have time to talk to you."
Qin Huairu didn't look good on Xu Damao.
As one of the bachelors in the courtyard, Xu Damao and Sha Zhu have the same characteristic, that is, they are talkative. Unlike Sha Zhu, Xu Damao wants to take advantage of everyone.
Qin Huairu didn't want to talk to Xu Damao, but Xu Damao came over and said in a joking tone: "Sister Qin, I have a matchmaker at home, and we will meet in two days. Don't you wish me success in one fell swoop?"
Qin Huairu stopped washing her clothes, tilted her head and asked, "Can someone like you like you?"
"Hey, look at what you said, what do you mean I am like this? I am also a projectionist after all, and I am popular wherever I go. Why, is Sister Qin jealous? Why don't you dump Jia Dongxu and follow me... ..”
'Crash'
Qin Huairu poured the water in the basin onto the pool, and the splashed water hit Xu Damao. Xu Damao's trouser legs were soaked because he couldn't dodge.
"No good things come out of a dog's mouth. Come on, don't delay my work even if you don't go to work."
Xu Damao wasn't angry either. He smiled and stamped his feet. He shook some of the water off his pants and said with a smile: "Of course the dog can't spit out anything else. It's all eaten. Hahaha, let's go, Sister Qin, go." I won’t bother you with showing movies in the countryside.”
Xu Damao walked out of the yard, shaking his head step by step, and Qin Huairu gave his back a 'tui' smack.
"Xiongyang, who wants to talk to you?"
After hanging up the washed clothes, she returned to the house and started to clean up the house again. Old Mrs. Jia just watched from the kang, not wanting to help at all.
After cleaning for a long time, she was sweaty and dusty, so Qin Huairu took off her clothes and prepared to change.
Just in time to take out the money Ye Haoran gave him from his pocket and put it on the table, he wanted to put it away after changing his clothes.
This scene happened to be seen by Mrs. Jia, and her eyes immediately lit up.
"Qin Huairu, how come you still have money? Where did it come from?"
He asked, but his hands were not idle. He had already reached to the table to collect the money.
Qin Huairu glanced at it and said calmly: "Mom, I advise you to think carefully before taking it. This money is Ye Haoran's grocery money for a week. If he is hungry, he doesn't even need to call the police, just give it to him I can take you away."
"Well..."
Mrs. Jia's hand stopped in mid-air, neither taking it nor taking it.
It wasn't that Mrs. Jia was afraid of Ye Haoran, but that she was worried that Ye Haoran would cause trouble for her son in the factory, especially when her son warned her repeatedly.
Thinking of this, he retracted his hand angrily, looked at Qin Huairu and said, "I didn't mean that. I just want to ask you, how much does he give you a month?"
"Mom, you don't need to worry about this. I just earn some pocket money to change clothes for my children. If I have extra money, I can buy some food and cook for the family. How much more money can I give."
"Whatever clothes the children want, it's better to save money and provide subsidies to support the family."
Qin Huairu didn't say anything. She changed her clothes, put away the money on the table and went out. She was going to go to Ye Haoran's house to get some noodles to wake up. The dumplings made without waking up the noodles were not delicious.
As for what Mrs. Jia said about supporting the family, 'family' refers to herself. It is better to do less than to do more, just listen to it.
Pushing open the door of Ye Haoran's house, he peeked into the bedroom. Seeing that Ye Haoran was sleeping soundly, Qin Huairu moved a little softer.
I took out two bowls of white flour in a bowl from the bag, stored some water, and kneaded it in the basin for a long time. After kneading the dough, I found a basin and put it aside. Once the dough is ready, we can start. Roll out the dumpling wrappers.
After what we did last night, we went back to buy a cabbage, cut some meat into stuffing, and we were done.
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Qin Huairu, who is busy from morning to night, has never been idle.
When I came back, I happened to meet the third aunt who was in the same hospital as Ye Haoran.
"Huairu, are you going to buy groceries?"
"Well, what are you busy with, Third Aunt? Why are you preparing so many things?"
Qin Huairu looked at the melon seeds, peanuts and a few candies that the third aunt was carrying. If it were from someone else's house, Qin Huairu wouldn't be so surprised, but Yan Laoxi's house prepared these things. Qin Huairu thought that the New Year was about to come. It’s over.
The third aunt laughed, her face turned into a flower.
He said: "Someone is introducing someone to Xie Cheng. He will come to the house after get off work in the evening to have a look. I have to prepare for it."
"Hey, congratulations, Third Aunt, it's a happy event at home. When I have some time, I'll come over and see how the solution is. Please hurry up and talk later."
After a few polite words, the two separated.
Afraid that chopping stuffing would disturb Ye Haoran who was sleeping, Qin Huairu took the cabbage and cut meat they just bought and prepared to chop them back at home.
When I got home, I rinsed it with clean water and chopped it up like a bang.
The curious Mrs. Jia came out to take a look. When she saw the meat under Qin Huairu's kitchen knife, her eyes turned green.
"I said Huairu, Ye is eating meat today? Why don't you stay a little? You can just get out with some meat oil. It's such a waste to eat so much fat."
Qin Huairu rolled her eyes.
"Mom, don't you think that everyone is stupid and you are the only smart one? Have you never thought about what you will do after you take advantage?"
"What can I do? Even if he knows, what can he do? He can eat me!"
Mrs. Jia looked unconvinced, but her eyes were fixed on the meat on the vegetable dumplings.
Qin Huairu also knows the smell of meat, but she also knows that people named Ye are not easy to mess with. She knows everything about Silly Zhu. Just because she didn't serve Ye Haoran enough food in the cafeteria, she took Silly Zhu away after get off work that day. She was detained for several days in a row. If the uncle had not paid for her to find her, Shazhu might have been detained for how long.
Even Jia Dongxu said that Sha Zhu was criticized by the whole factory. For this reason alone, Sha Zhu would not even think about raising his salary within two years.
The Jia family can just bully Silly Zhu. Silly Zhu is just a cook, and most of them are just a little confused.
But if it were Ye Haoran, things might not be that simple.
"Mom, you'd better put your little thoughts aside. When it's ready, can I bring some back for you to try? These are other people's things, and you have to make them come."
If it was Qin Huairu in the past, she might have really listened to Mrs. Jia's words, but since being beaten by Jia Dongxu, Qin Huairu found that the two of them were just feeding unfamiliar wolves. Coupled with the resentment accumulated in the past two years, her attitude was certain. There will be changes.
Seeing that her persuasion was fruitless, Mrs. Jia returned to the kang angrily and continued to pick up the shoe soles, repeatedly piercing the needle.
Time soon came to the evening. As soon as Jia Dongxu returned home, Qin Huairu put the prepared food on the table. Jia Dongxu, who was about to use chopsticks, found that Qin Huairu did not sit down to eat together, but got up to go out.
He asked in confusion: "What are you doing if you don't eat?"
"The man named Ye hired your wife to cook. I'm going to have dumplings soon, so hurry up and eat your wowotou."
Before Qin Huairu could speak, Mrs. Jia took the first step and said something strangely.
Jia Dongxu paused with his chopsticks and shouted to Qin Huairu who was about to go out: "Don't come back empty-handed, do you hear me?"
...
Ye Haoran had just woken up. The first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to touch the big black star under the pillow to see if it was still there. After feeling relieved, he sat up and woke up for a while.
Just as he was about to get out of bed, Qin Huairu walked in. Without saying a word, he took out the cooked noodles from the basin and started kneading them, pinching them into small pieces and rolling them into dough.
Seeing that Qin Huairu's face was not very good, Ye Haoran didn't ask any more questions and said: "I'm going to the toilet. I'll pick up some after cooking and take them back to taste."
Qin Huairu just nodded and continued to wrap dumplings with her head down.
I put on some clothes and walked out of the house, stretched myself and walked outside.
Siheyuan is like this. There are no independent toilets and sewers. You can only go to the public toilet at the entrance of the alley for convenience. It takes a lot of time to go back and forth.
After returning from the public toilet, I took the basin to the yard and washed my face. As I was wiping my face with a towel, a voice called out Ye Haoran's name.
"Ah! Ye Haoran?"
Ye Haoran put down the towel and looked up, and was stunned when he saw the person calling his name.
"At..."
"Yu Haitang, have you forgotten me?"
As soon as Ye Haoran was born, the other person spoke first.
This person was Yu Haitang, the broadcaster at the steel rolling mill. The two had only met once. At that time, they insisted on dragging Ye Haoran to chat. Although they both worked in the same building, Ye Haoran basically worked the night shift, so they rarely met.
"No, how could I forget? Why are you here?"
Ye Haoran thought that Yu Haitang was here to find him, but Yu Haitang said with a smile: "I came here with my sister. Someone introduced my sister to someone who happens to be from your place."
While the two were talking, Ye Haoran saw another person standing not far behind Yu Haitang.
"Business matters, hurry up and get busy. We'll talk about it after you're done."
Ye Haoran nodded, poured out the water in the basin and returned to his home with a towel. After Yu Haitang confirmed Ye Haoran's residence from behind, he followed his sister to another room.
When she got home, Qin Huairu had already put the dumplings in the pot, and the rising steam still carried the fragrance of the dumplings.
No wonder Ye Haoran is greedy, this is the first time he has eaten dumplings seriously after being here for so long.
As the saying goes, nothing is more delicious than sister-in-law, and nothing more fun than dumplings, which shows how important dumplings are among the people.
After two large plates of dumplings came out of the pan, Qin Huairu thoughtfully prepared minced garlic soy sauce for Ye Haoran.
After the second plate came out of the pot, Qin Huairu hesitated and put half of it on Ye Haoran's plate. The remaining half of the dumplings were intended to be taken back.
Ye Haoran is different from Silly Zhu. Qin Huairu knows very well that Ye Haoran is not so easy to handle. Killing him to death is just a deal, not as real as a steady flow of water.
Ye Haoran didn't care, lowered his head and started eating.
After Qin Huairu shined a piece of cloth on the plate, she left Ye Haoran's house with the plate and returned to her home.
As soon as he entered the house, Qin Huairu found that the whole family had not left the table, especially Mrs. Jia and Jia Dongxu, who eagerly looked at the plate Qin Huairu was holding when they saw Qin Huairu coming back.
As soon as she put it down, Mrs. Jia stretched out her hand to take it. Qin Huairu quickly stopped her and said, "Mom, let the child taste it first. There are still a lot of them."
"Eat, eat, eat. A loser knows how to eat. You can get two more for my eldest grandson."
I'm embarrassed to compete with the child, but Mrs. Jia's partiality is still vividly displayed.
As for Jia Dongxu, he didn't care about that. He was the first person to reach out after lifting the cloth, and started eating, nodding his head while eating.
"Fragrant, just a little lacking."
Qin Huairu took the chopsticks and put two in each of Banggan and Xiaodang's bowls before sitting down to eat.
But as soon as he sat down, Qin Huairu was dumbfounded. There was not a single dumpling left on the plate, only the cold steamed buns. Looking at Jia Dongxu and Mrs. Jia, whose mouths were full of oil, Qin Huairu seemed to hear the heartbreaking words. sound.
Watching Jia Dongxu, who had eaten and drank enough, leave the chair and turn around and fall on the bed. Mrs. Jia also wandered around the room twice and climbed onto her own bed.
The two children smacked their lips and ate the dumplings in their bowls. Qin Huairu silently picked up a piece of steamed bun and started to nibble on it.
Ye Haoran on the other side was enjoying his meal. Just after finishing half the plate, Yu Haitang ran in.
After coming in, he sat directly next to Ye Haoran and muttered: "I'm so angry. How can this happen? What kind of neighbor are you? You're so stingy."
"ah?"
Ye Haoran's two-year-old monk was confused and looked at Yu Haitang in bewilderment, trying to figure out what kind of repair she had done.
Yu Haitang let out a breath and then explained: "My sister is here for a blind date. His family only cooks cabbage and potatoes when entertaining people? They are reluctant to buy any meat. They are really stingy. They are not afraid of people laughing at her if they tell her."
Ye Haoran laughed. He had long heard that Yan Laoxi was stingy. After listening to Yu Haitang's words, he realized that Yan Laoxi's name was not for nothing.
"Why are you looking for me because he's stingy? It's not like your sister and I are on a blind date."
Yu Haitang rolled her eyes at Ye Haoran and then realized that Ye Haoran was eating dumplings. He reached out and grabbed a dumpling from Ye Haoran's plate and put it into his mouth.
After taking a few bites, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Meat stuffed?"
Without waiting for Ye Haoran to reply, Yu Haitang grabbed another one and dipped it twice in Ye Haoran's minced garlic soy sauce.
"It's delicious. Did you buy the meat?"
Ye Haoran was speechless. He had been making trouble for a long time. He didn't like Yan Laoxi's food, so he came to his place to eat and drink.
In order to let Yu Haitang eat two less, Ye Haoran could only speed up. In only two minutes, the dumplings on the plate were cleared by the two of them.
"Begonia? Haitang, where have you gone?"
Yu Haitang, who was full, was about to chat with Ye Haoran when the voice of sister Yu Haitang suddenly came from outside the house.
Ye Haoran picked up the empty plate and said, "Your sister is calling you. It's time for me to go to work. Let's go back and take a look."
Yu Haitang still wanted to get close to Ye Haoran, but due to the situation, he could only leave here temporarily. Before leaving, he said: "Hey, will you come to the radio station tomorrow to find me?"
"Is something wrong?"
"Can't we just talk if we have nothing to do?"
After Ye Haoran said perfunctorily, 'It depends on the situation,' he sent Yu Haitang out.
He turned back three times and glanced at Ye Hao reluctantly. Then, Yu Haitang followed Yu Li and left the courtyard.
As soon as he was discharged from the hospital, Yu Haitang started complaining: "Sister, who introduced you to the person? You are too stingy."
"What do you know? Only by being stingy can you live a good life. People are right. If you don't have enough food and clothing, you will suffer poverty if you don't calculate. You are still young. You will understand when you grow up."
Yu Li and Yu Haitang had the opposite idea. Just be stingy with outsiders and be generous to your own family, but she hadn't realized how stingy Yan Laoxi had become.
Yu Haitang pouted: "If you don't have money, just make money. Look at Ye Haoran, eating such a large plate of dumplings by himself, and they are stuffed with meat. I really don't know what you are interested in with the surname Yan."
"I won't tell you. Anyway, I feel that Yan Jiecheng is pretty good."
The two sisters left the courtyard and gradually went away. Ye Haoran also walked out of the house after packing.
Standing at the door and looking at the door of my house for a while, I finally remembered that something was missing.
The door is unlocked...
It is inconvenient to carry so much cash with you, but it is even more uneasy to leave it at home. Dozens of bills are not a small amount of money, and are even a huge sum of money that many families cannot reach.
"Got to buy a lock."
After muttering, Ye Haoran turned around and went to work.
As soon as he arrived at the factory, Erdanzi found Ye Haoran with a note, handed it over and said, "Ye Zi, please take a look at the approval document from the director's office."
"what?"
Ye Haoran took it in his hand and frowned after reading it once.
"Yi Zi, what do you say?"
Erdanzi looked at Ye Haoran nervously. Ye Haoran lit a cigarette and held it in his mouth. He blew out a smoke ring and said, "Don't worry about him. He will do whatever he usually does in the future. If there is a problem, I will take care of it."
The approval documents from the director's office were balled up in Ye Haoran's hands, and he threw them directly into the trash can.
The meaning of the approval document is very simple. It requires an increase in the number of night inspections, and also requires inspection post records. Factory leaders will also conduct inspections from time to time.
Ye Haoran knew at a glance that it was Director Li's intention. What nonsense was for the safety of the factory, it was just for Ye Haoran.
There is essentially no conflict of interest between Ye Haoran and Director Li, but Ye Haoran doesn't like Director Li's attitude, and Director Li wants to reach out to the security department, which Ye Haoran won't allow.
Why should you let others farm your own land? Just hilarious.
Seeing Ye Haoran's tough attitude, Erdanzi relaxed. No one wanted to increase the workload. Although the work was very idle now, he didn't want anyone to sit on his head and shit on him, especially the bald head of Director Li.
With Ye Haoran carrying him, Erdanzi could go to work, catch fish and sleep peacefully.
Although he was relaxed, the feud between Ye Haoran and Director Li was also forged.
