Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Chen Dehui didn't expect that his son-in-law had such a bad taste.

But he did not reject the proposal.

Before, Yi Zhonghai tried every possible way to plot against Wang Dong and his family. If Wang Dong hadn't been smart and capable, his family might have been driven out of the courtyard by Yi Zhonghai.

Even though Chen Dehui became the boss of the courtyard house, he was still full of hatred towards Yi Zhonghai and the Jia family.

He also wanted to see the scene of Yi Zhonghai making a fool of himself and regretting his actions ten or twenty years later.

Moreover.

After Aunt Zhang divorced Yi Zhonghai and lost her income, she became the most needy family in the courtyard.

As the eldest man in the yard, it is my responsibility to take care of others.

The job of sweeping the streets is not very tiring, it’s just that the salary is a little low, and Aunt Zhang is fully capable of doing it.

More importantly, although the salary is low, as long as it is not wasted, it can support two people with the current living standards in Beijing.

In this way, Aunt Zhang will be able to raise the child she brings back from the welfare home without using her own savings, and her retirement life will definitely be more comfortable in the future.

Comparing the two, Yi Zhonghai must be more regretful.

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Half a month later, Aunt Zhang brought a boy back from the welfare home.

When he was about nine years old, both his parents had passed away, and a recognition ceremony was specially held in the courtyard.

Although there was no meal provided, a few candies and a handful of melon seeds were prepared for each household, with the exception of the Jia family and the Yi Zhonghai family, who were not even invited.

Two months later, after He Yuzhu's crazy efforts, he finally got married with Liang Lazhi, and they even set up several tables in the courtyard for the occasion.

Time flies and more than two months have passed. Wang Dong welcomed his first son: Wang Yufeng.

He was so excited that he couldn't sleep for several nights. He set up several tables in the courtyard and even several factory leaders came.

We were busy from around nine in the morning until around four in the afternoon, when the bustling front yard finally became quiet.

Of course, Wang Dong also did not invite the Jia and Yi families to the full moon banquet.

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The Jia family in the middle courtyard.

Although there was a meat dish on the dinner table, none of the diners had any appetite, except Xiaodang and Kuihua.

Usually, when there was meat at home, it almost all went to Banggeng, Jia Zhangshi, and Yi Zhonghai. Xiaodang and Kuihua were considered money-losing goods in Jia Zhangshi's eyes, so they were lucky enough to have enough to eat and not starve to death. It was very difficult for them to have a meal of meat.

No one ate the meat dishes on the table today, but the two of them kept stuffing meat into their mouths as if they had won the first prize.

Soon, half a plate of meat and vegetables was eaten by the two men.

The angry Jia Zhang suddenly found a target to vent her anger on, and she started yelling at Xiaodang and Kuihua, "Eat eat eat..."

“I eat all day long.”

"You two losers, what's the point of eating such delicious food?"

"From now on, none of you can eat meat dishes without my consent."

"Don't you know that the Jia family is having a hard time now?"

After scolding her two granddaughters, Jia Zhang immediately turned her attention to Yi Zhonghai.

Of course, she didn't dare to curse Yi Zhonghai, she could only complain.

"Lao Yi..."

"That little bastard Wang Dong in the front yard is really going too far."

"They held a full-moon banquet for their son, and invited the old lady surnamed Zhang from the backyard. They surrounded us but didn't invite our two families. This is clearly a sign of contempt for us."

Qin Huairu was afraid that Jia Zhang would anger Yi Zhonghai. In the few months since she married Yi Zhonghai, although it was a little uncomfortable to sleep in the same bed with Yi Zhonghai, Qin Huairu's life was really good.

Although he had no formal job, with the help of Jia Zhang, he could earn ten yuan a month by pasting matchboxes.

With the pocket money given by Yi Zhonghai, she can save 15 yuan of pocket money every month, so now she doesn't care about the two or three yuan she saves from living expenses.

After a few months, she had saved fifty or sixty dollars.

This was something Qin Huairu had never dared to imagine before.

Even when he was still working at the steel rolling mill, after deducting the living expenses he gave to the Jia family every month, he could only save seven or eight yuan a month for living expenses, and it was very hard.

I have to work at work, and cook and take care of children after get off work.

There are simply too many restrictions now. I don’t have to go to work, there are people to help me cook, the food is good every day, and I can even save 15 yuan of pocket money every month.

For Qin Huairu, this kind of good day was like pie in the sky.

He was afraid that Jia Zhang would say something inappropriate and anger Yi Zhonghai, which would prevent him from continuing to live such a good life in the future.

As soon as Jia Zhang complained, Qin Huairu looked at Yi Zhonghai with squinted eyes, fearing that he would get angry, and then rushed to answer: "Mom..."

"Nothing to complain about."

"We have always been at odds with Wang Dong in the front yard. It is not an exaggeration to describe him as an enemy. He will definitely not invite us."

"Moreover……"

"It's a good thing that you didn't invite us. We don't have to pay for the gift money."

"I heard someone say that old lady Zhang in the backyard gave a dollar as a gift."

"If we were really invited over, we would definitely not be outdone by her."

"If I really asked you to spend two dollars as a gift, you wouldn't be willing to do it..."

Jia Zhang's eyes widened immediately, and she looked at Qin Huairu with disbelief and asked, "What... the old woman in the backyard gave a dollar as a gift..."

"He didn't make it..."

"Although I was introduced by my front yard friend Chen Dehui to sweep the streets, I only get 15 yuan a month, and I have to pay for the tuition of her adopted child. It's not enough for food, so how can I afford to spend so much money on gifts?"

"Is she crazy?"

Qin Huairu shook her head and replied, "I heard that the job of street sweeping was introduced by an old man in the front yard."

"It's the full moon banquet for a grandfather's grandson, so she must give more money as a gift."

Hearing this, Jia Zhang decided to give Yi Zhonghai some eye drops to completely sever the relationship between Yi Zhonghai and Aunt Zhang.

Looking at Qin Huai Ruyi, he pointed out something: "Then this old woman is really scheming."

"Before I divorced Lao Yi, I pretended to be sick at home every day, feeling uncomfortable here and there, spending Lao Yi's money everywhere, and not taking care of him."

"Now that I'm divorced from Lao Yi and my body is in pain, I can still go out to sweep the streets to earn money. Isn't this clearly deceiving Lao Yi?"

"I just got divorced, got the money, and then rented a house in the backyard, renovated it, adopted a child from an orphanage, and went out to sweep the streets to make money."

"I suspect this old woman has wanted to divorce Lao Yi for a long time."

"I was just afraid that I wouldn't get a share of Lao Yi's pension money if I asked for it, so I took advantage of Lao Yi's marriage to give Lao Yi 900 yuan."

"That's nine hundred yuan. Based on the old woman's current salary, it would take five or six years of not eating or drinking to earn it back."

"I really hope the child she adopts grows up to be an ungrateful person."

"If I make money, I would rather support an outsider than use it for my family's stick."

"When I get old and no one takes care of me, I'll make her laugh to death." (End of this chapter)