Siheyuan's Silly Pillar has been replaced by someone else

Whenever the Jia family was going through a rough patch, Jia Zhangshi would curse Yi Zhonghai.

In Jia Zhangshi's view, the reason she made Jia Dongxu become her apprentice was so that she could live a better life.

As a result, after Jia Dongxu became an apprentice, the Jia family didn't have many good days.

If she had known it would turn out like this, she would have preferred to have Jia Dongxu become Liu Haizhong's apprentice.

Liu Haizhong's apprentices are all doing quite well.

Even Hu Ming, who died young, lived a better life than his family.

Liu Haizhong is a brainless and wicked man, but he is indeed good to his apprentices.

After Hu Ming died, he didn't care or ask about it.

Compared to him, Yi Zhonghai is not so good.

He only had two apprentices in his life. One apprentice died young, and the other he slept with.

Both the Jia family mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had grievances against Yi Zhonghai.

Qin Huairu himself was too embarrassed to curse, but when he heard Jia Zhangshi cursing Yi Zhonghai, he didn't stop her.

In order to give Jia Zhangshi a chance to scold Yi Zhonghaiteng, she even made an excuse to go out to buy groceries.

When Qin Huairu arrived at the front yard, he was stopped by Yan Bugui.

Playing chess was just a pastime for Yan Bugui to pass the time; his real hobby was taking advantage of others.

"Qin Huairu, your daughter-in-law's two best friends haven't come over for almost a year."

Why did you come here today?

Qin Huairu was also a master at taking advantage of others, so how could she not know Yan Bugui's ulterior motives?

"I don't know either. These young people wouldn't tell me when they're chatting."

Yan Bugui wanted to ask more, but Yi Zhonghai suddenly spoke up: "Huai Ru, when Bang Geng comes back, tell him."

Yanling's two best friends are clearly not from good families.

Tell Yanling to stay away from them.

Qin Huairu readily agreed, but whether or not it would actually be done was another matter.

She would only do what Yi Zhonghai asked her to do if there was something in return; otherwise, she would just ignore him.

Following Yi Zhonghai's instructions, Qin Huairu left the courtyard house directly.

Yan Bugui glared angrily at Yi Zhonghai, suspecting that Yi Zhonghai was deliberately preventing him from taking advantage of the situation.

When guests come to our home, we naturally have to treat them to a meal.

When it comes to inviting guests and finding someone to accompany them, this third uncle is more than willing to take on the task.

As for the fact that the guest is a woman, that's none of his business.

His goal was to take advantage of the situation; who the customer was and what business was it of his?

Yi Zhonghai was filled with worries and could no longer care about Yan Bugui.

Even if he knew Yan Bugui's thoughts, he wouldn't care.

Yan Bugui's children are clearly unfilial, yet they dare not cooperate with him in his old age, leaving him to fight alone. Yan Bugui must be taught a lesson.

At the Intermediate Court, Tang Yanling and the other two naturally shifted their conversation to Xu Damao.

"Yanling, you say you have a good relationship with Uncle Xu, why don't you ask him to arrange a job for you?"

Tang Yanling was also troubled by this problem.

She has tried many methods recently, but Xu Damao is as cunning as an old fox and won't fall for them no matter what.

We can't really make her offer herself to Xu Damao.

She doesn't care about sacrificing herself, but the key issue is that sacrificing herself is not a good choice.

What you can't have is always the best.

If Xu Damao benefits from it, then it's not so valuable.

This is what Qin Huairu told her.

Tang Yanling believed that Qin Huairu would not deceive her on this matter.

"My baby needs to be breastfed, so I don't have time to go to work."

Let's wait until after the New Year.

After the Lunar New Year, I won't have to worry about the children so much.

The two best friends didn't completely believe it.

Chai Ning tentatively asked, "Is this true?"

Tang Yanling knew the two didn't believe her, so she immediately said, "What, you still suspect I'm lying to you?"

"No," Chai Ning said with a smile, "How could I possibly doubt you?"

"Isn't it because I know your family and Uncle Xu's family don't get along?"

Tang Yanling snorted: "Don't explain. Explaining is just covering up."

I know you don't believe me, so here's what we'll do: we'll have drinks at Uncle Xu's house tonight.

"Don't leave, we'll take you with us." The two exchanged a glance and immediately beamed with joy.

"Really? We can't go empty-handed."

"Yes, we can't go empty-handed. Let's go out and buy something."

Tang Yanling didn't stop her.

She suddenly remembered the special cigarettes she had gotten from Xu Damao, so she took them out of her pocket.

"When you go, please buy meat for me."

Cui Xin saw the cigarette in Tang Yanling's hand and said, "You're breastfeeding your baby, why are you smoking?"

Tang Yanling casually placed the cigarette on the table: "I didn't smoke it."

These are special cigarettes Uncle Xu gave Banggeng. I was afraid he'd sneak some, so I took them from him.

The cigarette pack had the words "Special Supply" written on it.

Cui Xin and the other person also saw it and asked in surprise, "Is it really a special supply cigarette?"
Where did Uncle Xu get it from?

Tang Yanling said, "Of course it's from Uncle He."

"You all know who Uncle He's father-in-law is."

Upon hearing this, the two of them no longer had any doubts.

They used to frequent the Chaoyang Hotel and knew all too well about He Yuzhu's affairs.

Given Xu Damao's close relationship with He Yuzhu, it's quite normal for him to be able to obtain specially supplied cigarettes.

Chai Ning said, "Yanling, don't blame me for being nosy."

Your family is neighbors with Uncle He, what a great opportunity!

"What good does it do you to have such a strained relationship with Uncle He?"

Tang Yanling sighed helplessly: "Do you even need to tell me? Of course I know I need to get along well with Uncle He."

But Uncle He isn't like Uncle Xu; he lives in a courtyard house. I can't even see him. What can I do?

Chai Ning said, "Your family members call him 'Silly Zhu' every day. Anyone would be unhappy to see you."

I think you should talk to Bang Geng.

"Have your family members change how they address you first."

Cui Xin chimed in, "That's right. When we came over just now, we heard those three old men sitting in the front yard, brazenly calling him 'Silly Zhu.'"

Grandpa Li from the front yard and Uncle He are such good friends, do you think Grandpa Li won't tell Uncle He?

Tang Yanling agreed.

She changed how she addressed He Yuzhu and also asked Banggeng to change his way of addressing her.

But none of the other family members changed their tune.

If those people shout one word, all her efforts will be in vain.

No wonder Xu Damao wouldn't help her no matter how much she begged him.

So that's where the root of the problem lies.

Tang Yanling decided that she would definitely find an opportunity to tell Bang Geng.

She didn't admit it aloud: "Don't judge others by your own standards."

Grandpa Li is such a good person, he wouldn't speak ill of others behind their backs.

"Well. We meant well in advising you, but we've ended up being seen as villains."

"We won't say anything more, okay?" Cui Xin complained. "We're going shopping."

Tang Yanling shouted, "Take the money, and don't forget to buy meat."

Chai Ning and his companion are not stupid.

If Tang Yanling hadn't brought out the special-supply cigarettes, the two men might have asked her for money.

Now that special-supply cigarettes are available, it would be incredibly ungrateful of them to accept money from them.

"How much could it cost to buy some meat? You're slapping us in the face."

"Yes."

Tang Yanling didn't insist and handed over the meat she wanted to buy to them.

The money was left by Xu Damao, but since the two of them didn't want it, it belonged to her.

After the two left, Qin Huairu went home and asked, "Did they leave so early?"

Tang Yanling smiled and said, "They went to buy things, they'll be back in a bit."

Qin Huairu was taken aback, thinking the gift was for her, and said politely, "Didn't you just buy something for our family?"

Why are you buying more things?

Tang Yanling rolled her eyes at Qin Huairu with disdain. Her mother-in-law was indeed clever, but she was too easily swayed by money.

"It wasn't bought for our family, it was bought for Uncle Xu."

We're going to Uncle Xu's house for dinner tonight. (End of Chapter)