Siheyuan: Shazhu's Leisurely Life

Chapter 60 Still want to buy?
"Grandma, I'm not full yet. Oh, Mom, look at my grandma." Xiaodang saw that his half bowl of cornmeal soup was almost finished in one breath by Banggeng, and he was so anxious that he was about to cry.

Qin Huairu's eyelids jumped when she saw this: "Mom, you are so mean. Xiaodang doesn't eat much to begin with, and Banggeng has only eaten a few bites. How can she grow?"

"How old is she to grow up? My dear granddaughter is still growing up. She won't starve to death if she eats less."

Qin Huairu couldn't help but look helpless at Jia Zhang's reaction. Obviously, Qin Huairu had nothing to complain about her mother-in-law's behavior.

Immediately, she gritted her teeth and handed her bowl to Xiaodang.

"Be good, Xiaodang, don't cry anymore. Mom is not hungry. This bowl of mom's food is for you. Eat it quickly."

Xiaodang stopped crying, looked at the corn noodle soup in front of him, and began to wolf it down.

On the side, Jia Zhang was watching, but she was secretly proud in her heart. Isn't this perfect? ​​Qin Huairu, just eat less, because both of her grandsons of the Jia family will have something to eat!

"I'm going to take Banggeng to rest first. Remember to clean this up later." Seeing that her goal was achieved, Jia Zhang didn't say any more nonsense. After eating and drinking her fill, she put down the burden of the table, and went back to the house with her well-behaved grandson to prepare for bed.

Qin Huairu has gotten used to this kind of life. When she married into the Jia family, it was fine when Jia Dongxu was still alive, at least he could help her, although Jia Dongxu was also a person who was afraid of his mother, but now that he is dead, Qin Huairu is the one who works like a cow and a horse in the entire Jia family, running around.

Jia Zhangshi almost never did laundry or housework. Even during the days when she gave birth, Jia Zhangshi didn't do much housework. After she was able to go out, a lot of things accumulated at home finally fell on her head.

After Xiaodang finished his meal, he said goodbye to Qin Huairu and went back to his room to sleep obediently. Qin Huairu and Huaihua in her arms were the only ones left in the living room.

For a moment, Qin Huairu felt a sense of desolation in her heart. Her life was too hard.

She finally married into the city from the countryside, but unexpectedly her husband died in an accident. Looking at the state of her mother-in-law, her life may not improve in the future.

Thinking of this, Qin Huairu couldn't help but wipe away some of the moisture from the corners of her eyes, but when her gaze fell on Huaihua and she thought of the children Banggeng and Xiaodang, a hint of determination flashed in her eyes.

"Mom will raise you even if I have to trade steamed buns for steamed buns!"

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The next morning, the courtyard was quite lively. Because it was the weekend, no one went to work.

Now is the time when everything is new and the iron fist has hit us once, and those exploitative habits dare not show up at all. This is also the era when workers have the highest status. Generally, those who work in the city have two days off a week, and there is no such thing as a single day off, long and short weeks, and other fancy terms as in later generations.

However, in this special era, most people living in the courtyard houses are ordinary people, and even on their days off, few of them hang out outside.

There is no other reason, it’s just that there is not enough food.

People don’t eat much to begin with, and if they wander around everywhere, the little oil in their stomachs isn’t even enough to walk two steps, so people nowadays try not to move if they can.

Of course, although everyone doesn’t go out for a walk, news spreads very quickly in the courtyard.

Xu Damao of the Xu family bought a new bicycle. This was the third bicycle after Zhuzi in the No. 95 courtyard! After Damao returned to the courtyard, the news spread quickly.

For a while, Xu Damao was brought up for discussion again.

"This Damao is really capable."

"Yes, I heard he bought a Forever brand bicycle, a big brand." "He is only a few years younger than Zhuzi. The young comrades in our hospital are doing really well."

"We have to ask Damao to show us a way out tomorrow. The projectionist is making a lot of money!"

In the courtyard, all kinds of discussions and envy were mixed together. In short, it was foreseeable that Xu Damao would become a hotly discussed figure in the coming period of time.

At the same time, the Intermediate Court.

He Yuzhu didn't go to work today. He made breakfast for his wife, sister and old lady at home in the morning, saving his aunt a lot of effort.

But after breakfast, an old man came to the door.

"Pillar……"

He Yuzhu and an old man came into the yard.

"Zhu Zi, you know Xu Damao bought a new bicycle, right?"

Hearing what the old man said, He Yuzhu looked strange. Of course he knew, and he was probably one of the first few people to know. After all, Xu Damao was a person who wanted to show off his new bicycle in front of him. Even his kick would probably be enough to make the boy suffer.

"Yes, I know about it. What's the matter, uncle?"

Seeing this, Yi Zhonghai's eyes flashed and he said, "It's like this, I also want to buy a bicycle now. You've been there once before, so I thought you have experience, so how about taking an old man to have a look together?"

Yi Zhonghai's words were a bit forced. Buying a bicycle does not require any difficult skills. If you have tickets and money, just go to the department store and choose one. The reason why he said this was naturally to get closer to Zhuzi's family.

The so-called building closer relationships depends on the little things you do every day. Deliberately trying to build closer relationships will have no effect, and Yi Zhonghai is well aware of this.

However, after hearing this, He Yuzhu realized another meaning.

Well, Yi Zhonghai is indeed the uncle who has been in charge of the compound for decades. The details of his daily life can be seen from this.

After Xu Damao bought the bicycle, Yi Zhonghai came to him and asked him to buy a bicycle for his family, which means that Yi Zhonghai could have bought a bicycle a long time ago.

The reason why I haven't bought any is just like having dinner with them, to keep a low profile.

Keeping a low profile is the rule of survival in this era. Having been able to survive through all the ups and downs of the previous era, Yi Zhonghai has already reached perfection in this regard.

Now there are already three bicycles in the yard. As the eldest man in the yard and a senior worker in the steel rolling mill, it won’t be so conspicuous if he buys another one.

"Well, sir, let's go together this morning. To be honest, I'm planning to buy another bicycle..."

Yi Zhonghai originally wanted to use the opportunity of buying a bicycle to build a relationship with Zhuzi's family and gradually make the two families familiar with each other. But after hearing what He Yuzhu said, he was stunned.

"Buy another bicycle? Zhuzi, your family already has a bicycle, why do you want to buy another one? Besides, do you still have the ticket?"

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(End of this chapter)