Courtyard House: Report enemy agents at the start, and you'll take off immediately.

It's better to nip the mother-in-law's idea in the bud beforehand, so she won't be called to Sha Zhu's house to borrow grain again.

In fact, Qin Huairu was not willing to borrow, because most of the borrowed ingredients were eaten by Jia Zhangshi, and Banggeng could only eat a little bit.

As for herself, being able to drink some soup was considered a good treatment.

Therefore, Qin Huairu was filled with resentment.

They do nothing productive all day long, and just eat a few steamed buns at each meal.

With my mother-in-law's spending habits, who could possibly afford it?

Even though Qin Huairu painstakingly sewed shoes with a thousand layers of soles and took them to the market to exchange for money.

However, the money she received was all saved by her mother-in-law, with no intention of using it to help with household expenses.

Although Qin Huairu had long been accustomed to accepting her fate, deep down she dared not resist. Many times she wept in the middle of the night, regretting that she had married into the Jia family.

As someone who had been through similar experiences, how could Jia Zhangshi not understand Qin Huairu's thoughts?

This time, she surprisingly offered words of comfort to Qin Huairu:

"Just settle down and live your life in the Jia family. Everyone has to get through this."

"Once you've raised Banggeng to adulthood, your hard times will be over."

Qin Huairu's eyes reddened as she finished the remaining half of the cornbread and said:

"I'll go see Sha Zhu and find out what's going on."

Jia Zhangshi merely pursed her lips at Qin Huairu's silent resistance.

Having lost his appetite, he decided to go out and settle accounts with Zhao De, determined to teach him a lesson today.

"Rain, why did you lock the cellar?"

Inside the main room of the courtyard, Sha Zhu remembered that he hadn't locked the cellar when he left in the morning.

The only possibility is that my younger sister, who came home at noon, locked it in the rain.

"Brother, if I don't lock it, your cellar will be emptied sooner or later."

He Yushui felt it was necessary to explain this issue to her brother.

"You mean that kid Banggeng? It's okay, he's just mischievous, but we're good friends."

"They only come here to get some food, and they don't take too much."

Sha Zhu took out the key and opened the cellar, preparing to cook a sumptuous dinner for his sister that evening.

After all, he knew that his brother had taken leave specifically to come back and visit him.

He Yushui looked helpless and said in a bad tone, "Brother, he takes a little today and a little tomorrow. If this goes on for a long time, it will add up. How are we supposed to make a living?"

"It's no big deal. I can eat in the cafeteria at noon."

"You can eat at school too, since summer vacation hasn't started yet."

"Besides, Sister Qin is so pitiful, you should just help her out."

"It's good that you're helping her, but you should also think about yourself."

"You haven't even gotten married and had children yet, don't you want to save some money?"

"Look at Brother Zhao, he's getting married soon, and look at you."

He Yushui was furious. Why couldn't this silly brother get it?

"Rain, what's wrong?"

Sha Zhu touched his sister's head and felt that she had suddenly become strange.

This wasn't always the case; her stance had always been aligned with his.

When Zhao De was mentioned, Sha Zhu placed several dishes on the table, and his expression immediately turned sour.

“He was truly cold-hearted and ruthless, not only disregarding the Jia family but also ignoring the deaf old lady.”

"All that wealth was earned by dishonest means, and he still has the nerve to get married."

It must be admitted that Sha Zhu has been deeply brainwashed by Yi Zhonghai's ideology.

He Yushui was furious.

This idiot is hopeless; he's utterly incorrigible.

Is Brother Zhao's reputation not as good as yours now?

Just then, Qin Huairu's voice rang out from outside the door:

Is Sha Zhu home?

Just then, Sha Zhu picked up a piece of food and was about to put it in his mouth.

Upon hearing that Sister Qin had arrived, he quickly put down his chopsticks and ran to open the door.

He Yushui watched from the side, frowning and sighing inwardly:

There's no hope. There's really no hope.

What should I do, Brother Zhao?

He Yushui decided to go and ask Brother Zhao for advice that evening.

Let's see if we can get some brilliant ideas to save this fool.

As she was pondering this, she came to her senses and realized that her silly brother was about to hand the only dish on the table, which was half meat and half vegetables, to Qin Huairu.

This is the only dish on the table with a little bit of meat.

He Yushui has an older brother who is a chef. She took a day off to come home to see her mentally challenged brother. Does that mean she can't even eat a bite of meat at home?

"No, this dish can't be given to him. It's mine today!"

He Yushui's heart tightened, and she quickly snatched it away.

Qin Huairu was about to thank him and take the dish when she saw that He Yushui had snatched it away, and she was immediately stunned.

"Rainwater, this is for Sister Qin, she's not an outsider, stop making a fuss, give it to me now."

Sha Zhu shouted anxiously, "No, it just won't work!"

"I took a day off to come back and see you, can't I even eat a piece of meat? Waaah..."

He Yushui was so angry with her silly brother that she burst into tears, dropped the vegetables, and ran out crying.

"Rain, rain, I apologize, I don't want it anymore, okay? This..."

Qin Huairu tried to salvage the situation, but He Yushui had already disappeared.

"It's okay, sis, you can take the vegetables back."

“I don’t need this dish. The stalks are still growing and need to eat more good food.”

Shazhu felt that his sister had gone too far.

I need to teach her a lesson later, otherwise her personality will go astray sooner or later.

As a person, you can't just think of yourself.

Qin Huairu took the dishes, full of doubt. What was going on with the rain today?

This isn't usually the case; we're usually very close.

He Yushui went out to look for Zhao De, but found that he had not returned yet, so she had no choice but to walk towards the front gate of the yard.

As she passed by Jia Zhangshi, who was guarding the gate, she suddenly blurted out something.

"You missed out with Brother Zhao yesterday, so you'd better watch out today!"

It turned out that He Yushui had already heard about what happened last night from the older women.

He was holding back his anger and wanted to take the opportunity to provoke Jia Zhangshi to make her feel better.

"What do you mean 'missed'? You little brat, come back here right now!"

Upon hearing this, Madam Jia immediately tried to get more details.

However, He Yushui ran very fast and disappeared in an instant.

The more Jia Zhangshi thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong, especially after hearing He Yushui's tone.

It seems Zhao De really did come home last night?

And then she just missed Zhao De?

Could it have happened while she was eating?

Upon considering this possibility, Jia Zhangshi felt a tightness in her chest. It couldn't be!

So she immediately rushed to Yan Bugui's house and asked, "Old Yan, tell me honestly, did Zhao De come back yesterday?"

Yan Bugui didn't have a good impression of Jia Zhangshi, mainly because Jia Zhangshi felt that she was a weaker party.

They never took those three old men seriously, and once trouble started, they wouldn't let any of them off the hook.

Therefore, Yan Bugui had long wanted to find an opportunity to provoke Jia Zhangshi.

But I was worried that she would hold a grudge later, so I never dared to tell the truth.