Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Lu Banxia turned around and saw Qin Huairu. Her brows furrowed, and she asked, "Qin Huairu, what's wrong?"

Qin Huairu asked with a smile, "Banxia, ​​is this bicycle new?"

Lu Banxia nodded: "It's newly bought, why?"

Just as Qin Huairu was about to speak, Li Sumei came over from the backyard carrying an old hen. When she saw Lu Banxia pushing a brand-new women's bicycle, she immediately showed an envious expression.

"Banxia, ​​that's impressive! You've only been in our compound for a few days and you've already bought a bicycle. This is the third bicycle in our compound."

Lu Banxia's attitude towards Li Sumei was much better than Qin Huairu's. She smiled slightly and said:

"Sumei, doesn't your Xu Damao have a bicycle too? What's there to envy? Look at you, you kill chickens every few days. I don't know how many people in the yard envy you."

Li Sumei waved her hand: "My Xu Damao's bicycle belongs to the factory, but yours is his own. How can they be the same? There's no way to compare them. Damao is injured now. If he doesn't get some treatment, who knows when he'll be able to go back to work at the factory."

"Alright, I'm not going to talk to you anymore, I'm going to kill a chicken now."

"Okay, go ahead."

The two of them chatted back and forth, completely ignoring Qin Huairu, which made Qin Huairu, who was standing to the side, feel a little awkward.

When Lu Banxia saw Li Sumei leave, she pushed her bicycle and prepared to go back without even saying goodbye to Qin Huairu.

"Banxia, ​​wait a minute."

When Qin Huairu saw that Lu Banxia was about to leave, she quickly called her back.

Lu Banxia turned around and asked, "Qin Huairu, what's wrong? Tell me quickly, I still have clothes to wash at home, I'm busy."

Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu immediately broke into a bright smile.

"Banxia, ​​give me your clothes, I'll wash them for you. Let me tell you, I wash clothes really clean."

Lu Banxia was taken aback, then a mischievous idea popped into her head. She smiled and asked, "Qin Huairu, you said you'd do my laundry? You won't charge me, right?"

Qin Huairu rolled her eyes at Lu Banxia and waved her hand, saying, "Banxia, ​​look at you, you're being too polite again, aren't you? Do you think I'm that kind of person? I treat you like my own sister, washing clothes for my own sister, how could I accept money?"

"Hehe, thank you then. You wait here, I'll go get you some clothes right away."

Lu Banxia smiled slightly and pushed her bicycle towards the backyard.

Qin Huairu followed closely behind, constantly talking to Lu Banxia along the way, trying to build a good relationship with her.

The two arrived at the backyard. Lu Banxia parked her bicycle, opened the door, and quickly brought out a pile of dirty clothes. These were all clothes she had changed out of over the past few days. She hadn't been able to wash them because she hadn't been feeling well. Luckily, she had enough clothes, otherwise she wouldn't have enough to change into.

"The clothes are all here, thank you."

Qin Huairu took the clothes, smiled and waved her hand: "Don't mention it, I'll go wash your clothes right away, it'll be done soon."

With that, Qin Huairu, carrying her clothes, headed towards the central courtyard pool.

Watching Qin Huairu's retreating figure, Lu Banxia scoffed, shook her head, and went back into the house.

She was certain that Qin Huairu was not being kind; her unusual attentiveness today was probably just another attempt to take advantage of her.

At that moment, Li Sumei was plucking chicken feathers from the pond in the middle courtyard when she saw Qin Huairu hugging Lu Banxia's clothes. She asked in confusion, "Qin Huairu, why are you hugging Banxia's clothes?"

Qin Huairu smiled slightly: "It's nothing. Banxia is just too busy and doesn't have time to do laundry. I was just killing time anyway, so I did the laundry for Banxia."

Li Sumei rolled her eyes and said speechlessly, "Qin Huairu, you'd really be that kind? You're not up to any bad intentions, are you?"

Qin Huairu rubbed her clothes and glared at Li Sumei: "Sumei, what are you saying? Don't you know anything? I, Qin Huairu, have been in this courtyard for so many years, who have I ever had any bad intentions towards?"

"Hehe, that's true. I never had any bad intentions towards others. It was all their own choice. Sha Zhu borrowed so much money from you and ended up losing his job. It was all their own choice."

When Li Sumei came to the courtyard, what she heard most was Xu Damao talking about Sha Zhu all day long. She knew a lot about Sha Zhu, after all, Xu Damao and Sha Zhu were like enemies, so of course Xu Damao knew Sha Zhu.

It could be said that Qin Huairu bears a large part of the responsibility for Sha Zhu's current situation.

After all, Sha Zhu had lent money to the Jia family and brought them lunchboxes before, all because of Qin Huairu.

Upon hearing Li Sumei mention Sha Zhu, Qin Huairu immediately fell silent. Sha Zhu had indeed helped their family a lot, but it was all of Sha Zhu's own volition. How could she be blamed?

She didn't speak to Li Sumei, but Li Sumei wanted to talk to her. While plucking chicken feathers, she said, "I'm telling you, Qin Huairu, look, now that Jia Dongxu is gone, and Shazhu is single, and he was so good to you before, I think you two should just get together. I think it would be a good idea. You're only 26 years old, you can't stay a widow forever, can you?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu sighed: "Shazhu doesn't talk to me anymore. I heard from Yushui that Shazhu went out to prepare a banquet for someone a few days ago and was stabbed twice by a thug. He's still in the hospital."

"Have you gone to see Sha Zhu?" Li Sumei asked.

Qin Huairu shook her head and sighed, "I have to go to work every day, where would I find the time? Now our family of four depends on me working to earn money and support us, do you think it's easy for me?"

Li Sumei rolled her eyes: "You have time now, don't you? You even have time to do Banxia's laundry, can't you spare some time to go to the hospital to see Shazhu? Shazhu used to be so devoted to you, what, now that he's in trouble, you don't even want to go see him?"

"Well."

Qin Huairu was speechless; she didn't know what to say.

If Sha Zhu were still the same as before, she would definitely go to see him. But now, Sha Zhu treats her like an enemy and often asks her to repay the money. Why should she go?

The two chatted idly by the pond in the middle courtyard. Qin Huairu quickly finished washing the clothes, and Li Sumei also killed the chicken. The two then walked together to the backyard.

Arriving in the backyard, Qin Huairu knocked on the door of Lu Banxia's house.

"Knock knock knock".

"Banxia, ​​I've finished washing your clothes."

Lu Banxia opened the door and saw that the clothes were washed quite clean. She smiled and said, "Thank you. I'll go hang the clothes up to dry."

After saying that, Lu Banxia took the clothes and started hanging them out to dry.

After hanging the clothes to dry, seeing that Qin Huairu was still there, Lu Banxia asked, "Is there anything else?"