The Life of a Son-in-Law in a Courtyard House

As for the Qi family, with Yang Dalin as their crook, they live better than every other family in the entire courtyard, so Qi Yulan naturally wouldn't stand up for them.

At this moment, to everyone's surprise, Qin Huairu, who had just been beaten a few days ago, stepped forward.

Jia Dongxu originally wanted to stop his wife, but unexpectedly, Jia Zhangshi stopped her son instead.

She whispered in his ear, "Son, don't worry, let's see what Huai Ru has to say."

Jia Dongxu felt a little embarrassed.

Qin Huairu, however, did not think so.

It was she who suggested that Yi Zhonghai hold the conference.

How could she not step forward?

Qin Huairu stood in the middle, tears welling up instantly, her eyes reddening in just a few seconds.

This is a master of acting. He choked up as he said, "Dear uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters-in-law, please listen to me. My son Dongxu earns thirty-three yuan a month. There are five people in my family."

It's 6.6 yuan per person. In a normal year, that would be enough for my family, and I wouldn't be standing here.

But now everyone's ration has been reduced, and only Dongxu earns money in the family, while the five of them have to support themselves.

Banggeng still has to go to school, and Xiaodang will be starting school soon too.

The adults in the family are fine; they're tightening their belts. My mom and I are frugal, so we can feed Dongxu more.

But the two children weren't getting enough to eat and cried all night because they were hungry.

Dongxu has been trying to save his portion of food for the children lately, but he still has such a heavy workload every day.

I was beaten twice more for no reason, and the hospitalization cost me a lot of money.

We are currently facing significant difficulties, and we hope everyone can help us.

An old man said we should help each other out, and we can't just take other people's things for free. My mom and I can help everyone with washing and cleaning, making shoes, making clothes, and so on.

We can't just take advantage of everyone for nothing. We hope you can help us out of consideration for all these years as neighbors... Waaah...

Many men in the courtyard who work during the day saw Bai Lianhua crying. Although their faces weren't as pretty as before, they couldn't help but feel sorry for her after hearing that her family was indeed struggling.

Many of the women in the courtyard who don't work know how good Qin Huairu is at pretending and acting, despite her seemingly innocent facade.

She always plays the victim when Jia Dongxu isn't home; as a woman myself, everyone knows her.

Some men are about to act impulsively, but they are either stopped by their wives or their mothers.

Seeing Qin Huairu crying so sadly, and Jia Dongxu standing behind her with his head down in embarrassment, Yi Zhonghai decided to start.

Let's get everyone involved.

Then he said, "I started this. I'll take the lead and donate ten yuan and five jin of cornmeal."

Upon hearing this, Liu Haizhong knew he couldn't be outdone when it came to doing good deeds and enhancing one's prestige.

He also spoke up, saying, "My family has a heavier burden, so I'll donate five yuan and three jin of cornmeal."

Qin Huairu was overjoyed to hear that all these things were for her family.

But who would think that money is too much? Then she looked at Sha Zhu again.

When Sha Zhu saw Qin Huairu's pitiful crying eyes, his heart softened and he was about to speak when He Yushui tugged at his clothes and whispered in his ear, "Brother, fifteen yuan for eight jin of cornmeal is quite a lot."

There are other families behind us, what's your rush?

So Shazhu listened to his sister and didn't say anything more.

When Qin Huairu saw that Sha Zhu didn't speak, she looked at Xu Damao. With Xu Damao's stingy attitude, how could he possibly step forward for something like this?

He had already hidden behind a tall person, making sure Qin Huairu couldn't see him.

Qin Huairu knew that Sha Zhu and Xu Damao didn't get along, and if either of them got one of them to donate to her, the other wouldn't be able to escape either.

Especially Sha Zhu, Qin Huairu had long wanted him to help her family.

In rural areas, many men who are impotent seek out prostitutes.

Instead of asking Sha Zhu to help him out, wouldn't it be better to get him to donate some money to him?

Once everyone has donated enough money, I'll go get my teeth fixed.

If you use a honey trap and grab a silly boy like Sha Zhu, that's easy.

Unable to find Xu Damao, Qin Huairu looked at Shazhu with teary eyes and said, "Zhuzi, we're the closest neighbors. Your brother Dongxu helped you a lot when you were little, and took you out to play. You're all single, so why don't you help your sister-in-law's family?"

Upon hearing Qin Huairu's words, Yang Dalin knew that this woman had long ago set her sights on Sha Zhu.

Who knows, maybe even Grandpa Qi and the others are part of her scheme. She had warned Sha Zhu before, and He Yushui had also taught her.

Let's see what he says first. If he insists on jumping in, there's nothing we can do.

When Sha Zhu heard Qin Huairu say this, he was about to speak, but He Yushui pulled Sha Zhu's arm down and said, "Sister-in-law Dongxu, we He family still have me. My brother has to take care of my food and drink and my schooling. How can you say that one person is full and the whole family is not hungry?"

"Do you think I'm not a human being?"

He Yushui seized upon Qin Huairu's grammatical error and launched a counterattack.

Upon hearing this, everyone thought Xiaoyushui's words were brilliant.

Many people voiced their support for He Yushui.

Yang Dalin spoke especially loudly: "That's right, Yushui is right. They have a younger sister in their family. How can they expect one person to be full while the whole family isn't hungry?"

Qin Huairu realized she had said the wrong thing and quickly explained, "I'm sorry, Yushui, I misspoke."

I was talking about Zhu Zi. He earns money for two people, and they usually eat at the cafeteria. Could you please help my family more? My sister-in-law's family is really struggling.

Sha Zhu is speechless when it comes to women, especially pitiful ones. He's perfect at talking to Xu Damao, but he's a bit clueless when it comes to a tearful woman.

He Yushui stood directly in front of her brother and said like a little chili pepper, "Sister-in-law, what are you saying? My brother has to pay for the factory's meal tickets to eat in the canteen. It's not like he's eating for free. My brother also has to take care of my food and drink when I go to school, and he also has to save money to get married. How can you expect him to earn money while the two of us have to spend it?"

Are you suggesting that even if my brother doesn't get married, we have to help you?

I remember when we were going through tough times, your family didn't really help us much, did you?

When He Yushui said this, everyone remembered the days when He Daqing had just run away.

At the time, both of them were indeed in difficult circumstances. Jia Dongxu had just married Qin Huairu and hadn't really helped Sha Zhu much.

Unexpectedly, Jia Zhangshi jumped out at this moment.

Standing next to Qin Huairu, Jia Zhangshi said directly, "Yushui, you have no conscience to say that. I brought you cornbread a few times back then."

Xu Damao, who was hiding behind, realized this was an opportunity.

He chimed in from behind, "If you've received something from someone, you can't be ungrateful, you silly Zhu! Are you going to be an ungrateful scoundrel?"

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu knew it was Xu Damao, that bastard, speaking, and calling him Sha Zhu.

He quickly explained, "Sha Mao, if you don't know what's going on, don't talk nonsense. If you're so capable, come forward. I've said before that whoever calls me Sha Zhu deserves to get beaten up. You'll see in a bit."

Listen to me, everyone. Aunt Jia did give us some steamed buns made from rainwater back then, but we returned them the very next day.

Many elders watched me, He Yuzhu, grow up. When have I ever borrowed something and not returned it?