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

After returning to the Intermediate People's Court, Yi Zhonghai and his wife went to the Jia family's house to offer some words of comfort.

It's getting late.

Yi Zhonghai said, "Everyone, go back and rest. Get up early tomorrow and come help again."

Only Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi were left to guard the mourning hall that night.

Banggeng and Xiaodang were put on the bed.

The child is too young to stay up all night keeping vigil for his father.

Everyone has left, and the child is asleep.

Madam Jia said to Qin Huairu, "Huairu, this family will depend on you from now on. Tell your mother, did you have something on your mind when you made that scene today?"

Qin Huairu nodded: "Yes, Mom, you know, my face was ruined by Yang Dalin."

I wanted to strangle him.

Although I have no evidence, I'm pretty sure I'm right; it must have been him who did it.

Since I couldn't get revenge for the time being, I originally thought of blaming Dongxu for what happened.

Make him compensate us some money.

They'll give us a small subsidy every month, which is a way of indirectly helping us out.

Unfortunately, the old deaf man intervened later, and the matter was not resolved.

"Sigh... Huairu. Mom knows your face is injured, and you hate Yang Dalin."

But we have no evidence, and the police haven't been able to find anything either.

What seemed like a bad thing before might actually be a good thing now.

"Mom, why are you saying that? I'm disfigured, how can this be a good thing?"

"Listen to me, don't rush."

There are tens of thousands of workers in the steel rolling mill, right? Most of them are male, and there are fewer female workers, right?

You will take over Dongxu's job.

In the workshop or factory, if you looked like that before, wouldn't you have been harassed by many male workers?

In this new society, you might not get into any serious trouble, but you can't escape their gossip and rumors.

My mother has been through it all; she was widowed early herself and knows how powerful these rumors can be.

Sometimes, if you have a normal conversation with a man, someone will start making up lies about you.

Before you came into the family, in order to live a good life with Dongxu, Mom had to become shrewish and unreasonable, otherwise someone would bully you.

You've come in, and Mom has changed a lot too.

But I'll have to be a bit more assertive in the future, while you remain the same as always.

When dealing with outsiders, I'll play the good cop, and you'll play the bad cop.

Don't let others bully our family.

That way you won't have to worry about anyone trying to take advantage of you. Let's focus on raising our three children well.

As for revenge, don't even think about it.

This is not the time to think about this, otherwise if Yang Dalin does something bad, we won't be able to stand it.

You need to go back and apologize, and befriend Qi Yulan. Qi Yulan is soft-hearted, and Yang Dalin is a driver.

He can't cook a good meal.

We mustn't offend him before he grows up.

They still need to benefit from his influence.

"It's all for the child, Huai Ru, do you understand?"

When Qin Huairu heard that everything was for the sake of the child, she could only temporarily put aside her hatred.

She knew Jia Zhangshi was right; she hadn't even entered the factory yet, and she had no backing. What could she possibly use to fight against Yang Dalin?

"Okay, Mom, I promise you."

Everything is for Bang Geng Xiao Dang and the baby in her belly.

"Good, it's good that you understand."

There was one more thing Jia Zhangshi didn't say: Luckily, her daughter-in-law was disfigured, so she no longer had to worry about her daughter-in-law remarrying with her child.

Otherwise, given Qin Huairu's former pretty looks, there might actually be some old bachelors who would take a liking to her.

Seeing that Jia Zhangshi remained silent, Qin Huairu asked in a low voice, "Mom, what do you think Uncle Yi is thinking? Is he planning to abandon our family?"

Madam Jia sneered: "Hmph, who doesn't know what he's thinking?"

He wasn't a native of Beijing; he came to Beijing later. Your father-in-law helped him a lot with his life back then.

They had a good relationship with our family back then.

Unfortunately, your father-in-law passed away a few years later.

Before leaving, she held his hand and told him to take Dongxu as his apprentice and teach him his skills properly.

We'll take care of him in his old age and look after our family.

Who knew that he himself was so skilled that he kept teaching Dongxu so he couldn't level up.

I don't know if he really didn't teach with his heart or what.

He has indeed helped our family a lot over the years, and we were thinking of having Dongxu take care of him in his old age.

Mom thought to herself, "With him helping our family, we'll just let Dongxu take care of him in his old age."

Who knew that after Dongxu got into trouble, judging from his expression, he seemed to want to avoid any connection with our family.

Or I could say we should stop arguing with Yang Dalin for now.

He doesn't want to take care of our family anymore; you've angered Yang Dalin even more.

Then our family will really have a hard time.

As for Yi Zhonghai really wanting to wash his hands of everything and not care about anything, that's impossible. You don't need to worry about this.

Jia Zhangshi had something she didn't say. When Old Jia passed away, she was still relatively young, and Yi Zhonghai had tried several times to get her to have a child.

With this matter in place, Yi Zhonghai wanted to extricate himself, but Grandma...

Fortunately, I was on guard at that time.

Otherwise, if a widow really gave birth to a child, she would be condemned to death.

Nobody wanted that young, decent-looking widow.

When Jia Zhangshi was young, she was considered quite pretty.

Yi Zhonghai was quite hot-blooded at the time.

His wife can't have children, so how could he not be thinking about finding someone else to have another one?

Of course, Madam Jia Zhang couldn't say this to her daughter-in-law.

It's good that my daughter-in-law is disfigured; otherwise, she would definitely be more attractive than I was back then.

That won't do.

For this, Jia Zhangshi should thank Yang Dalin.

Qin Huairu was relieved to hear Jia Zhangshi say that.

I earn 27.5 yuan a month as soon as I go to work.

With the children's subsidies and the pension, life won't be too hard.

Qin Huairu was no longer so anxious about the future. She said to Jia Zhangshi, "Mom, it's getting late. Go and rest for a while. I'll keep watch."

You can take my place later.

"Mom, no need. You've had a tough time these past few days. You're pregnant, so you should go and rest for a while."

"Mom, stay here and don't harm the baby in your belly."

Unable to win the argument with Jia Zhangshi, Qin Huairu went to lie down for a while.

The two of them acted out a scene of maternal love and filial piety.

Lying in bed, Qin Huairu couldn't fall asleep for a while.

She then said, "Mom, could we help out with that idiot Zhu next door? Having another helper would be great."

Jia Zhangshi was sitting with her head down, almost asleep, when she suddenly heard Qin Huairu say this.

Without hesitation, Jia Zhangshi said, "He is a simple-minded and honest man. It's a pity he's not married."

He got married, but it was too late.

His wife even knows martial arts, so you should avoid messing with their family in the future.

However, I do quite like Xu Damao's family.

His wife's family is well-off.

I heard he's a capitalist; his family must be rich.

She didn't come to the Intermediate People's Court today, probably because she was scared. There's no need to blame her. Xu Damao often goes to the countryside. You should avoid Xu Damao, befriend his wife, and play the victim more.

Be polite in your speech, and offer some compliments.

Even a tiny leak in her house is enough for us to eat.

Isn't this better than a cook?

Old ginger is spicier; it has to be said that Jia Zhangshi had foresight.

At this time, the impact on capitalists was not yet severe.

It had only been a few years since the public-private partnership was completed.

People aren't that opposed to capitalists yet.

Not in a few years or then.

Qin Huairu said, "Okay, Mom."

She also agreed with what Jia Zhangshi said, that Sha Zhu could only get some leftovers at most.

No matter how successful she is, the capitalist's daughter is still the richest.

Xu Damao often went to the countryside, making it easier for him to manipulate a naive young lady.

Yang Dalin laughed when he heard these conversations.