Qin Huairu sat on the horse stool, rubbing her clothes and peeking towards the door.
After get off work, people returned to the courtyard in twos and threes, and some neighbors who were familiar with her greeted her.
"Sister-in-law Jia, how has Xudong been doing in the past two days?"
"It's more than half done. The factory's compensation has come down. I just stewed an old hen for him last week." Qin Huairu said perfunctorily.
Although Jia Zhang was arrested, Jia Xudong was not implicated. Through the mediation of Yi Zhonghai, he reported the case as being injured in the line of duty.
Originally, the steel rolling mill was going to send someone to verify the matter, but under the coercion of Yi Zhonghai, Xu Damao spoke to Deputy Director Li through Mrs. Li.
Deputy Director Li personally announced through the loudspeaker that Jia Xudong was injured while rushing to work in the workshop.
All factory workers were called on to learn from Jia Xudong, and a disability subsidy of 150 yuan was distributed.
From now on, Jia Xudong can still receive 20 yuan in disability benefits from the street office every month.
However, Jia Xudong kept all the money in his hands and would only give it to Qin Huairu when buying food and noodles.
This made Qin Huairu a little annoyed. She knew that she could only live a good life by 'relying on herself'.
In order for Yi Zhonghai to help her handle the matter of taking over Jia Xudong's job, she often had private meetings with Yi Zhonghai in the cellar.
Yi Zhonghai is an old man, and every time he has a tryst, his chest beats loudly.
As a result, after so many days, things still haven't been settled.
In addition, Qin Huairu felt that something was wrong with herself today, so she decided to push Yi Zhonghai again.
So, although I was doing laundry, I was actually waiting for Yi Zhonghai to come back.
The neighbor who had no eyesight seemed not to be aware of Qin Huairu's thoughts and continued to speak beside him.
"Sister-in-law of the Jia family, Director Li of our hospital is getting married. How much money are you going to give as a gift?"
"Gift money?" Qin Huairu looked stunned, and the hand that was rubbing clothes stopped.
"Don't you know?" The neighbor was blank-eyed and continued to talk, "We have all received the invitation. Director Li said on the invitation that the wedding banquet is for everyone to have fun and have a light meal. If the family
You don’t need to give gifts if you have difficulties.”
"That being said, we can't do that.
Apart from anything else, we have to give gifts to Li Donglai for the good things he did for our compound.
Besides, since he is now the chief director, the factory leaders will definitely attend when the time comes.
If you don't hand over the gift money, that's not a slap in the face.
However, no one has any rules on how much gift money should be handed out.
Generally speaking, according to the rules of our compound, neighbors only need to pay 40 cents when they get married.
But I heard that this wedding banquet was held in a tavern, and there must be a lot of hard food during the introduction.
Such a small amount of gift money is not enough to cover food expenses.
No matter what we do, we can't let Director Li lose money, right?"
Neighbor Luo Liba talked a lot, but Qin Huairu was still thinking that Li Donglai was really going to get married...
Subconscious answer: "Yes, yes."
"You are a relative of Director Li. How much are you going to hand over? We can follow suit." The neighbor continued to roll his eyes.
"Well, we need to discuss this with my Xudong." Qin Huairu came to his senses and smiled awkwardly.
"Then you should discuss it quickly." The neighbor curled his lips, "The wedding will be held the day after tomorrow. Auntie knows that your family is not dealing with Director Li now, and your mother-in-law has been imprisoned. However, everyone understands that there is no blame for this.
Director Li."
"Auntie, I would like to advise you that it is better to resolve enemies than to end them. Li Donglai has become the director at a young age and will definitely make progress in the future."
"Yes. Thank you, aunt, for reminding me." Qin Huairu said.
After the blind neighbor left, Qin Huairu's face turned pale and she felt a sense of powerlessness in her heart.
In order to get a spot as her successor, she had to go into a cellar with an old man who could be her father.
And Li Donglai quietly became the chief director and was about to marry the most beautiful girl in the steel rolling mill.
Why is there such a big gap between people?
If I had known this earlier, I should have persisted for a few more years...
Regret!
In the hazy vision, an old comrade with gray hair and a face engraved with the vicissitudes of life walked over with his hands behind his back, humming a tune and following the crowd.
His eyes wandered randomly across the courtyard, like a lion king patrolling his territory.
When his eyes fell on Qin Huairu, he seemed to see a strong female lion.
The old heart was beating hard and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
With a slight "cough", his face regained its characteristic sanctimonious look, and he slowly walked past Qin Huairu.
Qin Huairu also pretended to lower her head to wash clothes and said "cough" twice.
Hearing the cough, Yi Zhonghai's heart palpitated, a rush of blood surged into his heart, and he felt much more energetic.
Good luck, we'll have some chicken later.
When I got back to the house, my aunt was cooking Erhe noodles.
"After cooking, bring a bowl to the deaf old lady first. I have something to do. No need to wait." Yi Zhonghai simply washed up, put on a clean shirt and pants, and specially arranged his hair in the mirror before leaving in a hurry.
House.
The hand of the aunt who was holding a spoon to stir the pot was frozen in mid-air, with bitterness on her face.
After spending most of her life with Yi Zhonghai, she was keenly aware that something was wrong with Yi Zhonghai recently.
Just like back then, after Yi Zhonghai got married, he hooked up with the widow in the compound next door.
However, her cryptic remarks were met with an angry rebuke from Yi Zhonghai.
Although the eldest mother was angry, thinking that she could not have a child, she felt ashamed of Yi Zhonghai, so she could only endure it.
Yi Zhonghai wouldn't dare divorce her anyway, unless he didn't want to be the master of the courtyard or the master of the steel rolling mill.
Just let him do whatever he wants,
However, this time, I don’t know which family’s daughter-in-law this bitch Yi Zhonghai has ruined.
...
Yi Zhonghai walked out of the house humming a tune with his hands behind his back. He looked around and saw no one was around, so he turned and ran towards the cellar in the backyard.
The cellar was extremely dark.
Yi Zhonghai sniffed and smelled the fragrance of cream.
He turned around, closed the door, and groped through.
He didn't go far when he touched a delicate and smooth hand on the door panel where the radishes and cabbages were placed at the end of the cellar.
There are two long benches under the door panel, just like a bed.
Yi Zhonghai clenched his little hands and leaned over.
Holding that soft and delicate body in his arms, he skillfully unbuttoned the other person's shirt, wanting to explore inside.
"Snapped!"
Unexpectedly, the other party seemed reluctant, slapped him hard in the face, and tried to break away from his arms.
Yi Zhonghai was not upset, he smiled and applied more strength so that the other party could not break free.
Then, that rough, calloused hand reached in again.
"Well, Yi Zhonghai, you old fool, well, you just think about taking advantage all day long. Have you forgotten what I told you?"
There was a sound of rapid breathing in the darkness.
