Before Qin Huairu married Jia Dongxu, her natal family in the countryside often ate sweet potatoes.
For farmers, sweet potatoes are not a very precious food.
Later, she married into the city, came to the courtyard, and married Jia Dongxu.
She was secretly proud of herself, and everyone in the village felt that Qin Huairu, a girl from the village, actually married into the city, and that she had become a phoenix by flying up a branch.
Life is definitely much better than in the village.
However, Qin Huairu did not expect that her next life would be so difficult.
Ever since Jia Dongxu collapsed on the bed, the whole family and six mouths have all fallen on Qin Huairu alone.
They all have to rely on Qin Huairu to find food, work, make money, and support their family.
The days are getting harder and harder.
All year round, the family eats black sorghum steamed buns, and occasionally two white flour steamed buns, which are eaten closely by the three children, and of course the greedy Jia Zhang.
Qin Huairu, on the other hand, could only eat some leftovers.
The food she eats at home now is either leftovers from the canteen or wild vegetables dug in the countryside.
Now in winter, the weather is freezing and the wild vegetables in the fields cannot be dug up. Qin Huairu took advantage of her time off work to go to the vegetable market to pick up rotten vegetable leaves.
Even when she was at her parents' house, she was often late for the sweet potatoes, but she rarely ate them anymore.
At this moment, when she was eating this piece of sweet potato, she felt it was sweeter than ever before.
Seeing Qin Huairu eating in such a hurry, Yi Zhonghai said with a smile: "Don't be anxious, Huairu, eat slowly! This one is all yours!"
As he spoke, he took the opportunity to pat Qin Huairu's back gently.
It seemed that he was trying to help Qin Huairu, fearing that she would choke. However, both Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu knew in their hearts that he was clearly taking advantage of this opportunity.
Yi Zhonghai's hand gently patted Qin Huairu's back.
Although he couldn't feel her skin through the cotton-padded clothes, it still made Yi Zhonghai feel excited.
"Huai Ru, I specially saved these sweet potatoes for you. I'm still thinking of you in my heart."
Yi Zhonghai looked at Qin Huairu with a smile and said.
Qin Huairu ate the sweet potato in her hand, but she didn't want to eat the rest. She wrapped it in vegetable leaves and put it carefully in her pocket.
She did not push Yi Zhonghai's hand away, but said with a smile: "Master, you have me in your heart, of course I know it."
"only……"
When Qin Huairu said this, her eyes were slightly disappointed, she sighed and did not continue.
Seeing that she was hesitant to speak, Yi Zhonghai quickly asked: "It's just what? Why didn't you say anything??"
Qin Huairu sighed and continued: "It's just that although you have feelings for me, I am very strict with you, so you don't have much chance to talk to me, right?"
When Yi Zhonghai heard this, he suddenly looked a little embarrassed.
Qin Huairu's words hit home his dilemma.
Although he has a thief's heart, he has no thief's courage.
His aunt usually looked at him very strictly, and he had no chance to be alone with Qin Huairu.
When I usually go to work, people come and go in the factory, and it is inconvenient to meet each other.
When he returned to the courtyard, people were coming and going, and his aunt was always watching him, so he had no time to talk to Qin Huairu.
Even now, he waits for his aunt to fall asleep and sneaks out quietly.
Yi Zhonghai laughed twice and said: "Huai Ru, you understand what I mean, but that old woman has always been suspicious recently, and is afraid that I will contact you again. Don't worry, she can't be guarded for a while.
In this life, we live in the same courtyard, so there will always be opportunities to meet."
"After some time, the old woman in my house relaxes her vigilance, and we will still have a chance to meet!"
"After a while, when your Dongxu dies, I will find a reason to divorce her!"
"When the time comes, I will definitely marry you!"
Yi Zhonghai said in a serious tone.
After hearing this, Qin Huairu rolled her eyes secretly in her heart.
He thought to himself: It sounds like I rarely see you. Even if I say so many things, they are not all excuses.
Are you divorcing your aunt? Huh! As afraid of your wife as you are now, I'm afraid you won't even dare to divorce her in five or ten years.
It's not that my aunt is so powerful, it's that she has a tall nephew named Zhang Doufa.
That's a generous two hundred and fifty.
If he knew that Yi Zhonghai was going to divorce his aunt, he would definitely come to the courtyard to settle the score with Yi Zhonghai.
How could Yi Zhonghai, an old man like him, withstand such a violent beating?
Therefore, Qin Huairu knew very well.
What Yi Zhonghai is saying now is just to deceive himself.
He would never dare to divorce his aunt.
Despite their good relationship, Qin Huairu never thought about marrying Yi Zhonghai.
She is being arrogant to Yi Zhonghai now just to defraud Yi Zhonghai of money so that Yi Zhonghai can help her.
Why would she marry an old man like Yi Zhonghai when she is so young?
At this moment, Qin Huairu even secretly hoped that Yi Zhonghai would never divorce his eldest mother.
As long as Yi Zhonghai doesn't get divorced, he can legitimately take advantage of him and ask for money, grain, and food from him.
But Yi Zhonghai had a thought in his heart. He would neither reject himself nor dare to do anything excessive to himself. This was the best way to kill two birds with one stone.
Qin Huairu smiled lightly and said, "Master, I believe you."
"I'm willing to wait for you."
As soon as Qin Huairu said these two words, she lowered her head shyly.
When Yi Zhonghai heard Qin Huairu's words, he was immediately overjoyed.
“That’s great Huairu!”
"Can you believe me, I really..."
He was so excited that he almost grabbed Qin Huairu's hand.
Qin Huairu had quick eyes and quick hands and quickly dodged away.
She waved her hand, making a silent gesture, and said: "Master, now is not the time!"
"My mother-in-law, Mrs. Jia Zhang, is still waiting for me to cook at home. I can't stay long and I have to leave quickly!"
"I've been out here for a while. If she doesn't see me coming back later, she will definitely come out to look for me. If she sees us here..."
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Before Qin Huairu finished speaking, Yi Zhonghai had already broken into a cold sweat from shock.
He quickly withdrew his hand as if he was electrocuted, wiped it on himself, calmed himself down, and secretly said that he was in danger.
Said: "Yes, yes, yes!~"
"Fortunately you reminded me, it's really like this!"
"If someone sees it, it'll be over!"
"Then, go back quickly! Jia Zhang saw it!"
Qin Huairu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded.
He poked his head out of the vegetable cellar, made sure there was no one around, then quickly picked up the bucket and ran back to Jia's house.
As soon as Qin Huairu entered Jia's house, she was greeted by Jia and Zhang's scoldings.
"I asked you to make a meal, why are you bothering with it!"
"I went out to fetch some water. Why did it take so long to fetch it? You are deliberately trying to starve me to death, right?!"
"What a useless thing!"
Qin Huairu felt aggrieved, but she did not dare to refute. She could only say: "It will be done soon, I will do it."
After Qin Huairu finished speaking, she quickly went to cook again.
After a while, the meal was finally ready.
Jia Zhang couldn't wait and rushed over first.
When he saw that the rice in the pot was porridge made from sorghum, he suddenly became furious.
He pointed at Qin Huairu and cursed:
"Porridge again, porridge again!"
"This sorghum rice porridge will make your throat sore when you drink it. It tastes terrible! You do the same thing every day. Are you deliberately making me angry?!"
Qin Huairu could only say: "Mom, how could I deliberately make you angry? It's true that our family has no fine grains anymore, so we only order sorghum noodles."
"It's so late now, and other people's houses have already gone to bed. I want to borrow it from other people's houses, but I can't. You just want to make do with something to eat. I'll go there when I get to the factory tomorrow.
Canteen, see if you can order some leftover steamed buns and bring them back."
After hearing this, Mrs. Jia Zhang had no choice but to endure it, even though she was reluctant in every way.
Jia Zhang filled a large bowl for herself, while Qin Huairu filled a bowl for Xiaodang and Huaihua.
The two children immediately started drinking heavily.
Sorghum flour is different from wheat flour and is a coarse grain.
The porridge made from sorghum noodles went down your throat and stretched your throat.
However, now that I'm so hungry, I naturally won't worry about it so much.
It's good enough if it can fill your stomach.
Mrs. Jia Zhang also held the bowl and drank heavily. After a few sips, she suddenly stopped drinking the porridge, wrinkled her nose, and smelled vigorously.
After smelling it for a while, she stared at Qin Huairu suspiciously.
Asked: "What's the sweet taste of the food you brought?"
Hearing what Jia Zhang said, Qin Huairu's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
I was so scared that my legs almost gave out.
Sweet??
Could it be that Mrs. Jia Zhang asked about the taste of the sweet potatoes she just ate???
Qin Huairu was beating a drum in her heart, but she didn't dare to show any emotion on her face.
Pretending to be calm, he asked: "Sweetness? Where is the sweetness? Why didn't I smell it?"
"Mom, did you smell it wrong? It should be the smell of porridge, right?"
Jia Zhang glared at Qin Huairu and said angrily: "Do you think I am a fool? Can I not smell what this porridge smells like?!"
After saying that, she seemed a little unsure herself and muttered something in a low voice.
"It's strange. It smelled like sweet potatoes just now..."
Hearing what Jia Zhang said, Qin Huairu was immediately shocked.
really!
She smelled it!!
Her mother-in-law has a dog nose, right??
I just finished eating sweet potatoes. I was afraid that I would smell it when I came back, so I drank two sips of well water.
How could she still smell it?
The half of the sweet potato she carried in her pocket was also wrapped tightly in cabbage leaves, so there was no way the smell would come out!
Qin Huairu twitched the corner of her mouth and said: "Mom, you must be too hungry, so you are hallucinating! There is no sweet potato flavor! It's been a long time since our family has eaten sweet potatoes!"
Hearing what Qin Huairu said, Jia Zhang also became suspicious of the smell she just smelled.
Could it be...that he was really hallucinating?
He stopped talking and concentrated on drinking porridge.
Seeing that Mrs. Jia Zhang stopped asking questions, Qin Huairu breathed a sigh of relief.
Feel relieved.
She turned to look at Banggeng lying on the bed beside her, and shouted in a low voice: "Banggeng, come out for a moment! Mom wants to say a few words to you."
She ate half of the sweet potato that Yi Zhonghai gave her, but she was reluctant to eat the other half.
She wrapped it thinly in vegetable leaves and put it in her pocket, just to give it to her precious son when she came back.
Although Banggeng is now full of hostility towards her, no matter what, he is also Qin Huairu's most favored son.
If this half of sweet potato were known to the whole family, Jia Zhang would definitely want to eat it, Xiaodang and Huaihua would also want to eat it, and Jia Dongxu might also want to take a few bites.
This little sweet potato is not enough to share with so many people.
Therefore, Qin Huairu did not intend to tell others.
She thought about quietly calling Banggeng out and giving the half of the sweet potato to Banggeng to eat.
However, Qin Huairu shouted twice, but Banggen continued to lie on the bed and play with herself, ignoring her at all.
Qin Huairu couldn't help but walked to the bed, patted Banggeng, and said, "Banggeng, mom is talking to you, why don't you agree?"
When she pushed, she didn't expect that Banggeng, who was lying on the bed, suddenly jumped up from the bed.
He glared at her with cold eyes and shouted: "Get out of here! Don't bother me!"
Qin Huairu was startled by Banggeng's sudden roar.
Standing blankly, she touched the sweet potatoes in her pocket, feeling aggrieved immediately.
She finally got this half of a sweet potato. She was only willing to eat half of this palm-sized sweet potato and kept some of it. She wanted to give it to Banggeng, but she didn't expect that Banggeng would have such an attitude.
Yelled at her.
Qin Huairu felt aggrieved and angry at the same time, and couldn't help but said loudly: "Banggen, don't think that your grandma is protecting you, and I can't do anything to you! I'm your mother! I work so hard every day
I go to work and cook for you when I come back, how can you talk to me like this!"
Banggeng snorted coldly and said: "You go to work to make money, not for me~"
"Besides, when you cook, don't you eat it yourself? Don't say you're cooking for us, you're obviously cooking it for yourself!"
"Besides, if you gave birth to me, of course you have to support me! If you live in our house, of course you have to work and cook for us!"
These few words of "Banggen" made Qin Huairu choke to death.
She never expected that the stick figure she had pampered since childhood and held in her hands would actually say such words.
At the same time, Jia Zhang, who had finished her porridge, also came over.
He looked at Qin Huairu with a proud look on his face and said, "My grandson is right!"
"You are supposed to do your job! You are our Dongxu's daughter-in-law, so of course you have to serve me and this family!"
"If you don't want to do it, then go away! Don't enter our Jia family's door!"
Qin Huairu looked at Banggeng's hostile face and Jia Zhang's provocation with a proud expression, and bit her lips.
I swallowed this breath.
What can she do?
She originally wanted to leave here and go back to her parents' home for a few days, but today, she went back to her parents' home, and even her parents' family didn't tolerate her and kicked her out.
If she leaves the Jia family and the courtyard, where can she go?
