Chapter 140 The winter that belongs to Jia Zhang's family
As soon as Lin Zhen saw Jia Zhang's expression, he knew that she had collapsed.
There is no need to listen to her crying next time.
"Sister Qin, I will go back first. There is still more than a month to celebrate the New Year. I hope Aunt Jia can finish it before the New Year. You can also cut a few kilograms of meat to make dumplings during the New Year."
Qin Huairu smiled and said: "Okay, thank you very much, please slow down."
After Lin Zhen left, Mrs. Jia Zhang gritted her teeth and said: "You are a troublesome person named Lin. I asked you to help me before. Why didn't you help me?"
Qin Huairu said in surprise: "Mom, isn't this a good thing? According to the regulations, only families with a monthly income of less than 5 yuan can receive handicraft work. There are three aunts who want to do it."
"Hmph! I can only wear a shoe sole every day to ensure that my feet don't run barefoot on the ground. Even if my job as a grandma is not in vain, my ten fingers are as frozen as carrots. How can I stick to a matchbox?"
Qin Huairu said with a smile: "If you are really afraid of freezing your hands, just move your fingers more quickly. The shoes are enough to wear them. There is no need to rush. Just glue these matchboxes together before the end of the year. We can still live a good life."
New Year, otherwise, huh, we would all have to eat whole grains during the New Year!”
"This, this, this... Sigh! Yi Zhonghai is not a thing!"
"mom!"
Qin Huairu said angrily: "You speak softly, aren't you afraid that Mr. Yi will hear you?"
"Huh! What happened? He was not so kind and came up with this idea with Lin!"
"You can't blame Uncle Yi. My salary really can't be increased. This method was thought up by Lin Zhen."
"Then if Yi Zhonghai doesn't take you to find Lin Zhen, can you bring these 10,000 matchboxes into our house today?"
Qin Huairu lost her smile in an instant and said coldly: "If you don't want to do it, just go to the street office tomorrow and return it to Director Zhao!"
"This has already been registered with the street office. Even if I don't do it, I have to wait until next time. You, you, you come and help me do it together!"
"I'll take Sophora japonica to talk to Yuhua, and I'll lend you a piece of ginger to make soup later. You can take care of it yourself!"
"you!"
Qin Huairu didn't say much to her mother-in-law, but picked up Sophora japonica and went to Shazhu's house.
Mrs. Jia Zhang was so angry that she cursed softly in the room.
Banggeng, who was doing his homework, complained: "Grandma, stop scolding me. Don't you want to eat refined grains? Come on, I want to eat meat during the Chinese New Year."
"Eat, eat, eat, just know how to eat. If you want to eat, go to Shazhu's house and wait until the meal is served. Can he kick you out?"
"I won't go, I hate them both!"
"You bastard, you've learned how to hate people from your father, but why haven't you learned how to plot against your mother? What happened today was that she plotted against me because she thought I was too lazy!"
"Okay, grandma! Stop talking, you're just disturbing my homework!"
Mrs. Jia Zhang was so angry that she drooped her face, picked up the shoe soles that she had not finished collecting for half a month, and sat down on the kang without saying anything.
After sitting for a while holding his breath, he threw the soles of his shoes into the wire frame and lay down on the kang directly to sleep.
Xiaodang said: "Grandma, you haven't eaten yet, why are you sleeping?"
"I have a headache and won't eat. Go out and don't disturb me!"
Xiaodang was severely beaten by Mrs. Jia Zhang, and went to find Qin Huairu with pursed lips and red eyes.
Qin Huairu was sitting and chatting with Liu Yuhua at Shazhu's house.
Since Liu Yuhua became pregnant, Shazhu didn't want to quarrel, so he listened to Liu Yuhua and never brought lunch boxes home.
I helped Qin Huairu every now and then, always in the factory cafeteria.
How about some steamed buns or some vegetables?
I never dared to let Liu Yuhua know.
In Liu Yuhua's opinion, Silly Zhu has completely changed and is no longer the fool who others said was helping the widow.
Therefore, the hostility towards Qin Huairu became less.
After all, she knew very well that Shazhu and Qin Huairu had nothing to do with each other.
Silly Zhu is a boy scout who knows nothing.
Although there are some trivial conflicts among the people in the courtyard, they are all getting along and there is no need to act like sworn enemies.
Anyway, Shazhu was already under his control and no longer had the same experience as Qin Huairu.
Usually when Qin Huairu comes to the house, she is willing to chat and ask about her experience in raising children.
After hearing what Qin Huairu said, Lin Zhen helped with the handiwork of 10,000 matchboxes.
Silly Zhu was so happy that he grinned from ear to ear, "Qin Huairu, I'm embarrassed to say it. Your mother-in-law put the soles on her shoes, and they were shiny because of her twists. How can you avoid frostbite on your hands? Hey! This Lin Zhen has really done a great thing.
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Liu Yuhua said: "I'm just afraid that if you do good deeds, you won't do it right."
Qin Huairu smiled and said: "No, my mother has probably started to do it now. I will go back and make her a piece of ginger to ward off the cold."
Silly Zhu took a large piece of ginger and said, "Take it away, you don't have to give it back, I still have it at home."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Dang came over with red eyes.
"Mom, grandma is quarreling with me."
"What's wrong? Don't cry. Did you make a mistake again and make people angry?"
Xiaodang shook his head and sobbed: "Grandma went to sleep on the kang. She went to bed. I asked her why she didn't wait until she finished eating. She was fierce at me. She said she had a headache and asked me to get out."
Liu Yuhua curled her lips and said, "Yes! This must be a pretense of illness. Let me tell you the truth. Most likely, he is scolding Lin Zhen behind his back!"
Qin Huairu said awkwardly: "I'll go back and take a look."
After saying that, he grabbed the pawn and left.
Silly Zhu sighed and said: "Liu Yuhua, can you not be so direct in your speech in the future, so that Qin Huairu will not be able to come to the stage!"
Liu Yuhua said disdainfully: "I am like this, much better than your bad mouth! You are not satisfied and hold it in!"
Shazhu:......
Qin Huairu returned to the house and saw that Mrs. Jia Zhang was sleeping with her head covered.
"Mom, are you still eating?"
Jia Zhang didn't say anything.
Qin Huairu stopped shouting, put the ginger on the table, and shouted: "Banggeng, pack your things and eat, and then write after you finish eating."
After Qin Huairu brought the meal, Jia Zhang didn't say a word, put on her clothes and came over to eat.
Tonight's meal consists of stick noodle pot cakes, thin noodle soup, a plate of pickled radish leaves, and a plate of soy beans.
Normally, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who have no men and three children, should live a better life.
Don't complain if you don't complain at home, don't get angry if you don't get angry at home.
Although life is difficult, the family's emotional harmony and spiritual satisfaction are far better than material satisfaction.
But the Jia family's situation is really special.
Qin Huairu has money and is reluctant to part with flowers, while Jia Zhang is fond of food and lazy to cook.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are at odds with each other. No matter how they run the family, there is no happiness in the family.
The reason this time was that Jia Zhang wanted to improve her life, but ended up in a hard job.
Not to mention 300 matchboxes a day, even 100, she can't finish them.
Jia Zhang is now going to have a cold war with Qin Huairu and ask Qin Huairu to find a way to take away the matchbox.
She would rather eat whole grains all the time than work.
Qin Huairu's attitude is also very clear, just use it up and see who can outsmart whom.
Now that you have brought these 10,000 matchboxes, you have to do it anyway.
With just over three yuan, you can live a good year.
From the beginning to the end of today's dinner in the Jia family, no one spoke.
After Jia Zhang finished eating, she wiped her mouth and went to lie down on the kang again.
Qin Huairu washed the dishes, sliced the ginger, and cooked a large bowl of ginger soup.
Without saying anything, he put it on the table and took Xiaodang and Sophora japonica to sleep in the back room.
Mrs. Jia Zhang was so angry that she gritted her teeth, put on her clothes and got up. When she saw that there was no sugar in the ginger soup, she said to Banggian: "Go and borrow some brown sugar from your silly uncle's house. Who can drink this big bowl of ginger soup without sugar?"
Can you get off?"
Banggeng pouted: "I won't go to his house!"
"Then go to your uncle Xu Damao's house in the backyard, go to the deaf old lady's house, go to Grandpa Yi's house, and grab some brown sugar for me."
Bangge was helpless, lowered his head and walked out.
"Awesome! Have you finished your homework? Hurry up and finish your homework and go to bed. There will be class tomorrow!"
Qin Huairu's scolding voice came from the back room.
"I know, Mom, I'll continue writing."
Banggeng shook his head at Mr. Jia Zhang and went back to his room to continue his homework.
Mrs. Jia Zhang was so angry that she had a headache. She quickly took out the small medicine bottle in her pocket and took a painkiller.
That's why I didn't get angry on the spot.
In the end, I endured the burning sensation in my throat and drank a large bowl of ginger soup.
Early the next morning, Jia Zhang fell ill.
I was really sick this time, not just pretending.
Mrs. Jia Zhang's face was red, her ears were red, and her breath was hot to the touch. She was so burned that her whole body ached.
Qin Huairu was so frightened that she thought she got sick from being angry with her mother-in-law last night.
If word spreads, his reputation for filial piety will be lost.
"Banggen, first bring your grandma the evening water, and then I'll go find your Uncle Lin!"
Qin Huairu put on her clothes and came to see Lin Zhen. Lin Zhen was the only one in the hospital who knew how to treat patients.
Let's see what's going on first, and then we'll talk about going to an outside clinic to see Dr. Ye.
Lin Zhen had just gotten up and was getting ready to wash up.
Seeing Qin Huairu coming over in a hurry, he couldn't help frowning and said: "What's wrong, Qin Huairu, you haven't put on your shoes yet. It's snowing. Be careful about falling."
"Quick, Lin Zhen, my mother-in-law is ill. It's quite serious. Come and see what's going on."
Lin Zhen curled his lips and said, "Don't pretend, don't you want to stick to the matchbox?"
"No, I'm really sick. My breath makes my hands hot."
"Let's go, let me go take a look."
When Lin Zhen entered the room and saw Jia Zhang's appearance, he knew that it was caused by excessive internal heat.
"What did Aunt Jia eat last night?"
Qin Huairu said: "It's nothing, stick noodle pot cakes, pickles, noodle soup, by the way! I drank a big bowl of ginger soup before going to bed!"
Lin Zhen shook his head and said: "Why are you giving her ginger soup? Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer. In winter, you should cover yourself up tightly. You won't catch the cold. Instead, you will realize the internal heat. It's not like you're freezing after walking a long way. There's no need to drink it.
Ginger soup.”
Qin Huairu sighed and said, "She said she wanted to keep away the cold when her hands were cold. I borrowed a piece of ginger from Shazhu's house. Is this serious?"
"It's okay. Just ask Ye Qi to give her some medicine to relieve the fire. If you really want to keep your hands from freezing, don't cover them every day."
Qin Huairu breathed a sigh of relief, it was okay, otherwise who would stick the matchbox?
Finally, I went to Dr. Ye and bought a dose of laxative powder for 1 cent.
Jia and Zhang had to endure it before going to work.
Mrs. Jia Zhang sighed, "Oh... we haven't even started yet, but we've already lost a dime. Do we need to stick 300 matchboxes to make a profit?"
Qin Huairu said: "Then why don't you hurry up? I'm going to work. It's snowing today and I won't be back at noon. Don't forget to make food for Sophora japonica."
Mrs. Jia Zhang almost burst into tears.
She really wanted to give thousands of dollars to the third aunt in the front yard, but she was reluctant to give it up after thinking about it.
Glue it yourself. My ten fingers are as frozen as radishes. I won't be able to finish the glue until next spring.
I feel like my future life is tied to a matchbox.
Years ago, don’t even go to the alley to chat with the old ladies wearing masks.
Just when I was feeling worried, my stomach suddenly rumbled, and my breath dropped.
This medicine for purging fire was so powerful that Jia Zhang grabbed a newspaper and ran to the public toilet outside.