"Come in."
When he entered the house, He Yuzhu was cutting vegetables to prepare for cooking. He placed the chicken next to him and said, "Brother Zhuzi, I bought a chicken. Since you are a good cook, I will leave it to you. Let's have a drink together in the evening."
"Okay, we're in for another treat tonight, just wait and see."
Patting the big rooster, He Yuzhu had a silly smile on his face. The chickens produced in this space were quite big, half a size bigger than the chickens he bought last time. It was enough for two people to eat.
"By the way, Brother Zhuzi, please save a chicken drumstick for me so I can have it for breakfast tomorrow."
"Okay, I remember. I'll add another dish of stewed cabbage later."
After saying that, he carried the chicken out and killed, bled, and plucked the feathers all in one go. His movements were smooth and without any pause.
His killing of chickens attracted many children in the yard to watch.
One of them was particularly thin, with a severely pale face. His cotton-padded jacket was full of patches, with the cotton showing in some places, and his skinny hands were like chicken claws.
Li Qinghe recognized that this was the child of the Liu family in the courtyard, named Liu Jianjun. This Liu family member was not the second uncle Liu Haizhong, but Liu Mingshan from the central courtyard.
He was the second child in the family and everyone called him Liu Laoer. His wife died of illness when she was young and he had a broken leg. He could not find a job and could only do odd jobs in the street office. He earned seven or eight yuan a month, which was barely enough to keep from starving to death.
Li Qinghe, who was smoking and waiting for dinner, saw him and sighed in his heart. This era is too hard. There are families like this in the imperial capital. I wonder how miserable people in remote areas are.
Thinking of this, Li Qinghe walked to He Yuzhu and said, "Brother Zhuzi, let's not eat this chicken offal. How about giving it to Jianjun?"
He Yuzhu was stunned, and when he looked up, he saw Liu Jianjun standing out among the group of children.
"Okay, the chicken is yours as long as you agree. Besides, it's a good thing, how can I stop you?" He grinned and agreed immediately.
In fact, He Yuzhu is not a bad person. As long as you don't provoke him, he won't harm others. If you really ask him for help, he will help you in a nice way and will not go home to refuse. It's just that he usually only sees Qin Huairu in his eyes.
Li Qinghe immediately waved to Liu Jianjun, "Jianjun, come here."
"ah?"
Liu Jianjun, who was licking his fingers greedily, was stunned. He didn't expect Li Qinghe to call him. Normally, he was a nobody in the courtyard.
"Brother Qinghe, what's the matter?"
Li Qinghe picked up a piece of hay from the ground, tied up the chicken intestines, livers, and other things in the basin, and handed it over. Fortunately, He Yuzhu had not started to clean the chicken offal, otherwise it would have to be put into a basin if it was scattered.
"This is for you. Take it home and ask your father to cook it for you."
Liu Jianjun was stunned and quickly waved his hands, "No, no, I can't take it, I didn't even help you..."
Even though he was extremely greedy, he still refused to accept it in order to make Li Qinghe appreciate him even more. If it were that kid Banggeng, he would have snatched it away long ago.
"Okay, kid, just take it if I give it to you. Hurry up. If you keep hesitating, you are not a manly person." He Yuzhu scolded with a smile and stuffed the chicken offal directly into his hand.
"Okay, thank you Brother Qinghe, thank you Brother Zhuzi."
Liu Jianjun's eyes turned red with emotion and he bowed to the two of them.
"Okay, let's go home."
Liu Jianjun wiped his tears and trotted home.
No one among the children around stopped him. They all knew that Liu Jianjun's family was in financial difficulty and they would take care of him. Not everyone was like the Jia family, who wanted to take advantage of any benefit and couldn't stand seeing others do well.
Speaking of the Jia family, the Jia family started to make a fuss. Bang Geng saw Liu Jianjun taking the chicken offal and leaving from the window. He immediately ran to Jia Zhang and said, "Grandma, I saw Li Qinghe give the chicken offal to Liu Jianjun."
"Hmm? Are you talking about that lame kid from Liu Lao Er's family?"
"Yes, that's him."
Jia Zhang was not happy about this. "Hey! Doesn't Li Qinghe know that our family is in financial difficulty? My eldest grandson is still growing up. It would be a waste to feed him to the Liu family kid."
After saying that, she ran to find Qin Huairu who was cooking, "Qin Huairu, did you know that Li Qinghe brought back a chicken?"
"I know, what's the matter?" Qin Huairu replied casually. She had already thought about it. After Sha Zhu stewed the chicken, she would find a way to get some back.
"You still know that the boy gave the chicken offal to Liu Quezi's family. You said our family is in such a difficult situation, didn't he know to give it to us?"
Qin Huairu didn't say anything, thinking to herself, the chicken is someone else's, they can give it to whoever they want, why do they need your consent?
Seeing that Qin Huairu ignored her, Jia Zhang said unhappily, "I'm talking to you, are you deaf?"
"Oh, Mom, that chicken belongs to Li Qinghe. He gave it to me willingly. What can I do?"
"I don't care. Go to Sha Zhu's house later and get half of it. I saw that chicken is much bigger than the one Sha Zhu bought last time." Jia Zhang said righteously and swallowed her saliva.
Qin Huairu suddenly felt a headache, "Mom, how can you let me ask for it? That chicken doesn't belong to Shazhu."
"What's the big deal? Li Qinghe will be your brother-in-law in the future. What's wrong with asking him for some chicken?"
Qin Huairu said helplessly: "This fate hasn't even started yet. He hasn't even gotten married yet, how can he become my brother-in-law?"
Jia Zhang looked dissatisfied, "That's the same. Really, why does a grown man eat so much meat? Our three children are still waiting for nourishment."
Qin Huairu was still unwilling. The last time she went to He Yuzhu's house to ask for a chicken, she had been seen by many people. If she went again this time, people would definitely gossip about her. Oh, you want to eat chicken but you don't buy it yourself, but just stare at other families and ask for it when you see who has cooked the chicken?
Jia Zhang is shameless, but she still wants more.
"Mom, please stop talking. This is the meal I cooked at Sha Zhu's house. After they finish eating, I'll go see if there's anything left."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
