Inside the courtyard house.
As usual, Qin Huairu was washing clothes by the sink in the middle courtyard.
Because the weather was nice, Jia Zhangshi rarely moved from the kang (heated brick bed) inside the house to the yard, where she basked in the sun while sewing shoe soles.
"The more I sew these shoes, the more uncomfortable they become!"
Madam Jia muttered to herself, "I used to be so happy making shoes myself, but that bastard Lin Yang actually wants me to send him a pair every six months!"
As she spoke, she glanced at Qin Huairu and said, "And you! I'm warning you! Just wash Lin Yang's clothes, don't think about anything else! If I find out you've done anything to wrong the Jia family, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Qin Huairu half-heartedly agreed with her mother-in-law's rambling.
While scrubbing the clothes, she imagined what delicious food she would eat at Lin Yang's house tonight.
At the same time, she thought of how kind Lin Yang had been to her after they ate last night.
It was arguably the first time she experienced what it truly meant to be alive.
Although her legs were a little sore in the morning, and she almost staggered when she walked.
But even now, recalling that feeling brings a sense of satisfaction.
I don't know why people are so different.
After finishing talking about Lin Yang, Jia Zhangshi, who had been rambling on and on, suddenly started talking about Jia Dongxu:
"By the way, when Dongxu comes back tonight, don't get him involved in any more messy things!"
"Your lousy field can't be ruined no matter how you cultivate it, but my Dongxu can't stand it!"
"We're barely getting enough to eat at home now, and Dongxu still has to serve you, you vixen. His face is getting paler every day, and his eye bags are getting bigger every day!"
Qin Huairu was speechless upon hearing this.
What is this all about?!
Is Jia Dongxu's bad complexion because of his affair with me?
It's clearly his own fault for gambling and staying up all night all day!
During this period of time.
Except for one time a few months ago when I spent three minutes on it during the beginning of the month when I received my salary.
After that, he came back and basically fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
She herself wanted to get involved with him, and he was willing to do it too!
Unable to contain her anger, Qin Huairu couldn't help but retort softly, "Mom! Dongxu's mental state has nothing to do with me; it's mainly because he went out to gamble!"
"Oh dear!" Upon noticing her retort, Jia Zhangshi suddenly perked up, turning her chubby face towards Qin Huairu with her small eyes, and said:
"You still have the nerve to talk back???"
"You can't even tell Dongxu to stop you from going out to play cards???"
"You can't even control your own man, yet you say it has nothing to do with you!"
Qin Huairu said helplessly, "But he won't listen to me no matter what I do!"
"Even if he doesn't listen, we have to discipline him!" Madam Jia said fiercely, "Our Dongxu never used to gamble, but he picked it up the moment you married into the family! He's a jinx!!"
"But..." Qin Huairu clutched the clothes in her hands, weakly protesting, "Dongxu only developed his gambling addiction this year!"
"Are you trying to rebel!" Seeing that she couldn't win the argument, Madam Jia immediately shouted, "Now I can't even talk to you? You'll talk back after I say something? Believe me, when Dongxu comes back, I'll have him send you back to the countryside!"
Then, her eyes darted around, and she added, "Just because of your attitude, you're not getting dinner tonight. You'd better reflect on your behavior!"
Qin Huairu was truly on the verge of tears.
What the heck?!
I'm sure everything I said is correct!
Why is there no dinner for no reason?
Just as I was about to say something more, I saw Jia Zhangshi get up and walk into the house.
However, at this very moment...
Yi Zhonghai, panting, pushed a bicycle into the Intermediate People's Court.
Upon seeing the Jia family mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, they immediately said loudly:
"Sister, Xiao Qin, hurry, you two come with me to the hospital!"
"Dongxu got caught in the machine, and we don't know his condition yet!"
Jia Zhangshi, who was about to walk into the house, trembled upon hearing these words, and the shoe in her hand fell to the ground.
But she didn't care about her shoes and turned to Yi Zhonghai, saying urgently, "What did you say?! How could Dongxu have been caught in the machine?!"
Yi Zhonghai swallowed hard to clear his parched throat before continuing, "I don't know the situation either, but I reckon Dongxu's legs are ruined, but he should be able to survive."
"Both legs are useless???" Qin Huairu murmured.
Immediately afterwards, I felt a buzzing sound next to my ear.
The next moment, everything in front of me quickly lost its color.
"Thud..."
The basin slipped from Qin Huairu's hands, but Qin Huairu also fell to the ground along with the basin.
Madam Jia watched helplessly as Qin Huairu fell to the ground before she reacted and went to check on her.
An older woman who had come out alongside her saw this and became a little anxious. She walked over to Qin Huairu and said to Jia Zhangshi, "Aunt Jia, go and get her some sweet soup. I guess Xiao Qin was shocked by the news just now!"
Madam Jia was initially a little anxious, but upon hearing that she should get some sweet soup for Qin Huairu, she immediately shook her head and said, "No need for any sweet soup, she's just startled, just shake her awake!"
As he spoke, he kept shaking Qin Huairu's body.
Seeing this, an older woman standing nearby said helplessly, "Then you stay here and watch over things, I'll go get some sweet soup for Xiao Qin!"
After Qin Huairu woke up and drank the sugar water given to her by the old lady, everyone rushed to the hospital together.
at the same time.
It was time for the steel rolling mill to close for the day.
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