With the bits and pieces that Sha Zhu brings back from time to time, the Jia family's life has obviously improved a lot, but Sha Zhu doesn't have many opportunities to bring back things now, mainly because there is nothing in the kitchen.
In order to prevent these people from stealing things, the cafeteria director would sometimes be there in person to take charge.
Sha Zhu had a bad relationship with the canteen director, and Sha Zhu himself had a criminal record, so the canteen director kept a closer eye on him. However, out of face, the director did not rummage through Sha Zhu's lunch box, thus giving Sha Zhu a glimmer of hope.
However, with the help of Sha Zhu, although the Jia family had better food, the fundamental problem was not solved, that is, Jia Zhang and Bang Geng ate too much, and now Qin Huairu was pregnant again, so Jia Zhang did not dare to treat Qin Huairu too harshly.
"Mom, we're running out of food!" Qin Huairu said to Jia Zhang with a worried look on her face.
"That can't be possible. It's only a short time now. How come there isn't enough food?" Jia Zhang said in confusion.
Qin Huairu is sometimes quite helpless towards her mother-in-law. She has no idea how much she eats. If she doesn't eat in moderation when cooking, she will only eat as much as she cooks, and there will be no leftovers.
"Take the bag and buy some more." Jia Zhang said indifferently.
"Mom, we have no food this month." Qin Huairu said helplessly.
"What? Eaten all?" Jia Zhang sat up from the kang in shock.
"Well, I've been there three times and bought up all our food." Qin Huairu said helplessly.
"What should we do?" Jia Zhang was also a little at a loss. She didn't know what to do. When Jia Dongxu was alive, they had to eat expensive food, but at least Jia Dongxu earned a lot.
The monthly salary is just that much now. If the family eats expensive food, the family savings will be gone in a few months. Besides, Jia Zhang is reluctant to use her own pension money. She still can't fully trust Qin Huairu now. What if Qin Huairu runs away?
"Oh, what should we do?" Jia Zhang said with a sad face while sitting on the kang.
"How about going to Yi Zhonghai's house to borrow some?" At this time, Jia Zhang could only think of Yi Zhonghai.
"We can't go anymore. We have been borrowing money from an old man for two or three months and he hasn't paid us back yet!" Qin Huairu said.
"How can it be the same? That was borrowed when Dongxu was alive. Now Dongxu is gone. How can he have the nerve to ask for it back?" Jia Zhang said confidently.
Qin Huairu didn't say anything and could only stare at Jia Zhang with burning eyes.
Jia Zhang also felt that it was not realistic to go to Yi Zhonghai's house to borrow again. Although it was borrowed when Jia Dongxu was alive and Yi Zhonghai would not want it back, it was not certain that she could borrow it again.
"What do you think we should do?" asked Jia Zhang.
Qin Huairu shook her head. Now Jia Zhangshi watched her very closely and had to go with her whenever she went out on the streets.
"Oh, I suddenly remembered. You said that Sha Zhu's sister He Yushui is not at home. Does that mean they have no one to eat every month?" Jia Zhang's clever mind immediately turned her attention to Sha Zhu's family.
Qin Huairu was speechless for a moment. No one is a fool. How could Jia Zhang think of this?
"Mom, Yu Shui's food supply has been transferred to school. Otherwise, what will she eat at school? Sha Zhu must be the only one at home." Although Qin Huairu was not very educated, she still knew a thing or two about these things.
"Is that so?" Jia Zhang was a little discouraged after hearing this. She was thinking that if the food from the rain could be used, her family would have another share of food. With Yi Zhonghai around, she wouldn't have to pay for it.
"Of course!" Qin Huairu said.
"Then I have no idea what to do!" Jia Zhang lay down on the kang in dejection, as if this matter had nothing to do with her.
Qin Huairu looked at Jia Zhang, who was lying on the kang with her arms and legs spread out, with a sad face, and could only think of a solution seriously herself.
After a while, Qin Huairu said, "Mom, is there any noodles at home?"
Hearing Qin Huairu say this, Jia Zhang suddenly sat up and said, "What do you want to do? Those noodles are saved for the festival!" Jia Zhang had been looking forward to those noodles for a long time, but she never had the chance to eat them, and she didn't want to eat them alone.
Qin Huairu said: "Mom, we can't even eat, how can we celebrate the festival?"
"That won't do!" Jia Zhang was strongly opposed to this. After all, it was not easy to get some noodles now. This little bit of noodles was distributed by the factory when Jia Dongxu was alive, but Jia Dongxu didn't work seriously so he was given less. In the end, Yi Zhonghai couldn't stand it anymore and gave some of his own noodles to Jia Dongxu.
"Mom!" Qin Huairu looked at Jia Zhang with pleading eyes.
Jia Zhang is now in a dilemma. If she doesn't give the noodles away, she will have to pay for them at a high price. If she gives the noodles away, she won't be able to eat them.
Finally, Jia Zhang gritted her teeth and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"Mom, let's give the noodles to the old man and let him exchange them for some corn flour or sweet potatoes." Qin Huairu said.
"I don't want to eat cornmeal!" When Jia Zhang heard that she had to exchange her good noodles for cornmeal, she was extremely unhappy. Cornmeal is different from maize meal. Cornmeal is crushed together with the corn cob, and it tastes very bad. Moreover, eating too much can cause constipation. However, everyone eats it when there is nothing to eat.
Yi Zhonghai earns so much a month, but he still eats corn noodles occasionally just to save money.
Besides, eating too much sweet potato will make you bloated and your stomach will produce acid reflux, and it is not good for keeping you hungry. But the advantage is that it is cheap, after all, it is produced in large quantities.
Seeing that Jia Zhang refused to agree to this or that, Qin Huairu had no choice but to watch Jia Zhang and wait for her to come up with a solution, otherwise she would be left with nothing.
The room fell into deathly silence. Jia Zhang was sitting on the kang, struggling with the question of whether she should take the noodles out or not.
Finally, Jia Zhang gritted her teeth and said, "You go get it, and let Yi Zhonghai exchange it. It will take at least until next month!"
Qin Huairu breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that Jia Zhang agreed to her idea.
Qin Huairu opened the cabinet and took out the bag inside, while Jia Zhang watched the good things go away from her reluctantly.
"Wait a minute, I'll go with you!" When Jia Zhang saw Qin Huairu was about to leave, she hurriedly got up, put on her shoes, and followed her.
"Knock knock knock!" Qin Huairu knocked on Yi Zhonghai's door.
After Yi Zhonghai came out, Qin Huairu told Yi Zhonghai that she wanted to exchange the noodles for some corn flour and sweet potatoes.
Yi Zhonghai agreed readily. After all, as long as he was not forced to leave, it would be easy to exchange for something.
"Please change more!" Jia Zhang said reluctantly.
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