In the Jia family compound, four pairs of eyes peered out of the windows.
It was Jia Zhangshi and her son Jia Dongxu, along with their two children.
Since Jia Dongxu couldn't leave the house, Jia Zhangshi stayed inside with her son, watching the movie through the window.
The curtain was right across from Yi Zhonghai's house, which seemed convenient, and most importantly, the house was warm.
However, at this moment, Jia Dongxu had no interest in watching the movie at all; his mind was filled with the scenes of Sha Zhu and Xu Damao flirting with Qin Huairu.
He glared hatefully at the empty space under the blanket, his eyes filled with resentment. Why was it him who had to get into trouble, instead of Sha Zhu and Xu Damao?
He believed he had never done anything immoral, so why did he end up with such bad luck?
Now all he can do is watch his wife show up in public and chat with other men.
Things are different now. From now on, the family will have to rely entirely on Qin Huairu. Jia Dongxu no longer dares to speak harshly to Qin Huairu, and Jia Zhangshi has also changed her habit of ordering her daughter-in-law around.
The mother and daughter are practically living under Qin Huairu's thumb, if not subservient to her.
"That vixen, look at how smug she is, she'd love to stick to that bastard Xu Damao."
Looking at Qin Huairu, who was chatting and laughing with Xu Damao, Jia Zhangshi scolded, "If Xu Damao could really bring some benefits to our family, that would be fine. All he does is talk. He's not as practical as Sha Zhu."
"Alright, Mom, stop talking. Why don't you go outside and sell tea with Huai Ru?"
Jia Dongxu got angry when he heard this and shouted, and Jia Zhangshi immediately fell silent.
Xiao Dang glared at Jia Zhangshi and said, "Grandma, don't talk about my mother. You complain about the cold outside and don't go sell tea with my mother. Now you're calling my mother a vixen."
"Ungrateful wretch, good-for-nothing, I'm just feeding you for free."
Jia Zhangshi glared at Xiao Dang, and then glanced at Huaihua, who was engrossed in watching the movie.
Qin Huairu could hear voices coming from inside the window, but couldn't make out what they were saying. Thinking they wanted tea, she quickly turned around, grabbed the thermos, and went to the window. She opened the window and filled the teacup on the windowsill.
"Mom, Dongxu, you guys keep drinking. Call me when it's gone."
"Alright, you can get back to work. It should be over soon," Jia Zhangshi muttered. In the past, this would have been a real scolding.
Banggeng got up from the small stool on the side: "Mom, I'm going to play for a while."
"Okay, go ahead, just don't be naughty or cause trouble."
Qin Huairu readily agreed.
With the movie almost over, I figured everyone wouldn't be spending money on tea when they left, so there wouldn't be any need for Bang Geng's help.
Jia Zhangshi gulped down two mouthfuls of tea, pondering how much money Qin Huairu had made from her business, and whether she could get her to hand over the money later.
Yi Zhonghai, too, was casually sipping his tea, just like Jia Zhangshi, not paying attention to the movie.
The old deaf woman's words had stumped him.
Introducing He Yushui to Wang Dabao wouldn't be difficult; whether it works out or not is just a matter of mentioning it.
The key question is, what if Wang Dabao really falls for He Yushui?
Now that Jia Dongxu is paralyzed, forget about him taking care of you in your old age.
Qin Huairu is a filial child, but the burden on the Jia family is too heavy. She has to support a lazy, gluttonous old mother-in-law, a paralyzed husband, and three troublesome children all by herself.
Does she still have the energy to support the two of them in their old age?!
Recently, Yi Zhonghai has been thinking about this matter and unconsciously set his sights on Sha Zhu.
But Sha Zhu is also an unstable factor, he's not married yet!
Even if Sha Zhu agrees now, what if his wife changes her mind after they get married?
This was Yi Zhonghai's original intention in wanting Sha Zhu to join forces a couple of days ago. If things really turned out as he thought, and Sha Zhu was willing and the Jia family agreed, that would be perfect, and his retirement problem could be solved smoothly.
Any problems that arise can be negotiated; the key lies with Sha Zhu and the Jia family.
If Sha Zhu agrees, he'll have a way to manipulate the Jia family and force them to agree as well.
The problem is that Shazhu isn't happy about it!
Now they've pulled this stunt involving He Yushui and Wang Dabao.
Who knows what Wang Dabao is thinking? What if he really gets together with He Yushui? Then his plan to let Sha Zhu take care of him in his old age will be ruined.
Wang Dabao was an incredibly clever man. Yi Zhonghai knew he couldn't hide his thoughts from him. Would Wang Dabao really let his brother-in-law suffer a loss?
After much thought, Yi Zhonghai decided that He Yushui and Wang Dabao's relationship absolutely could not be allowed to go through.
Otherwise, without Sha Zhu as his right-hand man, he would have no say in this compound at all.
The two women, an older woman and an older woman, chatted happily while watching the movie.
"During dinner tonight, my husband said that everyone is busy and exhausted before the New Year, so we're planning to have a get-together in a couple of days," said Aunt Yan Bugui's wife casually. "By the way, the New Year is almost here, when is your Guangqi coming back?"
"How many of us are there? Who are we?"
The older woman, Liu Haizhong's wife, didn't bother with whether her eldest son was coming back or not, and went straight to asking.
Aunt Er grabbed a small handful of sunflower seeds and cracked them open: "Who else could it be? Just your family, our family, and Xu Damao and Wang Dabao too."
"Oh my, there are quite a few people there, we'll have to cook several dishes."
The woman nodded, peeled open a peanut, and put it in her mouth.
"We'll take some money from the stall, then split it with the sweet potato stall, and buy some meat coupons from Da Bao and Xu Damao. That should be enough," Aunt Er chuckled. "My eldest daughter-in-law is a pretty good cook, so we'll let her do the work. We two sisters can just wait to eat what's ready."
The older woman glanced at the younger woman with drooping eyelids, but didn't say a word.
Thinking to myself, "You Yan family really do follow the same pattern; you never seem to have enough of taking advantage."
There are seven people in the family, while the Liu family only has four. Xu Damao and Wang Dabao each have one person.
So all the cheap stuff went to Old Yan's family.
But don't worry about leftovers; there won't be much left anyway.
"Alright, let his second uncle and our old Liu discuss it tomorrow." The older woman pretended to be focused on the movie and ignored the second woman's comment.
Yu Haitang kept a close eye on Wang Dabao.
She grew increasingly satisfied with Wang Dabao; his posture was upright, and he spoke without any restraint with the two elders, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui.
If a young person were sitting with these two senior managers, they would definitely feel uncomfortable.
I just don't know what kind of impression I've left on the other person.
"Sis, I think Wang Dabao is a pretty good person."
Yu Li was watching a movie when her younger sister suddenly nudged her. She was a little confused by what her sister said: "Yeah, it's pretty good. Didn't you just say that?!"
Yu Haitang was a little embarrassed, but she still gritted her teeth and said.
"I mean, could you ask him for me tomorrow what his impression of me is?!"
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