Banggeng, finding Shazhu's smugness in his room uninteresting, jumped off the bed and wandered home.
In the Jia family home, Jia Zhangshi, wearing reading glasses, sat on a chair sewing shoe soles.
This thing is still easier than Hu's matchbox; she can always find an excuse to get away with whatever she wants, no matter how much or how little.
Now that her son is gone, all that's left in the house is a young and beautiful daughter-in-law and three infants. She won't argue with Qin Huairu unless absolutely necessary.
Qin Huairu has been working hard at the factory these days, and she's noticed it too.
He even stepped forward to offer a few words of comfort, which made Qin Huairu feel a little flattered.
As soon as Banggeng got home, he started yelling at Jia Zhangshi about Shazhu's blind date.
Upon hearing this, Madam Jia was overjoyed. She was truly worried that Sha Zhu would keep his eyes on Qin Huairu. What would she do then? Qin Huairu might not let go of the three children, and what about her, this old woman?!
They might be sent to the countryside.
Zhang Xiaohua couldn't bear even the slightest hardship in the countryside; it was tantamount to taking her life.
Now that she heard that Sha Zhu was going on a blind date, she was overjoyed, and a weight was lifted off her shoulders.
Life has come to this point. As long as Qin Huairu can work steadily at the steel mill, the family will be able to eat and gradually make ends meet.
It's estimated that besides Yi Zhonghai, only Jia Zhangshi in this compound is hoping that Sha Zhu's blind date will be successful.
Sure enough, a short while later, Qin Huairu dragged her tired body into the house.
"Bang Geng, I heard you yelling inside before you even came in. What were you saying to Grandma?"
Banggeng was quite sensible in front of Qin Huairu. He took the bag from Qin Huairu, put it on the round table, and hurriedly stepped forward excitedly, saying, "Mom, Shazhu is going on a blind date tonight."
Qin Huairu was stunned for a moment, a strange emotion welled up in her heart, and her face immediately turned pale.
Madam Jia was keeping a close eye on her daughter-in-law's expression. When she saw Qin Huairu's look, she couldn't help but glare at her, secretly cursing her as a shameless vixen.
Zhang Xiaohua's son had just been buried when Qin Huairu began to have other ideas.
If it weren't for the fact that I would have to rely on Qin Huairu for my old age, I would have torn her face off.
Qin Huairu had originally planned to take the opportunity to go to Sha Zhu's place tonight and have a good cry, hoping he would talk to Liu Lan again and tell her to stop torturing herself like this.
Qin Huairu had already planned out the steps for getting to Sha Zhu to use: first, act cute; second, shake him; and third, cry.
Unexpectedly, we don't need it anymore!
How can Sha Zhu go on blind dates? If he succeeds, who will deliver lunch to her family? If they can't make ends meet, who will bail them out?
"Don't even think about it. Sha Zhu isn't really stupid. Why would he be interested in a widow like you?"
With a 'smack', Jia Zhangshi threw the sole of her shoe onto the round table, took off her reading glasses, and stared at Qin Huairu with her triangular eyes. "You just go to work, and our family can still live a good life."
Qin Huairu sat blankly on the stool at the table, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Mom, that's not what I meant. I have nothing to do with Shazhu."
Qin Huairu wiped away her tears and sighed, "I'm just thinking, if Shazhu really succeeds in getting married, will he still be able to bring us lunchboxes in the future? Of course not. With my current salary of 18.5 yuan as a kitchen helper, our family will still have to live such a hard life."
“We adults can manage on cornmeal, but the child is growing, how can we go a month without meat and vegetables!”
Qin Huairu's words hit the nail on the head. Jia Zhangshi looked at her eldest grandson, Banggeng.
"At worst, we can buy less meat, just enough for one person, which is better than you asking Sha Zhu for those dirty vegetables."
"Fine, if that's how you put it, then I have nothing to say. Our whole family will just have to eat cornmeal. We won't even be able to afford mixed cornmeal anymore." Qin Huairu continued wiping away her tears.
Seeing Qin Huairu's attitude, Jia Zhangshi immediately became dissatisfied.
"I think you're just hung up on Sha Zhu. You two were already having an affair when Dong Xu was still around, and now that Dong Xu is gone, your heart has wandered off, hasn't it? Too bad, Sha Zhu didn't even take you seriously, otherwise why would he go on blind dates?"
After being scolded by Jia Zhangshi, Qin Huairu's tears immediately streamed down her face.
"Grandma, please stop talking. My mom isn't that kind of person."
Seeing Qin Huairu crying so sadly, Bang Geng immediately yelled at Jia Zhangshi.
Jia Zhangshi picked up the sole of her shoe from the round table, glaring at him with vicious eyes: "My stupid grandson, you'll behave yourselves once your mother finds you a stepfather."
After saying that, Jia Zhangshi turned her head and sat down on the small bed facing south.
...... ......
Sha Zhu's blind date is a big deal, and Yan Bugui has been waiting at his doorstep for a long time to spread the word.
When Wang Dabao returned, several people had already gathered at the entrance of Lao Yan's house.
Liu Haizhong, Xu Damao, Yan Jiecheng, and Uncle Zhou from the front yard were all talking about this matter in front of Yan Bugui's house.
"Da Bao, today is a big day for our courtyard. That silly boy, Sha Zhu, is going on a blind date." Yan Bugui said with a grin to Wang Da Bao, who had parked his bicycle and was walking over.
"Oh, it's Section Chief Wang. Please come this way."
When Liu Haizhong saw Wang Dabao coming over, he immediately took his hands out from behind his back and made room for him.
Wang Dabao pretended to be angry: "Old Liu, are you making fun of me? There's only Brother Dabao in the yard, where did this Section Chief Wang come from? Don't you all agree?"
"That's right, that's right."
Xu Damao and Yan Jiecheng echoed in agreement.
Immediately afterwards, Xu Damao took out a cigarette and lit it for Wang Dabao, saying, "Just wait and see. If that kid Shazhu succeeds in his blind date, I'll twist his head off and let everyone kick it around like a ball."
Upon hearing this, Wang Dabao exclaimed, "Wow, that's quite a bold promise!"
Yan Jiecheng also took a cigarette from Xu Damao's hand: "I think Damao is right, this marriage is most likely not going to happen."
That's why they say Yan Jiecheng is Yan Bugui's son.
He was adept at using the saying "He who eats another's food is bound to him, he who takes another's money is bound to him," and with Xu Damao's cigarette dangling from his mouth, he would never speak in favor of Sha Zhu.
Wang Dabao was quite puzzled and casually asked, "Who introduced Sha Zhu to this girl?"
"Who else could it be but Yi Zhonghai?"
Liu Haizhong grumbled from the side, "I think these two are just like before. To put it nicely, they're in cahoots; to put it bluntly, they're accomplices in evil deeds."
As he spoke, Liu Haizhong spat on the ground, his eyes full of contempt.
Did Yi Zhonghai introduce a blind date to Sha Zhu?
Wang Dabao almost dropped his cigarette. Logically, this shouldn't have happened. Yi Zhonghai isn't senile, so why would he be so foolish as to introduce a potential partner to Sha Zhu?
Could it be that this old man has some kind of plan in mind?!
Or was he introducing a relative of his own? If this girl couldn't be easily manipulated by Yi Zhonghai, she would never have reached Sha Zhu's side!
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