Siheyuan: The Brilliant Life of Second Aunt

Chapter 123 Yi Zhonghai Enters the Jia Family

The aunt looked at the two men going back to the Jia family and quickly stood up.

"Master's wife, you don't have to be so polite."

Jia Dongxu felt a little embarrassed. Coming to his master's house, the food was already quite good.

He also asked his master's wife to run around. He was asking someone to do something for him, and she even got up to see him off.

The lady saw that Jia Dongxu must have misunderstood. How could she get up to see her apprentice off? She must have something else to do.

"You two wait a moment." Then he went into the kitchen and took out a bag of noodles.

"Okay, stop telling me these useless things. This is for the child."

"You, don't eat so well yourself. The child doesn't have anything delicious to eat either. Take it. Don't be polite with me."

Jia Dongxu: "Master's wife, I didn't come here to get this. It really makes me feel ashamed."

Jia Dongxu bowed repeatedly, trying to decline.

And Yi Zhonghai said: "Take it, your master's wife has taken it out."

This daughter-in-law is really generous, otherwise why would he like her so much? Yi Zhonghai thought.

It would be an annoying thing to come to the house later, and if he didn't bring something, he was afraid that Jia Zhang would beat him out as soon as he opened his mouth.

The daughter-in-law was very thoughtful. She quickly took it and said, "If you don't want to take it, Master will take it for you."

Jia Dongxu was at a loss. Since his master had spoken, he decided to just follow him home.

The aunt nodded and originally wanted them to just take some leftovers.

That was great. The three of them ate it all. There was not a single thing left. The plate was really clean.

There was no choice but to take the noodles.

Fortunately, my husband had just bought some, and thinking that the Jia family would be visiting soon, I prepared some.

At the Jia family's home, no one dared to speak loudly. The house was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

Originally, Jia Dongxu's departure had made Jia Zhang unhappy, and she immediately became displeased.

Then he looked at Qin Huairu and started to curse, "Look at you, because of you, my son is gone again."

"I go to his master's place every day, and I expect him to take care of me in my old age."

"He has been won over by Yi Zhonghai. You are useless to him."

Qin Huairu: "Mom, Dongxu is doing this for our own good. Maybe he saw that there was nothing to eat at home, so he went to ask his master for it."

This is what Qin Huairu thought. Otherwise, what else could she think? She would say that it was she and her mother-in-law who forced her husband out.

Even if it is the truth, you can't say it out loud, and you can't think about it that way, otherwise it will be very painful.

Sometimes, it is better for people to cover their ears and eyes and pretend not to see.

Seeing Qin Huairu unable to say anything, and looking at her face which made him even more annoyed, he waved his hand and said, "Don't be idle anymore, go and cook. You just eat dry rice all day long."

Qin Huairu went to the kitchen immediately, and while she was cooking in the kitchen, tears started to flow for some reason.

What's the point of her life? She has three children, but her mother-in-law still treats her as an outsider.

He curses at me whenever he wants and pinches me when he's not happy. I've really had enough of him.

If it weren't for the children and her husband giving her surprises from time to time, she would have collapsed long ago.

She has never eaten a single bite of homemade rice.

I eat steamed buns or a few bites of pickled vegetables.

When she was at her mother's house, she could eat a few bites of meat whenever she wanted. But now, as soon as she stretched out her chopsticks, her mother-in-law would get angry.

"You, you still want to eat meat. This meat should be eaten by men, and you have grandchildren, just wait."

She waited, but the rest ended up going into her mother-in-law's mouth.

She and her two daughters were like outsiders, and could never get anything good to eat.

It is said that women have to endure hardships to make a living. When I first married and moved to the city, many people in the village envied me.

Every time Qin Huairu went back to her parents' home, she thought that if she married into the village, at least she would have enough food to eat.

Every time I had this thought, I looked at the girl from my relatives' family and the envious looks my younger sisters gave her, and suddenly I felt that I was out of their reach.

She felt that even if she was hungry, it was worth it, because she was a city dweller.

Every time I complain to my mom, she always says, "You just don't appreciate what you have."

"In the village, you can eat good food. But there is always farm work to do and endless fields to work on."

"It's the same at home. It's more tiring to be busy in front of and outside the house."

"Look at me, your mother. I'm not that old, but I feel like I'm almost 70, with wrinkles all over my face. Do you want to live like this?"

After hearing this, Qin Huairu immediately swallowed her words back.

When people are in pain, seeing that others are having a worse life than themselves, they feel much more balanced in an instant.

Qin Huairu is like this. Once she feels like she can't make ends meet, she thinks of her sisters in the countryside and feels that this little hardship is nothing.

She was able to hold on, and she persisted like this, from the first day of her marriage until she gave birth to three children.

But somehow I still feel a little uncomfortable.

"Daughter-in-law, why are you cooking so slowly? You want to starve me to death? You are so cruel!" Jia Zhang shouted in the house.

Qin Huairu quickly wiped her tears and said, "It will be fine soon, just wait a moment."

I quickly put away my sad mood and started cooking quickly.

The meal was the same as usual. The good food was eaten by her mother-in-law and son, and the rest belonged to her and her daughters.

"Bang Geng, is my eldest grandson full? If not, ask your mother to make it again." He patted his grandson's head.

Bang Geng raised his hand and said, "Don't pat my head, or I won't grow taller. It's annoying."

"What's so delicious about this? There's no meat at home."

"My dad won't come back either. Grandma, you lied to me and said that my parents loved me the most."

"But they don't even give me good food. I just eat these every day. They want to torture me!"

He had finished eating the sticks but was still yelling.

Qin Huairu frowned and said, "Stop shouting. Go do your homework after you finish eating. Why are you making such a fuss?"

Bang Geng was frightened and shuddered, "Grandma, my mom is mean to me."

Jia Zhang immediately became angry, "Qin Huairu, I'll teach you a lesson. How dare you teach my eldest grandson a lesson?"

Then he picked up something at hand and threw it at Qin Huairu.

Not only did he not stop it, he even clapped and shouted, "Well done, well done."

"Grandma, you should punish her. She is the one who bullied me."

Qin Huairu felt heartbroken when she heard Banggeng say this. She blamed her mother-in-law for doting on her son and making him become like this. She hated him so much.

The meal ended with some fighting and noise.

Calm was restored, and Jia Zhang lay on the kang to digest her food.

Qin Huairu began to clean up the dishes.

There's nothing we can do. We're old and can't see much life.

The younger one didn't want to do it, so she was the only one left.

"Sister-in-law, we've almost finished eating, so we're taking a rest." Yi Zhonghai pushed the door open and saw Jia Zhang lying there with her arms and legs spread out. She seemed to be feeling extremely comfortable.

When Jia Zhang saw that it was a gentleman, she quickly sat up. After all, he was a stranger. "What wind brought you here?"