Chapter 101

Qin Huairu said: "Mom, this child cannot be spoiled. Don't interfere with the matter of managing the child; otherwise, you go buy it for him."

Jia Zhangshi said angrily: "You want me to buy even a little bit of meat? Then what do we need you as a mother for? The child is crying from craving meat; isn't this because you, as a mother, have mistreated the child?"

Qin Huairu glared with indignation: "I mistreat the child? I also want to give the child good food and drink, but there have to be conditions. Don't you know what the conditions of our family are? If you didn't want the pension money next month, and didn't buy painkillers, I would go to the vegetable market to buy meat for the child first thing tomorrow morning."

"Old Qian, if we don't buy painkillers, I'll go to the vegetable market first thing tomorrow morning to buy meat for the children."

"Slap!"

Jia Zhangshi immediately exploded, emotionally throwing her chopsticks onto the table.

"Good for you, Qin Huairu! You ungrateful woman!"

"My family married you into the city and let you eat commercial grain!"

"Good, your wings have hardened! You're going to be ungrateful, right!"

"If you dare to cut off my pension money and painkillers, and don't raise Banggeng well, I will drive you back to the countryside."

"I'll put my words here: if you want to go back to the countryside to farm, then let's try it!"

Being yelled at by Jia Zhangshi, Qin Huairu's face turned pale, and she clenched her fists tightly in anger.

This old woman married her into the Jia family just to use her as a long-term laborer, to work like an ox or a horse for the Jia family.

Qin Huairu also wanted to turn against her, but she didn't dare; she couldn't bear to part with life in the city, and she was even more afraid of being driven back to the countryside.

If she were really driven back to the countryside, she would not only have to live a hard life but also suffer all kinds of cold looks.

Qin Huairu braced herself and complained: "I haven't let the Jia family down. I work day and night, I can't bear to eat or wear anything, I support the whole family alone, I'd rather go hungry myself than let you eat first. What else do you want?"

Jia Zhangshi said with a gloomy face: "This is what you should do! You owe our Jia family!"

Banggeng sat on the stool, mindlessly watching his mother and grandmother arguing.

Xiaodang and Huaihua were scared and wiped away tears.

Qin Huairu also felt aggrieved, her eyes reddening, and tears flowed out involuntarily.

Jia Zhangshi took Banggeng's hand with heartache: "Look at how thin Banggeng is. Tell me, are you a competent mother? I don't care what method you use; my eldest grandson must eat meat tomorrow."

Qin Huairu said miserably: "What method can I have? You might as well force me to death."

Jia Zhangshi said with a cunning look in her eyes: "Go find Cao Weiguo and borrow it. If he can lend money to the Lu family, he must lend money to our family. If he dares not to lend it, then make a scene with him. If he can't treat everyone equally, then make it so he can't stay in this courtyard."

Banggeng shouted excitedly: "Mom, Cao Weiguo has money. I saw him buy several comic books; those comic books are very expensive."

Jia Zhangshi said: "My eldest grandson is right. Cao Weiguo, this beast, has money to eat and drink well, and has money to buy leisure books, but can't take money to relieve our family?"

Qin Huairu thought of Cao Weiguo's prosperous life, and she was also very jealous in her heart, and also dissatisfied with Cao Weiguo's indifference.

Everyone in the courtyard helps her family to some extent; why are you, Cao Weiguo, the only one who won't pull out a single hair?

Since you can lend money to Granny Lu, you must lend money to me!

With this thought in mind, Qin Huairu wiped her tears and headed toward the Cao house.

"Weiguo! Are you home?"

Cao Weiguo put down his chopsticks and walked to the door: "Qin Jie, is something the matter?"

Qin Huairu said pitifully: "Well, Weiguo, see if you can lend me 10 yuan. The family has run out of food, and the children are crying from hunger."

As soon as Song Yulan heard about borrowing money, she immediately became nervous, holding her chopsticks and not moving at all.

Naturally, she didn't want to lend money out, but recently Qin Huairu had been taking time to teach her how to sew clothes.

This made it hard for her to lose face and go stop Cao Weiguo.

Fortunately, Cao Weiguo's attitude afterward made her breathe a sigh of relief.

Cao Weiguo said coldly: "I don't have any money left at home. Go ask another family."

Your family has no money?

This lie really came right off the tongue!

Qin Huairu said pitifully: "Weiguo, who in our courtyard doesn't know your family is well-off? If you can help the Lu family, why can't you help my family?"

Cao Weiguo frowned: "Qin Jie, don't make things difficult for me. My salary is limited, and our own eating and drinking have to be calculated carefully; it's not as well-off as you think. Go find Sha Zhuzi and the Eldest Uncle and ask them; they are both rich people. Don't waste your time here with me."

Once he finished speaking, Cao Weiguo turned around and returned to the room, and casually closed the door.

"Bang!"

"You!"

Locked outside the door, Qin Huairu was so angry she gritted her teeth and stomped her feet.

This Cao Weiguo was truly too heartless!

It was obvious he had a prejudice against her or her family!

"Fine! Cao Weiguo, let's wait and see!"

Qin Huairu returned home empty-handed with an angry face, and Jia Zhangshi asked expectantly: "How much money did you borrow?"

Qin Huairu said angrily: "Cao Weiguo wouldn't lend a single cent, and with two sentences, he locked me outside the door."

Jia Zhangshi immediately cursed with a face full of viciousness: "This is a beast! A black-hearted beast! He deserves to have his parents die! Sooner or later he'll choke to death drinking water! Fall to his death riding a bike!"

Still not satisfied after cursing and swearing, Jia Zhangshi gloomily stormed to the door of the Cao house.

"Cao Weiguo, you little rabbit, get out here!"

Jia Zhangshi's voice was very loud and resonant, and in one breath, she alarmed the entire courtyard.

The Second Uncle's family living in the back courtyard and Xu Damao's couple immediately ran out to look.

Neighbors in the middle and front courtyards also walked out of their homes one after another, excitedly going to watch the fun.

"Cao Weiguo, on what grounds do you refuse to lend money to my family!"

"Are you looking down on our family of orphans and widows!"

"We are all neighbors in the courtyard. My family is so poor we can't even open the pot, and you are so rich, why can't you help my family?"

"Are you even human! Do you have any conscience at all!"

Jia Zhangshi blocked the door of the Cao house, pointing at Cao Weiguo and shouting with flying spittle.

Song Yulan's pretty face turned blue with anger; Cao Weiguo pulled his wife and looked coldly at the shrew making a scene.

"Cao Weiguo, since you can lend money to the Lu family, you must lend money to my family."

"Otherwise, you are bullying people!"

Qin Huairu ran over and grabbed Jia Zhangshi, pretending to persuade her: "Mom, everyone is a neighbor, what are you doing? Let's go home quickly."

"Go home to what!"

Jia Zhangshi shouted emotionally: "Go home and wait to starve to death!"

The Eldest Uncle walked over with his hands behind his back, and Sha Zhuzi followed closely by his side with an unfriendly face.

"Weiguo, what is going on?"

Song Yulan said angrily: "Eldest Uncle, how can there be such a thing? Blocking our door to borrow money—is this borrowing or robbing?"

Jia Zhangshi shouted: "What are you saying, you stinky girl? I came to your house to borrow money, that's me looking up to your house, what nonsense are you spouting."

Cao Weiguo said angrily: "Jia Zhangshi, if you yell at my wife one more time, believe it or not, I'll slap your stinky mouth to shreds."

"You!"

"Oh my! My bitter old woman!"

"Old Jia! Dongxu! You all look at this!"

"Cao Weiguo, this little calf, wants to hit someone! This is clearly bullying orphans and widows!"

Jia Zhangshi was scared into trembling, then began to wail and make a scene.

The Eldest Uncle said with a serious expression: "Weiguo, Jia Zhangshi is an elder, how can you speak like that."

Cao Weiguo said with a cold face: "I don't have such a shameless elder."

Jia Zhangshi grabbed the Eldest Uncle's arm and complained: "Eldest Uncle, you have to be the master for my family. This Cao Weiguo looks down on my family and is trampling my family's face on the ground."

Looking at Jia Zhangshi, who was accusing others first, Song Yulan was so angry she couldn't take it.

Cao Weiguo sneered: "Jia Zhangshi, say whatever you want. I'll put my words here: just looking at your face, don't even think about borrowing a single needle or thread from my house."

Jia Zhangshi immediately gritted her teeth in hatred, and Qin Huairu was also secretly annoyed in her heart.

The Eldest Uncle said with a straight face: "Weiguo, everyone is a neighbor; what's important is neighborhood harmony and mutual help. You can't handle things so heartlessly."

Cao Weiguo said expressionlessly: "Eldest Uncle, I also hope for neighborhood harmony, but some people don't want to live a peaceful life and are always looking for trouble every three days. You are the Eldest Uncle of the courtyard; you have to be fair when looking at things and doing things."

Jia Zhangshi shouted angrily: "Who are you saying is looking for trouble? It's just you looking down on people. Why won't you lend money to my family?"

Cao Weiguo sneered with disdain: "My money, I lend it if I want to, and I don't if I don't want to. Does it have anything to do with you?"

The Eldest Uncle said: "Weiguo, your family life is so well-off, and your neighbors are having a hard time; if you can help, then help. Helping the needy is a traditional virtue. If you relieve the Jia family, the Jia family will also remember your kindness."

Cao Weiguo said unhappily, "Eldest Uncle, helping the needy is no problem, but is the Jia family really having a hard time? Let alone Qin Huairu's salary of over twenty yuan a month, just talk about Jia Dongxu's pension; it's at least eight hundred, if not a thousand. Does the Jia family really have no money? Is the Jia family really having a hard time?"

The Eldest Uncle was immediately speechless, and the neighbors watching the fun had surprised expressions. ===== CHAPTER 103 =====