Chapter 1073

Jia Zhangshi pulled a long face: "Then what do you mean? What is it? Have I wronged you?"

Qin Huairu kept a cold face: "I'm saying you can't just think about Sha Zhuzi providing for our family; you also have to think about how to maintain the relationship between Sha Zhuzi and our family. If one day Sha

Zhuzi marries a wife, or if Sha Zhuzi gets unhappy, it will be difficult to have him provide for our family again."

Jia Zhangshi sneered: "Qin Huairu, don't think I don't know your little schemes! What is it? Do you want me to smile and fawn over Sha Zhuzi every day? Or do you want to take things a step further with Sha Zhuzi?"

Qin Huairu said: "Mom! You just let your imagination run wild! When have I ever said such things! I mean our family needs to find a way to win Sha Zhuzi over! I mean we need to find a way to keep Sha Zhuzi providing for our family, so it's not like when he was dating Jin Lian, where we couldn't even get a drop of soup or water while watching them eat and drink well."

Qin Huairu's current target was Cao Weiguo, so how could she still have eyes for Sha Zhuzi?

After eating fine grains, how could she swallow coarse grains again?

Not to mention that Jia Zhangshi didn't want her to be with Sha Zhuzi, even she herself looked down on Sha Zhuzi.

Jia Zhangshi: "Then you've been talking for so long, what's the solution?"

Jia Zhangshi was worried that if Qin Huairu got together with Sha Zhuzi, she would stop caring about her.

As long as Qin Huairu didn't marry Sha Zhuzi, she would turn a blind eye to whatever Qin Huairu did.

As for reputation?

Can that be eaten as food or worn as clothing?

Don't look at how loudly she shouts every time; in reality, she really doesn't care about reputation.

If she cared about reputation, she wouldn't have let Qin Huairu wash Sha Zhuzi's clothes.

If she cared about reputation, she wouldn't have instigated her grandson to steal things.

What she cares about is money and herself!

Qin Huairu: "I want to go back to my maiden home and introduce my other cousin to Sha Zhuzi. If our two families become relatives, then Sha Zhuzi can provide more for our family in the future."

Seeing Sha Zhuzi return to the kitchen, his life had also started to show signs of improvement.

Qin Huairu was worried that someone else would introduce a partner to Sha Zhuzi, or that Sha Zhuzi wouldn't be able to hold back and would find a partner himself.

The matter with Teacher Ran had given her a false alarm.

Who knew that Sha Zhuzi, looking all listless, would actually find a partner in private!

Thanks to Sha Zhuzi having high expectations but low ability, plus the Third Uncle taking gifts without doing the job.

If Sha Zhuzi had suddenly married another woman, then she would really be the one crying.

To prevent Sha Zhuzi from marrying another woman, Qin Huairu considered it more reliable to introduce her own relative to Sha Zhuzi.

And so, after much thought, she decided to return to her maiden home to seek reinforcements.

Jia Zhangshi curled her lip: "You have quite a lot of cousins at your maiden home? Is that cousin reliable? Don't let her be like Qin Jingru!"

Qin Huairu: "That cousin of mine is the daughter of my fourth uncle, named Qin Yanru. She has an introverted and honest personality, without as many schemes as Qin Jingru, it's just that she isn't as

pretty as Qin Jingru."

Jia Zhangshi said: "Looking about the same is fine. You don't even need to look at Sha Zhuzi's pathetic appearance; if a girl can take a fancy to him, he should just be secretly happy."

Qin Huairu: "Then I'll bring it up with Sha Zhuzi and go back to my maiden home after the New Year."

Jia Zhangshi: "Right! What time is it now? Sha Zhuzi should be coming back soon! You go out and take a look! He's cooking for the leadership tonight, there will definitely be a lunchbox. You bring the lunchbox back, and our family won't need to stir-fry dishes tomorrow."

Qin Huairu sighed, stood up, and walked into the courtyard.

She looked up at the moon in the night sky, feeling an indescribable melancholy and bitterness in her heart.

Thinking back to when she first married into the Jia family, she had started eating commercial grain and thought she had begun a good life.

But who could have imagined that all of this was just a dream and a bubble!

Jia Dongxu had passed away unexpectedly early on.

Her mother-in-law, Jia Zhangshi, was overbearing and mean.

She herself had struggled to raise the whole family while still being mistreated.

For the sake of a bite to eat, she washed clothes and cleaned rooms for Sha Zhuzi, suffering all the ridicule and cold stares from the neighbors.

But what else could she do?

She only hoped that Bang Geng could have a future soon and get ahead early.

"Qin Jie, are you sunbathing in the moonlight?"

Just as Qin Huairu was full of emotion, Sha Zhuzi walked over happily, carrying a net bag with a lunchbox.

Qin Huairu wiped the corner of her eye: "You only know how to say sarcastic things. I'm feeling sad here; everyone else is happy for the New Year, but look at my family—the old are old, the young are young, and it all depends on me alone to hold it up. Up until now, I haven't even bought any New Year goods, and my mother-in-law has been scolding me for hours, almost driving me out of the house."

Hearing Qin Huairu's tearful complaint, Sha Zhuzi's heart was about to break: "Qin Jie! Why didn't you say so earlier if this happened! Come! Follow me into the room! Isn't it just New Year goods! You don't have any, but I do!"

Sha Zhuzi said this and walked toward his house, with Qin Huairu wiping the corner of her eye following behind.

"A few days ago, I went to cook at the leader's house, and the leader gave me some New Year goods."

"Look! Melon seeds! Candies! And pastries and dates... these are all for you!"

Sha Zhuzi generously took out large and small bags from the cupboard and stuffed them all into Qin Huairu's hands.

This made Qin Huairu's face light up with joy: "Zhuzi! These are all good things! Thank you so much!"

Sha Zhuzi laughed honestly: "Qin Jie! What are you thanking me for! Who are we to each other! If you had told me earlier, I would have given you these things long ago, and you wouldn't have had to endure Zhang Dama's scolding."

Qin Huairu carried the things and smiled: "Sister didn't dote on you in vain. Tomorrow is the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month; you pack up all your dirty clothes, and I'll hurry to wash them all clean for you. I'll also help you clean up the room. Next year, I plan to go back to my maiden home and introduce my other cousin to you."

Sha Zhuzi said: "Really? Then how does that cousin of yours compare to Qin Jingru?"

Qin Huairu said truthfully: "That cousin of mine looks average, but she is more honest and diligent than Jingru, knows how to care for people, and is a good girl who knows how to live a life."

Sha Zhuzi said with waning interest: "Then forget it, Qin Jie, don't go to the trouble, I'm not in such a hurry to get married."

It wasn't that Sha Zhuzi wasn't in a hurry to get married, but that his standards were high, and besides, he had some other thoughts in his heart that he was embarrassed to state clearly.

Qin Huairu was a bit surprised to hear this: "Zhuzi! Do you look down on my cousin? Hey! I said my cousin looks average, not that she looks ugly, just not as lively as Qin Jingru. How about this, don't be in a hurry to refuse, when I have time, I'll bring her to the courtyard, and you can meet her first."

Sha Zhuzi wanted to say something else, but Qin Huairu didn't give him the chance.

"My mother-in-law is suspicious, I'm going home first. You've worked hard today too, get some rest early."

After saying this, Qin Huairu took the New Year goods in one hand and carried away the lunchbox with the other.

Sha Zhuzi stood in the room, blankly staring at Qin Huairu's plump back.

Qin Huairu wanted to introduce a partner to him again.

But Qin Huairu didn't understand his thoughts.

Ever since Yi Zhonghai had a heart-to-heart talk with him, Sha Zhuzi really had the idea of living together with Qin Huairu.

It was just that he was embarrassed to say this idea out loud, and deep down, he still had some other thoughts.

After all, he was still a bachelor, and he still wanted to marry a beautiful, pure maiden from the city. ===== CHAPTER 1075 =====