Chapter 78

Jia family

Qin Huairu came back with a bowl of stewed potatoes with meat, and Jia Zhangshi and Banggeng's eyes lit up.

"Why is it all potatoes and soup!"

Qin Huairu put the stewed potatoes with meat on the table, and Jia Zhangshi shouted while picking up meat and being picky.

"It's good enough to have something to eat."

Qin Huairu said angrily: "This bit of meat was not taken for nothing; if it weren't for Cao Weiguo wanting me to teach his wife how to use the sewing machine, I'm afraid he wouldn't even give a drop of soup."

Jia Zhangshi cursed: "Cao Weiguo is truly a black-hearted beast, calculating people everywhere; he will suffer retribution sooner or later."

Banggeng ate the meat in big mouthfuls: "This meat is truly delicious, but it's too little."

Xiaodang reached out with chopsticks to pick it up, and Madam Jia opened it with one chopstick, saying viciously: "Your brother doesn't have enough to eat with these dishes; what are you reaching for with your chopsticks, you money-losing goods."

Xiaodang shrank her hand back in fear, wiping her tears aggrievedly.

Qin Huairu felt heartache: "Mom, what's wrong with letting Xiaodang eat a bite."

Jia Zhangshi curled her lips and said: "Money-losing goods will marry sooner or later; no matter how much they eat, they are someone else's; it's enough if they don't starve to death."

Qin Huairu broke a piece of corn bun with a low mood, dipped it in some meat soup, and fed it to Xiaodang.

Huaihua drooled: "Mom, Huaihua also wants to eat."

Jia Zhangshi shouted fiercely: "Eat, eat, eat! The Jia family is about to be eaten empty by you two money-losing goods; if you make a fuss again, I will send you all away."

Huaihua was scared and hid behind Qin Huairu, and Qin Huairu said angrily: "Mom, how can you say that."

Jia Zhangshi said stiffly: "Am I wrong? If it weren't for these two money-losing granddaughters, could the family live so bitterly! Food! Drink! Clothes! Which one doesn't cost money!"

Qin Huairu said: "Xiaodang and Huaihua are also your own granddaughters."

Jia Zhangshi snorted coldly: "I would rather not have these two money-losing granddaughters; they will marry sooner or later and cannot support me in my old age; what is the use of raising them."

Jia Zhangshi favoring boys over girls was not a matter of one or two days, and Qin Huairu didn't want to argue with her.

Arguing to the end would be of no use.

Qin Huairu endured the sourness in her heart, broke the corn bun, dipped it in the meat soup, and comforted her two aggrieved daughters.

Jia Zhangshi wolfed down selfishly, and Banggeng ate and chewed without heart or lungs.

In a short while, a bowl of dishes was eaten clean, and even the meat soup was drunk by Jia Zhangshi.

Banggeng ate and drank enough, threw away his chopsticks, and ran: "I'm going out to play."

Qin Huairu urged concernedly: "Don't go to far places."

After cleaning up the bowls and chopsticks, Qin Huairu said to Madam Jia: "I'm going to the Cao family; you take care of Xiaodang and Huaihua at home."

Jia Zhangshi lay on the bed and waved her hand: "Go, go, don't come back empty-handed; ask for more benefits; you can't teach that country girl for nothing."

Qin Huairu sighed and walked out of the house. When she arrived at the Cao family, Song Yulan was already sitting in front of the sewing machine.

Song Yulan was like a child playing with a beloved toy.

Looking at Song Yulan's "innocent and romantic" appearance, Qin Huairu's heart was full of envy.

Song Yulan enthusiastically took out a solid wood round stool: "Sister Qin, you are here; please sit down; I'll go make you tea."

Qin Huairu asked casually: "Why didn't I see Weiguo?"

Song Yulan smiled and said: "He went to clean up the room; he wants to turn the room next door where sundries are piled up into a study."

Qin Huairu smiled and said: "Yo, Cao Weiguo is quite elegant."

Song Yulan smiled and said: "Elegant what; he just thinks the living room is noisy and wants to find a place to hide and be quiet."

Qin Huairu said enviously: "No wonder Weiguo can become a leader; he knows how to study and improve; he will definitely be a big official in the future."

Hearing Qin Huairu praise her man like this, Song Yulan's heart was naturally happy and proud.

She put an extra pinch of tea leaves when making tea.

In the room next door, Cao Weiguo was busy working vigorously.

He packed up the broken sundries that were not needed, and then moved them out in piles.

The Second Uncle, who was taking a walk, asked curiously: "Weiguo, what are you doing?"

Cao Weiguo put a chair with a broken leg on the ground: "Nothing to do, just cleaning up the room."

The Second Uncle looked at the sundries piled on the ground and his eyes lit up, saying enthusiastically: "Weiguo, I see you have a lot of work here; I'll let Guangtian and Guangfu come over to help you."

Without giving Cao Weiguo a chance to speak, the Second Uncle shouted: "Old Second, Old Third, come out to help your brother Weiguo."

Cao Weiguo was slightly stunned and wanted to refuse, but the Liu brothers had already run out.

Hearing that they were helping Cao Weiguo, the two brothers were quite active.

Thinking that when Cao Weiguo got married, they didn't contribute much, but they didn't get less benefits.

Liu Guangtian: "Brother Weiguo, whatever you need us to do, just order."

Liu Guangfu: "That's right, Brother Weiguo, don't be polite with us."

Looking at the enthusiastic Liu brothers, Cao Weiguo couldn't refuse.

"Then trouble Guangtian and Guangfu to help me throw away that pile of garbage."

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu followed Cao Weiguo's hand and saw a pile of broken sundries.

"No problem!"

"I'll go find a pushcart right now."

Liu Guangtian went home to get a shovel, and Liu Guangfu ran to get the pushcart.

Cao Weiguo said to the Second Uncle: "Second Uncle, thank you for your help."

The Second Uncle smiled and said: "What's there to be polite about as neighbors in the same courtyard."

Cao Weiguo took out a pack of Da Qianmen from his pocket, took one out, and handed it to the Second Uncle.

"Second Uncle, you smoke a cigarette; I have to go back and continue cleaning up."

The Second Uncle happily took the cigarette: "You go get busy; if you have anything, just order Guangtian and Guangfu."

Cao Weiguo went back to the room to continue cleaning up, and the Second Uncle lit the cigarette and smoked it happily.

Liu Guangtian came back with a shovel and looked greedily at the cigarette in the Second Uncle's mouth.

When Cao Weiguo got married, he also gave him a pack, but he hadn't smoked a few before it was snatched away by the Second Uncle.

Liu Guangtian asked: "Dad, it's the cigarette Weiguo gave you, what brand is it?"

The Second Uncle smiled and said: "Da Qianmen, don't be greedy; work quickly; Cao Weiguo won't treat you badly."

Liu Guangtian agreed with this one hundred percent; Cao Weiguo's way of doing things was absolutely meaningful.

As long as he helped him work, no matter how much he did, Cao Weiguo would not be stingy.

After the wedding banquet, he just helped clean up the tables and chairs, and Cao Weiguo gave him cigarettes and candies, which made him very happy.

Liu Guangtian didn't dawdle either, and took the shovel to tidy up the garbage.

When Liu Guangfu came back, he used the shovel to load the garbage into the cart.

Cao Weiguo carried out a pile of sundries, and after putting them away, he gave Liu Guangtian a cigarette and took out a lighter to light it.

Liu Guangtian looked at the lighter enviously: "Thank you, Brother Weiguo."

Lighters were luxury goods in this era, good things that were hard to buy even with money.

Especially the lighter in Cao Weiguo's hand, which was a Sunflower brand kerosene lighter.

If he could hold such a lighter to light a cigarette, he could immediately become the most handsome guy.

Cao Weiguo didn't know that Liu Guangtian was greedy for his lighter.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't give it to Liu Guangtian; this was a treasure rewarded by the system check-in.

"Weiguo, how do you handle this stool?"

The Second Uncle smoked a cigarette, his eyes fixed on a stool in the pile of sundries.

Although this stool was old and peeling, it didn't affect its use; if it were painted, it would immediately be like new.

Cao Weiguo smiled and said: "If the Second Uncle likes it, take it home and use it."

The Second Uncle said happily: "Then Uncle won't be polite; my family is just missing a stool."

Seeing this, Liu Guangtian suddenly realized; no wonder he called him over to help work; it turned out he was eyeing Cao Weiguo's furniture.

Although this stool was old, it was also a piece of furniture, and it was a good piece of furniture that didn't affect its use.

Such a stool could be sold for a lot of money even if it were sent to a waste acquisition station.

This was not "taking advantage!"

The Second Uncle, who got the benefits, was extra happy and ordered his two sons: "Have some insight, help your brother Weiguo more."