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Beijing courtyard houses

Huaihua returned home resentfully.

Qin Huairu's attitude that day hurt Chen Kai's pride.

Despite Huaihua apologizing several times, Chen Kai was not completely forgiven.

Qin Huairu was also in a bad mood. She thought Huaihua would go home soon and then follow her arrangements.

After waiting for several days, I still didn't see any locust flowers.

Upon seeing the locust flower, Qin Huairu raised her hand and slapped it.

Unlike the gentle handling when hitting the stalks, hitting the locust flowers requires considerable force.

He slapped Huaihua on the back, making her stumble.

"You still know how to come back."

Huaihua looked at Qin Huairu with dissatisfaction: "If you don't let me come back, I will never come back again."

Yi Zhonghai originally didn't want to get involved in this matter, but after hearing what Huaihua said, he couldn't sit still any longer.

What angered him most was that He Yuzhu moved out.

Although he knew that even if He Yuzhu stayed in the courtyard house, he wouldn't be taken care of in his old age.

But he always felt that He Yuzhu's departure was the culprit that prevented him from properly enjoying his retirement.

The Jia family was the main source of support for him in his old age, and he absolutely would not allow the Jia family's children to follow He Yuzhu's example.

"Huaihua, how dare you talk to your mother like that? There are no bad elders, only inconsiderate juniors."

Your mom hits you because it's for your own good.

He raised you with so much care, you can't be so heartless.

After hearing what he said, Huaihua wanted to spit water in his face.

Yi Zhonghai's words might fool others, but they could never fool the Jia family's children.

The children of the Jia family received education from Jia Zhangshi from a young age, the first rule of which was never to believe anything Yi Zhonghai said.

However, intimidated by Yi Zhonghai's past intimidation, Huaihua dared not refute him.

She expressed her dissatisfaction by remaining silent.

Yi Zhonghai was displeased by her attitude. Not answering a question from an elder is considered a mistake.

Qin Huairu, seeing that things were not going well and fearing that Huaihua and Yi Zhonghai would fall out, immediately pushed Huaihua into the house.

"Go back right now and see how your grandma will scold you."

After bringing Huaihua inside, Qin Huairu turned around and said, "Huaihua is still a child, don't hold it against her."

What could Yi Zhonghai say? He couldn't very well accuse Huaihua of being unfilial in front of everyone.

That wouldn't be a slap in the face to the Jia family, but to his own.

The Jia family was the model of filial piety he set up; he couldn't say that the Jia family wasn't filial.

Not only could they not speak out, they also had to help the Jia family maintain their image of filial piety.

Yan Bugui was secretly pleased to see this.

Lately, Yi Zhonghai has been talking to him every day about how unfilial his child is. And what Yi Zhonghai says is all true; Yan Bugui has no way to refute it.

After the incident with the locust flower, he wanted to see if Yi Zhonghai still had the face to say that the Yan family's children were unfilial.

Without Sha Zhu, Yi Zhonghai would have lost a crucial helper in his entire life.

Without this helper, he wouldn't be able to live a comfortable retirement.

If Yi Zhonghai himself can't afford to take care of his retirement, then Yan Bugui is unlikely to join his retirement family.

Once the hustle and bustle outside subsided, everyone went home.

Inside the Jia family's house, the voices weren't loud, but the conversation was quite heated.

Qin Huai pointed at Huaihua's forehead: "Are you stupid? Chen Kai's family is so poor, what do you see in him?"

Huaihua retorted, "Even if his family is poor, they are still better off than ours."

That's not wrong.

Yi Zhonghai, that old ox, isn't very capable of pulling the millstone. He can barely feed the Jia family, let alone provide them with a good life.

The two widows in the Jia family valued money more than their own lives.

The two sisters, Huaihua and Huaihua, always lived a very frugal life.

That is, they only had some money to spare after they started working.

Even so, it's only because the two of them are often away from home. If they were to come home every day, they wouldn't be able to save a single penny of their wages.

"Nonsense. How can his family compare to ours?" the two widows said in unison. Despite the Jia family's humble circumstances, the two widows always believed they were a wealthy and powerful family.

Huaihua turned her head to the side, too lazy to argue with the two of them.

She knew in her heart that Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu had always hoped that Banggeng would make a name for himself.

The problem is that Bang Geng is already quite old, and he spends more money than he earns.

Madam Jia was so angry that she was about to start cursing, but Qin Huairu stopped her.

"Mom, there are lots of people outside waiting to see our family make a fool of itself."

Madam Jia snorted: "Look at the good daughter you've handed over."

Qin Huairu comforted Jia Zhangshi, then turned to look at Huaihua: "Can you please stop being so reckless?"

For a woman, marriage is like a second reincarnation.

Look at me. If I hadn't married your father, my only way out would have been to farm in the countryside.

I brought you into this world so you could have a good life, not so you could marry Chen Kai and suffer for the rest of your life.

Huaihua muttered, "You make it sound so simple."

Qin Huai suppressed the urge to hit someone: "This is my experience from a lifetime, would I lie to you?"

You need to be discerning when looking for a partner. What is it about Chen Kai's family that makes you so infatuated?

If you want to avoid hardship in your later years, you'd better look for those from well-off families.

For example, He Yuanhang from Sha Zhu's family. He's not married yet.

Huaihua rolled her eyes and interrupted Qin Huairu.

"You keep calling him 'Silly Zhu,' do you really think his family would let me marry?"

Qin Huairu said, "Why not? A woman's greatest asset is not her ability, but her beauty."

Your beauty is your confidence to marry him.

As for how to address him, at worst, Mom will just stop calling him "Silly Zhu."

Huaihua looked at Qin Huairu speechlessly: "Stop dreaming."

Putting aside the feud between his family and ours, I can't even see him anymore.

They're clearly unwilling to have anything to do with our family. Do you think that's possible?

Qin Huai's face turned slightly red after what Huaihua said, but she quickly recovered.

This criticism won't have much of an impact on her.

She's been able to dominate the courtyard house for so many years because of her thick skin.

"Fine, we can't afford to associate with the He family, but you can find someone else. Li Jian from the Li family in the front yard, and Wu Jianguo from the Wu family in the back yard."

Both of these families are better off than Chen Kai's family.

Huaihua stared at Qin Huairu: "How could I not know that their family is well-off?"

But it has to be something the other person is willing to do.

If you're so capable, why don't you go and propose to either of those families?

My sister and I each got one.

Qin Huairu was stumped. Thinking about it was one thing, doing it was another. When she was alone pondering it, everything seemed perfectly reasonable.

But if she were to actually propose marriage, she knew in her heart that neither family would agree.

The thought that she was the one being disliked made Qin Huai feel so angry she wanted to vomit.

Huaihua said helplessly, "Mom, do you know what the neighbors are saying about our family?"

They say our family is a jinx; whoever gets close to us will be unlucky.

The two widows of the Jia family had already heard this rumor. Too many people were talking about it, and they couldn't afford to offend anyone, so they could only pretend not to hear it.

Now that Huaihua had spoken ill of them, neither of them was in a good mood.

Madam Jia couldn't help but say, "Nonsense. Our family was also victimized."

"It's all Yi Zhonghai's fault. Being close to him is why our family has suffered so much."

It's impossible to tell whether it's because of Yi Zhonghai or the Jia family.

In any case, wherever Yi Zhonghai is, there is the Jia family, and wherever the Jia family is, Yi Zhonghai is bound to be there as well.

These two are inseparable.

The Jia family thought it was because of Yi Zhonghai, while Yi Zhonghai thought it was because of the Jia family. (End of Chapter)