Siheyuan: Rebirth 54 years ago, neighbor is stupid

After listening to Qin Huairu's explanation, Jia Dongxu looked at the table in silence with his eyes out of focus...

After waiting for a while, Qin Huairu continued, "You work hard outside and try to repay the old man's money first. I'll go get acquainted with the old lady and your master..."

There was another silence, and finally Jia Dongxu nodded and said "hmm".

He didn't know that Qin Huairu asked him to pay back the money because she was taking advantage of his guilt and self-esteem to make him work hard and not spend money on connections, and she didn't really want him to pay it back.

But he knew what Qin Huairu meant by having a close relationship with the old lady. The deaf old lady, who was a five-guarantee household, was old. As long as he had a good relationship with her and became her grandson, he could inherit the estate after the old lady passed away.

Money is one thing, and there is also a house. These are all guaranteed profits, and there is no loss in them. At most, it would be embarrassing when someone talks behind his back about him honoring the old lady only for the inheritance.

But it was Qin Huairu who went there on her own initiative, and Jia Dongxu didn't try to build a relationship with her. Even if it was embarrassing, it was Qin Huairu, so he could distance himself from it to a certain extent, right?

Jia Dongxu thought so and successfully convinced himself that at least doing this would benefit the deaf old lady, so it was not particularly evil, and maybe the deaf old lady would be happy to accept it.

.........

It has to be said that Qin Huairu has abilities in dealing with people that surpass those of ordinary people. After Li Zhenmin's wedding, which was lively for a while but gradually returned to normal, the Jia family's life also gradually became better.

Originally, according to what Jia Dongxu did, he was the most powerful person in the world. As long as others praised him and said he was approachable, most neighbors would not get too close to the Jia family.

In the past, the deaf old lady was nice to Jia Dongxu, but later she gradually became disappointed and finally alienated him. They seldom spoke to each other on weekdays. Even Yi Zhonghai and his wife had less contact with the Jia family.

But Qin Huairu appeared in front of them again. They understood Qin Huairu's intentions, but every time they saw Qin Huairu's sincere actions, they just couldn't be tough.

Even though the deaf old lady was cunning, she still couldn't refuse Qin Huairu's sugar-coated bullet.

On the first day, Qin Huairu bought some delicious food and went to Yi Zhonghai's house. She explained her purpose to Wang Fuzhen, Yi Zhonghai's wife who was the easiest to talk to, and asked Wang Fuzhen to help invite the deaf old lady to have lunch together.

Wang Fuzhen understood, but she was not one to refuse, so she finally agreed.

So as a middleman, Wang Fuzhen called the deaf old lady.

The deaf old lady found out that Qin Huairu was the host after she arrived. She didn't plan to leave, thinking that she would eat for nothing. Of course, she didn't plan to get close to Qin Huairu either. She wanted to see what Qin Huairu would say.

As a result, during the meal, Qin Huairu knelt down in front of Wang Fuzhen, with red eyes, and sincerely apologized for what Jia Dongxu had done in the past.

He never mentioned borrowing money or the difficulties at home. He just wanted to apologize for being rude to his elders and not listening to his master's advice.

Seeing this, the deaf old lady's head was buzzing. Even though she was as smart as a demon, she could not resist Qin Huairu's attitude. Although she was still unhappy with Jia Dongxu, at least at this moment her hostility towards Qin Huairu as a woman was much less.

In the evening, after Yi Zhonghai returned home and learned about this, he found Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu, and the two sides had a chat. Because of his current situation, Jia Dongxu naturally lowered his attitude, so the relationship between the two sides eased a little.

Of course, neither Qin Huairu nor Jia Dongxu mentioned borrowing money.

In the following days, Qin Huairu would help the deaf old lady and Wang Fuzhen with some housework every day, and still never asked for anything in return. In theory, she was simply doing what she could.

This kind of days lasted for half a month.

One day half a month later, Banggeng got into a fight with someone outside, and the news spread to the entire compound. The cause of the fight was that he was fighting with a kid over a bun.

Bang Geng lost the fight and fainted.

When Qin Huairu and Wang Fuzhen arrived and sent the man to the hospital, they checked and said he was fine, just suffering from malnutrition.

It is said that Banggeng was talking in his sleep and shouting evil things in his dreams before he fainted.

The neighbors didn't know how much of this story was true or false, but they heard that Wang Fuzhen went to Jia's house with a bag of corn flour that day and came back empty-handed.

From that day on, the relationship between Qin Huairu and Wang Fuzhen became closer and closer. With the help of Qin Huairu, the deaf old lady's home became cleaner and tidier than ever before, and her complexion also improved a lot.

Gradually, people would occasionally see Banggeng being called to the deaf old lady's house, and when he came out his mouth was bulging.

.........

Three months later, winter arrived.

The weather in Sijiu City has turned cold, and the Li family in the courtyard has taken the lead in using an electric oven to keep warm at night, mainly because Li Wanying's feet were cold from doing homework at night.

After Li Zhenmin and Yuan Qinghe got married, they lived in an apartment, but they still ate together in the courtyard.

We talked about work during dinner that night.

Because Yuan Qinghe was looking for a job after graduation, she originally planned to work directly in a steel rolling mill. With Li Zhenmin around, things might go more smoothly at work, and the two of them would also have more time to spend together.

But after thinking it over again and again, Li Zhenmin felt that this might not be a good idea, so he told his father-in-law Yuan Yongchang the reason, and his father-in-law nodded in agreement after thinking it over.

Now it's Li Tieguo and his stepmother Jiang Tao's turn.

"By the way, Zhenmin, which department do you plan to let Qinghe work in? It's been several months, you have to make a decision. If it takes too long, people will gossip about you. If not for yourself, you have to consider Qinghe."

At the dinner table, Li Tieguo took the initiative to talk about work.

That's right, the Li family has a daughter-in-law who is both beautiful and well-educated. She is definitely a leader. I don't know how many people envy her. Four or five months have passed, and Yuan Qinghe still hasn't found a job.

The first two months could be explained as preparations for marriage, but it has been three months now and they haven’t settled down yet. The neighbors are already discussing it behind their backs.

Some people said that Yuan Qinghe had a serious health problem, some said that Yuan Qinghe had a bad temper and didn't want to work, and some said that the factory leader had a crush on Yuan Qinghe so Li Zhenmin didn't want his wife to work in the factory...

Although the voices were not loud, there were still a lot of discussions and speculations. The neighbors enjoyed this after-dinner gossip. After all, the Li family stood out from the crowd, so it was hard not to be discussed.

Of course, Li Tieguo had no time to listen to these gossips. These rumors were all heard by Jiang Tao and then passed on to Li Tieguo.

Hearing this, Li Zhenmin frowned: "Who is gossiping behind my back?"

Li Tieguo's face turned serious and he said sternly, "You are a high-ranking official, but you still care about what your neighbors say. Besides, this is an important matter. If you don't want others to talk about it, then deal with it quickly."

Seeing this, Yuan Qinghe took the opportunity to say with grievance: "Dad is right, I said that this matter should be settled quickly, but he kept thinking more and more, and insisted that..."

Li Zhenmin thought to himself, good guys, when did you become a team?

Li Tieguo stretched out his hand and pressed, signaling Yuan Qinghe to leave Li Zhenmin alone, and said: "Don't be afraid, just tell me clearly what he means by the more he thinks about it."