Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

Just when everyone was about to go back, Qin Huairu suddenly stood in the middle of the table, bit her lips and said, "Please wait a moment," and then bowed to everyone.

Everyone looked at Qin Huairu, not knowing what she was going to do. Qin Huairu said, "You are all neighbors. We in the Jia family are really at a loss now. If the grain price drops, my children will suffer." Qin Huairu secretly pinched Xiaodang, and then Xiaodang began to cry loudly.

Jia Dongxu, who was standing by, saw Qin Huairu winking at him and understood what his wife meant. He stood up and said, "Everyone, I want to apologize to you all here. Please don't blame me for any offense I have done in the past. Now, for the sake of my two-year-old daughter, please lend us some food." As he said this, he bowed to everyone.

Jia Zhang took advantage of the crowd to quietly hide back in Jia's house, and lay on the window of Jia's house to watch the show. She, Jia Zhang, would never do that.

Qin Huairu saw that no one, including Sha Zhu, was making any moves, so she squeezed out tears and said, "Everyone, please lend a hand and help us. Our Jia family will definitely remember your kindness! Sorry for the trouble!"

The neighbors in the courtyard felt a little sorry to see Qin Huairu in tears, but now that the food supply has decreased and they don’t even have enough to eat, how can they have the nerve to support others?

Seeing that everyone was a little moved but hadn't taken action yet, Qin Huairu knelt down and said, "Everyone, please have pity on our Jia family."

As soon as he knelt, some people said, "It's not easy for Qin Huairu either. She has to endure Jia Zhang's bullying in this family. Let's give her some money!"

"Yes, if you ask me, Jia Zhang is the only one in this courtyard who likes to make trouble!"

"Jia's, I'll lend you 2 jin of corn flour"

"Jia family, I will lend you 5 jin"...

After a while, they had about 30 kilograms of corn flour. Huang Yulan looked at Yi Zhonghai and asked, "How much will our family give?"

Seeing that everyone had given, Yi Zhonghai decided to take some too, so he asked Huang Yulan to go home and get 5 kilograms of corn flour.

When Xu Wu saw that Yi Zhonghai took 5 kilograms, he wanted to take some too, so he took 2 kilograms.

Seeing nearly 40 kilograms of corn flour, Qin Huairu kowtowed to thank everyone and said that she would never forget everyone's help.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Jia Dongxu wanted to pull Qin Huairu back. When Qin Huairu was about to get up, her eyes suddenly went dark and she fainted.

When the people around saw Qin Huairu fainted, they immediately went forward to check on her.

Yi Zhonghai looked at Qin Huairu and saw that she was pregnant. Liu Haizhong saw that everyone was in a panic and he could show his authority as the head of the family, so he said, "Let's borrow a cart. Dongxu will take your wife to the hospital."

Jia Dongxu: "Uncle Liu, you know my family's situation. We don't have much money."

Liu Haizhong secretly thought it was bad luck and retreated back into the crowd cursing.

Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Jia Dongxu quickly took Qin Huairu to the hospital on a cart.

Jia Zhang cursed everyone in the room, "Bah! A bunch of ungrateful wolves, you don't even bother to help our family when it's so difficult! Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, don't wait for me to catch you!" Jia Zhang became happy again when she thought of Qin Huairu's pregnancy.

Jia Zhang thought that if Qin Huairu gave birth to a boy this time, it would be even more glorious for the Jia family. They would be able to walk around the courtyard with their heads held high. If nothing else, they would have a lot of people.

The fact was indeed as everyone said. Jia Dongxu brought Qin Huairu to the hospital. Qin Huairu woke up as soon as they arrived near the hospital. After entering the outpatient clinic, the doctor said that Qin Huairu was pregnant. Jia Dongxu was happy but worried about what to do with another mouth to feed at home.

After visiting Jia Dongxu in the hospital, the two pushed the cart and returned to the courtyard with Qin Huairu.

When she got home, Jia Zhang couldn't wait to ask, "Dongxu, how is it? Is Qin Huairu pregnant?"

Jia Dongxu nodded when he saw his mother's excited face, and Jia Zhang said, "That's great! Qin Huairu, you must try your best to give birth to another golden grandson for our Jia family."

The guy next to him said, "Grandma, don't you already have me? Why do you want a golden grandson? Am I not a golden grandson?"

Jia Zhang: "Bang Geng is also grandma's golden grandson. You see, now that you have a younger brother, you won't be bullied when you grow up."

Bang Geng also thought it made sense. Seeing that everyone in the yard had two or three brothers, Jia Zhang was unusually happy. When Qin Huairu cooked the meal, she took out 5 yuan from her own small treasury and gave it to Qin Huairu, asking her to go buy some meat tomorrow.

On the other side, at the Yan family, Yan Bugui was holding a family meeting with his sons after returning home. Yan Bugui said, "Second son, I remember you have physical education class tomorrow morning, right?"

Yan Jiefang: "Well, what happened to Dad?"

Yan Bugui: "Well, tomorrow you take your own fine grains to Zuojiazhuang to exchange for some sweet potatoes and coarse grains! I heard that fine grains can be exchanged for more coarse grains now. Also, we will reduce some of the food expenses from today on, because food is getting more and more expensive, unless you are willing to pay more for food."

Yan Jiecheng said, "Dad, we only have two steamed buns per person per meal now, and you want to reduce the amount. What should we do?"

Yan Bugui: "Don't you have a cafeteria in your steel mill? Tell you to get along well with Sha Zhu and ask him to give you more food so you can bring it back."

Yan Jiecheng said, "I have no problem, but what about my wife? What should I do? She can't just have two steamed buns for every meal, right?"

Yan Bugui: "If you are willing to pay more for food, then I have nothing to say. You know the current grain market. Besides, you haven't paid me back for the job yet, and you're still thinking about good things? By the way, if your wife hasn't paid for her food this month, remember to pay the 5 yuan!"

Seeing her father-in-law being so aggressive, Yu Li quickly said, "Dad, no family like yours would be so calculating!"

Yan Bugui didn't think anything of it, but proudly said, "You won't be poor if you don't eat and wear, but if you don't plan well, you will be poor!"

Yu Li looked at Yan Jiecheng hoping he would say something, but after looking at him for a long time, Yan Jiecheng just shrank his head and said nothing. Yu Li went back to her room in anger.

Yan Bugui glanced indifferently at the direction Yu Li was going, and then discussed the matter of exchanging food with his second son.

Yan Jiefang: "Dad, this place is far from Zuojiazhuang. You want me to walk there? That won't work. You have to give me 5 cents for walking."

When Yan Bugui heard Yan Jiefang asking him for money, he said, "You bastard, you are such a traitor! You eat and drink my food, yet you ask me for money? Isn't your mother accompanying you?"

Yan Jiefang: "Dad, isn't that what you said about having enough food and clothing, but not planning will make you poor? We are also very careful with our money. Besides, helping you with this will delay my fishing trip." It turned out that Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang would go fishing in the nearby creek after school. Sometimes they would share the fish with others and sometimes they would grill the fish themselves.

Yan Bugui was speechless when he heard this, so he could only say angrily, "I'll ask Lao Yi if I can borrow a bicycle. If I can, I'll go there by myself after class tomorrow."

Yang Ruihua followed Yan Bugui's instructions and reduced today's food by half. When he was hungry, he would boil a pot of water to drink.

Yan Bugui came to Yi Zhonghai's house empty-handed and said straight to the point, "Old Yi, food is running low now and I want to borrow your bicycle."

Yi Zhonghai looked at Yan Bugui speechlessly. The last time Yan Jiecheng got married, he borrowed a dirty bicycle and he didn't even say a word. Now he has the nerve to borrow it. How shameless. So he said, "Yan Bugui, can I borrow a bicycle? No, no, no."

Seeing Yi Zhonghai's resolute attitude, Yan Bugui also remembered that his eldest son did not leave a good impression on Yi Zhonghai last time when he borrowed the car, so he said, "Old Yi, we are neighbors, so don't lose face for such a small matter."

After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai found it irritating and said, "What do you mean by a small matter? Didn't you hear me say I won't lend it to you?" Then Yi Zhonghai pushed Yan Bugui out.

Yan Bugui didn't hate Yi Zhonghai for not being able to borrow the bicycle. He also felt that his eldest son had gone too far that day...