Siheyuan: Happy life of veteran drivers

Qin Huairu went to help Jia Dongxu wash the lunch box.

Because she wanted to pretend that she had already eaten, she went there on an empty stomach.

"Comrade, you are the family member of Ward 14, right? What's wrong with your face?"

While washing dishes, a family member from a nearby ward asked with concern.

Qin Huairu touched her face and felt a burning pain. She knew that it was Jia Zhang who had hit her so hard that her face was swollen.

She felt so wronged that she almost cried, but finally she forced a smile and said, "Hey, I used my hand as a cushion when I slept on the edge of the bed, and here's where the slap mark happened to be."

The family member took a closer look and said, "You are sleeping very soundly. It looks like you have been beaten."

“Although your man was seriously injured, fortunately he has survived. You should make sure to rest and not get too tired.

Your mother-in-law has rested well, so it's a good time for you to go back and rest for a night, otherwise you won't be able to bear it if you keep carrying her like this."

"Well, thank you for your concern, auntie."

After washing the dishes, Qin Huairu finally couldn't control her emotions anymore and found a deserted place to squat down and cry.

Even the family members next door know to care about me and ask me to get enough rest.

But what about the Jia family?

They either scolded or beat me, and no matter how well I did, I still received a bad response.

Yes, I did try to get close to Sha Zhu, but wasn’t I doing this for the sake of this family?

Just forget about the man lying in bed unable to move.

But my mother-in-law never helped me even when she was in the hospital.

When she is not here, I only have to serve Jia Dongxu. When she comes, I have to serve two people. It would be better for her not to come.

Thinking back on the years she had lived like a servant in the Jia family, the man Jia Dongxu was only suspicious of her all day long, and would be questioned whenever she got close to other men.

I get scolded almost every day, and it's not uncommon for me to get physical when my temper gets the better of me.

My mother-in-law was even worse. She was only nice to me during the period after I gave birth to my son. The rest of the time, I felt like I owed them something, as if I had received a great favor from them by marrying into their family.

Yes, for a country girl like Qin Huairu, marrying into a city family is marrying up, but don’t you see the character of your Jia family? If you don’t marry country girls, are there any girls in the city willing to marry you?

Qin Huairu had regretted it more than once. After all, she was considered a beauty in Qinjiatun. Why did so many city people choose the Jia family?

It was also my own fault for being short-sighted. I only saw that Jia Dongxu had a senior craftsman to take care of him, and there was a wealthy-looking old lady at home who could help with the housework.

She thought that after she got married, Jia Dongxu would be responsible for earning money to support the family, and she would be responsible for taking care of the children at home, so they shouldn't live too comfortably.

She thought of everything else but missed the most important point: human heart.

The Jia family is really well-known for their rudeness in the whole alley. Jia Dongxu is slightly better, as he still has some dignity as a young man.

As for Jia Zhang, it is really...

Hey, dogs would shake their heads and walk away when they saw it!

In fact, Qin Huairu had already started to regret it when she just got married.

Although I didn't see any love from men, I was always suspicious of them.

She had never seen the kindness of her mother-in-law, but treated her like a maid all day long.

It has been almost ten years since she married into the Jia family. She has returned to her parents' home only a few times, and she always returned empty-handed. Qin Huairu felt sad just thinking about it.

But what's the use of regretting now?

I can only blame myself for being short-sighted and not being able to judge people well.

After crying her heart out, Qin Huairu wiped her tears and returned to the ward.

In the ward, Jia Zhang was vividly describing to Jia Dongxu several major events that had happened in the hospital in the past two days.

"Mom? Was Xu Damao really kicked to pieces by Sha Zhu?" Jia Dongxu asked excitedly.

"How could it be false? Half of the people in the courtyard were watching at the time! They said that after Sha Zhu kicked Xu Damao, he couldn't get up for a long time, and those who were close to him said they smelled a fishy smell!"

"Do you think Sha Zhu could have paid so much money if he hadn't beaten him hard enough?"

"Haha, good. It would be better if we can completely cripple that kid Xu Damao. That way, I can feel more at ease in the hospital." Upon hearing that Xu Damao was seriously injured, Jia Dongxu felt a lot better.

Suddenly there’s someone else suffering with me, and he’s the one I’m most worried about. How can I not be happy?

"If we talk about the best, it has to be Wang Hongtao in the backyard. I heard that originally this matter was the same as before, and Sha Zhu just paid a few dollars and the matter was over.

As a result, Wang Hongtao refused to give up and helped Xu Damao to get 50 yuan. He also had to pay for Xu Damao's medical expenses, nutrition expenses, etc. during his hospitalization.

During this period, an old man and a deaf old lady came out to defend Sha Zhu, but they got nothing in return. "

Qin Huairu was almost stunned when she heard this.

It was almost ten years since she had married into the Siheyuan courtyard. She had seen Sha Zhu beat Xu Damao at least eighty times, if not a hundred. Sha Zhu had to pay money only a few times, and at most it was only a symbolic amount of two or three yuan.

This time the compensation is fifty plus the medical expenses, it must be around one hundred, right?

Wang Hongtao definitely played a big role here. He is worthy of being Wang Hongtao, as capable as ever!

Also, I was short of the five dollars I got yesterday, so I had to find an opportunity to extort more money from Xu Damao.

Jia Dongxu was inexplicably unhappy, as there were only a few promising young people in the hospital:

None of the children of the second and third uncles were promising and posed no threat to him.

Sha Zhu is a cook, the canteen chef, but he is just an idiot who is being taken advantage of, so he is not worth worrying about.

Projectionist Xu Damao was a very successful man, but fortunately he was made redundant and will definitely be extinct in the future.

When I recover from my injury and am discharged from the hospital, maybe I can compete for the position of the number one young generation.

Jia Dongxu had everything planned out, but he never expected Wang Hongtao to show up.

So Jia Dongxu now finds everything about him unpleasant.

Jia Zhang was not aware of this at all and continued to flatter Wang Hongtao:

"Dongxu, you may not know this yet? Wang Hongtao is actually Deputy Director Li's driver. No wonder Deputy Director Li spoke to him first when he arrived that day. I think even the old man can't get more respect from him."

Jia Dongxu had a gloomy face, but Qin Huairu beside him had her eyes wide open:

this…..

I knew that Wang Hongtao was a capable guy, but I didn't know he was so powerful!

When he was a child, he was the leader of the children in the village. Children older than him would often play behind him. Qin Huairu thought that he was just a child who was playful and didn't take it to heart.

Who would have thought that as he grew older, the little kid back then would become so successful.

That was Deputy Factory Director Li, the second in command of a factory with 10,000 employees! (Qin Huairu didn’t know there was a secretary, and there were several deputy factory directors. She just thought that after the official factory director, Deputy Factory Director Li was the most senior.)

The oldest person Qin Huairu had ever seen was the commune secretary, whom she had met once when she was getting the letter of introduction when they got married.

The commune secretary probably wouldn't dare to speak loudly in front of Deputy Director Li, right?

But Wang Hongtao dares!

So if we convert it, does that mean Wang Hongtao is now more powerful than the commune secretary?

Qin Huairu felt a strange feeling in her heart, but she couldn't even explain what it was.

However, Jia Dongxu became angrier the more he listened. His brows furrowed and his face became gloomy, and his breathing became rapid.

"Okay, Mom, stop talking. I don't want to hear about Wang Hongtao!"

Jia Zhang looked up and saw that Jia Dongxu had an unhappy expression, so she stopped talking, although she didn't know why Jia Dongxu was angry.