Villains in Film and Television: Starting with Yang Ke in "The Golden Age"

After getting off work, Yang Ke started a fire to cook. Not long after he finished cooking, Qin Huairu came to his door.

"Brother Yang, are you cooking?"

Qin Huairu knocked on the door and said.

"Qin, is something the matter?"

Yang Ke recognized the voice as Qin Huairu and opened the door to ask her questions.

"Um, that."

“You know my family situation. Jia Dang was just born, and now we have another child in our family. We were thinking of borrowing some grain from you, Brother Yang.”

Qin Huairu also spoke up directly.

Although he spoke very directly, his facial expression was full of emotion, as if he had no other choice but to find Yang Ke.

"Sister Qin, there's nothing I can do about it. I only have this much food left this month; my colleagues have borrowed the rest."

"You know I'm a pretty generous person, so I had no choice but to lend it to my colleague when he asked."

Yang Ke had actually put away the rice container, flour, and mixed flour when Qin Huairu arrived, and now there was less than 5 jin of flour left in front of Qin Huairu.

"Ah, Brother Yang, it's only the beginning of the month, is this enough for you?"

Qin Huairu was dumbfounded. It was only the 8th of the month, how come Yang Ke only weighed a few pounds?

"Yeah, I occasionally eat at home, and my family will take some with them, so it'll be enough to get through this week."

Yang Ke has god-level acting skills, and his carefree appearance is very handsome in Qin Huairu's eyes.

But her family really didn't have much food left.

After all, Jia Zhangshi felt that Yi Zhonghai, Yang Ke, Sha Zhu, and others were all potential targets for exploitation, so why should she be frugal?

Having no other choice, Qin Huairu could only smile bitterly and go home. She knew that returning empty-handed would only invite more complaints from Jia Zhangshi.

What to do in the end? Just borrow from Yi Zhonghai or Sha Zhu.

She gets very tired of having to go every time.

But she was, after all, from the countryside who moved to the city. These days, everyone thinks that being able to marry into the city is a glorious thing, so how could she dare to complain?

Yang Ke also considered whether to take advantage of Qin Huairu at this moment, but after thinking about it, he decided against it.

The main problem is that Jia Dongxu is still around; it wouldn't be good if he really aroused her suspicion.

Anyway, I'll be living in this world for a long time, so it's not too late to get to know Qin Huairu after Jia Dongxu dies.

"Qin Huairu, where are the things?"

Seeing that Qin Huairu had returned empty-handed, Madam Jia immediately scolded her angrily.

In her opinion, a young man like Yang Ke would definitely offer Qin Huairu food with both hands without hesitation; how could he possibly fail?

The reason Qin Huairu couldn't borrow grain now is because she herself was unwilling.

"Mom, Yang Ke himself doesn't have any food left. There are only a little over 5 jin of flour left in the whole kitchen."

Qin Huairu also spoke with a wry smile about Yang Ke's family situation.

"impossible!"

"Yang Ke is in such good shape, how could he only weigh 5 jin at the beginning of the month!"

Upon hearing this, Jia Zhangshi was furious, feeling that Qin Huairu was treating her like a fool!

"Mom, Yang Ke said his colleagues have borrowed all his grain."

"Think about it, he got promoted so quickly, his colleagues must have said nice things to him, probably as a return gift."

“He just opened the rice jar and there were sacks left. I saw that there really wasn’t much grain left.”

Qin Huairu talked about her guesses and also mentioned that Yang Ke had shown her the rice jar.

"This, this..."

"Why is Yang Ke so stubborn? He should help the Jia family instead of lending grain to his colleagues."

Madam Jia didn't know what to say.

Yang Ke himself is out of food. How could he possibly beg for the last few pounds of grain from Yang Ke's family? If people found out, he would be scorned.

“Hey, Huai Ru, why don’t you go ask Sha Zhu for some? Even though he doesn’t have much right now, it would be good to get 5 or 10 jin to tide him over.”

Jia Zhangshi said to Qin Huairu with a disdainful tone.

"Mom, can't you go by yourself? Don't you see what people outside are saying about Huai Ru?"

Jia Dongxu couldn't stand it anymore.

It's not that I feel sorry for Qin Huairu, but the Jia family ran out of grain a while ago, and it was Qin Huairu who asked Sha Zhu for some. Xu Damao saw this, and there was a lot of gossip going around.

“Dongxu, you are the head of the family. How can you ask for food? If you don’t let Huairu go, who will?”

"Alright, Huairu, go ahead."

Madam Jia only mentioned Jia Dongxu and not herself, which meant she knew what was going on.

Firstly, Sha Zhu is easily swayed by Qin Huairu's ideas. If Jia Zhangshi were to go, they would likely start arguing, and a falling out would be even more likely.

Secondly, she herself also cares about her reputation; she, Jia Zhangshi, would never allow herself to ask a junior for food!

"That's true, I won't ask Sha Zhu for food."

"Huai Ru, when you ask Sha Zhu for grain, tell him to come to our doorstep, and then everything will be fine."

After listening, Jia Dongxu nodded and gestured for Qin Huairu to call Sha Zhu over.

Qin Huairu was speechless looking at the Jia family's incompetent teammates.

I am not good at anything, but eating is my first priority.

Actually, the Jia family's conditions were at least average, if not the best, in the courtyard house. It was just that Jia Zhangshi was lazy and loved to eat, and Banggeng was the eldest son in the family, which is why he ate so quickly.

As for why they started borrowing grain at the beginning of the month, it wasn't that the Jia family was out of food, but rather that they were worried that if everyone else ran out, what would they borrow?

"Mom, we owed Sha Zhu a favor before..."

Qin Huairu knew perfectly well that Sha Zhu could easily borrow grain, but she had already borrowed more than 50 jin (25 catties) and really wanted to borrow from someone else.

"What do you mean by 'owing'? That was given to the Jia family by Sha Zhu."

"If he asks, just tell him you'll give it to him when you have more money at home, and go quickly!"

Madam Jia was well aware that Sha Zhu was spying on Qin Huairu, but since she was keeping a close eye on things every day, she wasn't worried at all.

On the contrary, since Sha Zhu is the only one who has enough to eat and no one else is hungry, he's bound to cause as many problems as he can.

And so, Qin Huairu still ended up at Sha Zhu's place.

By this time, everyone had finished eating. Sha Zhu was sitting in his room drinking some wine and eating peanuts. Apart from eating less and having less company, he was still living a good life as a cook.

Upon learning of Qin Huairu's purpose, Sha Zhu naturally refused, but Qin Huairu hesitated to speak, and with a few tears, he didn't even need to go to the Jia family's door to say anything; he gave Qin Huairu 10 jin of mixed noodles.

"Sister Qin, it's only the beginning of the month. If you finish eating it all, I won't be responsible for it anymore."

Although Sha Zhu gave it to them, he was still heartbroken and sternly warned them not to do it again.

"Well, you're a really nice guy, Zhu Zi. I'll head back now."

Qin Huairu gave Sha Zhu a sweet smile and returned to the Jia family home with 10 jin of mixed flour, feeling satisfied.

Yang Ke saw this, of course, but he didn't pay any attention to it.

Sha Zhu can give freely if he wants to, but just don't touch He Yushui's food.

Early on a weekend morning, while Yang Ke was still asleep, He Yushui came over.

"Brother Yang, I'm here to do the laundry."

He Yushui smiled and helped Yang Ke take the clothes to wash.

"Okay, Rain, be good. After you've washed up, cook some more food. I'm going to sleep a little longer."

It's the weekend, so Yang Ke naturally wouldn't get up so early.

"Yes."

He Yushui didn't care about Yang Ke's attitude and happily took the clothes out to wash them.