Siheyuan: A warm home with wife and children

Sunlight streamed down from behind, casting a slightly hazy shadow on Qin Huairu's figure. For a fleeting moment…

Xu Damao experienced for the first time what it meant to be instantly moved.

He used to think of himself as a wanderer, and his attraction to his heart was more like following his physical appearance.

This time is different; besides, Qin Huairu is quite beautiful.

bang~

Distracted, Xu Damao bumped his head directly into the doorway wall, his forehead making a loud 'thud', and he immediately collapsed.

"Pfft~" Qin Huairu couldn't help but chuckle as she turned away.

Then look at Granny Jia, who had been stopped, smirking and spitting out, "Serves you right."

Xu Damao was so angry he wanted to curse... but then he looked at Widow Qin's figure...

I felt so happy and itchy inside!

"Mom, let's go back inside," Qin Huairu called out.

Granny Jia's face darkened, thinking to herself, 'You're even trying to order me around now.'

But when he looked again at Xu Damao, who was squatting on the ground, his mouth agape in pain, his triangular eyes twitched upwards.

The wrinkles on his face were so thick they could trap a fly; it was quite frightening to look at.

Sure enough, Xu Damao turned his head and saw her.

That little impulse in my heart vanished completely in an instant.

Well, with a mother-in-law like that, it's best to avoid provoking Widow Qin.

And then that old woman started bothering me again.

You'll never be able to turn your life around...

Xu Damao may be greedy, but he still has a brain.

The main problem is that my forehead hurts right now, it's hard not to be clear-headed.

"Hiss~" He raised the hand holding the thing and rubbed his forehead.

Xu Damao touched it and felt a little bulge...good buddy, this is...giving me a bump.

"Hey~ who did I offend?" Xu Damao thought to himself, feeling annoyed, and went back carrying his things.

Meanwhile, back inside, Granny Jia was still chuckling, her squinting eyes darting around.

"Huai Ru, I'm going out for a bit. You can make dinner yourself." Granny Jia said, turning to leave.

But then Qin Huairu said, "Should we go find Director Wang?"

"Hey, Mom will go talk to her. This isn't about encouraging her to study, it's about positive reinforcement!"

Qin Huairu didn't believe a word Jia Pozi said, not even the punctuation.

"You're 'actively learning' and 'positively reforming'? I think you're just having fun in there."

I felt needed and praised by others, and now I'm so overwhelmed I can hardly find my way home.

"Mom, go and talk to Director Wang. She'll definitely investigate."

"When the time comes, if something is found to be wrong, Xu Damao will hate you and might try to sabotage you behind your back."

"Don't forget, you still have to empty his chamber pot!"

Seeing that Granny Jia hesitated, Qin Huairu continued, "It's actually not bad, but the things should be of good quality."

"Then Xu Damao will definitely sue you for defamation, and then..."

Qin Huairu didn't want to speak up for Xu Damao; she just didn't want to cause trouble and wanted to keep her mother-in-law in peace.

No matter where the East or West came from, it has nothing to do with us.

Snakes have their paths, and rats have theirs.

When the projectionist went down, several people refused to take anything.

That's how it is for everyone, that's just how the environment is...

If you dislike Xu Damao and want to report or expose him, it's simply because you don't get along with him personally.

The matter is not wrong, but ultimately it doesn't benefit them much.

From now on, we will have to live in the same courtyard again.

We see each other all the time, why do we have to make a huge fuss?

Now that we've finally achieved some stability, with enough to eat and warm to wear, isn't it good to live a peaceful and quiet life?

Oh, you just have to stir things up and make a scene to make things lively.

If you betray him like this, he'll find another opportunity to retaliate.

With this back and forth, how can we live like this?

What's the point?!

Qin Huairu's words made Granny Jia stop in her tracks.

That makes sense. What good would it do to report him?

This is all thanks to Qin Huairu's influence at home these days.

After several attempts to manipulate the situation, Granny Jia gradually adapted, realizing that she was the one in charge of the household.

At least Granny Jia would listen to what he said.

In the past, they would have already lifted the curtain and gone out.

You, as my wife, think you can control me? You've gone too far!

"Alright, I'll go cook." Granny Jia said, turning and walking towards the stove.

Seeing that she had listened, Qin Huairu breathed a sigh of relief, and her feelings for her softened a bit.

For once, he spoke a few words from his heart to Granny Jia: "Mom, I'm going to take the Level 2 worker exam this year."

"A level two worker, how much does that pay?" Granny Jia's eyes lit up.

"Thirty-something, not much." Qin Huairu didn't want to talk about money with her, since she had plenty of food and drink at home.

Money? No way.

"You're in your thirties, so does that mean we can eat meat more often now, with that dead mother of yours..."

"mom."

Qin Huairu's face darkened, and she called out to him in a shrill voice.

“That’s my master. I’m able to earn this money and pass the first-level worker exam because of his guidance and teaching.”

“I don’t expect you to be grateful to him, but you should at least have a basic conscience.”

"You empty toilets and clean toilets for people, when have you ever seen anyone relieving themselves in them... Big brother, shouldn't you at least have a conscience?"

Granny Jia looked sullen and lowered her head, remaining silent.

Seeing her like this, Qin Huai took a deep breath and said, "We have enough to eat, clothes, and the children have; we don't need you to have anything."

"But from now on, I don't want to hear you scold my master anymore. Otherwise, I won't have the face to learn from anyone."

Chapter 186 No one else will do, I'll go to their door to express my gratitude (Please subscribe to the full book)

Repeatedly, Qin Huairu was forced to prick her conscience... against herself.

Granny Jia felt uncomfortable, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

Who could argue with that statement? It's true!

The Jia family's current prosperity is entirely due to Qin Huairu's salary.

What kind of life were they living up to!

Sometimes he would bring back food, sometimes not, but it was always Sha Zhu who brought it back...

That's not something you get every day. If we run out of food at the end of the month and don't get Sha Zhu's lunchbox, we'll really go hungry.

Even bringing back a lunchbox requires careful budgeting and counting down the days.

What now!

Qin Huairu's own salary is 27.5 yuan.

The monthly allowance for everyone in the workshop is the same: 18.5 yuan.

These two items together will cost forty-six yuan.

This doesn't even include overtime pay and job-specific allowances; it's already over fifty yuan.

Let alone raising three children, an old lady like me could easily raise three more.

But who is Qin Huairu referring to when she says she gets this salary?

Yang Jianguo...

No matter how much you argue, it won't change anything.

It wasn't that Yang Jianguo transferred her to the special workshop, hoping she could earn a high salary of forty-six yuan and live a good life.

I can't even get a hot meal...

In Qin Huairu's heart, Yang Jianguo was like her parents in another life.

It's not an exaggeration at all.

Can her own parents find her a job that pays fifty a month?

Although that's not how it's calculated, you have to accept reality and bow your head.

If she really can't make ends meet, will her family be able to support her and her child?

No!

But Yang Jianguo gave her a way out... a good way out that offered hope...

If Qin Huai is truly sincere, he is genuinely grateful to Yang Jianguo.

Not just because of the job and the high salary of fifty yuan.

More importantly, he made sure he lived a decent life.

I am Qin Huairu.

He had three children and supported an old widow.

You can survive without relying on anyone!

Not only did it survive, it also managed to support and raise its entire family well.

I'll live past you all, so you'll envy me and be jealous of me.

This confidence, this pride, this satisfaction and courage that comes from the bottom of my heart.

This was something Qin Huairu had never experienced in the first half of her life.

Earning your own living is such a pleasant thing.

Qin Huairuo, for this, was as sweet as... thirsty!

She wanted more, more, more...

Yang Jianguo's initial approval, the praise from the workshop workers, and the admiring glances from his senior colleagues.

And then there are those who used rumors to 'label' her.

Through their own efforts, they changed the way the outside world described and evaluated them.

The complex emotions in his expression and words when mentioning "Widow Qin" and "Qin Huairu" are palpable.

These are the driving forces that propel Qinhuai forward.

It was her perseverance that kept her reading even when her eyelids were trembling late at night.

That's why, even with a splitting headache, she could still endure repeatedly recognizing, reading, and memorizing one word at a time.