Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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He Yuzhu picked up a soft, fluffy white steamed bun and stuffed it into his mouth.

At this time, steamed buns were rarely available to anyone, and each time one ate one was a treat.

Savor it slowly and appreciate it carefully. Although you eat slowly, you'll eventually finish it all.

He Yuzhu finally finished eating, returned to the front seat, started the car, and drove back to the city. He dropped Qin Huairu off a long way from the courtyard house before driving home.

Qin Huairu dragged her tired body back to her home in the Central Courtyard.

Madam Jia asked with some complaint, "Why did it take so long to go back to your parents' home?"

"The bus broke down halfway there, otherwise it would have come back much earlier."

After discovering the scandalous affair between her mother-in-law, Jia Zhangshi, and Xu Damao, Qin Huairu's status in the family naturally rose considerably.

Jia Zhangshi no longer dared to insult anyone, and her speech became much more polite.

This morning, Qin Huairu asked to go back to her parents' home to borrow grain, and Jianjia Zhangshi had no choice but to agree.

It was so late when Qin Huairu returned empty-handed, and she didn't ask any questions.

They would have started cursing each other long ago.

Qin Huairu said, "The situation back home is even worse than ours. They've been eating only two meals a day for a long time, either bran or wild vegetable dumplings."

"Eating bran? Wild vegetable dumplings?"

Qin Huairu nodded and said, "Yes, there was no grain stored up last year, and this year's harvest was not good either, so there was not enough to eat. Therefore, they could only eat bran. Not only that, but also corn stalks, sorghum stalks, bean stalks, rice straw, wheat stalks, and other things that were used to feed livestock were all cooked and eaten directly."

"No...no way, it's already this bitter?"

Qin Huairu did indeed go back to her parents' home today, and seeing the miserable state of the countryside, she couldn't help but shed tears.

I thought the food in the city was terrible, but it turns out my family's food is even worse than in the city.

Qin Huairu said, "Things that livestock used to refuse to eat are now collected and eaten directly."

"what!"

Qin Huairu said, "My family is in such dire straits, so I can't get any food."

Madam Jia was speechless, not knowing what to say; yet another hope had been dashed.

I asked Xu Damao before, and he couldn't guarantee that he could get food in the long term. He could only say that he would try his best to get food for him.

"Then our food shortage is still quite large."

Qin Huairu said, "There's no other way. I've already decided to send Banggeng to kindergarten and I'll go to work. You can't just stay at home and go out of town to pick wild vegetables. There are many edible tree leaves that you should also pick."

"What? You want me to go out of the city to work?" Jia Zhangshi shouted.

Qin Huairu retorted, "What can we do? If we don't try to find a solution, will we just starve every day?"

"But..."

"There are no 'buts'. If you don't work, do you want Jia Dongxu to find out about your shameful deeds?"

"you..."

Faced with her daughter-in-law's threat, Jia Zhangshi was furious and speechless for a moment.

Qin Huairu was overjoyed to see Jia Zhangshi in a fit of rage.

From now on, I will be able to take charge of this family.

After all, what Jia Zhangshi did was too outrageous. Even if she had just been having an affair with one of the eldest or second eldest uncles, it would have been somewhat forgivable.

They actually found Xu Damao, a young man even younger than Jia Zhangshi's son, Jia Dongxu.

If this gets out, everyone will despise it.

Jia Zhangshi, whose life was in Qin Huairu's hands, was angry but had no choice but to say, "Alright, I'll go cut some wild vegetables."

Then it dawned on me, and I asked, "You said you were going to work?"

Qin Huairu nodded and said, "Yes."

Now Jia Zhangshi felt even more aggrieved, and looked at Qin Huairu with a suspicious gaze.

Qin Huairu shouted, "Don't think of me like you. We can't even make ends meet. We can't even afford to eat. If I don't go to work and eat in the cafeteria, how are we supposed to survive?"

Jia Zhangshi was so choked up that she couldn't speak.

Qin Huairu said, "I'll go and ask Aunt Wen to arrange a job for me."

Although Qin Huairu and Wen Yuping are about the same age, she is He Daqing's wife after all, so he should call her "aunt" in principle.

This was also the method He Yuzhu had told him before: to have Wen Yuping approach He Yuzhu.

This way, going around in circles won't arouse suspicion from others.

On his second day at work, He Yuzhu received a call from Wen Yuping, and as expected, he kind-heartedly agreed to Qin Huairu's request.

He called Xu Xiaomei into the office and asked, "Is the newly built kindergarten still short-staffed?"

"Yes, has someone asked you for help?" Xu Xiaomei asked.

He Yuzhu said, "Yes, Qin Huairu came to our house and begged Aunt Wen to let her work at our machinery factory."

What is Qin Huairu?

He Yuzhu nodded: "Yes, I would have refused back then, but Aunt Wen is kind-hearted and has already agreed. She just called me."

"this..."

Xu Xiaomei knew, of course, that He Yuzhu and the Jia family did not get along, and she wanted to say something, but after all, she was He Yuzhu's stepmother.

As He Yuzhu's concubine, she couldn't very well comment on her nominal mother-in-law.

He Yuzhu said, "I thought about it and realized that we can't leave Qin Huairu here at the main factory. So I'll let him go to the kindergarten to take care of the children, so that I won't be bothered by seeing her."

Xu Xiaomei said, "This arrangement is fine. I don't want to see their family either."

He Yuzhu said, "Then I'll leave this matter to you."

Xu Xiaomei nodded in agreement.

He never expected that Qin Huairu would approach He Yuzhu herself and feed him steamed buns in order to get the job.

Although there is no distinction between noble and lowly jobs, specific positions are still divided into different levels.

Moreover, kindergartens maintain relatively high standards of nutrition to ensure children receive adequate care.

Xu Xiaomei quickly completed the formalities and then delivered the job offer to He Yuzhu's desk.

He said, "Take it back with you when you go back to the courtyard house."

He Yuzhu signed the note, and only then did the job offer become effective.

"Well, go get busy."

He Yuzhu put it away and went out to the laboratory to continue his research.

Although he had prepared the note, He Yuzhu was not in a hurry and did not return to the courtyard house until after get off work the next evening.

Qin Huairu was washing clothes in front of the pool. When she saw him come in, she first looked back to make sure that Jia Zhangshi couldn't see her, and then stared at He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu nodded slightly, letting Qin Huairu know that he had taken care of the matter.

Qin Huairu immediately beamed with joy, her smile as radiant as a flower blooming in spring. She shyly glanced down at He Yuzhu.

Her alluring eyes were like a hook; had He Yuzhu not been a seasoned veteran with exceptionally strong resistance, she would have been easily swayed.

In that fleeting moment, Qin Huairu managed to steal his soul.

However, this place was too busy with people coming and going, so He Yuzhu went inside and sat for a while.

Seeing that there was no shortage of food or meat at home, they ate their meal there and then went home.

After finishing her meal, Qin Huairu made an excuse to leave and waited in that alley.

As He Yuzhu walked in, she asked directly, "Can I go to work now?"

He Yuzhu took out the registration form, shook it in his hand, and said, "I've already signed it. You can take it to the kindergarten to register."

Qin Huairu asked, "Can I start work right away?"

"Yes, it's the perfect time for teachers like you who aren't from a professional background to receive training."

Teachers are not like students, who have nothing to do during summer vacation.

They need to participate in centralized training or work-study programs, and it's impossible for them to go home while still receiving their wages.

Qin Huairu was delighted and reached out to take it.

But He Yuzhu had already put it away, saying, "I'm hungry again."

Qin Huairu gave him a charmingly disdainful look, then reached out to unbutton the plate, saying, "I brought the steamed buns with me, you can eat them while they're hot."

He Yuzhu was indeed hungry, and although the two steamed buns were big and round, he still ate them both.

Then I handed her the registration form.

Qin Huairu received the registration form, examined it carefully by the moonlight, and then cautiously put it into her pocket.

He hugged and kissed He Yuzhu for a while before happily walking out of the alley and returning home.

The next day, Qin Huairu arrived at the newly established kindergarten and successfully completed the onboarding procedures.