Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

Chapter 196 Qin Jingru's Little Thoughts

He Yuzhu brought Ban Ye to the rainwater house and started to move things in with Ban Ye. After moving, Sha Zhu paid Ban Ye and let him go, then he looked at Qin Jingru and went back to his room.

"Aunt, what were you looking at just now? Your eyes are wide open. I told you that the person who just came into the room was Shazhu." Banggeng asked with some confusion.

"No, I didn't see anything. Your mother told me about him. Banggeng, why don't you tell me in detail?" Qin Jingru was actually looking at the almost new bicycle that Shazhu rode to Yu Shui.

Bicycles are a rare thing in their village. Even their team leader only has a broken bicycle that has been used for who knows how many times and makes noises everywhere except the bell. But the team leader treats it like a treasure and others have to be very careful when touching it.

Bang Geng glanced in the direction of Sha Zhu's house and said, "He is just a big fool, what can you say!"

"Bang Geng, just tell me. I'll give you money to buy some candy. And by the way, tell me about the young people in your courtyard who are about my age."

When Qin Jingru left home, the three families collected a total of three yuan. Although they didn't say it explicitly, she knew what her family meant. They just wanted her to find a partner in the city, and if she didn't have to go back home, she should. So she paid more attention to the young people in the courtyard, hoping to learn some information through Banggeng.

Banggeng thought about it for a while and decided to say a few words for the sake of sugar.

"Yes, you saw the silly Zhu who just came into the house. He is the lowest-level chef in the factory, earning only more than 20 yuan a month. He is so stupid that he often brings lunch boxes to our family and Liu Genmao's family in the front yard, and often makes nothing to eat. My mother often borrows some money from him, and the idiot agrees happily."

"Every time my mom went out in the middle of the night, she would have money to buy me delicious food the next day. She thought I didn't know. In fact, once I woke up because I had to pee and saw her go out. Later I also found out a few times. My grandmother also said that he has very high standards for finding a partner. He is almost 30 and still has no partner. He is a dead end."

Qin Jingru felt something was wrong when she heard this. It seemed that Sha Zhu often helped her sister's family, and Aunt Zhang often said bad things about Sha Zhu behind his back. Isn't this like eating with a bowl in hand and cursing at his mother when he puts down the bowl? This is so heartless and ungrateful! In their village, such people would be driven out by everyone.

And my cousin, she went out in the middle of the night and came back suddenly with money, she must have been cheating on me, it's almost certain that the one she cheated on was this idiot! In the old days in the countryside, if you were caught cheating, you would be thrown into a pig cage! My sister was not like this before she got married, I thought she was living a good life in the city, she always lectured me and pretended to be living a good life!

Thinking of this, Qin Jingru curled her lips in disdain. It should be said that Qin Jingru is just a little naive and her thoughts are relatively traditional, but she is not really stupid. A lot of things can be analyzed from the words of the eldest nephew.

"The youngest son of Fatty Liu in the backyard is about your age. Fatty Liu is a factory worker and I heard he even became a minor official. My grandmother heard he has a very high salary. He has three sons. The eldest has not been home for a long time, the second has joined the army, and the remaining third has graduated from junior high school this year and has no job yet."

"Aunt, let me tell you, Fatty Liu used to beat his son quite violently, but he hasn't done that for a while. And the scrambled eggs at his house are so delicious. My grandma said that Fatty Liu got so fat because he ate scrambled eggs so often. As for the others, there's a huge age gap between you and me."

Qin Jingru didn't think it was a big deal when she heard that Fatty Liu had beaten her son before. Naughty children were often beaten in the countryside. And the family's conditions should be good. When they couldn't even get enough food, they could often eat scrambled eggs. How could the conditions be wrong? She had to be more careful.

"Okay, Banggeng, you said it very well. Auntie will give you money." Qin Jingru took out two cents and handed it to Banggeng.

Banggeng happily took the money. He could go buy candy tomorrow. Should he buy fruit candy or hard candy?

Here, Shazhu returned to the house, sat at the table and poured himself a glass of boiled water, which he drank in a few gulps. The weather in July was not cool even in the evening, not to mention that he had moved so many things.

Sha Zhu lit a cigarette and thought of the girl who was washing clothes in the yard just now. This girl should be Qin Huairu's relative. Sure enough, Yu Shui was right again. His sister is simply a female Zhuge Liang. He even suspected that when his mother gave birth to Yu Shui, she gave his brain to Yu Shui. Yu Shui said that when Qin Huairu was not good enough, she would bring her relatives in the name of introducing a partner, and fooled him together to take advantage of him. Then he would see if it was true tomorrow!

Backyard, Liu's house.

Liu Guangfu was chatting nonsense with his mother Li Cuilian, while Li Cuilian was fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan and responding to her youngest son in a disjointed manner.

"Mom, when do you think my dad will be back? Last time, I asked you to deliver the clothes to the factory, and I didn't even get to see my dad."

"I heard from your father that the work he is participating in this time is very important. It will take at least three months or even longer. He may not be back until winter."

"Then do you think my dad will be able to accomplish something meritorious this time and get a promotion when he returns?"

"Why are you asking about this, little kid?"

"Hey, I'm about to graduate from middle school. If my dad is a high-ranking official, he might be able to help me find a good job."

"You are useless, you only know how to rely on your dad. You think your dad won't beat you anymore, right?"

"Mom, can you tell me why Dad used to beat me and my second brother but never my eldest brother?"

"It's a long story, so I'll just keep it simple. Your dad had four brothers, and he was the third oldest. Your grandfather was very partial to you and relied on your eldest uncle to take care of him in his old age. He beat and scolded the other sons. Your dad couldn't stand the beatings and ran away from home at a young age. He wandered for several years and suffered a lot. When he came to the old city, he was drafted to work in a steel mill. Later, he met me, and then you three brothers were born. Your dad beat you because it was a family tradition, it's in your blood!"

"Oh, it turns out that my dad was also beaten by my grandfather when he was a child, and he even ran away from home."

"Then why didn't you stop my second brother and I from getting beaten?"

"Why do you have so many questions today? It's not like I didn't try to stop him at the beginning, but your father has such a bad temper that the more I tried to stop him, the harder he hit me. So I just ignored him and he could have hit me less harshly. Your father also said that sometimes he couldn't control his anger and wanted to hit people to vent it out. I was also beaten by your father when I was young. I went to the hospital with your father to see a doctor, and the doctor said that he had both irritability and mental problems. I didn't understand, it was just caused by the stimulation he suffered when he was a child."

"You have to obey your father in the future. The doctor said your father should try not to get angry, otherwise his blood vessels will rupture and his life will be in danger."

It was the first time Liu Guangfu had heard this. It turned out that there was such a reason why he and his second brother were beaten. "Mom, when did you go for a checkup? How come I didn't know about it?"

"You didn't even exist at that time, how would you know?"

"Oh, Mom, what do you think of the new relative from the Jia family who came to the meeting today?" Liu Guangfu took the initiative to change the subject.

Li Cuilian stopped fanning herself with the palm-leaf-leaf fan and turned to look at her little son. "Oh, my son has grown up and knows how to find a girl!"

"Mom! Just tell me." Liu Guangfu stretched out his nasal tone.

"That girl is pretty, and a little silly, but I don't know what her character is like. If she's like Qin Huairu, she can't be my daughter-in-law."

"Mom, what are you talking about! I just asked casually because she's pretty."

"Okay, Mom knows. I'm just asking casually. I won't go and find out the situation."

"Well, then go and ask around. You have nothing to do anyway."

"Okay, go to bed now. I'll go ask when I'm free tomorrow."