Chapter 354: The former serf sings
Chapter 354: The former serf sings
Looking at Jia Dongxu and Banggeng, who were loving father and filial son, Qin Huairu quietly left the ward, went to find the nurse, and asked about Banggeng's specific condition.
Nurse: "I've checked on the child. He's fine now. He can be discharged from the hospital to recuperate. Just lie down at home for three to five days. Then come back for a follow-up check."
"By the way, don't get your butt wet these days. If you want to take a shower, wipe it with a towel."
The nurse explained the precautions one by one, and it was not as serious as Qin Huairu said.
"Okay, thank you, doctor."
"You're welcome. By the way, have you called the police? The child is seriously injured. This injury is illegal."
Qin Huairu thought about the police arresting Jia Zhang yesterday, "They arrested her. They called the police and arrested her last night."
The nurse nodded, "That's good, then where is the child's grandmother?"
Qin Huairu laughed awkwardly. The one who was taken away was the child's grandmother. "The child's grandmother is at home."
"Doctor, doctor!" Suddenly, there was a shout at the hospital gate. The nurse went to check the situation without even saying hello.
Seeing this, Qin Huairu went back to the ward and told Jia Dongxu about Banggeng's situation.
"Okay, since the doctor said I can go home and recuperate, let's take Banggen back with me."
Jia Dongxu nodded and looked at Banggeng, "Banggeng, come here, let daddy carry you back."
Jia Dongxu carefully picked up Banggeng and went home.
After coming out of the hospital, Qin Huairu's aura suddenly changed. Compared with when she came to the hospital, it was completely different.
From tonight onwards, her life would finally be better and she would no longer have to endure the exploitation and oppression of Jia Zhang.
How can I sum up this feeling with just one word: good?
When she got home, Qin Huairu looked at the house which was a little messy.
"Dongxu, hold Banggeng for a while longer. I'll go make the bed so that Banggeng can rest."
"Well, go ahead." Jia Dongxu nodded and did not refuse.
Qin Huairu wiped the bed clean, picked out dozens of hairs, and then tidied the quilt.
After a series of operations, half an hour later, Qin Huairu looked at Jia Dongxu.
"Dongxu, bring Banggeng in."
Jia Dongxu came in holding Banggeng, and seeing the bed was clean and tidy, he felt much better.
"Banggeng, just lie on the bed and rest for the next few days. Come back to play when you're well."
Banggeng could only nod. He wanted to play but was unable to do so. His butt was still hurting and it hurt whenever he moved a little too much.
Qin Huairu gently touched Banggeng's head, and then looked at Jia Dongxu, "Dongxu, you go stay outside, I'll clean up the house. It's been a while since I last cleaned it, so it's a little dirty."
"Okay." Jia Dongxu nodded, turned around and left the house, took out a recliner and sat at the door.
Seeing that Jia Dongxu didn't come to help, Qin Huairu was no longer surprised and had gotten used to it.
"Hurry up and finish your work and go to bed early." Qin Huairu looked around and felt that every place in the house was not clean.
Qin Huairu rolled up her sleeves, put on an apron, and started cleaning the house.
"We ordinary people are really happy today."
When she was working in high spirits, Qin Huairu couldn't help humming songs. She was in a very happy mood and became more motivated the more she worked.
If I were working in the past, Jia Zhang would always be there to find fault with me and nag me all the time.
Now that Jia Zhang is gone, Qin Huairu has peace of mind and is in a good mood, so she is working with great enthusiasm.
I used to get tired after working a few times, but now I never feel tired.
"Whoo~"
A few hours later, Qin Huairu pounded her tired and sore waist, and felt extremely happy as she saw the house look brand new.
"This is what home looks like!" Qin Huairu sighed.
"It's a new home, new atmosphere. We have to have something delicious to celebrate. We decided to have meat and noodles today."
Qin Huairu went to the drawer and took out the last 1 tael meat ticket, took off her apron and went out.
"Huai Ru, where are you going?" Jia Dongxu asked immediately as he watched Qin Huai Ru go out.
"I'm going to buy some vegetables and meat."
"Meat? Why eat meat when it's not a festival?"
"Isn't Bang Geng discharged from the hospital? The doctor said that he needs to eat something good and replenish his nutrition so that he can get better quickly."
Hearing this, Jia Dongxu nodded, the doctor was right.
"What are we going to eat with the meat? We only have one or two ounces of meat."
"One pound of meat is enough. Chop the meat into small pieces, fry two eggs, and finally add some leeks to make a sauce. How about eating it with noodles?"
Listening to Qin Huairu's words, Jia Dongxu couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He hadn't had a good meal for a long time.
"Okay, let's have noodles for lunch. We haven't eaten in a while. Please come back soon."
"Okay." Qin Huairu responded and left quickly.
Jia Dongxu rubbed his hands, waiting impatiently for dinner.
"Gurgle, gurgle~" My stomach made an inopportune sound.
Jia Dongxu touched his stomach and said, "Speaking of eating, I still haven't had any food since I got up this morning. I'm really a little hungry. Let me see if there's anything to eat in the house."
Thinking of this, Jia Dongxu walked towards the house and was about to step into the house, but stopped in mid-air.
The house was clean and tidy, and everything was in order. Even an old house looked brand new.
"Is this still my home? Huairu is amazing. How come it has grown so big in just a moment?" Jia Dongxu couldn't help but exclaim and walked towards home.
Look this, look that, it's very novel. Not only the floor and table are clean, but also the furniture, kitchen utensils, etc. are all very clean.
Looking at the completely different home, Jia Dongxu couldn't help but sigh again.
"I didn't expect Huairu to be so capable. She cleaned the house so clean in no time."
But he didn't notice that every step he took left a shoe print on the ground.
I was busy but didn't help at all, and now it's completely destroyed. It's really unacceptable.
Not long after Jia Dongxu visited his "new home", Qin Huairu came back with vegetables and meat.
As soon as Jia Dongxu saw it, he ordered, "Huai Ru, hurry up and cook. I haven't eaten since I got up. I'm almost starving."
"I understand. I'll do it now." Qin Huairu nodded and looked at the shoe prints on the ground.
"Hey, Dongxu, why did you make the floor so dirty? Get out now."
Jia Dongxu then lowered his head and noticed the shoe prints, but he didn't care: "It's okay if someone stepped on it. What's the big deal? I can just mop it clean later."
Qin Huairu rolled her eyes at him. It was easy for her to say it, but she might not do it. Talking without doing anything was just bullshit.
In this regard, she got used to Jia Dongxu's eccentricity and pushed him out of the house.
"Okay, okay, you're right, get out now and don't make the house dirty."
After being pushed out of the house, Jia Dongxu did not realize his mistake. "Don't push me, I'll go out by myself. Hurry up and cook. I'm still hungry."
"Got it, got it, I'll do it now."
Jia Dongxu insisted: "Hurry up, I'm in a hurry."
Qin Huairu was too lazy to reply and picked up the mop to mop the floor again.
"Don't worry about the floor. It will be the same if you mop it later. Let's cook first!" Jia Dongxu said in a dissatisfied tone.
"I got it. Just go sit on the chair and it will be done soon." Qin Huairu responded helplessly and put down the mop.
Qin Huairu knew Jia Dongxu's temper very well. If she delayed any further, Jia Dongxu would get angry and she would definitely be scolded.
She could only calm Jia Dongxu down first. Seeing him sit back in the chair, Qin Huairu carefully picked up the mop and mopped the floor.
After mopping the floor, Qin Huairu went to the kitchen to prepare cooking.
Take out the only white flour left at home, mix it together, and it's only enough to make one meal, but it's enough.
While the dough was resting, Qin Huairu chopped the pork into pieces, making a "dong dong dong" sound.
It seemed like each blow was hitting the chopping board, but in fact it was hitting Qin Huairu's heart. Her happy mood became more and more excited as the chopping sound rang out.
After chopping and marinating, Qin Huairu took out the only four eggs left in the house and beat them all at once and mixed them.
Seeing that there was only a thin layer of oil left in the glass bottle, Qin Huairu also generously poured it into the pot and used a lot of it.
"Sizzle..." Pour in the eggs
The aroma of the Jia family's cooking wafted through the yard, and following the smell, everyone knew that the Jia family made delicious food.
Soon, the fragrant sauce was ready and a large bowl of noodles was served.
There was no need for Qin Huairu to call for help. Jia Dongxu smelled the food and came to the dining table happily.
"Huai Ru, your cooking smells so good, no, I can't bear it anymore!"
Jia Dongxu took a bowl and made himself a bowl, added the sauce and gravy, stirred it evenly, and ate it impatiently.
"Hmmmm~"
"Delicious, delicious!" Jia Dongxu stuffed chopstick after chopstick into his mouth and soon finished it.
By the time Qin Huairu had prepared the noodles for Banggeng, Jia Dongxu had already finished a bowl and then started eating Kuai Mian like a starving ghost.
"Mom, I'm hungry!" Banggeng smelled the food and heard Jia Dongxu eating noodles in big mouthfuls. He suddenly felt hungry and hurriedly called Qin Huairu.
Qin Huairu didn't want to work so hard for so long and not get to eat anything delicious. She didn't bother to serve noodles to Banggeng, so she took a bowl and scooped up a large bowl for herself, added some sauce and then served it to Banggeng.
When Banggeng saw the noodles, he didn't care about the pain in his butt, and hurriedly took the noodles, mixed it with the sauce, and started to eat it ravenously.
Just like Jia Dongxu, he looked like a starving ghost.
"Hmm~" After Qin Huairu brought the noodles back, Jia Dongxu stuffed the last noodle into his mouth and immediately stood up to eat the noodles.
After the three of them did this, there was only a little bit of noodles in the basin and sauce in the bowl left, which was enough for Xiaodang to eat.
Qin Huairu said, "Dongxu, this is the last bit left. Give some to Xiaodang. She has never had any in her life."
Jia Dongxu didn't want to give it to Xiaodang, "Xiaodang, what can she eat? She's still so young. Let's wait until she's older. It won't hurt to eat this time."
Jia Dongxu continued to eat the noodles, but this last little bit was not enough for him, so he looked at Qin Huairu's bowl.
He stretched out his chopsticks to eat the noodles, but Qin Huairu quickly took the bowl away and said, "I haven't eaten yet, don't try to take advantage of me!"
"Hehe, just a little bit." Jia Dongxu smiled awkwardly and wanted to ask for more.
"No, I want to eat too. Go eat yours." It was unlikely that Qin Huairu would agree. Fortunately, she had prepared it in advance, otherwise she would not be able to eat it.
Qin Huairu took the bowl and went straight outside the house, squatting to eat. On the one hand, it was to avoid Jia Dongxu, and on the other hand, it was to show off to everyone that she, Qin Huairu, had finally eaten something good.
"Slurp, slurp~" Jia Dongxu could only slurp the noodles in the bowl clean.
"Burp——" Jia Dongxu burped after touching his round belly. He wiped his mouth and showed a happy expression.
"Mom, I want to eat more!" He had finished eating the stick and wanted to eat more.
Qin Huairu was too lazy to respond and just ate her noodles coolly.
"The noodles are gone." Jia Dongxu responded and went to see how Banggeng was doing.
"Ah? I'm not full yet, how come it's gone?" Bang Geng said disappointedly. It was a rare opportunity to eat, but it was gone before he could finish his meal.
Jia Dongxu glanced at Banggeng's bowl and said, "Isn't there still soup? Drink it and you won't be hungry anymore."
"How can this little soup fill me up? I also want to eat noodles. Dad, can we still have dinner tonight?" Bang Geng asked expectantly.
"Go ask your mother!" Jia Dongxu said without hesitation.
"Mom." Bang Geng had just shouted one word when Qin Huairu's voice came.
"I can't eat it. We have no more eggs or flour for today's meal. If you're not full, just drink the soup."
Hearing this, Bang Geng suddenly lost his mind.
"Drink the soup. A little will fill your stomach." Jia Dongxu said calmly.
Most of the big bowl of noodles and stew went into Jia Dongxu's stomach, and Xiaodang didn't even get to eat any.
Poor Xiaodang, he didn’t get to eat his first delicious meal after being born, and he doesn’t know when he will get to eat again.
After dinner, Qin Huairu felt much better and cleaned up the dishes. Xiaodang finally got tired of playing and ran home to eat.
"Mom, why don't you eat?" Xiaodang looked at the soft and glutinous steamed bread on the table and looked at Qin Huairu in confusion.
"Mom is not hungry, you eat." Qin Huairu smiled slightly.
Xiao Dang didn't understand why, so he just ate it.
Banggeng felt a little hungry, but he didn't want to eat the steamed buns, for fear that the delicious taste of the noodles would be overwhelmed by the buns. He wanted to savor the taste in his sleep.
"It's such a nice day today, don't waste it."
Qin Huairu looked up at the blue sky and white clouds above her head and the bright sunshine, and she couldn't sit still anymore.
Take out the quilt to dry in the sun, and take out the clothes that need to be washed and those that are not in a hurry to be washed.
The work done in this half day was more than what she had done in the previous day, but Qin Huairu did not feel tired at all. Instead, she was full of energy.
Qin Huairu was staring at the sun while washing clothes. She looked up and saw Jia Dongxu lying leisurely on a chair, doing nothing.
She was suddenly a little unhappy. She was working so hard, and you, her husband, dared not to help.
"This is outrageous!" Qin Huairu was unhappy and shouted at Jia Dongxu:
"Jia Dongxu, don't lie down. When you have time, go check on our grain fields and dig out the crops!"
"Ugh!" Jia Dongxu was frightened by the name on Zhihu and stood up to listen to Qin Huairu's instructions.
After the fight was over under Qin Huairu's order, Jia Dongxu went out to the grain fields to dig up crops.
"Oh, that's not right? Why should I listen to Qin Huairu? I am the head of the family." Jia Dongxu realized it belatedly and stood up to ask Qin Huairu for an explanation.
"Jia Dongxu, what are you doing? Hurry up and dig. What are you looking at? Do you still want to eat dinner?"
Qin Huairu shouted quickly, her voice so loud that the whole yard could hear it.
"What's wrong with Qin Huairu? She even dared to yell at Jia Dongxu. This is amazing. Qin Huairu didn't dare to do this before."
"I never expected that once Jia Zhang left, Qin Huairu would be crowned the king. Will there be something exciting to watch?"
"Let's go, let's go and see what's going on."
Every household was talking about it and went to the central courtyard to watch the excitement.
When Jia Dongxu, the resident, heard Qin Huairu's scolding, he felt a little scared for some reason and immediately squatted on the ground to dig potatoes.
Qin Huairu felt indescribable when she saw Jia Dongxu really obediently digging potatoes.
Happy, excited, scared, horrified.
I never dared to order Jia Dongxu to do anything before, but today not only did I dare to do it, but Jia Dongxu actually did it.
It was the first time that Qin Huairu had the power to command others. The feeling was so dizzying that she felt a little intoxicated.
"It feels so good to give orders to people. No wonder Jia Zhang always finds faults and says that people just feel different when they do things."
Qin Huairu finally understood the pleasure that Jia Zhangshi felt. For her, who had been in a repressive environment for a long time, this pleasure was difficult to describe in words.
"Oh." Jia Dongxu suddenly exclaimed, accidentally hoeing the potatoes in half.
"What's going on?" Qin Huairu hurried over to take a look. Looking at the potato that was cut in half, she said to Jia Dongxu in dissatisfaction:
"If you can't even do such a simple job, what else can you do? How can you save it if it's broken? I didn't even want to eat today."
"If you are lazy and gluttonous all day long, what's the use of you?"
Qin Huairu grabbed the hoe and shouted, "Go pick the chives, pick them carefully, don't damage them again, or you won't be able to do anything well."
"What are you standing there for? Wait till I pick them for you. Go now. You're just wasting time all day. You can't do any work well."
Everyone was shocked to see Qin Huairu actually teaching a lesson, and they all looked at her with admiration.
"Qin Huairu has turned over a new leaf. She is different now. Even Jia Dongxu listens to her. Things are going to change for the Jia family." Everyone in the yard thought to themselves.
The women watched Qin Huairu acting arrogantly and also looked at Jia Dongxu who was digging potatoes in the field.
A grown man who usually doesn't work actually started working under Qin Huairu's orders.
That’s not all, Qin Huairu actually told Jia Dongxu what to do.
This extremely shocking scene directly impacted their perception of Qin Huairu, which was a radical change from before.
The women looked at Jia Dongxu and then at their own husbands. If Jia Dongxu could do the work, then their husbands might be able to do it too.
It seems that they didn't do any work before, but they were too nice to them, which made them dare to refuse.
"What are you looking at? We have potatoes in our fields too. Go home and dig them up!" a lady shouted at her husband.
"If I don't go, how can a man work?"
"Look, even Jia Dongxu is working. Is there anything you can't do? If you don't do it, I'll beat you to death. I'm giving you face."
This made the husband furious, "Hey, I gave you the face, and you dare to hit me, I'll let you see how powerful I am!"
Normally, when hearing this, his wife would back off, but this time she did not back off.
"Awesome?" The wife looked her husband's body up and down, her eyes mainly focused on the lower part.
"I don't know how powerful you are. Don't you want to show off? All right, come back to the house and show off to me. Let me see how powerful you are!"
As she said this, she grabbed her husband's hand and pulled him home.
In an instant, the husband felt something was wrong. As the saying goes, a good woman is like a wolf at thirty and a tiger at forty. At his age, he has the will but not the ability.
"No, I'll go dig potatoes. I'll go dig them."
"What are you digging for? You don't have to waste time. Go home quickly. I want to see how good you are."
The husband held on to the fence tightly and refused to let go.
"You have to play today even if you don't want to. Go home quickly!"
"No! I won't go even if you kill me!" The husband held on to the fence tightly and refused to let go.
"You have to go even if you don't need it!" His wife grabbed the little brother directly, let him go in an instant, and took him away quickly.
"Tsk tsk tsk, what kind of person is this? Doing this in broad daylight, how disgraceful!" The other husbands said to him with regret.
The wives grabbed their husbands by the ears and shouted, "You are no better than him for what he did. You will have to do the same today."
"You have to pay your taxes and dig your land. Come home with me!"
“No, I won’t go!”
"It's not up to you to go or not!"
"Son, go out and play. Don't come back before nightfall. Take the money, eat and drink, and don't come back!"
Tsk tsk tsk, indulging in promiscuity in broad daylight, how disgraceful.
"No!!!" the husbands screamed to the sky.
At this moment, a sad song sounded silently, "Snowflakes are fluttering and the north wind is whistling", accompanied by flying snow all over the sky.
(End of this chapter)