Chapter 500: Working in vain

Chapter 500: Working in vain

Chapter 500: Working in vain

Several people returned to the courtyard in a mighty manner.

On the way, Yi Zhonghai stopped Sha Zhu and said, "Sha Zhu, do you have any meat tickets at home?"

Sha Zhu didn't even think about it: "Yes, I haven't eaten yet."

"Okay, give the ticket to Xiao Qin later. Bang Geng just got it back, so we have to treat him well. If he wants to eat braised pork, give it to him to celebrate his good fortune."

"Okay." Sha Zhu didn't show any intention of rejecting Yi Zhonghai's arrangement.

"Let's go."

Yi Zhonghai went back to the yard first and asked the old lady for meat tickets.

An old lady asked: "Why do you need meat coupons? It's not a festival, and it's not time to eat meat yet."

Yi Zhonghai explained: "Isn't Banggeng back? He's asking for braised pork, so why don't we ask Xiaoqin to go buy some meat?"

"Has the stick terrier been found?"

"Yes, I found it. I'll be back soon."

"No one was hurt?"

"No, I just lost a little weight."

"I'm glad you're not hurt." The aunt nodded and handed the meat coupons from her home to Yi Zhonghai.

Besides, Banggeng is Yi Zhonghai’s godson, and indirectly his own godson as well.

Although her focus now is on Sha Zhu, Sha Zhu does not have any children yet.

When we got back to the yard, Banggeng started clamoring for meat impatiently.

"Okay, we'll eat it tonight. Mom will go buy some meat now."

"Okay, thank you, Mom." Banggeng jumped up excitedly. He hadn't eaten meat for a long time and he was finally able to eat it.

I didn’t expect that this time of trafficking would be safe and sound, and I still had meat to eat. I will traffic more people in the future so that I can eat meat more often.

"Well, good boy, let's take a bath first, then sleep for a while, and we'll have meat to eat in the evening."

"I'll listen to my mother." Banggeng nodded in response.

Qin Huairu looked aside and said, "Dongxu, take Banggeng to take a bath. Watch him carefully and don't lose him again."

"Don't worry." Jia Dongxu nodded, went back to get the ticket and money, picked up his clothes and pulled the stick to go to the bathhouse.

Qin Huairu found three taels of meat coupons in the house, all of which had been saved since the beginning of the month.

Originally, I was planning to make the 3 taels of meat into meat stuffing and eat some dumplings to fill my stomach. But now Bang Geng wants to eat meat, and the 3 taels of meat ticket is obviously not enough, so I have to go find someone to ask for some.

Without waiting for him to leave, Yi Zhonghai came over and took out the meat coupons: "Xiao Qin, I have some meat coupons here, you can use them first."

"How can I do this?" Qin Huairu refused hesitantly.

"What's there to be embarrassed about? I just found Banggeng, so have something good to eat to relax." Yi Zhonghai waved his hand, put down the ticket and turned to leave.

Although the Jia family is not currently in his consideration, Banggeng is still someone else's godson after all.

The main reason is that Shazhu doesn’t have any children yet. Banggeng is currently his only grandson. When Shazhu’s child is born, the situation will be unknown.

"Thank you, uncle!" Qin Huairu hurriedly thanked him.

She held the ticket, her eyes flickering, as if she was thinking about something.

Even if Yi Zhonghai did so much and tried his best to find excuses for the Jia family, it did not mean that the Jia family would change their opinion of Yi Zhonghai.

The conclusions reached previously will not be changed.

What an ungrateful person.

On the other side, Sha Zhu’s house.

"Huanu, Huainu."

"Brother Zhuzi, what's wrong?" Jin Huainu was doing housework when he heard Sha Zhuzi coming in noisily.

"Isn't there still the meat coupons in our house?"

"Yes, they are all here. I haven't eaten yet."

"Give them all to me."

"Take them all? Do you want to buy meat for dinner?" Jin Huainu's eyes lit up. After holding back for a month, he finally had meat to eat.

"I won't eat at night. The meat ticket is for Sister Qin."

"Give it to Sister Qin, why give it to her?" A hint of vigilance flashed in Jin Huainu's eyes.

"Banggeng has been found. He is clamoring to eat braised pork, so he asked for three or two meat tickets to get the food. You bring the tickets here and I'll give them to Sister Qin." Shazhu explained casually.

Jin Huainu was naturally unwilling: "Give us a stick to eat? Why? We haven't eaten meat for a month, and we haven't eaten rainwater either."

Sha Zhu was too lazy to talk nonsense: "You won't die if you eat less meat. Our family is not poor. The oily vegetables I brought from the cafeteria are enough for us to eat. We don't need that little bit."

"Okay, why are you talking so much? Just bring it when I told you to. Hurry up and stop talking."

Seeing Sha Zhu getting angry, Jin Huainu was so scared that his body trembled. He didn't dare to resist him and could only obediently go and get the hostage.

"Zhu Zi!" At this time, Qin Huairu walked over.

"Sister Qin." Sha Zhu's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Zhu Zi, I need a favor from you."

"No need to say, I know everything. You can take this offer from Sister Qin."

Seeing Sha Zhu handing over the ticket, Qin Huairu was delighted that he had taken the ticket so easily. "Thank you, Zhuzi! You are a good person!"

"Hey, it's not a big deal. We live in the same yard and are neighbors. What's the point of saying thank you or not?" Sha Zhu laughed.

When the two were talking, they didn't notice Jin Huainu standing beside them at all. She felt uncomfortable watching the two of them talking happily.

Jin Huainu looked at Qin Huairu, his eyes full of resentment, not because of the hostage, but because of something else.

But when he looked at Sha Zhu, he felt resentful.

Sha Zhu was indeed nice to her, but she could always feel that Sha Zhu was not being nice to her.

Qin Huairu and Sha Zhu were still chatting.

"Zhu Zi, you know my house is not renovated yet, so I can't make the braised pork. Could you please make it for me?"

"Your cooking skills are well-known in this city, not to mention the steel mill. The braised pork you make is better than mine."

Qin Huairu's praise made Sha Zhu so happy that he couldn't stop smiling and was at a loss. If she said a few more nice words to him, he would even forget his last name.

Sha Zhu patted his chest and promised: "Okay, Sister Qin, I'll take care of this. I'll make it for you clearly and make sure you'll want to eat more. Don't worry."

Jin Huainu stared at Qin Huairu and muttered, "You have no good intentions."

Making braised pork requires a lot of ingredients. Every household calculates the consumption of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. Just making one meal of braised pork will use up all the sauces for ten days or even half a month.

Only Shazhu is a cook, so he can secretly take some out from the cafeteria and doesn't care about the loss.

"Okay, thank you for your help." Qin Huairu smiled slightly, "Then I'll go buy some meat."

"Hey, Sister Qin, please be careful on the road."

Before leaving, Qin Huairu smiled at Jin Huainu and walked away with her butt twisted.

Sha Zhu looked at the twisting figure and became distracted in an instant. He turned to look at Jin Huainu and called out gently.

"Huaino."

"What's wrong? Brother Zhuzi." Jin Huainu was trying to hide his expression in panic and didn't notice Sha Zhu's pig face.

"Huai Nu." Sha Zhu suddenly hugged Jin Huai Nu.

"Ah, Brother Zhuzi, it's broad daylight, please put me down."

"Don't let it go!"

Sha Zhu carried Jin Huainu straight to the bed, committing adultery in broad daylight, which was truly obscene and shameless.

Qin Huairu bought meat as soon as she got the ticket, for she was afraid that there would be no meat left if she went too late.

The rolling mill is off work.

Everyone in the yard came back from work and heard from their family that Banggeng had been found.

Many people came to congratulate the Jia family on finding the stick. Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu happily welcomed everyone's congratulations.

"It's only been two days since they found him. It's so fast. Banggeng is so lucky that he hasn't been abducted. It seems that he is indeed the protagonist."

Li Kailang didn't care much about Banggeng being found safely, and sighed that Banggeng was gone by sheer luck.

This kid is up to no good. When he grows up, everyone in the yard will be visited by him.

With him or without him, it really doesn't make much difference.

Banggeng was found, and the yard finally returned to peace, and everyone was doing their own things.

"Zhu Zi, is the food ready?"

"It's almost done. It will be ready in a moment. There are only two more dishes left." "Thank you, Zhuzi."

"Sister Qin, why are you being so polite to me? We are just neighbors."

Originally, I was just going to make braised pork, but after being coaxed by Qin Huairu, I started making other dishes as well.

"Zhu Zi, I'll take these two dishes away first, and come back for the rest later."

"Okay, Miss Qin."

Qin Huairu took away the prepared dishes, one was stir-fried cabbage and the other was stir-fried eggs.

There is also a fish dish, and the most important thing is braised pork.

In order to compensate for Bang Geng, the Jia family took ruthless measures. All four dishes were very hard, and it was very rare to be able to eat them at this time.

This is better than what we eat during Chinese New Year.

When she got home, Qin Huairu put two dishes and steamed buns on the table.

"Mom, where's the braised pork?" Banggeng came over following the smell, but didn't see what he wanted on the table.

"I'm working on it. It will be ready in a moment."

"Oh." Banggeng sat and waited for the braised pork to be served.

Qin Huairu turned around and went to Sha Zhu's house again, and saw that the remaining two dishes had been prepared.

"Zhu Zi, I'll take the food away."

"Okay, Sister Qin."

Qin Huairu took it away directly.

When Sha Zhu finished cleaning the kitchen and came out, he was dumbfounded. Nothing was left.

Forget about the dishes, there wasn’t even a single steamed bun left, they were all taken away.

Sha Zhu looked at the empty desk and said, "This is really not a decent thing to do."

Sha Zhu could only mutter something and didn't dare to talk to Qin Huairu.

I worked so hard for so long and got nothing. It was all in vain.

Oh no, there’s one more thing, a little bit of soup left over from making braised pork.

Jin Huainu smelled the food and got off the bed: "Shazhu, what are you eating tonight?"

Sha Zhu looked at the empty table and said, "Let's have a simple meal tonight. Noodles or some braised pork broth."

"No, Qin Huairu, what does this mean? Brother Zhuzi, you have been busy for so long, but nothing has come of it. I'll go find her and talk to her. How can this be reasonable?"

Jin Huainu was about to go out to argue angrily, but was pulled back by Sha Zhu.

"Forget it, today is someone else's good day, so don't bother them."

"No!" Jin Huainu looked stubborn, but looking at Sha Zhu's unquestionable expression, he did not dare to resist him and could only agree.

"Okay, it's up to you."

After saying that, she went back to bed and cried quietly, feeling aggrieved.

Qin Huairu came back with the braised pork, "The braised pork is here, come and eat."

"Red-braised pork! Red-braised pork!" As soon as Bang Geng saw the red-braised pork he had been dreaming about, he immediately jumped up and down beside Qin Huairu.

"Okay, stop jumping. If the food is ruined, how can we eat it?" Qin Huairu said with a smile, and immediately stopped Bang Geng from jumping.

He guarded the braised pork carefully, fearing that something might happen to it. At this moment, the braised pork was the father and mother of Banggeng.

Banggeng couldn't wait to sit down, put the braised pork in front of himself, and picked up his chopsticks before waiting for others to sit down.

Holding the steamed bun in one hand and the chopsticks in the other.

He ate the braised pork with steamed buns, wolfing it down like a starving ghost, with his head buried in the bowl like a pig rooting for food, and making 'grunting' noises.

"I want to eat it too." Xiaodang saw Banggeng eating so happily and wanted to eat it too.

"Be good, Xiaodang. Give it to your brother this time and I'll give it to you next time." Qin Huairu comforted him.

"No, I just want to eat." Xiao Dang insisted on eating, and without caring whether Qin Huairu agreed or not, he directly stretched out his chopsticks.

"Snap!" Jia Dongxu just stretched out his chopsticks and hit it.

"Ah!" Xiaodang burst into tears out of grievance.

"Dongxu, what are you doing?" Qin Huairu looked at Xiaodang with heartache, and a red mark appeared on the back of her hand.

"What are you eating? This is prepared for your brother. You can eat it next time." Jia Dongxu said somewhat displeased.

"Dongxu, there is so much meat and we can't finish the sticks. What's wrong with eating a few pieces?" Qin Huairu asked in a very temperamental manner, and Jia Dongxu didn't dare to talk back to her.

"Hmph." He snorted coldly, expressing his dissatisfaction, but he didn't care.

Qin Huairu also had a rebellious mentality, "Xiaodang, eat!"

After receiving the order, Xiao Dang immediately stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the braised pork.

"Hmm~" Suddenly, Banggeng let out a dull roar and stared at Xiaodang's hand.

Xiaodang was so scared that he shrank back immediately.

"mom!"

Bang Geng took the opportunity to take the braised pork and placed it on his lap so that no one else could eat it except him.

Seeing Banggeng being so protective of his food, Qin Huairu was slightly angry: "Banggeng, what did I teach you? Why are you so protective of your food!"

"Alright, alright, let him escape from death." Jia Dongxu stopped him.

"Dongxu."

"Okay, the stem is so small, I will change it later." Jia Dongxu was too lazy to care and stretched his chopsticks towards the fish.

"Hey, Xiaodang eats fish."

Fortunately, Jia Zhang was not here. If she were, the fish meat would have been cooked by Jia Zhang alone.

Jia Zhang and Bang Geng are just like two pigs.

"Ah!" Jia Dongxu suddenly screamed, his brows furrowed.

"Dongxu, what's wrong with you? Are you stuck? I'll go get Shazhu."

Jia Dongxu ignored Qin Huairu and reached directly to his mouth and took out a thorn.

"Damn it, there's a fish bone in the fish I ate! How does Sha Zhu cook?" Jia Dongxu cursed.

"Hmm~Hmm~Hmm~"

Banggeng didn't care about Jia Dongxu at all and continued to eat the braised pork.

He had been hungry for several days and suddenly got to eat such delicious food. How could he let it go easily? Even if his parents died, it would not affect his appetite.

He wants to make up for all the food he hasn't eaten in the past few days.

After Jia Dongxu finished scolding, he paired up with Banggeng, still smacking their lips and eating like two pigs.

Xiaodang and Qin Huairu had finished eating, but two were still eating. Banggeng ate up all the braised pork by himself, leaving nothing behind.

Jia Dongxu also finished eating the fish, and the few steamed buns were also eaten by the two of them.

Soon, the whole table was eaten up, leaving only a little soup.

"Oh~" Qin Huairu sighed helplessly. Fortunately, Jia Zhang was not there, so Xiaodang could have enough to eat.

Xiaodang knew that his brother was missing these days and the whole family was busy looking for him.

Now that he is back, he must want to enjoy all the good things, and she is used to it.

It doesn’t matter if there’s nothing to eat.

"Mom, I want to go out and play."

"Go ahead, but remember not to travel far and don't go with strangers."

"I got it." Xiaodang kicked his legs and went to the front yard to find Yan Jiedi. He didn't want to stay in the house and be scolded.

At the gate of the compound, each household took turns guarding it again. Now, if anyone wanted to come in, they had to be led in by the residents.

Master Wang and others did not help with work at the Jia family. When something happened, Qin Huairu came and accused them of doing it, which made Master Wang and others very disappointed.

After the slander, Jia Dongxu was asked to pay off his wages, take his tools and leave. The private money that Jia Dongxu had hidden was also taken away by the temporary worker, but he didn't know about it yet.

Fortunately, after a few days of renovation, all the cracks in the Jia family's room were filled and they could be lived in again.

The Jia family originally wanted to do a major renovation, making the house look brand new, and at least repaint the walls with a new layer of white paint, but now there is nothing.

The hundred yuan or so was given to the fortune teller, and Master Wang's wages were paid off. Most of Jia Zhang's pension money was spent.

The Jia family now only has a pile of materials left, so they can only ask Jia Dongxu to do the decoration work.

If the decoration continues like this, the Jia family’s house will have a significant renovation, at least it will look a lot newer.

(End of this chapter)