Chapter 725: Jia Family Dilemma
Courtyard No. 95, Sijiucheng.
Because most of the children went to Hong Kong, the yard suddenly became a lot quieter.
During lunch, Ni Ye and the others always felt empty inside.
The children chatter every day, especially on weekends. To be honest, it’s a bit annoying, but suddenly I’m not around them anymore, and I feel a little uncomfortable.
Fortunately, everyone knows that the children only stay for ten days and go there to broaden their horizons, so everyone is very supportive.
Compared to the desolation in the courtyard, the scene at Jia's house was quite different.
After the last blind date incident, Banggeng's name was put on the blacklist of the matchmaker world.
Qin Huairu worked hard for half a year and visited countless matchmakers, but the result was always the same: no orders were accepted.
Not only that, after Xiaodang started working, several male colleagues had a crush on her. They often asked her about her well-being and sometimes even asked her to go out together.
But suddenly, everyone kept their distance from me, and I was even criticized by some people in the unit.
This made Xiaodang very uncomfortable.
Banggeng is 28 years old and is about to turn , but he doesn’t even have a partner.
Xiaodang is already 21 years old, but no one comes to date her. She is about to become an old maid.
Qin Huairu saw it all and was worried.
The one who was more anxious than her was Jia Zhang.
She has only two wishes left in her life. The first is to have good food and drink and live a happy and happy old age. The second is that Banggeng can be successful and give her a great-grandson to carry on the family line.
Now, there is no need to talk about the Banggeng issue, it seems like a long way off.
I also broke my leg and after half a year of recuperation, I could barely stand and walking became a luxury.
If you can’t walk, you can’t go out, and if you can’t go out, you can’t cook for yourself.
Without special care, she couldn't maintain her already skinny figure, and eating and drinking well became a fantasy.
More importantly, when she was not feeling well, it was difficult for Jia Zhang to get out of bed. The smell and the filthiness made her look just like Yi Zhonghai who had a stroke the next day.
There is no filial son for a patient who has been ill for a long time. The disgust in Qin Huairu and Bang Geng’s eyes could not be hidden at all.
At first, Jia Zhang was still allowed to eat at the table, but since the beginning of spring, as the smell became stronger, the dining table was moved to another room.
Just like now, all that is left for Jia Zhang is a pair of chopsticks, a bowl, two steamed buns and a meal.
Qin Huairu was like the old lady back then, delivering meals on time, making Jia Zhangshi almost like another deaf old lady.
"Qin Huairu, today is the weekend, why are you still eating vegetables? Look how thin I am. This is called elder abuse, don't you know?"
Jia Zhang was no longer as noisy as she was at the beginning, but she still had some complaints about the food.
In half a year, she has indeed lost a lot of weight, and her previous clothes are now a little too big for her.
"Huaihua hasn't come back yet. We'll eat meat after she comes back." Qin Huairu said lightly.
"She won't eat unless she comes back. How can this be justified? How can a grandmother like me be worse than a money-loser like her?"
"Huaihua just took the college entrance examination. What can you do? You spend all day eating and sleeping. You order her to do this and that. If she fails to get into college, it's all your fault!"
"Why are you blaming me? She's a grown-up girl, shouldn't she be taking care of me, her grandmother?"
"I'm too lazy to tell you!"
Qin Huairu turned around and went to another room to eat.
Jia Zhang looked at the food, wanting to throw it away but unable to do so. When she saw Qin Huairu leave the house, she immediately started to wolf it down. If you didn't know, you would think she was a starving ghost reincarnated.
In another room, Bang Geng was eating snacks bit by bit, feeling extremely depressed.
He is now single and has been transferred to the Ministry of Health to do cleaning work. This is his third job transfer in half a year.
If you don't work hard, you may be kicked out of the factory.
"Why don't you sell the workstation?"
Qin Huairu had also been thinking about this matter and gave her opinion as soon as she entered the room.
"Your monthly salary is almost the same anyway, so why not just quit? You can sell your workstation and get a few hundred dollars, and you can also pay off the loan to our credit union in advance. What do you think?"
"How can I get married without a job? City girls will look down on me." Bang Geng didn't even raise his head.
Xiaodang next to him rolled his eyes.
It seems that if you have a job, girls in the city will be attracted to you.
Qin Huairu sat down at the table and sighed.
"If that doesn't work, then find someone from the countryside."
"How can that be possible? There is no ration in the countryside, so we have to spend more money. If there is another famine, there will be no one to help us."
In fact, the real reason is that he lost face and Banggeng was unwilling to say it.
Qin Huairu also knew about it and quickly explained.
"Bang Geng, things are different now. Take pork for example. Five or six years ago, the ration for each person was only 6 liang. Two years ago, it was changed to 1 jin. This year, it was changed to 2 jin. There is no need to worry about food. In the past, the ration was all coarse grains, with very little refined grains. Now, most of them have become refined grains.
I don't think there will be much difference between marrying a city girl and a country girl in the future.
Besides, we have three employees in our family. When your wife gets married, we will find her a job. She has a city hukou after all!"
Bang Geng hadn't reacted yet when he heard this, but Xiao Dang, who was eating next to him, couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.
You know your own business.
Banggeng’s job hasn’t been finalized yet, and he has to find a job for his future sister-in-law. There’s no way the family will have that much money.
The Jia family has always favored boys over girls. Although Qin Huairu didn't say it, Xiaodang knew very well that Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang had highly similar ideas. At that time, he would probably have to sacrifice his own work position to satisfy his sister-in-law's work position.
The stick-stemmed chopsticks stopped in mid-air, he thought about it carefully, and finally nodded.
"Okay, I'll marry a country girl, but you must find me a pretty one."
"Okay~don't worry."
As they were talking, there was a noise in the yard. Qin Huairu couldn't help but look over. It turned out that the two brothers Lin Aiguo and Lin Xingguo had returned from vacation.
Last year was 1978, the first year that the college entrance examination was resumed. Many people in the college participated, including Aiguo, Xingguo, and Erya.
They lived up to everyone's expectations and all of them were admitted to university, becoming the second batch of college students in the college.
The first batch was Daya, who went to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University a long time ago.
This year is the third batch, including Huaihua, Dazhuang, Erzhuang and Tongtong, but the results are not known yet.
People are more infuriating than people.
Qin Huairu looked at Xiaodang, then at Banggeng, and couldn't help shaking her head.
The Lin family, the Meng family and Grandma Yang's family all have college students, and they have already opened up a gap with other residents in the courtyard.
I just hope Huaihua can get into university so that my family won’t be too far away.
Hong Kong, Lou family.
As soon as Lou Xiao'e's son got home, he told Lou Xiao'e what he had seen and heard today.
Similar to the original drama, Lou Xiao'e went to Hong Kong, gave birth to a child, went to college, got married, divorced, and returned to the Lou family.
The difference is that Lou Bancheng is still alive at this time, but he has retreated behind the scenes.
The Lou family business is managed by their children.
Lou Xiao'e is mainly responsible for some hotel-related business.