Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 775 - 776: 60s Siheyuan 24_1

Chapter 775: Chapter 776: 60s Siheyuan 24_1

Third Master sighed again, "Ah, I was just thinking that since the Zhang Family only has two girls, you could lend a hand from time to time."

"They should give you something now and then." Third Master felt quite regretful, "It’s all because of Old Yi."

"Exactly," Third Aunt also sighed, "He’s always thinking about getting Jia Dongxu to support him in his old age, never considering what a good-for-nothing he is."

"Only he believes that Jia Dongxu would support him in his old age." Third Master never thought that Jia Dongxu would support Yi Zhonghai in his old age.

"With Lady Jia Zhang around, there’s a problem if Jia Dongxu is going to support him in his old age."

"It’s just that they’re eyeing Yi Zhonghai’s wallet now and implicitly agreeing to it, but wait until they get old, and you’ll see if Lady Jia Zhang will care about Yi Zhonghai."

Yan Fugui didn’t understand either; clearly Yi Zhonghai and his wife weren’t without money, yet they were unwilling to support a child.

"Let it be, it’s none of our business, rest." Whether or not Yi Zhonghai had someone to tend to him in his old age, or if his money went down the drain, Yan Fugui didn’t care too much.

After Lady Jia Zhang returned home, she began to curse endlessly, and of course, Qin Huairu was not spared.

Lady Jia Zhang fiercely hit her several times, "I was against Dongxu marrying you, that country girl, from the beginning."

"You have no job, and your family can’t provide any help."

"If you had a job and your family could give you an apartment, would Dongxu do this?"

Lady Jia Zhang grew angrier the more she thought about it and started beating Qin Huairu with a broom.

"Don’t you dare make a sound." Lady Jia Zhang didn’t want to hear Qin Huairu’s voice at the moment, "Such bad luck."

"Ever since you entered our house, there has not been a single pleasing thing happening in the Old Jia Family."

"If you hadn’t given birth to a boy, I would have driven you out a long time ago." Lady Jia Zhang had always found Qin Huairu disagreeable.

She felt that Jia Dongxu had not listened to her in the past and had been led astray by Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu wanted to call for help, but she didn’t dare; if she really shouted, the only thing waiting for her would be an even harsher punishment.

Seeing Qin Huairu’s restrained expression, Lady Jia Zhang suddenly felt a perverse sense of happiness, thinking it was better than hearing her cry out.

With her mood lifted, Lady Jia Zhang, of course, hit her more, "Don’t think that just because Jia Dongxu is in trouble, you can do whatever you want."

"I’ll tell you, in the Old Jia Family, there is no divorce, only widowhood." Lady Jia Zhang didn’t know if Jia Dongxu would be unlucky.

Taking into account the worst-case scenario, it’s very possible that he’d end up imprisoned; given that, she should keep a closer watch on her daughter-in-law for her son’s sake.

Otherwise, if he really gets locked up and comes out looking for a wife, that won’t be an easy task.

Just now, Qin Huairu was wondering what she should do if Jia Dongxu got locked up with no job; should she just stay in the Jia Family?

She hadn’t expected Lady Jia Zhang to say such a thing, "Mom, I... I won’t leave Dongxu."

"We, we already have two children." Qin Huairu believed that if she dared breathe a word of leaving, Lady Jia Zhang would never let her go.

Lady Jia Zhang snorted coldly; of course, she saw the displeasure flicker in Qin Huairu’s eyes just now. But it didn’t matter, no matter what she thought, she would definitely not allow her to leave the Jia Family.

"Tomorrow morning, you will kneel down at the Entrance of Zhang Family."

"You must get her to write a letter of forgiveness for this incident."

"No matter what you do, in short, if you can’t get that letter of forgiveness, you can figure out what to do yourself," Lady Jia Zhang said venomously.

Go to Zhang Yu for a letter of forgiveness? Qin Huairu, covering her face, stared blankly at Lady Jia Zhang, "Zhang Yu, she would definitely not be willing."

"So you need to kneel down, you also know that once Dongxu was locked up, there wasn’t a single money-earner left in the family."

"You heard what that girl said too, she wants us to move to the countryside, are you willing?" Lady Jia Zhang knew Qin Huairu definitely would not be happy to move to the countryside.

Qin Huairu stared at Lady Jia Zhang for a long time, knowing that if this matter wasn’t handled well, the whole family would suffer, "I understand."

Zhang Yu yawn away the sleepiness and climbed out of bed. Ah, the poor people, in this era, work starts at seven-thirty in the morning, or four, and it’s only one weekly day off, it’s really not easy to sleep in.

Such a life must continue until retirement; thinking about this made Zhang Yu feel worse than dead, but there was no way he could afford not to go to work.

He got up in a daze and was about to go to the yard to brush his teeth and wash his face when he saw Qin Huairu suddenly kneeling on the ground with a thud.

This startled Zhang Yu at first, but then he quickly reacted, raising his voice to its highest pitch, "Yo, Qin Huairu, you were hiding on the side yesterday, not making a peep."

"What are you kneeling for so early in the day, begging for mercy, thinking I’d let your man off the hook?"

"I let your family off yesterday, but pity, your man rushed to my house last night wanting to kill me and my sister, I simply can’t forgive that."

"What if I did forgive and then two or three years or maybe five years pass by when no one remembers this incident, and your man sneaks to my house in the dead of night to finish us off? What then?"

"I can’t be on guard all the time, can I?"

"Enough, don’t go on about your family learning lessons or the like; if you had truly learned something, it wouldn’t have come to this."

"In the courtyard, relying on someone backing you up, there’s shameless arrogance, making guarantees one minute and stabbing us in the back the next, and it’s not the first or second time either."

"Where is there any credibility left in Old Jia’s family, and don’t say we didn’t give chances, the whole compound has given you more than enough chances, only for you to become even more audacious."

"If you can’t manage and control yourselves, then let the state teach you a lesson, to understand that the world is not only governed by the likes of Uncle Steward."

"Is everything decided by the steward of the courtyard, or is it under the purview of the law?"

"It’s just the right time to go in there and get a good education on the law, not to act invincible just because you have a steward to rely on."

"Enough, don’t go saying it’s not easy for you, as if my family’s got it easy."

"These days, every family has it tough; I’ve never seen a family doing poorly and yet still plump and well-fed."

"I, I’m just swelling up," Qin Huairu protested as the number of onlookers increased.

"Swelling up?" Zhang Yu pressed down on Qin Huairu’s arm, "Do you take everyone for fools? Can’t people tell the difference between swelling up and being fat?"

Everyone peered over, "That’s not just swelling up."

"Exactly, I’ve never seen ’fat’ like this."

"So, don’t keep saying how hard your family’s life is and how you can’t make ends meet. Just look at your family, all plump and well-fed, and see if it’s just swelling up."

"If that’s really the case, then I also should start crying poor. There are so many poor people these days. Right, Qin Huairu, you say your family is struggling, but you wash clothes every day, aren’t you worried about wearing them out?"

"Does your soap not cost money?"

"And if life isn’t easy at home, why not go to the neighborhood office to find work, to paste cardboard boxes together?"

"Oh, I forgot, the poverty line is defined as five yuan per person per month, and your family hasn’t reached that. Your man’s monthly salary is thirty-three, right? That’s more than five yuan per person for a family of six."

"Even if it’s below five yuan, you can’t just lie down and give up. You could go to the neighborhood director and speak of your difficulties, take on some work, and not dream of getting something for nothing."

"Those who gain without working, in my eyes, are nothing but the rich landlords." Humph, she slapped them with a big label right there.