novellhall Chapter 2478 The Lunchbox Trick
Chapter 2478 The Lunchbox Trick
Inside the courtyard house, the Jia family continued to live a stifling life.
In the past, when they saw Yi Zhonghai using the saying "there are no bad elders in the world" to lecture others, they felt it was perfectly justified and felt particularly good.
Now that it's my turn, I'm just as angry as I was back then.
They tried to explain themselves, but nobody paid any attention to them.
When Yi Zhonghai used to do favors for their family, he would practically make a big fuss about it, letting everyone know.
Otherwise, why would he enjoy meetings so much?
Donations were made to the Jia family in the courtyard.
He donated ten yuan, and Liu Haizhong sometimes followed suit by donating ten yuan, and sometimes five yuan.
By the time they got to Yan Bugui's place, they had at most two yuan left.
He gave Yan Bugui those two yuan first.
Even the old man Yan Bugui only donated two yuan. How much can you expect ordinary people in the courtyard to donate?
Excluding Sha Zhu and Xu Damao, all those people combined couldn't match what he donated alone.
Why would Yi Zhonghai risk the reputation of making a private donation for such a small amount of money?
Isn't his goal simply to make it known to everyone that he's helping the Jia family?
Everyone knows that the Jia family has taken advantage of the situation, so how could they possibly believe what the Jia family says?
Ever since the Liu and Yan brothers moved back, the Jia family has suffered countless losses.
They had been looking for an opportunity to sow discord, but they never got one.
Xu Damao went out that day.
The Liu brothers, Guangtian and Guangtian, also went out; it's unclear what they were doing.
Only the Yan brothers and Sha Zhu remained in the courtyard.
The Jia family felt they had found an opportunity and prepared to take action.
Qin Huairu sat in the room and gave orders: "Chen Kai, go find Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang and tell them you want to invite them to dinner."
Upon receiving the order, Chen Kai left quickly. The two Yan brothers, hearing that Chen Kai was treating everyone, eagerly followed him.
"Yanling, Xiaodang, go prepare the wine and dishes, and send them to Shazhu's house later."
The two of them did not refuse and went out to prepare food and drinks.
Qin Huai glanced at the remaining locust blossoms and said, "Could you help me tidy them up?"
Even if you see Sha Zhu, you should still tidy him up.
Soon, Tang Yanling and Xiao Dang returned with the groceries. They had gone all out this time, preparing several high-quality dishes.
Qin Huai felt a pang of heartache for a moment; the food given to Sha Zhu was far too good.
But you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub, so Qin Huairu had no choice but to be generous this once.
"Put them all in lunchboxes."
Fortunately, the Jia family members are all like the mythical creature Pixiu, only taking in and never giving out. Otherwise, they really wouldn't have been able to find so many lunchboxes.
These lunchboxes were bought by Sha Zhu when he used to bring meals to the Jia family.
The money was still provided by Yi Zhonghai.
Yi Zhonghai went to great lengths to get Sha Zhu to bring lunchboxes to the Jia family.
After packing the food, Qin Huairu took the lunchbox and went to the main room.
Sha Zhu was watching a lifestyle program inside the house, which was about bizarre things that happened between ordinary people in other places.
I chose to watch this in order to learn from the experience.
He was ruined his whole life because of these things, and he watches these shows to see how others deal with those situations.
"Silly Zhu, are you watching TV?"
Hearing Qin Huairu's commotion, Sha Zhu turned around and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Qin Huairu took out a lunchbox and placed it on the table: "I asked Yanling to prepare some dishes so I can eat with you."
"I also brought your favorite Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor)."
Sha Zhu thought to himself, what do you mean his favorite drink is Erguotou?
Banggeng drinks Moutai and Wuliangye every day, does he deserve to drink Erguotou?
Do you really think he can't eat fine food?
He had no choice.
If you have good wine, you have to offer it to your three uncles and give way to Banggeng. If he doesn't drink Erguotou, you can't even get a drink.
As Sha Zhu watched Qin Huairu's actions, many familiar scenes came to mind.
When he first started working, Qin Huairu did this before, bringing Jia Dongxu with her and a plate of pickled vegetables.
During those difficult years, the Jia family did the same thing; they only took half a bottle of wine, which he delivered to Yi Zhonghai's house. On the day Jia Dongxu died, Qin Huairu did the same thing, arriving empty-handed and taking only the lunchbox he had brought back.
Later, even more people came.
As long as she doesn't block him at the pool, Qin Huairu will run into his room.
At first, Qin Huairu would bring a basin, pretending to wash clothes, but later she would come in empty-handed and head straight for her lunchbox.
If she doesn't get a lunchbox, or if she doesn't bring one, Qin Huairu will cry in distress.
He's useless too. He can't stand seeing Qin Huairu cry, so he apologizes and makes amends.
Qin Huairu, once she gets her lunchbox, she'll take it and leave, not caring whether he's eaten or not.
If he ever said that he hadn't eaten yet, Qin Huairu would shut him up by threatening to take the food from the child.
Qin Huairu never asked where the lunchbox came from.
He offended countless people just to get lunchboxes for the Jia family. Those people tripped him up, preventing him from getting a raise for years, but Qin Huairu didn't care.
Qin Huairu was concerned about whether she could borrow money.
On the day he gets paid, or at the latest three days later, Qin Huairu will come to him to borrow money, fearing that he will spend the money on his own.
While watching the show recently, he discovered something else.
Qin Huairu would borrow money from He Yushui every time she came to him for living expenses.
If it happens once or twice, it might be considered a coincidence, but can it still be considered a coincidence ten or eight times?
In order to take care of Qin Huairu, he gave He Yushui less and less money.
Giving He Yushui three yuan a month for living expenses is already considered a lot.
What about the Jia family?
Qin Huairu borrowed at least ten yuan from him every month, and Yi Zhonghai then forced him to lend Jia Dongxu five or six yuan, leaving him with half of his salary.
The remaining money has to be used to pay for water and electricity, to support the deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai, and occasionally to treat the three old men to meals.
And every now and then, he would have to pay Xu Damao two yuan.
If he weren't a cook with extra income, his meager salary wouldn't be enough to cover his expenses.
Two other things left a deep impression on Sha Zhu. One was when Qin Huairu wanted to break up with Xu Damao because she wanted to learn how to project movies.
Another time, Qin Huairu was misdiagnosed with stomach cancer, and she dragged him out for drinks.
Now, Qin Huairu is doing the same thing again.
Sha Zhu knew that Qin Huairu's purpose was not simple.
"Not interested."
Qin Huairu glanced at the program on TV and felt somewhat uncomfortable.
"What are you doing? That's all made up to boost ratings."
Even teeth can clash, let alone those between neighbors.
It's normal to have some disagreements; why bother going on TV?
Our courtyard has the best rules; everything is resolved within the courtyard.
You say your reasoning, I say mine, and the neighbors in the courtyard act as judges.
Everyone should support whoever they think is right.
In the end, the matter was resolved, but not too many people will know about it.
Stop looking.
Qin Huairu reached for the remote control and turned off the TV.
Sha Zhu knew Qin Huairu's temperament; she wouldn't give up until she achieved her goal.
In order to borrow money, Neng ran into his room in the middle of the night with her shirt unbuttoned.
Just as he was about to speak, Yang Feng and the others came in. They knew that Qin Huairu had gone into Sha Zhu's room and were afraid that something might happen to Sha Zhu, so they rushed in.
Qin Huairu looked at them with impatience: "What are you doing here? Don't you know how to knock before entering someone else's room?"
Sha Zhu said irritably, "So you know you have to knock before entering someone else's house?"
When you and Yi Zhonghai came into my house, why didn't you knock?
Qin Huairu felt wronged: "Shazhu, I came here today because I wanted to have a sincere talk with you."
They don't belong here.
Sha Zhu wanted to see what tricks Qin Huairu would pull this time, so he sent Yang Feng and the others back.
"I'll talk to her." (End of Chapter)