Siheyuan: Jie Hu Lou Xiao'e

When Su Ci and grandma came to Shazhu's house, Shazhu had already prepared all the meals.

"Come on, old lady, Su Ci, please sit down and eat."

Silly Zhu asked Su Ci and the others to sit down at the dinner table, and said with a wry smile:

"Su Ci, buddy, I took advantage of you tonight. It's rare for me to have a decent dinner."

"Brother Zhu, you are the chef of the steel rolling mill. Logically speaking, you should have no shortage of food and drink!"

Su Ci asked questions knowingly.

"Oh, don't mention it..."

Silly Zhu sighed.

"Every time I bring my lunch box home, Qin Huairu snatches it away before I even enter the house."

"I haven't had a decent dinner in years."

Silly Zhu is not a saint.

He has been sucked by Qin Huairu's family for so many years, and it is impossible to say that he has no resentment at all.

However, he also had selfish motives and always wanted to get some benefits from Qin Huairu, but he could never get past Qin Huairu's widowhood scheme.

Over the years, he has not taken much advantage, but Dumb has suffered a lot.

"Brother Zhu, I think Qin Huairu's family's life is not bad, right?"

Su Ci said calmly:

"Look at her mother-in-law. She has a fat head, big ears, and a shiny face. She must have weighed two hundred pounds, right?

I just took a quick look and found that she is the fattest among the elderly people in our courtyard. Those who didn't know better thought she was a landowner from the old society."

"There is also Qin Huairu's son Banggen. He is so strong and has a chubby face. His cheeks are full of flesh. He is much fatter than the other children in the courtyard."

"The living conditions of their family are much better than those in the courtyard, and even better than most ordinary families in the entire capital. There is no need for you to support them every day, right?"

Silly Zhu was stunned, thinking carefully about Su Ci's words.

It seems that this is really what happened.

Su Ci continued:

"If the Jia family is really poor and can't afford to eat, it's okay if you give their family one or two meals occasionally.

But they clearly have food to eat, and they still snatch your lunch box all day long. They are treating you as a long-term meal ticket!"

Silly Zhu thought about Su Ci's words, and bits and pieces of the past few years flashed through his mind.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that what Su Ci said made sense.

In fact, he had already vaguely felt it, but he just didn't want to face this fact.

It can be said that he and Qin Huairu are both willing to fight and suffer.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this and let's eat first."

Just as Silhu was about to move his chopsticks, Qin Huairu suddenly opened the door and walked in.

"Hey, the old lady and Su Ci are here too!"

Qin Huairu glanced at the food on the table:

"Silly Zhu, you are inviting the old lady and Su Ci to dinner. Why have I never seen you so generous before? It's chicken and fish. Have you three finished eating?"

Shazhu was already feeling a little unhappy. Seeing Qin Huairu like this, he didn't know what she was planning, so he said impatiently:

"Sister Qin, what can you do?"

"Oh... um... I was just about to do the laundry and wanted to see if you had any clothes to wash."

Qin Huairu kept talking while her eyes were staring at the food on the table.

"Silly Zhu, isn't it a bit wasteful for the three of you to eat so many dishes?

It just so happens that my three children don’t have enough to eat, how about I get some for them?”

She said as she prepared to serve the plates.

If it were before, Silly Zhu would definitely agree.

But today, Silly Zhu stopped her.

"Qin Huairu, haven't I already given you three lunch boxes?"

Qin Huairu's face turned red:

"Banggan, Xiaodang, Huaihua and the others are just growing up, and their appetites are getting bigger and bigger every day. As a mother, I can't help it. I can't just watch my children starve, right?"

"Besides, Banggeng was injured again today. Didn't I want him to eat more to supplement his nutrition?"

Su Ci had no intention of watching her performance, so he picked up a chicken leg and handed it to the deaf old lady.

"Grandma, please eat a chicken drumstick to supplement your nutrition."

"Hey, my good grandson, so filial."

The deaf old lady was about to eat the chicken drumstick.

Qin Huairu quickly stopped and said:

"Old lady, you are getting older and are not suitable for eating such greasy and meaty food. You should eat more light vegetarian dishes.

Su Ci, you are young and don't know how to take care of the elderly, so how can you feed the elderly such greasy food?"

As she spoke, she calmly took the chicken drumstick from the deaf old lady's hand.

Then she picked up the pot of stewed chicken in front of her and picked up the pork and fish in the pot with chopsticks.

Snap!

Silly Zhu couldn't stand it any longer, so he slapped his chopsticks on the table:

"Qin Huairu, are you going too far? Is there anyone like you? We are still eating here, and you packed it up?"

Qin Huairu was stunned. She didn't expect that Silly Zhu would lose his temper with her.

He was not like this before!

She quickly understood and felt that she might have caused him to lose face in front of Su Ci.

Qin Huairu also felt that she had gone too far.

If it was just Silu Zhu, it wouldn't matter no matter how much she went overboard.

But in front of others, it would be too shameful for her to do this.

"Silly Zhu, why are you so angry? Aren't I afraid that you will waste it?"

Qin Huairu put the basin down again, tried hard to squeeze out two tears, and said aggrievedly:

"Silly Zhu, I thought you were the kindest person in this courtyard, but I didn't expect that even you have changed and become so cold and unhuman."

"Isn't it just for you to order food? Why are you so stingy?"

"Besides, we orphans and widowed mothers are so pitiful. What's wrong with you helping us? Even if you don't help, there's no need to be cruel to me!"

As he spoke, he cried and wiped away his tears.

Silly Zhu immediately softened his heart and said hurriedly:

"Well, it's my fault. I'm a bastard. Why don't I compensate you? My grandma, please stop crying!"

Su Ci secretly sighed in his heart, this Qin Huairu is indeed a master, no wonder Silly Zhu was eaten to death by her.

Silly Zhu glanced at Su Ci awkwardly.

He wanted to help Qin Huairu, but Su Ci bought these dishes.

He really couldn't open his mouth.

Su Ci didn't have so many worries and said bluntly:

"Sister Qin, what you just said is a bit wrong, isn't it?"

"My grandma is old and can't eat too greasy food. Can a child eat too greasy food?"

"Also, as far as I know, Brother Zhu has helped your family a lot over the years. Just because he didn't give it to you this time, you call him selfish? Isn't this too chilling?"

"It's a matter of affection to help you, but it's a duty not to help. Don't take other people's kindness for granted."

Qin Huairu's face turned red when she was told that, and she dug her feet into the ground in embarrassment.

Silly Zhu became excited.

What Su Ci said was what he was thinking but couldn't say.

Qin Huairu didn't expect Su Ci to be so talkative, and was immediately speechless.