Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

Chapter 5: One family eats meat and three families care about each other
  Qin Huairu glanced at her mother-in-law, who had an unkind look on her face, and at the tearful stick stem, and had no choice but to stand up with difficulty and go get the bowl.

Mrs. Jia Zhang said: "You are a pregnant woman. If you dare not give it, be confident."

Qin Huairu was still holding the bowl here, but Yan Bugui had already smelled the fragrance and knocked on Jiang Chen's door:
  "Jiang Chen, where are you cooking?"

Jiang Chen nodded lightly: "Yes!"

Yan Bugui looked at the sizzling twice-cooked pork in the oil pan and couldn't help but swallowed:

"Say, why did you buy such lean meat? And you bought so much of it! The meat needs to be fatter to have oil and water, and that's what it feels like to eat meat."

"Then when you fry the meat, you should eat eight ounces of ingredients and two ounces of meat, and two ounces of fat meat. Do you understand?"

"Why are you eating only white rice or polished rice? It's such a waste! A little bit of porridge, just two whole-grain steamed buns, you can still be full."

"In this current situation, no one is living on a budget. No matter how much money your family has, they can't afford your spending."

Jiang Chen frowned slightly: "A grandma of mine lived to be 102 years old. Do you know why?"

Yan Bugui asked doubtfully: "Because he eats such twice-cooked pork and refined rice?"

Jiang Chen said coldly: "Because he never meddles in other people's business."

Yan Bugui was stunned for a while, then muttered: "Isn't this just for you? I am someone who has been here before."

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Chen interrupted directly: "Are you okay?"

If he hadn't been thinking about making money, Yan Bugui would have probably scolded him:
  "It's okay. You just moved here. Let me see if you need help with anything?"

Jiang Chen snorted coldly: "When I was cleaning the house, you didn't come over to ask. Now it's time to eat, but you are here."

"That's it. I don't need any help at the moment. Teacher Yan, please come back. I'll come back to you when I need help."

As he spoke, he put the fried twice-cooked pork on a plate.

Sending guests off so directly?

Yan Bugui was stunned, this kid really doesn't have enough food and salt to eat, and he doesn't even get a hair out of his pocket! If you offend me, the third uncle, your life will not be easy in the future.

After saying that, he turned around and left.

No matter how thick-skinned he is, he can't go to the cupboard to get a bowl of rice when others directly chase him away.

Jiang Chen originally had no ill intentions towards Yan Bugui.

It's just a small advantage. If you can't make anyone poor, you can't make anyone rich. It's not a big deal.

But Jiang Chen couldn't bear to pay attention to the house.

After Yan Bugui left, Jiang Chen closed the door and started eating.

His craftsmanship is pretty good, but there is a big gap compared to his mother Zhang Cuilai.

I had only been away from home for a few days, and I started to feel nostalgic again.

After taking two puffs, there was a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" Jiang Chen asked.

"I am Jia's wife." Qin Huairu's voice came from outside the door.

The aroma of fried meat is so strong, and there are only so many families in the front yard, so it’s not hard to find.

Upon hearing this name, Jiang Chen knew the purpose of the other party's visit.

He thought for a moment, put down the bowl, stood up and opened the door: "Sister-in-law of the Jia family, thank you for giving me the directions."

"What do you find me for?"

Qin Huairu saw a plate full of meat on the table and swallowed quietly: "Brothers from the Jiang family, the four members of my Jia family live very hard on Dongxu's salary. We haven't eaten for a long time. It’s meat.”

"I just smelled the aroma of meat. My child is ignorant and has been clamoring for meat. I really have no choice, so I shamelessly came here to ask you to borrow some meat to satisfy my child's craving."

"When Dongxu pays his salary, I will pay it back to you."

Jiang Chen agreed simply: "Okay, give me the bowl!"

Qin Huairu happily handed the bowl to Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen took it, returned to the table, picked some meat and put it in a bowl. Not much, the bottom of the bowl is thin, barely enough for a child.

It's okay to taste it to satisfy your craving, but it's not okay to eat it openly.

This can be regarded as a thank you to Qin Huairu for identifying the house just now!

He handed the bowl to Qin Huairu: "Here, go back and satisfy the child's hunger!"

Qin Huairu saw that there wasn't much meat in the bowl and knew that her mother-in-law must be dissatisfied, but it was hard to say anything.

After all, I said I would satisfy my children’s cravings. This little meat is definitely enough for a child:
  "Thank you, Brother Jiang. I will let Banggian always remember your kindness and repay you when you grow up."

Jiang Chen waved his hand: "It's just a little bit of meat, it doesn't need to be that serious."

"Besides, if it doesn't happen next time, no one's money comes from the strong wind. If you want to live a good life, you still have to rely on your own efforts."

Isn’t Jia Dongxu working hard?
  Very hard work!

But my talent is limited. I have been working for almost ten years and I am still a second-level fitter.

I heard that it will be upgraded to level three in the next two years, but I don’t know if it will be possible.

Besides, it’s useless to work hard these days, there’s no place to make money.

What's more, Ms. Jia Zhang has health problems and needs to take medicine for a long time, which puts a huge burden on the family. Otherwise, the family would have a regular worker and an elder to help, and their family would not be so tight.

Qin Huairu didn't know how to answer this, so she just assumed that Jiang Chen was from the countryside and didn't know the situation in the city:
  "Thank you!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked slowly home.

Jiang Chen shook his head, closed the door and continued eating.

Jia Zhang, who was looking forward to seeing Qin Huairu come back, raised her head and asked: "Whose fried meat is coming?"

Qin Huairu nodded: "If the newly moved Jiang brothers come to stir-fry meat, it won't be much!"

Jia Zhang glanced at the meat in Qin Huairu's bowl, swallowed her saliva and asked, "Other people don't fry it enough?"

At this moment, he didn't dislike it.

There were at least a dozen pieces of meat in the bowl that were half the size of a child's hand, exuding a rich aroma.

This is already a lot.

In other people's homes, two meals of meat would not add up to that much.

Qin Huairu shook his head and pointed to the meat in the bowl: "That's not true. He fried a lot, at least ten of them."

"But he said that children can't eat much, and this is enough."

Qin Huairu could emphasize the child, just hoping that her mother-in-law would remember that the meat was for Banggeng and not eat most of it herself.

When Mrs. Jia Zhang heard this, she immediately became displeased and said angrily: "This bastard is cooked so much that one person can eat it. The four members of our family only give this little bit? We are not afraid of eating it alone and getting our intestines rotten."

"Hmph, being so stingy will lead to death sooner or later! That ginger head kept the door closed all day long, so he must have been eating well. He deserves to die in a foreign land without any trace of his body."

"Country people are country people, and they will never be able to eat four dishes and one soup in their entire lives."

When he said this, he completely forgot that he and Qin Huairu actually still had rural registered residence.

Qin Huairu didn't answer: "There's a lot of meat in it. Let's add some cabbage and potatoes and fry it again. We can eat it together when Dongxu comes back."

Mrs. Jia Zhang said angrily: "Otherwise, what else can we do? If you are promising and find a class, our family's life will not be so difficult."

Qin Huairu sighed, it is impossible to find a job now with a rural registered permanent residence.

In the past, No. 3 Steel Plant was recruiting a large number of workers, regardless of household registration, but at that time she was pregnant and it was not convenient for her to go to work.

If an opportunity is missed, it will never come again.

It’s just that they don’t know that according to the original history, after 60 years of major streamlining, where these people came from will be where they will go back.

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(End of this chapter)