Courtyard House: They all say I'm a good person

Chapter 56 The most frightening thing in life is comparison!

"Grandma, I want chicken soup too!"

At the crucial moment, the stick gave Jia Zhangshi a sufficient reason to speak.

Banggeng is Qin Huairu's biological son. This son wants to drink chicken soup. If the mother doesn't think of a way, who will?

Madam Jia turned her gaze directly to Qin Huairu, but before she could speak, Qin Huairu retorted, "Mother-in-law, you go if you want, I'm not going!"

"And you, Bang Geng, shut up!"

"We just had meat yesterday, and today you want chicken soup? What kind of conditions do you think we have?"

Although Qin Huairu is still in contact with Yu Li, there is always a thorn in her heart: the words Yu Li said back then.

She is not a person without a sense of shame.

"And, seeing how energetic you are, you'd better go to school this afternoon!"

Qin Huairu glared angrily at Banggeng.

Upon hearing this, Banggeng immediately shrank back into Jia Zhangshi's arms, as if he had been frightened by Qin Huairu.

"Qin Huairu, Banggeng isn't feeling well. He had diarrhea yesterday and didn't eat much this morning. Why are you scaring him?"

"He just wanted a bowl of chicken soup, what did he do wrong?"

"Don't worry, Bang Geng, we're not afraid!"

While protecting Banggeng and denouncing Qin Huairu, Jia Zhangshi did not forget to comfort her beloved grandson.

Qin Huairu didn't say anything more and got up to go to the kitchen to get the food.

Two kinds of flour buns, cornmeal porridge, served with pickled vegetables.

Only Xiao Dang had a small bowl of millet porridge.

As a result, before Qin Huairu could even start feeding Xiaodang, the millet porridge was snatched away by Jia Zhangshi and placed in front of Banggeng.

"Bang Geng's stomach is upset, let him eat some millet porridge to soothe it!"

"Little Dang is just a little girl; she won't starve if she misses a meal!"

This illustrates Jia Zhangshi's preference for sons over daughters.

Qin Huairu felt as if she were being stabbed in the heart as she watched Banggeng start eating millet porridge.

"Hey, your sister's still hungry, leave her half a bowl!"

Although she did not agree with Jia Zhangshi's approach, Qin Huairu understood that she could not go against Jia Zhangshi and could only leave some of the sticks for Xiao Dang.

Unfortunately, how could a pheasant possibly obey?

Compared to the spicy cornmeal porridge, this millet porridge is undoubtedly much tastier.

"Our Bangs' appetites have finally returned!"

May our ancestors bless us!

As soon as Jia Zhangshi watched Bang Geng finish all the millet porridge, she began to praise him.

When Qin Huairu saw this scene, she was on the verge of tears.

"A great joke!"

Qin Huairu looked at Banggeng angrily.

However, Banggeng once again hid behind Jia Zhangshi, giving Qin Huairu no chance to deal with him.

Helpless, Qin Huairu could only sulk and feel humiliated.

She had been malnourished and had been weaned long ago. Although she had been eating a little more these past few days and had a few full meals at Shen Zhishou's place, she really had no milk left.

Holding Xiao Dang as she left the Jia family, Qin Huairu felt that there was absolutely no hope for the days to come.

The aroma of chicken soup still lingered in the air.

Qin Huairu knew that if she went to the Shen family at this time, she would definitely be offered a bowl of chicken soup.

But if she goes there now, her face will really be completely gone.

can not go!

Qin Huairu, holding Xiaodang, thought for a moment and decided not to go to the front yard, but instead went to the back yard and knocked on Xu Damao's door.

Lou Xiao'e opened the door.

"Qin Huairu?"

Lou Xiao'e was quite surprised to see that it was Qin Huairu who had come.

Although the two lived in adjacent yards, they didn't really have much contact.

One reason was that Xu Damao didn't want her to have much contact with the people in the compound, saying that the people in the compound were too cunning.

Secondly, Lou Xiao'e was not familiar with the people in the courtyard, or rather, she didn't fit in, after all, they grew up in different environments.

Therefore, Lou Xiao'e was quite surprised to see Qin Huairu appear at her doorstep.

"May I come in and sit down?"

Qin Huairu spoke somewhat cautiously.

"Of course, please come in!"

Lou Xiao'e stepped aside and invited Qin Huairu inside.

After Qin Huairu entered the house, Lou Xiao'e closed the door.

"Please sit wherever you like!"

Lou Xiao'e gestured for Qin Huairu to sit down, and her gaze immediately fell on Xiao Dang's face, who was being held by Qin Huairu.

The little girl is still very cute.

Lou Xiao'e liked it very much after just one glance.

She likes children.

But she just couldn't get pregnant.

"Oh, right, I have some baby formula here. I'll make some for Xiaodang!"

After Qin Huairu sat down, Lou Xiao'e suddenly remembered something.

She quickly got up, went to find a bag of milk powder, and then found a bowl and spoon, making a cup of fragrant milk powder for him.

"Thanks!"

Qin Huairu thanked her gratefully.

Xiao Dang was a little hungry, but she didn't cry because she was in Qin Huairu's arms.

Now, when she drinks the fragrant milk powder, her face shows a very happy expression, making her little face even cuter.

"Qin Huairu, can't this child speak yet?"

"You can say a little now!"

Qin Huairu smiled slightly. "However, she doesn't talk much!"

Upon hearing this, Lou Xiao'e did not ask any further questions, but instead watched Qin Huairu feed Xiao Dang.

After Xiaodang finished her small bowl of milk powder, the little girl let out a burp, blinked her bright eyes, and then became sleepy.

"Lou Xiao'e, thank you!"

"Otherwise, Little Jin will go hungry today!"

After putting her daughter to sleep, Qin Huairu looked at Lou Xiao'e and thanked her again.

"What's wrong?"

Lou Xiao'e paused for a moment, then looked as if she had just realized something, her gaze sweeping over Qin Huairu's chest. "You don't have enough breast milk?"

"It's been broken for a long time!"

Qin Huairu smiled bitterly, "The family's nutrition wasn't good enough before, so we stopped producing milk a long time ago!"

Qin Huairu didn't feel embarrassed talking to Lou Xiao'e about these things, after all, they were both married.

She recounted the whole story with a hint of jealousy, then asked, "What do you think I should do?"

"I have no idea!"

Lou Xiao'e genuinely didn't know.

She didn't live with Xu Damao's mother, but whenever the two of them got together, Xu's mother would ask her about having children. Over time, she became increasingly reluctant to go to the Xu family's old house.

Lou Xiao'e had absolutely no experience in how to get along with her mother-in-law.

Lou Xiao'e asking her for a solution was like asking a blind man for directions.

Qin Huairu's face was full of bitterness as she said, "Before, I thought everyone lived like this, but ever since Shen Zhishou came to the front yard and I've had more contact with Yu Li, I've realized that, actually, the lives aren't entirely different depending on the man you marry!"

"Is Yu Li doing well?"

Lou Xiao'e immediately became interested.

She and Yu Li had come into contact because of the previous incident involving the kang (a heated brick bed), and the two chatted happily together.

"I don't know whether to say it's good or bad, but anyway, it's just comforting!"

"She didn't have a mother-in-law to keep her in check, and her husband was exceptionally considerate..."

Qin Huairu then began to recount Yu Li's good days, which startled Lou Xiao'e.

Lou Xiao'e never imagined that Yu Li was living such a comfortable life; even she couldn't compare!

"Lou Xiao'e, tell me, why is this world so harsh on us women?"