Chapter 199 Qin Huairu's plea, Wang Jianye's attitude
Qin Huairu was wearing an indigo cotton jacket with white floral patterns. She had one hand tucked into the sleeve of the jacket and the other holding a canvas handbag. The tip of her nose was slightly red from the northwest wind and her eyes were misty, looking as if she had suffered some injustice.

Wang Jianye looked at her in confusion, "Qin Huairu, why are you here? Are you here alone?" After saying that, he looked outside and didn't see anyone else.

"Brother Wang, I have something to ask you. Can you let me in? I'm almost freezing to death outside."

Qin Huairu shrank her neck, shivered, and looked at Wang Jianye pleadingly.

"come in."

Wang Jianye made way for the door.

When Qin Huairu came in, she saw that the bright room was filled with new furniture that she had never seen before. It was different from the last time she came back. She was surprised and asked, "Brother Wang, did you change the furniture again?"

After closing the door, Wang Jianye sat on the chair and nodded. He didn't explain much, but just said, "You don't need to talk about this in the courtyard."

"Don't worry, Brother Wang. I won't tell them about your situation in the hospital. You told me before."

Qin Huairu pulled a chair and sat down, took out a lunch box from her bag, and saw the stove burning brightly in the room. "Brother Wang, can I heat up some food here? This is the hot and sour potato shreds you made that I brought back from Fengze Garden."

"Aren't you going home to eat with Jia Dongxu and his mother?"

"No." Qin Huairu shook her head. "My mother-in-law was taken to the detention center. She has to spend the New Year there. I can only send her dumplings once on New Year's Eve. Jia Dongxu... I don't want him to eat the food you cooked, so I want him to heat up the food in the lunch box before I go home. I can eat it after I finish it. Is that okay?"

"Just now outside the house, you said you wanted to ask me something? Is it about this?"

"This is just one of the things. There is a more important thing. Brother Wang, can you let me put the lunch box on the stove in your room to heat it up first?" Qin Huairu asked, holding a lunch box in both hands.

"Reba."

Wang Jianye had no objection.

Qin Huairu placed the lunch box in her hand on the iron sheet next to the stove. The iron sheet was very hot. In addition, the aluminum lunch box had good thermal conductivity, so it heated up quickly. After a while, the lunch box was hot.

Qin Huairu took a rag to prevent scalding, brought it to the table, opened the lid of the lunch box with the rag, took a pair of chopsticks from the cupboard and sat back, "Brother Wang, do you want to have a bite? I tried it this afternoon, it was really delicious."

Wang Jianye shook his head. He had no interest. No matter how delicious the dish was, he had tasted it many times while cooking and was tired of it. "According to the rules of Fengze Garden, only the chefs who cook are qualified to take food home every day. An intern like you is not qualified. Now you show up at my house with a lunch box of this spicy and sour potato shreds. Do you think my house is a den to destroy evidence of violations?"

"Then Brother Wang, are you going to report me?" Qin Huairu looked at him aggrievedly.

"That won't happen. After all, you helped me and covered up for me in the hospital. I don't need to report you for such a small matter. Come eat quickly. It will be late when you finish eating. You have to go back quickly, otherwise Jia Dongxu will definitely ask you why you came back so late."

While peeling peanuts and eating them, Wang Jianye urged Qin Huairu to finish the food in the lunch box and leave quickly.

Qin Huairu took a bite of the spicy and sour potato shreds in the lunch box, and tears flowed from the corners of her eyes. She didn't know whether it was because the dish was so delicious that she cried, or because Brother Wang cared about her and wanted her to not be wronged because she came home late. When she was in Fengze Garden, she didn't dare to cry because she was afraid of being caught by Xu Youliang. When she was with Wang Jianye, she finally didn't have this worry. She ate the spicy and sour potato shreds that were so delicious that she cried, and she cried.

Bright tears rolled down her cheeks from the corners of her eyes into the lunch box below. Eaten with spicy and sour potato shreds, it had a special taste that made Qin Huairu want to eat more.

Wang Jianye knew that Qin Huairu was eating the legendary spicy and sour potato shreds he made, and it was impossible to stop her from crying, so he could only change his request, "Qin Huairu, you can eat it, and you can cry, but can you cry a little quieter?"

"I'm sorry, Brother Wang, I really couldn't help it, but I won't cry out loud, so as not to cause any trouble to you, Brother Wang."

Qin Huairu immediately wiped away the tears on her face, forced a smile and said to Wang Jianye: "Brother Wang, am I particularly useless?"

"Yes."

"..."

This was a word that made Qin Huairu hold back for a long time before she could utter a word. "Brother Wang, you can't be like this. I asked if I was a loser, and you should have said no, and then comforted me and encouraged me... When we showed movies in our village, I saw that this was how it was played in the movies."

"What movie?"

Wang Jianye asked curiously while eating peanuts. He didn't know much about movies of this era.

"I remember the movie very clearly. The girl in it accidentally did something wrong and was very sad so she asked the guy this question. Then the guy coaxed her and she started to smile..."

There was a particular lack of entertainment activities in rural areas during this era, especially at night. People were reluctant to use lamp oil or turn on the lights, so they could only blow out the kerosene lamps, turn off the light bulbs, and lie down in the house to sleep.

Therefore, every time a movie was shown in the countryside, all the villagers within a ten-mile radius would take small stools and flashlights, and in summer they would also take palm-leaf fans. Some of them would not even have time to eat their prepared meals, but would just stuff two steamed buns into their pockets and rush to the movie location to grab a good seat.

Qin Huairu had watched this movie in several villages and enjoyed it every time, so she remembers it very clearly.

"So, you want me to coax you?" Wang Jianye asked helplessly.

Qin Huairu blushed and nodded.

"But do you know that you are married now? The man closest to you is your husband. He is the one who should comfort you, not an outsider like me."

"I know, but..."

Qin Huairu lowered her head and said sadly, "Jia Dongxu treats me badly, and my mother-in-law treats me badly too. The little money I earn has to be handed over to them on the day of payday, and I can't save a penny.
This time I saw many customers ordered the hot and sour potato shreds you made, so I couldn't help but take a bite when the dish was served. As a result, Xu Youliang found out and scolded me. He also asked me to write a self-criticism of no less than 300 words and read it in public when I went to work tomorrow. He also fined me three days' salary.

When the salary is paid in a few days, if Jia Dongxu sees that the money I give him is not enough, he will definitely scold me and beat me, so Brother Wang, I come to beg you, now only you can help me. "

(End of this chapter)