Chapter 368: The Level of Personality

After listening to He Yuzhu's words, He Daqing and Lou Xiao'e did not object.

"Okay, it's good to have some meat every week, so I'll double it, but I'm afraid you won't be able to get it by then."

When He Daqing started to scoop the soup,
The aroma of the chicken and snake meat became stronger after being stirred with a spoon, making Jia Zhang next door so greedy that she kept swallowing her saliva.

Just as she was about to mutter something, she saw Li Qingshan carrying a bowl to Yi Zhonghai's house.
He immediately said angrily,
"He Daqing, we are all neighbors, and we won't treat each other equally.

He sent meat to Lao Yi but not to our family. He really looks down on me. I will have to argue with him later."

Hearing Jia Zhang's scolding, Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu subconsciously looked towards the opposite door, and then saw Li Qingshan's back as he walked into Yi Zhonghai's house.
Then he turned to look at Jia Zhang and said,
"Mom, Uncle He bought something with his own money and he can give it to whoever he wants. What does it have to do with us?
Didn’t you see that it was Li Qingshan who sent it to Master?
He is the master's godson, so it is normal for him to give some good things to his godfather and godmother.
What can you find fault with this?

I think you should stop messing around and let's eat!"

After hearing what her son said, Jia Zhang knew that he was right.

It is a big story whether it was He Daqing or Li Qingshan who delivered the meat to Yi Zhonghai and his wife.

If she blamed He Daqing for this matter, she would end up losing more than she gained.

The neighbors not only praised Li Qingshan for his filial piety, but also poked holes in Jia Zhang's spine.

It was just that the chicken and snake stewed next door were so delicious, and when Jia Zhang saw the steamed bread and pickled vegetables in her own home, she couldn't eat them anyway.

After stroking his rumbling stomach, he decided to turn to his five-year-old grandson.

"Bang Geng'er, take two steamed buns to your great grandfather."

Hearing what Jia Zhang said, how could Jia Dongxu not know what his mother was planning?
He immediately spoke up,
"Mom, what are you doing? I am an apprentice and I don't have the ability to honor my master, but why are you calculating for that little bit of meat?
Bang Geng'er is really about to pass, how will Master look at me!

Son, let’s not go to Great Grandpa’s place now, let’s just eat at home, okay?”

Bang Geng'er, who had just stood up, sat down again after hearing Jia Dongxu's words. He first touched his stomach, then swallowed his saliva.
"Dad, when will your family eat meat again?"

Although Jia Dongxu felt sorry for his son, he also knew that his abilities were limited and his salary was not high, so he could not meet all his son's requests.

So I taught Bangge a lesson with a stern face,
"Didn't our family just eat meat a few days ago? Where would we get the money to buy tickets and cut meat for you?

Wait a few more days, and this month's salary and meat coupons will be issued. Once the salary is issued, we will immediately cut half a pound of fat meat to satisfy Banggeng'er's craving."

Speaking of this, I remembered the pound of lean meat I cut some time ago.
I know that with my mother's foul mouth, even if she were to go to another butcher's stall to buy meat, she might get into a conflict with the salesperson.
So he turned his head and looked at his wife and said,

"Huai Ru, next time you go to the market to buy meat, take your money and ticket with you and say something nice to the salesperson. Don't buy some lean meat. It's really not worth it."

Although she had heard what her man said, Qin Huairu did not agree immediately.

Instead, it was the mother-in-law Jia Zhang who took a look at him.
"Mom, look?"

From the very beginning, when she heard that her son would not allow her eldest grandson to go to Yi Zhonghai's house for free food and drinks, Jia Zhang was a little dissatisfied. She thought that Yi Zhonghai's family next door only had two people, how could they eat so much? Her grandson was young, so what would happen if she gave him some? How much could he eat?

However, Jia Zhang accepted traditional concepts all her life.
Since Jia Dongxu disagreed, she would not speak her mind in front of her son.
Now she heard that Jia Dongxu had deprived her of the right to manage the family property, although she was very dissatisfied, she finally accepted it.

Seeing that Qin Huairu still knew to ask herself, she smiled and said,

"Since Dongxu asked you to take responsibility, then you should take responsibility. Why are you watching me? How can I not agree?"

Jia Zhang had just finished speaking.

Qin Huairu was about to agree when Yi Zhonghai, who lived next door, sent Li Qingshan out and shouted towards the old Jia family.
"Dongxu, Dongxu, you and Banggeng come here quickly. Qingshan sent me some meat. You two should come and have some too."

Hearing Yi Zhonghai calling him, Jia Dongxu was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Jia Zhang.

Then he smiled awkwardly and refused.
"Forget it, Master. Since Qingshan is giving this to you and Master's wife as a gift, you can eat it by yourselves. We have already started eating at home, so I won't come over."

Seeing Jia Dongxu reject him, Yi Zhonghai frowned and continued without questioning,
"Come over if I tell you to. Why are you wasting time talking to me?

The daily workload at the steel mill is so heavy and the consumption is so great that a work-related accident can occur if you are not careful. If you don’t eat well, you won’t have the energy to work.
Hurry up and bring Banggeng with you to eat some to replenish your body."

After Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, Jia Zhangshi was shocked when she heard about the industrial accident, and immediately followed suit.

"Dongxu, if Lao Yi asks you to go over, then go over.
Now we can't eat as much meat as we want. Our monthly ration is only 2 jin. The meat tickets on the black market are not only expensive, but also scarce.
Your salary is low and you can't afford to buy much, so eat as much as you can.
If your health breaks down or you get hurt, we won’t know what to do in the future.”

Jia Dongxu also knew that he was now the mainstay of the family. If he collapsed, the life of the Jia family would immediately become extremely difficult.
So he took two bowls of steamed corn bread from the table, and then took Bang Geng'er to Yi Zhonghai.

On the other side, the He family

Seeing Jia Dongxu carrying the steamed bread to Yi Zhonghai's house, He Daqing first swallowed the steamed bread in his mouth, then drank a mouthful of soup slowly.

Finally he shook his head and said,

"Old Yi is just too kind-hearted.
The couple only had 1 jin of meat coupons each month, and they had to buy the rest with their own money.

I asked Qingshan to bring him a bowl of meat, and he wanted to share it with Jia Dongxu.

I think he should learn from Lao Liu in the backyard.

The meat and eggs at home should be given to Liu Guangqi and me first, the two people who work and earn money. It's OK as long as Liu Saozi and Guangtian Guangfu don't go hungry."

Hearing what He Daqing said, He Yuzhu couldn't help but laugh.

I thought that even if Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu started working and earning money in the future, Liu Haizhong would still focus on himself first. If the two brothers wanted to eat eggs or drink wine, they would have to pay for it themselves.

This led the deaf old lady to say, "If parents are not kind, children will be unfilial."

(End of this chapter)