Chapter 68 The generous Lou Xiaoe
"Oh, what's wrong? Why are you still crying? Did that little bastard Li Shengli bully you?" Qin Huairu returned home with red eyes. When Jia Zhang saw Qin Huairu's red eyes, she thought that Qin Huairu was bullied by Li Shengli, so she put down the spatula in her hand and went to find Li Shengli to settle the score.

"Mom, I'm fine." Qin Huairu held Jia Zhang. Regardless of whether Li Shengli bullied her or not, how could she live in the courtyard after Jia Zhang made such a fuss? If everyone knew that she had borrowed food and didn't return it, it would be difficult for her family to borrow things from people in the courtyard again.

"Then what happened?" Jia Zhang was a little anxious. She would have to rely on Qin Huairu in the future. Why was Qin Huairu not talking?

"It's okay, Li Shengli just said that he will not lend grain to our family anymore." Qin Huairu wiped her eyes and said with a sob.

"No, why doesn't this little bastard lend food to our family? He has more than enough food to eat." Jia Zhang yelled stubbornly. Jia Zhang also knew that she was not in the right, so she could only curse to satisfy her desire.

Qin Huairu stopped talking. Just like the Jia Zhangshi she knew, Jia Zhangshi just felt insecure and was afraid that no one would take care of her in her old age.

"That's enough, Mom. This little bit of food is barely enough. Xu Damao is not here, so I'll go to the backyard to ask Lou Xiaoe." Qin Huairu sniffed, wiped away her tears, and thought about going to the backyard to take a look.

Xu Damao is an LS, and Lou Xiao'e is a lady from a wealthy family, so she probably won't care about such a small amount of corn flour.

After a simple tidying up, Qin Huairu walked towards the backyard.

"Lou Xiao'e, are you home?" Qin Huairu knocked on Xu Damao's door.

"Who is it?" Lou Xiao'e had just finished her meal and was resting. Xu Damao was not at home, so Lou Xiao'e would sometimes go back to her parents' home. Lou Xiao'e, as a grown-up girl, had never done any womanizing.

"It's me, Qin Huairu." Qin Huairu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she heard some noise inside the door. Fortunately, Lou Xiao'e was the only one at home.

"Qin Huairu? What's the matter?" Lou Xiao'e looked at Qin Huairu with strange eyes. Usually when Lou Xiao'e was at home, she would often go to the deaf old lady's house in the backyard to sit. Qin Huairu was at work every day and they would only chat on Sundays. The two of them were not particularly familiar with each other. What was the matter that Qin Huairu came to see her now?

"Lou Xiao'e, is there enough food in your family?" Qin Huairu asked embarrassedly. Qin Huairu didn't want to be looked down upon by Lou Xiao'e in this courtyard.

"That's enough. I can't eat this cornmeal." Lou Xiao'e nodded. As a grown lady, when had she ever eaten cornmeal at home? Her throat was so sore from it.

"Then can you lend me some corn noodles?" Qin Huairu's eyes were full of envy after hearing Lou Xiao'e's words. Is this what a human being would say? She can't eat corn noodles. If looks could kill, Qin Huairu would have torn Lou Xiao'e into pieces long ago.

"Okay, you don't have to borrow it. I'll give you some. It's not valuable." Lou Xiao'e said generously. His family only eats white flour, and the corn flour is usually processed by Xu Damao, and no one knows where it goes.

If Li Shengli knew, he would definitely guess where Xu Damao took the corn flour. Most likely, it was at some young widow's house.

Lou Xiao'e carried out a bag of corn flour from her kitchen, weighing about seven or eight pounds.

"That's all, the rest are gone." Lou Xiao'e generously handed the bag to Qin Huairu.

"Oh, thank you so much. You know I have a big family and I am the only one with the salary. Banggeng is a boy, and now is the time for him to eat." Qin Huairu cried to Lou Xiaoe about her poverty while holding a bag of corn flour.

"Oh, I can't do anything about it. Xu Damao usually takes care of the corn flour at home." Lou Xiao'e was not stupid and of course she understood what Qin Huairu meant. However, as the saying goes: Marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog. At this moment, Xu Damao was in charge of the general affairs of the family.

"Is Xu Damao not here?" Qin Huairu asked knowingly.

"He's not here. He went to the countryside to show movies." Lou Xiao'e didn't care.

The two chatted about family matters for a while.

"Hey, Qin Huairu, look and see if that's Xiaodang?" While they were chatting, a child appeared from the central courtyard. Lou Xiao'e saw that it was Xiaodang who came to look for his mother.

"Oh, I should go back now. My family hasn't eaten yet." Qin Huairu exclaimed and thanked again, "Thank you for the corn noodles, Lou Xiao'e. They are waiting to be cooked at home."

"It's okay, go back quickly." Lou Xiao'e waved her hand knowingly. Qin Huairu said goodbye to Lou Xiao'e and took Xiao Dang's hand to walk towards her home, thinking that Lou Xiao'e was indeed a generous child from a wealthy family.

When Jia Zhang returned home, she was surprised to see the bag of corn flour in Qin Huairu's hand.

"Where did you get so much corn flour?" Jia Zhang looked nervous. Qin Huairu must have been shameless enough to get it from somewhere.

"I borrowed this and I don't have to return it." Qin Huairu knew that Jia Zhang would think too much, but she couldn't help but feel proud for a while when she had so much corn flour that she didn't have to return.

"I don't want it. Eating this unclean thing will upset my stomach." Jia Zhang said with a fierce face.

"Grandma, this side is not dirty." Xiaodang said in a baby voice.

"Pfft." Qin Huairu couldn't help laughing after hearing Xiaodang's words.

"Mom, this corn flour was given by Lou Xiao'e from the backyard. She is a lady from a wealthy family and doesn't care about such a small thing." Qin Huairu knew that if she didn't explain, Jia Zhang would not be at ease.

"Lou Xiao'e?" Jia Zhang's eyes lit up. Yes, Lou Xiao'e was a young lady and she didn't know how expensive daily necessities were.

"Huai Ru, just borrow it from Lou Xiao'e next time. You don't have to pay it back anyway." Jia Zhang said with shining eyes and squinted eyes.

"Mom, you're overthinking it. Xu Damao is still the one in charge of the family. You don't know what kind of person Xu Damao is." Qin Huairu rolled her eyes in her heart. What was this old woman thinking?

However, with Sha Zhu around, Xu Damao can be easily dealt with. Anyway, these two are sworn enemies. Qin Huairu thought about it and nodded secretly in her heart. This can be done.

"Alas, what a pity." Jia Zhang sighed and tilted her head.

"Okay, stop thinking too much and let's eat." Qin Huairu called the two children to the table to eat.

Banggeng sat on the table and started talking a lot. After drinking the last bit of cornmeal porridge, he licked the corner of his mouth.

"Mom, is there anything more in the pot? I'm not full." Bang Geng touched his stomach and looked at Qin Huairu with expectation.

"It's gone. It's all in your bowl." Qin Huairu said unhappily. When she scooped rice, she put more food for the stalks.

"Oh, my dear grandson, here's grandma's for you." Jia Zhang felt sorry for Banggeng and poured the cornmeal porridge in the bowl to him. Banggeng picked up the bowl and drank it in just a few gulps.

"I'm not full yet." Bang Geng licked the corner of his mouth again.

"It's really gone this time." Qin Huairu was a little worried. This sticky thing was really delicious.

"Banggeng, next time you are hungry, go to Shazhu to find something to eat." Jia Zhang came up with an idea.

"Mom, why are you teaching me like this?" Qin Huairu was a little dissatisfied.

"It's okay. Didn't he say last time that if he was short of food, we could go find him." Jia Zhang didn't take it seriously. Who else could she go to if not Sha Zhu, the idiot?

Qin Huairu was speechless now. Compared with Shazhu, Banggeng was more important.

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