Chapter 236 Anyway, this thing is not easy to come by

The Jia family was eating lunch around the table.

Jia Zhang picked up a piece of cabbage for Banggen and said:

"Grandson, let's make do with this for now and have a good meal in the evening."

Qin Huairu was looking absentmindedly at the situation in the yard outside the house.

Shazhu has been out for almost an hour and hasn't come back yet.

Jia Zhang knocked on the edge of the plate with her chopsticks:

"What are you looking at? Huh?"

"You are sitting here, but your soul has already flown away, right?"

Qin Huairu pursed her lips:

"You are so polite to say that."

"With all the food you bought, what are those dozens of people going to eat?"

"Besides, Zhuzi hasn't come back yet. How can we have dinner tonight without a chef?"

Jia Zhang felt a little guilty and muttered:

"Why can't I eat it? There is nothing better than cabbage! Besides, I just said that I can't buy it, right? Is this the end?"

Qin Huairu snorted and said:

"You can save this for the people who are having dinner today."

As he was speaking, Bang Geng raised his head, pointed outside the house with his chopsticks and shouted:

"Look! Shazhu is back!"

Qin Huairu immediately leaned forward, and just as she was about to stand up, she glanced at Jia Zhang, then slowly sat down again and said to Bang Geng:

"Bang Geng, I've told you so many times, call me Uncle He."

"If I hear you call me Shazhu again, I won't forgive you."

Having said that, he calmly put down his chopsticks, got up and went out.

As soon as she opened the door, she rushed over without stopping:

"Zhu Zi, you're back?!"

"You haven't eaten yet, come to my house and eat."

Sha Zhu wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and looked around the yard. There were not many people there at the moment. He guessed that every household was having lunch inside.

He handed a bag to Qin Huairu:

"It's almost noon now, and this is all I can get. Take it."

Qin Huairu took the bag and looked at it. Inside was a piece of white pork belly, fat and lean, weighing about two or three pounds, plus four or five grass carps weighing more than one pound.

Qin Huairu quickly pushed the bag over:

"Zhu Zi, this won't do..."

Silly Pillar said:

"Why not?"

"Dongxu is my brother, not an outsider."

Qin Huairu's eyes were flooded:

"It really doesn't work."

"It's already troublesome enough for you to do this, how can I ask you to pay for the things? These things together cost a lot of money, I really can't accept them!"

After saying that, he kept stuffing the bag into Shazhu's hands.

Whether it was intentional or unintentional, during the pulling process, Qin Huairu's hand held Sha Zhu's hand several times.

The warm and soft touch made Sha Zhu inexplicably distracted.

He thought again of the dream he had last night.

When he looked at Qin Huairu again, Sha Zhu blushed a little.

"Don't be like this, I've already bought it and I can't return it."

The tone in which he said this startled himself; he didn't expect that a big, rough guy like him could speak to others so gently.

Especially to a woman, and a very beautiful woman at that.

"If you refuse to accept me, you are treating me as an outsider. I will be angry."

Sha Zhu said this with a deliberately stern face, but his tone was as soft as before.

After hearing this, Qin Huairu gradually stopped her hands.

Her nose felt sore:

"Zhu Zi, you...our family owes you too much."

Seeing her crying, Sha Zhu raised his right hand as if possessed.

It turned out that he subconsciously wanted to help Qin Huairu wipe away the little pearls at the corners of her eyes.

When he discovered it, his right hand was already raised.

Qin Huairu also noticed the unusual movement of his right hand, and stopped sobbing instantly, looking at him with some confusion in her eyes.

He quickly put his right hand on the back of his head and scratched it a few times.

To cover up the unnecessary action just now.

He looked around uneasily and said:

"Go back quickly, or someone will see you later."

"Just say you went out and bought it again."

Sha Zhu instructed.

Qin Huairu nodded and went back to the house, looking back every few steps.

Sha Zhu returned to his residence in a distracted state.

As soon as she entered the room, Jia Zhang was looking at her with a gloomy face.

"What's in the bag?"

Qin Huairu raised her eyelids slightly and said simply:

"Zhu Zi added some fish and meat."

His expression showed no sadness or joy.

Jia Zhang immediately ran over and opened the bag. When she saw the pork belly and grass carp inside, she immediately laughed.

Bang Geng also stretched his head over to look, waving his chopsticks and saying:

"Grandma, we have meat to eat tonight, right?!"

The smile on Jia Zhang's face fell in an instant.

"Were these all given by that stupid Zhu?"

Qin Huairu nodded but said nothing.

Jia Zhang's complexion became worse and worse.

"Did you give him money?"

Qin Huairu shook her head:

"No, aren't all the gifts from yesterday in your possession?"

Jia Zhang's face looked even uglier.

"You mean, this stuff is all for nothing?"

"I won't say anything about the leftovers from one or two meals, but these things must be worth a lot of money, right? He just gave them to you for free? Do you think I'm stupid?"

In front of the children, Jia Zhang did not say anything too bluntly.

But the meaning is very clear.

She felt that Qin Huairu must have done something shameful with Sha Zhu.

Although Jia Dongxu had told her not to restrict Qin Huairu too much in order to support the family.

But Jia Zhang still couldn't accept it psychologically.

Especially, it hasn’t been long since Jia Dongxu left.

Qin Huairu said:

"Maybe Master Yi asked him to buy it."

Jia Zhang snorted:

"Who are you trying to fool?"

"Old Yi wasn't in the yard this morning."

"Besides, I saw the two of you whispering in the yard."

Qin Huairu paused holding the chopsticks.

"Anyway, I didn't do anything wrong."

Jia Zhang still refused to give in:

"You know whether you have done anything wrong or not. Anyway, this thing is not easy to come by!"

Qin Huairu put her chopsticks on the bowl:

"Mom, what do you mean? If you really think you shouldn't take this thing, I'll return it to Zhuzi later!"

"Or you can give him the remaining gift money from buying groceries!"

After being choked by her, Jia Zhang stopped talking.

She grabbed the steamed bread at hand and took a big bite.

She is just being stubborn. If she is really asked to give up the fat meat that is right in front of her mouth, how can she bear it?

After dealing with Jia Zhang, Qin Huairu suddenly remembered that she was so busy dealing with these things that she forgot to invite Sha Zhu to come home for dinner.

He must be hungry after running for so long.

But on second thought, I might as well not eat it.

If Shazhu really comes, and Jia Zhang says something unpleasant again, wouldn't that be even worse?

Qin Huairu couldn't help but feel her heart beating faster when she thought of the feeling of their fingers entangled just now.

Fortunately, Jia Zhang was busy eating and didn't notice the change in her expression.

After finishing the meal, Qin Huairu quickly went to clean up the dishes.

So as to prevent Jia Zhang from noticing the change in her expression.

After she left, Jia Zhang quickly took out a kitchen knife, cut off a piece from the end of the pork belly, wrapped it in cabbage leaves, and hid it in the drawer.