Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

Chapter 219 Now that things have come to this, let’s go to sleep

"How can you be so shameless! Where is my aunt?" Banggeng said hatefully.

"Jingru? Jingru knows."

Bang Geng: ...

"What's so strange about this? Everyone in your family knows about it except you."

Bang Geng: ...

Silence is the main theme of this night.

"Are you curious about why your family members knew about this but kept silent about it and just accepted it as the case?"

"Why?!" Banggeng couldn't help but ask.

He could actually understand his two younger sisters.

For example, Xiaodang and Huaihua lost their father when they were young, especially Huaihua, who lost her father when she was just a child and still didn't know much.

It's normal for him to accept it after being bribed by Cao Wei.

But what about grandma?

Just know it but don't care, just accept it?

Cao Wei smiled, and this smile seemed very evil to Banggeng.

"Because it's in the interests of your mother and I."

"In the interests of the people?" Bang Geng didn't understand.

"Let's not talk about your two sisters for now. You have something on your mind. It's your grandmother you don't understand, right?"

Bang Geng doesn't talk.

Cao Wei didn't care and continued, "Because your mother and I can't get married or have children. Your mother and I can never be together in public. So, your mother is basically tied to the Jia family for life. Your grandmother doesn't care. What she's afraid of is not whether your mother has someone else outside."

"What she's afraid of is whether your mother will abandon your whole family."

"Let me do the math for you. If your grandmother had taken the job instead of your mother, she probably wouldn't have been able to get to level 2 fitter and would have been stuck between being able to get a permanent job, and raising three of you on the 27th of a month, what do you think your family would be like now? In other words, as long as your mother was still in the Jia family, raising such a large family, your grandmother wouldn't have made things difficult for your mother."

At this moment, Banggeng didn't know what to say or how to refute.

This is the first time I felt what a naked exchange of interests is.

When you enter society, you will always encounter such things. When you analyze them, you will find that what is hidden underneath is always only naked interests, only above this bottom are decorated with some messy things.

This lesson is usually taught by fathers to their children, and some learn it after suffering a beating from society.

After all, we need to understand the underlying logic of how this society operates.

"Of course, you shouldn't think that your grandmother is powerful." Cao Wei took a puff, took out a match, struck a spark, and handed it to Bang Geng.

Banggeng took it unconsciously and lit the cigarette in his hand. He felt suffocated.

"As a human being, you always have to consider the reality. You can't starve to death. If you can live comfortably, why live so hard? Only when the foundation is guaranteed, the relationship will be better woven. Of course, you are family, so it's not my turn to say this."

"Don't think your mom is sorry for your dad. If you really can't accept it, think about it. She gave birth to three children, and she has to take care of the elderly and children. She has to take care of everything by herself, and you don't have to do it. Just think about it, do you feel suffocated?"

Banggeng followed Cao Wei's line of thought.

"Oh, by the way, you have to promise that you will never look for a woman. When you go home, your mother will ask you how much you earn a day and whether you can get promoted sooner. Your children will ask you for meat. When they grow up, you have to arrange a house for them and prepare money for them to marry. You have to handle all of this by yourself, without anyone to support you. When you get home, all you have to talk about is firewood, rice, oil and salt. Just imagine what that kind of life is like."

Bang Geng swallowed his saliva. The thought of living this kind of life made him feel suffocated.

"People, don't be too selfish. You have to think more about your mother. Okay, I'm going back. You figure it out on your own. If it doesn't work, ask your mother."

Cao Wei put out the cigarette in his hand, turned around and went into the house, leaving Banggeng alone in the courtyard to think.

As soon as I opened the door, I heard a sound of "Ouch".

Qin Jingru fell to the ground, covering her forehead, and looked at him pitifully.

Seeing her like this, Cao Wei couldn't help but laugh and pulled her up: "Just look, why are you lying so close? Can't you look from the window?"

"What's the matter? Is he very angry?" Qin Jingru didn't care about that. Gossip was what she wanted to know.

"Him? He can't get angry."

If we talk about being angry, the one who has the least right to be angry is Bang Geng. Cao Wei saw how much Qin Huairu had done for him, and even felt a little jealous.

"So he's not angry anymore?"

Cao Wei shook his head.

"Hey, say something. What's going on?"

"He wouldn't even call me 'Dad'."

"Ah?" Qin Jingru was shocked by Cao Wei's words. After a while, she said blankly, "Brother Wei."

"Ok?"

"I think I know why you practice boxing so hard every day."

"Why?" Cao Wei asked with a smile.

Qin Jingru was about to answer, "Are you afraid that you will be beaten to death?", but when she saw Cao Wei's expression, she immediately covered her mouth and shook her little head.

I won’t tell you, hehe!

"I'll let you laugh!" Cao Wei picked up Qin Jingru.

"No, I didn't say anything!!" Qin Jingru was unconvinced.

"Your eyes have betrayed you!"

"Hmm..." Qin Jingru found herself in mid-air, and her eyes involuntarily looked at the ceiling.

"Hmm..." Banggeng was lying on the bed in his new home, staring at the ceiling in a daze. The straw mat on the bed was just taken out by Jia Zhang today and dried in the sun, and it gave off a special fragrance.

But at this moment, his mind was in a mess.

In the past, he didn’t think so much. He just took it for granted that those things were what Qin Huairu should do, and nothing should have happened between Qin Huairu and Cao Wei.

But when Cao Wei peeled off those things bit by bit and displayed them in front of him.

He suddenly realized how difficult Qin Huairu's life had been over the years.

He recalled Qin Huairu's expression when she brought him into the house today. It was one of pride, happiness, and a hint of relief.

He remembered Cao Wei's words again, "If I let you come, can you handle it?"

Can you bear it?

he does not know.

Because he doesn't even have a job.

He pursed his lips, and for the first time he felt a sense of powerlessness.

He slapped himself.

He had no right to blame his mother.

Feeling depressed, I got up, walked out of the house and wanted to smoke a cigarette in the yard.

Then, Qin Huairu was seen sneaking out of her house, looking around, and then walking into the backyard.

Bang Geng: ...

I’m so sleepy, let’s go home and sleep.