Quick Wear: Men Farming and Women Weaving

Chapter 170 Yi Zhonghai's Son 25

Qin Huairu opened her eyes tiredly. After regaining consciousness, she subconsciously looked for the child beside her and saw her husband holding the child in his swaddling clothes and coaxing him.

"Wife, look how cute our daughter is."

Jia Dongxu held his daughter in his arms and showed her to his wife.

He Yuzhu had heard that Qin Huairu had given birth to a child, so he felt embarrassed to stay any longer and returned to the courtyard.

"Wife, my mother is just like this, but she doesn't mean bad things. Please bear with me." Jia Dongxu saw that his wife woke up, and spoke cautiously with uneasy feeling in his heart.

"My mother worked so hard to raise me, I cannot be unfilial"

"Dongxu, I understand."

Qin Huairu felt bitter deep down in her heart, but she appeared to be full of understanding, and nodded gently to the man to show that she understood.

“The hospital bills have not been paid yet.”

Jia Dongxu looked at her somewhat embarrassedly.

"Where's mom?"

Jia Dongxu hesitated and refused to say anything.

Qin Huairu looked at him with a pale face and bit her lips stiffly.

The next morning, the place was filled with neighbors getting up early to wash and go to work, and the noise of middle-aged women fighting for the sink position to wash clothes and do housework was extremely noisy.

Yi Yongkang tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. Helplessly, he looked at the time and saw that it was getting late, so he got up, put on his clothes, and made his bedding.

When Aunt Yi heard the noise next door, she knew her son had gotten up to wash his face and brush his teeth, so she quickly prepared hot water for him.

When Yi Yongkang was washing his face and brushing his teeth outside the door, he heard the gossiping voice of a middle-aged woman not far away.

"The daughter-in-law of the Jia family gave birth to a daughter."

"The old woman left the hospital with a sullen look on her face without even looking back."

"I heard that my cousin's aunt's sister-in-law saw it in the hospital."

"The young couple came back early this morning with their child," one of the aunties rolled her eyes with disdain.

"I heard that he didn't have money to be hospitalized, so he walked back on his own."

"When Zhang came back, she was still blaming her daughter-in-law for not being able to have children and for giving birth to a debt collector."

Yi Yongkang was very curious when he heard the news. He learned from his mother that Jia Dongxu had no money to pay for the hospitalization fees, and Qin Huairu had scraped together most of her savings. The attending doctor in the hospital saw that they were steel plant workers, so he asked the superiors for permission and waived part of the fees.

After hearing these words, Yi Yongkang took the pickled vegetable egg pancake that Aunt Yi made specially for her son with boredom.

After breakfast, I carried my schoolbag to school, planning to go to the recycling station in the afternoon to find some valuable things, such as rare calligraphy and paintings, and gold and silver jewelry.

When passing by the central courtyard, I heard noisy sounds coming from the Jia family not far away.

Yi Yongkang pretended not to hear and walked straight past the Intermediate Court.

The sharp-eyed Zhang spotted Yi Yongkang at the door. She had no place to vent her anger, so she directed it directly at him, swearing at him and making all sorts of indirect accusations. Her voice was so loud that it could be heard in the next courtyard.

Qin Huaigu, who was standing by, was silently wiping the table with a rag. Her movements were very slow. She had to start working less than a day after giving birth, making her feel tired and sore all over.

Hearing Widow Zhang's voice, Yi Yongkang quickly ran to the front yard.

I met Yan Jie Di and her brother and sister in the front yard going to school together.

"Xiaobao, I have nothing to do in the afternoon, let's go out and play."

During the break, Yan Jiedi supported her chin with both hands and asked Yi Yongkang who was sitting next to her.

"I want to go to the recycling station to find some books in the afternoon." Yi Yongkang thought of his previous plan and his tone was a little hesitant.

"Then let's go to the recycling station together"

Yan Jiedi immediately asked to go together.

"it is good"

When the school bell rang in the afternoon, many students ran to the door quickly.

Yi Yongkang packed his schoolbag slowly and took Yan Jiedi to the recycling station on Jianguo Road in the south of the city.

Outside the recycling station is a small courtyard, which is dilapidated and has only a sign standing there.

When I walked in, I saw an old man lying on a rocking chair in the yard, resting leisurely with his eyes closed.

The old man who heard the noise opened his eyes and looked at the two children in front of him.

I thought he was looking for valuables and spoke without taking it seriously.

"What are you looking for?"

"Uncle, I came to see if there are any suitable books."

Yi Yongkang walked up to the old man.

"There are some things in there that shouldn't be touched, don't touch them"

"You kids are just curious and come here to look for treasures. I've seen a lot of valuable stuff. How could valuable things be sent to this shabby recycling station?" The old man didn't even stand up while lying on the recliner and talking.

"The books and newspapers are all in the east room, go look for them."

"Thank you sir"

The two men thanked the old man and went straight to the east room. When they opened the door, they saw a lot of discarded books, newspapers, and various famous works piled inside.

Yan Jiedi curiously rummaged through the tattered elementary school textbook next to her.

Seeing that she was quite curious, Yi Yongkang didn't pay any more attention to her. He told her to be careful and not get hit, and then ran into the pile of books to find books that interested her.

There was a pile of books in the middle. He flipped through many of them but couldn't find what he was looking for. He then found some complete works such as Red Rock, Philosophy-Mathematics-Literature, The Old Man and the Sea, and several books in English.

I feel a little depressed because my luck is not very good.

Yan Jie Di, who was standing nearby, found several picture books and started flipping through them without any concern.

Yi Yongkang searched for a long time and finally found a stamp album in a tied-up book.

The original owner preserved the stamps very carefully and they are all in new condition.

The first page is the first edition of stamps issued upon the founding of New China, as well as very precious Long March commemorative stamps, commemorative stamps of the Eighth National Congress of the Party, a set of 3 stamps in three colors depicting the Tiananmen Gate Tower, and particularly precious out-of-print stamps with portraits of great men.

Yi Yongkang put the stamp away happily. If this out-of-print stamp could be sold at a sky-high price in the future, the "Red Mountains and Rivers" and "Monkey Stamps" would also be very valuable.

Gradually, we began to reap the rewards. These things were calligraphy and paintings that the Red Guards had piled up in the corners of the walls after they had searched the houses and did not know their value.

Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Lanting Collection, Mi Fu's Zhang Hou Tie, and Tang Bohu's landscape paintings, as well as many other calligraphy works he did not recognize, had been damaged by insects, mold, and faded due to improper storage. He looked at these calligraphy and paintings with great distress.

He looked to the side cautiously, only to see that Yan Jie Di didn't notice him and was just flipping through a book.

He turned his back and secretly transferred all the books and paintings into the space in a blind spot, intending to donate them to the museum after the country opened up.

Then he searched for a few useful books, took a stack of newspapers, and pulled Yan Jiedi into the yard.

“I want these books”

Yan Jiedi put her favorite picture books together with his.

"Uncle, is there any wood or something here?" Yi Yongkang grabbed a handful of hard candies from his pocket and stuffed them into the old man's pocket.

The old man looked at his actions, narrowed his eyes, and unconsciously touched his pocket.

"It's in the room next to you. It's full of broken furniture. You can go and take a look." After saying that, she lay down and ignored him.