B5SB -Chapter 244 Losing Out Can Be a Blessing

The next morning, After getting up, Lu Huailin turned and kissed his wife on the forehead.

He then reached out to pick up the just-awakened Haohao, efficiently helped him relieve himself, and got him dressed.

Grandma Gu heard the commotion in the bedroom and knew Lu Huailin was awake.

She stood at the door and asked softly, “Xiao Lu, is Haohao awake yet?”

“Daddy… Grandma,” Haohao called in his babyish voice.

“Shh, son, your mother isn’t awake yet. Don’t speak so loudly,” Lu Huailin said. Then he quickly carried Haohao and carefully opened the door to step out.

An hour later, Gu Yihan rubbed her eyes as she raised her hand, blinking at the patchwork fabric overhead, and sighed.

“Mmm… so tired,” she muttered.

She threw back the blanket, and as she sat up, the little hamster fell off her chest.

Seeing the half-asleep hamster made Gu Yihan laugh in frustration.

No wonder she’d slept so poorly.

All night it had felt like a huge stone was pressing on her chest.

She’d even had nightmares about being chased by Japanese soldiers during the Anti-Japanese War.

In the dream, she was fully conscious—she knew it was just a dream—but no matter what, she couldn’t wake up.

It was probably all the hamster’s doing.

Gu Yihan reached out, grabbed the hamster by the tail, lifted her arm, and flung it toward the bedroom door.

“Bang!”

The hamster’s body hit the wooden door and slid down.

Landing on the floor, it froze. Its tiny eyes scanned the surroundings and realized it was Gu Yihan’s bedroom.

The next moment, its fur bristled all over.

Staring with its beady eyes, it stomped its little feet and shouted, “Gu Yihan! Are you crazy? Why’d you throw me for no reason?!”

Gu Yihan dressed, walked over to the hamster, squinted at it, and gave it a swift kick under the bed.

“You kept me up all night. And now you have the nerve to complain?” she said coldly.

She then ignored it and opened the bedroom door to leave.

The hamster steadied itself and glared at Gu Yihan’s retreating figure, its tiny whiskers twisting in anger.

If it hadn’t been away from the space for too long, making its spirit a bit unstable, it wouldn’t have been so annoyed by her.

Outside in the courtyard, “Xiao Han, you’re up!”

Su Nian came in holding her little daughter Zhou Ni, following behind Grandma Gu.

Seeing Gu Yihan bent over washing up in the yard, she smiled and greeted her.

Gu Yihan looked up, picked up a towel from the basin, and said while drying her face, “Sister Su, why are you up so early?”

She was surprised; this was the first time she’d seen Su Nian so early.

Su Nian smiled faintly. “Ni woke up early.”

Grandma Gu glanced at Su Nian. Coming so early to see her little granddaughter probably meant she had something to ask for help.

She pursed her lips and said, “Alright, don’t stand there. Come inside and sit a bit.”

“Xiao Han, there’s food in the kitchen saved for you. Bring it to the table later.”

Gu Yihan raised an eyebrow at Grandma Gu, smiled faintly, and nodded. “Got it, Grandma.”

She tidied her wet hair after washing her face and turned to Su Nian with a smile.

“Sister Su, why don’t you go inside and rest for a bit first?”

Su Nian smiled, nodded, and followed Grandma Gu back inside with Zhou Ni.

Grandma Gu sat on the mat, looking up at Su Nian. “Xiao Su, is your mother-in-law always so unreasonable?”

Su Nian’s smile turned a little awkward. She didn’t know how to answer Grandma Gu.

As the saying goes, family matters shouldn’t be made public.

But yesterday, her mother-in-law had caused such a scene in the courtyard that probably everyone knew what had happened.

“Xiao Su, your mother-in-law…”

“Grandma, after work today, I’ll go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy you a radio,” Gu Yihan said, carrying millet porridge and eggs into the living room, cutting off Grandma Gu’s attempt to pry further.

Grandma Gu’s eyes lit up, and she slapped her thigh in excitement. “Really?”

Gu Yihan went to the table and smiled. “Grandma, when has your granddaughter ever lied to you?”

She had suddenly thought of something: Grandma Gu had been watching Haohao at home for so long that she must have been bored. Buying a simple radio would cheer her up.

Grandma Gu’s eyes squinted into a line with her smile.

Looking at Haohao, who was playing with blocks, she scooped him up over her head and smiled at him. “How’s that, Mommy?”

Haohao was momentarily stunned by Grandma Gu’s sudden action.

He kicked the air with his little feet, and soon broke into giggles.

Su Nian, sitting on the sofa, couldn’t help but show a bit of envy as she watched Haohao interact with Grandma Gu.

She turned to Gu Yihan, who was eating breakfast, and said, “Xiao Han, I’ve got my period and my stomach hurts. We’re out of brown sugar at home. Could you bring me half a jin after work?”

Gu Yihan swallowed her egg, looked at Su Nian, and smiled. “Sure, it’s no trouble.”

Su Nian smiled gratefully and quickly placed some money on the table.

Gu Yihan didn’t make a fuss and casually put the money in her pocket.

Meanwhile, in the big courtyard, In the six-square-meter partition of the Jiang family,

Jiang Zifeng crouched on a three-legged stool, carefully recording everything Mei Erhua had done that week.

Grandpa Jiang, having just cleaned the toilet, returned home and saw his grandson diligently writing. His face showed satisfaction.

Slowing his pace, he walked over. But as he looked at what Zifeng had written, his smile gradually vanished.

He snatched the paper away.

Startled, Jiang Zifeng wrinkled his small nose. “Grandpa, why are you grabbing my stuff?”

Grandpa Jiang, seeing that his grandson didn’t even realize his mistake, lowered his voice sharply. “Xiao Feng, do you know what you’re doing?”

“If what you wrote gets out, it could hurt people. Don’t you know that?”

Jiang Zifeng looked up calmly and said softly, “Grandpa, I know.”

Grandpa Jiang’s face turned cold. Clutching the paper tightly, he fought to control his anger and crouched beside his grandson. Looking him in the eye, he patiently said, “Xiao Feng, you’re still young and don’t understand the seriousness of things. We have to have limits. If others haven’t hurt us, you can’t—”

Jiang Zifeng suddenly stood up, eyes red, interrupting him. “Grandpa, she scolded me!”

Grandpa Jiang looked at his frail grandson and wiped the corner of his eye with his sleeve. “Xiao Feng, losing out can be a blessing.”

“I won’t listen!”

“This so-called ‘losing out is a blessing’ means if the family’s grain gets taken away, you can’t protest. If the better clothes and quilts are stolen, we just endure it!”

Jiang Zifeng cried and questioned Grandpa Jiang while talking.

Grandpa Jiang opened his mouth, wanting to explain that their family’s status was poor…

If they weren’t careful, they might not even have a place to live.