Wang Yueshu brought Qin Shuping and her brother to spend the Chinese New Year in Beiluogu Lane, while Madame Jia from the No. 95 Compound spent the New Year with Jia Dongxu at Yi Zhonghai's home.
At the dinner table, an exhausted Madame Jia bitterly complained, "Old Yi, this life is impossible to go on. Dongxu is turning twenty after the New Year, and our family has neither money nor a house. How am I supposed to find him a wife?"
Upon hearing Madame Jia's words, the space between Yi Zhonghai's eyebrows tightened so much it could crush a mosquito. Yet, seeing the food Jia Dongxu had placed in his bowl, he felt a glimmer of comfort. Although he had been detained by the Military Control Commission for half a month because of trying to secure a house for the Jia family, Jia Dongxu had prepared a thick cotton quilt for him early on and even put in a good word with the Military Control Commission staff. Otherwise, he might not have survived the bitter winter to come out and celebrate the New Year.
Chapter 439