Siheyuan: Traveling through Cai Quanwu, pretending to be Uncle Shazhu

When Cai Quanwu heard Sister Zhao asking about the banquet, he said in a joking tone:

"The banquet will not be held."

"Xiaoqing and her husband just spent a lot of money on their wedding. If I do it again, I'm afraid you won't be able to afford it."

After hearing this, Sister Zhao rolled her eyes and looked at Cai Quanwu with contempt:

"If you don't want to do it, then don't do it. Don't make it sound so high-sounding."

"Who are you looking down on? Can't you afford this little gift money?"

"Besides, we have already paid the gift money, do you think we don't have to pay it back?"

Sister Zhao’s words resonated with everyone.

"That's right. You can't look down on others. Brother Li can still afford this gift money." Brother Li was the first to speak and agreed with Sister Zhao's words.

"Yes."

"hehe."

Sister Liu and Master Chen responded differently. Sister Liu agreed with Sister Zhao, while Master Chen remained noncommittal.

When Cai Quanwu saw this situation, he immediately explained:

"Thank you for your kindness."

"But I have to consider all aspects. I know that people don't care about this little gift money, but I have to consider the reaction of the people in the hospital."

"Within less than a month, two banquets were held in the hospital. Some people in the hospital will definitely complain."

"Instead of annoying others, it's better not to do it, so that everyone can save themselves the trouble."

Everyone works in the grain store and has a stable income, so they don't care about that little gift money, but that doesn't mean others don't care.

We can't hold a banquet in the courtyard and only invite the workers from the grain store without inviting people from the courtyard.

Even if you don't invite them, once they know about it, they will come to your house regardless of whether they are sincere or not. In fact, this is a disguised form of coercion.

It’s like when the company organizes a party, most people go, and the remaining small group who don’t want to go are forced to participate.

Otherwise you just don’t fit in.

No one wants to be labeled like this.

If we think about it, Tsai Quanwu's explanation does make sense.

Just because you don’t care doesn’t mean others don’t care.

"You have a point." Sister Zhao couldn't find any fault with Cai Quanwu's words and could only agree.

"Quanwu, this is called maturity and prudent. You all need to learn more from this. Sometimes good intentions can lead to bad results." Master Chen then praised Cai Quanwu.

When Cai Quanwu heard the praise, he felt so disgusted. What the hell is this old and reserved? He is still very young.

Seeing that the conversation was getting more and more off-topic, Cai Quanwu ended the topic:

"Okay, it's enough for you to know the truth. I appreciate your kindness. I'll treat you to some candy later."

"I'll go back first. I have something else to do."

Cai Quanwu turned around and ran without waiting for their reply.

Otherwise, Sister Zhao and the others could have kept chatting.

Back in his own little room, Cai Quanwu sat down on a stool and started drinking tea.

I thought that if I held a wedding, people would say something, and if I didn’t, people would still say something. Life is really hard.

All I can say is that there are huge differences between people.

During lunch, Cai Quanwu deliberately avoided Sister Zhao and the others, for fear that they would be bored and give him a scolding.

Before leaving get off work, Cai Quanwu sneaked into Director Ma's office and asked him to issue a certificate from his work unit so that he could get the certificate the next day.

Maybe because he was too excited, Cai Quanwu felt like he was losing things today.

I could have asked Director Ma to issue the certificate when I went to see him in the morning, but I forgot about it in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately I remembered it this afternoon, otherwise I would have to wait for Director Ma to come to work tomorrow before I could get the certificate.

……

The next morning, Cai Quanwu first rode his bike to take Xiao Wu to the grain store, and then rode his bike to meet Guan Jiaqi.

After arriving at Guan's house, he exchanged some greetings with Guan's mother, picked up Guan Jiaqi, and the two rode their bikes straight to the Jiaodaokou Street Office.

After parking the car in front of the street office, Cai Quanwu and Guan Jiaqi walked into the yard of the street office.

After entering, they asked the staff where the marriage registration room was, and then they walked straight in.

What Cai Quanwu didn't know was that the person who handled their marriage registration was the same comrade who handled Sha Zhu's marriage registration last time.

After submitting the documents and having the staff check that there are no problems, they asked both parties whether they were willing. If they answered in the affirmative, they immediately started the procedures for the two of them.

The procedures were completed quickly. In less than ten minutes, the staff completed the procedures for Cai Quanwu and Guan Jiaqi.

Cai Quanwu and Guan Jiaqi held their marriage certificate, which looked like an award certificate, with smiles on their faces and were extremely excited.

They looked at each other and saw joy in each other's eyes.

From this moment on, they are legally married.

Cai Quanwu folded the marriage certificate and put it in his bag. He grabbed a handful of prepared candies from his bag, handed them to the staff, and said with a smile:

"Excuse me, come and have some candy."

"Thank you, I wish you a long and happy life together."

The staff took the candy, thanked Cai Quanwu and wished them well.

With the blessings of the staff, the two left the street office happily.

Arriving outside the subdistrict office, Cai Quanwu grabbed Guan Jiaqi's hand and shouted to her excitedly:

"daughter in law."

"Brother Cai, he's on the street."

Hearing Cai Quanwu's straightforward call, Guan Jiaqi's face turned red instantly. She quickly pulled her hand back and said shyly.

"What's wrong with that on the street? I'm holding my wife's hand, who can stop me?" Cai Quanwu disagreed. Holding his wife's hand was not against the law.

"Okay, Brother Cai, stop talking and let's go back first." Guan Jiaqi urged, looking at the passers-by.

"Yes, yes, we have to go back and tell mom the good news first." Cai Quanwu thought Guan Jiaqi wanted to go back and tell her mother, so he quickly agreed.

Seeing that Cai Quanwu had misunderstood her meaning, Guan Jiaqi rode away without any explanation.

She didn't want to stand on the street and be watched by people.

When Cai Quanwu pulled her hand just now, many passers-by looked at them strangely.

When Cai Quanwu saw Guan Jiaqi riding away on a bicycle, he immediately caught up with her on his bicycle.

After riding for a while, they happened to pass by the vegetable market, and Cai Quanwu called Guan Jiaqi to stop:

"Jia Qi, wait a minute, let's go buy some food. We have to celebrate at noon."

"Okay." Hearing about buying groceries, Guan Jiaqi did not object and got out of the car.

The two parked the car outside the vegetable market and walked into the market.

After walking around the vegetable market, Cai Quanwu came out holding a chicken in his left hand and a fish in his right hand.

Cai Quanwu glanced at Guan Jiaqi and suddenly remembered a song about going back to one's mother's home.

How does that song go?

It seems like there is a chicken in the left hand, a duck in the right hand, and a fat baby in the arms.

It seems like all they need now is a fat baby.

Thinking of this, Cai Quanwu laughed unconsciously, leaving Guan Jiaqi confused.

After coming out, Cai Quanwu hung the chicken and fish on the bridle of the bike, and rode straight to Guan's house with Guan Jiaqi.

When they arrived outside the courtyard where the Guan family lived, the two parked the car and walked into the courtyard carrying their things.

"Jia Qi, why did you buy so many things?" A neighbor asked with a smile as we walked into the yard.

"To nourish my mother." Guan Jiaqi responded casually.

"Who is this guy?" another neighbor asked curiously.

"My boyfriend." Guan Jiaqi answered straightforwardly.

"Oh, that's a good boy." A neighbor complimented politely.

……

Along the way, every time they met neighbors, they would ask a few questions. Guan Jiaqi always answered with a smile, and Cai Quanwu followed behind, nodding and smiling.

After returning to Guan's house, the two of them pushed the door open and walked in.

"Mom, we're back." Guan Jiaqi shouted into the room after entering.

Guan's mother is in poor health and basically stays in her room resting unless she goes out.

"So fast?" Guan's mother's voice came from the room.

"Well, the formalities are quick."

"By the way, Mom, Brother Cai bought chicken and fish. I'll put them in the kitchen. You can kill them for them." Guan Jiaqi answered her mother as she walked towards the kitchen. She was not good at killing chickens.

When Guan's mother heard Guan Jiaqi say that Cai Quanwu bought chicken and fish, she started to bury them:

"This kid, there's nothing to eat at home, just wasting money."

"Okay, just put it there first, mom will be here soon."