Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

In the evening, a general meeting of the courtyard was held under the chairmanship of Yan Bugui himself. Liu Haizhong and Yi Zhonghai had not completed their tasks yet, and Xu Damao had not returned at all. This was the first time that Yan Bugui convened a meeting alone, and he sat in the center position without hesitation, feeling extremely proud.

"We are all gathered here today because Qin Huairu from the Jia family went back to her hometown and brought her cousin here. As you all know, Qin Huairu is getting older and Jia Zhang's leg needs to be healed, so someone is needed to take care of the family. So, Qin Huairu asked your cousin to come forward and let everyone get to know her, so as to avoid misunderstandings due to unfamiliar faces."

Qin Huairu pulled Qin Jingru, and the two came to the center of the field. Qin Huairu held her belly and said, "Neighbors, this is my cousin Qin Jingru, who is from the countryside. She is sixteen this year and will live in our compound for a while. I hope you will take good care of her."

Qin Huairu glared at Liang Ladi provocatively after she finished speaking. She had suffered a lot at the hands of Liang Ladi in the past month. Sha Zhu was no longer the head chef of the cafeteria, so he could not bring lunch boxes home every day like before. Now he was often intercepted by Liang Ladi.

Qin Huairu relied on her relationship with Sha Zhu and always took all of Sha Zhu's lunch boxes, often leaving Sha Zhu with nothing to eat when he got home. He could only drink some wine with peanuts. Now that Qin Huairu was older, she could no longer help Sha Zhu clean the house or do laundry.

Liang Ladi only took one or two of Sha Zhu's lunch boxes to improve the children's meals and never wanted more. She often used the sewing machine at home to help Sha Zhu sew and mend things. She even made a new set of clothes for Sha Zhu without asking for any fees. Sha Zhu looked so beautiful in the new clothes. This was the first time a woman made clothes for her.

In fact, Liang Ladi's salary as a level 5 welder was not low, and her children also had a certain amount of food, but part of her family's money and food went to her parents' home in the countryside. Liang Ladi had only been in this hospital for a short time when she saw what kind of person Qin Huairu was, and she also had the intention of deliberately trying to stand out from Qin Huairu.

The most important thing to do is to compare. The adults of the two families are here, and the children of the two families often play in the courtyard. The comparison immediately shows who is better. Now Sha Zhu has become much smarter because of Yu Shui's guidance, and has not completely fallen into the trap of the Jia family.

Another man, what he gets is often not so cherished, what he can't get is always disturbing! Qin Huairu also felt that Sha Zhu was a little distant from her, so she pulled Qin Jingru to help, and if she couldn't do it herself, she would let her cousin take over. As for her cousin's happiness, what does it have to do with me?

Liang Ladi also noticed Qin Huairu's expression. She smiled disdainfully. She was really a hypocrite. She even found a helper when she couldn't do it herself.

"Oh, this little girl is pretty. She's so fair and doesn't look like she's from the countryside at all."

"He looks like a rural guy. He wears rustic clothes and is stupid."

"This doesn't look like an introducer, but more like a blind date."

This old lady was right about this. People in the city don't have enough food to eat, let alone people in the countryside. Qin Huairu's third uncle's family can barely make ends meet.

This year is the third year of the disaster, and the bark and wild vegetables in the wild have long been eaten up. So when Qin Huairu came back and said that she would take Jingru to the city to live for a while and take care of the family, Qin Huairu's uncle agreed very happily and said that it would be best if she could find a husband in the city. As for age? That can be changed, and it will definitely be done by buying something for the person in charge of household registration in the commune.

"You are just a little young, otherwise you could be my daughter-in-law."

"You're younger, so what's there to worry about? You can get married two years later, or just have a wedding banquet first. Didn't the street office announce that they recognize de facto marriages? My old man and I have been together for so many years, but we still don't have a marriage certificate."

At this time, Liu Guangfu was drooling at Qin Jingru. He was at the age of a young man. This girl was too pretty. If she could be his wife, she would be so beautiful. But he didn't know whether his father would agree to marry a girl from the countryside.

"Okay, that's all for today's meeting. Does anyone have anything else to say? If not, then we'll adjourn the meeting. Qin Huairu, remember to take your cousin to the street office to register as soon as possible. Don't forget."

The crowd gradually dispersed, and Qin Huairu took Qin Jingru back home.

"Auntie." Qin Jingru shouted.

"Mom, where did Zhuzi go? I didn't see him at the meeting just now." Qin Huairu also asked.

"Yeah. That unlucky guy came back before he got off work, and then went out in a hurry." Jia Zhang hummed through her nose as her answer to Qin Jingru.

"Jingru, there's a basin of clothes that haven't been washed yet, see?" Jia Zhang said.

Qin Jingru glanced at the basin of dirty clothes and felt a little unhappy, but it was good enough to be able to eat at this time of year, so what was wrong with doing some work?

"Auntie, let me go wash it. Is it at the sink outside?"

"Well, wash it there."

"Grandma, I'll take Aunt Six over there." Banggeng also said, but in fact he just wanted to go out and play.

Qin Jingru is the youngest girl in the entire Qin family, ranking sixth among all the girls in the family. She is usually called the Sixth Sister, so Banggeng calls her Sixth Aunt.

"Go, go. Don't call me Sixth Aunt anymore. Just call me Little Aunt." Qin Huairu waved her hand unhappily.

With his mother's permission, Xigua Taro ran to the yard to play. Qin Jingru also went out with her clothes, and began to rub the clothes in the sink with soap. While rubbing, she looked at the yard and the people passing by from time to time.

Suddenly, there was a sound of talking in the front yard, and soon after, Sha Zhu pushed his bicycle into the yard, followed by a cart full of things.

It turned out that Sha Zhu had heard Yu Shui say that today was the last day of her exams, so he came back a little early to pick up Yu Shui from school and bring back Yu Shui's luggage and some daily necessities. After all, Yu Shui's college entrance examination was over, so she didn't have to live in school anymore.

But when he arrived at Yushui's school, he found out that his sister had not come back at all. Fortunately, he remembered Yushui's classmate, Yu Li's sister Yu Haitang. Yu Haitang had come to the school several times to look for Yushui and Yu Li, so he knew them.

So he handed half a pack of cigarettes to the security guard at the door, and then asked him to help find Yu Haitang. When Yu Haitang heard someone was looking for him at the door, he asked for leave and came out. (The college entrance examination was not advanced in the past, and was set a week earlier than the final exams of other grades.)

"Brother Zhuzi, why are you here?"

"I came here to collect rainwater and get some things, but I couldn't find anyone. The security guard wouldn't let me in."

"Brother Zhang, this is He Yuzhu, the brother of our classmate He Yushui. I have been to his home several times. Didn't Yushui take the college entrance examination early? He came here to pick up his luggage."

When the security guard named Zhang saw that someone had testified, he let Sha Zhu in.

Yu Shui's luggage was already packed, and Sha Zhu was too embarrassed to go into the girls' dormitory, after all, there were other girls living there. Yu Haitang helped to move the things out, and finally the two of them used bicycles to transport the things to the gate together.

"Luckily I know where Yu Shui's bicycle keys are, otherwise we would have to move them several times!" said Yu Haitang.

"Thank you so much Haitang this time. Come to my house during the holidays and I will make you something delicious." Sha Zhu said with a silly smile.

"That's settled, I'll definitely go."

"Then I'll go back first. I need to find a cart to transport the things."

"Go ahead, I have to go back too."

Sha Zhu first asked the security guard to help watch over his things, then he got on his bike and not far away he ran into a waiter. After negotiating the price, he drove his things towards the courtyard.