Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty is back

Sha Zhu pushed his bicycle to the gate in a hurry, and just then Yu Li and Yu Linhai hadn't left yet.

Sha Zhu hurried forward and said, "Uncle Yu, my dad asked me to see you off. He was worried that you might be drunk and it might be unsafe on the road."

When Yu Li saw Sha Zhu looking anxious, she immediately thought that this silly boy was quite cute.

Yu Linhai smiled and said, "Oh, Master He is really a very particular person. OK, I'll trouble you, He Yuzhu."

After hearing this, Sha Zhu quickly took the tools from Yu Linhai and Yu Li and tied them to the back seat. Then he pushed the car back with Yu Linhai and the others.

"Uncle Yu, you can just call me Shazhu or Zhuzi. No need to be so formal."

Yu Linhai asked curiously, "Zhu Zi, when you mentioned this, I was a little curious, why do people call you Sha Zhu?"

Yu Li also pricked up her ears and listened.

Sha Zhu pushed his bicycle and laughed, saying, "My dad is to blame for this."

"That was before liberation, and everyone was living in hardship. My father took me to sell steamed buns. One day, when we were selling steamed buns, a group of deserters showed up. When everyone saw them, they all packed up their things and ran away."

"I was in a hurry at the time, so I ran away with a basket of steamed buns. But the deserters insisted on chasing me. So I ran through several streets with the steamed buns. Only then did I get rid of them."

"Just at this time, I met a businessman, who paid for all my baskets of buns. I happily took the money from selling the buns and went home."

"When my dad took the money, he found it was all fake. He got angry and scolded me in the yard, saying I was a fool."

"Since then, everyone has been jokingly calling me Shazhu. They have been calling me that ever since."

Yu Linhai smiled and said, "You are really unlucky. It was not easy for every family back then. You are lucky that your father didn't punish you."

Yu Li also looked at Sha Zhu with a smile. She said, "Brother Zhu, have you ever thought about changing back?"

Sha Zhu rubbed his head and said, "I did think about changing it back, but my dad said that fools have good fortune, so there is no need to change it."

Yu Linhai laughed and said, "Aren't you just blessed?"

"Look how well your father has kept your home. You have two bicycles and a radio. If you add a few more pieces of furniture, you can find a good wife. You don't know how lucky you are!"

When Sha Zhu heard Yu Linhai talking about getting married, he secretly glanced at Yu Li.

But Yu Li also secretly glanced at Sha Zhu at this time.

Now the turtle and the mung bean are in love!

Sha Zhu and Yu Li's faces suddenly turned red.

Of course, Shazhu's face was red with a hint of black, a dark red.

They both turned their heads quickly at the same time.

Fortunately, this scene was not discovered by Yu Linhai who was walking in front.

Sha Zhu stuttered, "Uncle Yu, why don't you introduce me to a good wife? I will be filial to you when the time comes."

This is almost like saying that you introduced your daughter to me.

Yu Linhai turned around and looked at Sha Zhu's eyes that were constantly stealing glances at his daughter.

Looking at his daughter's red face, he couldn't help but feel angry.

He thought He Daqing asked Sha Zhu to send him off because he was really worried about him. Who knew he had other intentions! This old fox!

It looks like the cabbages in my garden are going to be eaten by pigs.

He snorted coldly and said, "I have children, I don't need you to be filial to me!"

After Yu Linhai finished speaking, he quickened his pace and walked forward. Seeing this, Sha Zhu hurriedly pushed his bicycle to catch up with him.

"Uncle Yu, don't be angry, that's not what I meant." Sha Zhu scratched his head and smiled foolishly.

Yu Li couldn't help laughing out loud. She thought Sha Zhu's nervous look was particularly funny.

"Dad, look how honest Brother Zhuzi is, please don't make things difficult for him." Yu Li pleaded for Sha Zhu.

Yu Linhai glared at her and said, "I didn't embarrass him. I was just teaching him how to be a good person."

Sha Zhu nodded quickly, "Uncle Yu taught me this, I will definitely remember it."

Yu Linhai was not really angry. He just felt that the daughter he had raised for more than 20 years might soon become someone else's, and he was reluctant to let her go.

He then said to Yu Li: "Look, now you know that your elbows are bent outward."

Yu Li just couldn't bear to see Sha Zhu anxious, so she spoke up for him. Now, after hearing what her father said, she felt shy again.

"No way? I'm just afraid that you'll be really angry."

Yu Linhai looked at Sha Zhu and Yu Li and shook his head.

The three of them chatted along the way and soon arrived at Yu Li's house.

"Uncle Yu, Yu Li, I'll go back first." Sha Zhu looked at Yu Li reluctantly.

"Okay, come and visit me when you're free." Yu Li responded with a smile.

Yu Linhai thought for a moment and said, "Go back and tell your dad to bring someone to talk to you when he has time. You two are not children anymore. Let's settle it as soon as possible."

Sha Zhu, who was feeling a little nervous, suddenly became excited.

"Okay, Dad! I'll tell him when I get home!"

Yu Linhai said angrily: "Don't call me dad, I'm not your dad yet!"

Shazhu didn't care either. He just touched his head and grinned foolishly.

Yu Li also gave Sha Zhu a coquettish look and turned away.

Only after seeing Yu Li and the others go in did Sha Zhu walk back.

Sha Zhu got on his bicycle, feeling very happy, as he felt that he finally had a wife.

Along the way, Sha Zhu was full of passion.

Soon they got home. Sha Zhu put his bicycle outside, rushed into the house and shouted, "Dad, it's done. Yu Li's dad agreed!"

He Daqing was listening to opera, and when Sha Zhu shouted at him, he suddenly lost the mood.

He was so angry that he kicked Sha Zhu on the butt and cursed: "Are you on fire? Why are you so flustered? If you have something to say, just talk to me nicely!"

Chen Xueru and Yu Shui also came out from another bedroom. Looking at Sha Zhu, what did he want to hear?

Sha Zhu smiled and rubbed his kicked butt. He said, "Dad, I talked to Yu Li's dad. He agreed. He told you to find a time to bring someone to his house to talk about us."

After hearing this, Chen Xueru immediately said happily: "Oh, this is really a good thing, no wonder Zhuzi is so happy."

"Daqing, although they are willing to do the pillar thing, we can't do anything about it."

He Daqing nodded and said, "Well, no matter what, we have to follow the rules. I will go find that matchmaker Wang in the next two days and bring her with me. She is more familiar with this aspect."

"The weekend is only two or three days away, so let's go there on the weekend. Let's go and take a look together. Isn't Yu Shui on good terms with her sister? She should also speak well of you to your brother when the time comes. Got it?"

Yu Shui said happily, "Okay, I'll tell Hai Tang the news tomorrow when I go to school. Let's see if she's surprised or not."

He Daqing thought for a moment and said, "Well, that's fine. It's ok to tell them in advance so they have time to prepare."

When Sha Zhu saw that his affairs had been arranged, he was so happy that his mouth opened wide.

The next afternoon, He Daqing went to find Wang, the matchmaker who had proposed marriage to him.

When matchmaker Wang saw He Daqing coming to see her again, she said happily, "Hey! Master He, you're here to see me again? Whose girl is it this time?"

"I said it last time. As long as you cook me a delicious meal, I will be your matchmaker for free no matter how many times you get married in the future."

He Daqing was so angry! How much do you want me to get married more times?

"Matchmaker Wang, this time it's not about me. It's about my son."

Matchmaker Wang knew she was thinking wrong, so she immediately said with a smile, "It's all the same. How old is your son? What kind of girl do you plan to find?"

"My son has already made arrangements. He asked me to come over to propose marriage this weekend. I thought you would be the best at this, so I came to find you."

When she heard that it was another good job that would pay for nothing, Matchmaker Wang said happily, "Of course, who else knows more about this matter than me? You came to me."

"You haven't told me which girl yet?"

"The eldest daughter of Yu Linhai's family in Mao'er Hutong. Do you know her?"

Matchmaker Wang thought for a moment and said, "How could I not know their family? I remember that their eldest daughter is already in her twenties, right? I went to their house to propose marriage before, but they didn't want to get married so early. Have you agreed with your family yet?"

"Yeah, it's settled. Let's go there together in the morning on the weekend."

Afterwards, Matchmaker Wang instructed He Daqing on some of the gifts that needed to be bought, and told him to try to buy them all if he could, but forget about it if he really couldn't.

Under the current circumstances, if we follow the original rules, we really won’t be able to get everything together.

Those few kinds of snacks are no longer available.

Other food is also difficult to get.

He Daqing returned home and told them what happened.

Everyone was trying to find ways to make Sha Zhu's marriage as perfect as possible.

Finally, He Daqing said, "How about this, I will try to get two fish, two catties of meat, two pheasants and two hares."

"Shazhu, go to the department store and the supply and marketing cooperative these days and see if you can buy some candy. It doesn't matter if it's fruit candy or candy bars. Bring some with you when the time comes."

"I'll bake another bag of bread at the factory and bring it with me. That should be enough, right?"

Chen Xueru also said: "We have so much cloth at home, give us two zhang of it as well."

He Daqing also agreed to this.

Yu Shui also came over to take credit and said, "I also told Hai Tang today that we're going to her house this weekend."

Chen Xueru touched Yu Shui's head and said, "Well, our Yu Shui has worked hard. Let your sister-in-law make you something delicious later."

The family arranged their affairs and started to do their own things.

He Daqing already has these things in his own space, so he can just find an excuse to take them out when the time comes.

On the contrary, the candy that Sha Zhu was in charge of was hard to buy. These days, Sha Zhu went to various places to buy candy early, but the results were still not ideal.

There is no way, supplies are really scarce now.

On Saturday afternoon, He Daqing also pushed the things back in a sack.

We brought back five large fish weighing five or six pounds, more than ten pounds of wild boar meat, and five or six pheasants and rabbits.

Except for those sent to Yu Li's family, all these things were eaten at home.

Shazhu has been running around these days and bought more than three kilograms of sugar. That's pretty good.

Everything is ready, just waiting to go to Yu Li's house tomorrow.

What they didn't know was that Yan Bugui's family had also prepared everything and were going to propose marriage tomorrow.