I became a poor little sophora japonica in the courtyard

It was past ten o'clock. Qin Huairu came over and asked Sha Zhu to come over to make lunch, and the three of them returned to the west wing of the Jia family.

Sha Zhu went into the Jia family's kitchen to cook, and Qin Huairu helped him. The two of them were talking and laughing, and those who didn't know would really think they were a couple.

Qin Jingru looked at the interaction between the two people in the kitchen, and she suddenly felt very uncomfortable.

She said something to her cousin's mother-in-law, got up and walked out. Before she reached the public toilet across the alley, she was suddenly blocked by an old lady.

"Girl, are you here at No. 95 Courtyard for a blind date with He Yuzhu?" The aunt asked her this right away. Qin Jingru was a little confused! She nodded subconsciously.

"Oh! I tell you, you can't marry He Yuzhu. He has an improper relationship with the young widow next door. If you marry her, you will have a hard life in the future." The aunt came over and warned softly.

Qin Jingru's mind buzzed! Could this little widow next door be her cousin? If they had an improper relationship, why did they call her over?

"Girl, you don't believe it? You can ask anyone around here. Big sister! Come over here and I have something to ask you."

Seeing that Qin Jingru didn't say anything, the aunt thought she didn't believe it. Then two neighbors came by, and the aunt quickly called them to come and testify.

"Girl, what Auntie Wang said is absolutely right. You must not get along with this He Yuzhu! Not only is he having an affair with the widow next door, he is also a scoundrel who likes to beat people up. Which young man around here hasn't been beaten up by him?"

The newly joined neighborhood aunties also began to persuade her after understanding the situation. Qin Jingru had already backed out in her heart. She was not very satisfied with He Yuzhu in the first place, and now it was even more impossible!

She thanked several strangers for their kind reminders. She didn't even go to the toilet and hurried back to the courtyard. She couldn't leave without saying goodbye. After all, Qin Huairu was her cousin.

When they returned to the west wing of the central courtyard, Sha Zhu had already served the dishes on the table. Qin Jingru ate a tasteless lunch with a lot on her mind.

In the afternoon, Sha Zhu enthusiastically invited her to go to Ditan Park, but Qin Jingru flatly refused, saying she was not feeling well.

"How is it? Zhuzi's cooking skills are pretty good, right? You'll have a great meal when you marry into this family! Don't forget your cousin in the future." Qin Huairu was still speaking well of Sha Zhu.

"This matter still needs my parents' consent. After all, he is twelve years older than me, which is a generation difference in the countryside!" Qin Jingru began to perfunctorily answer her cousin.

She wanted to say goodbye, but she accidentally touched the note in her trouser pocket, which immediately reminded her of the projectionist at the steel mill.

Now that he has come to the city, I don't know when he will come next time. He has secretly given me his phone number and address, so I will try to contact him tomorrow.

"Sister, I don't know why I feel so dizzy. Go and tell He Yuzhui, we can talk about his matter later." In order to get rid of He Yuzhui, Qin Jingru began to pretend to be sick.

Qin Huairu also felt that something was wrong with her cousin. But she didn't think much about it. No matter whether it succeeded or not, as long as she could hold that idiot back, it would be fine.

The next day, just as the sky was getting light, Qin Jingru got up and said goodbye to the Jia family! Qin Huairu had to go to work in the morning, so she had no choice but to let her go.

"Where's your cousin? Is she feeling better?" Sha Zhu bumped into Qin Huairu in the yard. The two of them were walking out of the yard to work together. Sha Zhu couldn't help but ask him.

"This girl left at dawn! I guess it was her first time in Beijing and she was having trouble acclimatizing to the climate there." Qin Huairu began to make up stories.

"So what did she say? She didn't express her opinion yesterday."

Sha Zhu didn't know whether Qin Jingru agreed to them being together or not, and he felt very nervous.

"This girl said she would go back and ask her parents for their opinion. I'll call the commune in a couple of days to ask." Qin Huairu said perfunctorily. She didn't care if it would work or not, as long as she could drag it out.

Qin Jingru wandered around the street, waiting for all the shops to open. She found a public phone and contacted Xu Damao according to the number on the note.

"Where are you now? All right! Just stand there and don't move. I'll be there in a moment."

Xu Damao hung up the phone, feeling overjoyed. He didn't expect that just two days later, the girl would take the initiative to call him.

It seems that Sha Zhu has no hope at all! With Xu Damao as an example, anyone would be in the same situation!

Xu Damao immediately became proud! He asked for leave from his section chief! He rode his bicycle to the address Qin Jingru gave him, and the two of them would soon be together.

He took Qin Jingru to stroll along Wangfujing Street and bought her a woolen coat and a pair of cotton-padded shoes at a department store.

At noon, Xu Damao took her to eat mutton hotpot again. He immediately captured Qin Jingru's heart! Xu Damao was elegant and generous, how could He Yuzhu compare?

"Oh! You don't know, someone over at the courtyard secretly told me that He Yuzhu is a bad person. I can't just settle for someone who is not that good when looking for a partner!" Qin Jingru introduced her blind date experience to Xu Damao.

"Shazhu is just bad because of his bad mouth. Actually, he is a nice person. But he is no match for me! He is an eighth-level cook, with a monthly salary of thirty-seven yuan and fifty cents. And I am a seventh-level projectionist, with a salary of forty yuan and fifty cents. I get travel allowances when I go out to show movies!" Xu Damao boasted to himself proudly.

After lunch, Xu Damao took Qin Jingru home on his bike to meet his parents. Xu Wude had always been worried about his son's marriage, but now he could finally put his worries to rest when he saw that his son had finally brought his girlfriend home.

It didn't matter if the girl had a rural hukou, as long as his son was happy. His family's old house near Berlin Temple had two bedrooms, which was enough for his son to get married.

At 4 pm, Xu Damao sent Qin Jingru to the bus. The two had agreed that Xu Damao would go to Qinjiazhuang, Changping to propose marriage in two days.

A few days later, Qin Huairu couldn't stand Sha Zhu's constant nagging in front of her, so she used the canteen office phone to call her mother's commune in front of him.

But the news she got made Qin Huaibei stunned. Her cousin Qin Jingru actually found another partner in the city and had not returned from the city for a while.

Sha Zhu's face turned pale and he slammed the door and left. Qin Huairu slapped her forehead! Well! She simply lost more than she gained.

She could only chase after the fool and try to coax him back. After spending several days and using every trick in the book, she finally managed to coax him back.

After Qin Jingru and Xu Damao confirmed their relationship, Xu Wude used his connections to find her a temporary job in a movie theater. As long as the two got married, Qin Jingru could take over Xu Wude's job after he retired.

Jingyi was called to the old house by her parents and met her future sister-in-law Qin Jingru. The plot has been changed to pieces, but the two still got together.

During the Spring Festival of 1966, the two held a simple wedding. When Qin Huairu found out that her cousin's husband was Xu Damao, she almost gnashed her teeth with hatred.

She immediately informed Sha Zhu of the news that her cousin Qin Jingru was snatched away by Xu Damao. She hoped that this idiot could teach Xu Damao a lesson to vent her hatred.

But Shazhu looked indifferent! He now had a new target, Banggeng's new head teacher Ran Qiuye. He was asking the third uncle in the front yard, Yan Bugui, to help him get in touch with teacher Ran.