Chapter 134

Ding Qiunan spoke quietly, but all the fellow disciples could see the firmness in her tone.

Everyone thought that she looked down on Sha Zhu, even though Sha Zhu was already the chief of the police station, he looked a little anxious.

Ding Qiunan is so pretty, it's normal that she doesn't like him, so Jia Dongxu, as the senior brother, came out to smooth things over:
"Qiu Nan, don't be nervous. Jie Cheng was just joking."

Yan Jiecheng also said with a grin, "Yes, Qiunan, I was just kidding. Oh, by the way, why can't I see the pillar?
All of our fellow disciples are here, but he is the only one we haven't met yet? Could it be that he is jealous that Damao has found a good wife and is too embarrassed to come out?"

"Go to hell, Zhuzi is busy preparing for the wedding banquet, do you think he is as petty as you are?"

Jia Dongxu kicked Yan Jiecheng on the butt, and after such a joke, he diverted the topic away from Ding Qiunan, and the atmosphere immediately became lively again.

On the other hand, Sha Zhu worked extra hard as He Daqing's kitchen helper today.

Ever since he met Chen Xueru and knew that Chen Xueru's family was short of delicious food, Sha Zhu unknowingly began to like the kitchen.

Usually at Li Jiandong's house, he is the one who cooks whenever he is at home, and he is also very active when helping in the kitchen.

This made He Daqing very pleased, and he couldn't help but praise him and said:

"Zhu Zi, I feel like you've grown up recently and have become more discerning at work.

Not bad, not bad. It would be even better if we could find a wife for our He family and have some big fat boys."

Sha Zhu smiled foolishly. He was also thinking about how to marry Chen Xueru.

However, he has no experience in this area, and he has had low emotional intelligence since childhood. He knows nothing about things like love. It would be great if there was someone who could communicate with him, but he is too embarrassed to tell anyone about this kind of thing.

Another dish is out of the pot.

Before He Daqing could open his mouth, Sha Zhu had already brought the plate over.

He Daqing glanced at him and felt that his son had done a very good job today.

Normally if he doesn't speak, he won't know what to do next, but today he doesn't have to shout.

But what he didn't know was that Sha Zhu was so active not because of him, but because of Chen Xueru.

He was in a hurry to leave some food for Chen Xueru after the food was out of the pot. If he was slow, the food would be taken away.

After Shazhu handed the plate over, he opened the lunch box from the other side.

As He Daqing put the dishes on the plate, Sha Zhu took them over and quickly picked out a piece of meat and put it into the lunch box.

There are 16 tables today, that is, dishes. If each table has a piece of meat, that means there are 16 pieces of meat, nephew.

Seeing that the four big lunch boxes were about to be filled up by me, Shazhu felt very happy.

"The bride is here."

"First bow to heaven and earth, second bow to parents, and then husband and wife bow to each other"

"Old Li, it's your turn."

"Teacher"

Xu Damao took Lou Xiao'e home, and after some kowtows and greetings, the wedding was completed.

The next step is the joyous banquet.

Because this year is a disaster year, the authorities have introduced new policies specifically targeting the issue and do not allow extravagant celebrations.

However, every policy has a countermeasure. We cannot allow extravagant celebrations, but we also cannot allow each family to hold their own celebrations.

There are 40 households in Courtyard No. 20. The banquet can be divided into 16 parts and placed in 16 households respectively. The same will be done when the time comes to toast each household.

After the wedding, everyone went to their respective homes for the banquet according to previous arrangements.

"Lao Li, let's go to your house for dinner."

He Daqing had finished cooking and came over to greet Li Jiandong.

Now, Li Jiandong has moved out, but he bought the house himself and no one can take it away from him because of the title deed.

However, it would be a waste to leave two such large houses empty, and if no one lived in them for a long time, they would definitely become deteriorated.

So, Li Jiandong lent the house to Hu Haodang.

Hu Haodang had said many times before that he wanted to move here, one because He Daqing was a good cook, and two because Li Jiandong could drink a lot.

Now that Li Jiandong has moved out, Hu Haodang feels a little regretful.

However, it is also nice to be neighbors with He Daqing.

The food had been served in the room, and Hu Haodang, Xu Fugui, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui had already taken their seats.

After Li Jiandong and He Daqing sat down, everyone gathered. As for the women and children, of course they went to other people's homes. The men were drinking and the women and children could not join in.

"Welcome back, Old Li. The host's seat is reserved for you. Please take a seat."

Yan Bugui said with a smile.

"Deputy Director Li, it's been a while since you've come back to this room to eat. Do you feel anything different?"

Liu Haizhong also said with a smile.

"I wanted to come to our hospital because we have the great chef Lao He and the wine god Deputy Director Li."

"Who would have thought that after finally moving here as I wished, Deputy Director Li would move away. Today, I must take this opportunity to see how much Deputy Director Li can drink."

As Hu Haodang spoke, he took out a few bottles of white wine from under the table. It seemed that he was ready to get drunk.

Li Jiandong walked to his seat and sat down.

Xu Fugui, today's host, asked, "Deputy Director Li, would you like to say a few words to everyone?"

"What else is there to say? Today we are all old friends together again, so don't say anything. Everything is in the wine."

Li Jiandong said generously that he was also very happy today.

It’s been over a month since I moved out, and it feels amazing to be back.

All I can say is that living in a separate house has its advantages, and living in a slum has its advantages.

Today's meal was very sumptuous. As a researcher at the Agricultural Research Institute, Xu Damao didn't have much on him except for a lot of food coupons. In disaster years, food coupons were more useful than money, and it was also relatively easy to find someone to exchange them for meat coupons.

Moreover, in order to have enough meat for today, Xu Damao went to the mountains of Xujiatuan to hunt for two days.

With the help of the Eagle Eye skill, it is very convenient to find prey. Although I didn’t encounter wild boars again, I caught a lot of hares and pheasants.

Everyone was very satisfied with the meal, except Li Jiandong and his table.

With the presence of two drunkards, Hu Haodang and He Daqing, and Li Jiandong, the alcoholic, the others were in trouble. They were drunken before they could even take a few bites of food.

On such a happy occasion, one has to drink from the toasts, and in the end most of the food on the table is left over.

Except for Li Jiandong who was still awake, everyone else fell under the table.

When Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e came to toast, they saw that everyone on the ground was stunned.

"Master, what happened? Why are my dad and the others lying on the ground?"

Xu Damao asked with a confused look on his face.

Lou Xiao'e also exclaimed: "Oh my, could it be poisoned? Is there poison in the food?"

When Li Jiandong heard this, he burst out laughing. He had drunk a lot and almost vomited from laughing.

I managed to hold back and said:
"Mozi, please go next door and call your mother-in-law and ask them to bring your husband back.

Damao, go call your brothers and junior brothers to come and help carry the people, they are all drunk."

Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e looked at each other and both felt that drinking like this was too cruel.

There were six people at the table and five of them were drunk. They didn’t even eat much of the food. What the hell?

"Okay, Master. I'll go call for help right away. Gezi, you go over there. My mom and the others are next door."

"Oh."

Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e acted separately, and soon several aunts came running over. Seeing that the food on the table was almost untouched, they were already very happy with their men.

While the aunties were scolding their men for being incompetent, they were already planning how to divide the leftovers later.

Soon Xu Damao also came with Jia Dongxu and others.

They were young and strong, and each of them carried one of their old friends back home.

It’s relatively simple to deal with Hu Haodang, just throw him on the kang.

"Where's Zhuzi? Why isn't he with you?"

Li Jiandong found that several of his disciples were there, except Sha Zhu, who was nowhere to be seen.

Jia Dongxu shook his head: "We don't know either. He told us to eat first and come back if anything happens."

Yan Jiecheng guessed: "Maybe the police station has something urgent to ask him."

This is Sha Zhu's job. He is often called away suddenly, and no one is surprised by it.

But today is different.

Sha Zhu was not called away by the police station. Instead, he rode his bicycle to Chen Xueru's house.

Knock on the door, Chen Xueru comes out.

"Master He, it's you again. The food at your master's house is really good. We have meat to eat every day."

Chen Xueru has received several lunch boxes in the past few days. Each time, Li Jiandong asked Sha Zhu to deliver them. Of course, this was just Sha Zhu's excuse. In fact, he delivered them himself and it had nothing to do with Li Jiandong.

Xu Damao is getting married today, and there are so many delicious dishes. If Sha Zhu doesn't send a portion to Chen Xueru first, he won't be able to enjoy his meal.

So, as soon as he finished cooking, he took the lunch box and rode his bike over here.

At this moment, he panted and said, "Sister Chen, am I not late?"

"No, we haven't started eating yet. Master He, why are you so tired? Didn't you come from your master's house?"

Chen Xueru said this as she glanced towards the door of Li Jiandong's house and found that it seemed to be locked.

Silly Zhu grinned:
"No, my junior fellow apprentice is getting married today, and I just came from the wedding banquet. There are more dishes today. Look, I brought you four lunch boxes."

Sha Zhu took out the lunch boxes in his hand like he was showing off his treasures. There were four heavy lunch boxes in total, which were put in a net bag.

Seeing so many dishes, Chen Xueru suppressed her surprise and asked, "Master He, have you eaten?"

"Not yet. I was afraid that you would eat early and the food would get cold if I brought it to you late, so I brought it to you first."

"Thank you so much for your help. It's getting late. You should go back and eat, or else all the good food will be snatched up by others."

Sha Zhu originally thought that Chen Xueru asked this because she wanted to invite him to her home for dinner.

I was thinking about whether to agree or refuse, but I didn't expect that I was overthinking.

So he smiled awkwardly and said:
"Okay, I'll be leaving first. Sister Chen, take your time eating."

"Go slowly on the road, Master He."

Chen Xueru waved her hand and said.

The reason why she asked Sha Zhu if he had eaten was that she suspected that so many lunch boxes were filled with leftovers.

Since Shazhu hasn’t eaten them yet, it means these dishes are fresh.

Even though Chen Xueru is down and out now, her dignity remains intact. Even if she has no meat to eat, she will not eat what others leave behind.

Of course, this is also because she has never experienced hard times. If she has no food to eat, let alone leftovers, she will definitely chew on tree roots and bark.

At the end of the day, Lou Xiao'e stayed in the tavern dormitory building at night.

Before leaving, Li Jiandong found several of his apprentices one by one and told them to accept more apprentices.

Spreading their expertise is, of course, mainly for faster experience gain and upgrades.

Especially Xu Damao, Ding Qiunan, and Liu Guangqi.

Their profession not only requires a lot of experience at a high level, but also the speed of gaining experience is relatively slow.

Xu Damao has been working in the Agricultural Research Institute for so many years before he upgraded agriculture to level 3.

Not to mention Ding Qiunan, her comprehension was not as good as Xu Damao and Liu Guangqi, and her upgrade was much slower than theirs.

It was already evening when we left the courtyard.

Li Jiandong and Qin Huairu sat in the back seat of the car, while Sha Zhu sat in the passenger seat.

The jeep drove steadily towards Qianmen Street.

at the same time.

In front of Chen Xueru's house.

A man with greasy hair and powdered face was standing outside Chen Xueru's house.

He said with a joking face, "Xue Ru, it's so late now, and I helped you push so many carts of wood, and you don't even want to treat me to a meal?"

Chen Xueru looked at the man in front of her and thought, you don't come here to eat, you more like you want to eat me.

Chen Xueru's husband has lived for so many years, and she has indeed planned to find another one.

But she has high standards and doesn't like everyone.

The man in front of me is called Fan Jinyou. He looks good, but he has no skills at all. He works as a small clerk in the street. Before, he couldn't even help get some meat tickets when asked to do so.

Before, Chen Xueru had considered giving him a chance because he had good looks and was particularly good at talking and pleasing people.

But recently Li Jiandong moved in, and the family has meat to eat every day, and even some extra meat is sent to her. Comparing the two, Chen Xueru feels more and more that Fan Jinyou is a waste, and naturally doesn't want to give her another chance.

As for the wood today, it was Fan Jinyou who volunteered to deliver it to her.

Chen Xueru had no choice but to use him, but now that he had finished pushing the wood, he asked her to treat him to a meal. This shameless behavior made Chen Xueru look down on him even more.

"Master Fan, it's not that I'm stingy and don't want to spend a meal. You know the situation of my family. If you come to my house for dinner and get seen by others, it will have a bad impact."

Chen Xueru acted weird and anyone with a discerning eye could tell that she was unhappy.

But Fan Jinyou didn't care about that. He just liked Chen Xueru's wealthy family and thought that marrying her would save him decades of hard work.

Moreover, Chen Xueru was also good-looking. Although she was bringing a child, he could barely accept it.

Fan Jinyou felt good about himself. He wanted to marry Chen Xueru so that he could work less for decades. At the same time, he looked down on her because she was raising a child. He always felt that it was her honor that he was willing to marry her. She was just pretending to be reserved, but in fact she was already very happy in her heart.

So, even though Chen Xueru's tone was obviously sarcastic, he didn't care at all.

Instead, he smiled and said:

"What are you afraid of? I'm a neighborhood cadre, and I should take extra care of single mothers like you.

If someone wants to gossip, let them go ahead. I will go to the tiger mountain even though I know there is a tiger there. "

As Fan Jinyou spoke, he actually wanted to break into Chen Xueru's house.

Chen Xueru quickly stretched out her arms to stop him.

"Hey, hey? What's wrong with you? You're not afraid of the bad influence, but I am. You have to let others speak frankly before you feel better, right?"

When Fan Jinyou saw that she was angry, he felt a little embarrassed.

"Chen Xueru, don't you feel guilty for saying this? What's going on between us? Others don't know, but you don't know it yourself?

I know you're worried that the child is too young to understand, but I promise to treat him as my own in the future, that should be all right, right?"

Chen Xueru was stunned.

What's going on between me and him?

Didn’t I just ask him for help a few times before and then gave him a piece of clothing as a gift?

I am a single mother and there is no one to do the physical work at home, so I used to pay a housekeeper to do it.

Fan Jinyou was eager to help, and I gave him clothes as a reward afterwards.

Chen Xueru admitted that she had had a little affection for Fan Jinyou before.

But she didn't think her performance was that obvious. She hadn't even tested the other party yet, so how could she have given the other party such a big misunderstanding?
"Master Fan, I ask you to respect yourself. Although I, Chen Xueru, am a woman, I am not someone who can be easily bullied by anyone.

If you think it's hard work to help me push the wood, I can pay you according to the market price. If you continue to make trouble here, I will call the police. "

Chen Xueru is not a person with a good temper.

Her character can be imagined as she has been competing with Xu Huizhen for so many years.

"Chen Xueru, don't be shameless. You are a woman with a child, and it is your blessing that I like you. If you despise me so much, why did you give me clothes before? If anyone wants to call the police, I will call them and say that you seduced me."

Seeing how unkind she was, Fan Jinyou couldn't suppress his anger.

Just as I was about to have a good talk with her, suddenly a beam of car lights shone from behind me.

At this time, the sky was not completely dark yet, and the light from the car headlights was not that dazzling.

Chen Xueru recognized at a glance that it was Li Jiandong’s car, and she quickly ran forward and waved.

The car stopped and Xu Zhengyang asked:
"Leader, do you want me to go down and take a look?"

Before Li Jiandong could reply, Sha Zhu, who was sitting next to him in the passenger seat, had already opened the car door.

"Master, you guys go home first, I'll go down and take a look."

Sha Zhu just saw Chen Xueru and a man standing at the door, and he felt a little jealous.

But soon he saw Chen Xueru running over and waving, which was obviously a call for help, and his mood immediately became cheerful again.

Sha Zhu jumped out of the car and strode to Chen Xueru.

"Sister Chen, what's going on? Did this man bully you?"

When Chen Xueru saw that it was Sha Zhu and thought that the other party was a policeman from Nanluoguxiang Police Station, she felt relieved.

"Master He, this man is bothering me, please help me drive him away."

At this time, Sha Zhu had already looked at the man in front of him, a pretty boy with greasy hair and powdered face.

Sha Zhu hates good-looking men the most, of course this does not include Li Jiandong.

Hearing that this man was here to harass Chen Xueru, Sha Zhu immediately became furious and rolled up his sleeves and walked towards Fan Jinyou.

"You little bastard, you flirt with women in broad daylight. I'll beat you up so hard that you won't even recognize your mother."

When Fan Jinyou saw the size of Sha Zhu, he immediately got scared.

However, he is still a cadre of Qianmen Street and knows a few people who can help.

At this moment, he bravely shouted, "What do you want to do? Do you know what our relationship is? This is my girlfriend. Who do you think you are? Why are you interfering in our affairs?"

(End of this chapter)