Chapter 136

Therefore, as the master's wife, she had no choice but to endure the depression and continued to ask:
"Xue Ru, don't blame me for being blunt. You have to understand that you are no longer a little girl."

"If you want to be successful in finding a partner with your child, you must lower your standards. I know you have a career and are not short of money. But in the eyes of those capable men, they don't care about these things at all. Those who care about these things are hypocrites like Fan Jinyou. You don't like them, right?"

Qin Huairu's words came from the bottom of her heart, and it can also be seen that Chen Xueru is also sensible.

Capable men only care about whether a woman has a good personality, looks, whether she is unmarried, whether she is filial to the elderly, etc.

But he doesn’t care whether a woman can make money.

Even women who can make money are seen as showing off and will lose points in their eyes.

Even though Chen Xueru was arrogant, she had to admit this.

"Huai Ru, I know what you said is right, and I don't look down on Master He. But, you don't know that Master He's stepmother and I grew up together as playmates. We have always been unwilling to give in to each other and have always been trying to outdo each other in everything. Now that Xu Huizhen is married to Master He's father, if I'm with Master He, wouldn't I become Xu Huizhen's daughter-in-law?"

Chen Xueru's words completely stunned Qin Huairu.

She originally thought that Chen Xueru looked down on Sha Zhu, but she didn't expect there was such a relationship behind it.

Now that I think about it, isn’t Xu Huizhen also from Qianmen? I can only say that this world is too small.

Qin Huairu persuaded Chen Xueru a few more times, and she could see that Chen Xueru was also moved.

After all, Shazhu's conditions are there. She is a divorced woman with a child. She should be lucky to find such a good partner. What is there to dislike?
But for a strong-willed woman like Chen Xueru, asking her to call her biggest rival "mom" was really discouraging.

After get off work in the evening, Li Jiandong returned home.

Putting down the things, he asked Qin Huairu, "How is it, what did Chen Xueru say?"

"Well, how should I put it? I think Xueru is willing to be with Zhuzi, but he and Huizhen are old rivals, and I don't have the face to call her mom."

Qin Huairu recounted the entire conversation she had with Chen Xueru today.

After listening to this, Li Jiandong had an idea in his mind.

It's actually not difficult to deal with Xu Huizhen. Even if Chen Xueru and Sha Zhu get married, she and Xu Huizhen can still go their separate ways.

The two had been neighbors since childhood, and this relationship existed much earlier than after they married Sha Zhu.

This situation is very common, especially in some villages, where the man and the woman are of different generations. After marriage, the woman follows the man's generation, but when addressing her family members, she still has to follow the original generation.

So the real problem now is that Sha Zhu is not attractive enough to Chen Xueru, and has not reached the point where she is determined to do so.

that's the truth.

In Chen Xueru's heart, Shazhu can only be considered excellent, but his shortcomings are also obvious. He is ugly and of low generation, which makes it embarrassing to take him out.

If she only has one of the above, she can still be picky, but if she has both, it would be a bit disappointing.

"Okay, don't worry about Chen Xueru. Leave this matter to me."

Now that we have found the root cause of the problem, the next thing will be easy.

At this time, Shazhu also came back and went to the kitchen to cook.

Li Jiandong came to the front yard, walked into the kitchen and said, "Zhu Zi, why did you go into the kitchen as soon as you came back? Don't you want to hear what Chen Xueru thinks of you?"

Sha Zhu said shyly and timidly, "Yes."

He looked at Li Jiandong, but quickly looked away, pretending to be cutting vegetables casually.

Li Jiandong sighed and said:
"Well, I'll tell you the truth, Chen Xueru should be interested in you.

But this is not enough. I have a way to help you impress her, but I don't know how good your acting skills are."

When Sha Zhu heard the first half of Li Jiandong's words, he felt depressed as if a huge rock was pressing on his heart.

But after hearing the second half of the sentence, I immediately became excited.

"Master, do you really have a solution?"

Li Jiandong nodded and told Sha Zhu about his plan.

This plan is very simple, which is about a hero saving a beauty. If it were put in later generations, it would be a very old-fashioned way of seducing women.

But in this era, it is definitely a magical skill to pick up girls.

Although Li Jiandong is not Chen Xueru, if you put yourself in her shoes, what could she dislike about Sha Zhu? It seems that there is nothing else except appearance.

If there is another way, let them come together.

As time goes by, Chen Xueru will still dislike Sha Zhu because he is ugly. Even if they don't divorce, Sha Zhu's life will become a mess.

However, if we use the method of a hero saving a beauty and establish a tall and mighty image of Sha Zhu in Chen Xueru's mind, and fundamentally change Chen Xueru's view of Sha Zhu, this is both a temporary solution and a fundamental solution.

After listening to this, Sha Zhu felt a little embarrassed. He found it hard to accept the thought of finding a few gangsters to tease Chen Xueru.

However, thinking that all this was just acting and for the sake of marrying Chen Xueru, Sha Zhu gritted his teeth and agreed.

the next day.

Li Jiandong came to the steel rolling mill, and after finishing his official business, he left the office building and went to the security department.

Hu Haodang drank a lot again last night. Since moving to Courtyard 40, he has been pestering He Daqing to drink almost every day.
He Daqing was also an alcoholic, but his alcohol tolerance was no match for Hu Haodang, and he got drunk almost every time.

Because of this, he was even scolded by Xu Huizhen.

When he saw Li Jiandong, Hu Haodang jumped up from his chair.

"Deputy Director Li, why are you here? Come and sit down."

Hu Haodang stood up and pulled his rocking chair next to Li Jiandong, then turned around to get a cup of water.

Li Jiandong sat down and asked, "Old Hu, it's almost the end of the year, do you have enough tickets at home?"

"Ah, Deputy Director Li, to be honest, it's really not enough. But, I haven't paid back the tickets I borrowed from you for a year. To be honest, I am embarrassed to say this to you."

Hu Haodang said embarrassedly.

Although hybrid rice has been planted since the beginning of this year, it was already summer when the seeds were distributed.

The rice harvest in the Northeast is only once a year and cannot keep up with the distribution of seeds this time, so the harvest is still not ideal.

Li Jiandong took out a stack of food coupons and handed it to him.

"Don't be so polite to me. You've already owed me a favor, so just owe me one. If you borrow from others, don't you have to owe them another favor?"

"Yes, thank you, Deputy Director Li. You really helped me a lot."

Hu Haodang took the food coupons and expressed his gratitude from the bottom of his heart.

These are food coupons for a thousand kilograms. If he wasn’t Li Jiandong, where could he borrow so many food coupons?
"Look at you. You just said don't be polite but you're so polite now. Forget it, I won't talk to you about this. I came here this time to ask you for help with something else."

Hu Haodang immediately said:
"Deputy Director Li, please tell me. I will definitely do my best to help you no matter what it is."

Li Jiandong waved his hand and said, "Don't be so exaggerated. It's not that serious. I just want to ask if you have any brothers in the security department who look fierce or have shifty eyes. Lend me three or four of them."

"Vicious and shifty? What's the point of looking for such a person, Deputy Director Li?"

“Let them act out a play with my brother, and they may suffer some physical pain.

However, you should tell them that anyone who is willing to help will be given 10 jin of food coupons. Those who perform well will be given an additional jin of meat coupons. "

When Hu Haodang heard that there were hostages, his eyes widened.

However, he was the head of the security department after all, so he would not get beaten for two pounds of meat, nor was he embarrassed to snatch such a good thing from his brothers.

So he nodded and said:

"Deputy Director Li, please wait a moment. I will go find some people to take a look at you."

After Hu Haodang finished speaking, he went out and soon came back with a few people.

You know what, these guys are really ugly-looking, and two of them have scars on their faces. They don’t look like good people.

Li Jiandong kept these security guards, explained the business to them, gave them an address and left.

Soon it was evening.

The steel mill is closed.

The four security guards followed the address given by Li Jiandong and arrived at the second entrance of Qianmen Street.

There were not many residents around and few people coming and going. The four found Chen Xueru's door.

After waiting for a while, I saw a woman with wavy hair riding a bicycle towards us.

"The one with the wavy hair should be this woman."

"You know what, she's pretty good-looking."

"What do you think? Deputy Director Li has taken a fancy to her. Let's go and scare her.

By then, his men will show up and beat us away, so that he will have a chance to comfort this woman?"

"That's why people say that Deputy Director Li is smart. Not only is he good at inventing things, but his method of hooking up with women is also unique."

"Hush. Stop talking nonsense. Have you forgotten what Captain Hu said? If this gets out, you'll be skinned alive."

As soon as this person said this, no one else dared to comment.

Although Hu Haodang was nice to the people in the security department, everyone knew that he was actually a ruthless person.

Not to mention the distant past, just take the last time when Meng Liang was captured. Hu Haodang’s methods made the people in the security department shudder when they thought about it.

Before coming, Hu Haodang had clearly warned them that what they were going to do today must be kept completely confidential.

If any of them dared to reveal that this matter was related to Deputy Director Li, given Hu Haodang's protection of Li Jiandong, they would definitely suffer.

The four security officers immediately stopped joking and passed by Chen Xueru as if they were just passing by.

Soon, Chen Xueru came in front of the few people on her bicycle, and just when the two sides were about to pass each other.

One of the security guards suddenly stepped to the side, blocking Chen Xueru's bicycle.

Chen Xueru was startled and suddenly stepped on the handbrake to avoid hitting the other person.

"Why are you coming over here so suddenly? What if the car doesn't brake in time and hits you?"

Chen Xueru's heartbeat quickened and she yelled angrily.

However, the other party grinned, looked at Chen Xueru with lustful eyes and said:
"What if you bump into me? You've already bumped into me and made my pants dirty. What do you think I should do?"

Another security guard next to him also smiled and said:
"What else can you do? Just take her home and let her clean you up."

The third security guard also said:

"That's right. If it gets dirty, of course you have to wash it. But Lao Hu, I remember you only have this one pair of pants. What are you going to wear after you wash them?"

The last security guard looked at Chen Xueru's pants and said:

"I think this girl's pants are pretty good. Why don't you let her take them off and let Lao Hu wear them first?"

"Haha, I think it's okay. Come on, little girl, come home with me to wash your pants. Don't worry, the brothers won't bully you. We'll let you come back after you wash your pants."

The security guard named Hu laughed and said that he had a burn scar on his face, which would be pulled when he laughed, making him look particularly hideous and scary.

Chen Xueru had no idea who she had run into. These were not peaceful times, with all kinds of street thugs doing all kinds of evil. If she was taken back by them, she would be humiliated if not killed.

She saw four security guards surrounding her, and two of them were trying to steal her bicycle.

Chen Xueru screamed in panic: "Help, is there anyone here?"

Over there, Sha Zhu, who had been hiding for a long time, heard the shouting and prepared to rush out.

Li Jiandong grabbed him and said, "Don't worry, wait a little longer."

"Master, Sister Chen has been surrounded. It will be too late if we don't take action now."

Sha Zhu said anxiously that he had forgotten that this was an act.

Fortunately, Li Jiandong held him tightly: "Zhu Zi, listen to me and wait a moment."

Chen Xueru has just been frightened and is not yet in despair.

If Sha Zhu rushed out at this time, even if he could help Chen Xueru, it would not have much effect.

The best effect would be achieved if Sha Zhu appeared only when she was extremely nervous, helpless, scared and hopeless.

Being held tightly by Li Jiandong, Sha Zhu's eyes turned red with anxiety.

I saw four guards had already snatched Chen Xueru's bicycle.

Two of them grabbed her arms and tried to pull her away.

Li Jiandong let go of his hand this time: "Go ahead, but be careful with your hands. Hey, damn, did you hear me?"

Sha Zhu couldn't hold back any longer, and as soon as Li Jiandong let him go, he rushed towards Chen Xueru and the others like crazy.

"Asshole, let go of Sister Chen."

While running, Shazhu yelled.

The voice was filled with anger, and the four guards were immediately intimidated by Sha Zhu's aura.

Then, almost at the first encounter, a guard was knocked to the ground by Sha Zhu.

"Damn, why is this kid so heavy-handed?"

"Damn, is this a mistake?"

The two guards looked at each other, they knew someone would come to the rescue.

But, this guy in front of me is so heavy-handed, is he really here to act?
Could it be that this guy just happened to meet her, and someone really came to the rescue?
Before the guards could figure it out.

Sha Zhu had already thrown several punches in succession, knocking the remaining three people to the ground.

He pulled Chen Xueru in front of him and said, "Sister Chen, are you okay?"

Chen Xueru was so frightened just now that she was almost taken away by these four bad guys.

At this moment, seeing Sha Zhu suddenly appear, I suddenly felt that his image became particularly tall, and even his face became much more handsome.

"Master He, thank you."

"You're welcome."

When Sha Zhu saw Chen Xueru's tender gaze, all his anger disappeared immediately.

The four guards on the ground quietly got up, looked at each other, and ran out of the alley.

Chen Xueru and Sha Zhu looked at each other and had no mood to care about them.

The four security guards ran to the corner and found that Li Jiandong was already waiting there.

"Deputy Director Li, the guy you hired was too ruthless. Look, my face is swollen."

"Yeah, that kick to my stomach almost made me vomit the food I hadn't eaten the night before."

"And the kick on my chest almost made me suffocate. This is not how we acted."

"Okay, okay, thank you all for your hard work. Here are the food coupons and meat coupons. Consider them as compensation for everyone."

Li Jiandong took out the food coupons and meat coupons that he had prepared long ago, and gave each person two more kilograms of meat coupons, and then let them leave first.

After the others had gone far away, Li Jiandong got back into the car and signaled Xu Zhengyang to go home.

Car headlights shone past.

Chen Xueru subconsciously wanted to dodge, but who knew that Sha Zhu suddenly stopped being stupid and grabbed her arm and refused to let go.

The car stopped in front of them, Li Jiandong got out, looked at the two of them and said with a smile, "Zhu Zi, what are you and Chen Xueru doing...?"

The gate to the courtyard next to them opened, and Qin Huairu, who had been lying behind the door watching the show, also came out.

He smiled and said, "Oh, Xueru, you are so silly. When I asked you yesterday, you were too embarrassed to admit it. It turns out that you and Zhuzi have been together for a long time."

"not me……"

Chen Xueru was speechless.

I wanted to say that someone was trying to bully her just now, but she was saved by Sha Zhu.

Then I thought about it.

This kind of thing, if it happens for the first time, it is inevitable that it will happen a second time. It is not a good idea for a woman to always be without a man.

Although Master He is not good-looking, he is still Xu Huizhen's son.

But he can protect himself from being bullied, and there is no one better around him.

So, she stopped talking halfway and shook hands with Sha Zhu.

Feeling Chen Xueru's little gesture, Sha Zhu's mood also became cheerful.

He smiled foolishly and said, "Master, Master's wife, please stop talking. Sister Chen is embarrassed."

"Okay, okay, I won't say any more. I'll talk to Xueru alone tomorrow after you go to work."

Qin Huairu said with a smile.

Although she was not optimistic about this relationship at first, since the two of them are together, she, as their master's wife, can only bless them.

However, Sha Zhu has parents, so Li Jiandong cannot decide this matter alone. He also has to talk to He Daqing.

Of course, this matter was left to Li Jiandong.

The next day, after get off work.

Li Jiandong did not go home but came to the courtyard.

Yan Bugui was sitting at the door as usual, but when he saw Li Jiandong, he jumped up in surprise.
"Hey, Lao Li, what brings you here today?"

"Old Yan, I'm here to see Daqing. You look good lately."

"Thanks to you, both of my children are working now. As a father, I teach them and play mahjong every day. I am in a good mood and look good."

Yan Bugui said with a smile.

The Yan family's life has been getting better and better in recent years.

Not only did Yan Jiecheng become a cadre, but his second son Yan also became a formal worker a few months before liberation.

Even in Yard 40, there were few people living better than him. As for the residents in other yards, they could not compare with him.

With the family's income increasing, Yan Bugui is no longer as calculating as before.

Although he is still a miser, at least he is willing to spend money where it should be spent, such as on food. Of course, if you eat well, you will look better.

Li Jiandong chatted with him for a few minutes and then came to the central courtyard.

He Daqing was preparing to cook. Hu Haodang moved a stool and sat beside him to watch him cook and brag to him at the same time.

(End of this chapter)