Chapter 128

Li Zhiguo shook his head and said, "Xu, Xu Huizhen, I seem to have heard of this name."

Xu Huizhen asked in surprise: "Where did you hear that? What do you do?"

He Daqing rushed to say, "This is Li Zhiguo, from our hospital. He is a second-level fitter in the steel rolling mill. I used to be the chef in the steel rolling mill. I am a very good cook and I am also very good at taking care of my daughter. I raised Yu Shui by myself."

"Ok!"

Xu Huizhen once again showed an awkward smile with burden.

"Oh, I remember now."

Li Zhiguo suddenly asked, "Are you the daughter-in-law of old man He from the Qianmen Tavern?"

"Ah! You really know me."

Xu Hui was really confused. This guy seemed to have extraordinary powers. Wasn't he just an easy-to-understand fitter?

"Ah! She is Old Man He's daughter-in-law?"

Cai Quanwu was confused. He often drank there and still went there often. He would just spend ten cents to buy a bottle of wine and not order any dishes.

"Where is the tavern?"

He Daqing was bewildered. He usually hung out over the overpass, but today his brother called him over to Qianmen Street because he needed to carry some food.

Li Zhiguo replied, "Xu Huizhen, I know you, but I've never met you before. Two years ago, Old Man He's family held a banquet and notified a friend of mine to attend."

"Who is your friend?"

Xu Huizhen asked further questions, wanting to clarify this relationship.

"Even if I told you, you wouldn't know her. She had something else and couldn't go. But she told me about you. I thought you sounded familiar to me just now. Your name is special."

Li Zhiguo just wanted to point out Xu Huizhen's address and background so that the three members of the He family could find their roots.

As for who among the three will win in the end, it is hard to say, because someone like Xu Huizhen has so many things to worry about.

Widows, especially those who are rich, beautiful and can make money, are still very popular in this era. No, no matter what era it is, there are countless people who want to work less and are thinking about them.

"That's right!"

Xu Huizhen finally understood that this man’s friends must also be merchants.

Li Zhiguo nodded and said, "I have to go now. Lao He, you guys should go back early to let Yushui know that you are safe."

"Hey, take your time."

The He brothers sent the man to the door, then fell back, and then sat there, staring at the man.

Li Zhiguo cunningly moved around the door. Due to the design of the hospital, there was a ventilation window on the door. He jumped lightly, and the strong air retention force allowed him to see the situation in the ward.

Wow, Lao Cai has also learned to be as shameless as Lao He. He dares to stare at people so directly?

There was a soft "pa" sound, or even no sound after he landed on the ground, and he was gone.

In the ward, Xu Huizhen smiled with responsibility. After a long while, her daughter suddenly started crying.

"Oh, my daughter is hungry, are you guys?"

"Oh, then I'll go out for a walk."

"I'll go take a look too."

The He brothers finally left.

"Brother, go back and find Yu Shui. I'll go prepare some food for Xu Huizhen. Let's go our separate ways."

He Daqing decided to pursue this young widow, but he couldn't use the tricks that Li Zhiguo had taught him before, because other people were not greedy for money.

"it is good!"

Cai Quanwu decided that he could not give up this time. He gave the fairy peach to his brother last time, but it was his brother's fault for not being able to seize it.

Later he went to ask Brother Li for advice on how to get the girl.

With his looks, he used to be a hunchback and now he's a tricycle driver. He's not worthy of a young girl, so can't he find a widow?

Didn’t his father also find a widow and finally have him? In the He family, this is not shameful.

The two brothers parted ways downstairs of the hospital with their thoughts in their minds.

In the ward, Xu Huizhen was breastfeeding her baby with a look of burden on her face. She was unable to move and had to stay for two days before she could go home.

I don’t know if God is playing a joke on me now. I went on a blind date with He Yongqiang, but by some strange coincidence, he fell in love with my cousin Xu Huizhi.

Now that she has given birth to a child, she inexplicably meets three bachelors from the He family, and they all seem to be interested in her. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
……

Under the jurisdiction of Qianmen Street, Li Zhiguo was the first to receive the rent and a salary of ten yuan. He was already an official cadre of the street, and there were only a few people with formal positions in the entire street, so his part-time salary doubled.

As for the Ministry of Agriculture, he only goes there once every few months, and hasn't made any new inventions in the past year. It's a bit unreasonable that he keeps drawing a salary without doing anything.

So this month he asked his wife to collect his salary first, but he has already thought of the next new invention, which can accomplish a double kill.

"Brother Qinian, I'm going out to eat. See you next time."

"You walk slowly."

Wang Qinian is in a fixed position in the street responsible for reception and is always there.

Li Zhiguo immediately went to the silk shop. As soon as he arrived at the shop, he saw Chuntao running after a child, fearing that the child would fall.

"Learn chess!"

"Uncle, uncle."

When the little guy heard the shouting, he turned around and clapped his hands and trotted over, but his steps were still unstable. Chuntao followed behind, bending over to protect him, which was also tiring.

"Oh, uncle, give me a hug."

Li Zhiguo stepped forward and hugged Xiaobao. The little guy really looked very similar to Xiao Guanxiang, with some minor differences, both of which were inherited from their respective mothers.

"Govern the country!"

Chen Xueru heard the noise and quickly walked out from the inner hall. She was just receiving a few noble ladies.

"Well, I'll come over to take a look. You go ahead and do your work. I'll take Xue Yi out for a walk."

Li Zhiguo is very familiar with Xiaobao, the kind that he could take him away with him. Perhaps this is the feeling of being connected by blood.

Having more sons means one more person to provide for your retirement, which is double insurance.

"Brother Li!"

"Lao Cai!"

Li Zhiguo was stunned for a moment. Why did Lao Cai come here? Suddenly, he realized that others were returning to the courtyard and just passed by the front gate.

"Brother Li, why did you bring little Guan Xiang here?"

Cai Quanwu braked his tricycle and happened to meet him. "Brother Li, can you teach me how to find a wife?"

"Uh!"

Li Zhiguo thought to himself that Old Cai had recognized the wrong person and mistook Xue Yi for Xiao Guan Xiang, because the two little guys looked so alike.

Fortunately, Xue Yi fell asleep at this time, otherwise he would have been exposed by calling him uncle.

"Why, Lao Cai, are you attracted to that young widow?"

Cai Quan said without hesitation: "We are right for each other. I am a widow and she is a widow with children. We are a perfect match."

"Old Cai, you are right to think so. We are brothers. I am one year older than you. I am your brother, so of course I have to help you."

Li Zhiguo carried the child onto the tricycle, sat down and said, "It's not strenuous."

"Brother Li, how do you think I should marry her? My brother He Daqing seems to have feelings for her as well."

Old Cai felt the pressure because his brother was particularly good at chasing after widows and had already found several.

"Simple! Sincerity can move mountains and open up new horizons. A journey of a thousand miles can reveal the strength of a horse. A long journey can reveal a person's true character.
Well, you understand all these principles, but in fact, you only need to use one trick. According to what you said before, the young widow is a reasonable person and likes to make things clear.

You have to find a way to make her feel like she owes you something, and the amount she owes you is going to grow until she feels like she can’t pay it back anymore, and then she’ll get someone else involved.”

Li Zhiguo paused and said, "This is the same as a gentleman can be deceived by tricks. Look at me more often, and a gentleman will grow up to be like me."

"Understood!"

Cai Quanwu has a brain and really understands the method Li Geer said, although it is a bit tricky, but the starting point is not wrong, using sincerity to exchange for the real body.

"Okay, when you're done, don't forget to buy me a drink."

Li Zhiguo got out of the car holding the child and had to go back to the store to have lunch.

"Brother Li, you have to help me prepare the wine."

Cai Quanwu was happy. It seemed that Brother Li was optimistic about him. As long as Brother Li did not take any action, he still had confidence.

"Little things!"

Li Zhiguo waved his hand while holding the child in one hand and walked away gracefully.

Cai Quanwu looked at the man's back as he walked away. This was a good life. He had a wife and children, and he didn't have to go to work every day. He would even walk to Qianmenlou with his children in his arms.

After coming to his senses, Cai Quan rode his bike back to the courtyard without any motivation, and first found his niece Yu Shui to report that he was safe.

"Uncle, where are my dad and my brother?"

He Yushui cooked some noodles and was eating them, so she wouldn't be hungry even though she was alone at home.

"Your dad has something to do and is staying at the hospital. Your brother has gone to work. Last night, the three of us saved a pregnant woman. Her husband is gone, and she's giving birth in the hospital alone and needs someone to take care of her. I have to go and take over from your dad this afternoon."

After Cai Quanwu finished speaking, he saw that the water in the pot had not been poured out yet, so he turned on the stove and prepared a bowl of noodles.

He Yushui seemed to be thinking about something, and suddenly said, "Uncle, my dad wouldn't run away with the widow again!"

"That definitely won't happen, Yu Shui, don't worry, your dad can't run away." Cai Quanwu thought, it was his turn to run this time, and suddenly he understood what his father was thinking. Sometimes when fate comes, you have no choice.

After eating the noodles, Cai Quanwu went to the yard to wash the dishes. He saw Li Ge'er's mother-in-law holding Xiao Guan Xiang passing by him and was stunned for a moment.

"Aunt, my brother Li is back?"

"Old Cai, my son-in-law hasn't come back yet. He was woken up by the rain this morning and went out."

Qin's mother was going out to buy a bag of salt, and she was worried about leaving Xiao Guanxiang alone at home, so she took him out.

"no?"

Cai Quan was confused. Since Xiaoguan Xiang was in the yard, whose child was Li Ge'er holding?

Although he didn't look carefully at that time, but standing so close, it was clearly Xiao Guan Xiang, just with different clothes.

"Could it be?"

Cai Quanwu suddenly realized that the silk shop owner, Chen, was pregnant at the time, and he had sent her to the Workers' Hospital to visit Sister Qin who had just given birth.

Come to think of it, he hadn't seen Boss Chen for a long time. He was so annoyed!
Although Cai Quanwu had some guesses, he could only keep this matter to himself. At most, Brother Li made a mistake that all men in the world would make.

A man who does not indulge in romance when young has nothing to do with his life. He can only envy others, but he is not bad either. As long as he can marry a young widow, he will have a wife, and as for children, he will have them ready-made.

……

"Zhiguo, you see Xueyi is so close to you that even Chuntao can't coax him to sleep."

Chen Xueru held her sleeping son in her arms, her face full of happiness.

"That's right, because I am his uncle."

Li Zhiguo took a deep breath because Chuntao just came to the inner hall.

"Hello, Brother Li. Sister Xueru, Liao Yucheng from the neighborhood committee is here. He wants to see you for something."

Chuntao looked at the scene in front of her. Brother Li and Sister Xueru were eating together, and they also brought Xueyi with them, just like a family of three.

"Liao Yucheng? I know this guy. He's quite good at settling accounts in the neighborhood committee. I guess he has something to say. I'll go meet him."

Chen Xueru thought that there was some official business and wanted to get up.

Li Zhiguo shook his head, "Let him go, it's not the turn of the neighborhood committee to intervene now, even if they do, it will be the director himself.

Chuntao, take my work permit and show him only the cover, and then tell him to get out."

"This, Sister Xueru!"

Chuntao was in a dilemma. How could she, a young waiter, dare to speak to the people from the neighborhood committee in such a way?

"Chun Tao, what your brother Li said is what I said. Do you want to go back to the countryside?"

Chen Xueru frowned and was angry. She usually thought Chuntao was a nice person, so how could she not see clearly?

"Forget it, Chuntao is also a coward."

Li Zhiguo smiled and said, "Chuntao, this is my work ID, you can open it and take a look."

As he said this, he handed over a small notebook of the street cadre. This silly girl can't work without a feather duster.
If it weren't for the fact that he's great at taking care of children, with this kind of vision, I might as well go home and grow sweet potatoes.

"Hey!"

Chun Tao took the ID and opened it and was stunned, "Ah, Brother Li, you are a street cadre."

Chen Xueru smiled and said, "Chun Tao, you just found out. Don't spread this around."

"Yes, yes, Sister Xueru. Brother Li, you take a rest. I'll go out and make him go away."

Chuntao immediately became excited. No wonder. She said that Brother Li was not an ordinary person.

After Chuntao left, Li Zhiguo smiled and said, "My dear little wife, you are so tight-lipped that even my own people won't tell me about my situation?"

"If you don't like my big mouth, I'll be a woman with a small mouth."

Chen Xueru smiled and helped him pick up some food, but asked, "Do you know Liao Yucheng? Why did you just tell him to get out? That's really disrespectful."

"He is also a villain who came here to take advantage of others. If he comes again, no matter what he says, I will ask Director Li to fire him."

Li Zhiguo didn't want to see Liao Yucheng. This was different from Fan Jinyou. Fan Jinyou was a talent. If he wanted to close a store, he could just send Fan Jinyou there. He was a chess piece that could be kept and would be useful.

"Yeah, I like you like this."

Chen Xueru's eyes lit up as she thought about it.

"Okay, I'm full too, why don't you let Xueyi take a nap by himself?"

There was also light in Li Zhiguo's eyes, and it felt like a long time since they last saw each other.

……

In the front hall of the silk shop, Chuntao changed her previous attitude and approached Liao Yucheng with a haughty look.

"Miss Chuntao, where is your boss Chen?"

Liao Yucheng stood up suddenly, clasping his hands together but still a little nervous. His family was having a hard time, and he had heard that Chen Xueru was raising her child alone and often brought her to the store, so he wanted to find an opportunity to get to know her.

The issue of public-private partnership just happened to come up, and he was considerate of others and offered some advice, so we became familiar with it.

"Liao Yucheng, our sister Xueru's friend asked you to get out."

Chuntao didn't even look at him. Brother Li was a street cadre, so how could he take a neighborhood committee staff member seriously?

"What? You want me to get out? Who is her friend? You are so shameless. Call her out. I want to see..."

Before Liao Yucheng finished speaking, he suddenly saw Chuntao take out a work ID and was stunned.

"He, he is a street cadre!"

Liao Yucheng recognized the certificate. He had always dreamed of becoming a street cadre, but there were only a few positions, so it was not his turn.

"That's good to know. Go away and don't come to our store again."

Chuntao is not afraid of anything anymore. She has connections with the street office, so unless the director of the neighborhood committee comes, everything will be in vain.

"Yes, yes, I'll go then."

Liao Yucheng left in disgrace, feeling completely humiliated.

But he couldn't figure it out. He went to the streets often, but who were the cadres in the silk shop?

Liao Yucheng rushed to the Qianmen Street Office and gave Wang Qinian a cigarette with a flattering look on his face.

"Old Liao, just tell me what you want to say?"

Wang Qinian works in the office every day and is familiar with everyone in the neighborhood committee.

"Officer Wang, I want to know, among the several officials in our street, besides you, is there anyone else who is familiar with Mr. Chen, the owner of the silk shop, now the silk and satin garment workshop, and is a good friend of him?"

Liao Yucheng must know who his opponent is. Things may change over time. Don't bully the poor middle-aged man. Maybe he will have the chance to take revenge in the future.

Wang Qinian was stunned for a moment. Isn't the person you are asking about the invisible cadre of the street, his good brother Li Zhiguo?

"Lao Liao, I don't care why you're asking, but I advise you to forget about it, unless you don't want to work in the neighborhood committee anymore."

"Ah!" Liao Yucheng was stunned. Who is this person and why is he so important?
But he knows all the street cadres, and it seems like he can't match any of them.

Liao Yucheng asked tentatively, "Is it Fan Jinyou?"

Wang Qinian smiled and didn't say anything. Is Fan Jin worthy of him? He even lost his cadre status and is still hiding in the grain station, unable to break free.

Union Hospital, ward.

Xu Huizhen sipped the porridge and looked at He Daqing holding her daughter. He was really good at taking care of children.

"Big sister, you eat your food, I'll be watching over this. I was the one who brought up my son, Yu Shui, since he was little."

He Daqing was strict with his son Sha Zhu, either beating or scolding him, but he never scolded his daughter. It was because his wife passed away early and Yu Shui had been pitiful since she was a child.

"This is good!"

Xu Huizhen smiled with a burdened look on her face.

He Daqing added: "You are weak and have just given birth. You can't eat greasy food. But you have already passed the gastrointestinal tract and recovered. You can drink the clear stewed meat soup tomorrow to supplement your nutrition."

"Thank you, Brother He!"

Xu Hui was really grateful. Even up to this point, not to mention He Yongqiang and her cousin, even her father-in-law hadn't come to visit.

"Big sister, what are you thanking me for? We have met each other, it's fate."

He Daqing was delighted. Look, he seemed to have mastered the skill. He had already taken a big step forward even before he went to Li Zhiguo for advice.

Xu Huizhen smiled with burden, it was fate, but it couldn't be like that.

He Daqing had been up all night and was a little overwhelmed.

Fortunately, my younger brother came early in the afternoon.

"Brother, go back and rest first. I'll take care of this."

Cai Quanwu came in with a thermos and a bag.

"Okay, then you keep an eye on Huizhen."

He Daqing changed his name several times, and the more he called him, the closer he became.

After his eldest brother left, Cai Quanwu sat far away from the bed, not saying a word, and he didn't know how to hold the child.

"Your name is Cai Quanwu, right?"

Xu Huizhen broke the awkward situation, but at this moment, she couldn't chase anyone away.

"Yes, Cai Quanwu!" Old Cai sat there without moving.

(End of this chapter)