Chapter 23 New Area

"No, she runs a business, so she can get along with anyone."

Li Zhiguo thought that if he wanted to test him, his experience was still a little shallow.

"Oh, is she married?"

Qin Huairu didn't bother to ask such an obvious question.

"She has a boyfriend and they are dating. Why are you asking this? We are just going to buy clothes and we don't care about these gossips."

Li Zhiguo evaded the question with just one sentence.

After hearing this, Qin Huairu felt a little relieved.

Li Zhiguo then found a small restaurant and ordered two dishes and some noodles.

But Qin Huairu still enjoyed the meal very much.

"Come on, let's go to our store and just act like a normal customer."

Li Zhiguo wanted to see how the business of his own old brand was going.

The Dongzhimen area is not suitable for opening a store, but it’s different here.

"Yeah!"

Qin Huairu felt confident again when she thought about her own shop.

When he arrived at the place, Li Zhiguo saw the sign on the door of the store, which was also called a preserved fruit shop, but it did not use his grandfather's sign.

The three shops are connected together and have a very large area.

But the business in the store is not very good.

"Choose what you want to buy."

A clerk stood behind the counter and greeted us, and then nothing happened.

"Is your store a long-established brand?"

Li Zhiguo looked at the items for sale based on his memory.

"It's not an old brand, it's run by the street office, and the procurement channels are the same."

The salesperson really tells the truth and doesn't lie.

"Then I have to buy some to try."

Li Zhiguo immediately selected a few main items.

"Brother Li, this is so expensive."

Qin Huairu calculated that she had spent a lot today.

“Huai Ru, grandpa passed on the secret recipe of preserved fruits to me, as well as the store’s signature sour plum soup, autumn pear paste, etc.

I have to try the ones sold here to see how different they are from ours.”

Li Zhiguo doesn't mind telling some truth and making more promises, so that Qin Huairu can follow him wholeheartedly.

"Ah! Grandpa is so good to you!"

Qin Huairu was shocked, because that was a secret recipe passed down for hundreds of years.

"Of course not. The main thing is that I am his only grandson."

Li Zhiguo immediately picked up a crabapple, but it didn't feel crystal clear, and when he put it in his mouth, the taste was not right.

"Really delicious!"

Qin Huairu couldn't tell either, it was because she didn't eat enough fine grains.

"Can this be considered delicious? It's far worse than what my grandfather used to sell."

Li Zhiguo suddenly became a little worried about how many months he could still collect rent.

In the afternoon, Qin Huairu wanted to go back to the yard to clean up the house, so the two of them went back.

When they arrived at the yard, Li Zhiguo asked his wife to go back to the house first, and he went to ask Yan Bugui about growing flowers and plants.

"Li Zhiguo, Jia Dongxu is getting married to his new girlfriend tomorrow. They're going to have a wedding banquet next weekend. Have they invited your family?"

Yan Bugui brought up this matter when he saw him.

Li Zhiguo was stunned for a moment. "We're going to get the certificate tomorrow? Jia Dongxu came to visit today?"

"What do you mean by visiting? After lunch, the girl left with the matchmaker and said she would come tomorrow with a letter of introduction. What do you think of this?"

Yan Bugui pushed the frame of his glasses. When it comes to scheming, he thinks only Li Zhiguo can see the trick.

"What do I think? Isn't this just buying a cat across a mountain?"

Li Zhiguo speaks frankly.

"You are right. When it comes to marrying a wife, you have to do more research. Otherwise, you might get into trouble." Yan Bugui's explanation seemed very logical, but he never mentioned this to the Jia family.

"We have no right to interfere in the affairs of the Jia family. Third uncle, where did you get these flowers and plants and how do you plant them?"

Li Zhiguo wanted to put some in his home.

"I found all these outside. The Jia family is hosting a wedding banquet. How are you going to give the gift?"

Yan Bugui felt sorry for the money. Once the money was spent, he didn't know how many years it would take to get it back.

"Uncle, you know my family is poor, so I'll just give you my blessing."

Li Zhiguo took a fancy to a pot of lush green plants, which already had flower buds and looked really nice.

"Uncle, you didn't spend any money on these flowers and plants. Give me one pot first to study. I'll give you one later."

He picked up the potted plant and ran away.

"No, come back to me, that's my best potted plant..."

Yan Bugui was chasing after him, but he couldn't outrun him.

Li Zhiguo ran to the central courtyard and slowed down when he saw no one was chasing him. He saw Jia Zhang boasting there.

"Third Aunt, even though my daughter-in-law is from the countryside, her family conditions are really good. There are several big walnut trees, as well as apricot trees, and they have everything from mountain products..."

Perhaps because she saw him, Jia Zhang suddenly stopped. Several aunts noticed something unusual and turned their heads to see, oh, it was this person who came back.

The third aunt was stunned for a moment, "Li Zhiguo, where did you get this potted plant? Why is it exactly the same as the one in my house?"

"It was given to me by the Third Uncle. What are you guys talking about? I heard from the Third Uncle that my brother Dongxu is getting married?"

Li Zhiguo came forward with the basin in his arms. This free thing was really good.

The three aunts looked incredulous.

Jia Zhang shouted, "Li Zhiguo, you came at the right time. My family is having a banquet next weekend, and you have to contribute."

"Ms. Jia Zhang, my family is poor and we have no money. I just wish Dongxu and the new bride a son soon."

Li Zhiguo ran away in a flash, and it was impossible to ask him to give a gift.

"Bah, just because you're poor you're right!"

Jia Zhang had never seen such a shameless person.

The third aunt yelled, "No, that potted plant is my old Yan's life. I have to go back and ask."

"Third Aunt, I'm afraid that Li Zhiguo must have robbed this kid. There's a bad guy in our courtyard.

His family is poor, so they will definitely search every household, so everyone should be careful."

Jia Zhang finally found like-minded people, they are all victims.

"You can't be a human being like this!"

The third aunt hurried to the front yard and saw that the best potted plant in the house was gone, and her husband was sitting there sighing.

"Old Yan, how did you get into trouble? That potted plant must have been stolen by Li Zhiguo. Let's go to the street office and sue him."

The three aunts were spitting all over the place, and they only felt pain when they themselves were hurt.

Yan Bugui sighed, "Forget it, he took it away in front of me, I got caught this time, next time I will give him a fishing rod."

"Old Yan, you have to find a way to control him."

The third aunt had a premonition that there would be no peace in this courtyard from now on.

"What can I do? He's in the backyard, and it's Old Liu who has to do anything."

Yan Bugui didn't want to get into trouble.

……

"Brother, why did you bring back a pot of flowers?"

Qin Huairu was wearing an apron and was about to go to the cellar to get some cabbage.

"It was given by the Third Uncle. How about putting it here? It fits the occasion."

Li Zhiguo put the potted plants at the door, but it was still a little monotonous, so he went back to get a few more.

Qin Huairu was stunned for a moment. Last time it was Jia Zhang who sent shoes, and this time it was the third uncle who sent a scenic basin. Are the masters in her family so popular in the courtyard?
"Brother, you keep busy, I'll go to the cellar to get some cabbage."

"Let's go, I'll go with you."

Li Zhiguo has not yet experienced what it feels like to be in the cellar.

"It doesn't take two people to get a cabbage."

(End of this chapter)