Chapter 37 Meal Coupon
New Year's Day is coming amid the noise!
The steel rolling mill only works half a day, and there is a big dinner at noon. Each worker is given a dinner ticket, which allows them to have a free meal in the cafeteria at noon. As a result, Qin Huairu took home two tickets.

"Brother, this coupon is for you. Go to the cafeteria at noon and you can get two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes, and two bowls of white noodles."

Qin Huairu took out the meal coupon as if she was presenting a treasure.

"No, how come you have an extra roll?"

Li Zhiguo was a little dumbfounded. Could his wife have such ability?
"This one is yours. You resigned this month, so you should get the benefits you deserve this month. I also got your labor insurance today, which includes two pairs of gloves."

Qin Huairu knew how to live. When she heard that the month she resigned would be considered a benefit, she asked the workshop director for an extra dinner ticket.

"Huai Ru, you can do this!"

Li Zhiguo really didn't expect Qin Huairu to be so smart now.

"Okay, I'll take you to the factory tomorrow morning, and then I'll go to the station to pick up our parents. We'll set up a table in the yard to celebrate New Year's Day, and it can also be considered a wedding banquet."

The next day, Li Zhiguo got up at dawn. On New Year's Day, he sent his wife to work. This was a good story if it got out!
"Morning, Damao!"

Li Zhiguo took the basin to the sink to wash himself. He was not a useless person.

"Li Zhiguo, you got up so early today?"

Xu Damao was a little confused. He also learned to rinse his mouth and unknowingly began to imitate Li Zhiguo's words and deeds.

"Look at what you said. Do I usually get up late? Today is New Year's Day.

There is a big dinner at the main factory, I have to attend it! "

Li Zhiguo put down the basin and prepared to rinse his mouth.

"Why are you attending the banquet? You are not a member of the factory anymore."

Xu Damao stood there in a daze.

"Da Mao, what you said is not right! After all, I have worked in the factory for more than three years, and I have worked hard for the steel mill.

I resigned in December and haven't received my salary for that month yet. I should be included in this banquet and I have been given a ticket."

Li Zhiguo's argument was convincing. He was replaced because of illness and the procedure he followed was different from that of He Daqing.

Xu Damao was stunned. You have only been working for more than three years, and you still have to study for the rest of your life?

After a while, Qin Huairu came out with a kettle to rinse her face. Li Zhiguo stood there and let his wife help him wash his face.

Xu Damao looked numb and replied.

"Mom, I'm going on a blind date this week, it's set!"

"Of course it's settled. Mom asked you to do something. Have you sent any gifts to Li Zhiguo?"

Xu's mother was worried about this matter, fearing that she would become the second Jia family in the courtyard.

"Really? It's a gift! Actually, it's not necessary. He had a banquet that day and I helped him block the wine. He promised not to make trouble for me."

Xu Damao became jealous when he thought of the scene outside.

"You unlucky child, do you want to be the second Jia Dongxu?

Li Zhiguo is a bad boy. Can you believe what he says?

Hey, he's outside, that's great, you can deliver the things over there, speak nicely, go quickly."

As Xu's mother spoke, she was braiding her daughter Xu Fengling's hair.

"All right!"

Xu Damao admitted it. Once he got married, he would never be nice to Li Zhiguo again.

Now she had no choice but to go into the house with tears in her eyes and carry out a bag with two bottles of wine in it.

There is also a porcelain basin, which is a holiday gift from Dad's Cinema.

"Li Zhiguo, my mother asked me to give you and Sister Qin a wedding gift."

"Da Mao, my Aunt Xu is too polite!"

Li Zhiguo took the bag directly. No matter what the reason was, he couldn't be slow in accepting the gift.

Xu Damao was furious. "Well, I have a blind date this Sunday. We agreed on it last time. You don't want to mess with me."

"Da Mao, look at what you said, you and I are brothers, I definitely hope you are well.

Go back and tell your mother that I hope you can find a good wife to continue the Xu family's lineage!"

Li Zhiguo looked into the bag and thought, wow, I made a profit.

Xu Damao looked down on this villain, what a brother! Jia Dongxu is also your brother.

"Yes, yes, we are good brothers. When I get married, I will definitely treat you to a drink."

Xu Damao was still afraid. He wanted to report Li Zhiguo, but finally found that he had no idea where to start.

"That's great! Well, I'll go back and put my things away first! This wine and this basin are so nice. My Aunt Xu is a good person and she's nice to me too."

Li Zhiguo had never expected that before Xu Damao went on a blind date, he actually received a big gift in advance.

"Brother, where did you get the bag?"

Qin Huairu had just finished folding the quilt and came out when she saw her husband carrying a bag.

"It's from Xu Damao. He's going on a blind date this Sunday, so this is a wedding gift for us."

Li Zhiguo handed the bag over and gave it to his wife for safekeeping.

"Ah, such a valuable gift! Brother, didn't you say Xu Damao was a mean person? Why is he so kind to our family?"

Qin Huairu didn't understand it at once.

"Huai Ru, this is the personality charm of your man! Xu Damao will also respect me.

Just wait, the He family will send us some gifts. "

Li Zhiguo didn't tell the key point, otherwise people would misunderstand that he was robbing the rich to help the poor in the courtyard.

"Brother, you are really popular in the hospital."

Qin Huairu either goes to work or does housework at home every day. The residents are all very friendly to her and she really has no idea about the situation in the courtyard.

"That's right, otherwise I wouldn't be able to hold this banquet! I would be able to snatch you away... Uh, let's not talk about it, you still have to go to work."

Too much talk will lead to mistakes. This daughter-in-law is becoming more and more shrewd. She should stop bragging in the future.

"Okay! I cooked some eggs for you. My parents are coming today, so I'll have to trouble you to pick them up at the station."

Qin Huairu went to bring breakfast as she spoke. She got up early and made breakfast before helping Li Zhiguo get up and get dressed.

"Huai Ru, you should also eat eggs in the morning from now on. Don't save them all for me."

Li Zhiguo then remembered that there were two eggs warming in the pot every day when he got up, so his wife didn't eat them.

"Brother, I don't crave eggs! You have a bad stomach, so you need to eat more."

After Qin Huairu finished the porridge in her bowl, she got up to wash the dishes.

"It's just that I have a bad stomach. If I eat too much, I can't digest it. We are not short of money. You don't have to save money. I have plenty here.

Our family will collect rent every month from now on. I will go to collect the money the day after tomorrow morning.

Even if you eat white flour every day, meat and eggs for every meal, you will never be poor. "

Li Zhiguo has to say something today. Stop pretending to be poor.

"Well! Then I will eat an egg in the morning too. Thank you, brother. You are so nice to me!"

Qin Huairu's heart was filled with honey. "Even if we have money, we can't do that. How can we eat meat every meal? That would make us rich."

"Okay! Anyway, don't be short of eggs for the morning. If you run out of eggs, I'll just go buy some."

Li Zhiguo was unable to change Qin Huairu's small peasant mentality.

"It's so expensive to buy them. My parents are coming today, so they must bring some eggs home. Oh, I have to go wash the dishes."

Qin Huairu said no more and went to wash the dishes and pots. She would not be back for dinner in the evening, so she finished the housework.

After a while, Li Zhiguo pushed his bicycle and led his wife out of the backyard.

I met Jia Dongxu head-on, holding two lunch boxes in his hands and looking miserable. I knew there was a big banquet at the factory, so I asked him to pack some lunch and bring it back for us to eat together.

"Little man!"

When Jia Dongxu saw Li Zhiguo, he couldn't help but mutter something in a low voice.

"Dongxu, good morning! Don't steal from home anymore. You have to be a filial child."

Li Zhiguo spoke in a familiar and polite manner.

"I……"

Jia Dongxu was a little confused. Why did Li Zhiguo's tone sound exactly like that of the old man, even word for word!
"Huai Ru, let's go. From now on, I will send you to work every New Year's Day!" "Brother, you are so good to me!"

Qin Huairu looked very happy and looked forward to celebrating New Year's Day every day.

The two of them followed him out of the compound, and not seeing Sha Zhu made him feel like something was missing.

"Hey, Li Zhiguo, you're sending your wife to work. Have you changed your ways?"

Yan Bugui had just returned from the public toilet and he also had to go to school.

Unexpectedly, Qin Huairu replied, "Uncle, my husband will send me to work every New Year's Day."

"Li Zhiguo, this has to be you!"

Yan Bugui thought to himself, you are such a fool, you only give it to someone for one day a year, and you still tricked Qin Huairu into going around in circles.

"The third uncle has left. There is a big banquet at the steel mill today. Qin Huairu is on leave for half a day. We plan to go back to the countryside to celebrate New Year's Day!"

Li Zhiguo had a good opportunity to explain so that if he didn't come back at night, people would not think he was missing.

"Oh, you're back in the country again. Your father-in-law must be very happy."

Yan Bugui didn't know what to say. It seemed like they were going to empty the Qin family's pockets.

Others would lose money if they married a rural wife, but Li Zhiguo made a fortune by marrying a rural wife.

Without chatting, Li Zhiguo drove Qin Huairu to the factory gate in just a few minutes.

When the workers saw the couple, they all started pointing and talking.

"That's Li Zhiguo. Really, he's as handsome as me."

"If he wasn't handsome, how could Qin Huairu, who is so beautiful, like him?"

"Isn't he sick? How can he still ride a bike out?"

"I heard it's a stomach problem. Hey, I have a bad stomach too, why do I have to go to work?"

Li Zhiguo stopped the car, put one foot on the pedal and the other on the ground, and after Qin Huairu got out of the car, he wrapped a scarf around her.

"Huai Ru, I'll be here at noon. I'll go to the station and wait for our parents first."

"Well! It's cold, you should wait inside the station instead of outside."

Qin Huairu's face was flushed, which made her look even more beautiful.

"Okay, I won't be cold!"

Li Zhiguo was sitting in the car, watching Qin Huairu enter the factory. Her back figure could be recognized in the crowd at a glance even though she was wearing big cotton trousers!

"Li Zhiguo, why are you here at the factory gate?"

Suddenly a familiar voice was heard.

"Oh, it's our Sister Hua! I just sent Qin Huairu to work. Today is New Year's Day."

Li Zhiguo thought to himself why it was this tiger girl, he couldn't afford to offend her.

"I guess you still have some conscience."

Sister Hua nodded, it seems that the last preaching did have some effect.

"I don't want to chat with you anymore, I have something else to do!"

Li Zhiguo ran away. It was not too early to go to the bus station because there were not many buses from the village to the capital.

The earliest trip was a passing car, which passed by the highway near my father-in-law's house at 7 o'clock.

He originally wanted to book a table at a restaurant, but considering the inconvenience of transportation, he simply held the banquet in his grandfather's courtyard.

I will take some time to go to the courtyard and take out the prepared supplies from the space and put them away.

These ingredients were enough for not only one table, but also four or five tables.

Let my father-in-law take the extra money back to make up for the shortfall in the last betrothal gift.

"Brother-in-law, here it is."

Before the bus even stopped, little Qin Jingru's cry seemed to be heard.

He looked over quickly and it was indeed little Qin Jingru. Uh, he also saw his brother-in-law Qin Guangyou.

"Brother-in-law, here, here!"

Little Qin Jingru trotted over after getting off the car.

"I see. Why did you follow me?"

Li Zhiguo immediately hugged little Qin Jingru. She was light and fluttery, with slightly yellowish hair, but a fair face, big, black eyes, and very cute.

"I came to the city to visit my brother-in-law's house."

Little Qin Jingru happened to be playing at her uncle's house, and when she heard the message, she had to come along.

"Brother-in-law!"

"Hello, brother-in-law!"

Qin Guangming and Qin Guangyou, the two cheap brothers-in-law, came closer, both of them carrying bags or buckets.

"son in law!"

Qin Changchun and his mother also arrived.

"Dad, Mom, Guangming, Guangyou, why don't you call my second uncle and third uncle over."

He was really prepared to receive you, and it was not just polite talk, he would not go broke.

"They are busy. I will call them next time when they are free."

Qin Changchun found an excuse, but if this city was really good, he would bring his brother and two families to show off next time.

"Okay, we're all family, we'll have time later. But you have to bring the gifts when you get back."

Let's go, I'll call two tricycles. It'll take a while to get to my house. I came here by bicycle, so it's not convenient for you to walk."

Li Zhiguo shouted without hesitation, "Two tricycles, this way..."

"Come on, come on!"

Two quick-reacting tricycle drivers hurried over on their bikes.

Fortunately, he did not meet the He brothers, otherwise Li Zhiguo would have to reveal his cards.

"Son-in-law, this tricycle must cost a lot of money!"

Qin Changchun, an old farmer, has never enjoyed himself like this in his life.

"It's all small money!"

Li Zhiguo told the master a good place, and he calculated the distance and collected the money.

He also rode along on his bicycle.

The small courtyard that my grandfather left behind is less than one kilometer away from the Siheyuan, and is located on both sides of Beixinqiao. Generally, residents on both sides stop at Beixinqiao Department Store and will not walk to the opposite side.

Li Zhiguo was not afraid of being discovered by the residents in the courtyard, so he made up an excuse.

"Brother-in-law, the capital is so big!"

Little Qin Jingru sat on the front bar of the bicycle and looked around with big eyes.

This was her first time in the city, and she was immediately fascinated.

"You've only just started. Tomorrow I'll take you to the department store. Then you'll know how prosperous the capital is."

Li Zhiguo rode the bike carefully, trying not to let his third uncle's daughter fall.

It’s fast to have a car, and we arrived at the destination in no time.

"Dad, Mom, we're here."

After the tricycle driver left, he continued, "This is the small courtyard, the three-story courtyard and the shop are on Qianmen Street, over at Dongliu Lichang, and are too conspicuous.

If we clean up this place, there will be seven rooms, which will be enough for us to live in.”

"very good already!"

The Qin family was a little reserved, because Qin Jingru was still young and didn't understand the inferiority complex of facing a wealthy family.

Li Zhiguo immediately took out the key, opened the door, and brought the person in.

After entering the door, there is a table and a coffee table in the middle, which are used to entertain guests and eat. On one side is the study, and on another side is the bedroom.

(End of this chapter)