Chapter 57 Brothers settle accounts clearly
Li Zhiguo thought for a moment and said, "It's actually very simple. Although you are brothers, I am different. Old Cai has come back to recognize his ancestry, but we can divide the family.

It is legal to have two tricycles if you have two households but not the family. Just report it to the street office. You rely on this to support yourself.

Besides, you two are both single and need to earn more money to marry a wife. This is not against the rules, but you absolutely cannot buy a third car. "

"Li Zhiguo, you are really smart. Now the problem is solved."

He Daqing was overjoyed, there was nothing wrong with this operation.

Cai Quanwu thought about it and relented, "Just do as Brother Li said. Divide the family business, and I'll give the money I earn to my brother to save."

"Brother, don't worry, I will take care of you for the rest of your life."

He Daqing is very satisfied with this younger brother, who is better than his stupid son.

"Ahem, well, I still owe your family thirty-five dollars, so I have to wait for now. This isn't a big deal, is it?"

Li Zhiguo needs to owe money, which is an honor in the hospital.

Sha Zhu yelled, "It's just thirty-five yuan, you can just owe it to me, don't mistreat Sister Qin, my family is a three-wheeler family now, we have two three-wheelers, we are not short of money."

He Daqing glared at his silly son, not to collect the debt, but because he felt that the three-wheeled family sounded harsh.

"Li Zhiguo, there's no rush for money. Wait until you have more money. If you really can't get enough, when I get married, you can help me organize the banquet and make it a grand occasion."

He Daqing knew that the Xu family had suffered a huge loss from the banquet.

"Uncle He, since you said that, I'm free whenever you get married."

Li Zhiguo didn't expect that he would become famous and an expert in hosting banquets?
"That's great, I'm looking for that."

He Daqing felt that it was time for him to try to hook up with the next young widow. There were three people in the family earning money, but he was the only one who managed the accounts.

After some further discussion, they decided to buy a second-hand tricycle, which was more cost-effective.

Seeing that it was almost done, Li Zhiguo got up and left, but who knew that Sha Zhu followed him out.

"No, why are you following me?"

"Hey, I promised Sister Qin that I would take you home safely."

Sha Zhu is also a trustworthy person who always keeps his word.

"All right!"

As they walked, Li Zhiguo thought for a moment and said, "Shazhu, I think your ideal match will appear in 1955. Work hard to save money. I believe in you."

"Fifty-five years? Two years from now?"

Sha Zhu felt warm in his heart. This kid was not very reliable, but he was smart. He would not be deceived by this matter.

"Silly Zhu, since ancient times, nine is the number of the highest, and five is in the middle. You have the qualities of an average person, so fifty-five should be your lucky year.

There are four most progressive young people in our college, and the only one missing is you who is still single.

If it weren't for your father's burden, you should have gotten married this year, but it's not too late to wait for two years."

Li Zhiguo's talk was nonsense, but it was not groundless.

"Li Zhiguo, you are absolutely right."

Sha Zhu also thought that he was a good person, but was harmed by his father, who insisted on finding a stepmother for him.

"But, Shazhu, you have to start pedaling the tricycle! Your family will soon have two cars, and it would be a waste if they were left unused.

What happened to you last time? Why did you take the wrong route? "

He was thinking again of the young widow in the Qianmen Tavern, Cai Quanwu's destined wife in the future. He Daqing and Sha Zhu would definitely like her, and there would really be a scene of three men fighting for her.

Unless He Daqing can find a partner in the next two years, Sha Zhu can't escape.

"Oh, forget it. The customer was from another place with a heavy accent. He said Di'anmen, but I heard it as You'anmen."

Shazhu feels sad whenever he thinks about it, alas!

"Otherwise, why do you call me Shazhu? When you meet a foreign guest, you have to collect money first. Next time, bring a notebook and ask him to write down what he doesn't understand.

You'anmen, more than ten kilometers away, someone calls it a tricycle? Is he stupid or are you stupid? If you use your knees to think, it should be Di'anmen."

Li Zhiguo really wanted to give Sha Zhu a beating.

"Hey, now that you've said that I just realized what's going on!"

Sha Zhu touched his head. At that time, he was only thinking about making a big order.

"Silly Zhu, you can continue to ride the tricycle on Sunday. The money to buy the tricycle also includes your salary, not just your father's.

When your father gets married and you have a stepmother, you will have to liquidate the property. Otherwise, you will have a hard life when your wife comes home. Two tricycles are big items, costing at least three hundred yuan.

Even Jia Dongxu and Xu Damao are managing their own money, you have to keep up. As a brother, I have helped Xu Damao and Jia Dongxu, but I can’t leave you behind.”

Li Zhiguo patted Sha Zhu on the shoulder, the rare talent of the He family.

"You're right. I'm going to go ride a tricycle this Sunday and save the money I earn."

Sha Zhu became thoughtful and decided not to let his stepmother take all the money.

"If you think so, I, as your brother, will be relieved. Okay, we are at the backyard now, you can go back and rest."

Li Zhiguo saw that it was almost time to talk, and if he continued, the He family would make a fuss.

"I still have to take you home. I promised Sister Qin."

Sha Zhu did not forget to take a look at Sister Qin, and he felt at ease.

……

The next morning, before the Jia family woke them up, this job was taken over by Xu Damao's wife, because she had a watch.

"Li Zhiguo, get up, it's already ten o'clock, Li Zhiguo..."

"coming!"

He opened his eyes, sat up, and saw the clothes he was going to wear today lying at the end of the bed.

After getting dressed, he came out and saw his new wife Tang Chunyan washing her face. He couldn't help but joked, "You just got up too."

Last night, when he went out to the toilet before going to bed and came back, he met Tang Chunyan, who was also in a hurry to pee, at the gate of the yard. He casually asked someone to wake her up in the morning, and he didn't expect that she was quite trustworthy.

"Wake up for a while."

At first, Tang Chunyan was worried that if she slept late after getting married, people would gossip about her. But it turned out that was not the case. With Li Zhiguo busy in the backyard, the aunties in the yard actually advised her to sleep more.

"That's great! I'm going out fishing in a while. If I'm not back by evening, ask my wife to cook one less dish."

Tang Chunyan was stunned for a moment before she said, "It's still cold, aren't you freezing when you go fishing?"

"I brought my coat with me, it's no big deal."

Li Zhiguo rinsed his face and washed it. It was okay to do it himself today.

"So what about your lunch?"

Tang Chunyan was also worried about this. She wanted to go back home to eat, but it was a bit far, so she was considering whether to eat in the cafeteria.

"I ordered takeout, uh, I went to the restaurant and made an appointment with someone to deliver it to my fishing spot at a certain time.

Most of the time we eat noodles and drink the noodle soup to keep warm. It doesn’t cost much and a meal is enough.

Do you want me to order one for you? I’m a regular customer and I can pay for it on delivery. Uh, I’ll pay after someone else delivers it to me.”

"Ah! We can also order takeout as you said!"

Tang Chunyan was a little confused. "Don't restaurants offer takeout? I've never heard of home delivery!"

"Everything has its own exceptions. Don't underestimate this takeaway. This is the general trend. I won't say more. Do you want to order takeaway? I'm going to have braised pork noodles for lunch today. Do you want an egg? Can you eat spicy food?"

Li Zhiguo thought that he had made contributions to the capital city and had started training the first generation of delivery runners in 1953.

"Then please order me two taels of noodles with egg and no spicy sauce." Tang Chunyan wanted to try this takeaway. If it was really that convenient, she wouldn't have to worry about lunch in the future.

"Okay, I'll make an appointment for you to have it delivered to the backyard before noon. When the guy asks you about it, just say that the fishing guy ordered it for you."

After saying this, Li Zhiguo went to pack up his fishing rod and equipment, took out his bicycle and pushed it away.

Tang Chunyan was stunned for a while, then came to her senses and saw that the man had forgotten to put away the washbasin. He was really careless.

After thinking about it, I poured out the water for washing face, wrung out the washcloth and hung it up to dry for the person.

The second aunt was watching from the window and shaking her head, thinking that another person had been tricked.

"Hello, is this the third courtyard of Shique Hutong?"

"Here it is. Who are you looking for?"

The third aunt was walking her child in the front yard when she saw a young man carrying a large wooden lunch box peeking out of the gate.

"I'm a waiter from the noodle shop. I'm here to bring food to your yard. Please go to Old Xu's house in the backyard."

He ran several hundred meters here.

"Oh, you are bringing food to Tang Chunyan! This is too squeamish. Li Zhiguo is still going out to eat."

The three aunts sighed that there was something different happening in the courtyard.

"Auntie, you said that Li Zhiguo is a regular customer of our store, my good brother, it was he who ordered noodles for the Xu family, and he wouldn't deliver it to someone else.

Could you please show me how to get to the backyard?"

The young man was the one who invited Li Zhiguo to have noodles that day, and he has already realized the true meaning of life.

The third aunt was stunned for a moment before she gave directions. When the waiter arrived at the middle courtyard, she shook her head and muttered, "This is what it means to live a good life. I eat out by myself and even order food for the new bride next door."

The young man found the backyard and shouted, "Is anyone from Old Xu's family? The noodles are delivered."

"I'm coming."

Tang Chunyan came out of the house and saw a young man carrying a food box. He really could deliver takeout.

"You are from the Xu family, right? Do you know who ordered the meal for you?"

The young man has to make sure not to get sent astray.

"I know. It was the guy who was fishing who ordered it for me, right?"

Did Tang Chunyan tell the secret code that Li Zhiguo told her in the morning?
"That's right, the braised pork noodles are in there, with a fried egg, but no chili.

Eat it while it's hot, don't be in a hurry, I'll be waiting outside to collect the bowls, it's 32 cents, white flour is hard to buy recently and the price has increased by 3 cents, it was only 29 cents before, braised pork noodles are 20 cents, fried eggs are 9 cents, there is oil in them."

The young man opened the lunch box as he spoke. Inside was a big bowl with a lot of soup, which was not easy to accumulate. It was topped with fried eggs and braised meat, and it was steaming hot, which made people hungry at the sight.

"Wow, thank you! I'll give you money after I eat it."

Tang Chunyan immediately felt hungry. She served the noodles and went into the house to start eating.

The residents of the backyard came out to watch the fun, and some from the middle and front yards followed. After asking the young man and finding out what was going on, they were immediately shocked.

"My God, I only knew that Li Zhiguo was lazy before, but I didn't expect he could be so good."

"Who would go through so much trouble to eat noodles? They even asked the restaurant to deliver the noodles to the courtyard."

"The guy just said that Li Zhiguo is a frequent customer and is often sent to the fishing place. I guess that's how you catch fish. Some people also send him meat noodles."

Jia Zhang was also in the crowd and didn't know what to say.

Seeing the aunts' enthusiasm, the young man couldn't help but ask, "My elder brother Li Zhiguo, is he really not working?"

"He really didn't go to work, otherwise he would go fishing every day."

Second aunt felt that there was something wrong with this young man. He kept calling her "big brother". I wonder if he had been cheated by Li Zhiguo!

The young man's eyes lit up, "Then my eldest brother's wife is working? She gives her monthly salary to my eldest brother to use as he pleases?"

The third aunt replied: "It's more than just spending it as you like, you can spend it however you want."

The young man's eyes lit up even more, and he asked again: "Is my eldest brother's wife pretty?"

Jia Zhang said unhappily: "If she wasn't pretty, Li Zhiguo would be interested in her. Let's put it this way, she is much prettier than the daughter-in-law of the old Xu family. There is no comparison."

"Oh, brother didn't lie to me!"

The young man was excited. Everything others said was true and it made him see a bright future for his life.

The second aunt asked quickly, "Young man, what did your elder brother, Li Zhiguo, say to you?"

"Nothing. My elder brother taught me how to get married before. I treated him to noodles and spent thirty-two cents. I didn't want my elder brother to teach me in vain."

The young man was in high spirits, now all he needed to do was save money.

When the aunties in the courtyard heard this, they all looked strange. Li Zhiguo even did not let the noodle shop boy go.

"Young man, do you know how to find a wife?"

Mrs. Chen felt that she was being cheated.

"I know. I can't tell you the method because it costs money. But I will wait for a few years and I will definitely find a good wife."

The young man looked very happy. He exchanged a bowl of meat noodles for the big brother's secret weapon. It was worth it.

After chatting for a while, Tang Chunyan came out with her bowl and chopsticks after eating and drinking. Seeing that the aunts were all there, she asked a little embarrassedly: "Do you want me to wash the bowl and chopsticks?"

"No need for that, take it back and we can wash it ourselves."

The young man happily put his bowl and chopsticks in the lunch box, collected the money, and prepared to leave.

Tang Chunyan suddenly asked, "Hey boy, when you brought noodles to Li Zhiguo, did you also wait for him to finish eating?"

"Of course, I can't just go out and collect the bowls.

My eldest brother sat by the moat to eat. He had to watch the fishing rod, and I squatted beside him waiting. He ate quickly and didn’t delay anything.”

The young man smiled and said, "Oh, I don't want to chat with you anymore. I have to go back to work. After I'm done, I have to send a bowl to my brother. He said he got up late today, so he asked me to send it to him after 1 pm."

After saying this, the young man ran away, feeling very happy that he could still chat with his elder brother.

The residents in the courtyard were annoyed. Li Zhiguo didn't go fishing, he went there to enjoy himself.

Tang Chunyan came to her senses and realized that she had forgotten to ask the young man to continue delivering noodles tomorrow. But it didn't matter. She could talk to Li Zhiguo later. She wouldn't have to worry about lunch anymore.

"I said, does Qin Huairu know that Li Zhiguo does this every day?"

"Do you know what's the difference? Didn't you hear the guy just say that other people didn't pay for the meat noodles?"

"Oh, his life is so easy! He doesn't have to go to work every day, not to mention eating out, but also being sent to go fishing."

"I was wondering how he could always catch fish. It cost him a lot of money. Maybe the fish was craving for meat noodles, so it took the bait."

The aunties may say whatever they want, but everyone is envious.

Jia Zhang kept muttering to herself, wondering when she could live such a good life.

"Where does Li Zhiguo get so much money? He spends 32 cents on lunch alone, and he has to pay it back every month."

"Ms. Jia Zhang, don't make blind guesses. I heard from Lao He this morning that he doesn't need to pay back the money he lent to Li Zhiguo in a hurry.

Lao He is also going to buy a tricycle. His family must have made a lot of money and is not short of money anymore."

The third aunt is in the front yard and likes to ask about these things.

When Jia Zhang heard this, she became interested. Li Zhiguo dared to do this, not only because of the salary Qin Huairu earned, but also because of the money paid by Lao He and that guy Wobo.

"I heard that Lao He wants to find a stepmother for Sha Zhu."

(End of this chapter)