Chapter 6: Shazhu Cried
Sha Zhu looked at Qin Huairu's receding back and felt as if he was hit by a hammer in the chest.

"It's all gone!"

Yi Zhonghai said this and left.

"You can't do that, Qin Huairu..."

Jia Dongxu was still shouting.

The crowd did not disperse so quickly. They were all talking about how Li Zhiguo had no moral principles at all.

Jia Zhang couldn't figure it out, so she went to the street to complain. But when she told the story, the people in the street just shook their heads.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, everyone else has obtained the evidence, go back and don't make a fuss about this anymore."

"Why can't I control it? Qin Huairu ate at my Jia family's blind date dinner."

Jia Zhang still felt that since he had eaten the meal at her house, it proved that he liked her, so how could she break off the engagement?

"I say, old woman, what's wrong with you having dinner? People don't like your son."

The people on the street drove Jia Zhang away, but they remembered Li Zhiguo's name.

Jia Zhang returned to the courtyard with a sad face, and was furious to see her son still in the middle courtyard.

"Dongxu, go back quickly. Wait until Zhou Tian and ask your sister-in-law Wang to introduce someone in the city."

Jia Zhang persuaded her son.

"Mom, I like Qin Huairu." Jia Dongxu cried, tears streaming down his face.

The woman I like is having sex with another man...

"What good can a country girl like Qin Huairu do?"

Jia Zhang had no choice but to take her son back home, but she hated Li Zhiguo and Qin Huairu in her heart.

Qin Huairu was cleaning the Li family's house at this moment, working very hard.
"Well, the hygiene at home is a bit poor. You know I was single before."

Li Zhiguo didn't feel embarrassed.

"It's okay, I just like doing housework."

Qin Huairu rolled up her sleeves and tidied up the house.

It didn't take long before it was brand new.

Then take the dirty clothes and other things to the yard to wash.

As for Li Zhiguo, of course he lay down.

The scene was just as he had imagined.

The residents in the backyard saw this and started talking about it.

"Li Zhiguo is not a human being. He asked people to do laundry right after his new bride came home."

"I think Qin Huairu was deceived."

"I feel sorry for Qin Huairu. I'm so sad."

Some men were sighing, lamenting that God was blind and allowed a villain like Li Zhiguo to succeed and be so proud.

Xu Damao saw this scene in the corner and couldn't help but beat his chest and stamp his feet.

If he had known that Qin Huairu was so gullible and capable, he should have intercepted her.

"Ugh!"

There was a sigh from the side, Xu Damao turned his head and said, "Silly Zhu, why are you running to the backyard for no reason?"

"I came to see the old lady."

Sha Zhu said this, but his eyes were fixed on Qin Huairu.

In the middle of winter, Qin Huairu's hands were frozen red, but she had a happy smile on her face.

When the clothes were hung out to dry, they were all Li Zhiguo's.

"I can't bear to watch this anymore. Li Zhiguo is too lazy."

"Look, Qin Huairu is shivering from the cold."

"This Li Zhiguo is really wicked."

Li Zhiguo, who was reading a book, also heard the residents' discussions. He could bear it, and so could Qin Huairu.

"Huai Ru, thank you for your hard work. It's different in this family with a woman."

"Brother Li, I will take care of all the housework from now on."

Qin Huairu's face was full of happy smiles. She was happy to work for her husband.

"Okay, okay! We are almost done with this, let's take a break early."

Li Zhiguo picked up a stool and walked into the house. It was so cold outside.

"okay!"

Qin Huairu followed him into the house shyly, and then closed the door. At first, the two of them could be seen from outside the house by the light, but soon the curtains were drawn.

"Bah, this is shameless."

Xu Damao just came out with a basin to wash up, and he felt unwell all over.

"Li Zhiguo is shameless. He doesn't do any housework at all."

Shazhu stood there in a daze.

After a long while, Xu Damao said with a numb face, "Shazhu, I'm back. I'll find a beautiful wife tomorrow."

Sha Zhu clenched his fists, didn't answer, and turned away silently.

In the room, Li Zhiguo lay down and fell asleep soon after.

When I woke up, I could already smell the fragrance of food.

"Brother Li, you're awake. I saw that there was only noodles and cabbage in the kitchen, so I steamed some and stir-fried the cabbage.

Do you think it suits your taste? No, I'll go out and buy you breakfast. I still have more than four dollars left from the five dollars you gave me last time."

Qin Huairu is a frugal householder. She is fine with eating steamed bread, but her husband must eat well.

"Well, just make do with what you have for now. I'll give you another thirty dollars, and you can tell others that I give you three dollars a month for household expenses."

As soon as Li Zhiguo stood up with the support of his hands, Qin Huairu came over to help him put on his clothes.

By the time he came to the table, the food was ready.

"No, why did you only steam three steamed buns?"

Li Zhiguo can eat two in one meal.

"I have a small appetite, so I'm full after eating just one."

Qin Huairu said this as she picked up the steamed bread made of kneaded flour, but she broke off half of it, worried that her husband would not have enough to eat.

"Oh my god, our family is not short of money. We can pretend to be poor to the outside world, but we have to eat well behind closed doors."

Even if Li Zhiguo had no intention of having a romantic relationship with Qin Huairu, he had married her after all, so he had to feed her.

"One and a half per person. You can steam more for lunch. I'll bring back food and vegetables in the evening."

He shared the breakfast without saying anything.

After dinner, he rode his bike to work. He couldn't stand working six days a week anymore.

But I can't resign, so I can only let Qin Huairu take over the job. There is no other way.

"Silly Zhu, good morning!"

Li Zhiguo was riding his bicycle and met Sha Zhu who was walking in the alley.

"Virtue!"

Sha Zhu looked at people sideways, hoping that Li Zhiguo would fall down while riding on him.

Li Zhiguo smiled, continued walking forward, and saw another acquaintance.

"Hi, Xu Damao, good morning!"

"Li Zhiguo, you..."

Xu Damao turned his head and saw Li Zhiguo riding a bicycle, and he became jealous to the point of madness.

Li Zhiguo didn't respond at all. He rode away quickly on his bike and soon met an acquaintance in the hospital again.

"Jia Dongxu, morning!"

"Li Zhiguo, you, you wait for me..."

When Jia Dongxu saw his love rival riding away on a bicycle, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Li Zhiguo hummed a little tune when he arrived at the factory. He found that he came too early today. It was different with a car.

He simply pretended to be sick again and had a stomachache.

"Doctor, my stomach hasn't gotten better. I can't even eat breakfast today."

Li Zhiguo thought, I really didn’t eat much.

"Master Li, in your case, you can only slowly recover."

The doctor can't do anything. He can only treat headaches and fevers. He really doesn't understand stomach problems.

"Okay, I'll trouble you more in the future. I'll rest here for a while."

Li Zhiguo stayed in the infirmary.

It was past nine o'clock when the doctor couldn't bear it any longer and said, "Master Li, is your stomachache better now?"

"Better now. I'll go back to the workshop."

(End of this chapter)