Chapter 9 Fishing
After that, Li Zhiguo went to take a nap. This is how he should spend his Saturday.

Qin Huairu tidied up and then opened the door to wash the dishes.

I met Second Aunt and Xu's mother who also came to wash dishes, and we started chatting by the sink.

"I just saw Li Zhiguo came back. Why hasn't he gone to work yet?" Second Aunt's house is next door.

"He asked for leave and will rest at home in the afternoon."

While Qin Huairu was talking, her hands were not idle.

"He is so young, why would he ask for leave?"

Xu's mother couldn't stand it anymore. Her sons, Mr. Xu and Damao, had never taken a leave throughout the whole year.

"I'm not lazy, I'm just sick."

Qin Huairu always protects her master.

It was past three in the afternoon when Li Zhiguo woke up and saw Qin Huairu sewing shoe soles.

"Huai Ru, I will buy you a sewing machine tomorrow as well."

"No, it's just the two of us, so we can just sew and mend with needle and thread. It won't be too late to buy more after we have a child."

Qin Huairu is really virtuous. She is the eldest sister at home and learned to take care of others early on.

Li Zhiguo thought for a while and said, "Huai Ru, let's not rush to have a child. You entered the factory as an apprentice.

I helped you negotiate your salary down to 27.5 yuan a month. After two or three years, when you get pregnant, all the check-up expenses will be paid by the factory. You can also avoid the assessment, automatically become a formal employee, and have maternity leave. Just think about how great this is."

He was fleecing the steel mill and in disguise letting the factory support his wife.

Qin Huairu's eyes lit up, "Great, this can save a lot of money."

"That's the truth. Uncle San is right. You can live without poverty if you can't eat or wear. You will become poor if you can't plan well.

But you can’t spend it recklessly, you have to leave it to your children.”

Although Li Zhiguo didn't want to have children so early, he decided to have two children in the next three years and let Qin Huairu have a third child.

"Ok!"

Qin Huairu nodded and walked over, "Brother Li, come and try this size to see if it fits."

Li Zhiguo reached out and touched Qin Huairu's head. Whoever marries this white lotus will know the truth.

"I'm going for a walk, out to find a fishing rod, so I can go fishing to supplement my family income."

There were not many people in the yard at this time. As soon as he walked out of the yard, he saw a woman in her thirties looking out the door.

"Sister, who are you looking for?"

Li Zhiguo had to ask this question. It was the rule to ask around when a stranger came.

The woman's eyes were a little evasive. "Does He Daqing live in this yard?"

"You mean Shazhu's father lives here."

Li Zhiguo was stunned for a moment. How could a woman like He Daqing, who had bags under his eyes?
Could this be the White Widow?
"Is he at home?" The White Widow was really here to look for someone, so it was not convenient for her to enter the yard.

"He's not here. He's still at work today, Saturday."

Li Zhiguo has always been puzzled by He Daqing's escape. There is nothing wrong with He Daqing marrying a widow, so why did he have to run away?

Could there be some hidden story behind this?

"Then I'll come back later."

The White Widow said this and was about to leave.

Li Zhiguo saw that there was no one around, so he naturally didn't want to intercept the widow and just wanted to hear some gossip.

"Sister, don't worry. Are you in trouble? Maybe I can help you. I'm known as Little Song Jiang in the courtyard."

The White Widow was stunned for a moment, thinking that the young man didn't look like a bad person, so she nodded.

Li Zhiguo immediately took the people to the nearby Beixinqiao.

"Big sister, is it true that He Daqing abandoned her after having sex with her?"

He was thinking that something was not right with He Daqing recently.

"No, Brother He is a very nice person."

Widow Bai explained, "Brother He said he wanted to go back to Baoding with me, but it's been so long... I'm on a train tonight."

After hearing this, Li Zhiguo quickly calculated whether it was better for He Daqing to run away or not.

"Sister, why do you have to leave? Why don't you just marry me?" "No, I have two sons in Baoding."

Widow Bai was attracted by He Daqing's skills and believed that he could support her family in Baoding.

"Sister, if you think so, you are totally wrong."

Li Zhiguo figured it out and decided to be a good person and do good things.

"What's wrong?"

The White Widow didn't understand.

"He Daqing is a good cook, but he doesn't know how to raise a son. You can ask around. He has ruined his two children. If you bring He Daqing back to Baoding, your two sons will be ruined."

Li Zhiguo planned to break up this couple. As long as He Daqing didn't run away, Yi Zhonghai would have no Sha Zhu to support him in his old age.

He wanted to see how Yi Zhonghai continued to play the moral blackmail game.

"Ah, Xiao Song Jiang, you didn't lie to me?"

The White Widow was shocked. She wanted to find someone to raise the child, but she didn't want to raise the child to be disabled.

"Why would I lie to you? Just wait."

Li Zhiguo happened to see someone passing by, so he went up to him and stopped him, "Dude, do you know Sha Zhu?"

"Shazhu? I know him. He's from the yard in front. His father is the chef at the steel mill, right?"

This person also showed me the way.

The White Widow felt numb.

"Big sister, did you hear me? You are so young, don't fall for an old man's trick."

Li Zhiguo doesn't have any good points except that he can't stand seeing others suffer.

"Little Song Jiang, then I won't wait for He Daqing anymore. I will go back to Baoding tonight."

The White Widow was scared.

"You are right to think so. There are many men in this world."

Li Zhiguo thought that he had lost this time and didn't gain any benefit.

"Little Song Jiang, please tell He Daqing that I'm leaving and ask him not to wait."

The White Widow is running away.

"Don't worry, I will definitely convey this message."

Li Zhiguo made a promise, but it was a pity...

After a moment's pause, he came to his senses and remembered that he had come out to look for a fishing rod.

There was a department store next to it, so I simply bought some fishing line and hooks, and went to the suburbs across the moat to find some bamboo poles.

When he returned to the compound carrying the bamboo pole, he happened to see He Daqing coming back in a hurry from outside.

"Could it be that He Daqing came back to escape?" Li Zhiguo shook his head. He didn't care about this matter anymore.

"Hey, Li Zhiguo, where did you find this bamboo? I can make a fishing rod with it."

Yan Bugui, who was in the house, felt someone entering the yard and then saw Li Zhiguo.

"Uncle, that's what I was thinking. I plan to go fishing in the moat when I have time later."

Li Zhiguo planned his retirement life early on.

"You have a good idea. If you catch one, you will make money. Otherwise, you can give me one and we can be fishing friends on the weekend."

Yan Bugui took a fancy to this free fishing rod.

"No thanks, I like fishing alone. Uncle, you go ahead and do your work, I'm leaving now."

Li Zhiguo ran away carrying his fishing rod.

"Bah, who is he?"

Yan Bugui was so angry. He was the third boss in the courtyard, but no one knew how to respect him.

But Li Zhiguo arrived at the central courtyard and observed the main house of the He family. The door was closed and he could faintly hear the sound of rummaging through drawers and cabinets.

"Brother Li, why are you carrying bamboo back?" Qin Huairu was still sewing shoe soles.

"Make a fishing rod, and our family will never lack fish to eat in the future." Li Zhiguo thought that even if he was defeated by the air force, he could still get two fish from the supermarket.

(End of this chapter)