Siheyuan: Traveling through Cai Quanwu, pretending to be Uncle Shazhu

"It's made of gold."

Xiao Wu's mother originally heard Xiao Wu say that his watch cost 90 yuan, and she felt it was very expensive.

Unexpectedly, what my daughter said later was even more terrifying: a watch in a department store costs hundreds of dollars.

This really scared her.

A watch that is so big, cannot be eaten or drunk, yet it is so expensive.

"What gold is it made of?"

Xiao Wu's father happened to come in from outside the house. Hearing Xiao Wu's mother's words, he asked doubtfully.

"What can I say about your precious watch?"

When Xiao Wu's father came home, Xiao Wu's mother was furious.

After finally taking a day off, I didn’t do any household chores.

A complete hands-off shopkeeper.

No, not long after his daughter went out, he went out in the name of going to the toilet.

I haven't returned home until now.

Fortunately, it didn't fall into the toilet.

Xiao Wu's father didn't seem to hear the resentment in Xiao Wu's mother's words at all. He smiled and said, "That's not my treasure."

"My watch is..."

Seeing that Xiao Wu's father was about to brag about the history of his watch, Xiao Wu's mother quickly interrupted him.

"Okay, okay, it's interesting to turn over and over again."

"If you don't find it annoying, I still find it annoying."

After speaking, Xiao Wu’s mother looked at Xiao Wu and said:

"Daughter, let your dad see the watch Xiao He bought for you, so that your dad won't keep hiding the broken watch like a treasure."

When Xiao Wu heard his mother's words, he pulled up his sleeves, revealing the wrist with the watch on it, and waved it in front of his father.

"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you two."

Xiao Wu's father felt that he had been hit hard. He left these words and went back to the room angrily.

"puff."

After his father left, Xiao Wu and his mother looked at each other and laughed.

……

On the way back to the courtyard, Cai Quanwu asked Shazhu while riding his bicycle:

"Zhuzi, Xiao Wu was here just now, so it's not convenient for me to ask."

"I went to Xiao Wu's house today. What did Xiao Wu's parents say?"

Silly Zhu thought for a while and replied: "I didn't say anything. As soon as Aunt Zhao said it, they agreed."

"Aunt Zhao also told Xiao Wu's parents that you should get together with them on the next day off."

"Ah."

After Silly Zhu finished speaking, Cai Quanwu said "hmm", said nothing more, and accelerated towards the courtyard.

When Xiao Wu's family arrived at the courtyard, they asked whether it was close or far. The two of them rode at high speed and quickly arrived at the courtyard.

The two got off the car at the entrance of the courtyard and pushed the cart towards the courtyard.

As expected, I met the third uncle guarding the gate.

The time when the third uncle guarded the gate was carefully selected by him.

As long as there are no accidents, the third uncle will definitely stand at the door of the courtyard.

It can be said that it is rain or shine.

Silly Zhu and He Yuyu saw the third uncle at the door and did not stop. Each of them called out to the third uncle and walked towards the middle courtyard.

The third uncle didn't care and had anything to say to the two children.

Isn't there another person?

Seeing the third uncle, Cai Quanwu stopped.

He took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed one to the third uncle.

Then the two of them lit cigarettes and chatted.

"Teacher Yan, have you eaten? How was your harvest today?"

I guess I had a good harvest today. The third uncle was in a good mood. He held his eyes and said with a smile:

"I'm doing it at home."

Then, the third uncle showed off.

"I said, Uncle Zhuzhu, if you didn't go with me today, it would be a big loss."

"Let me tell you, the fish mouth is particularly good today."

"I caught so much today."

The third uncle said, making a six sign with his hand.

I don’t know if I caught six pounds of fish or six fish.

"Oh, that's a lot."

"It's a pity that I have something to do today, otherwise I would have gained a lot by following Teacher Yan."

Cai Quan said speechlessly and regretfully.

Since the third uncle wanted to show off, Cai Quanwu didn't mind being a compliment.

"Hehe, it's okay. Let's go together next time and make sure you don't leave empty-handed."

The third uncle was so praised by Cai Quanwu that he felt physically and mentally comfortable, and his eyes were slitted with laughter.

I decided to bring Cai Quanwu with me next time and let him get some credit.

"Thank you, Teacher Yan."

Cai Quanwu didn't expose the third uncle's awesomeness, but thanked him.

As long as you are not a fool, you will not take the third uncle's words seriously.

After bragging for a while with the third uncle, Cai Quanwu felt that he was done, so he said goodbye to the third uncle.

"Third uncle, you are busy. I haven't even had time to drink water this afternoon. I have to go back and drink water."

After Cai Quanwu finished speaking, he pushed the car and walked home.

Unexpectedly, before he had taken a few steps, the third uncle stepped forward and grabbed Cai Quanwu from the back seat of his bicycle.

The third uncle grabbed the back seat of Cai Quanwu's bicycle and said mysteriously.

"Uncle Zhuzhu, don't worry, I still have something to ask you."

"what's up?"

Cai Quanwu asked doubtfully when he saw that the third uncle was actually trying to get along with him.

"How was the blind date with Silly Zhu?"

The third uncle looked at Cai Quanwu, the fire of Bagua burning brightly.

Cai Quanwu really didn't expect that the third uncle would be such a gossip. He just asked about this matter in the morning, and now he wanted to ask the question. He was also drunk.

"What? Teacher Yan is going to give you a gift?" Cai Quanwu teased the third uncle with a smile.

Hearing Cai Quanwu's teasing, the third uncle's face turned red, he let go of his grip on the bicycle, and said sarcastically: "Uncle Zhuzhu, you really know how to joke."

When the third uncle heard that Cai Quanwu wanted to give gifts, he almost became furious.

When did he, Yan Bugui, give gifts?

As a veteran in the hospital, it’s great to be able to come to your door and keep accounts for you.

"Okay, okay, Master Yan, I won't joke with you, just wait for the banquet."

Cai Quanwu saw that the third uncle was about to explode and had no intention of joking with him anymore.

"Oh, that's it."

The third uncle reacted quickly and immediately understood the meaning of Cai Quanwu's words.

"Figure it out for yourself."

After Cai Quanwu finished speaking, he pushed the car towards the middle courtyard without looking back.

"Hey, in the blink of an eye, Silly Zhu will get married."

The third uncle looked at Cai Quanwu's leaving figure and said to himself.

……

The next morning, as soon as Cai Quanwu went to work, Sister Zhao came over.

"Quan Wu, I made an appointment with Xiao Wu's parents yesterday to meet on the next day off. Did Xiao He go back and tell you yesterday?"

Sister Zhao stood at the door of Cai Quanwu's hut and asked impatiently.

"I've said it."

"I really troubled you and Sister Liu yesterday."

Cai Quanwu smiled and welcomed Sister Zhao into the house.

"Hey, what's the trouble?"

"You are treating me like an outsider."

Sister Zhao walked into the hut and said with dissatisfaction.

"No, no, how can I treat Sister Zhao as an outsider? You are my biological sister."

Cai Quanwu smiled and joked with Sister Zhao.

"Go, go, just make fun of me."

Sister Zhao said angrily when she heard Cai Quanwu joking with her.

"Okay, let's get down to business."

"Now that you know, then you can decide on a place later and tell Xiao Wu so that her parents can prepare in advance."

"Try to settle as early as possible."

Sister Zhao told Cai Quanwu about the arrangements for the meeting between the two parties,

"Should I tell Xiao Wu directly? Isn't this the wrong process?"

Cai Quanwu raised questions about Sister Zhao's arrangements.

In this era, no matter the man or the woman, they generally don't contact each other directly through the matchmaker. If anything happens, they go through the matchmaker.

One is that matchmakers are very taboo about this. Doing so is breaking the rules.

If everyone does this, why would a matchmaker do it?

And the most important thing is that if the two sides fail in the end, there will be a third party, and many things can be easily explained clearly.

If we don't go through a matchmaker and the negotiation doesn't work out in the end, some things really can't be explained clearly.

It's like a door-to-door ceremony. If the agreement doesn't work out, the woman will have to withdraw from the door-to-door ceremony.

But unlike later generations, the woman can eat and drink.

If there is no matchmaker and one party encounters a cheating party and both parties hold different opinions about the door-to-door ceremony, then whose will you listen to?

After going through a matchmaker, there won't be so much trouble.

Because the matchmaker follows the door-to-door guests throughout the whole process, the matchmaker knows exactly how many things are included in the door-to-door gifts.