Siheyuan: The happy life of a little chef

Just after everyone went home, someone went out to Sha Zhu's house again. This person was Yi Zhonghai. He needed to brainwash Sha Zhu.

I knocked on Sha Zhu's door, and Sha Zhu's voice was heard from inside: "Who is this? Why aren't you sleeping yet? What time is it?" Although the voice sounded a bit disgusting, I still opened the door.

Sha Zhu opened the door and saw that it was Yi Zhonghai: "Hey uncle, what's the matter with you looking for me so late at night?"

Yi Zhonghai smiled and squeezed in directly: "Let's talk inside, it's cold outside."

Sha Zhu had no choice but to close the door: "Uncle, if you have anything to say, tell me. I will do whatever I can."

Yi Zhonghai sat down and said, "Zhu Zi, you Dongxu is gone, leaving behind this large family, either women or children, life must be difficult."

Sha Zhu also felt a little emotional, after all, he grew up with Jia Dongxu: "Yes, Sister Qin's life will be difficult in the future."

Yi Zhonghai heard that there was something going on: "Shazhu, you and Dongxu have had a good relationship since childhood. Now that the Jia family is in such a difficult situation, it would be a good help if you can. It will be worthwhile to be neighbors for so many years."

Sha Zhu was a little delighted. He was worried that he couldn't find an opportunity to get close to Qin Huairu. Now he had it delivered to his door. But he still had to be reserved: "Uncle, now Sister Qin is a widow. There are many gossips around widows. If a young man like me goes to help her family, will people misunderstand me? I'm not married yet."

Yi Zhonghai advised: "What's the right or wrong of you helping your neighbor? A person of integrity has nothing to fear from his own shadow. Those who say that are the ones with dirty thoughts. Don't be afraid. When someone says something bad about you, I will help you explain. You don't help yourself but blame others. You don't know how to help each other at all."

Sha Zhu got Yi Zhonghai's assurance as if he had received an imperial decree: "Okay, as long as you help me explain, there will be no problem. Tomorrow I will start to help Sister Qin, no, I will help Sister Qin's family."

Yi Zhonghai saw through it but didn't say it, just for this effect: "Zhu Zi, what do you think of Qin Huairu?"

Sha Zhu didn't think much about it: "Sister Qin is so nice, gentle and virtuous, and she keeps the house in order. Her mother-in-law does nothing at home all day, isn't it Sister Qin who does all the work? What a pity."

Yi Zhonghai already knew what Sha Zhu was thinking: "Yeah, what a pity. Whoever marries Qin Huairu will be blessed. Zhuzi, will you marry her?"

Sha Zhu was stunned for a moment: "How is it possible, uncle? No matter how good Sister Qin is, she is still a widow. I haven't been married yet. If I marry a widow, won't Xu Damao laugh to death?"

Yi Zhonghai understood that Sha Zhu only coveted Qin Huairu's body and didn't want to marry her. This wouldn't do. "Well, you're right. I'll keep an eye out for you later and see if there's anyone suitable. I'll introduce one to you."

Sha Zhu was so happy: "That's great, thank you first, uncle. You better hold on tight, Li Jianjun is younger than me and will have a child soon."

Yi Zhonghai felt contemptuous in his heart. You are still comparing yourself to Li Jianjun, but he still said: "Zhu Zi, this matter can't be rushed. You have to find out more about it. What if you marry someone like Jia Zhang who is unreasonable, lazy and good at eating?"

Sha Zhu shuddered all over one day, "Yes, yes, yes, sir, you must find out the character of a person clearly, and you must not find someone like Jia Zhang. Otherwise, I would rather marry a widow or be a bachelor for the rest of my life."

Yi Zhonghai thought so. I will introduce you to some ugly ones later, but if I delay you for a few years, you will have no choice but to marry Qin Huairu. "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. OK, remember what I told you. I'm going back."

As Sha Zhu was sending Yi Zhonghai to the seaside, he said, "Don't worry, uncle. I like to help others the most."

After seeing Yi Zhonghai off, Shazhu lay on the bed, fantasizing about Qin Huairu acting coquettishly to him. He was too embarrassed to cover his head with the quilt and let out a giggle. If someone heard it, they would probably be scared to death, thinking there was some monster.

The next day, Li Jianjun was drinking tea in the cafeteria when someone outside told him that there was a pregnant woman at the door. Her voice was quite loud and many people heard it. Although Han Chunyan was also pregnant, she was not pregnant at all. Everyone was eager to gossip, especially Liu Lan.

Li Jianjun knew that Qin Huairu had come, and he didn't explain. He would come to the third canteen later anyway, so he went straight to the door.

Li Jianjun picked up Qin Huairu and brought her to Li Huaide's office: "Uncle, this is Jia Dongxu's wife Qin Huairu. She is here to collect the pension. Also, she came to Chunyan'er for help, saying that she is a woman with little education, and wants to be transferred to the third canteen and does not want to be a fitter." The reason why Li Jianjun brought up Han Chunyan was because Han Chunyan was better than him. She was now the national treasure of the family, and everyone had to give in to her. Moreover, Li Jianjun did not want Li Huaide to misunderstand and think that he was interested in Qin Huairu.

Li Huaide looked at Qin Huairu who was a little reserved and said, "We all know a little about your family's situation. Logically, you can only take over the locksmith job, but you, Jianjun and Chunyan'er are neighbors, so it's okay for me to help you. It's easy to transfer you to another position. I'll have someone do it later. You can go and collect your pension first."

After saying that, Li Huaide wrote a note to Li Jianjun, asking him to take Qin Huairu to the Finance Department. He then called his secretary and asked him to arrange Qin Huairu's transfer. It is easy to transfer from the workshop to the canteen, but difficult to transfer from the canteen to the workshop. After all, there is too little room for advancement in the canteen, and those young men still want to work in the workshop.

Soon after Li Jianjun took Qin Huairu to collect the money, they followed Secretary Hu to the Personnel Department. The person who was willing to transfer to another position with Qin Huairu was a young man from the third canteen. From his usual chats with everyone, it could be heard that he wanted to work in the workshop. He thought that the canteen should be a job for the uncles and ladies.

Things went smoothly. After that, Li Jianjun took Qin Huairu to Li Huaide's office and said, "Uncle, everything is done, but Qin Huairu is about to give birth. It will take more than a month, so she can't go to work now."

Li Huaide smiled and said, "We have considered this. The factory is not so rigid. Let her give birth first and come back to work after the confinement period. Then she can go back to breastfeed the baby at noon. This is the biggest concession made by the factory."

Qin Huairu was very grateful after hearing this: "Thank you Director Li, thank you leader, this is great."

Li Huaide spoke in an official tone: "We are all serving the people. Considering that your family has no income when you give birth, you will have basic security during the period of childbirth. It's not much, just ten yuan a month, which is also a token of your appreciation."

Qin Huairu thanked Li Jianjun again and again before she followed him. Li Jianjun sent her to the factory gate and said, "Sister-in-law, your belly is so big. I have to go to the canteen to cook. I don't have time to send you off. How about I ask Liu Lan to send you off. She is a female comrade from our third canteen."

Qin Huairu waved her hand and said, "No need, Jianjun. Don't worry. I came here alone this morning. Just go and do your thing. I'll ask someone to send a message to Qinjia Village. I haven't had time to tell my family that Dongxu is gone."

Li Jianjun didn't force it: "Okay, sister-in-law, please drive slowly. I'm going back to work."

It was already time for dinner when Qin Huairu returned home. Surprisingly, Jia Zhang had prepared dinner for Qin Huairu today.