Siheyuan: Banggeng and I are classmates

Inside Zhou's house——

Zhou Lin crossed his legs and leaned on the table with one shoulder, peeling candy and raising an eyebrow as he asked, "Mom, I'm already 20 years old this year. If you don't find me a job or a wife soon, then our Zhou family will be completely disgraced!"

"You know what those gossiping women in the courtyard say. They praise Li Muhua as if he were worth gold and say that his family conditions are the best in the world."

"Well, the result is that I, his brother-in-law, didn't even get any benefit from him. I just had to endure the humiliation!"

Before Zhou's mother could speak, Zhou Li, who came out from the inner room, spoke first: "I haven't benefited from it yet. I don't know where all the candy and meat you eat come from!"

"Hey, Zhou Li, you're looking for trouble, right?"

Zhou Lin sat up straighter and shouted, "He gave me this candy. He gave it to my mother as a gift. I should thank my mother if I want to thank anyone!"

"Mom, do you think so?"

Mother Zhou smiled and nodded, then looked at Zhou Li and said, "Xiao Li, your sister is like spilled water now. She doesn't care about our family at all and only cares about living a good life for herself."

"The Li family is so stingy. They hold a grudge against our family just for such a small matter and even say they don't want to have any contact with us. I think it will be difficult for us to ask them for help in the future."

Zhou Li saw a hint of impatience on Zhou's mother's face.

Suddenly, he spoke to her in such a nice voice that she knew without thinking too much that her mother wanted to ask for something.

But now she still had to rely on her family for support, so she naturally didn't dare to show any impatience and could only listen quietly with her head down.

Mother Zhou stepped forward and patted Zhou Li on the shoulder, encouraging her: "We will have to rely on you to speak for our family in the future. I didn't even tell Mu Hua about your brother looking for a job. I just told you to go to the countryside with them."

"After you go to the countryside this year, you must build relationships with your sister and brother-in-law and ask them to find a job for your brother, okay?"

"Depend on her?"

Zhou Lin, who was standing next to him, said with disdain, "I might as well hope that the mall will give me a job than to expect this taciturn woman like her to get me a job from the Li family!"

Zhou Li remained calm, as if she didn't hear what Zhou Lin said.

After hearing this, Zhou's mother looked at Zhou Li, sighed and said, "If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have mentioned you to him first. Maybe if I had asked him to find a job for Zhou Lin, he would have agreed."

"After all, it's better to work on a farm. I can earn a salary every month and help support my family a little bit!"

Zhou Li pursed her lips and walked out of the house.

Zhou Li walked out of the house, looked up at the blue sky, and let the biting cold wind blow across her neck.

"In half a year, half a year, I will be able to leave this home - and be free!"

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Zhou Lin in the room squinted at Zhou Li as she walked out of the room, and then continued, "Mom, I don't care. Anyway, I don't expect Zhou Li to find me a job. As for the relationship, you have to take care of all these for me!"

Speaking of dating, Zhou Lin looked at his mother excitedly and said, "I like the girl who sells clothes, Tong Jie, the most. She is the most suitable to be our daughter-in-law. She is also the right age. She is exactly the same age as me."

After hearing this, Zhou's mother nodded and also nodded excitedly and agreed, "Okay, Mom promises you that I will definitely make Tong Jie your wife."

"I like her the most, too. She's pretty, smart, skillful, and respectable at work. She's perfect for you to marry!"

Seeing Zhou's mother say the same thing, Zhou Lin nodded, but then sighed and said, "What's the use of just thinking about it?"

"Now they just ignore me. They think I don't have a job, that we are a one-income family, and that we don't have a big yard like the Li family!"

Seeing Zhou Lin's dejected words, Zhou's mother walked over, rubbed his head, and encouraged him: "Don't worry, when Zhou Li goes to the countryside to work as an educated youth, the Li family will be completely inseparable from us. Then I will go shopping in their mall again."

"I won't go around in vain this time. I will spread the news directly and tell him that his family wants to arrange a job for you. His parents are big leaders. Can they save face and not give you the job?"

"You don't have to worry about the house. Mom has inquired about it. Li Muhua paid for the Li family to buy that yard. That yard belongs to him and your sister. There are seven rooms in total. It will be more than enough for you to move in in the future."

"Once everything is arranged, I'll arrange a marriage between you and Tong Jie before the New Year and it will definitely work out!" Zhou's mother's eyes were full of certainty.

Zhou Lin couldn't help but sit up straight, thinking that what Zhou's mother said was very reliable, and his eyes were full of joy.

It seems as if I have already seen myself finding a good job that everyone envies, moving into a big house, and marrying a beautiful, rich and beautiful woman!

"Yes, let's do this in the second half of the year!"

"Well, my dear son, don't worry. I will make sure that you live a better life than Li Muhua and make sure that their family will not dare to look down on us!"

"Yes!" Zhou Lin nodded firmly.

Mother and son looked at each other tenderly, and everything was said without words.

evening--

Li Haifu and two others were walking in the alley after get off work. Li Muhua poked his head out of the courtyard gate, saw them, and quickly retracted his head back into the courtyard.

"Hurry, hurry, our dad and the others are back!"

"Oh, ok, ok!"

After hearing this, Zhou Ru nodded quickly, and the two of them stood at the gate of the courtyard.

The door was not locked but could not be opened, so Li Haifu, who was walking in front, could only reach out and knock on the door.

"Bang,"

There was only time for the door to be opened by Li Muhua and others before it could be opened.

"Oh, father and mother, you are back. Look, look who I brought back!"

What caught Li Haifu's eyes was Li Muhua's sly smile, and he stretched out his arm and pointed at Zhou Ru.

Zhou Ru, who was standing next to him, also greeted him: "Dad, Mom, I'm back. I have to give my brother a favor..."

Before Zhou Ru could finish speaking, Li Haifu raised his hand to stop her.

"Stop, you don't need to say anything or apologize. The ones who did something wrong are your family members and Li Muhua!"

After saying this, Li Haifu looked at Li Muhua, his face stern and not willing to negotiate at all.

"I took you to see the mall the day before yesterday. You know how people are laughing at our family now. I have no objection to you taking Zhou Ru back home now, but what are your plans for the future? We should talk it out in person and give us a promise."

"Your mother and I's reputation in the business world for a lifetime, as well as your sister's reputation for the rest of her life, can't be ruined like this because of your father-in-law's family!"

Zhou Ru couldn't help but turn pale and looked at Li Muhua in panic. Even though she had been given precautions beforehand, she didn't expect the situation to be so serious.

Li Muhua's face wasn't looking good either. He could only curse the employees in the mall inwardly. The gossips these days had made his father Li Haifu even more irritable.

Seeing that the atmosphere between the three people was almost frozen, Xu Yan walked forward and pulled Li Haifu, but Li Haifu shook her hand off before she opened her mouth.

"It's because of you that all these things happened. Now don't talk."

Without saying a single word of the prepared words, Xu Yan looked at Li Muhua helplessly and could only give him a look that told him to wish him the best.

Li Yujie stood behind the two of them and could only give Li Muhua an encouraging look.

Li Muhua glanced at Zhou Ru, raised his hand helplessly and promised: "This will not happen again. This time, my father-in-law and mother-in-law have made things very clear."

“If my father-in-law and mother-in-law go to the mall or come to our house to make trouble again in the future, it will ruin our family’s reputation.

Then I will divorce Comrade Zhou Ru, or Comrade Zhou Ru will sever ties with her family. I swear on my name as a teacher."