The Great Era of Siheyuan

Looking at Liu Lihua, who was as beautiful as a lotus emerging from clear water, several people couldn't help but stop talking and secretly looked at her.

Liu Lihua was already accustomed to such looks. She smiled at them politely, nodded slightly, ran directly to the water pipe, got a bucket of water, and carried it back with difficulty.

"Brother, Li Wenqiang's wife is so beautiful, even prettier than Sister Qin. When will you marry me such a beautiful sister-in-law?"

Facing his sister's question, Sha Zhu could only avoid the question. What's the point of marrying her? He had never dreamed of such a beautiful woman in his life.

Yu Shui's words reminded the aunt, and at this moment she was looking at the uncle expectantly.

"My dear, didn't you say you would introduce a date to Sha Zhu? When can we let them meet and bring them together?"

"Why are you in such a hurry? How can you be in such a hurry? Don't worry, I have already told him. It was supposed to be in a few days, but we are having a dinner party today, so we can just call her over to meet her. The girl will come over in the evening. Zhuzi, you have to speak nicely later, don't scare the girl away with a few words!"

An old man said with a smile.

"Then I would like to thank you first, uncle. Don't worry, I will definitely treat her well!"

When Sha Zhu heard this, he knew that whether he wanted to or not, he had to meet the girl, otherwise he would be letting the old man down.

Sha Zhu's eyes secretly looked at the closed door of the Jia family. No, it should be called the Qin family now. Now Qin Huairu only washes and takes care of the children at home every day. She never goes out. Since Jia Dongxu's death, he has hardly seen Qin Huairu.

Just as he was in a daze, he suddenly saw Banggeng coming in from the front yard with a few pumpkin pies in his hands, and he immediately wanted to tease him.

"Hey, Banggeng! Where did you steal the cake? Bring it here for me to taste, or I'll tell you about it!"

Banggeng, who was running home, looked at him with disdain when he heard this and said very arrogantly.

"You are the one who stole the food. This is given to me by my grandma! You can't eat it!"

After saying this, Bang Geng rushed into the house, fearing that he would run over and snatch it away.

"Hey, why is this kid hanging out with his grandma again?"

Sha Zhu said this in surprise, but he didn't know that the old man and old woman behind him started to look dark-faced when they heard Jia Zhang's name.

He Yushui felt something was wrong and quickly grabbed Sha Zhu's arm and shook it to remind him.

Sha Zhu, who had come back to his senses, also said with a smile.

"I'll go cook!"

After saying that, he quickly ran away. He realized that something was wrong between the old people, but he didn't say much.

Banggeng returned to the house and stuffed the biscuit into Xiaodang's hand.

"For you to eat!"

"Wow, it smells so good! Thank you, bro!"

After Xiaodang finished speaking, he began to eat voraciously, and he himself took a big bite and ate.

Seeing this, Qin Huairu asked nervously.

"Bang Geng, where did you get this cake? Don't steal! Tell me and I'll go apologize!"

These days, every grain of food is very precious, and she doesn't want anyone to come to her door and ask for an account.

"I didn't steal it, someone gave it to me!"

Bang Geng spoke incoherently while eating a biscuit.

"Who gave it to you?"

Qin Huairu asked curiously, are there such good people in this world?

Banggeng originally wanted to tell her that it was grandma, but when he remembered what his grandma had told him, he immediately changed his words.

"It's my teacher. I went to Teacher Ran's house for extra lessons, and she gave this to me!"

Bang Geng said without even raising his head.

"Really? Then you have to thank Teacher Ran and study hard with her, okay?"

Hearing that it was his teacher, Qin Huairu felt relieved.

"Yes! Got it!"

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Ouch

Live in this village

Born and raised here, Diyin

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Having solved a worry, Li Wenqiang was very happy. He walked with a limp and hummed a tune.

"Hey, Uncle, what are you doing with those two wheels in your hands? Are you preparing to build a bicycle?"

As soon as he got off the car at the door, Li Wenqiang saw the third uncle holding two bicycle wheels in his hands and running home cautiously, fearing that he would be noticed.

"Keep your voice down, don't let anyone know. What if I'm being targeted?"

The third uncle quickly made a gesture to keep quiet and kept looking around.

"Come on, forget it. With just these two wheels, who would want to target you? I park my car outside my door every day, isn't it okay?"

Li Wenqiang was amused by his carefulness. The old man was so careful with just two wheels. If he could buy a bicycle, he would have to hold it in his arms while sleeping every day.

"How can I compare with you? There are only a few motorcycles in the whole city. These two wheels cost me 17 yuan, half a month's salary! How can I not be careful?"

Seeing that Li Wen was laughing at him, the third uncle immediately started to explain.

"Really? So how far have you saved up?"

Seeing his defense, Li Wenqiang did not continue to laugh at him. Nowadays, it is not uncommon for ordinary people to collect parts to assemble bicycles. Many people are doing it, all because of the money. However, in this case, many people lose motivation to do it halfway through, either because they can't get the parts or they don't have the money to continue. Many people may not be able to collect all the parts even after several years.

"This matter is confidential! But my family will have a bicycle soon, just wait and see! I won't tell you anymore, I have to go back quickly, don't let anyone see me!"

After saying this, the third uncle immediately trotted into the yard.

Li Wenqiang burst out laughing. The third uncle did have a good eye. If it weren't for his long-standing habit of being stingy and taking advantage of others, he would actually be a good person.

Walking into the yard, Sha Zhu, accompanied by Yu Shui, and an old man were working hard. They even moved the stove outside.

"Uncle, take these bowls of cabbage out quickly. My pumpkin is almost done. Don't worry if there's no place to put it! You know what, I don't know where the factory bought the vegetables from recently, but the taste is much better than before. The cabbage tastes sweet even if you blanch it.

These dishes will surprise them and show them the quality of our food at the steel mill. I asked the factory manager to buy them for me. They are one yuan per pound, which is really expensive. I can't bear to buy more."

Sha Zhu took his big iron shovel and gently stirred the pumpkin soup. He felt so distressed that he didn't notice Li Wenqiang who had just returned from outside.

"It's not expensive even without a ticket. Nowadays, all vegetables in the market cost less than 60 or 70 cents. The more expensive ones cost 70 or 80 cents. He won't sell them even if you have money. If I had known you could afford it, I would have let you buy more. This vegetable is really good!"

The old man also agreed. After ten days or so, the food in the steel mill has improved greatly. Although there is still not much meat and vegetables, the taste of these vegetables is really amazing.

Li Wenqiang took a look at the dishes on their table: fried eggplant with beans, boiled cabbage, stewed potatoes, pumpkin soup, stir-fried peppers, and cold cucumber salad. These dishes were clearly the ones he had delivered to the steel mill in the past few days.

Seeing the bowl of stir-fried mushrooms with chili peppers on the table, Li Wenqiang suddenly felt like eating it. He decided to get some mushroom seeds and spread them in the space tomorrow.