Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

At nine o'clock in the morning, a long-distance bus drove into the station. He Yuzhu, who was waiting at the bus stop, saw Liu Lan getting off the bus and immediately went to meet her. He Yuzhu took the things in Liu Lan's hand and asked, "Did you encounter any trouble on the way?!"

"No!" Liu Lan replied, and then asked: "Zhu Zi, you must have been waiting for a long time, right?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "It didn't take too long. Let's go to the department store first and buy you some clothes. Then we'll go to the street office to get the certificate."

Liu Lan said, "Zhu Zi, my clothes are still wearable. Let's not waste the money. If it doesn't work, let's buy some fabric and make them myself."

He Yuzhu said: "Lan Zi, at other times, I would do whatever you say. But today, you must listen to me. Let's get married just once, and I must dress you up beautifully." After saying that, He Yuzhu pulled Liu Lan towards the department store without saying anything.

Arriving at the department store, He Yuzhu took Liu Lan to the ready-made wardrobe counter. Because today was Monday, everyone was at work. There were not many customers in the department store. He Yuzhu bought Liu Lan a red plaid double-breasted shirt, a pair of black pants, and a pair of cloth shoes.

After buying clothes, He Yuzhu took Liu Lan to the street office. Wang Xia, who was about to go out to do some work, saw He Yuzhu and asked, "Silly Zhu, why are you here?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "Director Wang, I came to you to get a marriage certificate."

At this time, Wang Xia noticed Liu Lan beside He Yuzhu. Wang Xia looked at Liu Lan and said, "Okay! You guys come with me!" Then Wang Xia took He Yuzhu and Liu Lan into the gate of the street office.

The marriage certificate of this era was about the same size as a certificate of merit. Soon, He Yuzhu and Liu Lan's marriage certificate was issued. Wang Xia took out a set of tickets for wedding supplies from the drawer of her desk and handed them to He Yuzhu along with the marriage certificate, saying, "Silly Zhu, you have to live a good life after you get married. You can't bully a girl."

He Yuzhu patted his chest and said, "Director Wang, don't worry! Don't you know what kind of person I am?! Besides, I have already found a job for her. I will trouble you again tomorrow after I finish the entry procedures." He Yuzhu took out a bag of assorted candies and put them on the desk, saying, "This is wedding candy, everyone can share in the joy and sweeten their mouths at the same time!"

Wang Xia smiled and said, "Then I won't be polite."

After He Yuzhu and Liu Lan said goodbye to Wang Xia, they left the subdistrict office. As soon as they reached the gate of the subdistrict office, He Yuzhu suddenly remembered what Yan Jiekuang had said to him yesterday, and he took the initiative to talk to Liu Lan about the things in the courtyard.

Although Liu Lan had been mentally prepared, she was still shocked after listening to He Yuzhu's introduction. However, Liu Lan would not be easily frightened because she had a helper in the courtyard.

Passing by the supply and marketing cooperative at the entrance of the alley, He Yuzhu went in and bought a pound of fruit hard candy and half a pound of White Rabbit milk candy. The fruit hard candy was distributed to the residents of the courtyard, and the White Rabbit milk candy was prepared for He Yushui and Yan Jiekuang. Who made He Yushui the younger sister and Yan Jiekuang their matchmaker? !

"Hey?! Silly Zhu, who is the girl next to you?!" He Yuzhu and Liu Lan had just arrived at the gate of the courtyard when the second aunt who was chatting with neighbors at the door heard the questioning voice.

He Yuzhu smiled and replied, "This is my wife Liu Lan. We just got married today!" Then He Yuzhu opened his bag and winked at Liu Lan. Liu Lan understood and reached into He Yuzhu's bag, took out the fruit candy she had just bought, and said as she handed it out, "This is the wedding candy between Zhuzi and me, let's share in the good fortune!"

Liu Lan distributed candies, followed He Yuzhu to recognize everyone at the door, and then entered the courtyard. An old lady who was about to deliver food to the deaf old lady just walked out of her house and saw He Yuzhu coming in with a strange woman, and she was holding a quilt in her hand. She couldn't help but ask: "Silly Zhu, who is the girl next to you? Why does she look so unfamiliar?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "This is my wife!" Then he said to his wife, "This is the wife of our former manager Yi Zhonghai. You can just call her Aunt Liu."

He Yuzhu had told Liu Lan about Yi Zhonghai's affairs. Although Liu Lan had no good feelings towards Yi Zhonghai, she still had to save face. Liu Lan smiled and took out a few fruit candies and said, "Auntie Liu, these are the wedding candies for Zhuzi and me. Please share in the good fortune!"

Liu Guiying took the wedding candy blankly and said awkwardly, "Congratulations!"

"You're welcome!" Liu Lan replied and followed He Yuzhu into the house.

Hearing the noise, Qin Huairu, who was standing behind the window watching the excitement, suddenly felt heartbroken, as if something had left her.

After entering the house, Liu Lan saw the messy house and finally felt relieved. He Yuzhu saw the mess on the bed and immediately showed an embarrassed expression on his face. Liu Lan didn't say much, rolled up his sleeves and planned to clean up the house. But before Liu Lan started, He Yuzhu stopped her and said, "Lanzi, clean up later. Let's go eat first!"

Liu Lan was slightly stunned and asked, "Aren't we eating at home?!"

He Yuzhu said: "Today is our big day. We can deal with it at home at other times. But we must not deal with this lunch today. Come on, I'll take you to Quanjude to eat roast duck." After that, He Yuzhu urged Liu Lan to change into new clothes.

Liu Lan didn't think much about it. She changed into new clothes and followed He Yuzhu out.

Qin Huairu saw He Yuzhu's door open, and immediately came out with a basin in her hand, and asked with a smile: "Silly Zhu, where are you going?!"

He Yuzhu introduced: "Lanzi, this is Qin Huairu, the daughter-in-law of the Jia family. You can just call her the sister-in-law of the Jia family."

Liu Lan readily called out, "Sister-in-law of the Jia family." Then she introduced herself, "Sister-in-law of the Jia family, my name is Liu Lan, Zhuzi's wife."

"Oh!" Qin Huairu responded in a sarcastic tone. After watching He Yuzhu and Liu Lan leave the middle courtyard, she walked to the sink angrily and started washing clothes.

After leaving the main courtyard, Liu Lan couldn't help but ask, "Zhu Zi, I just came to the courtyard and I haven't offended Qin Huairu. Why is there something wrong with the way she looks at me?!"

He Yuzhu said, "It may have something to do with the fact that I didn't agree to give them lunch boxes. No one in the Jia family is a good person. You must be careful when you come into contact with them in the future."

"I understand!" Liu Lan replied, and followed He Yuzhu out of the courtyard gate with a smile.

At the same time, the deaf old lady who was having dinner saw the aunt sitting opposite her looking a little absent-minded, and couldn't help asking: "Old Yi?! What's wrong with you today?! You look absent-minded, what happened?!"

Liu Guiying came back to her senses and said, "Shazhu got married."

"What?!" The deaf old lady was surprised and asked, "When did it happen?!"

Liu Guiying replied, "It was today. Just now when I brought you food, I saw him bringing a girl back. I asked him a question. I didn't expect that the girl was Sha Zhu's wife. The girl looked pretty. But she didn't look like a city girl."

The deaf old lady muttered, "This idiot, he didn't even tell me about such a big thing as getting married."