Soul of the Siheyuan: Zhuzi, I can still give birth

He Yushui and Liu Zhiyuan sat at the dinner table. Liu Zhiyuan blushed and dared not speak. He did not dare to talk to his brother-in-law as the pressure was too great.

But He Yushui said it openly.

"Brother, I want to get married to Zhiyuan at the end of the year. I wonder if you have any objection."

He Yuzhu was not surprised by this. In the original novel, his sister also got married and had children not long after she started working.

He Yuzhu did not answer, but looked at Liu Zhiyuan, whose face was flushed.

He knew that he saw his future brother-in-law looking at him, and he nodded quickly.

"My parents also want Yu Shui to marry me sooner... This time they asked us to come here to ask you... your family's opinion!"

He Yuzhu said with a chuckle.

"So it was your parents who asked you to propose marriage, not you who came here on your own. If that's the case, I dare not marry my sister to you."

When Liu Zhiyuan heard this, his face changed and he asked hurriedly.

"Why... why?"

He Yuzhu said with a straight face.

"why?"

"Your parents asked you to come here now. In the future, my Yu Shui will marry into your family. If you bully my Yu Shui, what should I do?"

"If I were to argue with you, you would say that it was my parents who agreed to marry your Yu Shui, and it had nothing to do with me."

"Tell me, what should I do? Who can I turn to for justice?"

He Yuzhu's words made Liu Zhiyuan's face even redder. After a long while, he finally uttered a word.

"Brother, I...I don't mean that. I also want to...I want to marry Yu Shui."

"Brother...I will definitely be good to Yu Shui, please believe me!"

He Yushui felt a little distressed when she saw her future husband being forced into this state, and she said this to her brother.

"Brother, you also know that Zhiyuan is an honest man and can't say anything polite, so don't force him."

Seeing that his sister's elbow was bent outward, He Yuzhu gave her a slap on the head.

"Girls are really not worth keeping when they grow up. It's a pity that your brother is still nice to you all the time!"

He Yushui got hit on the head and touched his head in pain, then patted his brother with a pout.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. I know you are an honest person and your family members are not the kind of people who would do anything naughty, so I'll leave my sister to you. Don't worry."

He Yuzhu spoke to Liu Zhiyuan earnestly.

After hearing this, Liu Zhiyuan kept nodding and saying thank you.

"Thank you, brother. Thank you, brother. I will definitely treat Yu Shui well and will not let her suffer any injustice."

After saying that, he pulled He Yushui's little hand, and was slapped by Yushui for it.

He Yuzhu said to He Yushui and Liu Zhiyuan at this time.

"Take a day off tomorrow and let's go to the department store!"

He Yushui and Liu Zhiyuan were also curious about what they were doing in the department store.

Ran Qiuye said happily on the side.

"Yu Shui is getting married, and as your brother and sister-in-law, we have to prepare a dowry for you. Your brother has already prepared the tickets, and he is waiting to buy them for you when you get married."

Ran's father and mother were also happy. Getting married was a good thing, and all the necessary procedures were necessary. Anyway, their son-in-law was capable.

"Brother, there's no need to prepare. Zhiyuan's family doesn't care about these things. They said that as long as the two of us live well, that's all that matters."

He Yushui was afraid that her brother would spend too much money, so she naturally refused the dowry of three renminbi and one gong that her brother wanted to prepare for her.

Three turns and one click, and the bicycle is already there.

All I'm missing is a sewing machine, a watch, and a radio. All in all, it would cost at least five hundred dollars.

Liu Zhiyuan also wanted to refuse He Yuzhu, but was stopped by He Yuzhu.

"How can my He family be stingy when marrying off my sister? We must give her all the gifts, so that my grandmother and I can speak with our heads held high."

When you get married, if the dowry is too meagre, your grandmother's family will be upset.

Liu Zhiyuan wanted to say something but was stopped by He Yushui. She knew her brother's character. Once he spoke, he would stick to his words. No one could stop him.

"Forget it, I won't go shopping tomorrow. Let's go to Liu Zhiyuan's house first and discuss the marriage with your parents. After we've discussed it, we can go shopping!"

The He family was discussing Yu Shui's marriage, while Xu Damao and his son were sitting in the Donglaishun Restaurant with Manager He, toasting each other.

"Brother Damao, you are so lucky. It makes me want to go to the countryside to show movies."

After drinking, Xu Damao boasted to Manager He about what happened when he went to the countryside to show movies and he and those country girls and wives went into the sorghum fields.

Manager He's eyes lit up when he heard this.

I was wondering why every time there was a mission to show movies in the countryside, those young and inexperienced people would rush to go. It turns out there are such good things.

Xu Fugui was drinking leisurely on the side. How could he not know these things? He didn't even know how many times he had experienced them himself.

"Da Mao, you live in... the south of the city. There is a movie theater in the south of the city... that I also manage. It is close to your home... Why don't you go to work in that movie theater in the south of the city?"

Manager He's face was red from drinking so much that he could barely speak clearly.

Hearing that the workplace was close to home, Xu Damao was naturally very happy and nodded in agreement immediately.

Manager He took out a notebook from his pocket, opened it and put it on the table, then took out the pen from his left breast pocket.

After unscrewing it, he quickly wrote something on the notepad.

After a moment, Manager He tore off the page with the writing and handed it to Xu Damao.

"This is a letter of introduction. Just take it and go over there. The manager there is also named He. He is my cousin."

Xu Damao took Shaoxin and took a look at it. The handwriting was as ugly as maggots crawling.

However, Xu Damao still thanked Manager He with a smile.

He picked up the bottle and filled Manager He's glass with wine.

The next morning, He Yuzhu and Ran Qiuye got up early.

Today they are going to represent He Yushui's family to discuss their sister's marriage with their future in-laws.

The child was left in the care of Ran's father and mother. As soon as they went out, they saw He Yushui and Liu Zhiyuan, also riding their bicycles to the gate of the courtyard.

"Brother, sister-in-law, I didn't expect you to get up so early. I said we were early."

He Yushui happily greeted his brother and sister-in-law, and Liu Zhiyuan also greeted He Yuzhu and the others.

"Today is a big event, there's no way I can sleep in. Come on, I'll treat you guys to wontons!"

He Yuzhu nodded and invited the three to go for breakfast.

Liu Zhiyuan’s home is not far from Nanluoguxiang. If you ride a bike slowly, you can get there in less than half an hour.

The Liu family also prepared to open early today.

She boiled water to make tea, took out fruits and melon seeds, and warmly invited He Yuzhu and his wife to sit down.

The Liu family’s main house is not small, and is about the same size as the He family’s main house, but the Liu family is too large.

It seems a bit crowded when there are too many people.

Liu Zhiyuan's younger brother is still in junior high school. He is fourteen years old this year, wears glasses and is very gentle.

Liu Zhiyuan's sister was still in elementary school, about seven or eight years old, with two pigtails.

She loves to laugh. When she laughs, her eyes become crescents, revealing her missing front teeth.

Then she quickly covered her mouth with her hands, afraid that others would see that her front teeth were missing.

"You must be Yu Shui's brother, right? You two siblings look quite similar, both so tall!"

Father Liu didn't know what to say, so he just praised the other party first. This also brought them closer.

"Hey, our neighbors say that we two siblings look exactly like each other!"

He Yuzhu said this very shamelessly, and then touched his face.

Ran Qiuye couldn't stand it anymore, so he patted him and said.

"How can you be so shameless? I'm just being polite. I was praising you at that time, but don't you see that face of yours is not as pretty as our rain!"

After Ran Qiuye reprimanded He Yuzhu, she smiled and said to Liu's father.

"Future in-laws, please don't mind him. He is always so careless and has no serious manners. Please don't mind him."

Father Liu smiled awkwardly and said.

"No, no, I don't mind. It's good this way. Don't be fussy about it!"

Mother Liu also said with a smile.

"Yushui has told us that your father ran away from home when you were a child, leaving you and your sister behind. In order to take care of Yushui, you didn't even finish junior high school before going out to earn money to support the family."

When Liu's mother said this, her eyes were already red.

"You've been hungry and full for a while, and the rain has been heavier. It's really hard for you."

When Liu's mother said this, tears welled up in her eyes.

Father Liu said in a low voice at the side.

"Old woman, what are you doing? Yu Shui's family is here today, it's a happy occasion, why are you crying? Let's talk business, let's talk business!"

Only then did Liu's mother wipe away her tears and said to He Yuzhu with a smile.

"I'm sorry for being so rude in front of you."

"Let's talk business first."

"As parents, we fully support the marriage between Zhiyuan and Yushui."

"Our whole family likes Yushui very much, so we welcome him to become a member of our family."

Liu's mother's speech was quite competent. At least Ran Qiuye, who was a teacher, nodded frequently after listening to her.

Father Liu also nodded.

"Yes, that's what I mean. We welcome the rain to become a part of our family."

He Yuzhu nodded and said.

"I only have this one sister. I have raised her since she was six years old. Although I call her my sister, she is more like my daughter."

When He Yuzhu said this, he looked at his sister He Yushui, whose eyes were already filled with tears.

She knows how difficult it has been for her brother over the years.

Although his brother was close to Qin Huaifang for a period of time, fortunately, he came to his senses in time.

The eldest brother is like a father and the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. He Yuzhu said that it is not excessive at all to treat He Yushui as his own daughter.

"Although I don't know Liu Zhiyuan, I know he is an honest man. Yu Shui likes him. Your family are all good people. I feel relieved to leave Yu Shui to you."

He Yuzhu paused and continued.

"Although my family is not a wealthy one, the women we marry off must be well-dressed. My He family will prepare three turns and one ring for the dowry."

"But I have one condition. My rainwater must have its own room."

He Yushui was not very satisfied when she saw the living space of the Liu family. After getting married, they couldn't not even have their own room.

Father Liu gritted his teeth, thought about it, and patted his chest and said.

"Okay, no problem. It's just a room. I'll build one for you."

Father Liu pointed to the empty space outside the house and said that if he wanted a room, he could just build one.

He Yuzhu nodded, looked at Ran Qiuye, then looked at He Yushui and the Liu family.

"If everything is OK, then let's set the wedding date for New Year's Day, how about that?"

The He family has no problem, and the Liu family has even less problem. Moreover, the He family said that there are still three turns and one ring of dowry.

If this is true, then He Yushui will be like an old Buddha in the Liu family in the future.

Although the lunch was not sumptuous, the two families enjoyed it happily.

In this way, He Yushui's marriage was settled.

After lunch, He Yuzhu took He Yushui and others and left Liu's house and went to Wangfujing Department Store.

When the buy three turns button rang, Liu Zhiyuan was stunned.

When buying these things, my future brother-in-law didn't even blink.

However, looking at the expressions of He Yushui and her sister-in-law, they didn't seem surprised and felt that this was a common occurrence.

Liu Zhiyuan also gained a new understanding of the strength of his future brother-in-law.

"Zhiyuan, Yushui, please send these things to my house first. When you come to marry our Yushui, you can take them away together. Is that okay?"

After He Yuzhu finished shopping, he said to Liu Zhiyuan and He Yushui.

Both of them had no objection and nodded in agreement.

Even if you don't agree, what can you do? The money was given by your uncle. If your uncle doesn't give it to you, there is nothing you can do.

"Brother, I don't want the other things. Please let me move the radio to the dormitory. Otherwise, I will be too bored after get off work."

When He Yushui saw the newly bought radio, he felt itchy in his heart.

I want to move to my own textile factory dormitory to listen to it.

Of course He Yuzhu flatly refused. This was her dowry, and she would have to put a big red "囍" character on it.

Now I let you, little girl, use it first. If it gets scratched or damaged, whose responsibility will it be?

"After work, learn from your sister-in-law, read more books, study hard, and don't listen to the radio! No!"

"Besides, this is a dowry, not something else."

Faced with her brother's scolding, He Yushui had no choice but to give up. She didn't dare to disobey her brother now. What if he didn't agree with her getting married and confiscated her household registration booklet? What should she do then?

In this way, the agenda for He Yushui's marriage was put on the table, and the He family started to get busy with this matter.

First, He Yuzhu wrote a letter to Baoding to let He Daqing know that his daughter was about to get married.

As for whether he comes back or not, that is his business.

A few days later, He Daqing, who was busy in the kitchen, was suddenly called out by the manager.

"Manager Lai, what's the matter? I'm really busy!"

He Daqing complained a little dissatisfiedly. He was so busy that he had no time to rest, and now he was called out. Wouldn't that delay his work?

"Master He, Sijiucheng has opened a letter for you. It's an expedited letter. I thought your relatives in Sijiucheng might have some urgent matter, so I personally delivered it to you."

He Daqing is the mainstay of this restaurant, and many diners come here for his cooking skills.

"Letter from Sijiu City, show it to me quickly."

He Daqing, who was originally unhappy, heard that there was an urgent letter from Sijiu City. He immediately took the letter, opened it and started reading.

After seeing the end, He Daqing laughed out loud.

"Okay, okay. My little daughter is going to get married soon. As a father, I have to go back to see her."

As He Daqing was about to take off his apron, he was stopped by Manager Lai.

"Master He, when will your daughter get married? It won't be right away, right?"

He Daqing picked up the letter and read it again, then slapped his head and said.

"The wedding is on New Year's Day, which is still a few months away. Look at my brain. I'll write them a letter first and tell them that I will definitely come back!"