The conspiracy of the courtyard

Chapter 187 2 Things I Won’t Do

After Lu Zixuan made the arrangements, he rushed back to the courtyard. After dinner, Chen Ping told him two pieces of news. One was that Xu Damao was getting married after the new year, and Lou Xiao'e required that He Yuzhu must be the chef. The dishes could be simple, but the quantity must be large, and the venue would be in the small canteen.

Lu Zixuan understood that this was the result of Boss Lou having someone secretly investigate Siheyuan. He was not trying to win over the people of Siheyuan for Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e, but was expressing goodwill to Old Chen through Chen Ping, and was also asking Chen Ping to take care of Lou Xiao'e.

The other was a notice from the Street Office that Yi Zhonghai was released back to the courtyard early, and that Chen Ping should pay attention to his movements and report any abnormal behavior immediately.

He Yushui first pouted to express her dissatisfaction:

"After two years of peace, it's going to be chaotic again. Can't you refuse? There's no house here anymore, so why would he come back? Just say that people don't want to be neighbors with people who have broken the law."

Chen Ping answered helplessly:

"I don't want to see that annoying thing either, but he has a good godmother who is willing to donate her house to me, so there's nothing I can do.

There is even more infuriating news. He has already passed the eighth-level worker assessment in the northwest. As long as he passes the assessment of the steel mill, he will be accepted again. Otherwise, he will not be released early. He just happened to catch the opportunity of the second expansion of the steel mill. "

Cheng Xiaoman said nonchalantly:

"Okay, stop looking so bitter and resentful. If you can beat him once, you can do it again. If he dares to act like a demon, let the pillars beat him. No matter how capable he is, he is just a worker. How can he turn the world upside down?

I feel like there's no need for Zhuzi to do anything, since Xuanxuan is only ten years old and nearly 1.5 meters tall, he can easily take care of him."

He Yuzhu immediately refuted:

"You can't say that. Xuanxuan said that we are improving and they are also making progress. Also, since the foreign experts left, Director Yang has paid special attention to engineers and these technical workers. Don't underestimate the enemy."

After everyone expressed their opinions, they all looked at Lu Zixuan who was in deep thought, wanting to hear his insights.

After Lu Zixuan felt calm, he came back to his senses and said:

"Don't be too nervous. Yi Zhonghai is not a big shot and is not worth all the attention.

In the past, when we said he had made progress, we meant that his thinking had improved and he would not act like a rogue as before. It was also not that his courage had improved. Even if he had great strength, he would not dare to take action. At most, he had learned to use his brain and would not let us catch him easily.

Mom, tomorrow, politely reject Lou Xiao'e's offer, and ask her to tell Mr. Lou that the calligraphy is too rough with the use of linked strokes, and small regular script is more suitable. "

Chen Ping understood immediately and explained to He Yuzhu and the other two that the brushes on the desk were of different thicknesses. The linked brushes were thicker and suitable for writing large calligraphy and paintings, while the regular script brushes were the thinnest and suitable for practicing calligraphy.

Combined with the Lou family's happy event, it means to tell Boss Lou that he is too high-profile and should be more like ordinary people.

He Yuzhu said irritably:

"Here it comes again, here it comes again. It gives me a headache when I hear this way of speaking. Can't you just say it simply? You have to confuse people. It's harder than guessing a riddle."

Chen Ping rolled his eyes at him and said:

"Don't talk nonsense. Tell me frankly. What will Lou Xiao'e think? She will think that I deliberately ruined her great opportunity to make friends with the residents of the Siheyuan. It will also make her feel that she is not valued by her family. Even the wedding banquet is rather perfunctory. Don't expect a well-fed and well-clothed young lady to understand my painstaking efforts.

Xu Damao will also hold a grudge against us for delaying him from showing off such a good marriage to everyone. This will only deepen the conflict and indirectly affect the relationship between Mr. Lou and Lao Chen.

As long as Mr. Lou understands our good intentions, it's fine. How he explains it is up to him."

Cheng Xiaoman understood it immediately, while He Yuzhu and his sister nodded as if they understood it but not quite.

Lu Zixuan gave Chen Ping an appreciative look, affirming her understanding, and took the opportunity to propose that after the New Year he would go with Lao Chen as the second echelon of the undercover investigation team to conduct in-depth investigations in areas where drought is more serious.

Although Chen Ping was reluctant, she knew that Lao Chen would not take a child out for no reason and must have his considerations, so she nodded in agreement unhappily.

Perhaps Boss Lou understood Chen Ping's intention, so he held a simple ceremony for Lou Xiao'e after the Chinese New Year. There was no wedding banquet, but he only distributed some ordinary fruits such as wedding candies and peanuts to each resident in the courtyard.

But a generous dowry was prepared for Lou Xiao'e, including everything from washbasins to jewelry and gold items.

Chen Ping said that this is the basic operation for wealthy people to marry off their daughters, which continues the custom before liberation. The girl's parents will prepare everything for her from birth to death. It is very complicated and includes money, beds, coffin and burial clothes for the rest of her life.

Divorce existed in the past, but it was difficult. It required a long period of discussion between the two families, and then going to the household registration office at the county level or above to handle it. Basically, before it could get to this point, the husband's family would choose to divorce the wife for various reasons.

Therefore, when a woman gets married, her parents will make such complete preparations to prevent the daughter from being neglected by her husband's family and having no ability to live independently.

A married daughter no longer belongs to her parents' family. There are very few people who support their brothers or give money to her parents' family. Her parents' family will not interfere in the family affairs of a married daughter. Even if they do intervene, they will persuade the woman to be patient.

Perhaps it was Boss Lou's specific instructions that after attending the wedding, Du Guixiang should leave first on the grounds that Xu Fugui needed care.

Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e's first meal after marriage was eaten at Chen Ping's house. The ingredients were prepared by Lou Xiao'e herself, and He Yuzhu was the chef.

After three glasses of wine, Xu Damao could no longer control his nonsense and patted Lou Xiao'e on the shoulder and said:

"Silly Zhu, do you see this? This is my wife, pretty, right? Do you know who she is? Lou Bancheng's daughter, my wife.

Do you know who my father-in-law is? He is a shareholder of our factory and the former factory director, nicknamed Lou Bancheng.

My buddy's day of success is not far away. Do you know my current status? Do you know the advanced cadres and reserve cadres in the factory?

What do you have? A stinky cook who serves people and marries a refugee village girl, what do you have? Haha..."

If it was when he was a child, He Yuzhu would definitely slap Xu Damao in the face when he heard this, but now He Yuzhu just said calmly:

"I have children."

Xu Damao said contemptuously:

"It's like no one will have it. My buddy will have his wedding night today, his wife will get pregnant tomorrow, and he will have a big fat boy by the end of the year. What else do you have besides children? What can you compare with me? I have been a stupid cook since I was a child. What future do I have..."

He Yuzhu was not annoyed, took a sip of wine, and continued:

"I have children."

"If I were to say you're stupid, you would only say this. Now I'm bullying you. When my son is born, I'll continue to bully your son. Haha..."

“I have children”

"You are really stupid..."

No matter how Xu Damao provoked him with harsh words, He Yuzhu only replied with four words, which made Xu Damao so angry that he drank three large glasses of wine, tilted his head and lay on the table. The smell of alcohol made the little moustache under his nose swell up.

He Yuzhu grabbed Xu Damao by the back of his neck without saying a word, dragged him to Xu's house and threw him on the bed, then went back to drink.

Lou Xiao'e was also happy and drank a few glasses of wine. Seeing He Yuzhu coming back, she quickly apologized with a red face:

"I'm sorry, Zhuzi. Damao was drunk and said things he didn't want to say. Don't bother with him. I'll ask him to apologize to you tomorrow. Thank you for sending him home."

He Yuzhu continued to sit down and said nonchalantly:

"It's okay. I know him better than you do. It's harder than climbing to the sky to get him to apologize to me. You should watch him from now on and don't let him jump around in front of me. I won't do it today because it's your big day. Don't blame me next time I do it."

Lou Xiao'e was a little embarrassed, and turned to Chen Ping and Cheng Xiaoman and said:

"Sister Chen, sister-in-law, look at what happened. I'll treat you to a meal someday to apologize. He wasn't like this before. Maybe he was too happy today and drank too much, so he couldn't control his complacency.

I'm new here and I don't know anything. I'll have to rely on your care in the courtyard. Come, let's have a drink together."

Without waiting for Chen Ping to reply, He Yuzhu snorted coldly and interrupted indifferently:

"You are a high-ranking lady, so of course you don't have to do anything, and you don't have to care too much. In fact, in my opinion, you are not good at these two things."

Everyone was curious about why He Yuzhu knew so much about Lou Xiao'e, and they all pricked up their ears.

"Neither this nor that."