Carrying their two children, they walked out of the family area and arrived at the back gate of the hospital, where they saw Ding Qiunan standing there with a bright smile, waiting for them.

Wenhui and Wenxuan saw their mother and struggled to get their father to put them down so they could run towards her.

When Ding Qiunan saw the children running over, she squatted down, opened her arms, hugged the children, and kissed each of them on the cheek.

She then noticed that her son still had tears on his face.

"What's wrong with Xuanxuan?" Ding Qiunan took out a handkerchief to wipe her son's face.

"Mommy, I fell down, it hurts." She said, holding out her little hand for her mother to see.

Ding Qiunan felt heartbroken seeing her son's bright red palms, so she grabbed his little hands and blew on them a few times.

This was terrible; Xiao Wenxuan burst into tears, feeling wronged.

When Wenhui saw her father coming over, she ran over and asked him to pick her up. She whispered in her father's ear, "Dad, my little brother is crying again."

Li Chu had a real headache looking at her son, who was wiping away tears again in Ding Qiunan's arms.

The son is a bit spoiled, but the daughter is certainly resilient. Why can't they switch them?

It took Ding Qiunan a long time to calm her son down. Looking at her husband standing to the side holding their daughter, she shook her head helplessly.

After returning home, Wenxuan had recovered and happily played in the yard with his sister.

Ding Qiunan and Li Chu went into the kitchen to start cooking. After eating, they would go back to the courtyard house. This morning, an old man had sent someone to tell them to go there in the afternoon, but they didn't know what it was about.

After finishing their meal, Li Chu and Ding Qiunan took the children to the courtyard house.

Xiao Hei also came along. When Li Chu went out, he usually didn't bring Xiao Bai and Xiao Hua with him. They were too lively and ran around everywhere. Li Chu wasn't worried that they would bite people, but he was afraid that they would scare others by running around like that. After all, these three dogs were not puppies. When they stood up on their front legs, they were almost as tall as an adult.

The food at home is good, and all three dogs are very strong; taking them out is quite intimidating. Little Black is very well-behaved; he stays close to his owner and doesn't run off, so I feel safe taking him out.

As Li Chu turned into the alleyway near the courtyard house, he sensed that the atmosphere was somewhat strange.

Now that the weather is hot, many people in the alley sit at the gate of their courtyard and chat after dinner.

But what's the meaning of these people gathering together, whispering and pointing at the courtyard?

Ding Qiunan also sensed something was wrong. She turned to look at her husband, her eyes seemingly asking him what was going on.

Li Chu shrugged; he was completely bewildered.

After greeting the old neighbors in the alley, the two walked into the courtyard.

Once inside the courtyard, the strange feeling became even more pronounced.

Not only was it strange, but the courtyard was also unusually quiet. The two of them did not linger in the front yard, but went straight to the middle yard. Ding Qiunan led the two children to the back yard to see Lou Xiao'e, while Li Chu asked loudly, "Uncle, is he home?"

"Little Chu is here! Come in, come in!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than an old man lifted the curtain and came out.

Li Chu followed them into the house and found that there were a lot of people sitting in Uncle Yi's house, including Uncle Er, Uncle San, Xu Damao, and the old lady in the backyard.

After greeting the people inside and sitting down, Li Chu asked, "What's going on? Why did you call me over?"

The third uncle spoke first: "It's like this, Xiao Chu. Zhu Zi has a bit of a crush on Qin Huai Ru, but somehow her mother-in-law found out. Last night, her mother-in-law made a huge scene, threatening to kill herself. No matter how we tried to persuade her, we couldn't stop her. She made a scene half the night."

He's here, he's here, he's coming with a raging wind.

"It would be abnormal if he didn't make a fuss," Li Chu thought to himself.

"Why did those three old men call me over here?"

Xu Damao had been subtly giving him signals from the side, and Li Chu noticed this and asked without making a sound.

After a long silence, the old lady in the backyard couldn't hold back any longer and said, "Xiao Chu, I called you here to see if you have any ideas on how to get Qin Huairu's mother-in-law to agree."

"What?" Li Chu stared wide-eyed at the old lady.

He thought he had misheard, but the old lady repeated it again, and only then did he realize that he hadn't misheard.

Li Chu turned to look at the three silent old men, then at Xu Damao who was struggling to suppress his laughter, and couldn't help but curse inwardly.

Who came up with this terrible idea? And who the hell has any ideas he could come up with? He has absolutely no ideas.

Advising a widow to remarry is like asking to be struck by lightning! Not to mention she has a mother-in-law and three children.

"If even the three leaders of the institute can't do anything, what can a young guy like me do?"

At this moment, Li Chu inadvertently noticed that the old lady gave the old man a wink.

The old man hesitated for a moment before smiling sheepishly and saying, "Xiao Chu, back then, didn't your Qiu Nan find a job for Qin Huairu's family? We just wanted to see if you could persuade Aunt Jia."

Li Chu was truly at a loss for words. Looking at his third uncle's nonchalant demeanor, he knew he definitely wouldn't get involved. Indeed, the third uncle rarely got involved in things he couldn't profit from.

As for Uncle Er, Aunt Jia would definitely not give him any face in this kind of thing. Uncle Er would never force himself to get involved in something that would affect his authority as a leader.

So, the people who called him over must have been the old lady and the old man in the backyard. He's digging a hole for himself.

"Uncle, I can't handle this. Even if I still lived here, I still couldn't do anything about it, let alone now that I don't live in this courtyard."

What right do I, a young man, have to tell Aunt Jia to let her daughter-in-law remarry? I don't think I'm that kind of person.

Li Chu did not hesitate and directly refused.

Xu Damao sat next to him and secretly gave him a thumbs up.

After being flatly refused by Li Chu, the old man felt embarrassed to speak again and lit a cigarette.

Seeing that the old man was silent, the old lady couldn't help but say again, "Xiao Chu, look at Zhu Zi, he's about your age. Your child is almost two years old and he's still single. Why don't you help him out?"

"No, ma'am, what does it have to do with me whether He Yuzhu gets married or not? Just because he has his eye on someone else's wife doesn't mean I have to help him. That doesn't make sense."

If you asked me to introduce him to someone, perhaps there's a slight possibility. But if you asked me to persuade a widow to remarry, I'm sorry, I really can't do that.

The old lady was still not giving up and continued, "Xiao Chu, isn't your sister the director of our neighborhood office now? Could you ask her to come and persuade Qin Huairu's mother-in-law? As a leader, your sister should also care about the lives of the residents in her jurisdiction."

"Ha!" The old lady's words made Li Chu laugh in anger: "Old lady, what right does my sister have to come and persuade someone else's daughter-in-law to remarry? Just because she is the director of the neighborhood committee? There is no national law that stipulates that widows must remarry."

"Grandma, you're the oldest person in this courtyard. You should be the one to talk to Aunt Jia and persuade her. Aunt Jia certainly won't cause trouble in front of you."

Chapter 193 Strange Things