Chapter 152
Facing Bi Xiahe's question, Liu Jiang first took out some fruit from his bag and handed it to her before saying, "Someone from our unit went on a business trip to the south a few days ago. He brought back a whole bunch of fruit, and we divided it up. You can take it home and try it. Also, isn't today Teacher's Day? You should celebrate it too."
Bi Xiahe couldn't keep her lips straight, but still asked him, "So, have you thought it through? If you haven't, I don't want it."
Liu Jiang smiled helplessly, "You know I'm worried that you haven't thought it through. You have to think clearly. If that hadn't happened, would you still like me?"
"I've thought about it a long time ago!" Bi Xiahe muttered. She had been thinking about it for quite a long time.
Liu Jiang: "Then please give me more guidance in the future, Teacher Bi."
Bi Xiahe's lips curled up into a smile, then nodded, "Okay, Secretary Liu."
Liu Jiang hung the net bag back on his handlebars. Bi Xiahe opened the lunch box Liu Jiang had given her. Inside was a bright yellow fruit that smelled quite strange. "What kind of fruit is this? How do I eat it?"
"This is jackfruit. My colleague brought it in a sack. It was very heavy. The skin was green and bumpy. It was very sticky inside when you peeled it. The ones I brought you are peeled. You can eat them directly after taking them home. You can put salt and cook the core. It should be the same as apricot core, right?" Liu He was not particularly sure. This was all the local way of eating it that his colleague told him.
"Okay, did you leave any for your family?"
"Stay, I'll take you home?"
Bi Xiahe nodded, "Okay, my second brother is getting married tomorrow, remember to come early."
Liu Jiang nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely go there to help early." He and Wei Guo had a good relationship originally, and now that Wei Guo had been promoted to his brother-in-law, he would definitely not neglect him.
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Bi Xiahe would not hide the fact that she was dating Liu Jiang from her elder sister. After all, she knew very well that when finding a reason, one would have to find many reasons to justify the original reason.
So, when Bi Chunliu got home that night, she saw the two children chewing jackfruit and Xia He watching them. "Where did you buy this?"
Bi Chunliu also took a jackfruit and put it in her mouth. Some people think that this thing has a strong taste, but Bi Chunliu likes it very much. She thinks it is sweet!
"Okay, you two go play by yourselves. I have something to say to your mother." Bi Xiahe asked the two children to go back to their room.
Bi Chunliu rinsed her hands with water from the cup and asked, "Sister, what do you want to say?"
Bi Xiahe: "Sister, I found a partner."
"Huh? Where is he from? Is he also a teacher in your school?" Bi Chunliu felt that his guess was quite correct. Xia He usually stayed at home except for work, and seemed to have little time to get to know other people.
"No, you know him too. He's Liu Jiang."
!!
Bi Chunliu's mouth opened wide. Liu Jiang? Aunt Liu's eldest grandson Liu Jiang?
"Well, Liu Jiang is a nice guy. How did you and Liu Jiang get together? Weren't you two in a premature relationship before?" Bi Chunliu denied it, "No, no, you two didn't interact with each other very often back then, so there shouldn't have been any premature love."
Bi Xiahe: "...Sister, we are together today. This is what happened..."
Liu Jiang had always been a good student. Before graduation, Liu Xiaoyue and her husband went to great lengths to get him a job at the Commerce Bureau. Bi Xiahe's technical secondary school was holding an event, and several city departments participated, including the Commerce Bureau. As a student leader, Bi Xiahe and Liu Jiang met quite a few times. While at the Commerce Bureau, Liu Jiang occasionally traveled to other cities on business, and upon his return, he would bring back some books for Xiahe.
One weekend night, one of Bi Xiahe's roommates was in bed with a stomachache and couldn't get up. Since no one else was in the dorm, Bi Xiahe went to the clinic to get her some medicine. On her way back, she encountered two drunks who, seeing that she was just a young girl, spoke rudely. Then, Liu Jiang, who appeared out of nowhere, beat her up and also sprained his ankle.
Bi Xiahe couldn't explain exactly when she developed feelings for Liu Jiang. She realized she had a crush on him after he'd helped her that time. She figured even without that incident, she would still have had feelings for him, who'd always been thinking about her and even given her books.
After listening to what his sister said, Bi Chunliu said, "If you feel unwell again in the future, you must not go out alone!" The world seems very peaceful now, but under the calm there are always some bold people ready to make moves.
"Don't worry, sir. I've learned my lesson from that incident." Bi Xiahe was still scared when she talked about that incident. Although the two men were drunk, she couldn't subdue two adult men.
Bi Chunliu then continued, "Well, no wonder I heard Aunt Liu say she wanted to make bone soup for Liu Jiang when we went back to the compound one day. So it was at that time."
"Sister, we are back!!" Bi Qiuguo's voice arrived before he even showed up.
“Here I come!”
Bi Xiahe spoke faster and said, "Sister, don't tell my second brother and Qiu Guo about this first. Let's wait until my second brother gets married."
"knew."
Bi Weiguo and Bi Qiuguo both returned, and they went to Bi Weiguo's house to check if they had left anything behind. Their guess had been correct; the Wang family was truly good with their house. It was a two-story building, with two rooms inside and outside. There was no need to do much cleaning; just painting the walls made it very clean and tidy. It was a little smaller than their compound, but more than enough for Bi Weiguo and his wife.
"Sister, we bought two roast ducks. Can we stir-fry some vegetables and make soup in the evening?" Bi Weiguo said as he put the roast duck in the kitchen.
"Okay, let's do as you say."
Bi Chunliu was really reluctant to let Weiguo move out. With Weiguo around, her family's cooking skills had improved. She didn't know if she could convince Weiguo to open his own restaurant after the country opened up. She had finally learned the skills, but working in the cafeteria all the time really didn't make much money.
When the meal is ready, the family members gather around the table without being called.
"Mom, the roast duck is so delicious!" Nian Nian's little mouth kept eating the meat, swallowing one bite and stuffing another, and praised Bi Weiguo, "The roast duck my uncle bought is great!"
Sui Sui gave a small thumbs up and said, "Give uncle a little red flower."
Bi Weiguo laughed out loud, "If you two like it, uncle will buy it and send it to you next time."
"Okay~"
Xing Fei returned home after the family had finished dinner. Han Zhong had broken his arm a couple of days ago, and the doctor said it was a minor fracture and needed to be taken care of. Xing Fei visited him at the old house every night and only returned home after dinner.
"Weiguo bought roast duck, and we left some for you. Come and eat it."
Bi Chunliu slowly closed the door of the west room before speaking in a low voice. Nian Nian and Sui Sui have been sleeping alone in the west room recently. Although they are not accompanied by their parents, the two children are not very scared with the company of their sisters.
"How's Dad?"
Xing Fei: "It's still the same. Just take care of it slowly. A broken bone takes a hundred days to heal. Fortunately, it's just an arm, so it won't affect your basic life. Dad also asked me to tell Weiguo that his wedding is a big event, and he'll need people to take care of him, so he won't join in the fun tomorrow. He can come and meet everyone when he and Weiguo's wife come to our house for dinner."
Bi Chunliu waved his hand. "That's nothing. Dad's health is more important. Eat quickly and then take a shower. We all have to get up early tomorrow."
"good."
September 11th was Bi Weiguo’s wedding day.
Bi Chunliu was thankful that weddings nowadays didn't have so many complicated procedures. Now, all they had to do was welcome the bride, and then, amid the witness's passionate words, touch the red book, proclaiming their loyalty to the country and to each other, respecting the elders and loving the young, and then they could basically wait for dinner.
Bi Weiguo had prepared enough food for the banquet, and everyone sat spaciously at five tables. Bi Chunliu, with her children, sisters, grandmother, and Aunt Bi San, occupied one table.
"Hey, girl, I think Weiguo's wife is just average-looking. How did you find one for Weiguo?" Old Mrs. Guo was a little dissatisfied. This girl didn't have a big chest and a flat butt. She didn't look like someone who would be easy to give birth to.
Bi Chunliu: "Grandma, please keep your voice down. This is a relative of Master Weiguo's mother's family. Xiaoying has a good personality, she has a job, her brother and sister-in-law are technical consultants at the machinery factory, and her parents both have jobs. Are you not satisfied with these conditions? If Weiguo was not Master Cai's apprentice, and if cousins couldn't get married, Master Weiguo's wife would have let Xiaoying marry into her family."
Old Lady Guo had only heard Weiguo say his wife's family worked at the machinery factory, but she hadn't expected her to be a consultant. She was shocked. "Is she an official?" she thought, glancing at Bi Chunliu. "No wonder Da Ya always turned down my urging to introduce her to someone. It turns out he'd already had his eye on her." It seemed like a good idea. Having a brother who was a high-ranking official would be a great help to Weiguo in the future.
"Then, then you should urge her to have a baby quickly. Weiguo is not a child anymore."
"Okay, I see. Grandma, try this dish and see if it's delicious. This is the one that Weiguo hired." Bi Chunliu picked up two pieces of meat for her. "Grandma, please be polite when Xiaoying comes to toast you later."
"You have to tell me?!" Old Mrs. Guo squinted her eyes at Bi Chunliu and started to eat with a smile on her face. He was worthy of being the person her eldest grandson had found, and he did a great job!
Aunt Bi San reminded Bi Chunliu again, "Chunliu, my Wangdi is going to be in the third grade this year, and she is doing very well in her studies. You should think about your sister, and my Guangyao, who is also in the first grade. You should think about what you promised me." Aunt Bi San patted Bi Guangyao on the other side. Bi Guangyao straightened his back and smiled at his eldest cousin.
Bi Chunliu gave Aunt Bi San a reassuring look. "Don't worry, Aunt San. Let Wangdi study hard. When she enters high school, you'll know what my arrangements are. The same goes for Guangyao. Let him study hard first. You should push him more. Look, Wangdi was in the same grade as him back then, but now she's two grades higher than him."
In two years, it will be time to take the college entrance exam. With Wangdi's grades, I won't have to worry about it. Wangdi will be able to climb up on her own! As for Guangyao, we'll have to wait and see how he performs.
Aunt Bi was also worried. She hadn't expected Wangdi to be such a good student. Skipping a grade would save the family money. But Guangyao, you say, "You think the child is studying? He seems to be reading books, so why can't he do well on the test?" Aunt Bi was so worried that she downed the wine in her glass.
"Aunt, how are Zhaodi and Pandi doing now? I sent them a letter, and Zhaodi said she's pregnant."
Aunt Bi: "Well, Zhaodi is blessed with good fortune. She didn't give birth for several years, but now she's having her third child. The red cloth given to Weiguo was from Zhaodi."
She knew this eldest girl she gave birth to, a quiet person. She didn't know when she had such a good relationship with her cousins? That's fine, as long as she didn't think about her mother's family's things.
In the afternoon, Bi Chunliu packed some meat and vegetables for Grandma, and gave Qiuguo's exercise books to Third Aunt. Together with Weiguo and his wife, they sent Grandma and Third Aunt to the car.
Bi Chunliu was walking in front when she suddenly heard Bi Weiguo laughing behind her, and then the young couple walked up to her.
Bi Weiguo asked, "Sister, is it because you subdued my uncle so badly that he never came to Nanshan?"
"Sister, is what Weiguo said true?" Wang Ying didn't quite believe it. Her elder sister-in-law looked gentle and kind, but was she the kind of person who would resort to violence?
Bi Chunliu: ...
It's been so many years and I had forgotten about it, but my younger brother told his newly married sister-in-law about his experience of beating someone?
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