Chapter 64
Bi Xiahe had heard Bi Qiuguo talk about this on the way home from school. Seeing her elder sister's skeptical look, she laughed, "Sister, you don't dare to believe it either?"
Bi Chunliu nodded. She really didn’t believe it. With how meticulous their grandma was, it was impossible for her grandma’s money to be stolen even if her hidden money was stolen. She even suspected that it was her grandma’s alternative way of asking for living expenses from her two uncles!
"But that's what Hao Xiaohu said. He said he heard it from his mother. Everyone over there knew about it. Grandma cried so hard and even said she would call the police. This can't be fake, right?" Bi Qiuguo felt that Hao Xiaohu looked quite reliable. Besides, grandma dared to say she would call the police, so how could this be fake?
Bi Chunliu: "Forget it, let's not worry about grandma. I'll be thankful that she doesn't come to find us." She was afraid that grandma got this inspiration from some genius and used this method to ask her children for money and come to her house again.
"That's right." Bi Qiuguo nodded. It was better that grandma didn't lose the money. If she really lost the money, she would definitely come home. At that time, my uncle would definitely come too and eat everything in the house. My uncle is such a person, tsk!
Bi Weiguo: "Sister, I just heard someone say that Sister Xiangnan is engaged. Is that the candy that Brother He gave us today their engagement candy?"
Bi Qiuguo dragged a stool over to Bi Chunliu excitedly, "What? Sister Xiangnan is engaged? Why haven't I heard about it?"
"I don't know either. They said they were getting engaged... I heard about it from people at the factory." Bi Chunliu didn't care about this. Engagement was not marriage, and there was no need to give a gift money.
Instead of worrying about other people's affairs, it's better to think about your own family. Bi Chunliu took out three yuan and forty cents from his pocket, which belonged to someone else. "Who hid this private money? I accidentally found it while tidying up. Don't put it in old shoes next time. I'm afraid it will be lost when I throw things away next time."
Bi Xiahe shook her head: "It's not mine, I don't put money in shoes."
"Is that yours?" Bi Chunliu looked at Bi Weiguo. After all, she found it in his old shoes. "Don't put it in your old shoes next time."
Bi Weiguo: “It’s really not mine, but if no one wants it, just give it to me, hehe…” It’s more than three yuan, almost the same as the money I have saved!
Bi Qiuguo: “!!!” He ran over and flipped through it, “Big sister! That’s mine! I can’t give it to my second brother!”
Bi Weiguo: "Hey, then why did you put it in my shoe?"
"I just wanted to keep your stinky shoes from being touched..." Bi Qiuguo said confidently.
Bi Chunliu handed the money to her and asked curiously, "Qiuguo, you can still save more than three dollars?" Bi Qiuguo usually loves eating and is a person who spends every penny, so she initially thought that it was saved by Xia He.
Bi Qiuguo said proudly, "Of course, this is the money I saved for two whole years!"
Bi Chunliu: ...very good.
They chatted for a while, discussing what to wear for dinner with Xing Fei's family this weekend, before returning to work. Bi Weiguo cleared the dishes, Bi Xiahe and Bi Qiuguo swept the floor and cleared the table, and Bi Chunliu went to the Nie family's house. She also had to explain who the patrol officers were.
Bi Chunliu knew that things weren't going well for Nie Xuesong's family recently, but she hadn't expected the atmosphere to be so strange...
Bai Xingzi frowned, mumbling occasionally, whether cursing or otherwise. Nie Xiangdong had a doleful expression, looking dejected. Nie Xiangxi looked both indifferent and... fearless? Nie Xiangbei, on the other hand, was flipping through a book, looking anxious, the pages making a clattering noise. Nie Xiangnan was the only one among the group to smile at Bi Chunliu, perhaps because he was finally free from the Nie family...
So strange, so strange!
So she told Nie Xuesong that her home was where she and Wei Guo took turns patrolling and then she hurried home.
Bi Chunliu shook her head and stopped thinking about the Nie family. After returning home, she washed up, called her younger brother and sister to go to the bathroom together, and finally lay down with peace of mind.
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The next night, shortly after dark.
Nie Xuesong went door to door to inform everyone that the patrol time for their compound today was from 10 pm to 2 am, and the patrol time for the other compound was from 2 am to 6 am.
After learning the patrol schedule, Bi Chunliu inquired about the general route and then split up the time with Bi Weiguo, letting him patrol for two hours first so he could get a full night's sleep when he returned. Their office hadn't been busy lately, probably because of the thief gang. The city government was busy with something else, and Chairman Ren often had to attend meetings, so the four people in the office had become more daring in their slacking off.
Bi Qiuguo also wanted to join in the fun and pestered Bi Chunliu so much that Bi Chunliu had no choice but to agree. Seeing that Xia He also seemed to want to wander around, he asked her and Qiuguo to follow Bi Weiguo on patrol and then quickly go home.
Bi Qiuguo cheered "Okay!" and then ran to the front yard, calling Liu He and saying that she could also go on patrol with him.
Bi Chunliu then realized that these kids actually thought patrolling was a fun thing...
At around twelve o'clock in the evening, Bi Weiguo returned home yawning, and Bi Chunliu went out.
When Bi Chunliu went out, he saw everyone chatting at the door. "I'm sorry, aunties and uncles."
Aunt Liu took a sip of water and waved her hand. "It's okay, Chunliu. We're not waiting for you. Chen Dali went home to get something to eat, and Aunt Zhang went to get some water."
"Okay then."
Everyone was gathered together, and everyone in the compound started moving.
Bi Chunliu walked among the crowd, with Aunt Liu and Aunt Zhang on her left and Aunt Wang on her right. Aunt Wang was now familiar with their family compound and could even whisper to Bi Chunliu about things happening in other compounds. Bi Chunliu suddenly felt that they looked a bit like a tour group from the future...
Walking at the front of the team was Nie Xuesong, holding a flashlight in his hand. Bi Chunliu saw him waving the flashlight.
Aunt Wang explained, "That's because we saw another team."
Bi Chunliu said, "Oh." It really seemed like they were doing it.
Xue Zhengchu walked beside Nie Xuesong, refusing to lag behind him even a step.
"Brother Nie, you haven't told me when your Xiangnan is getting engaged? When will the wedding banquet be held?"
Aunt Wang whispered, "Why can't Xue Zhengchu get enough of being criticized? He's such a jerk."
Bi Chunliu: What happened to Xue Zhengchu?
Bai Xingzi: "Old Xue, why do you always ask about my family's affairs? I heard that your parents are coming again. Don't mess up our yard again. The smell of that pile of stuff they piled up last time hasn't gone away for a long time." Bai Xingzi said as she fanned herself with her hand in disgust.
Xue Zhengchu smiled awkwardly: "My dad was just worried that it would be a waste..."
Aunt Zhang: "Xiao Xue, are your parents coming again? Who's feeling unwell this time? Are your father-in-law and mother-in-law coming?"
Xue Zhengchu frowned in displeasure. But those were his parents and Du Ling's parents, so he had no other options.
The old lady of the Xue family was unwell half of the year, suffering from chest pain, headache, stomach pain, back pain, and generally all sorts of discomfort. Whenever the old lady felt unwell, Xue Zhengchu's younger brother would send his parents to stay at Xue Zhengchu's house for a few days. After they had some good food there, Xue Zhengchu would give them some pocket money, and they would then return home refreshed and well.
As for Xue Zhengchu's father-in-law and mother-in-law, they are even more bizarre. When they were young, the old couple devoted themselves to having children. In those years, they gave birth to seven sons and three daughters. Seven sons aside, the old couple of the Du family sent all three daughters to high school. Du Ling's eldest sister married a soldier and later introduced a soldier to Du's second sister. Now both of them are doing well. Only the third sister Du Ling was in high school. She dated her classmate Xue Zhengchu and later married him. Otherwise, according to Du's eldest sister's idea, Du Ling would also marry a soldier.
The Du family's elders were so peculiar because, despite having seven sons, they despised their sons for being unsuccessful, so they lived with their three daughters year-round. Of course, they spent more time with the eldest and second Du sisters, as the Xue family lacked space. But as soon as they heard the Xue family elders were visiting their daughters, they would come live with Du Ling the following month. They hadn't raised their daughters for so many years to serve their father-in-law and mother-in-law; they never suffered any loss!
The Xue family's elderly couple would stay for four or five days at a time, sometimes for as long as two months. They'd take whatever they asked for. Seeing their in-laws staying so long, the Xue family's elderly couples also came. One year, the two elderly couples were like competing: "You come, I stay, you leave, I come." The four of them never ran into each other, yet Xue Zhengchu and Du Ling spent the entire year caring for the elderly.
Bai Xingzi was referring to the elderly couple from the Xue family. They had seen some vacant land near the old factory and wanted to use it to compost and grow vegetables for Xue Zhi and Xue Yong, leaving the compound stinking. Eventually, the people in the compound couldn't stand it anymore and urged Xue Zhengchu to deal with it immediately. Only then did he find an excuse to persuade his parents to return home.
"It hasn't been decided yet. My brother said my mother just has a backache. I can just buy her some plasters and send them over." Xue Zhengchu didn't want his parents to come either. He really couldn't stand his parents and father-in-law to tossing them back and forth.
Aunt Zhang felt a little relieved and told him, "Then hurry up and don't let your mother down. Don't be late for your mother."
Xue Zhengchu's mouth twitched: "...Okay."
Bi Chunliu covered her mouth and smiled quietly. She had never thought Aunt Zhang was interesting before, but now it seems that Aunt Zhang is quite interesting...
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Two days passed quickly, and the weekend arrived. It was also time for Xing Fei's family to have dinner with Bi Chunliu and her brothers and sisters.
Although he knew that Bi's parents were both gone, Han Zhong still carefully inquired about the etiquette for meetings between the two families of a man and a woman, and brought gifts to Bi Weiguo and the others.
Bi Chunliu wore a newly bought white shirt today. Bi Weiguo and the other two were also dressed very smartly. Although they didn't have new clothes, they were clean.
Looking at it this way, our family members all look pretty good! Bi Chunliu thought happily.
Xing Fei went to pick someone up, while Han Zhong was nagging Han Kemei about Xing Fei. He said, "This kid is too slow. If Xing Fei can't get married before the New Year, how can he successfully hold his grandchildren by the end of next year? Old Wang's granddaughter is about to turn one year old, and in two months, she might call her grandpa! He hasn't even got a wife yet!"
Seeing her father's expression, Han Kemei was delighted. She urged her father to let Xing Fei and his wife get married quickly! She hoped that his wife could give birth to twins and successfully surpass the Wang family in terms of number of children.
Han Zhong smiled and said, "I think it's okay. Remember to help me later."
"Dad, Chunliu and her brother and sister are here." Xing Fei shouted outside.
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