"Sister, what's wrong?" Ding Qiunan had just finished directing the pasting of the double happiness characters on the new house in the front yard when she returned to the middle yard and saw that her sister Li Qin's eyes were red.
"It's nothing, it's nothing," Li Qin waved her hand. "I'm just happy that the third generation of the Li family has gotten married."
"Qiu Nan, is the new house all decorated?"
"Alright, sis, Wenxuan's friends are quite efficient at their work."
"They're all a bunch of young men in their early twenties, and they're quite quick and efficient."
Li Qin said something, then thought for a moment and asked, "How will they rest tonight?"
"Don't worry about their sister, let them make a scene in the front yard." Li Chu waved his hand. "The guest rooms are all ready, you can sleep if you want."
"That's fine, they can play whenever they want and sleep whenever they want."
Li Qin looked at her notebook carefully again.
"Alright, the arrangements are almost done. I'm going back to sleep. I'll come over first thing tomorrow morning."
Xiao Chu, remember to pick up the steamed buns as soon as possible.
"I remember, sis, don't worry."
The next morning, before five o'clock, Li Chu walked out of the main house.
Standing in the courtyard, you can still faintly hear the sounds of laughter and playfulness coming from the front yard.
He smiled and shook his head. "It's good to be young! Staying up all night is nothing."
I was just about to stretch my legs in the yard when the doorbell rang.
"Who is this, coming so early?"
Someone had already gone to open the front door, and Li Chu walked forward as well.
As soon as I reached the connecting corridor, I saw Xu Damao and He Yuzhu, followed by two younger men who seemed to be Yuzhu's apprentices. All of them were carrying a lot of things.
"Brother Chu, you're up already."
"Brother Chu"
The two younger ones behind him were both addressed as "uncle".
Why so early?
Li Chu casually took two items from Xu Damao and He Yuzhu.
"It has to be early, otherwise we won't be able to eat lunch. Zhu Zi and the others worked in the restaurant's kitchen all night last night to prepare all the ingredients that needed to be processed in advance. Two more people will be coming over to deliver things later."
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"Zhu Zi, thanks. I'll have Wen Xuan toast you properly at noon."
"I can have a couple of drinks with you, but there's no need to thank me. We're all family."
After putting their things down in the kitchen, the group sat in the courtyard and drank a couple of glasses of water. Then, He Yuzhu took his two apprentices into the kitchen to get busy.
Li Chu then led Xu Damao to the alley entrance to get the steamed buns.
Just as he reached the door, his driver Tian Jun and assistant Zhao Zhijun arrived.
Then someone else took over the task of getting the steamed buns, and he and Xu Damao went back home.
Li Wenxuan and his group of friends had already started getting ready, waiting to leave to pick up the bride after breakfast.
At the gate, watching fifteen bicycles adorned with big red flowers leave, Ding Qiunan and the others chatted and laughed as they walked back into the house.
Neighbors who weren't at work stood at their doorways watching the bicycle team gradually disappear into the distance.
"Hey, I mean, the Li family shouldn't be short of money for a banquet at a restaurant, so why do they insist on spending it at home?"
"Their place is big, so it's so comfortable to eat at home. And didn't you see that the cooks and kitchen helpers are all from Xu's Restaurant? Boss Xu and his wife even came in person. I guess they'll make a lot of money this time."
"Don't be ridiculous. Mr. Xu has had a relationship with the Li family for decades. His eldest son is still in the wedding procession."
"Wow, Lao Zhao, you know Boss Xu's son?"
"That's right, we've eaten at the Xu family's restaurant several times, after all."
"Hey Lao Zhao, I heard the Xu family's food is pretty good, what do you think?"
"It's not bad, but I heard the food on the second floor is even better. Unfortunately, I've never tried it, mainly because I can't afford it and you have to make a reservation in advance."
"Doesn't he sell Sichuan cuisine? Does he have other dishes on the second floor?"
"They say it's some kind of old-fashioned government cuisine, but who knows? Anyway, ordinary people like us can't afford it."
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After seeing off the wedding procession, Li Chu, Song Tangyuan, and several classmates who had come to help chatted at the gate.
"Hey Dean Li, isn't the next step to marry off your daughter?"
"Wenhui's marriage will take at least three more years, probably until graduation," Li Chu said with a smile, pulling a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handing one to each of his classmates.
Whether they smoked or not, everyone accepted the cigarettes; they were for a wedding, so everyone had to take them.
"Didn't they say Wenhui was already engaged? Where's her boyfriend?"
"He'll definitely be here soon. It's his brother-in-law's wedding today, how could he, the prospective brother-in-law, not show up?"
Before Li Chu could say anything, Song Tangyuan answered for him.
"Brother Chu, the phone's ringing, go answer it!" Xu Damao called out as he ran out of the yard.
"You guys chat first, I'm going to take this call."
"Go ahead and do your work. We came early to help out, so you don't need to take care of us."
In the living room, Li Chu put down the phone with a strange expression on his face.
The call was from the sanatorium, saying that the two leaders had already set off.
These two are in such a hurry, it's only a few o'clock.
"What's wrong, Xiao Chu? Why are you staring blankly at the phone?"
Wang Ziwen came in to get something and saw his brother-in-law sitting on the sofa, holding a phone, seemingly lost in thought.
"Oh, brother-in-law, it's nothing, I just answered a phone call. A guest is coming over in a bit."
"I'll take the cigarettes out," Wang Ziwen said, pointing to the several packs of cigarettes on the coffee table.
"Brother-in-law, could you keep an eye on the time for me? When it's almost time, have Jiadong carry all the cannons out."
"Yes, I've already told him."
At that moment, the curtain was lifted again, and before the person even entered, the voice arrived first.
"Hey Xiao Chu, everyone else is busy outside, but you're all here hiding inside, enjoying your leisure."
"You, Meng-ge, why are you here so early too?"
"I came to see if there was anything I could help with, and I also have a question to ask you. Brother Ziwen, you're here too."
"Mengzi, Xiaochu, you two chat first, I'll take the cigarettes out."
After Wang Ziwen left, Li Chu asked, "Speak, Meng Ge, what do you want to ask?"
"My matter isn't urgent. Is there anything else I can help you with?"
"As you saw when you came in, quite a few people came to help, and everything is almost ready. We're just waiting for the wedding procession to return. Let's talk about your matter first."
Zhang Meng hesitated for a moment, then walked over and sat down next to Li Chu.
Do you know what happened at Jingshan Park?
"Jingshan? Brother Meng, you're not talking about that case of the man who raped a female colleague on the night shift in the early hours of the morning, are you?"
"That's the one. There are already five female victims. This case has caused widespread panic, and the female workers in those factories are afraid to work the night shift."
The ministry is now personally overseeing the case, demanding it be solved before National Day.
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