Li Chu passed the buck back to the authorities. Without waiting for anyone to say anything, he stood up and said, "I'm sorry, gentlemen and ladies, I really can't help you with this. My sister certainly won't be able to get involved either. I have other things to do, so I'll take my leave now."
After saying that, Li Chu didn't wait for their reaction and walked straight out.
Xu Damao hurriedly stood up as well: "I'll go see Brother Chu off." After saying that, he followed him out of the house.
The few people left inside looked at each other in bewilderment. The third uncle shook his head, stood up, and walked out.
The second uncle seemed to want to say something, his lips moved, but in the end he didn't say anything and left.
Soon only an old man and an old woman remained in the house.
"Grandma, what did I tell you? I told you long ago that Xiao Chu definitely wouldn't care, and you'd only offend him for no reason."
The old lady sighed, "Oh, I'm just worried about Zhuzi."
"No matter how anxious you are, you can't put your sights on Xiao Chu. I think he's right about one thing. Why not try to persuade Zhu Zi to find a good partner? Why does he have to keep focusing on Qin Huairu?"
The old lady nodded: "That's the only way. I'll talk to Zhuzi about it later. You can take me home now."
When the second and third uncles came out, they both saw Li Chu following Xu Damao towards the backyard.
After thinking it over, the third uncle went back to the front yard, while the second uncle went straight to Xu Damao's house in the back yard.
The three of them entered Xu Damao's house one after the other. The second uncle came over specifically to explain to Li Chu that it was not Liu Haizhong who suggested asking him to come over.
"Walking Alone to Immortality"
Li Chu knew that this idea definitely didn't come from his second uncle.
After the second uncle left, Xu Damao happily told Li Chu what had happened the night before.
After lunch yesterday afternoon, Aunt Jia went to another courtyard, seemingly to borrow some thread or something. Then, someone with a big mouth told her that He Yuzhu had taken a liking to Qin Huairu and was bringing her food every day.
Of course, Aunt Jia knew about bringing her own lunch; she ate it every day.
However, I don't know if I didn't think of it before or pretended not to know, but I never said anything about it.
This time, when others brought it up to her, saying that He Yuzhu was eyeing her daughter-in-law, Aunt Jia could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb.
He stormed home and confronted Qin Huairu. Qin Huairu, of course, vehemently denied it, saying she had no intention of remarrying and only wanted to live a good life and raise Dongxu's three children to adulthood.
Qin Huairu's confident demeanor left Aunt Jia somewhat skeptical, but she had no other choice but to cause trouble for He Yuzhu.
Originally, Aunt Jia and Qin Huairu were shouting loudly at home, which everyone in the courtyard heard, so they all ran to the middle courtyard to see what was going on.
Aunt Jia didn't care what others thought. She ran to He Yuzhu's door and started cursing, saying that he had ulterior motives for bringing food to their house to seduce a widow.
It would have been better if He Yuzhu hadn't explained, saying he didn't have any ulterior motives, but only kindly brought some food to the orphaned mother and child because he saw their difficult living conditions.
Who would believe that? The Jia family isn't exactly struggling financially right now. There are two other families in the courtyard who are even worse off than hers. Why don't you bring them some food?
He Yuzhu is making things worse by trying to explain himself. Aunt Jia started throwing a tantrum, and the men in the courtyard couldn't help her up. Several aunties and older women went up to help her, but they couldn't lift her up.
This caused quite a commotion, and people from other courtyards came running over to see what was going on.
The three old men tried to persuade her for a long time but to no avail. Aunt Jia even tried to kill herself by crashing her head into He Yuzhu's door. However, this time she was stopped by someone.
In the end, it was the old lady from the backyard who stepped in and managed to persuade Aunt Jia to stay calm. Before leaving, Aunt Jia even threatened that if He Yuzhu dared to make a move on her daughter-in-law again, she would really kill herself by crashing into his doorstep.
Qin Huairu stood aside wiping away tears the whole time, without saying a word.
This melon really ate all the neighbors until they were stuffed.
Xu Damao spoke with great enthusiasm, and Li Chu and Ding Qiunan listened with great interest.
They live in their own small courtyard, which is quite comfortable, but it lacks these kinds of spice in life.
Li Chu even had a wicked thought: should they move back and live here for a while?
"Brother Chu, you were absolutely right not to agree to what the old lady asked for. I hadn't realized it before, but I did yesterday. That Aunt Jia is really difficult to deal with."
Lou Xiao'e nodded in agreement: "That's right. I used to think Sister Qin's mother-in-law was a good person, but her behavior yesterday gave me quite a shock."
Several years of married life have completely transformed a well-bred young lady into a gossipy commoner.
"I won't meddle in this kind of mess. Who He Yuzhu has his eye on is his own business. We, as outsiders, should just watch and not do anything wrong."
Li Chu would absolutely not express his opinion on this matter; he would just watch the excitement when he had nothing better to do.
Lou Xiao'e and Ding Qiunan didn't bring it up again. The two of them took the child and went into the inner room to whisper among themselves.
"Da Mao, where's your mom? Did she go back?"
“They sent her back. It’s inconvenient for my mother to stay here, and the child is getting older. Xiao’e can take care of him by herself.”
What else could be inconvenient? It must be affecting the intimate aspects of married life.
Li Chu sometimes wondered, what do those big families do when they live in one room? Do they all keep quiet?
He's used to living in the same courtyard as Ding Qiunan now. Back when Ding's mother came to help them take care of the children, he couldn't get used to it for several days, even though they didn't live in the same room.
Li Chu and Ding Qiunan chatted at Xu Damao's house until it got dark before leaving.
Just as they reached the main gate, they were stopped again by the old man who had been watching them.
The old man standing at the gate explained for a while, and finally asked, "Little Chu, can you get bicycle tickets?"
"Uncle, are you planning to buy a bicycle?"
"I've saved up all my industrial vouchers. There are a lot of people in my family, and having a bicycle would be more convenient. I'm just missing a bicycle ticket. But the black market is being cracked down on now, so I don't dare to go there."
"I'm really sorry, Uncle, I don't have any tickets here. As you know, I have a car, and my company can't possibly give me any more tickets."
There was nothing else he could do, so the third uncle had no choice but to let Li Chu and his wife leave, since their child was already whining and wanted to go to sleep.
As for bicycle tickets, they do have two at home. However, Li Chu already has a plan for these two tickets, but he hasn't discussed it with his wife yet.
Ding Qiunan knew that her family had tickets, and on the way back she asked, "Li Chu, don't we have tickets? Why don't you lend them to Uncle San?"
"Borrow? What will he use to exchange for it? Besides, I already have a plan for those two tickets."
Chapter 194 The Plan
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