Chapter 147: Qin Jingru visits
Lou Bancheng and Qu San might ignore He Yuzhu, but the higher-ups wouldn't.
This was not only a matter of consciousness, knowledge, cognition, etc., but also because of the huge gap in resources and power between the two sides.
Ordinary people were ants to the Lou family, and the Lou family had many ways to eliminate ants; similarly, the Lou family was also ants to the higher-ups.
The higher-ups were a dimensionality reduction strike to the Lou family. If they really wanted to deal with the Lou family, a single company of defense team members could make Lou Bancheng obedient, making him call heaven but heaven wouldn't answer, call earth but earth wouldn't respond.
Lou Bancheng ignored He Yuzhu, but the higher-ups would treat He Yuzhu with the attitude of "rather kill by mistake than let go." To find out He Yuzhu's bottom line, what was it to sacrifice a Tian Wenjiao?
In the face of high-level interests, personal interests and preferences, etc., were nothing at all.
He Yuzhu wasn't afraid of sugar-coated bullets; what He Yuzhu feared was that the other party was willing to pay unconditionally for the interests of the higher-ups.
The prejudice in people's hearts is a mountain. No matter how hard you try, you can't move it.
Prejudice is like this, character is like this, and faith is even more like this. He Yuzhu didn't think he could change Tian Wenjiao.
A beautiful woman is a kind of trouble, and someone like Tian Wenjiao represents even greater trouble. To be precise, it is not only trouble but also a kind of poison that can make you shattered.
He Yuzhu thought for a moment and decided to refuse this poison. There was no need to give up the whole forest for a tree. When the reform and opening up came, he could completely own the whole forest.
If he was really forced, he could just run to Gangcheng and still own the whole forest.
"Aunt Zhang, what I mean is to continue to understand each other. After all, this is a major life event, so we must be cautious. Like this, Aunt Zhang, please help me send a message: let's meet at the Summer Palace this weekend. What do you think?" He Yuzhu said very simply.
After He Yuzhu finished speaking, he stuffed two five-catty grain coupons to Zhang Meipo.
Tian Wenjiao couldn't be avoided; avoiding meant you had a problem. Since he couldn't avoid it, he could find a shield. The Qin Jingru shield could go online.
After all, love doesn't have a standard answer; it depends on fate. Radishes and greens have their own loves, and no one can say anything.
He Yuzhu sent Zhang Meipo away and began to cook cleanly and neatly.
Although He Yuzhu was cooking, his eyes were fixed on Qin Huairu's house. He Yuzhu believed that Qin Huairu must be staring at his house. Once Qin Huairu saw Zhang Meipo come, she would definitely be nervous.
Sure enough, as He Yuzhu expected, Qin Huairu was extremely nervous when she saw Zhang Meipo come, fearing that He Yuzhu would succeed with her and she would never be able to suck He Yuzhu's blood again.
Qin Huairu waited for Zhang Meipo to leave, then couldn't wait to walk over.
"He Yuzhu, are you cooking? Just now I seemed to see Matchmaker Zhang come. What did she come to you for?" Qin Huairu asked, pretending to be indifferent.
"Isn't it about the matchmaking last time? Zhang Meipo said that the girl has a good impression of me and wants to continue to understand each other, and asked for my opinion. What opinion can I have? A beautiful girl like her taking a fancy to me is like my ancestral grave smoking," He Yuzhu said.
Qin Huairu was anxious. If this matter really succeeded, it would have nothing to do with her. However, Qin Huairu didn't dare to handle He Yuzhu like before. Facts proved that the previous set didn't work anymore.
"That's good. However, marriage is a lifetime affair and must be cautious. Although you can't say comparing three houses, you should look more. In two days, my cousin Jingru is coming, so you should prepare," Qin Huairu said, and left without waiting for He Yuzhu to reply.
She was afraid that if she left late, He Yuzhu would say something to refuse.
After Qin Huairu returned home, she immediately said to Qin Mu: "Mom, Jingru's matter can't be delayed anymore. Tomorrow you make a phone call to the Brigade Headquarters and let Jingru come to the city immediately."
Qin Mu couldn't help but frown and said: "Making a phone call costs money. Why don't I go to the station again tomorrow and see if anyone is returning to the village or passing by our village, and let them send a message."
Qin Huairu felt very tired. Even at this time, she was still haggling over every ounce, really not knowing which head was light and which was heavy.
"If you don't make a phone call, that's fine, just return my money to me," Qin Huairu said with a gloomy face.
Qin Huairu didn't want to fight with her family to the death yet, because it hadn't reached the point of being at the end of her rope. If it really reached the point of being at the end of her rope, Qin Huairu could do anything. By then, let alone turning against her family, Qin Huairu would dare to do even more cruel things.
"Alright, I'll make a phone call early tomorrow morning." Qin Mu saw Qin Huairu's gloomy face and didn't refute, but answered.
Qin Huairu breathed a sigh of relief, hoping Qin Jingru would come soon, and also hoping He Yuzhu would take a fancy to Qin Jingru.
However, Qin Huairu really had no bottom in her heart. After all, Qin Huairu had seen Tian Wenjiao. That appearance, she had to throw Qin Jingru eight streets away. Qin Jingru was a country bumpkin in front of her.
Qin Huairu's thinking began to diverge, thinking wholeheartedly about using Qin Jingru to lock He Yuzhu, and even thought of a routine like a fairy jump.
Subsequently, Qin Huairu sighed. Now, the Siheyuan didn't have Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Xu Damao, and Yan Bugui was someone who didn't care about things. His first reaction to encountering things was to hide, and others couldn't be counted on at all.
"Even if Jia Zhangshi was here, it would be fine. She couldn't do anything else, but she still had the ability to make a scene and make things big," Qin Huairu thought to herself.
Subsequently, Qin Huairu shook her head and decided to get Qin Jingru here first.
Qin Huairu couldn't imagine that the current He Yuzhu was more anxious to see Qin Jingru than Qin Huairu.
Qin Jingru came very quickly and arrived at the Siheyuan the next afternoon. Qin Mu saw Qin Jingru arrive at the Siheyuan and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. However, Qin Mu didn't think highly of Qin Jingru in her heart either.
Without him, He Yuzhu's conditions were too good. Back then, Qin Huairu went through many twists and turns before marrying into the city. Qin Huairu was far more beautiful than Qin Jingru, and she only married a worker, while He Yuzhu was a leader.
All aspects were much stronger than Jia Dongxu. The key was that the girl who came to matchmake with He Yuzhu was too dazzling. Compared to her, Qin Jingru had no chance of winning.
However, this had nothing to do with Qin Mu. Anyway, Qin Mu couldn't control Qin Huairu. Since Qin Jingru had come, she would go home.
After Qin Huairu got off work, she rushed home at an extremely fast speed. After seeing Qin Jingru honestly cleaning up in her house, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Jingru, you're here. You know I called you here to matchmake with He Yuzhu, right?" Qin Huairu asked.
"I know, but, sister, I'm only fifteen years old. Isn't this too early?" Qin Jingru said.
"My silly sister, if the age is small, we can change the age. Changing the age is just a word from the Village Secretary. Jingru, you must remember, if you miss this village, there won't be this shop."
"Let me tell you about He Yuzhu's situation first. He Yuzhu is twenty-six or twenty-seven this year and looks a bit old. However, he is the Deputy Director of the Canteen at the Rolling Mill, with a monthly salary of sixty-two, plus other subsidies, it's over seventy."
"The key is that he is a chef. The importance of a chef doesn't need to be said, right? In a famine year, a chef won't starve to death..." Qin Huairu talked about He Yuzhu's situation.
Qin Jingru was dumbfounded. In Qin Jingru's cognition, being able to earn more than twenty yuan a month was already very rich. She didn't expect He Yuzhu to earn so much.
"Sister, will he look down on me?" Qin Jingru asked in a panic.
"Don't worry, with sister here, there's no problem. Sister will help you think of a way," Qin Huairu said.
Qin Huairu still didn't inform Qin Jingru about He Yuzhu and Tian Wenjiao. Qin Jingru was just a country bumpkin, and her psychological quality wasn't strong. Telling her these things would only increase her psychological pressure without any benefit.
While Qin Huairu and Qin Jingru were chatting, He Yuzhu returned to the Siheyuan leisurely.
Qin Huairu saw He Yuzhu come back empty-handed and didn't make any preparations, and couldn't help but feel disappointed. Qin Huairu wanted to take this opportunity to have a meal, but He Yuzhu didn't bring anything back.
"Could it be that He Yuzhu is wholeheartedly talking to Tian Wenjiao, so he doesn't care about Qin Jingru at all?" Qin Huairu thought to herself. No matter what, Qin Jingru had come, so she had to try.
Qin Huairu forced a smile and brought Qin Jingru to the door of He Yuzhu's house, deliberately saying loudly: "He Yuzhu, I brought my sister Jingru to matchmake with you."
Qin Huairu did this to ruin He Yuzhu's reputation as much as possible, in order to make Tian Wenjiao blame He Yuzhu after learning about these things, thereby sabotaging their good deeds.
"Zhuzi... brother, I'm Jingru," Qin Jingru said nervously.
Qin Jingru lowered her head and didn't dare to look at He Yuzhu at all. Qin Jingru had looked at He Yuzhu through the window of Qin Huairu's house earlier and found that He Yuzhu did look a bit old. However, He Yuzhu was a leader and had money. These halos were enough to make up for He Yuzhu's shortcomings.
"Hello, I'm He Yuzhu. Sit. I'll call you Jingru. Jingru, when did you come?" He Yuzhu looked Qin Jingru up and down and asked.
Although Qin Jingru was a bit earthy, her appearance was still okay. He believed that after dressing up, she would become very beautiful.
He Yuzhu liked Qin Jingru because Qin Jingru was obedient. You let her do whatever, and she would do whatever. She was the kind of person who would dare to hand over a knife if you dared to kill. She paid attention to being consistent from beginning to end.
In the original drama, Xu Damao treated Qin Jingru like that, and Qin Jingru still followed Xu Damao.
As for saying Qin Jingru was vain and loved money, which woman wasn't vain? Which woman didn't love money? Which woman didn't want her life to be better?
As long as it wasn't too much, it was understandable. Qin Jingru's requirements weren't high: eat and dress warmly, don't have to starve, occasionally eat some meat, and wear one or two new clothes a year. Very simple requirements.
"I just arrived this afternoon," Qin Jingru said in a low voice, lowering her head.
"Are you thirsty? I'll pour you some water," He Yuzhu said.
Just as Qin Jingru was about to say "not thirsty," Qin Jingru and Qin Huairu both widened their eyes.
Only then did a bottle of malted milk extract appear in He Yuzhu's hand. Qin Huairu had seen it but hadn't drunk it;
Qin Jingru had only heard of it and hadn't even seen it. If it weren't for the three big characters on the bottle, Qin Jingru wouldn't know what it was.
He Yuzhu dug several spoonfuls of malted milk extract for Qin Jingru, making Qin Huairu's heart tremble.
"It would be good if these malted milk extracts were given to me. Damn Silly Zhu, he only cares about pouring for Qin Jingru, and doesn't know how to pour a cup for me," Qin Huairu thought to herself.
"Drink it," He Yuzhu said.
"Oh, good." After Qin Jingru finished speaking, she held the cup in her hand, not minding the heat at all.
Qin Jingru saw the envy and jealousy that flashed in Qin Huairu's eyes and was afraid that Qin Huairu would snatch it, so she hurriedly held it in her hand, and then blew on it while waiting for the water to cool down before drinking.
Qin Jingru's behavior made Qin Huairu's teeth itch with anger.
"This little girl without insight, don't you know how to let me have some? Or you can divide some for me," Qin Huairu cursed in her heart, but her face was a look of not being angry and smiling.
Qin Jingru couldn't care about matchmaking anymore, held the cup tightly, and then drank it in small sips impatiently.
"Zhuzi, you didn't prepare anything. Why don't you go to my house to eat? I'll cook two dishes. Look, why don't you go outside to get some roast chicken, braised meat, etc., to make do with a meal," Qin Huairu said with a smile.
Qin Jingru on the side widened her eyes.
Roast chicken, braised meat, etc., are called making do, so what is eating properly?
"Forget it, don't trouble Sister Qin. Jingru came from far away, how can we make do like this? Jingru, do you like roast duck? If you like it, I'll take you to Quanjude to eat roast duck," He Yuzhu said.
"I like it," Qin Jingru said without thinking, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Qin Jingru wanted to be reserved as a girl, but she was talking about eating roast duck. At this time, she couldn't be reserved. If she was reserved again, the roast duck would be gone.
"Then let's go. Sister Qin, you go home first. Don't worry, I'll take Yushui with me, and I won't bully your sister," He Yuzhu said, then shouted loudly: "He Yushui, where did you die? Are you going to eat roast duck?"
"Going!" He Yushui ran out of her room immediately and said excitedly.
"Then let's go. Sister Qin, you go back first," He Yuzhu drove people away directly, then stood up and went out the door.
Qin Jingru followed immediately.
Even if Qin Jingru followed, she didn't put down the cup containing malted milk extract in her hand.
She wanted to eat roast duck, and she also wanted to drink malted milk extract.
He Yuzhu pretended not to see it, and after Qin Huairu left his house, he locked the door tightly.
Qin Huairu clearly wanted to follow, but He Yuzhu didn't intend to take her at all.
"Sister Qin, you wait at home. When we come back, we'll bring you a portion," He Yuzhu said.
Of course, this was just He Yuzhu saying it casually. Bringing a portion was impossible, impossible, simply impossible.
This was He Yuzhu's bad taste, deliberately giving Qin Huairu a little hope, and then ruthlessly breaking the hope, giving Qin Huairu despair.
Qin Huairu heard He Yuzhu say this and breathed a sigh of relief: "Then you go early and come back early."
He Yuzhu took Qin Jingru and He Yushui straight to Quanjude.
On the way, He Yuzhu didn't speak. He Yuzhu didn't speak, and Qin Jingru didn't dare to speak, just drinking the water dissolved with malted milk extract in small sips.
He Yushui looked at Qin Jingru with interest, and then asked: "How old are you?"
"I'm fifteen, no, I'm sixteen by nominal age. My sister said, if I can matchmake with your brother, I can change my age," Qin Jingru said in a panic.
He Yushui widened her eyes and said unbelievably: "You're a year younger than me."
"My mother said, it doesn't matter if the man is older," Qin Jingru said hurriedly.
He Yushui turned to look at He Yuzhu and couldn't help but scratch her head. It's not that there are no cases where the sister-in-law is younger than the sister-in-law, but that's just a legend. She didn't expect the legend to be staged in front of her eyes.
After the three of He Yuzhu arrived at Quanjude, they ordered three roast ducks.
"Jingru, eat as much as you can, eat with an open stomach, eat full first," He Yuzhu said.
After the roast duck was served, He Yuzhu began to teach Qin Jingru how to eat roast duck. This kind of thing was learned at a glance, and Qin Jingru could get started after watching it once.
Eating such delicious food for the first time, Qin Jingru couldn't care about being reserved anymore, and began to gobble it up like a starving ghost.
He Yuzhu was afraid that Qin Jingru would choke, so he hurriedly asked for two bottles of soda for Qin Jingru and He Yushui.
After Qin Jingru was full, He Yuzhu spoke.
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