Chapter 1361

Ever since Jia Zhangshi was arrested, Banggeng had been eyeing her pension money. He dug and searched day after day, holding the attitude of "succeed or perish," actively digging and searching... How could Jia Zhangshi's pension money possibly escape him?

Banggeng happily tucked the one yuan and fifty cents into his pocket, and after Qin Huairu returned, he acted as if nothing had happened, pestering his mother for fish.

Unable to withstand Banggeng's pestering, Qin Huairu had no choice but to sway her waist and head to Cui Dake's house. Before long, silver-bell-like laughter drifted out from Cui Dake's home, and then, under Shazhu's heartbroken gaze, Qin Huairu emerged with a flushed face, swaying her wasp waist and plump hips while carrying half a fish.

"Sister Qin! Huairu! If you wanted fish, you should have come to me! Why go to Cui Dake's place? Don't you know he has improper intentions toward you? What if he takes advantage of you?"

Shazhu stood at the doorway, painfully clutching his chest with his hand, as if a piece of his heart had been gouged out.

"Brother! Stop wasting your time here. I really don't have any food left; why don't you go check at Uncle Yi's house."

Just as Shazhu felt as if his heart were being twisted by a knife, He Yushui's voice, full of annoyance, rang out.

"Yushui, since you don't have any food here, can you lend me a few yuan?"

Shazhu turned around and said with a thick skin.

He Yushui retorted irritably: "Brother! You still have the nerve to borrow money from me! To get you out, I gave all my savings to Uncle Yi. My pockets are cleaner than my face right now. You don't think about paying me back as soon as possible, and you still have the nerve to borrow money from me?"

Shazhu said with an ugly expression: "What are you in such a rush for? I'll pay you back sooner or later; it's not like I'm going to welsh on the debt."

He Yushui made a sour face: "Hmph! I hope you remember what you said today."

Unable to save face, Shazhu turned and walked out of the room, heading to Yi Zhonghai's house with his head bowed.

Yu Haitang walked in from outside: "Yushui, did your engagement to that patrolman really fall through?"

He Yushui said irritably: "It fell through. Even if it hadn't, I wouldn't want to be with him anymore. He listens to his mother for everything and has no opinion of his own. How is he even like a man?"

Yu Haitang said with a smile: "Since you and that patrolman are finished, let me introduce you to a suitor. He's a colleague in our publicity department, looks good, is an only child, and his parents both work in government offices."

He Yushui waved her hand: "Forget it, let's talk about it in a while. I'm not in the mood to date right now. Aren't you single yourself? Why don't you date him?"

Yu Haitang curled her lip: "Hi, our personalities don't match."

He Yushui said with a giggle: "Haitang, have you still not forgotten Yang Weimin?"

Yu Haitang: "Cut it out. Yang Weimin? I avoid him as much as I can; he's just a dog-skin plaster with no self-awareness."

Dongmianhua Hutong

Cao Weiguo and Yu Li were shamelessly engaged in three hundred rounds of battle in the room, a battle that was like wind and clouds rising, a torrential downpour, the heavens and earth changing color, and the sun and moon losing their light...

At first, Yu Li was incredibly happy, but she couldn't withstand Cao Weiguo's fierce offensive; he was like a wolf that could never be full, with demands so intense they were somewhat frightening.

After a bout of intense fighting, Yu Li could no longer hold on; if this continued, she wouldn't be able to go to work tomorrow.

"I can't take it anymore!"

"No more!"

"Go, go, go! Hurry home! I'm not serving you anymore."

With a flushed face and weak legs, Yu Li pushed Cao Weiguo out, whining with unbearable burden: "You animal, can you never get enough? Are you trying to kill me?"

Standing outside the room, Cao Weiguo felt depressed yet somewhat proud, secretly thinking that the tiger-penis wine was truly powerful.

"Hahaha... Sister Li, I'm leaving then. I'll come back to keep you company in a few days."

Feeling refreshed, Cao Weiguo pushed his bicycle and left the Sihe Academy while humming a little tune.

After leaving Yu Li's place, Cao Weiguo turned into an empty alley and pulled out two large carp, a piece of pork belly with a perfect mix of fat and lean, and a bag of bright red apples from thin air.

By the time he returned to Nanluoguxiang, Yan Fugui, who was catching the breeze at the main gate, turned green with envy.

Yan Fugui waved enthusiastically: "Weiguo, haven't seen you in a while. Come sit at your uncle's place for a bit."

Cao Weiguo smiled: "No, I haven't had dinner yet. I've been out all day; if I don't go back, Yulan will get worried."

Yan Fugui: "Hi, sit for a while and have a cup of tea, it won't take long. It's mainly because your uncle has something to tell you."

Cao Weiguo: "What is it? Third Uncle, do you have money to pay me back?"

Back then, for Yan Jiecheng's job, the Yan family had borrowed a sum of money from Cao Weiguo.

It was easy to lend the money out, but getting it back was a real struggle; the Yan family had been stingy and hadn't paid it off to this day.

Hearing Cao Weiguo touch a sore spot, Yan Fugui said awkwardly: "It's not about the money. I wanted to ask you for a favor. Aren't you the deputy director of the Rolling Mill Committee? My eldest son wants to join that committee; he also wants to contribute to the revolutionary cause. See if you can make things convenient and help my eldest son out."

Cao Weiguo laughed heartily: "Oh, Brother Jiecheng wants to join the committee? That's not hard. Tell him to write an application and submit it to the committee first."

Yan Fugui clapped his hands happily: "Hey! A distant relative is not as good as a neighbor. Thank you so much, Weiguo. Once my eldest son joins the committee, he will definitely work hard and never drop the ball."

Now, many young people in the courtyard had joined the committee, and Liu Haizhong and his son had even become little leaders in the committee, acting incredibly smug in the courtyard all day long.

So he was thinking of letting Yan Jiecheng join the committee too, preferably becoming a little leader, at the very least not worse than Liu Guangtian, to win some face for the old Yan family.