Chapter 187 He Hongmei, Wang Qiuju, Lou Xiao'e and Ran Qiuye appear

"Zhu Zi, are you done? Hurry up, come over and have a drink when you're done." Liu Jingzhai called to Sha Zhu.

"Hey! It'll be ready soon. The last dish is braised yellow croaker." Sha Zhu responded and walked into the living room with the plate.

Liu Zhiye smiled and pulled Sha Zhu's arm, saying, "Sit here with me. We haven't had a drink for a while. Let's have fun this year. Please accompany me and enjoy it."

Sha Zhu picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Li Jingzhai respectfully. He smiled and said, "Uncle, let's drink first!" Li Jingzhai responded happily, "Okay, thank you for your hard work, come on, cheers!" Then, the two of them drank the glass down with a "slurp".

After finishing this glass, Sha Zhu picked up the bottle and filled it up for himself, ready to open another one with Liu Zhiye.

Liu Zhiye stopped him immediately and said with a smile: "Zhuzi, don't be anxious. It's only a few o'clock now. Let's drink slowly." He put a few bites of food in Zhuzi's bowl and said: "Come on, eat a few bites of food first..."

Sha Zhu laughed and said, "Brother, I am so happy. If it weren't for my sister-in-law's help, how could I find such a virtuous wife!"

Liu Zhiye clinked his cups together and said to Zhuzi with a smile, "Zhuzi, you have to cherish your blessings! Wang Qiuju is a great girl, young and pretty, and she knows how to take care of others. Look how clean she has made you look!"

"Although, she fled here with her brother and is penniless. Otherwise, she wouldn't have let you get away with it!"

"I'm warning you, don't make mistakes again this time!"

Sha Zhu responded seriously: "Don't worry, Brother Liu. I will never do anything stupid again. If I do, you can beat me to death."

Liu Jingzhai continued, "Zhu Zi, you have to listen carefully. You have to change your temper. If you let such a good wife get away from you again, you will be single for the rest of your life."

"Hey! Uncle, brother, I swear to the teacher, and everyone here can be my witnesses. If I do something stupid again, I will jump into the North Sea and drown myself."

After hearing this, Liu Zhiye glared at him coldly: "Swearing and swearing is just that, we still have to see your actual actions. Let me say this in advance, from now on, we are determined to stand on Wang Qiuju's side."

Sha Zhu smiled and said, "Hey! Hey! No, I can't wait to love my wife!"

On the other side, a table of female comrades sitting on the kang were also listening to the conversation of the men in the living room.

"Qiuju, did you hear that? Now you can rest assured!" Gan Ning said to Wang Qiuju with a smile.

Wang Qiuju was still young and thin-skinned after all. She blushed and said, "Well, I don't think he would dare to do that. Humph! He may not be able to beat me!"

He Yushui, who was sitting next to her, held her arm affectionately and said, "Sister-in-law, I will stand by your side from now on. If my brother has wronged you, we will kick him out of the house and let him go on his own!"

She really liked this younger sister-in-law who was one or two years older than her. They ate and lived together, and their relationship grew deeper over this period of time.

"Haha, okay!" Wang Qiuju couldn't help laughing and responded.

He Hongmei had never lived in such a mixed-residence courtyard since she was a child, and everything about it filled her with curiosity.

She felt very comfortable with the interpersonal relationships in this compound and even wanted to integrate into this warm environment.

So, she also joined the topic and asked, "Hongmei, when do you and Brother He plan to get married?"

Wang Qiuju blushed and replied, "Oh! Go ask Zhuzi!"

"Zhu Zi, Qiu Ju asked you when you will marry her?" Deng Ru shouted loudly, deliberately teasing Wang Qiu Ju.

After hearing this, Liu Jingzhai asked, "Are you guys trying to urge me to get married?"

Everyone laughed when they heard this. Then, Zhuzi responded, "We will get married next Sunday!"

Liu Zhiye responded with a smile: "Zhu Zi's marriage is a big deal, if you have anything to say, just tell me, you're welcome."

"Brother, I really need to trouble you. The food and wine for a wedding banquet is the most difficult to arrange. Meat and fish are hard to buy now. Can you help me buy some?" Sha Zhu scratched his head and asked a little embarrassedly. "Okay, leave it to me. I promise to make it beautiful for you." Liu Zhiye said straightforwardly.

Today, we also invited our third uncle Yan Bugui and Yan Jiecheng to come and have a drink together.

Yan Bugui smiled and said, "Zhu Zi, you can't get married without an elder by your side. How about this, let me and your uncle Liu help you with the wedding!"

Sha Zhu was full of doubts, not understanding why Yan Laoxi would behave so abnormally. He couldn't help but ask, "Uncle San, you are not plotting against me behind my back, are you?" Sha Zhu was really worried, after all, Yan Laoxi was always very stingy, and he would always haggle over every penny he borrowed from his family.

However, today, the sun rose from the west. Yan Laoxi was unusually eager to help him, which made him wonder if Yan Laoxi had any other plans.

Sha Zhu couldn't help but think of the various details of Yan Laoxi's daily life, and he became even more hesitant.

Upon hearing this, the third uncle Yan Bugui pretended to be unhappy and said, "Zhu Zi, how are you talking to me? It is natural for neighbors to help each other. You suspect that I have ulterior motives. This is disrespectful to my elders." There was a hint of dissatisfaction and blame in his words, as if he was accusing Zhu Zi of not understanding the ways of the world.

Although Sha Zhu sometimes makes some small mistakes, you can never say that he is stupid. He is smart and knows who is sincere and who is not.

For example, Uncle Liu's family helped him time and again. They didn't need anything from him. They were rich and powerful, and they had plenty of food and drink. What could they want from him? But Old Man Yan was different!

"Okay, okay, okay! Don't make a big deal out of it. We won't get in the way of each other. Just tell me what you want to say!" Sha Zhu rolled his eyes and responded impatiently.

After hearing this, Liu Zhiye slapped him on the back of his head and said to him, "Can you speak properly? How can you talk to your elders like this? I just told you not to make mistakes anymore, and you forgot everything in the blink of an eye?"

Sha Zhu touched the back of his head awkwardly, "Shh! It hurts a little!" He said to the Third Uncle with a shameless face, "Hehe, Third Uncle, I'm really sorry, I don't mean any bad things, it's just that you usually..."

"Hey! You'd better stop it! Don't say anything more. I forgive you." When Yan Bugui heard that he was going to make a grudge, he quickly stopped him.

Sha Zhu smiled proudly and said, "Then please tell me what you want me to do!"

Hearing this, the third uncle Yan Bugui felt a little embarrassed. After all, it was a bit embarrassing to have his little scheme exposed in front of people.

"Hey! Actually, it's about marriage. This is what I thought. When Jie Cheng's marriage is settled, I'll trouble you to help cook..."

"Hey, is that it? Okay! I agree!" Sha Zhu felt relieved when he heard it. At worst, it would be a waste of time to hold a wedding banquet.

Upon hearing this, Yan Bugui widened his eyes and said happily, "Great! I told you, Zhuzi is a warm-hearted guy!" He thought to himself, "Hey! I can save some money on hiring a chef, that's great!"

When Liu Zhiye heard this, he looked at Yan Jiecheng and said, "Hey! Brother Jiecheng, are you going to get married soon?"

Yan Jiecheng took a sip of wine proudly and responded, "That's right! Brother Liu, it's the girl I mentioned to you before. She's young and pretty, well-educated, well-mannered, and we get along well. We plan to meet her parents in the near future to finalize the marriage."

Liu Zhiye was happy for the young couples after hearing this, so he said to the third uncle Yan Bugui: "Haha! Third uncle, I congratulate your family in advance! If you need any help, just let me know, don't be polite."

Yan Bugui's eyes gleamed, and he thought, "Hey, hey! That's what I've been waiting for you to say..." He was shocked and said, "Of course, I'll have to trouble your family when the time comes."

Upon hearing this, Yan Jiecheng looked at Liu Zhiye with gratitude and said, "Thank you, Brother Liu! You have helped me so much. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be where I am today..."

This is true. If it weren't for Liu Zhiye's help, he would still be a temporary worker at the scrap collection station. It would not be his turn to get a house, let alone find a partner to marry. Based on his family's previous conditions, Ran Qiuye might not be interested in him.

However, Liu Zhiye didn't care about this little profit. Compared with Yan Jiecheng who worked like a diligent little bee, constantly recycling antiques for him, his efforts were not worth mentioning.

It’s just that the Yan family father and son don’t know the future value of these things yet.

Liu Zhiye waved his hands, chuckled and said, "Haha, that's serious. We are all brothers from the same department, good buddies. It's only natural for us to help each other..."

"By the way, let's go to your master together when we have time. I have something to ask him."

(End of this chapter)