dognovel Chapter 1112: The perverse logic also makes sense
Chapter 1112: The perverse logic also makes sense
Chapter 1112: The perverse logic also makes sense
"It rained a lot in the past few days, and we were worried that the house would get damp. After Shanying's mother and the others moved out, your grandfather kept the kang and heater on for a whole day."
The old lady held Li Ning in her arms and looked at him fondly. She watched Liu Yin and Gu Ning tidy up the quilts and said in a nagging voice, "They are all freshly dried."
"Fei Shanying moved the luggage here herself? She didn't use Xuewu's blankets, did she?"
Liu Yin spread the quilt, knelt on it and swept it with a broom, and that was it.
The old lady put Li Ning on the kang, watched him rolling around, and explained with a smile: "No, you don't know Fei Shanying yet?"
"He is the most polite and careful, and never takes advantage of others."
She handed the pacifier to Li Ning, pursed her lips and said, "I felt embarrassed when I came here, but it was Guodong and the others who persuaded me."
"They also talked about learning martial arts." Liu Yin spread out a small blanket for her grandson with her legs crossed, and explained, "They said that they wanted his third aunt to come to the backyard to have confinement after childbirth."
"I thought at the time that she was taking care of two children by herself, and Wen Saner was not at home."
"That's right. If she doesn't take care of him even though he's so close, who can she count on?"
The old lady shook her head slightly and said, "How cruel! It's okay that there's no one left in her family, but Wen San'er still has two older sisters—"
"You've never come to see me once?"
Liu Yin said in surprise: "This is my nephew, and Biaozi's mother hasn't even come to see him?"
"Otherwise, why do you say that life is so extreme? I don't want to miss anything at all."
The old lady sat sideways on the kang, clicking her tongue and shaking her head, saying, "Even if Wen San'er was no good and had no future, he has now married and had children."
"Oh - I didn't know at the time." Liu Yin frowned slightly and said, "I said that when the milk came in, everyone in the room was on our side. I didn't feel comfortable asking her at the time."
"She didn't say it. She never said it." The old lady nodded and said, "If we are not from the same family, we will not enter the same door. Look at Wen San'er."
She raised her eyebrows and said, "She looks so happy and cheerful, but she has self-esteem and is a strong person. She said she wrote a letter to Fei Shanying asking her not to suffer any loss."
"Are you telling Fei Shanying to stop associating with his sister's family?" Liu Yin nodded in understanding and said, "If you can't get along with someone and don't like them, then don't force yourself to be together."
"Li Wenbiao didn't tell his family, right?"
Gu Ning tidied the hair around her ears and called Ji Yuxiu, who had come back with her, to get on the kang.
Ji Yuxiu interrupted and said, "I heard Guodong and the others make a joke, saying that Li Wenbiao no longer has any contact with his family, and he didn't say anything about this."
"I'm disappointed. I heard him talking about it in private when I was playing with Xuewu earlier."
Liu Yin explained: "At that time, he was already fifteen or sixteen years old and didn't know anything. Before he went to learn martial arts and join the army, he grumbled to a few people in his family, saying that his parents looked down on him and only favored his younger brother."
"It seems to be the case." Ji Yuxiu nodded and said, "He and his third uncle didn't tell their family after they made money. The two sisters' families thought that the uncle and nephew were so poor that they had to pick up rags. It's ridiculous and helpless to say it."
"Learning martial arts means Biaozi has hardened his heart and wants to cut off ties with his family."
Liu Yin helped her grandson change his diaper and explained, "Biaozi's wife is well-educated and well-mannered. Last time she came home for the New Year, she asked Biaozi to visit the house and gave her some money."
"As the saying goes, if you are not from the same family, you will not enter the same door."
The old lady was helping out on the side and nodded, saying, "Wen San'er knows what kind of people his two sisters are. They depend on their nephew for everything."
"It's possible that the two of them had already discussed and kept it a secret from their family. If there really was family affection, they wouldn't have missed out on taking care of their family."
"If your biological parents and sister don't love you anymore, you two can save yourself the worry and just live your life peacefully."
She raised her hand and said, "That's what Fei Shanying meant. She must have sent a message to Wen Saner, saying that she is here to recuperate after childbirth. His two sisters must know about it, but neither of them came."
"She's such a smart person. If she doesn't tell Wen San'er about this, who knows what her sister will do to her when she comes back."
Liu Yin changed the child's diaper, picked up her grandson and coaxed him, saying, "You see, Biaozi won't tell you if he doesn't want to. We live on the same street. Even if they don't care, they will find out sooner or later."
"Come up when the time comes. Biaozi and Wen Saner are not at home. How will Fei Shanying receive them?"
"Is this what it means to move back home from here?"
Ji Yuxiu was a good talker, and she could get along well with her mother-in-law and the old lady. She said, "I've lived here for a long time, and it's hard to explain to the relatives when they see me."
"That's right. If we ask around in the courtyard, we'll know whose house she lives in."
The old lady pinched the child's little feet, smiled and teased Li Ning, saying, "Plus helping at the recycling station and taking care of the child."
"If someone comes looking for her, she can just shut the door and pretend she doesn't know them, but if they come here to cause trouble, what should she do? She's afraid that it will cause trouble for her martial arts training."
Gu Ning just listened to them and didn't interrupt unless the child asked her.
To Gu Ning, the gossips about the family affairs talked by her mother-in-law and others sounded like a profound and troublesome social science, which contained experience, theory and practice.
"Working and feeding the baby at the same time, aren't you tired?"
Seeing that her second sister-in-law was silent, Ji Yuxiu took the initiative to ask her, "Did mom make you something delicious? Did she abuse you?"
"Go - tease your second sister-in-law?"
The old lady smiled and patted Ji Yuxiu gently, saying, "It seems that Xiaoning is tired."
"No, mom and Jingru help. I just come back to feed them a few times at night."
Seeing her son reaching for her, Gu Ning took the child from her mother-in-law's arms and said, "There are a lot of surgeries now, but it's okay."
"Xiao Ning doesn't even say anything about her hard work. Mom can only feel bad for her when she sees her like this. So of course I have to make delicious food for her so that she can have more nutrients and stay healthy."
Liu Yin smiled and touched the baby's little feet, then said to Ji Yuxiu: "When you give birth, I will do the same for you."
"Hurry up, I see my second sister-in-law has gained weight." Ji Yuxiu said with a smile: "If you say you will make delicious food for me, my eldest sister-in-law will be jealous."
"You'll just fan the flames—"
The old lady likes her third grandson's wife very much, and they speak very intimately to each other on a daily basis.
Although Ji Yuxiu and Li Xuecai have not yet married, they get along very well, and everyone in the Li family treats Ji Yuxiu as their daughter-in-law.
She patted Ji Yuxiu's thigh and said, "Look at your second sister-in-law who is secretly pinching you when she turns around."
"Second sister-in-law can't do that." Ji Yuxiu doesn't act like a daughter-in-law in the Li family, but more like a sister-in-law.
She leaned against Gu Ning's shoulder and said teasingly, "Second sister-in-law, will you pinch me secretly?"
"No, do I need to pinch you secretly?"
Gu Ning also has a lively side, but it is rarely shown because she lacks a sense of security.
After spending a long time with Li Xuewu, I felt protected, so sometimes I would joke with Li Xuewu in private, and even act like a spoiled child.
I didn't spend much time with the Li family, but the old lady and mother-in-law had been to their home to help take care of them, so I was not mentally prepared.
As for the sisters-in-law, Zhao Yafang is a cheerful person. Although she is a bit quarrelsome with her mother-in-law and brother-in-law, she never quarrels with her younger sister-in-law like Gu Ning.
Ji Yuxiu is young, lively and smart, and very likable. She is usually taken care of by the Li family just like Li Xue.
The three sisters-in-law have very different personalities, but they complement each other and get along very well.
The old lady and Liu Yin naturally wanted to see their daughters-in-law get along peacefully and amicably, and they burst into laughter at the conversation between the two.
Ji Yuxiu laughed and made a scene and refused to give in, but she teased Li Ning, who was staring at her blankly in her second sister-in-law's arms, and said she wanted to carry him away.
Li Ning didn't know what was going on. He felt a little shy when being stared at by everyone, so he went back into his mother's arms, still swinging his little feet vigorously.
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"Look, whose house is this, who's coming home——"
The room was bustling with activity when Li Xuewu's voice was heard outside the window: "Is this Li Shu's home? Li Shu is home."
"dad--"
Li Shu looked at the room curiously, as she hadn't lived here for several days.
When Fei Shanying lived here, the old lady would bring her to visit during the day.
The little girl was not very clear why she had lived in this house before, then it was given to her third aunt's grandmother to live in, and now her family was back to live in it again.
Li Xuewu and Wen Saner call each other Third Uncle, and Fei Shanying Third Aunt, so Li Shu should naturally call Fei Shanying Third Uncle Grandma.
This generation is derived from Lao Biaozi's line. Ever since Li Xuewu came back, the brothers have discussed this every time they met.
Once they have achieved success in their careers and started their own families, they attach even greater importance to seniority relationships.
Generational relationships represent rules. Without rules, there would be no order, especially in a recycling station where the management model is similar to that of a family relationship.
Of course, this relationship is now weakening with the expansion of the recycling business.
The most obvious and earliest thing was that the Thirteen Protectors gradually left their front-line jobs and followed their brothers to roam the world.
Li Xuewu still has the same attitude towards them. He has never trusted them, but he wants to give them opportunities to prove themselves and realize their own goals.
Trust is not given, it is earned by yourself. Trust is also not lifelong. It takes a lifetime to build your own personality and self-confidence.
Just now in the back room, after dinner, Li Tang and Wen Yuan fell asleep, and He Zhuang also started yawning, but the two older ones were fine.
Therefore, Shen Guodong arranged for the boys to send Fei Shanying and her mother home, while Diliya and Zhao Yafang also went home first with their children.
Li Shu loves the hustle and bustle. She finally managed not to go home tonight, and there were so many people in the back room, so she didn't want to go back to the backyard.
So, when the old lady, Liu Yin and Ji Yuxiu sent Gu Ning and her daughter back to the backyard, she stayed in the back room chattering.
When Yu Li came back from the club, and Qin Huairu came with Banggeng, she was even more reluctant to come back because the front yard was so lively.
While listening to his father and others chatting and drinking tea, Yu Li held him in her arms, teasing him, and his stick jumped around like a monkey.
Yu Li had more and more work to do at the club, so she seldom came back for dinner at night.
Sometimes I am so busy that I don’t even go home, because I am always alone.
In the past, she was still concerned about the Yan family and felt resentful. Whether she was unwilling or trying to prove herself, she had to live in this house because she had earned it.
But since Yan Jiecheng died, the anger and resentment in her heart dissipated. Even when she met the Yan family and Ge Shuqin again, she no longer felt embarrassed or cold towards them.
Therefore, if a person is alone, no matter how big or nice the house is, he will lose the motivation.
It’s more lively over there in the club, the house is big, there are many rooms, the facilities are good, and there are many people. You can live wherever you want, especially after the guesthouse in the backyard opens, it will be more comfortable to sleep there.
However, this is her home after all, and it is what she has been dreaming of since she married into this compound.
We shouldn't have come back on Saturday because it's the weekend tomorrow and the club will be very busy.
I just made it in time. I finished my work early, had dinner in the restaurant and came back. I didn't know that Li Xuewu and his family had also come back.
When he saw Li Shu, he was like a nobody. He hugged her in his arms, kissed her, teased her, and whispered to her.
Li Shu also had feelings for her, and neither the old lady nor Liu Yin avoided her. The little clothes and shoes that Yu Li made for her were all said by the family to be for Li Shu, asking who made them for her.
In addition, Li Shu came here many times and saw Yu Li often, so they became really close.
She called Yu Li aunt, just like when Li Xuewu was not married. In the recycling station store, the old lady took her with her and accompanied Yu Li to sell goods and sort the merchandise every day, and they had endless things to talk about.
Even now, most of the clothes Li Shu is wearing are prepared by Yu Li, and they are not bought but made by Yu Li herself.
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It was the same with Qin Huairu.
Qin Huairu has her own children, who are already grown up. She and her mother-in-law are too tired to take care of them, so they have no time to take care of Li Shu.
Another thing is that she had already told her mother-in-law that they would live in this courtyard, so it was impossible for her to be as reckless as Yu Li and show love for everyone.
You see, Qin Huairu had that kind of relationship with Li Xuewu for the sake of living and for that little throbbing in her heart, and even her mother-in-law took the initiative.
But if she really wanted to do that with Li Xuewu, or get closer to him, even though she knew her own limitations, there was no way Li Xuewu would want her.
Even her mother-in-law wouldn't allow it. Sleeping together in private can only mean that they have a good relationship and at least they have to save face.
If she really doesn't care about her appearance, it means that Qin Huairu no longer has the heart to raise the child and mother-in-law, and is planning to run away or abandon her family and career. Do you think Jia Zhang will be anxious?
So, you see Qin Huairu sticks to Li Xuewu, protecting him at work and being ambiguous with him in personal relationships, but at home, she is very cautious towards Li Xuewu's family and will not show it easily.
You see, she can make clothes for Li Xuewu, but she would never do it for Li Shu.
This is the rule and bottom line. She knows what she has, what she wants, what she needs to pay, and what she cannot think about.
No matter how good, caring and obedient she was to Li Xuewu, even if she invited someone to her house, Jia Zhang would not care, and would even applaud and welcome him.
But the only thing he couldn't do was to care about Li Shu and Li Xuewu's family.
Of course, this kind of care and maintenance has nothing to do with daily interactions and are two different things.
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After Qin Huairu became a cadre of the guesthouse, her prestige in the courtyard gradually increased. Sometimes, when there was something going on in the courtyard, even the uncles would call her to help deal with it.
When a couple quarreled or neighbors had disputes, the old man would come out to talk to the men and Qin Huairu would persuade the women, and thus order was maintained in the yard.
There are four courtyards in front and back, with more than a hundred people living in them. It is inevitable that there will be quarrels and arguments.
Even couples have quarrels and arguments sometimes, let alone neighbors.
An office of seven people can form eight groups, and there are also close and distant relationships between neighbors.
Just like this courtyard, it is naturally divided into four courtyards: front, back, middle and outside. The neighbors in each courtyard have been living together for decades, so naturally they have a good relationship.
It's not just about affection, it's also about taking care of each other. Even helping to look after the house counts as taking care of each other.
If your neighbors are easy to talk to and have good personalities, you will get along with them more harmoniously than with your relatives.
A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. This is not just a saying when trying to stop a fight; it is a true reflection of the relationship.
For example, in the Central Courtyard, Sha Zhu's family and Daye's family get along well. Sha Zhu and Yu Shui have to go to work, so they don't have so much time to take care of the confinement lady.
The weather was still cold when Diliya was in confinement after giving birth, and it was because an old lady took good care of her.
The old man and his wife had never had any children in their lives, and they had thought about Sha Zhu, mainly because they wanted to provide for themselves in their old age.
It's just that Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu didn't have a chemistry, and Li Xuewu introduced Diliya to her, who also had her own child, so the old man gave up the idea of bringing the three families in the courtyard together to live together.
However, his care for Sha Zhu was genuine, and the relationship between the two families became even better.
The aunt often went upstairs to help Diliya, because she also liked He Zhuang.
Now that the child has grown up, Diliya and Fei Shanying take turns looking after the child during the day, and they also have to take care of the recycling station and the sales department. Even an old lady would go to the back house to check on the child, and she loved him so much.
By the evening, Sha Zhu's family was not at home to cook, so they seldom called for dinner. Most of the time, after finishing their work in the evening, they would invite an uncle and an aunt to come home to sit, chat, and drink tea, just to have some fun together.
The reason is the child He Zhuang.
The uncle also likes children, but he is afraid that Shazhu will think too much, so he is reserved.
Seeing that Sha Zhu took the initiative to greet him, he let go and smiled every time he held the child, especially when Sha Zhu was teaching the child to call him grandpa, he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.
There are also people who don't get along well with each other. Even if they are in the same courtyard, there are always people whose temperaments don't match.
For example, the Li family in the front yard and the Yan family opposite.
The two families didn't get along very well before, and they lived next door to each other, so they wanted to compare themselves.
Yan Fugui is a teacher, Li Shun is a doctor, Hou Qinghua is a housewife, and Liu Yin is also a housewife. Each family has three sons and one daughter.
Coincidentally, the children were about the same age.
There is no need to talk about Yan Laokou's temper. He only gave wrong names but never called wrong nicknames. It's not just the Li family. He is the same with everyone and never mind their inferiority.
Because Li Shun's family previously ran a clinic and pharmacy, they had gone through several movements and lived a very low-key life, doing many good deeds to gain a good reputation.
Hou Qinghua was a talkative person. When he was young, he tried to talk to Liu Yin several times. Seeing that Liu Yin didn't talk about family matters, he thought that she looked down on him.
The mistresses of both families were unable to come, and the men were all busy with their work, so they didn't get along very well. Especially when the children grew up, they stopped competing with the men at work and started competing with the children.
Of course, there are more than one couple in the courtyard with a relationship like the Li and Yan families.
The Yan family is just competing secretly, and some of them are not competing, but fighting directly.
That’s why there are so many people and complicated relationships in the courtyard, and a little spark can lead to a fight that lasts for a long time.
Is there anyone who has a good relationship with the front and back yards?
Of course there are, especially in work relationships or interest relationships, taking care of each other is common.
The recycling station in the west yard was opened, and Sha Zhu's family were eating in the back house.
Li Xuewu rose to prominence, Yu Li and Qin Huairu hooked up with him, and some people even tried to curry favor with him, so a new order and new relationships emerged in the hospital.
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Does Qin Huairu get along well with the Li family?
In fact, there is no need to think about it. Even when Zhao Yafang gave birth to a child, she asked Jia Zhang to help. What do you think of the relationship between the Jia family and the Li family?
Although the Li family gave money, there are so many old women in the courtyard. Why doesn't Li Xuewu ask others to help?
Is Jia Zhang good at taking care of the children? Or is she so smart that she never needs to sleep and can take care of everything?
Neither. Qin Huairu gets along well with Liu Yin, the old lady, and Zhao Yafang, so the two families interact frequently.
With the way the Li family lived, if they didn't have a "rebellious son" Li Xuewu, they would never have had so much contact with the people in the courtyard for the rest of their lives, let alone had a good relationship with them.
The reason why I get along well with the Li family is because of Li Xuewu, but not just because of Li Xuewu.
She worked at the Red Star Factory and made progress with the help of Li Xuewu. She became a cadre and has a good life today. She can hold her head up high.
Not only Li Xuewu, she is also a member of this courtyard and they are neighbors.
The Li family members all live an honest life. They have no bad intentions when interacting with her, and they will not take advantage of her. Instead, they are very caring, and everyone knows how to get along with her.
Especially after she had that kind of relationship with Li Xuewu, the harmonious and friendly relationship with the Li family gave her more choices and ways out.
When she came out of Li's house after get off work, she learned that Qin Jingru and Han Jiankun had arrived, so she hurried home, saying that her sister was heartless, but after all, she was her sister and a relative in the city.
The two sisters were considered capable people in the village. They were good-looking, had good figures, and were good at housekeeping. Many people were begging for them.
But they are just very ambitious and want to marry into the city and become city dwellers.
Nowadays, there are still some people who marry into the city, but they are few and far between, and they are all lucky ones.
There are even fewer people like the Qin Huairu sisters who help each other.
I married into the city and became the envy of everyone in the village. I also had one more person to share my success and joy with. Even my own sister couldn't make it. Many people thought so.
Qin Huairu and Qin Jingru are not biological sisters, but Qin Jingru really has the determination and luck to catch up with Li Xuewu.
So, now that Qin Jingru has married into a good family, her elder sister is naturally happy, and she only wants the two sisters to interact more and make their relationship as close as possible.
The Jia family no longer has any relatives. Qin Huairu does have relatives in the countryside, but they are all poor and cannot be of much help. When her husband was alive, they often came to the city to take advantage of her.
That is to say, everyone knows that she is a widow with children and that she is in difficulty, so fewer people come to visit her. Otherwise, she would not be able to live a peaceful life.
Even now, when she goes home, she does it quietly, not daring to make a fuss, for fear that her relatives in the countryside will come to ask her to do something for them.
Even if it means borrowing money or food, it is unbearable. Forget about paying it back. I dare not even think about not coming next time.
Qin Jingru, who married in the capital, is naturally different. Her husband's family has a good foundation, and both husband and wife can earn money.
The two families are not much different from each other, so it is natural for them to help and support each other when they interact with each other.
So, when her sister and brother-in-law came, she was very happy. She didn't think of taking Li Xuewu's invitation to take them to the back room to eat, but prepared a good dinner at home.
During the meal, the two sisters talked about family matters, their respective busy schedules, and each other's lives.
What Qin Huairu asked Qin Jingru was naturally about having children. After all, even if her parents' family were not in a hurry, her in-laws' family were.
Han Jiankun's family is not a single-line family, but Han Jiankun has set up a household to support his mother in her old age, so he is the only man in the family.
Therefore, having children early is the best response to the care of your in-laws.
Qin Jingru and her sister got along well and had no reservations, and they also talked about work.
The main concern is that Gu Ning had just given birth and Li Ning is still young. If she gets pregnant, she can only work for a few months at best before she has to stay at home to take care of the baby.
Li Xuewu would never let Gu Ning suffer or his mother Liu Yin get into any trouble, so he had to hire someone to take care of the family.
Not to mention whether the person invited is suitable or not, and whether it is an important relationship, just let's say that from the time she is pregnant to giving birth, and then to the time she can let go of the child, can Li Xuewu wait for her during this time?
It will take at least a year, and then you can find a nanny to take care of your life. After spending a long time with her, you will develop feelings for her.
Should I use her or not when the time comes?
Yes, with Han Jiankun here, Li Xuewu will definitely use her. Gu Ning also said so, allowing her to prepare for having a baby with peace of mind.
But if the Li family really finds a suitable nanny by then, how could she have the nerve to rely on Han Jiankun's relationship to force them to replace her?
Even if she came back, she still had to take care of her own children. She couldn't take care of Li Xuewu's family wholeheartedly like she was doing now.
Qin Jingru told her sister privately that she was not only reluctant to give up the salary, but also reluctant to give up the relationship with Li Xuewu's family.
Even though she was just a nanny for Li Xuewu's family, she still married into the Han family with a salary.
Yes, this is not a formal job, but twenty dollars a month is real money.
In the Han family, even in front of those relatives, she didn't feel that her identity as a country girl was anything less than that.
Even if she is a nanny, she is Li Xuewu's family's nanny. Han Jiankun is also Li Xuewu's driver. With this relationship with Li Xuewu, the Han family will never dare to look down on her or bully her.
But Qin Huairu also advised her that no matter how much she cherished the salary and the relationship, she could not delay her own life. This kind of dependence had no end, unless she planned not to have children for the rest of her life.
Qin Jingru followed her sister's advice and agreed to go back and think about it carefully, and then discuss it with Han Jiankun before making a decision.
According to Qin Huairu, it is better to have a child as early as possible, no matter how many or how few, it is better to have one first. At least it will give an explanation to the husband's family and make them look good.
After talking about Qin Jingru, Qin Jingru also started to care about her sister.
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The two sisters talked for a long time in the yard while they were eating dinner and washing dishes.
"Just talking about me, what about you?"
Qin Jingru looked at her sister and asked, "Didn't you say a while ago that you wanted to find another one?"
"Why? Is it that Aunt Zhang doesn't want to, or do you have some concerns?"
"How can it be so easy to find? Just think of it as picking mushrooms. Go up the mountain and search around and you can pick them up."
When Qin Huairu heard the girl asking about herself, she also sighed and said, "She didn't say anything. I know what she meant. There's nothing to worry about."
"Just haven't met the right one?"
Qin Jingru looked at her sister and said, "No way. A deputy section-level cadre, thirty years old, even with three children, she shouldn't be short of suitable men, right?"
"What have I become?"
Qin Huairu glanced at the girl and said, "It's because of this that I can't meet the right person. Do I know what people are thinking about me?"
"Another thing, is it just a matter of three children?"
She glanced around the house and said, "At her age, can I leave her alone to live in this yard? Who am I?"
"What? You still want to find someone to marry into your family? Live here with your mother-in-law?"
Qin Jingru reminded: "You said that the man you are looking for has other thoughts. Those who marry into the family are all honest. In this city, no good man would marry into the family, even if you are good-looking."
"With three children, you should find someone who also has children and no wife, who is honest and can make a living."
She advised her sister, "If you really want to be ruthless and go out and look for a partner by yourself, you can find a young man with your conditions."
Seeing her sister glaring at her, Qin Jingru didn't care. She pursed her lips and said, "But you can't bear to leave your child, what kind of person do you want to find?"
"I don't know. I can't imagine. I haven't met him yet. I'll see when I meet him."
Qin Huairu herself was also confused about how to answer her sister's question.
While washing the dishes, he said with a somewhat lost look: "Maybe in a few years, I won't have to look for it anymore, and I can just live like this for the rest of my life."
"A lifetime? Do you think you are in your seventies or eighties now?"
Qin Jingru said to her, "You are only thirty years old, and you need a man's care and love. It's not easy to support the family alone. Do you want to support it for the rest of your life?"
"I'm not saying you want that, but women should have a normal family life after all."
Qin Jingru knew everything and dared to ask and say anything. She moved closer to her sister and asked in a low voice: "You are with him now, and..."
Qin Huairu glared at her. It was just that their family had dinner late, and since they had guests, they ate slowly, so at this moment, only the two sisters were talking by the pond in the yard.
After stopping Qin Jingru's nonsense, Qin Huairu paused, then nodded imperceptibly and said, "It's been broken off a long time ago. What is his current identity and what is my identity?"
Glancing at the girl, she lowered her eyebrows again and said, "Another thing, you know how busy he is right now."
"I barely saw him once a month. Even if I saw him at the factory, we just walked by and said a few words, nothing more."
"Really? I thought..."
Qin Jingru pursed her lips and shook her head slightly, saying, "That's right, he rarely goes out at night now, and goes home after work."
"During the time when Gu Ning was pregnant and had the baby, he never stayed out all night. The only times he stayed out were either on business trips or for factory events or meetings."
She frowned, looked at her sister and asked, "You said he has changed his mind, right? What about Yu Li? Is she really just following his arrangements and working in the club? Don't they have that kind of relationship anymore?"
"How should I know—?"
Qin Huairu shook her head and said, "I knew that if Yu Li wanted to see him, she would have to go home or come here to block him. This happened several times."
"Yes, I saw Yu Li, and she was going home." Qin Jingru nodded and confirmed: "Even if she went to the club to handle business on the weekend, it would take half a day to go back and forth."
"So, he has changed his mind. What about you? What are you going to do?"
Qin Jingru asked curiously, "Is that the arrangement? We'll just be neighbors and colleagues from now on?"
"What else? What are you thinking about?" Qin Huairu tapped her forehead and said, "Don't talk about this anymore. I just feel my face getting hot."
"He wasn't married then, so I didn't care. But now he has a child, so I'd better keep quiet."
"Then don't hesitate—"
Qin Jingru looked at her sister and said, "Since Aunt Zhang doesn't say anything, it doesn't matter to him. You have to think about yourself."
"Now that I'm thirty, it's easier to find a partner. But when I'm thirty-one, it's another matter."
She advised her sister, "Every year you delay, your psychological burden will become heavier and it will be harder to find a man. If you really want to find a good man to live with, then be proactive and don't wait."
"If there are any social activities or matchmaking activities, sign up proactively."
Qin Jingru gossiped her sister and asked, "Doesn't the labor union in your factory often do this? I've heard him mention this at home."
"I am... I am embarrassed to sign up." Qin Huairu sighed, raised her head and looked at the girl and asked, "Why did he bring this up at home?"
"You don't know him yet? He's just joining in the fun. He likes to match people up with each other."
Qin Jingru pursed her lips and snickered, "He said he was looking for a date for his secretary. His secretary was so scared that she didn't dare to take his car home for a week."
"Did Han Jiankun tell you?" Qin Huairu asked with amusement, "Or did he tell his family?"
"Han Jiankun told me this in private," Qin Jingru said with a smile, "He also mentioned this at home, saying that the boy didn't know what was good for him and would just avoid social gatherings and blind date parties."
"Maybe he has a partner, or someone he likes." Qin Huairu also said with a smile: "He is a person who can be serious when he is serious, and serious and funny when he is funny."
"In fact, you can't bear to do it, right? Sister, don't let yourself down."
Qin Jingru said a few words of gossip, then looked at her sister and said seriously: "I have worked in his house for such a long time and I know him. It's not that I am afraid of bad influence, but I think you can't grow up with him, and it's not suitable."
"It's true that he values friendship and loyalty, but this isn't a lifelong thing, right?"
She said seriously, "Gu Ningke never asked or cared about how many women he had out there."
"He really cares about his family. He never gives Gu Ning any face. He says he'll be home before 10 p.m., and if he's later than 1 p.m., he'll call home to let them know in advance."
Qin Jingru shook her head slightly and said, "He never lied to Gu Ning, and this is even more true after having a child. Now that you say you don't see him once a month, it will be even harder to see him in the future."
Qin Huairu naturally listened to the girl's words. After washing the dishes, Qin Jingru and her husband were ready to leave. They had to go home to stay at night.
So, Qin Huairu took Banggeng and sent Qin Jingru and his wife out, and then went to the back room.
When Li Xuewu comes back, there will definitely be a small meeting over there. Even though Li Xuewu no longer cares about the trivial matters here, everyone has gotten used to it.
Qin Huairu is not a member of the recycling station, and has nothing to do with the business here, but she is Li Xuewu's person, not in terms of that kind of relationship, but in terms of status and interests.
The people in the back house didn't treat her as an outsider, and they didn't hide their business behind her back during small meetings.
Even though Wang Yamei has worked here for such a long time, she would not be allowed to attend such a small meeting, which shows Qin Huairu's initiative.
She didn't want to get anything from this, it was just an attitude. In the future, when she had something to talk to the back house about, she wouldn't have to go through Li Xuewu.
Li Xuewu really didn't care about the trivial matters of the recycling station. He just talked about the current situation and the new warehouse in the evening. Everyone drank tea and chatted for an hour before dispersing.
She brought Banggeng with her, along with Shazhu and Yushui, and walked back with Li Xuewu holding Li Shu, and they chatted with Li Shu for a few words on the way.
In the middle courtyard, several people separated. Li Xuewu carried the child to the backyard. Sha Zhu and Yu Shui watched him leave and then returned home.
When she and Banggeng came back, the lights in the inner room were off. Her mother-in-law and her two daughters had gone to bed first, leaving only the light in the living room on for them.
After washing Banggeng and covering him with a quilt, she went back to the inner room and lay down on the kang.
Before Qin Huairu fell asleep, her mother-in-law turned over and heard her say, "Did Jingru tell you about finding another one?"
"Mom, you scared me. Are you still awake?"
Qin Huairu propped herself up and looked at her mother-in-law, then lay down again and said, "Why do you want to ask this in the middle of the night?"
"Oh - I can't sleep."
Jia Zhang sighed, sat up, looked at Qin Huairu in the moonlight outside the window and said, "I've been thinking about it again and again, but I still can't let go of you."
"Mom, stop thinking about it and go to sleep," Qin Huairu advised her, "This is not something I thought about. Don't worry about me."
"Besides, we've been through all these years, and we're doing pretty well."
"You said I didn't want to, how could I not think about you? You're only thirty."
Jia Zhang sat there, looking out the window and said, "We forced you to look for someone before because we were afraid that if you did, we would suffer."
"Now that I think about you finding it, I'm worried that you won't find it well, and you'll suffer the consequences."
She twisted her body, looked at Qin Huairu and warned, "I'm telling you, no matter how you look for him, even if you really find him and get married."
"Don't cut off Li Xuewu's relationship. As long as you have a relationship, you can find someone who will not make you suffer."
"Mom, go to sleep!"
Qin Huairu just felt that her mother-in-law was getting more and more excessive. What was she saying? It was so embarrassing.
However, I have to say that even if the mother-in-law, who is experienced and has a lot of life experience, speaks out of turn, it seems to make some sense...
(End of this chapter)