Siheyuan: Since 1962

Chapter 214 The Past

"Hahaha, Uncle He, you're really anxious. It's because there are too few female workers in our steel mill, otherwise I would have to organize a dance party."

Zhou Weimin laughed and raised his glass, clinking it with the two of them.

But when I raised my glass, there was suddenly one more glass.

"Dad, Uncle Shikui, Brother Weimin, I'm already working and can drink now."

He Yushui gave a playful smile, which, combined with the dimples on her face, made her look particularly adorable.

With He Daqing around, she feels more confident and has become much more lively and cheerful recently.

This is how a girl of this age should be, instead of being quiet and a bit worldly as in the drama, completely losing the liveliness that a girl should have.

With her interruption, the atmosphere at the table became a little more cheerful.

Ma Shikui smiled and said to He Daqing: "Time flies. Yu Shui has grown up now. The last time we met, she was still a little girl who kept asking me for candy."

"It's still a day, whether it's fast or slow. Why don't you say that there were many girls who liked you at that time? It's all in the past."

He Daqing joked and clinked glasses with Ma Shikui.

The memories of the past cannot be contained in a few words.

Zhou Weimin and He Yushui served as temporary supporting actors, adding a few lines from time to time.

I listened to the two of them chatting for almost an hour, until the noise from the front yard was transmitted into the house, and they stopped talking at last, feeling unsatisfied.

During this period, Ma Shikui did not forget his business and told He Daqing the date and address of the banquet.

Zhou Weimin and He Yushui didn't say anything, but they were familiar with Ma Shikui by now, and they no longer spoke politely as before.

"Shikui, let's stop drinking today. Don't laugh at me, but just before you came, I helped my useless son get his money and reputation back. From the noise, he's probably here to pay back the money, so I'm afraid there will be some trouble."

He Daqing slowly put down his wine glass, not caring at all, as if he was talking about someone else's business.

Ma Shikui put down his wine glass after hearing this, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Okay, then I'll go back first, you don't need my help, right?"

He Daqing waved his hands impatiently and said unhappily, "You are just a little widow, I don't need you, go away, or you will be covered in blood."

"Okay, okay, I'm leaving now."

Ma Shikui didn't say much, he got up and went out to push his bicycle, then he said to He Daqing who was standing at the door: "Daqing, if you have any difficulties, don't be polite to me, we are brothers and we can't be estranged."

He Daqing patted Ma Shikui's arm and said with a smile, "Shikui, ride slowly on your way back, don't fall."

"Let's go, Weimin, Yushui, I'll treat you to a meal next time."

Ma Shikui pushed the cart, waved his hand, and did not forget to say goodbye to the two of them.

He was really happy drinking today. As the saying goes, one can never drink enough when drinking with good friends. But he was interrupted like this, and he felt a little reluctant to leave.

When pushing the cart through the hall, Ma Shikui and Qin Huairu passed by each other and he subconsciously nodded to Qin Huairu.

After seeing her appearance clearly, I understood why He Daqing said he wanted to get his money and reputation back.

Sha Zhu is really confused. Even if the widow is good-looking, he, a grown man, cannot get close to her. Wouldn't that just make things difficult for himself?

Qin Huairu didn't pay any attention to Ma Shikui. She just wanted to go home quickly and find the money.

If her family wasn't in the yard and couldn't afford to offend anyone, she wouldn't even have explained Jia Zhang's situation to Yan Bugui just now.

"Sister, you're finally back. I was scared to death just now. Why do you still owe so much money to our neighbors?" Qin Jingru put Huaihua on the bed immediately when she saw her cousin coming back, and went to greet her with some fear.

Life in the city is completely different from what she imagined. Her cousin only earns more than 20 yuan a month, but she still has to borrow money to live. This money is too extravagant.

"It's a long story, I'll tell you when I get back. Jingru, go heat up some food for me. I just ran around and didn't eat anything tonight, so I feel a little dizzy."

Qin Huairu sat down at the table, drinking water in small sips, and found an excuse to send Qin Jingru away.

Qin Jingru must not be allowed to know where the money is hidden. She is not at home most of the time. If she finds out where the money is, and something happens to her, she will have no place to cry.

"I'll go heat up the food. Sis, please sit down for a while."

Qin Jingru nodded, walked quickly to the stove and started working.

No matter how her cousin's family lives, she has to listen to her cousin. Whether she can marry into the city in the future depends on her cousin.

Qin Huairu drank water and watched Qin Jingru busying herself. After making sure that Qin Jingru was not paying attention to her, she immediately followed what Jia Zhang said and started looking for money under the bed.

"Mom, what are you looking for? I'll help you find it."

Bang Geng, who was rolling around on the bed, saw his mother crawling under the bed. He looked around with half of his body hanging upside down, and was particularly curious about what his mother was looking for.

Normally when he played outside and his clothes got dirty his mother would scold him, but he had never seen her crawl under the bed.

"Mom, something fell under the bed yesterday. Banggeng, don't hang there like that. You're going to have a headache."

Qin Huairu pushed aside the blue bricks, fumbled to open the iron box, and gently coaxed Banggeng to go back to bed.

It wasn't a big deal that Banggeng saw it, as she was going to hide the money somewhere else. But Banggeng's behavior made it easy for Qin Jingru to notice him.

If Qin Jingru asked, she would have a hard time answering.

"Oh……"

Banggeng responded with a bored sound, then shrank back and started playing on the bed again.

Qin Huairu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this, took out the money from the iron box and put it in her pocket, then hurriedly closed the iron box, covered it with a brick, and hurried out from under the bed.

After dusting off the dirt on his body, he walked back to the table and called out to the stove, "Jingru, I'm going to go out for a minute. Heat up the food and put it on the table. I'll come back and eat."

"Got it, sis. Go ahead and get busy."

Qin Jingru lowered her head and continued to work, and couldn't help but curl her lips.

He just took the money, but he was guarding against her as if she were a thief, as if she didn't know. She heard everything that happened in the room just now.

She is from the countryside, but she can't steal her brother-in-law's pension. That would end her family lineage!
Really, who do you think she is!
Qin Huairu didn't have time to care about what she was thinking. She walked out of the house and hurried to the door of He Daqing's house.

Although the door was open, she still knocked on it and said loudly, "Uncle He, I'm here to pay you back."

"I can hear you. No need to shout so loudly."

He Daqing and the other two walked out of the house and saw Qin Huairu with dust on her head, and there was a bit of weirdness in their eyes.

Judging from her behavior, she must have gotten the place where Jia Dongxu's pension was placed from Jia Zhang's place.

Now that Qin Huairu is in the yard, no one can say that her family is poor.

(End of this chapter)