Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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He Yuzhu said, "I've seen some restaurants start selling sweet drinks. I'll try getting some later. Even if it doesn't make much money, at least the people around here won't go hungry."

The biscuits and candies in the stores have long been sold out, and many grocery stores have nothing to sell, so they are closed every day.

Sweet wine, invented by an unknown person, has now become the main product of some shops.

The so-called sweet rice wine is made by sprinkling glutinous rice with yeast and brewing it. In fact, it is glutinous rice wine, but what is sold is not directly brewed glutinous rice wine.

Alternatively, dilute the glutinous rice wine to about 10 times its original volume; this diluted version is called sweet rice wine.

One pound of glutinous rice can yield 40 pounds of sweet rice wine. Then, some saccharin is added to the sweet rice wine to make it sweeter. This sweet rice wine is sold without coupons.

The purpose is to ensure that more people have something to eat when they are hungry.

It's very cheap, only one cent a bowl, which is about a pound.

Kong Yuqin thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Our ration of 100 jin of grain is not enough. If we buy sweet wine, at least we'll have something to do."

A pound of glutinous rice costs only a little over ten cents, and when brewed into sweet wine, it can be sold for about forty cents, which is still quite a good deal.

Of course, the sweet drinks sold here are all sourced directly from the street; they are not produced by the shop itself.

Kong Yuqin and He Yuzhu chatted for a while, discussed things, and then closed the tavern.

When He Yuzhu returned home, he went to the bedroom and saw that Xu Huizhen was already fast asleep, so he did not disturb her.

Then, after going to the second bedroom and washing up, Xu Huizhi asked, "What does Master Niu want with you?"

He Yuzhu took off his shoes and came up, lying down in the middle, saying, "It's nothing serious, it's not about borrowing grain."

Xu Huizhi pushed him away, saying, "It's just borrowing grain, I didn't say I wouldn't give it to you."

He Yuzhu put his arm around her and asked, "Are you envious of your sister's pregnancy?"

Xu Huizhi looked up and asked, "What? You still want me to have your baby? Of course I won't object if you're willing."

He Yuzhu said, "Then let's have another child."

Before Xu Huizhi could figure it out, He Yuzhu had already climbed up and exclaimed, "But what will we do when my belly gets big?"

"Go live in a villa. They're all in the north of the city, and nobody knows about them."

Xu Huizhi was overjoyed. Seeing that her sister was pregnant with her third child, it was impossible not to be envious.

But she only had one son, who was incredibly mischievous every day. Xu Huizhi longed for a little girl who could understand her feelings and care for her.

"Brother Zhu, you're so kind."

As Xu Huizhi spoke happily, she felt the rice transplanter arrive at the farmland.

He frowned. The fields hadn't been watered yet; the land was too dry.

The next day, He Yuzhu arrived at the machinery factory. Everything seemed normal. A moment later, Tong Zhi came over and asked:

"What happened to the information on the Jeep?"

He Yuzhu said, "I've collected them and am planning to compile them into a book to form a complete system."

Tong Zhi breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought it had been stolen from the archives room."

When He Yuzhu discovered the document, he collected a lot of the documents in the archives.

He Yuzhu asked him what information he needed, then gave him the specific data, but didn't show him the information.

In a hutong outside Zhengyang Gate, at the residence of Master Qing, the sixth brother, who had delivered a message to Master Niu yesterday, waited for a while before finally seeing him.

"Third Master, Master Niu has replied."

Master Qing sipped his tea and said casually, "Is there anything wrong?"

The sixth man looked somewhat embarrassed, but he forced himself to say, "That guy surnamed He is too ungrateful."

Upon hearing this, Master Qing knew something unexpected had happened. He slammed his teacup heavily on the table, his eyes widening, and asked:

"what happened?"

"That guy surnamed He is very arrogant. Master Niu sent word, but he doesn't know what's good for him and refuses to come. He wants you to meet him at his little tavern this afternoon."

"He really doesn't know what's good for him; we've given him too much face."

Enraged, Third Master Qing picked up the teacup and smashed it on the ground, shattering the blue covered teacup into pieces.

He slammed his hand on the armrest of the chair and shouted, "This is too much! This is an insult to me, Master Qing! Doesn't he know how many eyes Master Ma has?"

Old Liu stood there secretly groaning, cursing He Yuzhu and Master Niu in his heart.

After throwing a tantrum, Master Qing said, "This fellow surnamed He, I'd like to see what he's capable of."

He Yuzhu was unaware that Master Qing was angry, but even if he knew, he wouldn't care about a local bully.

Do you really think this is still the Republic of China before liberation? Besides, He Yuzhu feels that he is particularly strong now. In a direct confrontation, he can use his power to suppress me, but to deal with this kind of person, I can go all in at night and make him disappear in the blink of an eye.

Around 11 o'clock, He Yuzhu told Lü Xiaomi that he was leaving the machinery factory.

Lu Xiaomi stomped her foot angrily: "You scoundrel, have you been flirting with young girls every day?"

However, remembering how He Yuzhu always exhausted him and made him feel powerless, he sighed and berated himself for being useless.

She ate quite a lot and exercised frequently, so she felt her physical strength had improved a lot. However, she was no match for He Yuzhu. She was like a balloon that was easily popped by He Yuzhu after a few rounds.

He Yuzhu drove out and arrived outside the Cultural Palace, but instead of stopping in the same spot, he changed direction.

Lou Xiao'e and Jiang Hui came out of the Cultural Palace bickering, their faces flushed. Sometimes, girls can be even more unrestrained than boys when they talk about certain topics.

The two soon arrived at the spot where He Yuzhu had parked his car earlier.

Jiang Hui laughed and said, "Lou Xiao'e, your man didn't come to pick you up today!"

"Go to hell! I told you, that's not my man."

Lou Xiao'e angrily scratched Jiang Hui a few times before saying, "Don't think I don't know, didn't you two hold hands in the movie theater?"

"I'll teach you to talk nonsense."

Jiang Hui angrily scratched Lou Xiao'e's waist a few times: "I clearly held your hand first."

After playfully bickering for a while, Lou Xiao'e hugged Jiang Hui and asked, "Do you want me to be your matchmaker?"

Jiang Hui asked somewhat seriously, "He's so old, why isn't he married yet?"

Jiang Hui's family wasn't well-off. If her brother hadn't found a good wife, she wouldn't be studying at the Cultural Palace every day.

She just wants to find an excellent man, marry him, start a family as soon as possible, and reduce the burden on her family.

In her previous life, Lou Xiao'e was married to Xu Damao, a projectionist, whose salary was not high.

He Yuzhu is a first-class cook, and his monthly salary is as high as 89, which is extremely high in the lives of ordinary people.

Only section-level cadres can earn more than this salary level.

A college graduate only gets 56 yuan a month after being promoted to a regular position, and not every college graduate can become a section-level cadre.

Conversely, isn't the current technological sophistication primarily geared towards people in their thirties or forties?

Even if there are individual 20-year-old section-level cadres, how could they possibly marry a girl from an ordinary family?

Therefore, Jiang Hui was already interested in He Yuzhu when she learned that he was not married.

Inside the movie theater, He Yuzhu held her hand, and Jiang Hui tacitly agreed.

I already asked Lou Xiao'e once in the classroom, and Jiang Hui asked her again now that she has a spare moment.

Lou Xiao'e also had her own thoughts. Judging from yesterday's events, that big bad guy He Yuzhu must have fallen for Jiang Hui. With the mindset of going to hell together, she was determined to drag Jiang Hui along to serve He Yuzhu.

I said, "I heard he wasn't married before, and he probably isn't now either. What, are you really interested?"

Jiang Hui blushed even more, but denied it, saying, "I just asked casually, how could I possibly be interested in him?"

Lou Xiao'e chuckled inwardly, then said, "It's best if there isn't one; I'm still considering it."

"Still saying he's not your man?" Jiang Hui said with a smile.

"No, that's not it. If you like her, go ahead and talk to her. I don't care," Lou Xiao'e said somewhat guiltily.

Jiang Hui was so engrossed in her own joy that she didn't notice Lou Xiao'e's unusual behavior.

"Don't talk nonsense. Who would want him? He's just a cook who serves others."

Lou Xiao'e took in Jiang Hui's behavior but didn't expose her. Since He Yuzhu wasn't here today, the two of them decided to part ways here.

The two were on buses going in different directions and needed to go to different stops.

Jiang Hui turned and walked away, glancing back to make sure Lou Xiao'e wasn't following her. She was secretly pleased, and as she turned a corner, she saw He Yuzhu's jeep parked on the side of the road.

Then he wiped the smile off his face, his steps became much heavier, and he walked to the passenger side of the jeep.

He knocked on the window, and He Yuzhu opened the car door. Jiang Hui got in and asked, "Why did you ask me out alone?"

While watching the movie, He Yuzhu took a moment to tell Jiang Hui that he was waiting for her there. At the time, Jiang Hui simply said she understood but did not nod in agreement.

He Yuzhu arrived early to wait, and finally Jiang Hui arrived.

He Yuzhu said with a smile, "I felt at first glance that you were different from others, and you gave me a very special feeling. I couldn't help but want to be with you."

Jiang Hui blushed instantly, not daring to look at He Yuzhu, and lowered her head, staring at her toes.

He Yuzhu started the car and drove away. By the time Jiang Hui realized what was happening, the car had already stopped outside Lao Mo Restaurant.

How about I treat you to Western food today?