Siheyuan: All the incense in the family is counting on you

Chapter 205 Qin Huairu is going to work

Back at the steel mill, Li Huaide didn't let them get off the car. He took their household registration and the certificates from the commune upstairs and came down again less than half an hour later. After getting on the car, he handed one of the file bags to Li Bowen: "Here, this is your Xiaoyun's. Just make up a photo and give it to the personnel department later."

Then he took out another key: "This is the assigned house, over in Xincang Hutong!"

Li Bowen was not surprised at all. Matters such as the allocation of houses and supplies were originally the responsibility of Li Huaide. It was not easy for him to get that house!

"Thank you, Brother Li!"

"You're welcome. It's getting late. Please take Lu Yan and me to Taicang Hutong first!"

Li Bowen nodded, started the car, and after dropping them off, he drove to Xincang Hutong and stopped at the gate of a small courtyard according to the house number Li Huaide gave. The house number was written as No. 9 Xincang Hutong.

After getting off the car, Li Bowen took out the key from his pocket, opened the door, and called Chen Xiaoyun and Yueyue: "Come in quickly!"

The courtyard is not large, with only three and a half rooms in the main house, an east wing on the east side, an open space on the west side, and a thatched hut in the southwest corner.

Yueyue was very curious about this place. She blinked her big eyes and asked, "Mom, godfather, are we going to live here from now on?"

"Yes, Yueyue, this will be our home from now on, do you like it?"

"Yeah, I like it!"

Li Bowen picked up Yueyue and pulled Chen Xiaoyun into the house. The furniture in the house was complete, but it had not been lived in for a while and was covered with a thick layer of dust.

I walked to the faucet in the yard and tried it, and the water was usable normally.

So he said to Chen Xiaoyun: "Please clean up your house first, and I will go buy you some household items."

After Li Bowen left, Chen Xiaoyun took Yueyue to walk around the rooms, feeling very satisfied. From now on, they were city dwellers. Not only did she have a job, but Yueyue could also go to school in the city.

After arranging for Yueyue to play in the yard by herself, Chen Xiaoyun rolled up her sleeves and began to clean the house.

Li Bowen drove to the store entrance, called a few cart drivers and asked them to follow him. After buying everything that could be used at home, he asked the drivers to deliver the goods according to the address while he went to the vegetable market.

When he came back from buying vegetables, the driver was moving things into the yard.

Walking into the yard, Chen Xiaoyun had already cleaned all the furniture in the house and even mopped the blue brick floor several times, making it look completely brand new.

"Okay, go and cook, I'll just watch here!" Li Bowen handed the dish to Chen Xiaoyun.

At this time, Chen Xiaoyun was just like a well-behaved young wife. She did whatever Li Bowen said and went into the kitchen.

Night gradually fell.

After dinner, Li Bowen rested for a while before getting up: "Then I'm leaving. You lock the door at night, and I'll come pick you up for work tomorrow morning!"

"Aren't you staying here tonight?" Chen Xiaoyun looked a little disappointed.

"Not tonight. I haven't told my family I'm not going back. I'll come another day!"

Chen Xiaoyun silently took the coat and helped Li Bowen put it on: "Well, then be careful on the road!"

After coming out of the courtyard and watching her lock the gate, Li Bowen drove back to Nanluoguxiang.

When I returned to No. 95 Courtyard, before I even entered the house, I heard a series of laughter from inside the house. It sounded so familiar.

When they walked in, they saw Lou Xiao'e sitting in the room. She was chatting and laughing with the aunt, Yu Li and Li Mei. When they saw Li Bowen enter the room, the four of them stood up hurriedly. Yu Li stepped forward and said, "Bowen, let me introduce you. This is Xu Damao's wife from the backyard, Lou Xiao'e. You should have met her!"

"Yes, I have met her. When did you two do it?" Li Bowen was a little surprised. Lou Xiao'e didn't tell him the specific date!

"It's been more than ten days. It was done a few days after you came back from a business trip!" Yu Li explained.

Lou Xiao'e winked at Li Bowen.

Li Bowen suddenly felt a little embarrassed, but he still said calmly: "Oh, that's a pity, I missed it. Did Xu Damao go to the countryside again?"

"Well, I went to the countryside and was scared to stay in the backyard alone. I felt closer to your family here, so I came to chat with you guys!" Lou Xiao'e said.

"That's great. Come over when you have nothing to do. Yu Li and you are about the same age, so you should have common topics. If you are scared, you can stay here with Li Mei at night and keep her company!" Li Bowen nodded.

"Really? Sister Li Mei, would you like me to squeeze in with you?" Lou Xiao'e turned her gaze to Li Mei.

"Of course, I'm so happy!"

Just as a few people were chatting, they heard a burst of ghost howling coming from the middle courtyard.

"What's going on? Who's howling?"

The old lady listened carefully and said, "It sounds like Jia Zhang!"

"Come on, let's go and see what's going on!" Li Bowen immediately became interested, and this was a good opportunity to ease the awkward atmosphere.

The group walked towards the central courtyard in a mighty procession. At this time, people from other homes in the courtyard also came out one after another.

The wailing sound was indeed coming from Qin Huairu's house. There were already several people gathered at her door. It seemed that there were a lot of gossipers. Li Bowen walked over and pushed some to make some room for a few people.

Li Bowen leaned against the door frame and looked inside. He saw a picture of Jia Dongxu on the table in the room, a brazier on the ground, Qin Huairu kneeling in the middle in mourning, and Jia Zhang was burning paper money, crying and wailing about her miserable life.

Yi Zhonghai and He Yuzhu stood nearby with helpless looks on their faces.

Soon, Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong also came over: "Come on, make way, let us in!"

Everyone quickly made way for the two to enter the house. Seeing them coming in, Yi Zhonghai spoke up: "Sister-in-law of the Jia family, please stop crying. Why are you crying? The three of us are here. Just tell me what's the matter!"

Jia Zhang didn't reply, she just kept crying and burning paper, muttering that Jia Dongxu died early and how could she live!

Qin Huairu, who was kneeling in the middle, couldn't stand it anymore: "Mother-in-law, what are you doing? I've already burned the paper and I've already knelt. If you don't want to tell me something, I'll get up. I have to go to work tomorrow!"

"Oh, Dongxu, did you see that? Just as your wife was about to take over your job, she started to talk back to your mother. How can you have a good life from now on?" Jia Zhang cried.

The three uncles looked at each other in bewilderment. What was going on? Just this one sentence was considered a disobedience.

"Aunt Jia, aren't you just afraid that Qin Huairu will take a job and remarry and won't want you anymore? If you want to tie Qin Huairu down, just tell her the conditions directly. Why bother with all this?" Li Bowen's voice came slowly from the door.

Now the three uncles understood what was going on. It turned out to be this: "Sister-in-law Jia, if you had something to say, you should have said it earlier. Who can understand what is going on after this!"

"That's what I mean. The work position belongs to my Dongxu. Qin Huairu can take over, but she has to swear in front of Dongxu's spirit that she will never remarry in this life!"