Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

Xu Wu followed Qin Huairu to Jia's house and was seen by Huang Yulan who was going out to wash the dishes.

Qin Huairu opened the door and said to Xu Wu, "Don't be shy when you come to my house for the first time. Just treat it like your own home."

Xu Wuze was so confused that he didn't know what was going on with him. How did he run from the backyard to the front yard out of nowhere?

After Xu Wu sat down, Qin Huairu took two wine glasses and poured a bottle of wine for Xu Wu and said, "Come on, I'll toast you a glass." Without caring whether Xu Wu had drunk any wine or not, she drank a glass first and then picked up a peanut.

Xiaodang and Huaihua, who were standing next to him, felt unfamiliar with Xu Wu, so naturally they couldn't get too close to him. They hurriedly finished their meal and played on the side. Qin Huairu said, "Oh, sometimes I really envy you! You're educated and you have a high salary! If I could have married someone like you, I'd probably wake up laughing in my dreams."

Xu Wu: "Sister Qin, what I am is nothing. Uncle Yi in our yard is really amazing. He taught himself to become an engineer from an eighth-level fitter."

Qin Huairu: "Uncle Yi is so old now. Look at the people of your age in this courtyard. There is no one as successful as you. When your brother Jia was alive, the three of us didn't have a hard time. But in recent years, your brother Jia is gone and I have to raise three children and a mother-in-law by myself." As she said this, Qin Huairu began to cry intentionally or unintentionally.

This cry made Xu Wu, who was originally at a loss, even more panicked and hurriedly said, "Sister Qin, don't cry yet! People will say that I bullied you."

Qin Huairu looked at Xu Wu's anxious look and chuckled, saying, "Oh, okay, okay! Don't cry! Come and try my cooking. I don't have anything good to treat you at home." As she said that, Qin Huairu picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it into Xu Wu's bowl.

Xu Wu started eating without hesitation and said, "Well, it's not bad. The food I usually cook is even worse."

Qin Huairu: "Then you can come to my house for dinner in the future, so you don't have to cook after work all day."

Xu Wu: "That won't work. Sister Qin, if we walk together as a man and a woman, people will gossip about us."

Qin Huairu put down her chopsticks and said, "In the final analysis, you just think I'm too old. I don't want anything from you. By the way, what did you say you were going home for today?"

After drinking a little, Xu Wu began to confide his true feelings, saying, "Hey, when I went back home, my mother urged me to go on blind dates, but I didn't like the person my mother introduced to me."

Qin Huairu nodded and said, "Nowadays, you young people like pretty girls. I guess the one your mother introduced to you is not to your liking."

Xu Wu: "That's not the case. It's because we don't have much in common. I still want to take a closer look."

Qin Huairu took the opportunity to say, "How about I help you find someone? Or do you already have someone you like?"

Xu Wu: "Sister Qin, please stop teasing me! I don't have anyone I like."

Qin Huairu: "How about I help you find one? Someone as beautiful as me." Qin Huairu winked at Xu Wu.

Xu Wu felt a little embarrassed, so he said, "Then I'll trouble Sister Qin."

On the other side, Huang Yulan washed the dishes and came back and said, "Old Yi, Xu Wu from the backyard went to Qin Huairu's house."

Yi Zhonghai frowned and said, "What? Going to Qin Huairu's house? Doesn't Xu Wu rarely interact with Qin Huairu?"

Huang Yulan: "That's right, Qin Huairu even pushed me home."

Yi Zhonghai: "Today Xu Wu asked me for a few days off. I thought he had gone home but I didn't expect him to be back so soon!"

Huang Yulan: "Then Lao Yi, do you want to remind Xu Wu?"

Yi Zhonghai waved his hand and said, "Let him think it over. What's the use of me going? At most, I'll wait until Xu Wu comes out and bring him home to talk to him."

Hearing this, Huang Yulan stopped talking and went to the kitchen to start tidying up the dishes.

Yi Zhonghai lit a cigarette and thought, now that Qin Huairu lost her Sha Zhu, she wanted to create another one?

On the other side, Qin Huairu was still complimenting Xu Wu, and Xu Wu responded mechanically, finishing the meal.

Xu Wu was about to say goodbye, and Qin Huairu got up to see him off, but accidentally sprained her ankle. Xu Wu immediately helped Qin Huairu up.

Qin Huairu deliberately leaned forward, and Xu Wu felt two round things on his arms rubbing against him.

After about a minute, Xu Wu helped Qin Huairu up and said, "Sister Qin, is your foot okay?"

Qin Huairu said, "I don't know. I think everything should be fine, so you can go back first." Then she walked out with a sprained ankle and prepared to see Xu Wu off.

Xu Wu: "Hey, you said you were fine, but now you sprained your ankle. Remember to go to the hospital tomorrow. I'm leaving first." After saying that, Xu Wu didn't want to stay any longer and rushed out. Feeling the cold wind blowing outside, Xu Wu came to his senses.

Then Xu Wu stood in the middle courtyard and saw that the lights in Yi Zhonghai's house were still on. He walked over, knocked on the door and said, "Uncle Yi, are you asleep?"

Yi Zhonghai was reading a book. When he heard Xu Wu's voice, he stood up, opened the door and said, "Xu Wu? Didn't you go back to the countryside?"

Xu Wu: "Hey, let me go in and have a drink of water first!" He walked in, picked up the cup and poured himself a glass of water and drank it.

Xu Wu: "Uncle Yi, I went home and then I came back. I originally wanted to put my things away and then come to see you, but Qin Huairu followed me all the way after seeing me come back. When we got to my house, she even said she wanted to help me wash clothes, which made me feel embarrassed. Just now, she asked me to go to her house for dinner."

Yi Zhonghai looked like he was asking if I believed him or not. Xu Wu then said, "Uncle Yi, Qin Huairu's family is really pitiful. They only have three dishes, all of which are vegetarian, and a plate of peanuts!"

Yi Zhonghai: "That's just what they want you to see. What did you do when you went home today?"

Xu Wu: "My mother introduced me to a blind date, but I went back to see if it was a suitable match, so I returned home."

Then Xu Wu said, "And that's what happened. Then Qin Huairu said she wanted to introduce me to someone, but I didn't dare agree! It was too scary."

Yi Zhonghai nodded and said, "Think carefully about what Qin Huairu was like when Jia Dongxu was here. Then look at Sha Zhu next door. He used to be very close to Qin Huairu!"

Xu Wu: "Master Yi, I know all this! But what should I do if Qin Huairu pesters me?"

Yi Zhonghai: "Don't you have a mouth? Can't you refuse? I see you are really hungry!"

Xu Wu? ? (black question mark) Then he said, "Well, I'm a little hungry. Do you have anything to eat?"

Yi Zhonghai ordered Huang Yulan to cook a bowl of noodles for Xu Wu and then said, "Let me tell you, no one in the Jia family is a decent person, from the old to the young! Look at Banggeng and then look at Jia Zhangshi, these two are the closest people to Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu, one is Jia Dongxu's mother, and the other is Banggeng's mother, and the children they educate are exactly the same! Besides, Qin Huairu works in the cafeteria and carries a lunch box every day, how could she not be full!"

Xu Wu nodded and said, "Well, I know all this, Master Yi! But how can I refuse Qin Huairu?"

Yi Zhonghai: "Just ignore her, be cold to her and don't give her anything. If she asks you to borrow money or things, just say you don't have it. Also, don't let her into your room. If she asks you if you've found a partner, just say you have!"

Xu Wu nodded, and then said, "Uncle Yi, I understand. It's just a rejection. I got it, I got it."