Ding's mother, who is over seventy years old, has taken the medicine prescribed to her by Li Chu. Although her hair has turned gray, her body is strong and energetic, and she has nothing to worry about. She has lived a life these past few years.
Comfortable.
"Mom, I've eaten."
"It's true that you two just don't want to go home for dinner if you find it troublesome. How about eating in the cafeteria every day?"
"Mom, you and my dad had breakfast early in the afternoon. If you want to wait for us to come back to eat, you will have to break your living habits. This is not good for you."
"You, you just think too much in one day." Ding's mother smiled and patted Li Chu's hand, which was holding her arm.
For more than twenty years, Mother Ding could not be more satisfied with this uncle. The sons she has raised for decades are not as good as this uncle.
Ding's mother never thought that her silly girl could bring back such a good uncle after just an ordinary training.
It’s just that stupid people are blessed with stupid things.
"Mom, where is my dad? Is he out for a walk?"
"Your dad went to the alley behind to play chess after dinner."
Li Chu glanced at the yard and asked, "Where are Jianguo and his family?"
"Chen Na took the child back to her parents' house to stay for two days. Jianguo is sleeping in the house right now. He drove all night last night and only got home this noon. Xiao Chu, you came here to see Jianguo, right?"
"Yes, Qiu Nan told me that Jianguo wanted to ask my opinion on something."
"You sit down first and pour yourself some water. I'll ask him to go. It's time to get up. I won't be able to sleep again tonight."
As soon as Ding Ma finished speaking, Ding Jianguo's voice came from the west wing room.
"Mom, there's no need to call. I'm up and I'll be out soon. Brother-in-law, you sit down first."
"It's okay Jianguo, don't be in a hurry."
Li Chu responded, then sat on the stone bench in the yard and poured himself a glass of water.
"Mom, sit down too."
"I'm not sitting here anymore. I'm doing sewing in the room. By the way, Qiu Nan is here."
"Oh, Qiu Nan has nothing to do and took the two dogs out for a walk."
Ding Ma looked at the two dogs lying obediently at Li Chu's feet and smiled.
"Xiao Chu, when you give birth to puppies again, give me two here too."
"No problem, Mom. How about I keep these two for you?"
Li Chu kicked the fifth-generation dog at his feet.
"I don't want this. It's so big and it's not fun."
"Okay, I'll give you two babies once they're born again."
Ding Jianguo also put on his clothes, washed his face and walked out.
"Mom, help me get a bowl of noodles, I'm going to starve to death."
"Okay, Xiao Chu, would you like to eat some more?"
"Mom, just help Jianguo get it."
"Jianguo, your sister told me that someone asked you to bring goods?" After Ding's mother walked into the kitchen, Li Chu looked at Ding Jianguo, who was sitting opposite him, and asked.
"Hi~" Ding Jianguo touched his nose with some embarrassment: "Brother-in-law like this, aren't there a lot of people carrying goods from the south to sell them now? Electronic watches, tapes, etc. are all over there.
It’s very cheap. If you come over here and just resell it, you can make a lot of money, so I...hehe!"
"Haha" Li Chu looked at his brother-in-law's appearance and smiled: "You must have done it before, right?"
"Uh..." Ding Jianguo didn't expect his brother-in-law to hit the mark, and he was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say.
Suddenly, Li Chu, who had been smiling just now, suddenly changed his face and stared at Ding Jianguo with a solemn expression without saying a word.
Being stared at by his brother-in-law like this, Ding Jianguo felt uncomfortable all over his body, as if there were thorns under his buttocks, and he couldn't sit still.
"Sister...brother-in-law..."
"Ding Jianguo, tell me the truth, are you messing around outside?" Li Chu asked in a low voice.
"No...no..."
"Ha..." Li Chu laughed contemptuously: "No? Then tell me, why do you want to make that money? You don't know what it would be like if you were caught bringing goods back from the south.
Consequences?
Do you think it would be great to be the team captain of the District Grain Bureau now?"
Before his brother-in-law could say anything, he waved his hand again: "Tell me, who is the other person? Where is he now? How long have you two been together, and do you have children?"
"No..." As soon as Ding Jianguo said a word, he was so frightened by his brother-in-law's sharp eyes that he dared not speak anymore.
"Jianguo, you don't know how many people were knocked on the head last year, and why?"
Li Chu's words shocked Ding Jianguo and he no longer dared to make up lies.
"Okay, don't say anything now. Our mother will come out later. If you don't want to make her angry, just shut up first and explain it to me slowly after dinner."
"I know, brother-in-law."
While Ding Jianguo was eating, Li Chu pretended to take out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one and held it in his mouth.
To be honest, he doesn't know what to do now.
He had never encountered such a thing in his two lives, let alone had any experience in solving such a thing.
Ding Jianguo, who was eating, saw his brother-in-law lighting a cigarette out of the corner of his eye.
In his memory, his brother-in-law seemed to have stopped smoking since he married his sister.
The fragrant bowl of noodles in front of him tasted like chewing gum in his mouth. He stuffed it into his mouth in a hurry. After washing the bowl, he sat back down.
Seeing his brother-in-law looking like a victim, Li Chu felt a little angry.
"Tell me, what's going on? Are you planning to divorce Xiaona?"
The mother-in-law was in the living room, and they did not dare to speak too loudly in the yard, so they could only lower their voices.
"Brother-in-law, it's impossible. How could I divorce Nana?"
"Then what are you going to do now? Where is that woman from?"
"It's... that's from our bureau, next to... next to... next to the supply and marketing cooperative."
Damn it, people say that rabbits don’t eat grass from the edge of their nests. When you get there, you can eat it right at the door of your unit.
Are you afraid that others won't know or something?
Li Chu felt like he was about to have a cerebral infarction.
I'm afraid this brother-in-law is not stupid.
He took a deep breath and asked again: "How long?"
"Almost a year."
"Huh..." Li Chu let out a breath, put his elbows on the stone table and held his forehead with his hands.
"Is that woman pregnant?"
"There is no brother-in-law, she has been sterilized."
"Huh?" Li Chu suddenly raised his head and looked at his brother-in-law.
"She's not a girl?"
"No," Ding Jianguo shook his head in shock: "Her man was raped last year..." At this point, he made an eight sign with his hand.
"Does this woman want you to divorce or something?"
"That's not true. She is a temporary worker in the supply and marketing cooperative. Her monthly salary is only about 18 yuan, and she has to raise a daughter. Her husband has almost done everything for the house. She is extremely poor. The reason why she came to me
, just so that I can give her some money every month."
"Alas~" Li Chu didn't know what to say when he heard this. He just said how could this brother-in-law be short of money and still want to do the thing of selling goods.