The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 54 Strong
After eating and drinking, the family drank tea and chatted. The eldest brother tentatively said, "Dad, Mom, this time I want to leave Qiangqiang with you. The teaching quality of the primary school where we are stationed is not very good, so I want to keep him in Beijing to go to school."

The eldest sister-in-law also nodded: "I'm just worried that my parents will be too busy at work and won't be able to take care of me when the time comes."

This made my parents very happy. My mother waved her hand and said, "Don't worry about it. I work at the Women's Federation. My work is not busy. I can take good care of my precious grandson."

The whole family had a happy night. When Liu Hua was about to leave, his sister and brother-in-law wanted to give him some more money, but Liu Hua politely declined.

"Sister, don't look down on me. I already make more than 30 yuan a month. Before long, I might be able to get promoted to 40 yuan, or even become a cadre with a salary of nearly 100 yuan."

The elder sister smiled and smoothed Liu Hua's hair: "My naughty brother has finally grown up. Even if you want to get married and have children, I will help you arrange it."

"Don't." Liu Hua shook his head: "I don't want to do it so soon. Let's wait until I turn 20."

The brother-in-law patted Liu Hua on the shoulder and said, "Hua Zi, if you need anything, just let me know. I'll keep an eye out for you when the time comes."

"Thank you, brother-in-law."

The next day, Sha Zhu and his wife invited Liu Hua to dinner to thank him for helping them get married. The meal was also quite sumptuous. They used all their skills and were very satisfied with the meal.

The couple accompanied Liu Hua to drink. Han Yufeng smiled and said, "I feel that your courtyard is not like what Shazhu said. Although we have only been married for two days, the aunt is caring and concerned about our well-being, just like an elder in our own family."

"This is a change of tactics." Liu Hua said indifferently: "The uncle is always thinking about retirement. He used to think about Jia Dongxu, but now that Jia Dongxu is gone, he was originally planning to control Sha Zhu and use marriage to control him, but he didn't expect Sha Zhu to get married himself, so he has to change his tactics to get close to him."

Sha Zhu didn't understand, but Han Yufeng seemed to understand something.

Sha Zhu asked curiously, "You seem to have a particular problem with the old man?"

"This man looks upright on the surface, but he's actually a fake in his bones." Liu Hua said disdainfully: "Of course, he's fake only because he wants someone to support him in his old age. Everything else is fine. He schemed against me, so I have to fight back, otherwise he'll become even more arrogant."

Sha Zhu didn't say anything. He lowered his head and thought for a long time. Then he wanted to ask something but didn't have the courage to ask.

"Want to ask me, do you think you should provide for Yi Zhonghai's retirement?"

Sha Zhu nodded, and Liu Hua waved his hand: "This has nothing to do with me. This is your business. It depends on whether you think it is worth it. It is difficult for a judge to judge family affairs. This is your family's family affair. I can't interfere."

An auntie tiptoed into her house and saw Yi Zhonghai sitting at the table smoking. She whispered, "Zhu Zi invited Liu Hua to dinner today."

The uncle nodded expressionlessly: "I know, Zhuzi never invited me after his wedding, but invited Liu Hua alone. When did the two of them get together?"

"Xiao Qin was washing clothes in the middle courtyard just now. Sha Zhu and the others spoke a few words quite loudly, and Xiao Qin heard them."

Yi Zhonghai was stunned: "What did you say?"

"Sha Zhu seemed to say that Liu Hua helped him get married."

Yi Zhonghai nodded and sighed: "I should have thought of it a long time ago."

Liu Hua and Sha Zhu shared a bottle of white wine, and after drinking it for a little while, they staggered back to their room, made themselves a cup of tea, and drank it happily.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door, and he casually said, "Come in."

After the door was pushed open, a sturdy figure blocked the light from outside, and because the lights were not on at the moment, Liu Hua could only squint his eyes to see.

The man was Yi Zhonghai. Liu Hua ignored him. He sat on the stool next to the desk and stared at Liu Hua. He didn't say anything, and Liu Hua didn't say anything either. After finishing half a cup of tea, Yi Zhonghai stared at him for a long time.

Liu Hua smiled and said, "Uncle, why are you here to stare at me?"

"I heard that you introduced Sha Zhu's wife to him?"

"No." Liu Hua shook his head: "I just asked him not to let the people in the courtyard know when he was looking for a wife."

"How could you do that?"

Liu Hua smiled and said, "From what you said, I know that it was you who set up the blind date for Sha Zhu before, right?"

"I didn't, it wasn't me." Yi Zhonghai denied it flatly: "It was Xu Damao."

"Xu Damao is not that boring. Even if Xu Damao went there, it was you who instigated him."

Yi Zhonghai gritted his teeth and said, "I just want to take care of myself in my old age, is that wrong?"

"You are really shameless." Liu Hua said disdainfully: "I'm afraid it was you who caused Shazhu's father to run away."

Of course Yi Zhonghai would never admit it: "It has nothing to do with me. It's just that He Daqing himself is innocent."

Liu Hua didn't say anything. Yi Zhonghai said tentatively, "I schemed against you before, and now you've taken revenge on me. Can we call it even? After all, I didn't know anything."

Liu Hua waved his hand and said, "You can go now. I don't take you seriously at all. You are just an eighth-level worker and a grandfather in a courtyard house. Who do you think you are?"

This is exactly the effect Yi Zhonghai wanted, so he changed his tactics. Anyway, Sha Zhu was already married, so the previous tricks were no longer useful.

So he was afraid that Liu Hua would interfere with his subsequent progress. If Liu Hua didn't take him seriously, he naturally wouldn't take Sha Zhu seriously either.

Liu Hua really didn't have time to pay attention to him. These days, he had to go home every two days. His elder brother only had half a month's vacation. After half a month, they might not see each other again for two years.

What he particularly likes is his eldest nephew Qiangqiang. Although Liu Hua does not want to get married for the time being, it does not mean that he does not like children.

The main reason is that the little guy is so cute that anyone in the family would be reluctant to let him go once they hold him in their arms. He is the darling of the Liu family.

One day, when Liu Hua returned home, he saw the little guy hugging his grandmother's legs and crying.

"Hey, why are you crying?" Liu Hua picked up Qiangqiang and said, "Tell your uncle what wrongs have you suffered?"

Qiangqiang sobbed and told the story incoherently. It turned out that the little guy was playing with other children in the yard.

The kid next door got a wooden gun and several kids were scrambling to play with it. Qiangqiang was short and not very strong, so he couldn't beat the other kids at all. After all, he was only five years old.

If he was wronged outside, he would naturally come home to cry about it. Originally, Liu Hua's mother had already comforted the little guy and found a carpenter to do it for him every two days.

Who knew that just now a few kids slipped through the door with wooden guns, and Qiangqiang started crying again.

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