Chapter 289 How did you get involved with Shazhu?

Chapter 289 How did you get involved with Shazhu?

Chapter 289 How did you get involved with Shazhu?
"Come on, Master Li, have a drink."

As soon as Li Jiayi sat down, Uncle Niu picked up the wine glass.

"Master Niu, if you drink with me like this, you will suffer."

"Hahaha, it doesn't matter, come and go."

"Okay, let's go."

After taking a big sip, Li Jiayi put down his beer. There was not much food on Niu Ye's table.

There was only a peanut and a shredded pig ear in front of Niu Ye, not to mention there was only a peanut in front of Pian Ye.

There was another middle-aged man. Li Jiayi was not very familiar with him, but he knew that he was a teacher.

In front of him was a pig's head and a pair of peanuts.

Yes, although we sat at the same table, we still ate separately and did not eat together.

This is also the characteristic of the tavern, sharing tables.

Just at this moment, Cai Quanwu came over with a few plates and placed them in front of Li Jiayi.

There are pig head meat, ear shreds and pig mouth strips.

"Uncle Cai, I don't want that much, do I?"

It was only five dollars in total, and I had two beers. The dishes served cost more than five dollars!
"It's okay, just eat as much as you can. Tell me if it's not enough."

"This……"

"Okay, Master Li, this is Huizhen's way of doing things, don't worry about it." Master Niu said, holding up the wine glass.

"No, Master Niu, I came here after dinner, and I can't finish all these dishes! But since you said so, let's eat together."

"Okay, open."

An hour had passed since we finished two beers and almost finished the dishes.

To be honest, Li Jiayi didn’t eat much, and the same went for Niu Ye. The one who ate the most was Pian Er Ye.

It was like he hadn't eaten for several days, but Li Jiayi didn't care. It would be a waste not to eat anyway.

After finishing the last sip of beer, Li Jiayi said to Niu Ye: "It's getting late. I'll go back first."

"Okay, you go first, I'll finish this drink and go back."

The next day was Sunday, which was why he came out to drink, otherwise he wouldn't have the time.

When he got home, everyone in the family had already gone to bed, so he went upstairs to rest.

Around seven o'clock the next morning, Li Jiayi came down from upstairs. He thought he could have breakfast there, but when he came out, he found that he hadn't even cooked anything, let alone eaten.

Li Jiayi went back into the house and knocked on his eldest sister's door.

"Who is it?" The second sister's voice came from the house.

"Second sister, it's me. Where's the eldest sister?"

"My eldest sister went out a long time ago. She's not cooking in the kitchen?" asked the second sister.

"No! There's no cooking in the kitchen."

"I do not know then."

But think about it, my second sister hasn't even gotten up yet, so how could she know what's going on?

There was no other choice, so Li Jiayi went to his parents' door and knocked again, but there was no response from inside.

It seemed that his parents had gotten up a long time ago, but what puzzled him was that if they were both up, why was there no one at home? And they hadn't even cooked dinner.

Just when Li Jiayi was full of doubts, his eldest sister came back from outside with Li Jiafen.

"Sister, where have you and mom and dad been? Why haven't you cooked yet?"

"Are you hungry? I'll cook for you right now." The eldest sister said quickly.

"No, sister. I'm not hungry. It's just that no one is home this early in the morning."

"Oh, you mean this! It's like this. Today a matchmaker came to propose marriage to Sister Meilian, and Uncle Qian came to ask my parents to go over and take a look, so I took Jiafen with me to take a look."

"Ah! Sister Meilian is getting married?" Li Jiayi asked in surprise.

"It's not a marriage, but a matchmaker coming to propose marriage."

"Oh!"

Sister Meilian, whose full name is Qian Meilian, is the eldest daughter of Qian Guoliang, who lives in the east wing of the backyard, the two rooms to the north of Liao Kai.

She is already 21 years old this year. Let’s put it this way, if it weren’t for the three difficult years, she would have been married long ago.

During the three difficult years, who dared to add to the family? More people meant one more mouth to feed, and many people did not dare to get married even if they were single.

"Did you finish your talk?"

"I don't know. It seems that the matchmaker will take Sister Meilian to see a family in a few days."

"Ah! We haven't met yet?" Li Jiayi was a little disappointed.

To be honest, Li Jiayi is a person who likes lively occasions, especially watching other people get married.

"No, it seems that the man asked a matchmaker to arrange a marriage, and then the matchmaker found Sister Meilian."

"Well! It's indeed time for Sister Meilian to get married."

Nowadays, people get married very early. Although the marriage law stipulates that men should be 20 and women should be 18, it is rare for people to get married at this age.

It’s a little better in the city, because you need to bring your household registration booklet, and you won’t be able to get a certificate if you’re not of age.

But in rural areas, people don’t even bother to get a marriage certificate. They just hold a wedding banquet in the village and that’s considered a marriage.

As for whether the law recognizes it, people don't dare to do it at all. It's enough for the villagers to recognize it.

In this case, a woman like Qian Meilian who is still unmarried at the age of 21 is considered an older unmarried young woman. And this is in the city. If you are in the countryside, it is difficult to find a husband if you are still unmarried at the age of 21.

Because many children of this age can already help out with cooking.

"Sister, I'll go take a look."

"Well! Go ahead! I'm going to cook now, and we'll be ready to eat when you come back."

"it is good."

Li Jiayi came out of the East Courtyard and went directly to Qian Guoliang's house.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw several people sitting there, including Li Aimin, Ye Xin, Qian Guoliang and his wife, and of course, a middle-aged woman whom Li Jiayi did not know.

Needless to say, this middle-aged woman should be the matchmaker.

"Son, why are you here?" Ye Xin asked when she saw Li Jiayi coming in.

"I'm just getting up to eat! There's no one home." Li Jiayi said helplessly.

"Oh! I'm sorry, Jiayi. This is my fault. I called your parents over early in the morning." Qian Guoliang said quickly.

"Uncle Qian, it's okay, that's all I said."

Then Li Jiayi looked at the matchmaker and asked, "Auntie, is the mole on your face real or pasted on?"

Li Jiayi has always felt sorry for why the matchmaker has a mole on most of her face.

Does it mean that you can't be a matchmaker if you don't have a mole on your face? Or is she dressed like this on purpose?

"Kid, what nonsense are you talking about?" Ye Xin pulled Li Jiayi over.

Then he quickly said to the matchmaker: "I'm sorry, this child is ignorant."

"It doesn't matter. Children are just naughty." The matchmaker said with a smile.

Because she knew very well that when she came to propose marriage, the host family would immediately call someone over. This person must be an important figure and she couldn't afford to offend him.

Matchmakers? They are all very good at dealing with people and won't offend anyone easily.

"Oh! I'm just curious, because I've seen many matchmakers, and they all have a mole on their faces, so I thought it was fake."

If Li Jiayi hadn't said it, no one would have taken it seriously. But after he said it, everyone thought about it and it became true.

So everyone in the room looked at the matchmaker.

This made the matchmaker very helpless, and she quickly said, "This is true. I have had it since I was a child."

"By the way, auntie, who is the person that my sister Meilian is talking about?" Li Jiayi asked.

"Kid, is this something you should care about?" Ye Xin said, patting Li Jiayi on the head.

"I'm just asking." Li Jiayi felt very wronged.

"Add one! The man is not from our street, he is from Jiaodaokou. He works as a chef in the steel rolling mill near Dongzhimen." Qian Guoliang said.

"He lives in Jiaodaokou Street and works as a cook in Dongzhimen Steel Rolling Mill. Could he be Shazhu?" Li Jiayi shouted in surprise.

"Silly Pillar?"

Everyone in the room looked at the matchmaker again, because when the matchmaker introduced the place to them just now, the name of the place was something like Zhu.

"Shazhu is a nickname given to him by others. His real name is He Yuzhu." The matchmaker said hurriedly.

"What a fool!" Li Jiayi said in surprise.

The matchmaker looked at Li Jiayi and asked, "Do you know He Yuzhu?"

"I don't know him." Li Jiayi shook his head.

"How do you know his nickname if you don't know him?" the matchmaker asked puzzledly.

How could he say this! Did I say that I had seen Birds in the Courtyard?

"Although I don't know him, I have heard of him. If it's him, I guess this matchmaking won't work."

"Ah! Why?"

This time it was Qian Guoliang who asked the question, and then he looked at Li Jiayi.

Li Jiayi smiled bitterly and said, "Because someone doesn't want this matchmaking to happen."

"What do you mean?" This time even Ye Xin looked at Li Jiayi strangely and asked.

Li Jiayi did not answer his mother's question, but looked at the matchmaker and asked, "Auntie Matchmaker, is the person who asked you to matchmake He Yuzhu an old lady?"

The matchmaker nodded quickly and said, "That's right."

"That's right, because he is the only one who is sincere to He Yuzhu and treats him as his own grandson."

"Son, don't you know him? Why do you know him so well?" Ye Xin asked.

"Mom, I don't know him, but I know him very well. If you don't believe me, you'll know after trying. Aren't we going to Xiang's house? I guess as soon as Sister Meilian walks into his house, a widow will come in and wash his clothes and clean up the house for him."

"What? Is there such a thing?" Qian Guoliang's wife's face changed color.

Li Jiayi shook his head and said, "Not only that, when you leave his house, an old man will follow you and stop you to tell you that He Yuzhu has a bad temper, likes to beat women, and has an affair with the widow."

"This...what is going on?" Qian Guoliang's wife asked.

If she was angry just now, now she was confused, and her colleagues also felt that something was wrong.

Even the matchmaker said with a sad face: "I don't know about this either!"

"Son, is this He Yuzhu really having an affair with the widow? And he also likes to beat women?"

"How is that possible! He did help the widow, but that was because he felt sorry for them, and he and the widow's husband grew up together. As for beating women, that's nonsense. It's true that he has a bad temper, but he never beats women."

(End of this chapter)