In the backyard.
Xu Jinyan was cooking dinner in the kitchen.
There were steamed buns, vegetables, poached eggs, and a plate of peanuts that he couldn't bear to eat during the New Year.
In order to celebrate their new life, they would serve half a bowl of home-brewed rice wine.
Northerners were not used to drinking rice wine, and there was no market for it.
However, Xu Jinyan loved to drink. Although it was a little extravagant to use glutinous rice to make wine, to him, it was a rare material enjoyment in this era.
Just as he reached the backyard, Silly Zhu smelled the fragrance of wine.
"Whoa, what day is it today? Whose wine is this? It smells so good!”
Yi Zhonghai raised his head and glanced at the Xu family's main gate. Without saying anything, he went straight into the Deaf Grandmother's house.
She bumped into Lou Xiao'e, who was busy.
"Yo, Old Madam, Uncle Yi and Silly Zhu are here to see you.”
Because of Xu Damao's " righteousness over kinship ", Lou Xiao'e was now at her wits 'end.
Fortunately, the Deaf Old Lady had temporarily taken him in.
These two days, under her guidance, Lou Xiao'e had become more open-minded.
However, she did not know that the old lady only had her drooping grandson in her heart. She kindly took him in because she hoped that she could complete this profitable business as soon as possible.
Old Master Yi and Silly Zhu had just entered when they heard the old lady's complaints from inside.
"So this silly boy still has me in his heart.”
Silly Zhu didn't know how he had offended the Deaf Old Lady, so he could only rush forward and smile apologetically.
"Look at what you're saying. Don't you know what kind of person I am?”
The old lady glared at Silly Zhu." I told you to come to the backyard more often these two days and cook two meals for Moth and me. You promised me yesterday, but you can't see me today."”
Hearing this, Yi Zhonghai subconsciously looked at Lou Xiao'e.
He instantly understood what the old lady was thinking.
Xu Damao's " righteousness over kinship ", Lou Xiao'e definitely couldn't live with him anymore.
It was only a matter of time before they divorced.
Silly Zhu and Qin Huiru had been entangled for so many years, but there was still no result.
Even Yi Zhonghai was getting impatient, let alone the Deaf Old Lady.
However, Silly Pillar was never tired of it.
He looked like he was going to fight Widow Qin to the death.
However, he was certain that he had no better choice.
Now that Lou Xiao'e was free, with the old lady's shrewdness, how could she let go of such a good opportunity?
Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai began to make plans.
If Silly Zhu and Lou Xiao'e could really succeed, then there was no need to bother interfering with this matter.
"Hey, look at my memory. It's all because of the incident with the educated youth.”Silly Zhu was in the wrong and quickly explained.
"Stupid educated youth? Tell Madam in detail what happened?”
When she heard that Silly Zhu was involved with the Jia family again, the old lady kept an eye out.
"This isn't a joke."
Silly Pillar was about to explain when First Master snatched the opportunity,""It's not a big deal. The young man wanted to go to the countryside and was sent to the Great Northern Wilderness to open up wasteland. Little Qin heard that the kid from the Xu family opposite you was sent to Xiaoqing River in Fangshan. She felt sorry for her son and wanted to ask if she could change to a closer place.”
"However, the quotas are allocated by the country. How can we change them just like that?”
Hearing this, Silly Zhu's expression changed.
He thought to himself,'You didn't say that when you came.'
"Master Yi, what do you mean?"
How could the old lady not know what Yi Zhonghai was thinking? She used her walking stick to support herself on the ground and interrupted Shazhu's words.
"Alright, we don't have the right to talk about this. I'm hungry. Silly Zhu, go and cook first. Moth, there seems to be no salt at home.”
"Hey, I'll go now."
After sending Lou Xiao'e away, the old lady asked about the purpose of their visit.
"Zhonghai, what did the street office say? There's no room for discussion on the matter of transferring the stick memes to Fangshan?”
"What I mean is that the quota is limited. It's the same as the work station in the factory. One radish and one pit. Now that Fangshan's quota is full, if the stick wants to go, he can only think of a way to make Fangshan's quota empty.”
Old Mrs. Han could smell it, but she still asked,""Then what do you mean?"
Yi Zhonghai hesitated for a moment and lowered his voice.
"We originally planned to ask about the Xu family's ancestors, but now it seems that there's no need for that.”
There had always been rumors in the Council that the Xu family's ancestor was a high official in the former Qing Dynasty.
It was only during Xu Jinyan's grandfather's generation that the family started to decline.
If the rumors were true, the Xu family's glorious past would be a ticking time bomb during this period.
Yi Zhonghai did not want to use such underhanded methods to deal with a child who had just come of age. However, even Xu Jinyan's parents could not care less about him, so they could not care less.
Now that the old lady wanted to matchmake Shazhu and Lou Xiao'e, there was no need to do such a heartless thing.
After learning the whole story, the Deaf Old Lady was silent for a while.
He glanced at He Yuzhu, who was busy in the kitchen, and then at the closed door of the Xu family's house opposite.
"The rumors are true. The Xu family's ancestors were indeed high-ranking officials in the Qing Dynasty. Up to Xu Jinyan's great-grandfather's generation, their families were all famous and wealthy families in the Chongwen Gate area of Four Nine City. However, Xu Jinyan's grandfather contracted heavy smoking and squandered all his family assets.”
The old lady recounted the Xu family's past in detail.
Yi Zhonghai was confused.
"Aren't you planning to matchmake Zhu Zi and Lou Xiao'e? We're still involved in the Jia family's mess?”
"You're too concerned about your head."
The Deaf Old Lady reprimanded him and explained,"The Xu family has a stain on them, but the Lou family is clean? Moth was only the daughter of the Lou family who had married off, but she could already find so many gold and silver jewelry, not to mention her father, Lou Zhiren. There was no problem at the moment, but who knew what would happen tomorrow?”
"Then why did you come?"
"Isn't that because the Jia family hasn't relented? They can afford to drag it out. Silly Zhu is already in his thirties, and I have half a foot in the ground. When I'm no longer around, how can Silly Zhu fight against those people in the Jia family? Matchmaking Silly Zhu and Moth is also another way out for him. No matter what, the He family can't just cut off the family!”
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