Chapter 468: Straight Talk
In the afternoon, Wang Zhong rode his bicycle, carrying He Yuyu, who was holding a fishing rod and a bucket, back to the courtyard.

"Bring two fish back!" Wang Zhong parked his bicycle and said to Yu Yu as he walked towards his house.

Yuyu said: "It's better to say goodbye. These fish were all caught by you, Brother Wang Zhong. I didn't catch any of them, so I won't take them!"

Wang Zhong said, "You can take it if you want. What nonsense! This crucian carp is the most delicious when stewed in soup. Such a big wild crucian carp is no less nutritious than an old hen."

"Brother Wang Zhong, thank you!"

"You're still so polite to me!"

"Then I'll put the rest of the fish in the bathroom for you!"

"Row!"

It was cold enough today, and Wang Zhong caught a lot of fish. Even Yu Yu and Yu Haitang, two newbies, caught a lot of fish, but they didn't catch any big fish. The biggest one was a carp of about three kilograms that Wang Zhong caught. These are the few crucian carp I brought back that were a little bit passable.

Wang Zhong sold all the carp and other small fish, leaving only five crucian carp for himself. Although the fish caught by Rainwater were not many and not big, they were enough for the brother and sister to eat for two meals, so Rainwater only Will reject Wang Zhong's crucian carp.

"I'll save a meal for these small fishes too! Put them all in the bucket." After putting the fish away, Yuyu said goodbye and left Wang Zhong's house with the crucian carp and small miscellaneous fish.

After parking the bicycle, Qin Jingru came over before Wang Zhong could enter the house. She probably saw Yu Yu coming home, so she came over to take a look. She happened to catch up with Wang Zhong, who had parked his bicycle and was about to go in.

"Brother Wang Zhong!" After not seeing each other for a long time, Qin Jingru's name for Wang Zhong actually changed and she learned how to call him Yu Yu.

"It's Miss Jingru, what's the matter?" Wang Zhong tilted his head and looked at Qin Jingru with a smile on his face.

Although Qin Jingru is not timid, she is still a young girl who has not left the court. When she saw Wang Zhong looking at her, her pretty face couldn't help but feel a little hot.

"Let me see if you have caught a big fish again!" Qin Jingru lowered her head, grabbed her braid, and pulled her hair.

"It's not that easy to catch big fish!" Wang Zhong said: "I just caught a few crucian carp and some small miscellaneous fish!"

"That's pretty awesome!" Qin Jingru's eyes almost had little stars popping out.

"Is Miss Jingru busy?" Wang Zhong asked.

Qin Jingru was stunned by Wang Zhong's question, and subconsciously raised her eyes to look at Wang Zhong, with disbelief and surprise in her eyes, and hurriedly said: "I'm not busy, I have nothing to do!"

Wang Zhong said: "If you are not busy, can you help me clean up the fish? Let's have dinner together later?"

"Really?" Qin Jingru asked still in disbelief.

Wang Zhong said: "Of course!"

Qin Jingru's face immediately showed a deep joy: "Brother Wang Zhong, I'm not bragging, I'm telling you, I know how to clean up the fish!"

"It's cold, let's stop standing here and go inside!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah!" Qin Jingru nodded immediately.

The two entered the house and put down the wind-proof curtain. Wang Zhong hung the bicycle key on the hook by the door and said at the same time: "The fish is in the bathroom, put it in the bucket!"

Qin Jingru quickly got into the bathroom and took out the bucket, took out the dustpan, placed the dustpan across the pool, picked up the bucket, and poured the fish onto the dustpan.

It should be water scooped out from the river, with some fine aquatic plants, dead branches and leaves mixed in. Qin Jingru quickly cleaned the fish twice, then put a few crucian carp back into the bucket, took off the short knife on the knife table, He quickly disemboweled the small fish one by one, removed the internal organs, and put them in the basin. At first glance, you can tell that they are the kind that have been busy on the stove for many years.

"Did your sister tell you about me?" Wang Zhong asked suddenly, which made Qin Jingru's heart tremble. Fortunately, her hand was still steady and she didn't hurt herself.

Qin Jingru nodded slightly and said, "I told you!"

"What about my request?"

"I said it too!" Qin Huairu nodded again, but her heartbeat couldn't help but beat a few minutes faster, and her blood flow also began to speed up. Her pretty face was getting hotter and hotter, and she didn't know when it had been dyed pink, and she felt inexplicably a little bit. Uneasy, excited and hopeful.

"I never like beating around the bush, so I'll just ask you some questions directly, so you don't have to feel pressure!"

"Yeah!" Qin Jingru felt hot all over her body and her mind was a little blank.

Wang Zhong asked: "What do you think?"

Qin Jingru was at a loss: "What do you think?"

Wang Zhong said: "What do you think of me?"

"Very good!" Qin Jingru was a little arrogant and even trembled when she spoke.

Wang Zhong asked again: "What about my conditions? Can you do it?"

Qin Jingru's heart jumped into her throat, but after hearing Wang Zhong's words, she subconsciously replied: "I can do it. I will do whatever you ask me to do from now on, and I will obey you!"

As soon as the words came out, Qin Jingru breathed a sigh of relief.

"Have you thought about it?" Wang Zhong turned to look at Qin Jingru and asked.

"Think about it!" Qin Jingru replied without thinking.

Wang Zhong suddenly reached out, grabbed Qin Jingru's arm, and pulled her in front of him: "Look into my eyes, have you really thought about it?"

Qin Jingru raised her eyes to meet Wang Zhong's gaze, looking at the big black and shiny eyes that reflected her own appearance, and nodded heavily: "I have thought about it a long time ago! Otherwise, I wouldn't have followed my cousin here."

"Marriage is not a child's play. It is a lifelong matter. It is not a decision made on the spur of the moment. To be honest, the time we have been together is too short and we don't know each other well enough. If we make a decision rashly, we may regret it in the future... ···”

Before Wang Zhong finished speaking, Qin Jingru couldn't wait to interrupt Wang Zhong, and said with some excitement and urgency: "I don't regret it, I definitely won't regret it."

"Don't be impatient, just listen to me!" Wang Zhong spoke again, interrupting Qin Jingru's argument. Qin Jingru immediately raised her hand to cover her mouth, with a trace of panic in her eyes, for fear of offending Wang Zhong.

"It's also the leisure time for the farmers. You can stay at your cousin's place for a while. But her mother-in-law is hard to get along with. Except for sleeping at your cousin's place at night, you don't eat at her house. Come to my place." , I will take care of three meals a day, and by the way, I will do all the work that your cousin usually does at my house. I will still give the five yuan to your cousin, do you have any objections?"

"No objection!" Qin Jingru immediately shook her head.

"Very good!" Wang Zhong said: "Let's start from today!"

"You're not good at cooking. I'll cook the meal today, and you'll watch from the side later and learn more carefully."

"Yeah!" After saying that, the stone hanging in Qin Jingru's heart fell to the ground. On the contrary, she was not as nervous as she was at the beginning.

"It's still early. I'll take you to Chaoyang Vegetable Market later. From now on, you will have to do all the grocery shopping at home."

After hearing this, Qin Jingru was not unhappy, but instead had a heartfelt smile on her face.

Wang Zhong was talking about the future. Did he really fall in love with him?

When she thought of this, Qin Jingru couldn't help but secretly look up at Wang Zhong.

He is tall, young, promising, and capable. His monthly salary is three times that of his cousin. The key is that he is not bad looking. He looks like the future husband that Qin Jingru dreams of.

Women are strong-willed at heart, not to mention Qin Jingru, who wants to imitate her cousin Qin Huairu and marry in the city. Naturally, she wants to find someone with good conditions, young, and good looks.

And no matter which one of these items they are, Wang Zhong is not bad at all.Qin Jingru is indeed a bit stupid. In the original plot, she was deceived by Xu Damao's sweet words and was thrown around in circles, even losing her body.

But now Wang Zhong just wants to find someone who is stupid and obedient. She only needs to take care of his own food and daily life and keep the house in order. He doesn't need her to manage finances and run the family business.

Qin Jingru packed up all the fish and marinated the fish under Wang Zhong's guidance. The two of them rode their bicycles and headed straight to Chaoyang Vegetable Market.

"Have you been to the vegetable market?" Wang Zhong asked.

Qin Jingru sat sideways on the back seat, her hands only holding the clothes behind Wang Zhong's waist, not daring to overstep. There was a vegetable basket hanging in her arms: "Been there! I used to sell old hens and eggs with my father."

In the countryside, old hens and eggs can be brought to the city in exchange for some food. As for things like pork, they are only eaten during holidays, so no one is willing to sell them.

Even the old hen wouldn't be willing to sell it unless he needed money urgently for something at home. He could still lay eggs in exchange for money.

Eggs are expensive these days, so keeping old hens to lay eggs is more cost-effective than selling them directly.

Chaoyang Vegetable Market is not close to Nanluogu Lane, but it is not far either. The two of them arrived in a short time on their bicycles. Wang Zhong bought five pieces of tofu and a jar of fermented bean curd, and then led Qin Jingru to the meat stall.

"Buying meat again?" Qin Jingru quickly grabbed Wang Zhong and said, "Brother Wang Zhong, don't you still have fish at home?"

Wang Zhong saw that she looked worried about the money for him, and a gentle smile appeared on his face: "I know it well."

Seeing Wang Zhong's insistence, Qin Jingru wisely stopped talking and told Wang Zhong how to live a better life and save some money.

It’s just that it’s already afternoon, and there isn’t much meat left at the butcher stall, and most of it is lean meat and bones. The most popular fat meat has been sold out long ago, not to mention the pork suet. That stuff has already been sold out. It was booked in advance by various units.

"Cut me half a catty of meat and put these tube bones on it!"

Seeing that Wang Zhong didn't even want the meatless tube bone, Qin Jingru immediately became anxious. She frowned and wanted to speak, but remembering Wang Zhong's conditions, she immediately raised her hand to cover her mouth, fearing that she couldn't help it.

Seeing her like this, Wang Zhong smiled unkindly.

"You're already here. Go back and buy some more seasonings. Look carefully. You'll have to buy all the seasonings later."

"Hmm!" Qin Jingru's expression was stern. She had no time to think, so she immediately followed Wang Zhong and continued to visit the market with full concentration.

After a while, the vegetable basket in Qin Jingru's hand was filled to the brim. Fortunately, Qin Jingru had been waiting for her parents to work in the fields since she was a child. She may not be highly educated, but she still has a lot of strength.

"Brother Wang Zhong, why did you buy so many bones?" Qin Jingru couldn't help but asked curiously on the way back.

Wang Zhong replied: "It's used to make soup!"

Qin Jingru asked again: "Isn't there a crucian carp at home?"

"The few crucian carps are enough for today's meal. The weather is so cold now, it won't matter if the bones are left for a few days."

Qin Jingru nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

After a while, the two entered Nanluogu Alley. When they arrived at the entrance of the alley, they happened to bump into Ran Qiuye riding a bicycle from another road.

"Wang Zhong?" Ran Qiuye was not surprised to see Wang Zhong, but was a little surprised to see Qin Jingru sitting in Wang Zhong's back seat.

"Teacher Ran, long time no see!"

"I haven't seen you for a while, who is this?" Ran Qiuye glanced at Qin Jingru and asked.

The two of them slowed down the car and got out of the car to chat.

"This is Qin Jingru, Jia Geng's mother's cousin!"

"Teacher Ran, are you going to our courtyard?" Isn't it the 95th courtyard?

Ran Qiuye turned his head and said with a slight blush on his pretty face: "Master He came over just now and said that the rain had brought back some crucian carp. He was going to make crucian carp tofu soup tonight and invited me to come and eat together."

"Teacher Ran, look at your cheerful face, it seems that your relationship with Brother Zhu is going well?" Wang Zhong teased Ran Qiuye with a smile.

Ran Qiuye's cheeks were hot and her heart was in confusion. She didn't know how to answer the question. She turned her eyes and saw Qin Jingru holding a vegetable basket next to Wang Zhong, and a plan suddenly came up in her heart.

He asked instead: "Are you too fast?"

But Wang Zhong was someone who didn't play by the rules. His eyes lit up and Ran Qiuye, who was looking up and down, said, "Yes? Teacher Ran, you've brought this upon yourself!"

Qin Jingru watched Wang Zhong talking to Ran Qiuye, but she couldn't get a word in. She couldn't help but feel a little disgusted in her heart and wanted to speak, but Ran Qiuye was a teacher. Qin Jingru was afraid that she would say the wrong thing and lose Wang Zhong's face and make Wang Zhong unhappy. , if it ruins his impression in Wang Zhong's mind, then the gain outweighs the loss.

"Don't change the subject, what's going on between you and Miss Jingru?" Ran Qiuye was not someone who could be manipulated by Wang Zhong.

"As you can see, we are on a blind date!" Wang Zhong didn't even try to hide it, he said it openly and honestly.

"You want to go on a blind date?" Ran Qiuye couldn't believe Wang Zhong's words.

"Why don't I want to go on a blind date?" Wang Zhong said.

Ran Qiuye was about to say that there are so many girls chasing you, but before she could say anything, she realized something was wrong and immediately changed her words: "Miss Jingru, Wang Zhong is a rare and good man, you must not miss it!"

"You haven't even settled your own affairs yet, so you care about others?" Wang Zhong said unceremoniously.

"Why, you don't like me caring about others?"

Although the two of them didn't meet often, when they talked, they were like old friends who had known each other for many years.

"Why are you unhappy? But I think you should take care of yourself first!" Wang Zhong suddenly said with gloating.

Ran Qiuye was a smart man, so he naturally heard Wang Zhong's voice outdoors. While feeling confused, he simply asked: "What do you mean by this?"

Wang Zhong said: "What else do you mean? The matter between you and Brother Zhu may not work out!"

Ran Qiuye immediately frowned and looked at Wang Zhong in confusion: "Where did you start talking about this?"

Wang Zhongdao: "Brother Zhu has a rival in our courtyard. The two of them have been fighting each other since childhood. Do you think Brother Zhu's rival will watch Brother Zhu successfully marry such a good and outstanding wife like you?"

"Why haven't I heard Master He mention it?" Ran Qiuye asked curiously.

Wang Zhong said: "Aren't you going to Brother Zhu's house for dinner? You can ask him yourself when you have dinner and you will know."

Wang Zhong could also give Ran Qiuye a shot. After all, Wang Zhong was not Sha Zhu's nanny, so he couldn't keep an eye on Xu Damao for him all the time.

Xu Damao, the grandson, doesn't know that Sha Zhu is any better. If he knew that Sha Zhu and Ran Qiuye were developing so quickly, he would definitely have some dirty tricks up his sleeve.

Ran Qiuye nodded.

However, Wang Zhong continued: "As the saying goes, you will gain wisdom after you have learned a lesson. Teacher Ran, please don't misunderstand Brother Zhu with just a few words like last time. Even if there is something really wrong, the two of us are sitting together." Come down here and have a frank talk. If you are really not the same person, then leave as soon as possible, but don’t cause any misunderstandings, otherwise, you will regret it in the future."

Wang Zhong's few words made Ran Qiuye blush. If it hadn't been for running into Wang Zhong at the gate of the courtyard last time, Ran Qiuye would have misunderstood Silly Zhu.

Later, after listening to the two men explaining the whole story, Ran Qiuye also realized that he had prejudged it. After hearing what Yan Fugui said, he immediately mistook Silly Zhu for the thief who stole the bicycle wheel. If it weren't for Wang Zhong, Ran Qiuye's Temperament, before the misunderstanding is solved, he will never give Si Zhu a good look.

(End of this chapter)

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