Chapter 227 A Love Rival Appears

Luck is really something mysterious.

When Yan Bugui arrived near Shen Zhiping, he actually caught a fish.

Shen Zhiping still returned to the courtyard earlier than Yan Bugui. After all, picking up his wife and daughter and bringing them home was a matter that could not be delayed.

In case he didn’t get there in time, Liu Wanqing would think that he had gone out to help and had not yet returned, so she would simply go back to her parents’ home, and he would have to go to his father-in-law’s house again.

It’s not that Shen Zhiping is unwilling to go to his father-in-law’s house, but every time he goes back, he has to have a couple of drinks with his father-in-law.

To be honest, Shen Zhiping really doesn’t like drinking.

Many people think that alcohol is a good thing and will have a drink whenever they get the chance, but Shen Zhiping really can’t drink it.

But as a son-in-law, can I not drink when I meet my father-in-law?

Shen Zhiping rode his bicycle as fast as he could and quickly returned to the courtyard. He put the fish he had caught into water tanks, and then went out again to pick up his wife and daughter.

On the way, Shen Zhiping met a popcorn seller. He stopped for a while, bought a large bag of popcorn, and then hurried to the Grain Bureau.

When Liu Wanqing brought her daughter out, she saw Shen Zhiping leaning against the bicycle and waving at them.

“dad–“

When the daughter saw Shen Zhiping, she also waved her hands excitedly.

Shen Zhiping stepped forward, reached out and gently scratched his daughter’s little nose, then took out a small paper bag of popcorn and stuffed it into his daughter’s chubby little hand.

“Popcorn!”

“good to eat!”

The little girl was so happy when she saw Shen Zhiping stuffing popcorn into her hands.

“Don’t eat too much. You have to save some space to finish your meal. Got it?”

Liu Wanqing first warned her daughter, then glared at Shen Zhiping, “We’ll have dinner when we get home. If you give her these things at this time, be careful that she won’t eat dinner!”

“My fault!”

Shen Zhiping really didn’t think about this. He just saw someone selling popcorn on the street, and he thought his daughter might like it, so he bought some.

Of course, Shen Zhiping himself also wanted to eat it.

But he certainly couldn’t admit it.

The method of making popcorn at this time is very simple.

A small bowl of corn or rice kernels, add a little sugar or saccharin, baked at high temperature, and then with a bang, just like a firecracker, the popcorn is out.

Shen Zhiping admitted his mistake quickly, so Liu Wanqing didn’t know what to say to him anymore.

On the way back to the courtyard, they met the popcorn seller again. His business was still good, with a group of people surrounding him, including many little kids.

Shen Zhiping and his friends deliberately stopped for a while and took their daughter to watch the other party frying a pot of popcorn. The loud bang did not scare the little girl, but instead made her laugh out loud.

“Our daughter is quite courageous!”

Shen Zhiping glanced at Liu Wanqing and said, “It must look like you!”

“Isn’t it good to be brave?”

Liu Wanqing rolled her eyes at Shen Zhiping.

Shen Zhiping chuckled and said, “Okay, why not?”

“That’s pretty much it!”

Liu Wanqing replied happily, and then continued: “However, we must also teach her well and let her know what she can and cannot do!”

“No matter how brave you are, you must still have a sense of awe!”

“that’s right!”

Shen Zhiping naturally agreed with what his wife said.

It’s a good thing for this person to be brave.

But if you are just bold and lose your sense of awe, then this boldness will become the source of trouble.

When we returned to the courtyard, Yan Bugui just happened to come back.

Yan Bugui also had a good harvest today.

I exchanged the fish I caught for 2.80 yuan, and also brought back a grass carp weighing more than one kilogram and several whitebait.

When Yan Bugui saw Shen Zhiping, his face broke into smiles.

In Yan Bugui’s opinion, Shen Zhiping is really the person who can bring him good luck.

Of course, Shen Zhiping believed that Yan Bugui was the one who brought him good luck.

After exchanging a few polite words with Yan Bugui, Shen Zhiping returned to the East Courtyard.

For dinner, I simply made some cold noodles, some scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and some smashed cucumbers.

After dinner, Liu Wanqing gave her daughter a simple bath. The little girl felt sleepy and fell asleep quickly.

Shen Zhiping and Liu Wanqing were happily enjoying their own world.

The years are quiet and good, with beauty in my arms.

For Shen Zhiping, days like this are really like smoke rising from his ancestral graves.

That night, there was no trouble in the courtyard and it was very quiet.

It was just that their courtyard was quiet, but there was a big commotion in the courtyard next door. But this had no effect on Shen Zhiping, who was obsessed with the beauty of his wife.

……

The next morning, it was a sunny day.

Shen Zhiping prepared breakfast and then called Liu Wanqing and his daughter to get up.

Liu Wanqing got up, still feeling a little weak. She was so angry that she twisted Shen Zhiping hard twice but still felt unsatisfied.

However, work still needs to be done.

“Tonight, go sleep in the next room by yourself!”

Liu Wanqing became angrier the more she thought about it, and pinched Shen Zhiping twice.

She really couldn’t understand. She didn’t move much, but why was she more tired? And Shen Zhiping was just like an animal, not knowing how to be tired.

“Wife, I was wrong. I promise to be a good boy tonight and do nothing!”

Shen Zhiping admitted his mistake decisively.

He is not a man who doesn’t know how to be gentle and considerate to women.

“see your performance!”

Liu Wanqing punched Shen Zhiping lightly before going to wash up.

After breakfast, the family of three went out as usual.

After Shen Zhiping sent Liu Wanqing and his daughter to her workplace, he leisurely headed to the market. His wife was tired and needed to have some rest.

Buy a chicken and stew it!
A chicken for one dollar and fifty cents!

They are all old hens or roosters that are over one year old!

After buying the chicken, Shen Zhiping went to the herbal medicine store and bought some ginseng.

If you want to make up for it, you have to make up for it well.

Liu Wanqing’s health was actually not bad, so she didn’t have to worry about not being able to take supplements.

Returning to the courtyard again, Shen Zhiping met several housewives in the front yard. He smiled and nodded to them, and then returned to the east courtyard under their gazes.

The moment he entered the door, Shen Zhiping heard the envious and jealous words of these people.

“This Engineer Shen really has a good life!”

“They are both salaried workers, and their salaries are not low, so they must be living a good life!”

This is Yan Bugui’s wife Yang Ruihua, who is obviously helping Shen Zhiping explain.

The other female comrades all sighed. They were all housewives, and the way they usually increased their family income was to do some work like pasting matchboxes on the street.

Compared with people like Liu Wanqing who have regular jobs, they are not even a little bit inferior.

Shen Zhiping returned home and quickly killed a chicken and stewed it.

This is an old hen, and no one knows how many years it has been raised. However, most farmers sell old hens because they no longer lay eggs. When the aroma of chicken soup began to waft through the air, the residents in the courtyard sniffed hard.

By noon, Shen Zhiping was still stewing the old hen, and he insisted on stewing it until it was well-cooked.

As for lunch, Shen Zhiping simply ate a pancake.

After lunch, Shen Zhiping checked the firewood at the bottom of the pot for stewing chicken, and then went back to the house to take a nap.

When I woke up, it was already mid-afternoon.

Shen Zhiping went to the kitchen again to check the old hen stewing in the pot. He poked it lightly with chopsticks and the chopsticks easily pierced into the chicken.

“That’s it!”

Feeling the ease with which the chopsticks pierced the chicken, Shen Zhiping knew that the chicken was finally cooked.

Just then, there was a commotion coming from the front yard.

Shen Zhiping strolled out of the East Courtyard and saw Li Xiaoying, a clerk from the Logistics Management Section of the Steel Rolling Mill, talking to Yang Ruihua with someone else.

“Engineer Shen!”

As soon as Shen Zhiping came out of the East Courtyard, he was spotted by Li Xiaoying, who called out to him.

“Comrade Li Xiaoying, hello!”

When Shen Zhiping was assigned to Courtyard No. 95, it was Li Xiaoying who brought him there. Although the two did not have much contact later, they knew each other.

“Is this the new comrade in our factory?”

Shen Zhiping looked at the man who came with Li Xiaoying. He had very short hair and should have just transferred to civilian work or returned from the army.

“Engineer Shen, this is Comrade Peng Shu, our factory’s new security officer! He has been assigned a house in the middle courtyard of Yard No. 95!”

Li Xiaoying quickly introduced the other party’s background to Shen Zhiping.

“Comrade Peng Shu, hello, I’m Shen Zhiping, I also work at the steel mill, and we’ll be neighbors from now on. If you have any questions, you can come find me. I live in the East Cross Courtyard!”

Shen Zhiping extended his hand politely and shook hands with the other party.

“Comrade Shen, hello, I am Peng Shu. I look forward to your guidance in the future!”

Peng Shu really had just retired from the army. His words and actions were so serious that people could immediately confirm his identity.

Shen Zhiping smiled and nodded.

The house that Peng Shu was allocated was originally the Jia family’s house.

As the Jia family’s house was redistributed, all traces of the Jia family’s presence in the courtyard were completely wiped out.

Even if Jia Zhang came back, she would never be able to return to the courtyard.

After all, Jia Zhang committed a crime and was fired from her job, and the house allocated to the Jia family by the steel mill was also taken back.

With Peng Shu moving into the Jia family, the most discussed topic in the courtyard is the Jia family.

Speaking of the Jia family, the residents in the courtyard were really sighing.

The Jia family once lived a very comfortable life in this courtyard.

But the good days of the Jia family began to go downhill after Shen Zhiping moved into the Siheyuan. Although Shen Zhiping did not do anything to the Jia family, if Shen Zhiping had not exposed some things, the Jia family’s days in the Siheyuan would have only become more and more prosperous.

“Do you think Jia Zhang will let it go after she comes back?”

“Can she still cause a big fuss?”

“That’s impossible to say!”

People in the courtyard sighed when they talked about Jia Zhang.

In everyone’s opinion, Jia Zhang will definitely not let it go after her return.

“Jia Zhang didn’t do anything, and ended up in this situation. It’s all her own fault!”

“If she makes trouble, the street won’t tolerate her!”

“Who knows, Jia Zhang may be driven back to the countryside!”

“Hasn’t her household registration been changed to a city household registration?”

“I don’t know!”

……

Jia Zhang is truly an important figure in the courtyard. As long as people talk about her, they will have endless topics to talk about.

Shen Zhiping also felt that Jia Zhang would not give up.

Once Jia Zhang returns, she will probably go straight to causing trouble for Peng Shu!

Speaking of this, Peng Shu also suffered an unexpected disaster.

But right now, Jia Zhang doesn’t know when she will be able to come back.

Sha Zhu behaved well and was released early. As for Jia Zhang, she had been lazy and gluttonous for half her life. It was rare for her to behave normally, let alone well.

In fact, Jia Zhang’s performance was much worse than normal. Although she did not throw a tantrum like she did in the Siheyuan, she did not have enough ability and was not eligible for a reduction in sentence.

When Shen Zhiping went to pick up Liu Wanqing and his daughter to go home, he told Liu Wanqing about Peng Shu.

As a result, Liu Wanqing frowned slightly when she heard Shen Zhiping’s words and asked, “Are you sure that person’s name is Peng Shu?”

“Yes, he’s about 1.75 meters tall, and he looks pretty decent. What’s the matter, do you know him?”

Shen Zhiping looked at Liu Wanqing in surprise.

Liu Wanqing nodded and said, “If nothing unexpected happens, then I really know this person!”

After hearing what Liu Wanqing said, Shen Zhiping suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. Could this guy have been a suitor of his wife?

Then, as Liu Wanqing continued to narrate, Shen Zhiping’s expression turned a little grim.

This guy was actually one of his wife’s former suitors!

“Wife, do you think it’s a coincidence that this person lives in our courtyard?”

Shen Zhiping had a stern face.

Liu Wanqing smiled and said, “What do you think?”

“I don’t believe this is a coincidence!”

“I don’t believe it either!”

Liu Wanqing spoke seriously.

Some things do happen by coincidence, but some things cannot happen by coincidence.

For example, the case of Peng Shu!
Before Liu Wanqing married Shen Zhiping, she often heard people talk about Peng Shu, saying that he was developing very well in the army and had a bright future.

Such a person suddenly left the army. He clearly had a house in the military compound, and he also wanted a house in the courtyard. Do you think it was a coincidence?
Only a fool would believe it!
Perhaps some women would enjoy the vanity of being pursued by many men, but Liu Wanqing is not such a woman!
From the moment she chose Shen Zhiping, she made up her mind to be with him for the rest of her life.

To put it bluntly, her marriage only ended in widowhood, not divorce.

If she made the wrong choice and Shen Zhiping did something wrong to her, she would not make a fuss but would send Shen Zhiping off with her own hands.

Liu Wanqing never told Shen Zhiping about this idea.

Because marriage is supposed to be a lifelong affair between two people, there is no need for special reminders.

Shen Zhiping naturally had no idea that his life had been on the verge of death many times.

As a time traveler with cheats, Shen Zhiping had also thought about having girls all over him, such as hooking up with Qin Huairu and developing some special relationship with Lou Xiaoe.

However, all his thoughts disappeared the moment he saw Liu Wanqing.

If he doesn’t know how to cherish such a fairy-like wife, then if God gives him this opportunity to travel through time, he will definitely be struck to death by lightning.

People must know how to be content!

“Wife, since that person is an old acquaintance of yours, would you like to treat him to a simple meal later?”

When a love rival comes around, Shen Zhiping will not counterattack passively, but will attack decisively.

For example, introduce someone to the other person.

Of course, Shen Zhiping didn’t need to do this kind of thing personally. He only needed to mention it casually. I believe that some of the women in the courtyard would be willing to act as the matchmaker.

Hearing Shen Zhiping say this, Liu Wanqing also smiled and said, “I think it’s okay!”

(End of this chapter)