Chapter 440 Luo Yuzhu's father came to Yanjing

Spring goes and spring comes again.

In the blink of an eye, it was the Spring Festival of 81.

Su Mingzhe came to Yenching University to study in February 78. Before he knew it, three years had passed.

During these three years, Su Mingzhe and Luo Yuzhu stayed in Yanjing and never returned to their hometown in Pujiang. They only exchanged letters every month.

Seeing that it was the Spring Festival again, after the school was on winter vacation, Su Mingzhe sent more than 2,000 yuan to the Pujiang people and a lot of specialties from the Youyan area.

In the past two years, Su Mingzhe has been like this every Chinese New Year.

Although this little money and these specialties are not worth much, it is at least a token of my appreciation.

When I returned to the courtyard from the post office, I saw Luo Yuzhu crisping chicken and fish. She was preparing to make steamed chicken, steamed fish, and steamed pork with braised pork.

Looking at his wife, who was only wearing a black autumn shirt and looked slim, Su Mingzhe felt warm in his heart and hugged her small waist from behind, complaining:

"Didn't you say that we would do it together when I came back? Why did you do it by yourself?"

Su Mingzhe kissed his wife's earlobe and was about to take off his coat to work with Luo Yuzhu.

"Don't move around. There's flour all over here. If you get your clothes dirty, it'll be hard to wash."

Luo Yuzhu ignored the man's sweet talk. Seeing that the man insisted on helping her, she simply said, "You should go and write couplets. It will take you half a day to write couplets for more than 30 houses."

This three-story courtyard house has many houses and a spacious yard. It is very comfortable to live in, but it is also troublesome to clean up, especially when writing couplets. There are more than thirty pairs to write.

"Then I'll bring my pen, ink, paper and inkstone here to write."

Su Mingzhe said as he went to the main room to get the things, arranged them in the kitchen, and slowly started painting.

Luo Yuzhu watched her man start to write, and a satisfied smile appeared on her charming face.

Three years ago, when she married Su Mingzhe, Luo Yuzhu was still like a green apple, with a very pure mind.

She believed whatever Su Mingzhe said at that time.

But during these three years, living in the big city of Yanjing, Luo Yuzhu went to night school to learn literacy. After three years of schooling, she learned a lot of knowledge and was no longer the ignorant and naive girl from the small county town.

Now, Luo Yuzhu is in charge of all matters big and small, inside and outside the courtyard, and Su Mingzhe is basically never allowed to take charge of anything.

This family can be said to have a situation where the man is the breadwinner outside and the woman is the homemaker.

Su Mingzhe and Luo Yuzhu were busy with their own things when suddenly a dog barking was heard outside the door.

"Someone is coming, go and have a look."

Luo Yuzhu didn't even look back, and asked her man to go and take a look.

The eight dogs that Su Mingzhe bought three years ago are very smart. They can learn anything quickly.

If there are guests at home, these dogs will bark loudly a few times to signal the people in the house.

If a stranger tries to break in, the dogs will bark non-stop to warn the family.

If no one is home and someone tries to break in, these dogs will really take action!
"Well, I'll go take a look."

Su Mingzhe put down the wolf-hair brush in his hand, walked a few steps to the door, opened it, and saw Aunt Zhang from the street office wearing a red armband, leading a middle-aged man carrying a bag of fertilizer, looking at her yard.

"Xiao Su, this person says he is your relative. Take a look. Do you recognize him?"

Su Mingzhe took a look and recognized it immediately:
"Auntie, this is Yuzhu's father, my father-in-law."

Su Mingzhe thanked Aunt Zhang first, and then shouted to the middle-aged man, "Dad, it's New Year's Day, and you're coming to Yanjing, but you didn't even call in advance so that Yuzhu and I can pick you up at the station?"

Luo Si came to his senses when he saw Su Mingzhe calling him "Dad". He stared at Su Mingzhe again, and the reserve and tension in his eyes slowly faded away:
"Azhe, I didn't expect Yanjing to be so big. I thought I could find the address and come here, so I didn't tell you in advance."

As Luo Si spoke, he turned around, revealing a little boy behind him and asked him to call for help.

"Tianbao, this is your brother-in-law, call him brother-in-law."

The little boy was a little shy. After looking at Su Mingzhe, he shouted blankly:
"Hello, brother-in-law."

"Hello Tianbao, I haven't seen you for three years. You have grown so much."

Su Mingzhe said as he came to Luo Tianbao, stretched out his hand to pinch his red face, and picked up the luggage in Luo Si's hand:

"Dad, come in quickly. It's cold here in Yanjing. Don't catch a cold."

Su Mingzhe said this and led Luo Si and his son into the courtyard.

In fact, Luo Si was very nervous before coming to Yanjing.

It is said that the capital is big and it is not easy to live there.

My daughter and son-in-law live in a big city like Yanjing to study, and I brought my son here to live with them, but I don’t know if they can make arrangements for me.

As a result, when he found the land according to the house number, he was told that the entire courtyard with three courtyards belonged to his daughter and son-in-law.

Luo Si was a little confused and bewildered at the time.

This is Yanjing, the best place in the country.

My son-in-law came to Yanjing to study, how could he afford to buy such a big yard?

Look at my daughter and son-in-law, they are so young, but they live in such a big yard.

Look at myself again. I am in middle age, but I have squandered all my family fortune.

Comparing people to each other is really infuriating.

Su Mingzhe brought Luo Si and Luo Tianbao to the central courtyard, asked them to stand still, and then ran into the kitchen and turned off the hot pot that was burning oil.

Luo Yuzhu, who was eating crispy meat, suddenly became unhappy:

"Su Mingzhe, what are you doing? Don't work and don't make trouble, okay?"

"Yuzhu, there are guests from my hometown."

Su Mingzhe did not tell Luo Yuzhu that it was Luo Si and his son who came and held her hand and walked into the yard.

"who is this?"

Luo Yuzhu looked at the unshaven, thin, dark-skinned middle-aged man in front of her and felt familiar for a moment, but she didn't dare to recognize him. There was no way, Luo Si had changed too much from before.

Three years ago, the Luo family had no worries about food and clothing and were considered a well-off family.

Luo Si always dresses himself neatly every day, with a rosy face and radiant look.

However, ever since Luo Yuzhu's stepmother passed away, Luo Si had no interest in working. He wandered around all day, looking for partners to play cards and gamble with.

Even his son Luo Tianbao was entrusted to the care of his eldest brother's family.

In more than two years, Luo Si lost all his family fortune and lived with hunger every day. He had become extremely thin.

It was understandable that Luo Yuzhu did not dare to recognize him at first.

Luo Si was a little hesitant to recognize Luo Yuzhu.

Three years ago, when fifteen-year-old Luo Yuzhu married Su Mingzhe, she cut off her thick and long black braids out of spite and cut her hair into a tomboyish hairstyle.

Now, three years have passed. Luo Yuzhu not only eats well, lives well, and dresses well, but the most important thing is that she follows Su Mingzhe to practice martial arts to strengthen her body, and goes to school to supplement her cultural knowledge. Her temperament has improved.

Female transformation.

Although Luo Yuzhu's hair has not grown very long yet, she has cut it into a fashionable style. She has become fair and clean, and her figure has become graceful.

Such an eighteen-year-old beauty stood gracefully in front of Luo Si.

Luo Si really didn't dare to recognize that such a beautiful woman was his own daughter.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and finally Luo Yuzhu was the first to confirm that the middle-aged man in front of her was her biological father.

After all, a person can lose weight and look very different, but their eyes and frame are hard to change.

Luo Yuzhu looked at Luo Si, who had changed so much, and tears immediately welled up in her eyes:

"Dad, you...how come you are so thin?"

"Yuzhu, you are getting more and more beautiful. You will soon be as beautiful as your mother."

When Luo Si heard the beautiful woman in front of him calling him "Dad", the stone in his heart fell down. This was his own daughter.

There is naturally joy when father and daughter are reunited.

However, Luo Si and his son Luo Tianbao were in a hurry and looked exhausted, so it was not suitable for them to chat for long.

Su Mingzhe waited until Luo Yuzhu and Luo Si had controlled their emotions before he spoke: "Yuzhu, our father and Tianbao just got off the car and rushed over. They must not have eaten yet. Cook some soft rice. I will take them to the bathhouse to take a bath later."

The northerners like to go to the bathhouse to welcome the original guests.

Luo Yuzhu nodded and agreed, "Then I'll cook some meatballs first, and you go clean up a room."

"Then I'll go clean up the west room. It's big and has partitions."

Su Mingzhe was about to go out when Luo Yuzhu stopped him, "Aren't you tired of cleaning such a big house? Just clean up the east room in the front yard. When spring comes and the goods are sold, we can buy a bigger house for Dad."

"It's all up to you."

Su Mingzhe didn't care. Whether it was cleaning a big house or a small house, it was just a matter of doing more hands-on work.

Watching Su Mingzhe clean up the house for the two of them, Luo Si asked curiously:

"Yuzhu, are you and Azhe still doing business in Yanjing?"

Luo Yuzhu nodded:
"In Yanjing, food and clothing cost a lot of money every day. I have nothing to do all day, so I asked Su Mingzhe to find a job for me."

After hearing this, Luo Si asked curiously:

"What kind of work?"

Luo Yuzhu began to make meatballs for her father:
"Make medicinal wine."

Luo Si didn't quite believe it and asked doubtfully:
"Can you make medicinal wine?"

"I don't know how to do it, but Su Mingzhe does. If he teaches me, won't I be able to do it?"

Seeing that Luo Si suspected her, Luo Yuzhu didn't want to say any more to her father.

When the meatball soup was cooked, he took out two large bowls and served it to Luo Si and his brother to eat quickly.

Luo Si and Tianbao both drank a bowl of meatball soup, and Su Mingzhe took them to the bathhouse to take a bath.

Bathhouses in the north all have large pools for bathing.

Take a dip in the big pool, then ask the master to rub your back, and you will feel light and flirty all over.

It took an hour from the time the three of them entered the bathhouse to the time they came out.

At this time, it was already dark.

When the three of them returned home, Luo Yuzhu prepared some millet porridge to nourish the stomach, as well as some side dishes to regulate the stomach.

Luo Yuzhu knew that Luo Si had been taking the children on a train for a day and a night and must have been very tired, so she didn't chat for long and let them go to rest.

After Luo Si and his son went to rest, Luo Yuzhu frowned and looked at her man: "Husband, my dad came to Yanjing suddenly, do you think he... did he commit a crime in his hometown?"

In Luo Yuzhu's memory, her father was a worker at the Puxi Textile Factory. He suddenly ran to Yanjing to find her in a disheveled state. He must have been in trouble.

"Don't scare yourself. What could possibly happen to our dad? If he really did commit a crime, he wouldn't be running around with Tianbao."

Su Mingzhe knew what happened to Luo Si. It was that after his wife died, he spent all day playing cards with others and lost all his family fortune.

For Su Mingzhe, these are not a big deal.

"You're right, I was wrong."

Luo Yuzhu was comforted by Su Mingzhe, and her worries were relieved a lot, but she still felt a little uncomfortable:

"Then tell me about my dad. How come he is so thin now? He hasn't shaved his beard for at least a month or two. Has he not been working for a month or two?"

"Let's wait until tomorrow to ask about this. Let Dad have a good rest tonight."

(End of this chapter)