Chapter 142 Yan Jiecheng gets married

On Monday, Li Shengli got up early in the morning in the dark, gently took away the hand on his body, and covered Han Qiuyun with a thin quilt. Li Shengli made a simple breakfast and put it in the pot. After breakfast, he rode his bike and took some wedding candies to the factory.

"Everyone come and eat the wedding candy." Li Shengli distributed wedding candy to the people who came, and those who received the wedding candy also said words of blessing.

"Good boy, you're finally married." Wang Tiezhu patted Li Shengli's shoulder as hard as ever.

"Sergeant, you're going to break my shoulder soon." Li Shengli joked with Wang Tiezhu.

"Why, you feel weak right after getting married?" Wang Tiezhu joked with a smile, not caring whether there were female comrades in the canteen kitchen or not.

The male comrades who heard Wang Tiezhu's words burst into laughter, while the female comrades spat and laughed nonchalantly.

"Sergeant, you look down on me. How about we practice together?" Li Shengli rolled up his sleeves to reveal his smoothly toned muscles and joked with a smile.

"Okay, let's practice when there's no one around." Wang Tiezhu said with a smile.

"Tsk." Everyone else in the kitchen made a tsk tsk to express their contempt for Wang Tiezhu.

Li Shengli did not join in the fun. Everyone knew that it was Wang Tiezhu who was just joking with everyone. The busy breakfast time passed quickly. Li Shengli came to Xu Weimin's office with the prepared wedding candy and gave Xu Weimin a portion.

After get off work in the afternoon, Li Shengli rode his bike to the woolen mill to pick up Han Qiuyun. Amid the teasing of a group of female workers that Han Qiuyun knew, Han Qiuyun got on Li Shengli's bicycle and the two returned home happily.

Time passed quickly and autumn came. Han Qiuyun felt uncomfortable for the past two days and kept retching. Li Shengli wondered if his wife was pregnant.

"Shengli, do you have anything to do next Sunday?" That day Yan Bugui came to the house and found Li Shengli.

"Then we have to figure out what's going on." Li Shengli didn't like dealing with Yan Bugui. He had invited Yan Bugui to dinner before with the intention of asking him if he could get any information in advance. In the end, Li Shengli found that Yan Bugui was useless. He couldn't do anything except calculating the food.

"It's like this. He's getting married next Sunday. Come and help him prepare the wedding banquet."

Has old stingy Yan changed his character? Is he willing to spend money on Yan Jiecheng?

"How many dishes do you need to cook? Do you want me to make a list for you?" They were from the same yard and hadn't fallen out with each other, so he had to take the private job.

"No need, I've calculated everything. Potatoes, cabbage..." Yan Bugui counted on his fingers.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, these are the vegetarian dishes, where are the meat dishes?" Li Shengli felt overwhelmed listening to Yan Bugui's mumbling.

"The fish I caught are being kept there in advance." Yan Bugui said, pointing to the basin placed at the door of his house.

"Gone?" Li Shengli stared at Yan Bugui with wide eyes.

"Yes, of course. Jie Cheng bought meat tickets from me and bought about four taels of meat in total." Thinking of this, Yan Bugui smiled, quite proud.

Li Shengli finally understood that Yan Bugui had no intention of treating everyone to a good meal. It seemed that he was just trying to collect a gift money. Even the meat for the wedding was bought by Yan Jiecheng with his own money.

"Then how do you calculate my labor costs?" Li Shengli looked at Yan Bugui with a smile.

"This is not a big job. I just cook a few dishes. Why are you charging me for it?" Yan Bugui opened his eyes in surprise.

"Hey, Third Uncle, you are really calculating." Li Shengli shook his head. He was lucky that he didn't have such a father. He didn't know how the Yan family's children lived. "Third Uncle, why don't you let Third Aunt cook for you, or find someone else in the courtyard to cook for you. I don't have time." Li Shengli didn't ask Yan Bugui to find Sha Zhu. Most chefs don't do this job by themselves.

"Don't worry, I'll pay one dollar for the labor fee." Seeing that Li Shengli didn't agree, Yan Bugui hurriedly added more money.

"No, you'd better save it. I don't have time." Li Shengli said as he was about to close the door.

Yan Bugui had no choice but to leave Li Shengli's house in disappointment.

"Dad, did Li Shengli agree?" Yan Jiecheng asked anxiously when he saw Yan Bugui coming back. If the dish at his wedding was delicious, he would also have face in Yu Li's family.

"No, the kid from the Li family said he didn't have time." Yan Bugui's face looked a little unhappy. He thought that Li Shengli would not take the money for the sake of his third uncle.

"How come he doesn't have time?" Yan Jiecheng was a little puzzled. He looked at Yan Bugui's face and said, "Dad, you don't plan to give him money, do you?"

Yan Bugui had a gloomy face and said nothing. When Yan Jiecheng saw this, he knew that he had guessed correctly.

"Dad, you're really nice. You're not even willing to spend that little money on my wedding." Yan Jiecheng's tone was full of disappointment. It was okay for him to calculate at other times, but he also calculated on this matter which would only happen once in his life.

"Why are you in such a hurry? If Li Shengli doesn't do it, we still have Sha Zhu." The third aunt persuaded.

"No, no need. I'll find it myself." Yan Jiecheng said unhappily. If he continued to let Yan Bugui do this, he would not be able to get married.

Yan Jiecheng did not look for Li Shengli again. He still had some dignity, so he went straight to find Sha Zhu. Sha Zhu accepted a symbolic fee for the sake of being neighbors in the same courtyard, but he also complained to Yan Jiecheng about the shabby wedding banquet. There were only a lot of vegetarian dishes, and the meat dish was only four ounces of meat. The groom's and the bride's side had to prepare at least three tables. Sha Zhu had no good solution. It is said that a good cook cannot cook without rice, and the same goes for the chef.

On the day of Yan Jiecheng's wedding, Li Shengli did not plan to attend the wedding. Han Qiuyun went to the factory's infirmary to check it out, and they also said that she was pregnant. Li Shengli was a little worried and planned to take Han Qiuyun to the Women's and Children's Hospital to check it out.

"Shengli, is it okay if you don't go to the wedding? Didn't Teacher Yan invite you?" Han Qiuyun was a little worried.

"It's okay. They are worried that the gift money is not enough, not that you are not here in person. Just give the gift money before we leave." Li Shengli waved his hand to signal Han Qiuyun not to worry. How could he not understand what Yan Bugui was thinking.

"There's no need to be so anxious. I just got pregnant." Han Qiuyun reached out and gently stroked her belly.

"Go check it out and don't worry. By the way, ask the doctor what you need to pay attention to." Li Shengli is very concerned about Han Qiuyun's stomach. Medical conditions are not that good now, so it is better to pay more attention.

Li Shengli stretched out his hand to protect Han Qiuyun as they went out. At this time, the Yan family had already started to get busy. Li Shengli first went to pay a fifty-cent gift, then greeted Yan Jiecheng, expressing his congratulations and his intention to not attend his wedding banquet.

Yan Bugui accepted the gift money and while complaining about Li Shengli's stinginess, he was happy that he had saved one person's meal.

Li Shengli fulfilled his courtesy and was about to take Han Qiuyun to the hospital on his bicycle. Lou Xiaoe saw him and asked curiously, "Li Shengli, Han Qiuyun, aren't you going to attend Yan Jiecheng's wedding?"

"No, Qiuyun is pregnant. I want to take her to the Women's and Children's Hospital." Li Shengli smiled, looked at Han Qiuyun, turned to Lou Xiaoe and said.

"Pregnant!" Lou Xiao'e was shocked.

"Yes, Qiuyun has been feeling a little unwell recently. She went to the factory for a checkup and found out she is pregnant. It would be more reassuring if she goes to the maternity and child hospital for a checkup."

(End of this chapter)