Zhu Tian: The Fiery Years Begin with Taking Qin Huairu as a Concubine

Chapter 266 Lou Xiao'e Gets Married

If Zhang Kaiwu were to give them an evaluation of the results of a month's training, they would be at least half as powerful as the previous Patrol Department.

The reason is that they have never had actual combat experience and lack those kinds of dirty tactical means.

In the battle a few years ago, the team led by Huang Shijun also played very well.

At that time, the helpers kept firing cold shots, and the bandits could not see the people from the Patrol Department, who were all hiding under the steps.

He Yushui, who often came to play and study, also saw his elder brother driving away with his sisters-in-law and going back to work.

It turned out that Zhang Kaiwu was planning to propose to Lou Xiao'e's parents in a few days, but Lou Xiao'e played here for the entire summer vacation and didn't go back for a single day.

When we returned to the Institute of Viral Infection, Lou Xiao'e was about to go to school, and this matter could not be delayed.

The key is that he was afraid of delaying her studies, so after dinner Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:

"Xiao E! Go back tonight and talk to your parents. I will go to your house to propose marriage tomorrow morning."

Lou Xiao'e looked at him and said shyly:

"Brother Kaiwu! I'll be back soon and discuss it with them in the evening."

She was so impatient that she ran back as soon as she finished speaking.

I just got home and shouted:

"Dad! Mom! Brother Kaiwu is coming to pick me up tomorrow. What should we prepare?!"

Mother Lou and Father Lou looked at each other, and Mother Lou said in surprise:
"Xiao'e! Come over quickly and have some tea. The whole summer vacation is over. You've been playing for so long and you're finally back. Didn't you say you'd be brought home in the winter?"

Lou Xiao'e sat down shyly and said:
"Brother Kaiwu is giving us military training. Maybe because my academic performance is not good, Brother Kaiwu asked me to go early so that I can study better."

Mother Lou smiled and said:

"You're in such a hurry! Our family hasn't prepared anything yet! We need to at least prepare a decent dowry. We can't lose face for the Lou family."

Father Lou said with a smile:

"Yes! Xiao'e! Are you in such a hurry? We can't lose face for our family. Which matchmaker did you invite to come to our house to discuss tomorrow?"

Lou Xiao'e said shyly:
"Brother Kaiwu said that it is a new era now, so he won't hire a matchmaker. He will come over tomorrow morning to discuss it."

"Ah! Ah!"

Father and Mother Lou looked at each other in surprise, and Mother Lou said quickly:
"Xiao'e! What do we need as a dowry? Isn't it rude to discuss this directly?"

Lou Xiao'e said shyly:
"I'm going to be a concubine. My family doesn't need these formalities. Brother Kaiwu's family doesn't want anything from you either!"

Father Lou said hurriedly:

"At least we should celebrate by having a meal together, get some boxes as dowry, some bedding, etc."

Lou's mother said quickly:

"Have it delivered at the restaurant tomorrow at noon. I'll call and notify them right away. Don't delay things."

Father Lou smiled and said:

"Yes! We also need to prepare a few boxes to pack our things. After all, we are marrying off our daughter!"

Lou Xiao'e took a sip of tea and whispered:
"The things at Kaiwu's place are all imported goods. Those things bought outside are useless!?"

"For gold, silver, jewelry, and the like, Brother Kaiwu always takes a big box and lets everyone choose. There's really no need to buy anything since we don't lack anything at home."

Lou's mother said quickly:

"What's his is his. We need at least one set of jade in our house, and one bracelet or something like that. Although Zhang Kaiwu has no shortage of gold and silver jewelry, we still need to give him a few sets."

Father Lou said firmly:
"Even though I'm a concubine, we have to have the things that other families need to get when they marry off their daughters. Since you don't want those things, we'll just give you the money!"

"I am Lou Bancheng's daughter. I cannot let you get married and suffer injustice!"

Lou Xiao'e said shyly:

"Then you guys take your time to discuss it! I'm going upstairs to sleep first."

Lou's father and mother watched her run away, and then discussed the matter for a long time.

Lou Xiao'e was married not far away, just next to their home.

It only takes two or three minutes to walk there, but Zhang Kaiwu’s status is not ordinary. He is not marrying down, so the dowry cannot be small!
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The next morning, after finishing my busy work and exercising, it was already past ten o'clock.

Zhang Kaiwu changed into a short-sleeved shirt, trousers and leather shoes, picked up two boxes of cigars, and strolled to Lou's house.

Lou Xiao'e was waiting at the gate in her school uniform, wearing some light makeup, and her face was red as she shouted excitedly:

"Brother Kaiwu! You are here."

Mother Lou was wearing a silk cheongsam, a pretty lady with a curvy figure. Today was a happy day, so she even put on some makeup and dressed up.

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and shouted to Lou's mother:
"Mom! You look really young for your age. You look even prettier than Xiao'e today!"

Lou's mother blushed, her mouth almost crooked with laughter, and she quickly pulled him aside and said:
"Kaiwu! You're really praising me. I'm old! Come in and sit down quickly. Mrs. Xu, please pour some tea."

After waiting for Zhang Kaiwu for a long time, Lou Xiao'e and Lou's mother took his arms, one on each side, smiling, and took him in.

Father Lou was dressed neatly, also in a white shirt, black pants, and shiny leather shoes. He sat in the living room waiting, and when he saw Zhang Kaiwu, he hurried over to greet him.

Father Lou smiled and pulled him to sit down. Looking at this young man carrying two boxes of cigars, he was really happy.

Mrs. Xu, the servant of the Lou family and Sha Mao's mother, quickly brought everyone a cup of tea and hurriedly retreated.

Lou's mother, who was just in her early thirties, sat next to Xiao'e, looking at this fake son-in-law with a smile on her face. The more she looked, the more satisfied she became.

Full of energy, great talent!
The dream of thousands of girls in Peking!
Senior Zhang who is becoming popular in Peking!

You can often see him in the newspapers, and every time it's big news.

I have met him twice before on Qianmen Street. Back then he was not as handsome as he is now. I haven't seen him for a while, and he has become even more handsome.

Zhang Kaiwu smiled as he filled a cigarette for Lou's father and lit it for him.

Saying:

"Mom and Dad! I'm going to take Xiao'e home today. Do you have any requirements?"

Father and Mother Lou said with a smile:

"What can we ask for? You are all young people who are in love freely. It's good enough for your husband and wife to love each other. That's more important than anything else!"

"Kaiwu! Do you have any idea about Xiao'e's dowry?"

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"No! Dowry doesn't matter. My family really has everything. Just like what you said, it's a free love, so I didn't look for a matchmaker."

But this marriage is really too high, Lou's father said with a smile:

"Simplicity is the new era! Simplicity is good."

In fact, Lou's father had made up his mind that even if Lou Xiao'e was to be a concubine, she should be a wife. The dowry should be good, at least two boxes of yellow croaker, and also calligraphy and paintings, so as not to lose the dignity of the Lou family.

If Lou Xiao'e became the principal wife, she would have to bring at least seven or eight boxes of yellow croaker as a dowry, which would have filled several carts with dowry. That would have been justified.

Although Zhang Kaiwu is a professor with an idle position, he is actually in a high position of power. If anyone can lend a hand with me when I need help, I will benefit a lot.

You are marrying up into your own family!

………………

So don’t blame girls for liking to talk about money with poor people and talking about feelings with rich people.

Because girls can all figure out that as long as they trick themselves into a wealthy family, they will not be short of money!
This may be the reason why you can see beautiful girls walking on the street with their chests covered.

I am afraid that Pleasant Goat, who has no money, will see it and suffer a loss, and I am also afraid that Boiling Goat, who has money, will not see it and suffer a loss.

Therefore, when many beautiful girls deal with wealthy people, they are diligent and conscientious, and they don't pretend to be cool. They even pay money to the rich people for fear of leaving a bad impression of being greedy.

When dealing with poor people, I have to make my conditions clear. Once they have met my conditions, I can talk about other things.

So those who cheat people for money and sex are all bragging about how awesome their families are, and none of them pretend to be poor...

At last!
The simple matter of a man getting married and a woman getting married is becoming more and more impetuous and magical!

Zhang Kaiwu and Lou's father had a very pleasant chat. No one mentioned the past, and there was no awkwardness as when they first met.

Although he looked down on Lou's father's business methods, he had no interest in Lou's Iron Works.

You can't just go and propose marriage and start a fight, right?!
Today is also a good day.
It's just a bit awkward seeing Lou's mother's enthusiastic hospitality. To be honest, with her curvy figure, Lou's mother is indeed prettier than Lou Xiao'e.

The drama is even more fantastical. The actress who plays Lou's mother is at least seven or eight years younger than the actress who plays Lou Xiao'e.

Oh! The fucking director must have been bribed. How can a mother be younger than her daughter? He thinks the audience is blind.

When the food was served in the restaurant for lunch, Lou's father introduced Director Yang to accompany the guests and have a couple of drinks at Lou's house.

After sitting and chatting for a while, Lou Xiao'e shyly carried a schoolbag and sat in the back seat of the car with Zhang Kaiwu.

With the help of the driver and Director Yang, Lou Xiao'e carried eight dowry boxes of various sizes into the car, and got married in such a simple way.

Mother and father Lou stood at the door and squeezed back their tears.

The driver slowly took Lou Xiao'e to the Institute of Viral Infection. He couldn't drive fast because it was too close.

Before the tears in Lou's mother's eyes could be squeezed out, Lou Xiao'e arrived at Zhang Kaiwu's house.

It took the driver five minutes to get there, a distance that should have taken three minutes to walk.

The sisters in the family rushed forward and carried up Lou Xiao'e's dowry. Lou Xiao'e went into the room upstairs with a blushing face.

The sisters chatted for a while and ate some melon seeds, and then I heard that Brother Kaiwu would check the summer homework in the evening.

Dispersed in a hurry!

Lou Xiao'e also quickly opened her schoolbag and looked at her summer homework with a start.

On this happy day, Lou Xiao'e began to work hard on her fifth-grade homework.

I guess it’s because now that he’s moved in, he feels like he can’t fool around with his homework anymore!

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After dinner, Lou Xiao'e began to live the life of a concubine.

In accordance with traditional culture, she gave the eight boxes of her dowry to Zhang Kaiwu for inspection and asked him to put the things away.

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and opened the box to take a look. There were two boxes of large yellow croakers and two boxes of bed sheets, quilt covers and the like.

Two boxes of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, two boxes of Lou Xiao'e's clothes, jewelry, tens of millions of cash and other things.

Lou Bancheng still had some assets, so he used the storage space to pack up the big yellow croakers, antiques and other things.

It’s not that he values ​​these things, it’s just that they are an eyesore when left outside.

Although Lou Bancheng's sons and wives had fled, they still had some relatives and friends in Peiping, and there were still quite a few of them.

But it is already yesterday's news and can't make any waves anymore.

The two boxes of yellow croaker sent by Lou's father were beyond his expectations. It seemed that Lou's father was still willing to invest.

The Lou family doesn't have much property, but they are willing to give such a large dowry. It seems they have good intentions!

Dowry is a small matter. School is about to start, and Zhang Kaiwu checks their homework one by one.

Lou Xiao'e handed in her summer homework, and was stammering there while practicing her drinking skills, drinking it in one gulp with deep emotion.

She stared at Zhang Kaiwu with a smile on her face. He was checking her summer homework, which was a complete mess.

No wonder I only got three points in the fourth grade! ?

Zhang Kaiwu frowned and thought, this Lou Xiao'e is the real type who just wants to get by, her studies are so bad.

Those who can write write briefly and hastily, while those who can't write just scrawl.

Kai Wu, who was checking summer homework, looked unhappy, and Lou Xiao'e's face became more and more depressed...

Zhang Kaiwu rubbed her head and said:
"Xiao'e! From now on, you need your homework to be signed by me tomorrow, otherwise I won't recognize it. Hiss!"

Lou Xiao'e nodded desperately!

She was really afraid that she would be sent back on the wedding day. Wouldn't that be so embarrassing! ?
Zhang Kaiwu took a deep breath and said:
"Forget about the past, hiss! But you can't study like this in the future!"

Lou Xiao'e nodded desperately!
Zhang Kaiwu took the homework book, handed it to Lou Xiao'e and said:
"Hurry up and study. If you don't know something, ask everyone. Don't do this again! Hiss!"

Zhang Kaiwu asked Lou Xiao'e to do her homework and began to check Baofeng's homework.

Baofeng was babbling as she massaged him. Zhang Kaiwu looked at Baofeng's third grade homework, and found basically no problems with it.

It was written carefully and the handwriting was neat.

This is a different fate. This girl may not be smarter than Lou Xiao'e, but because she has experienced hardships, she is serious about her work.

With only primary school education, how can there be any problem if you take it seriously! ?
As for the big troublemakers in the family, such as Huairu, Huizhen, Xueru, and now Lou Xiaoe, they are all careless because of regional reasons.

Because they are all from the north.

Northerners are cheerful and generous. They like to build relationships. Even when something is obviously impossible, they will pat their chests loudly when they agree.

Southerners and northerners have different cultures and focus on different things. This is ingrained in their DNA.

For example, when you go to someone to ask for help, regardless of whether they can agree or not, the northerners’ reaction is for everyone to have a drink first to build relationships.

Northerners seem to pay attention to feelings, so they drink first. At the table, they say hello to each other and call each other "brother". Your business is my business, and my business is your business. This matter is my responsibility.

But when he woke up the next morning, he had forgotten everything about the day before.

You will find magically that you drank so much yesterday that you even went to the toilet several times, but it was all in vain.

When you wake up, all the people who promised you are gone.

Seemingly affectionate but heartless.

Therefore, it is difficult for people in the north to do business and even more difficult to get things done.

Southerners like to make things clear. One is one, two is two! Talk about things first and drink later. If things can't be discussed well, why drink? Is it necessary! ?
Seemingly ruthless but actually affectionate.

Reject ineffective social interactions and don’t waste everyone’s time, which will make doing business easier.

The same goes for the relationship between husband and wife in Zhang Kaiwu's family. These gangsters all think that we are a close couple, so they are willing to cheat.

Avoid it if you can!

Zhang Kaiwu asked them to study, but they might not really want to study. But the relationship was there, so they either said they would not study or just muddle through slowly, hoping to get by.

Their choice is actually based on the same principle as drinking at the table.

I promise you first, then I endure with you, isn't this the same thing! ?

So no matter what you do in the north, you must be careful.

What others say doesn’t count, and even if they agree, it doesn’t count. You have to check the follow-up work.

Damn it!

I taught you with all my heart, but you treated me like a fool! ?

They have no sense of contract!!!
Zhang Kaiwu rubbed Baofeng, played with two small walnuts, and watched her practice seriously.

Baofeng looked at him in a daze with his brows furrowed, knowing that he was thinking about something. She saw the opportunity and pushed him to lean against it, babbling and practicing the fatal series of thirty-six squats.

Want to defeat the master by surprise.

Unfortunately, she worked herself into a sweat, but it didn't work. Zhang Kaiwu, who had come to his senses, beat her so hard that she screamed:

"Master! Spare my life! Uh-huh! Wuuuuuu…"

Zhang Kaiwu beat her severely and cursed:

"You damned girl, you actually dared to attack me. You're lucky if I don't beat you to death today! Die!"

Baofeng was too delicate to take a beating and fell down soon.

Thinking about Lou Xiao'e's homework book and Huairu and Xueru's lazy behavior, Zhang Kaiwu ran over aggressively, gathered the gang together, and beat them up twice.

Zhang Kaiwu beat and scolded:
"I let you guys slack off, let's see if you will still slack off when studying in the future! Hmmmmmm! I'm going to beat you to death today, let's see if you will study seriously in the future!? Hmmmmmm!"

The summer vacation is over, and it's time to focus on their education, and this must be justified.

Chen Xueru pulled the feet of Lou Xiaoe, who was pretending to be dead, and shouted desperately:

"Little girl! Where the hell have you been? Come and help me! Wuuuu! Huizhen, get up and help me. I know you are awake! Sister Huairu! Get up quickly! Wuuuu!"

Unfortunately, Lin Xiaoniang was pregnant, so she could only pretend to persuade him:
"Master! Sister Xueru is almost dying. If you are angry, just come to me. Harmony is the most important thing in our family."

(End of this chapter)