After clinking glasses with Xue Jianrong, Chu Qianqian drank three glasses in one go.
And his face doesn’t turn red and his heart doesn’t beat.
But Xue Jianrong felt a little uncomfortable after drinking three cups. The old lady looked at Xue Xueli and winked.
Xue Xueli also knew at this time that Chu Xiangqian was definitely not bragging before, but it was impossible for him to admit defeat.
Moreover, it’s not like he was drinking by himself anyway, at worst the two grandsons would have been drunk by his brother-in-law-to-be.
Just when Chu Qianqian picked up a bottle of wine and was about to open it, he suddenly saw Xue Jinglan looking at him with a worried look.
Chu Qianqian was stunned for a few seconds, then naturally put the wine bottle back on the table, picked up the chopsticks and started eating.
The old lady, Tan Youli and Xue Hongmei couldn't help but snicker.
She secretly said that her daughter was lucky to have met a man who knew how to love her and was willing to take care of her feelings.
Father and son Xue Xueli and Xue Xiaomin also saw their daughter's little actions, and were naturally very satisfied with Chu Xiangqian's actions.
Xue Jianrong and Xue Jianguo had long been frightened by Chu Xiangqian's 1 pound and 8 taels just now. Seeing that Chu Xiangqian didn't pour any more wine, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
He secretly thought that he would never have a drink with Chu Xiangqian in the future, and then he felt something in his heart, wondering if his old man would take Chu Xiangqian out for a drink.
But I will definitely drag him to the banquet in the future.
Xue Xueli glanced at his daughter Xue Hongmei, who smiled and saw what her father meant.
He smiled and asked Chu Qianqian, "Qianqian, don't you want to drink anymore?"
Chu twitched the corners of his mouth forward a few times, waved his hands and said, "No more, no more, so as not to be unable to get up tomorrow and delay work."
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on her, Xue Jinglan felt happy, but at the same time her ears and neck turned red with embarrassment.
After everyone had finished eating and several women entered the kitchen, Tan Youli took Xue Jinglan's hand and saw that her daughter had no intention of breaking away.
I was both happy and unhappy at the same time, secretly thinking that I really had a sweetheart, and I immediately wanted to perform better.
Even problems from the past can get better in an instant.
But it was her mother who asked in a low voice, "Lan Lan, what do you think of Xiao Chu?"
The old lady and Xue Hongmei hurriedly pricked up their ears, and saw Xue Jinglan blushing, hesitating for a while, and then whispered, "Mom, he doesn't smell bad. And some habits can't be faked."
As soon as the three old ladies heard this, they knew that there was no problem with their girl.
Now let’s see if Chu Xiangqian really doesn’t mind, or if he pretends not to mind.
In the living room, Chu Xiangqian did not show too much in front of Xue Xueli, his ancestors and his grandson.
Even when chatting and drinking tea, even if I know something, I can tell you a few things, but I deliberately show that I don't understand.
Although the four Xue family members were a little disappointed, they felt relieved.
Until Xue Xiaomin took the initiative to bring up hunting in order to prevent Chu Xiangqian from being embarrassed, Chu Xiangqian didn't say much and kept being humble. He only said that he relied on luck 70%, and the rest was his true ability.
Only then did Xue Xueli and Xue Xiaomin realize that Chu Qianqian was actually a humble master.
Chu Xiangqian got two wild boars, three wolves, and a leopard for the steel rolling mill in three days last week. How could he hide it from the father and son?
Since Chu Xiangqian even said that what he was best at was luck, his performance just now should also be hiding his clumsiness.
Xue Xiaomin couldn't help but frown slightly. Normally, if the prospective son-in-law behaved like this, he couldn't find it with a lantern.
But as a father, he felt that Chu Xiangqian had such thoughts when he was less than 20 years old, and he seemed a little scheming.
On the contrary, Xue Xueli didn't take it to heart and said with a smile, "Xiao Chu, it's getting late. Let Lan Lan take you to the gate."
Chu Xiangqian stood up hurriedly, and watched Xue Jinglan and Chu Xiangqian go out one after another with the Xue family watching.
Naturally, Chu Qianqian would not really go directly to the gate of this compound.
Instead, he took the initiative and said, "Comrade Xue, we have just finished eating, why don't we take a walk in this yard?"
Xue Jinglan was stunned for a moment, and then she felt happy.
Nodding slightly, he followed Chu Qianqian and wandered around the courtyard.
Fortunately, it was winter, and there were basically no pedestrians at night. The two of them chatted while walking, and they talked more.
When I say this so much, I don’t even feel how fast time passes.
When Xue Jianguo came out to call Xue Jinglan, Chu Qianqian glanced at his watch, and it was already past 10 o'clock.
I could only send Xue Jinglan home and watch her enter the house. Then I said goodbye to Xue Jianguo and rode my bicycle back to the courtyard.
The third uncle who opened the door opened the front door. Chu pushed his bicycle forward and was about to go back to his house when he heard Yan Fugui say, "Xiao Chu, the neighborhood committee came to the door today and said that this sparrow is no longer one of the four pests. Got bedbugs.
Also, we still have to catch a hundred rats in our yard this year and hand them in. You, the three brothers Aiguo and Aimin, just like other households, just hand over 10 rats. "
Chu Qianqian silently calculated that there were originally 17 households in this courtyard. After Liu Yifa left, he and himself, who loves his country and loves his people, moved in again.
Equivalent to 18 households.
But the deaf old lady definitely couldn't let her catch mice, so she silently figured it out and nodded, "Okay, I'll ask Aiguo and Aimin to go out and make some mouse traps in the next two days."
Yan Fugui was originally thinking of asking Chu Xiangqian to lend Da Zhuang and Hong Niu as envoys. When Chu Xiangqian said this, he suddenly didn't know how to speak.
When Chu Qianqian returned home, he asked Titmouse to catch mice around.
Although the tit looks like an ornamental bird, this little thing has a constitution of 2.5, a strength of 1.1, and agility of 4.5.
Let alone catching mice, it's no problem letting it catch foxes and lynxes.
In just half an hour, not only were ten mice caught, but the mice were even carried with their paws and their heads were pecked out. They flew back to the yard and were still in the corner of the east wing.
Chu Qianqian went out and packed it up with a waste dustpan, and ignored it when it was still in the corner.
Just after 12 o'clock, I took Titmouse into the Novice Village. After easily brushing off the things that were refreshed in the game, Titmouse was successfully upgraded to level 7.
Without much thought, I added a little agility to the tit.
Then he lay in the fountain pool, thinking about Xue Jinglan, and fell asleep without realizing it.
The next morning, when Chu Qianqian woke up from Novice Village, not only did he not feel that he had a cold, but he felt refreshed all over.
After putting on his clothes and gun holster, he went out and was about to go to work on the street. But when he looked at the corner of the wall with his peripheral vision, he suddenly noticed that among the ten mice caught by the tits last night, there seemed to be four or five missing.
Chu Xiangqian's first reaction was that the mouse had been stolen.
But if you think about it seriously, Siheyuan Pirate Saint is still a five or six-year-old baby at this time, and it is impossible to go out at night.
After taking a closer look around the broken dustpan, I quickly discovered that a few hairs had fallen into the cracks in the dustpan.
Needless to say, it was probably stolen by a wild cat.
Chu Qianqian shook his head helplessly. If he wanted to blame himself, he would blame himself for not putting these ten mice into the house last night.
Just when he was about to let the matter go, he suddenly saw a black cat staring at him on the courtyard wall. Chu Qianqian immediately guessed that it was the black cat that had stolen his mouse.
Just as I was about to drive the cat away, I suddenly saw that the black cat’s belly was a little bulging.
After watching carefully for a few seconds, Chu Xiangqian was sure that the black cat should have a baby in its belly.
After thinking about it, it was easy for a tit to catch mice anyway, so I threw the dustpan back into the corner, got on my bicycle and ignored it.
When he reached the street, he was stopped by the guard, Old Man Sun, "Xiao Chu, are those two dogs good at catching mice?"
After hearing this, Chu Xiangqian understood that everyone had a task to eliminate the four evils.
He smiled and said, "How many animals have been assigned to you in your yard?"
Old Man Sun smiled sheepishly. Originally, he only needed to get two mice. After all, he was old and it was not his turn to go out to catch mice at night.
But I absolutely shouldn't. Yesterday after I got home from get off work, I was playing chess with a few old men. I don't know who started it, but they actually bet on rats.
Then he was tasked with 12 mice.
Ten years ago, Old Man Sun would never ask Chu Xiangqian for help, but now, his health is indeed not as good as before.
In addition to Chu Xiangqian's two hunting dogs, they can kill wild boars and wild wolves, and rats will definitely be no problem.
Someone can do this for me, and Old Man Sun naturally doesn't want to go out to catch mice at night.
When Chu Xiangqian heard that Old Man Sun wanted 12, he naturally agreed immediately in order to befriend him.
Old Man Sun suddenly smiled when he saw Chu Qianqian agreeing so readily, and then whispered, "I heard that there was a lot of rat trouble at the grain station.
The superiors then assigned the task of catching mice.
If your two hunting dogs are really good at catching mice, why not tell the director and take the initiative to apply for help. When you go to get food from now on, be sure to get the best. "
Chu Xiangqian knew that Old Man Sun was repaying his favor for helping him catch mice, so he thought about it and nodded.
Let’s not mention the best way to get the best food. Just establishing a good relationship with the food station may be useful in the future.
When they entered the office, they saw Fang Xiaosheng and Chen Daliang sitting in their seats with tired faces and yawning.
From the looks of it, the two of them must have been staring outside last night.
Just as he said hello, he saw Xue Hongmei walking in furiously.
As soon as she saw Chu Qianqian, Xue Hongmei couldn't help but smile, pulled Chu Qianqian out of the office, and whispered, "Qianqian, the old lady said last night that if you are free, go and see her more often, do you understand?"
Chu Xiangqian nodded hurriedly, knowing that the old lady was telling him to go to Xue Jinglan more.
Then he asked Xue Hongmei, "Sister, I heard from the guard Sun that there has been a serious rat infestation at the grain station recently?"
Xue Hongmei nodded, then her eyes lit up, "Go forward, Uncle Sun is reminding you that you don't need your two hunting dogs to help the grain station deal with the rat infestation.
There is no need for you to keep an eye on the grain station every day. As long as two hunting dogs catch a few mice every night, the number will be considerable in a month. It is considered a moderate achievement. "
After saying that, Xue Hongmei pulled Chu Qianqian away, "I'll take you to see the director and try to let your two hunting dogs go to the grain station tonight."
Chu Qianqian hurriedly followed, but after only a few steps, Xue Hongmei stopped, looked at Chu Qianqian and asked solemnly, "Qianqian, are you sure those two hunting dogs of yours can really catch mice?"
Chu Xiangqian has full confidence in this aspect.
Except for the mice hiding in the mouse holes, as long as the mice emerge from the grain station, they will definitely not be able to escape the pursuit of Da Zhuang and Hong Niu.
Worse still, there are long-tailed tits.
After experiencing being chased by a peregrine falcon, the chickadee quickly learned the peregrine's method of striking and stunning its prey.
To deal with a mouse, you only need to pounce at a very fast speed and use two sharp claws to enlarge the mouse's head or even its body to injure or kill the mouse.
Just look at Chickadee's record of killing 10 mice in just one hour last night.
Let alone a dozen in a night, as long as the number of mice is enough, it is not difficult to get one or two hundred in a night.
But Chu Xiangqian vaguely realized that this matter was not that simple.
When I arrived at the director's office, I saw no one, but this didn't bother Xue Hongmei.
I went to the communication room and made a call. Unexpectedly, the district was also angry about this matter. I was thinking of mobilizing some people from various units to go to the grain station to see how many rats they could catch.
Upon hearing that Chu Xiangqian took the initiative to apply for his two hunting dogs to stay at the grain station to help at night, the street director Cao Guanglin naturally welcomed him with both hands.
However, Cao Guanglin also repeatedly told him to be serious and responsible on the phone.
Chu Xiangqian immediately became alert, secretly thinking that Cao Guanglin must have meant something in his words.
Maybe the people above noticed something unusual. After all, the losses at the grain depot were so great that if they said it was all because of rats, then they would be fools.
It's just that the problem couldn't be found, so I kept suppressing it.
Chu Qianqian secretly said that this time he went there. On the surface, he only asked Da Zhuang and Hong Niu to catch mice at night, but secretly, he allowed the long-tailed tits to keep an eye on the grain station all the time.
But within a few seconds, Chu Qianqian sighed again.
If there really are rats, and the higher-ups want to exterminate them with great fanfare, their rats will naturally cease to exist.
Otherwise, it is just hitting the muzzle of the gun.
In other words, when I went to the grain station this time, maybe I really just went to catch some mice.
I got on my bicycle and went out of the street. In a deserted alley, I released the tits to look around, and then released Da Zhuang and Hong Niu.
Ten minutes later, I arrived at the grain station and spoke to the guard. Not long after, I saw a middle-aged man walking out of the office building with two young people.
After introducing each other, Chu Xiangqian found out that the middle-aged man's name was Ke Ze, and he was the deputy director of the grain station.
Looking at the expressions of the other two young people, Chu Xiangqian knew that they did not welcome him.
Chu Xiangqian didn't care either. If it were him, he wouldn't want outsiders to solve the troubles that he didn't solve.
In addition to losing face, you may also be exposed to your own internal problems.
When Chu Xiangqian entered the grain station and only looked at a few granaries, he soon discovered that things were not as simple as imagined.
The people at the food station are not stupid either. Some people have long thought of using cats and dogs to deal with mice when it comes to troubles that cannot be solved by manpower.
It's a pity that no matter how powerful cats and dogs are, they can't drill holes, so the effect is not as good as expected.
Moreover, when faced with a mountain of grain piles, the dog is completely useless and cannot catch up with the mice on the grain pile.
As for the cat, as long as the mouse burrows into the grain pile, there is nothing you can do about the mouse.
Chu Qianqian shook his head helplessly, secretly thinking that he might as well just pretend.
Secretly, the tits were watching the grain storehouse, waiting to see if any rats would appear.
At about ten o'clock that night, Chu Qianqian closed the door and lay down in the fountain of Novice Village to take a bath, but his eyes were on the long-tailed tit.
Da Zhuang and Hong Niu were placed in the grain station by the people at the grain station, allowing them to wander around.
(End of chapter)
