Chapter 80 Rumors spread
A few days passed quietly, and then in February, the weather was freezing cold. After work, Li Shengli wrapped himself up tightly and pushed his bicycle back to the courtyard. He didn't dare to ride fast, because if he did, the cold wind would scratch his face like a knife.

After returning to the courtyard, Li Shengli first went back to his room and started a fire. After the fire was lit, he filled the teapot with water and boiled the water on the stove. What a pleasant thing it is to drink a cup of hot tea in the middle of winter.

After boiling the water, Li Shengli felt a little urgent to urinate, so he hurried out to the public toilet in the alley outside to meet his personal physiological needs.

When I returned to the courtyard, I happened to run into Yan Jiefang, who was chatting with a few young people in the front yard.

"Li Shengli, you're back?" Yan Jiefang stretched out his hand and greeted him.

"What are you talking about?" Li Shengli asked curiously.

"Hey, what could be the matter? Shazhu from our yard is going on a blind date." Yan Jiefang said, the news had already spread in the yard.

"Has someone come for the blind date? I didn't notice any strangers coming in. Shazhu hasn't come back yet, right?" Li Shengli was a little puzzled. He came back fast enough by bicycle. Did Shazhu ask for leave?

"No one came. I don't know where the news came from." Yan Jiefang shrugged and spread his hands, indicating that he didn't know where the news came from.

"This person is not here, what are you discussing? I thought you were discussing whether Sha Zhu's blind date is pretty or not." Li Shengli was very disappointed.

"Hey, you don't know, we are not discussing whether Shazhu's blind date is pretty or not, we are discussing whether Shazhu's blind date can be successful this time." Another young man explained.

"I don't know who spread the news." Li Shengli thought that if Xu Damao knew about it, he would definitely help to check it. Xu Damao would not let Sha Zhu surpass him in getting married.

"I'm not sure. This news came out in the past two days. It said that Sha Zhu asked an old man to introduce a girl to him." Yan Jiefang shook his head. He also heard it from his home.

"Hey." Li Shengli sighed. It seemed that someone didn't want Sha Zhu to get married. Li Shengli thought about it and it should not be Xu Damao. Xu Damao could ridicule him, but even if he wanted to interfere, it would be when Sha Zhu found a beautiful wife. If Sha Zhu found a wife better than Lou Xiao'e, do you think Xu Damao would interfere?

Besides, Xu Damao has only been in the countryside for a few days and is coming back today.

Li Shengli didn't think it was Xu Damao. If it was Xu Damao, Xu Damao would say bad things about Sha Zhu in front of the girl.

It seems to be Qin Huairu or Jia Zhangshi. If Sha Zhu gets married, can he still support them? Qin Huairu will not watch this happen. Even if Sha Zhu wants to get married, he has to find a wife who can support their family.

Li Shengli planned to observe secretly. This matter did not affect him. As long as Sha Zhu did not leave Qin Huairu, it would be difficult for him to find a wife. What's more, what Xu Damao said was half right. Sha Zhu did often help the widow's family. Sha Zhu also wanted to have something happen with the widow, but he just didn't want to marry her.

When Sha Zhu came back at noon, he also knew the rumors in the yard. It should not be just a rumor. The deaf old lady did visit the old man.

It was almost evening in the afternoon. Li Shengli was reading at home. He heard the sound of a bicycle outside the door. Li Shengli knew that it was Xu Damao who came back.

Xu family in the backyard.

"Ezi, open the door." Xu Damao stopped his bicycle, unloaded some local specialties from the bicycle, and shouted towards his home.

Lou Xiao'e heard the noise, opened the door, and took the things from Xu Damao's hand.

"It's really freezing today." Xu Damao handed the things in his hand to Lou Xiao'e, took off his gloves, stamped his feet, and went to the stove to warm himself by the fire.

Lou Xiao'e put the things Xu Damao brought back, and the two of them sat around the fireplace and started talking.

"What? You said Shazhu is going on a blind date?" Xu Damao stood up immediately after hearing the news from Lou Xiao'e. "Sit down, why are you so excited?" Lou Xiao'e said with a cold look at Xu Damao.

"I'm not excited at all." Xu Damao sat down and said angrily. "No, I have to take a look."

"Hey, what are you doing? You're doing unnecessary things." Lou Xiao'e was a little surprised. Disrupting someone's marriage, the feud between these two people was too bitter.

"Nothing. Didn't he ask an old man to introduce him to a girl? She must be an employee of the factory." Xu Damao thought carefully about what Lou Xiao'e said. "I don't need to do anything. I just need to publicize what Sha Zhu did to him."

Xu Damao thought to himself, what kind of girl can this old man introduce to Sha Zhu? There are not many people working in the factory, and he knows some pretty good ones. She will definitely not be interested in Sha Zhu.

In the evening, Lou Xiao'e prepared dinner. As Xu Damao ate, he had this scene in his mind: Sha Zhu had found a wife who was prettier than Lou Xiao'e, and had given birth to a child before him. , and was bragging in front of him.

"We have been married for such a long time, why is there still no movement in your belly?" Xu Damao couldn't help but ask Lou Xiao'e curiously when he thought of this.

"How would I know? I didn't have any reaction at all." Lou Xiao'e was also a little surprised. "Big Hat, why don't we go to the hospital for a checkup sometime?"

"No, I'm sure I'll be fine. Let's wait for a while." Xu Damao felt that he didn't feel unwell normally.

"Okay, let's wait and see." Lou Xiao'e thought about it and decided that it would be inconvenient for her to go to the hospital for a check-up alone for something like this.

At Li Shengli's house, after dinner Li Shengli read a book for a while, then washed up and went to bed.

After a good night's sleep, Li Shengli got up early the next morning to go to work. By the time of the morning break, the story of Sha Zhu had already spread among the female crowd.

"Do you know? There is some unclear relationship between Sha Zhu from our factory kitchen and Qin Huairu from the workshop." During the break, Yao Qin told the people in the cafeteria the gossip she had heard.

"Where did you hear that? Is it accurate?" Upon hearing the gossip, everyone in the cafeteria gathered around excitedly.

There are not many entertainment activities these days, and the most common way to kill time is for a group of people to sit together and tell each other gossip they heard.

"I also heard it from others. I just did this for fun." Seeing everyone gathered around, Yao Qin explained in advance.

"Why does the name Qin Huairu sound so familiar?" A canteen kitchen helper thought about it and felt like he had heard this name somewhere before.

"It's the pretty widow who took over last year." said another kitchen helper. They also asked around.

Li Shengli glanced at Liu Xikui meaningfully. At that time, Liu Xikui was still thinking about getting closer to Qin Huairu.

Seeing the look in Li Shengli's eyes, Liu Xikui's face flushed.

Li Shengli chuckled, turned his head and stopped looking at Liu Xikui.

Li Shengli couldn't help but feel surprised. Xu Damao was so quick. He was worthy of being a member of the Propaganda Department. The news spread quickly.

Now it will be difficult for Sha Zhu to find a partner in the steel mill.

(End of this chapter)