Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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When He Yuzhu saw Bai Ling come in, he closed his book, stood up, and picked up the casual clothes hanging next to him.

He opened the cloak and draped it over Bai Ling, then reached to button it up.

"I haven't been here long."

"Who sent you?" Bai Ling said angrily.

He slapped He Yuzhu's hand away, buttoned up his shirt himself, and didn't ask He Yuzhu for help.

"I came to find out what was going on, but the door was locked when I got here, so I had to climb over the wall to get in."

"Hmph, from now on, no one is allowed to climb over the wall to come in without my permission."

He Yuzhu reached out to ask for it, which startled Bai Ling. She asked, "What are you doing?"

He Yuzhu said matter-of-factly, "Give me a key to your front door."

Bai Ling reached out and slapped He Yuzhu's hand: "Why should I? This is my home."

"You're the one who wouldn't let me climb over the wall, so of course I need a key to get in."

"No way."

Not wanting to continue arguing with He Yuzhu, Bai Ling asked, "What do you want to know?"

"Aren't you from the Municipal Public Security Bureau? How come you were transferred to a police station?"

Bai Ling said, "It's nothing. I've been working in the municipal bureau since before liberation. I haven't held a grassroots position in all these years. Director Luo is letting me go down to the grassroots to get some experience."

Although Bai Ling spoke very casually, He Yuzhu knew that the reality was not as simple as she made it sound.

He asked, "Isn't it related to those three officials?"

"Don't overthink it."

"Really do not have?"

"I've already said no, why are you being so annoying?"

Bai Ling said, "Let's talk about it after I get to the police station and take office. Please leave now."

He Yuzhu certainly didn't want to leave like this, so he said, "Since you're already here, let me make you dinner."

Then he walked outside to go to the kitchen.

Bai Ling said smugly from behind, "We only get two meals a day at the police station now, and besides, we don't have any food at home."

"Really? Let me see?"

He Yuzhu went straight into the kitchen and said, "Look, there's rice, noodles, meat, and vegetables here."

"how can that be possible."

Bai Ling followed along, remembering clearly that when there was nothing left at home, she gave it all to her colleagues who couldn't afford food.

But when Bai Ling entered the kitchen, she was surprised to see that there were still more than 20 kilograms of flour and more than 10 kilograms of rice in the rice jar.

The vegetable cabinet contained meat, cabbage, radishes, vermicelli, and two bottles of soybean oil.

Bai Ling asked in surprise, "How is this possible? Where did this come from?"

He Yuzhu laughed and said, "So you had grain but were trying to fool me."

Seeing He Yuzhu's sly smile, Bai Ling suddenly realized: "You brought all of these?"

He Yuzhu nodded and said, "Last time I saw that you didn't have much stuff left, so I took some."

Bai Ling rolled her eyes at him and said, "Who told you to bring this? Why didn't you tell me beforehand?"

"Isn't it because you've lost weight? You've got no fat on you, it breaks my heart to see you like this."

Bai Ling's face immediately turned red. She had indeed lost a lot of weight, and now she weighed less than 90 pounds.

At that time, there were hardly any fat people in society. Fat people, or even people with any meat on their bones, were few and far between.

Each person's ration is fixed, barely enough to fill their stomachs.

I'm not getting enough to eat, so I have to force myself to stay full.

As a middle-level manager, Bai Ling has quite a few subordinates under her.

Some people were so hungry that they had no other choice, so Bai Ling donated some of the food and meat she had stored at home.

This caused her to often go hungry, and she lost a lot of weight.

Previously, He Yuzhu would hold her while she slept, and her upper body was completely under He Yuzhu's control.

He knew exactly how thin he had become.

"Then you can't act first and ask for permission later."

"Look at what you're saying. We're friends, after all. I can't let you go hungry while I'm full."

He Yuzhu had already made some preparations and was just waiting for Bai Ling to come back so he could start a fire and cook.

Bai Ling felt indebted to He Yuzhu because she had accepted his help, so she felt awkward about sending him back and had no choice but to help with the cooking.

Soon the two dishes and soup were cooked and brought into the bedroom, where they were placed on the kang (a heated brick bed).

Bai Ling remembered that there was a bottle of baijiu at home, so she opened the cupboard and found several bottles of wine, as well as Fenjiu, and, most importantly, two jin of brown sugar and several packets of pastries inside.

Bai Ling brought over a bottle of wine and two glasses, saying, "Why did you bring so much stuff?"

"The pastries and brown sugar are for you, and the wine is what I've stored here for you to enjoy slowly later."

Bai Ling blushed and said, "I won't store it for you. You can take it all later."

He Yuzhu smiled, then opened the wine bottle and poured Bai Ling a glass.

"Let's make it clear first, I'll only drink this one."

He Yuzhu smiled, raised his glass, and clinked it against Bai Ling's.

"Cheers! Let's drink until we're drunk!"

"Don't force me to drink."

Chapter 377 Taking Down Bai Ling

He Yuzhu didn't pick up on that topic, but instead asked about the police station.

Bai Ling gave a brief explanation, but she didn't mention why she worked at the police station.

He Yuzhu asked, "Did you not listen to some instructions from your superiors?"

He Yuzhu knew that Bai Ling had received several phone calls from leaders.

However, those three police officers have not been released to this day, and they have all been expelled from the police force.

Bai Ling nodded and said, "I do need to gain some experience at the grassroots level. I've never served as the head of a police station before."

A leader generally needs to have some grassroots work experience; if he is a government employee, he needs to have served as a town mayor or street director.

Only in this way can one assume a higher-level leadership position. Yes, governing a region also requires work experience within government agencies.

For Bai Ling, working at the municipal bureau provides experience in government offices, and she also needs to gain experience at the grassroots level, namely as the head of a police station.

Luo Yong then sent Bai Ling to a local police station for a period of time to gain experience in grassroots work.

So you've come here to gain experience at the grassroots level?

Bai Ling nodded: "I have to make up for this part."

The appointment of the police station chief was a huge surprise to Bai Ling and He Yuzhu.

This was something I hadn't expected.

With Bai Ling around, Jiang Hanyang's abilities have been weakened at the very least.

Under the guise of celebration, He Yuzhu kept urging Bai Ling to drink.

But Bai Ling wasn't fooled and refused to drink any more.

He Yuzhu had no choice but to eat a decent meal and finish the bottle of wine, followed by half a bottle of baijiu (Chinese liquor).

Bai Ling didn't think much of it at first, but after eating and drinking her fill, He Yuzhu swayed and passed out drunk.

Bai Ling packed up the food and drinks, and after washing up, she returned to find that no matter how she called out to him, He Yuzhu wouldn't wake up.

Feeling helpless, she then fetched warm water to wipe He Yuzhu's hands and face, and used the water to wash his feet.

After taking the basin out and washing up in the kitchen, she came back and, after thinking for a moment, took off He Yuzhu's coat and covered him with a quilt.

I wanted to bring another quilt to the guest room so I wouldn't have to stay in this room.

Suddenly, He Yuzhu grabbed Bai Ling's wrist and dragged her onto the bed.

Then he pulled the beauty into his arms and bent down to kiss her.

Bai Ling quickly reached out to block him, shouting, "You bad guy, you were just pretending to be drunk!"

"Of course I'm drunk."

"Pah, you liar, let me get up."

He Yuzhu pulled the quilt over them, then turned off the light before saying: