Men and women eating in the courtyard

On the last weekend of January, which is the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Magic City Daily published a reader's letter.

The letter was written by a worker named Zhang Renxing from the Magic City Glass Machinery Factory.

He first proposed the "Spring Festival not going home" initiative and commented: "Spring Festival is nothing! Our grandest festival is here!"

Li Xuewu couldn't help but twitch his mouth when he saw this news. What is coming is coming.

It's coming~ It's coming!

The rule of no holiday during the Spring Festival, which has lasted for more than ten years, is coming.

I don't know how many people will scold this person in the next ten years, but now, there are really some people who are determined to do something.

Time flies, day and night?

It's just tormenting people.

In the backyard of the club, a tennis court converted from a greenhouse has been renovated recently.

It's not very big, with two courts side by side, which can accommodate up to eight people to play together.

Of course, if you just want to exercise, it's best to play two-on-two on one court, otherwise tennis is still very tiring.

Especially for novices, tennis elbow is really uncomfortable.

"Is it cold?"

"Not bad~"

Hearing Li Xuewu asking her with a smile, Zhou Xiaobai smiled and answered.

She was only wearing a white shirt with a sweater on the outside.

With sweat on her forehead, she pointed to the glass on top of her head and around her and said, "It's all glass. It's very good to be like this."

Earlier, the Ding family was also a big family. Although they were doing the way of the underworld, they acted like elite nobles.

The glass greenhouse has ground pipes underneath, and hired gardeners work here all year round to cultivate flowers and green plants.

On the one hand, it meets the needs of all the houses in the mansion, and on the other hand, it is given as a gift to friends.

The ancients said that the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water.

If you give money and valuables, it's okay to ask someone to do something, but if you are dealing with relatives and daily communication, it's a bit too much, and it doesn't look good.

The flower hall at the door is to be decorated with these flowers and bonsai to entertain guests.

In winter, the snow is falling outside, but the room is warm like spring, with lush vegetation and freshness.

A few close friends sit together to drink tea and discuss philosophy, commenting on flowers and birds, isn't it a pleasure.

If you don't like flowers and birds, you can comment on maids and talk about love and romance.

If your friends are envious, you can also tell the servants to pick good quality pots and flowers, seal the boxes and load them on the truck.

Giving roses to others will leave a lingering fragrance on your hands.

Economical and unconventional.

Of course, when Li Xuewu took over Dongcheng No. 1 Courtyard from Ding Wanqiu, it was already in ruins.

Not to mention the exotic flowers and plants, even the glass of the greenhouse is gone.

I don't know if it was damaged naturally or asked the poor Ding Wanqiu to remove it and sell it.

Don't overestimate that old guy. He is so hungry that he dares not sell anything.

It's just that he is worthless, otherwise he would have been standing on the street throwing handkerchiefs.

When Dou Yaozu was redesigning the surveying and mapping compound, he asked Li Xuewu if there was a need to build a flower garden here.

Li Xuewu doesn't have the leisure to grow flowers and grass, but it's okay to be a little bit of a flower.

Since this place is a sports club, he chose a few sports for him to choose from and let him arrange them.

After seeing the structure and frame of the greenhouse, Dou Yaozu almost cursed Ding Wanqiu's mother in his heart.

The original owner of this old house was very thoughtful when building it. Not only did he choose the best wood for the house, but he also chose the best wood for the greenhouse.

In addition, the use environment of the greenhouse is special. On the basis of masonry as an auxiliary, a large number of wooden structures are used.

If the glass is intact and maintained carefully, there will be no problem for three to five hundred years.

But look at what Ding Wanqiu, this bastard, did. He didn't care if the wood peeled off and cracked. How could the feng shui be good in the sun and rain?

Basically, all wooden structures have to be replaced with new ones, and even masonry structures have to be rebuilt.

So the current tennis training hall is just the same as the original greenhouse in terms of location.

Of course, Dou Yaozu is a professional, and he didn't choose new materials.

Since May last year, there have been countless "demolition teams" in this city, and those guys are really cruel.

What's the big deal about demolishing temples? They dare to demolish the Temple of Heaven. If it weren't for the strict supervision of the Forbidden City, it would have been demolished.

Dou Yaozu has a lot of these ancient building materials in his hands. He uses them as needed here, and he dares not give Li Xuewu a sloppy look.

Although it is old wood, after renovation and painting, the overall layout looks antique again.

Especially through Shen Guodong's relationship, some tempered glass was obtained from the Beijing No. 2 Glass Factory, and this tennis hall immediately became fashionable.

Underground heating pipes were laid, and radiators were embedded in the masonry walls. It may be a little cold at night, but when there is sunshine during the day, the body is still warm.

Otherwise, the green plants in the corner would not grow so vigorously.

As for why we need to use tempered glass, we have to talk about the power of tennis.

Most people play this game with skills. The initial speed of the ball is fast, but the force has been almost dissipated when it reaches the opponent.

But there are always newcomers who are not like that. They have great strength and strong hands. When a ball is hit, it will leave a bruise on the person.

Zhou Xiaobai has just started learning and has never played it before. The club in their compound also has this game.

However, that club is for big officials like her father to play. Naturally, she will not go there because of her shy personality.

Today, she finally caught Li Xuewu finish work early, and she wanted to join in the fun. She found a tennis racket and took the initiative to ask him to play.

Li Xuewu was not unfamiliar with this sport. The tennis hall had just been built and few people came, so he became a coach.

Zhou Xiaobai and he each had a racket. He first taught her how to hold the racket, how to stand, how to move, how to hit the ball and how to use force.

As for the rules, they usually don't really do it on the training ground.

This thing is not easy to get started. If you want to compete, you probably just pick up the ball and play.

Zhou Xiaobai didn't know if it was intentional. She couldn't learn it, so she asked Li Xuewu to teach her step by step.

Either she said she couldn't swing the racket, or she said she couldn't control the angle and strength.

The tennis ball bounced off the wall when it was hit, and then she moved her feet to hit it. It was hard for both of them to teach and learn.

After a while, Zhou Xiaobai finally learned it with satisfaction, and then she tried to play against him.

However, Li Xuewu picked up more balls, and no novice ball was not off target.

While they were playing, Zuo Jie came in with Luo Yun, first greeted Li Xuewu with a smile, and then went to the cabinet to find a racket.

"Hehe~ I haven't played for a long time~"

He waved the racket in his hand, and said to Li Xuewu with a smile: "When I was a child in our courtyard, I was the best at playing tennis. Even my father's leader praised me."

Luo Yun followed behind, also holding a racket in his hand, but he was not very interested and did not even look at Zhou Xiaobai over there.

Li Xuewu did not notice the strangeness of the girls, and was talking to Zuo Jie at the moment.

"Why haven't you thought about becoming an athlete?"

"Forget it, my father won't let me"

Zuo Jie pouted and smiled bitterly at Li Xuewu: "What about Zhu Zhenhua who won the men's singles and men's doubles championships at the International Tennis Open two years ago."

After that, he casually served Li Xuewu, as if to test him.

Li Xuewu glanced at him, swung his racket casually, and hit the ball back lightly.

Zuo Jie's eyes lit up. He didn't expect that Li Xuewu, who came from the alley, also had this skill.

He was really interested. He smiled and pointed to the opposite side and said to Li Xuewu: "Do you want to play a game? I'll be in a group with Luo Yun."

Otherwise, why do people say that Zuo Jie's emotional intelligence has improved after coming here, and now he has even found a partner.

Luo Yun doesn't know how to play, and he can also see that Zhou Xiaobai doesn't know how to play.

If he were a straight man, he would just ask the two girls to play aside. They want to play for real.

But look at Zuo Jie, not only does he speak nicely, but he even takes care of his girlfriend's interests. How can such a person lack popularity with women?

Li Xuewu didn't care. He looked sideways at Zhou Xiaobai, and then looked at Luo Yun who was fiddling with the racket with his head down. Only then did he realize that the two seemed to have not spoken all the time.

"Let's play a game, Xiaobai and I are in a group."

"Oh, okay"

Zhou Xiaobai was still looking at Luo Yun, looking for an opportunity to talk to her.

At this moment, Li Xuewu called her, and she responded and walked over.

Luo Yun seemed to have noticed her intention, but did not look up, and went around the net post to the other side.

Li Xuewu saw that Zhou Xiaobai looked different, so he raised his eyebrows to inquire.

Zhou Xiaobai smiled unnaturally, indicating that it was okay.

"It's started!"

Zuo Jie looked very motivated, and even swung the racket professionally, but when he actually played, he was not serious.

It can be seen that Li Xuewu's actual level also has to take care of the two girls who don't know how to play.

Zhou Xiaobai has been practicing for a while, and Luo Yun was his teacher in the past two days.

The two male comrades were feeding balls to the two female comrades for practice, picking up balls and teaching them to play, just for fun.

Li Xuewu could also see that the two girls had a conflict, and Zuo Jie deliberately let them play face to face in order to resolve the conflict.

After playing for more than half an hour, the two girls became more and more skilled, and the atmosphere was much better.

Li Xuewu took the initiative to leave the court, saying that he was going to the sidelines to drink tea and rest.

Zuo Jie looked at him and signaled them to continue playing. They wanted to talk.

If he didn't say that, Luo Yun and the other two would probably return to the cold war again. Now it's better.

There is a low screen on the side of the court, and there is a tea seat inside the screen, so as to prevent injuries from the ball.

Zuo Jie took the initiative to take the job of making tea, praising Li Xuewu's great skills.

Li Xuewu didn't care about this, but signaled the two people on the court and asked with his eyes.

Zuo Jie smiled bitterly and shook his head to indicate that he didn't know. After making tea and sitting down, he took the initiative to talk about his recent work.

Mainly the management of the club's service staff, and the work of managing the foundation with Wang Zheng.

One inside and one outside on both sides really made him tired, and he had something to do basically every day.

Today, Wang Zheng was busy, so he also took some time off.

On the court, the two girls just got angry, and neither of them admitted defeat, and neither of them gave in.

With Li Xuewu and Zuo Jie saving the scene, the two naturally had a lot of fun.

But now they were drinking tea and talking about things, and the speed of their swings slowed down, and the strength in their bodies seemed to disappear.

After failing to save the ball, Luo Yun picked up the ball, stood there panting with his hands on his waist and holding the racket, staring at Zhou Xiaobai, waiting for her to speak first.

Zhou Xiaobai hesitated, glanced at Li Xuewu and the other person over there, and saw that they didn't pay attention to this side, so he walked to the net.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't say that..."

Luo Yun didn't reply immediately, but looked at Zhou Xiaobai with complicated eyes, and asked after a long while: "What do you want?"

As he spoke, he glanced at the rest area over there, then frowned and said softly: "I have advised you not to cross the line. What's the result?"

"This one is not enough, you want another one!"

She became a little excited as she spoke, but she still suppressed her voice and said, "Let's just say, can't you just be normal about finding a partner?"

Seeing Zhou Xiaobai lowering her head and saying nothing, Luo Yun also saw her stubbornness and confusion.

"Do you know that you are playing with fire?"

Luo Yun looked at Zhou Xiaobai seriously across the net and said, "I know clearly who Zhong Yuemin is, and I know that Brother Li is the last person to want to contaminate them..."

"I know~"

Zhou Xiaobai finally spoke, but the words in his mouth were still defensive: "I didn't promise him."

"But now he's taking you to and from get off work!"

Luo Yun glared and said: "What on earth do you think, are you not afraid that Brother Li will follow you here...?"

In fact, Zhou Xiaobai had been worried for a week, thinking that Zhou Changli would complain when he came back.

But when she went to work on Monday, she paid attention to everyone's attitude, and no one seemed to say this.

Within a week, everyone's attitude towards her remained the same, except Luo Yun.

Luo Yun was furious, especially when she found out that Zhong Yuemin was taking her to and from get off work.

Zhou Xiaobai also didn't understand why Zhou Changli didn't tell the club or Li Xuewu about his affairs.

There seemed to be a faint feeling in her heart that she wanted the other person to be like this.

But for some reason, do you really want to seduce jealousy?

In fact, there was something special about Zhong Yuemin picking her up. She didn't take the initiative to ask him to pick her up, nor did she take the initiative to refuse him.

Zhong Yuemin didn't seem to care much about the fact that she didn't talk to him. He followed her on his bike and coaxed her every day.

As for why he acquiesced to Zhong Yuemin like this, Zhou Xiaobai might know it in his heart, but he was confused in his words.

As an outsider, Luo Yun saw it clearly: "With Brother Li, I can see the prosperity, but I can't bear the loneliness of not being able to see each other or talk to each other a few times a month."

"You let Zhong Yuemin get close to you because you wanted to ask for Brother Li's attention, and you even enjoyed the process of being accompanied by love."

"But!"

Luo Yun reached out and lifted Zhou Xiaobai's chin and warned: "Zhong Yuemin can't replace Brother Li, and Brother Li can't give you love, you understand, silly girl!"

——

"what happened again?"

Zuo Jie saw that the two of them were awkward again on the other side of the court. Zhou Xiaobai covered his mouth and ran away, while Luo Yun stood there with eyes wide open.

He told Li Xuewu, then pulled Luo Yun and chased him out.

Especially Zhou Xiaobai wore very little and was sweating just now from playing ball.

The two of them went outside, but they couldn't find Zhou Xiaobai. Seeing Luo Yun fuming, he asked.

Luo Yun snorted, then looked up at Zuo Jie and asked, "Did you tell Brother Li about Zhou Xiaobai?"

"Why am I saying this~"

Zuo Jie twitched his lips and said, "You don't really think that Brother Li is someone who cares about these trivial matters, do you?"

"Trivial?"

Luo Yun felt unhappy at the moment, so he squinted his eyes and asked with a sullen face: "In your eyes, love is irrelevant and a vassal of career, right?"

"Or!"

Ignoring Zuo Jie's hug, she pushed his arm away and asked, "We are your vassals, right?"

"Okay, okay, I didn't tell you anything."

Zuo Jie hugged the angry Luo Yun hard and comforted him: "We are not talking about something."

Luo Yun and Zuo Jie were angry not at him, but because of Zhou Xiaobai.

"I knew it……"

"Okay, don't cry~"

Zuo Jie pressed her head against his shoulder, patted her back gently and said, "How she handles her feelings is a private matter. What should I say?"

"Even if it's related to Brother Li, I'm not qualified to talk about this kind of topic in front of him."

"She's going to piss me off"

Luo Yun was comforted at this moment and finally spoke out the angry words in his heart.

After saying that, he stood up and looked at Zuo Jie, and said seriously: "She is just crazy. She can't get what she wants from Brother Li. She is so paranoid that she wants to cheat. But who is the one who gets hurt in the end?"

"Not herself!"

"OK OK"

Zuo Jie could only comfort her with this sentence, he kept talking and coaxing her.

Luo Yun breathed a long sigh of relief, wiped away his tears, and said, "You can't blame anyone else for this. It's all her own fault."

"Let's wait until she figures it out on her own."

Zuo Jie pulled her to sit on the bench and whispered softly: "Now she is in a corner, and eight horses can't pull her back."

"I still trust Brother Li. He will not do anything to harm Xiaobai."

"No, I'm not worried about Brother Li."

Luo Yun took the handkerchief handed over by Zuo Jie and wiped his tears, sniffling and said, "I'm worried that Zhong Yuemin is not a good person."

"Brother Li doesn't love Xiaobai at all, let alone make any promise to her. He didn't even touch her that night in Jinmen."

She told her partner everything, even told Zuo Jie about going to Jinmen.

Otherwise, how could Zuo Jie know about Zhou Xiaobai, and how could he know Li Xuewu's attitude towards these girls.

"Can't you see it yet?"

Zuo Jie sighed, and then said: "Xiaobai is not the first, nor will he be the last. Ou Xin is more proactive than her. Do you think it is right now?"

Luo Yun naturally knew what Ou Xin was thinking. She knew it from the first day she came here.

However, people including Pei Pei have secret and ambiguous relationships with the younger members, which is really embarrassing for people to gossip about.

"I can only tell you that they have no real relationship."

Zuo Jie looked at Luo Yun seriously and said, "It's okay to have fun together, play, or just be friends, but Brother Li and the others will never cross the line."

"I know there are more important things in their eyes."

Luo Yun looked at Zuo Jie emotionally and said faintly: "It's more important than a girl's love, and it will be the same with you in the future."

Zuo Jie smiled bitterly: "Why are you talking about me again, talking about them!"

After teasing Luo Yun, he added: "The person who tied the bell must untie it. Brother Li has never taken the initiative. It's Xiaobai you want to persuade."

"Including that Zhong Yuemin"

He looked at Luo Yun and said seriously: "Either you have a correct attitude towards getting along with Brother Li and others, go to work happily, and don't expect anything extravagantly."

"Either leave from here, go with that Zhong Yuemin, or whoever you want, and find a good partner."

"I'm not saying that I'm trying to stand on my own merits. It's just that Brother Li may not care, but when people in the hospital tell me, she is the one who feels the pain in the end."

"Alas~!"

Luo Yun rubbed his face, his face full of helplessness.

The two were silent for a while, then she turned to look at Zuo Jie and asked, "What does Brother Li want to talk to you about?"

"things related to work……"

Originally, Zuo Jie didn't want to say it. After all, there was no point in telling her.

But Luo Yun was very sensitive at the moment, and was worried that he was hiding something from her, or that there was a mismatch in information between the two parties.

Halfway through the sentence, he adjusted his sentence and continued: "Xiao Jianjun, who works in the border area, wrote back and we have kept in touch."

"When talking about the foundation today, Brother Li intends to ask me to come forward and create an activity group suitable for young people based on the club."

"real?!"

Luo Yun looked at him in surprise and asked, "Brother Li trusts you so much?"

"Haha, what else?"

Zuo Jie said with some pride: "He knows me very well and has saved me. How could he not trust me?"

When Luo Yun saw that he had praised him, he became arrogant and curled his lips a little, but he was still happy for his boyfriend in his heart.

When looking for a partner, you should look for someone who is proactive, enterprising, and knows how to take care of himself.

Although just now she complained about Zuo Jie, saying that he ignored love and treated them as vassals.

In fact, she sees it more realistically. Compared with the gangsters in the compound, Zuo Jie has greater advantages.

I have a job, I have goals, and my career seems to be on a steady rise, especially since I have the big tree of a club.

Zuo Jie looked at her disdainful yet gratified expression and shrugged his shoulders, explaining: "Brother Li said that young people nowadays are impetuous and confused, but one day they will face themselves and the future."

"Youth is the future after all, and youth is hope after all, so he wants me to take control of the future."

"It makes sense~"

Luo Yun nodded and asked: "Youth club? Or is it called a youth sports club?"

"neither"

Zuo Jie shook his head slightly and said, "It's an organization hanging under the club, called Youth Club."

"Youth Club?"

Luo Yun asked with some surprise and amusement: "Are we going to form a gang?"

“It’s a convergence of convergences!”

Zuo Jie emphasized, and then explained: "The principle of gathering talents is the principle of the younger generation."

"The club provides financial support. It can be regarded as a branch here. The activities are also here, but it is not fully open."

He explained: "The organization is relatively loose, mainly to learn from each other, help each other and improve, and to advocate doing things with a calm and wise mind."

“It’s quite complicated~”

Luo Yun held his tongue and said, "What kind of members are they recruiting? Those who are good at studying?"

"uncertain"

Zuo Jie smiled and nodded her nose and said: "If you are willing, you will be the first batch of members of Youth Club."

"That's good!"

Luo Yunzhong smiled, nodded and said, "I can be considered an organized person!"

Zuo Jie nodded and said, "Yes, you are now a member of Youth Club. Let's learn from each other and help each other in the future!"

Seeing that he was so serious, Luo Yun felt a little embarrassed. He pushed him and said, "Like hell~"

——

"Blind date?"

Li Xuewu looked at Silly Zhu in surprise and asked funnyly: "Who is going on a blind date?"

"You! You go on a blind date!"

Silly Zhu glared at him angrily and said, "My sister is extremely ugly. Even on a blind date, you are so surprised!"

"Ha! You said this!"

Li Xuewu laughed out loud, pointed at him and said: "You were so ugly that you couldn't get out of the house, so you weren't the one I introduced to you?!"

"Okay~Okay~Okay!"

The only topic that Si Zhu had been suppressed by Li Xuewu in his life was this topic.

Why didn't he dare to let Li Xuewu continue talking? Because he was afraid that if Li Xuewu continued to talk, he would tell him that he had been taught by Li Xuewu but turned the blind date into a joke.

At this moment, he held his hand on the door frame and explained seriously: "If she wants it, I will find it for her."

“It sounded surprising to me at first.”

Li Xuewu explained his previous smile and said: "Looking at her like that, I thought she would never want to find a partner in her life."

"Bah~bah~bah~!"

Shazhu glared at him in dissatisfaction, and said, "My sister is not in a hurry, she just wants to find someone who is suitable for her!"

He pointed at the people sitting on the kang and said, "Wait a minute, I will find a powerful brother-in-law to suppress you!"

"That would be great!"

Shen Guodong replied unconvincedly, "We want to see how Paziler suppresses his brother-in-law later!"

"Go!"

Shazhu was squeezed by him and had no choice but to turn back to the kitchen.

He couldn't stay in this room anymore, and he couldn't talk back to these bad boys.

At night, the car was collected, and the boys were cleaning up the house inside and outside, and the garage had to add coal and firewood.

There are two pregnant women in this yard, who knows when they will give birth.

You see Shazhu working hard in the back house now, isn't it for his wife and his children.

When he asks Shen Guodong for help, he can't stay at home all the time when he goes to work.

It's okay at night, but during the day he can only rely on neighbors and the back house.

The left and right aunts and Aunt Jia can hear the movement in the house. If Diliya needs anything, she can also let her know.

There are often people in the back house, and there are cars. As long as the baby is about to be born, a special car will be used to pick her up.

He has the same treatment as Zhao Yafang, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family, so he has to show more.

Li Xuewu was at the club in the morning, visited a few people in the afternoon, and came directly to the compound in the evening.

First, he went home to see his eldest nephew. The little guy gradually opened up, not as black and wrinkled as when he was just born.

Zhao Yafang was well-nourished when she was pregnant, and this kid was not light when he was born, more than seven pounds, much larger than ordinary children.

When he was just in the confinement department, he slept more and cried less, so he was more cute when he was held.

When he was really three or four months old, he was really enduring when he was happy, and really annoying when he cried.

Zhao Yafang recovered well, and did not listen to her mother-in-law, and honestly stayed on the kang after confinement.

Because the house was warm, she also went out to walk, but she didn't want to get caught in the wind or go out.

She had to follow Liu Yin, wrap herself in the kang curtain, and wear a headscarf, and she couldn't take it off for at least a month.

But Zhao Yafang didn't want to, what could she do, she just kept muttering to herself to be careful, be careful of headaches and bone pains when she got old.

In fact, Liu Yin was right, and Zhao Yafang was right, but she was wrong in her perception.

In the early days, the conditions were difficult, and women gave birth at home. Not only were the sanitary conditions worrying, but the nursing conditions were also very poor.

In Zhao Yafang's hometown, many families couldn't afford glass windows, and even plastic windows were a few families could afford it.

The windows were all made of wood, and the earthen walls were leaky, not to mention the windows.

But now it's different after all. Although the Li family's house is old, the interior is newly renovated.

It's just to make it convenient for the family to live in the future, so the walls are re-plastered and tight.

The room was warm and windless, so the mother could walk around and exercise.

Just don't touch cold water and don't wash your hair.

Because the family had a child, they had to pay attention to a lot of things in life. Even Li Xue didn't live with the family anymore, and moved to the East Courtyard with Ji Yuxiu.

Xuewen had gone back to work. He actually liked children very much, and treated his first child like a treasure.

But he was just a telegraph pole at home. No one could do anything with him, and he was just a hindrance.

Seeing him suffer because of the crying child, he couldn't sleep well, and couldn't read well, and his uncomfortable look was really unpleasant, so Zhao Yafang asked him to leave.

On the one hand, it was so, and on the other hand, Huang Gan really missed him.

Wu Shuping left a prison, and if Li Xuewen left again, the training class and the small electronics factory would have to close down.

So when the child was only five or six days old, Huang Gan took the initiative to visit with nutritional supplements.

He said he came to visit the child, but in fact he came to see if Li Xuewen was inconvenient.

With his wife chasing him and his boss calling him, Li Xuewen had no choice but to return to the prison.

But he seemed to be thinking about something, maybe he missed his children, so he rode back by himself.

Maybe it was because he had been away from Huaqing University for a long time, and no one remembered him as a fish that slipped through the net, so there was really no trouble.

Xuewen's elder brother was also at home on Sunday, but after Li Tang was born, his family status with his mother Liu Yin and sister-in-law Zhao Yafang declined and he was not welcomed.

Li Xuewu dragged him to the back room to eat, so that he didn't have to prepare his share at home.

The grandmothers in the room finished their work, washed their hands, and went to the kang to wait for dinner. With Li Xuewu there, they started chatting.

There was an atmosphere when there were many people, whether it was chatting or eating, they talked happily and ate deliciously.

In winter, the elderly like hot kangs, and with fewer people in the back room, the kang table was gradually placed on the west side of the room.

Even the boys gathered at a table to eat, also on the kang.

I don’t know if it was because of the teasing when she entered the house, Yu Shui didn’t eat here, but took dinner home to eat with her sister-in-law.

With his wife and sister not at home, Sha Zhu finally got the chance to drink.

The heart disease that Li Shun diagnosed for him was finally untied because of his sister’s confession.

He is now only worried about two things, one is the child and the other is his sister.

The child was born during this period, and his sister asked him to help find someone to introduce him to a date, which also gave him motivation.

At the table, Shen Guodong poured him a glass of wine, and he was also crying and saying what he had been holding back for a long time.

He was afraid that his sister would live alone until the end of her life, and that seeing him marry and have children would make Yu Shui not want to get married. He was also afraid that the longer he waited, the older his sister would get, and the harder it would be to find a partner.

He didn't say the last fear, but those who understood would understand. Li Xuewu just felt that he was being blamed for no reason.

Sha Zhu was really afraid. He knew the charm and power of Li Xuewu among the group of young girls and wives.

In the past, Yu Shui ignored Li Xuewu, and he naturally watched other people's excitement.

But when Yu Shui inexplicably got close to Li Xuewu, he panicked.

If Li Xuewu didn't have a partner or was not married, everything would be fine.

But now that Li Xuewu is about to have a child, if something really happened, it would be even harder for Yu Shui to find a partner because of Jing Yongjie's matter.

Even now, more than a year has passed, and if she really looks for a partner, it is inevitable that people will mention this matter.

Even if she is engaged, she is still looking for a widow. It is said to be a new era, but people still look at her with old eyes.

Now that Yu Shui has agreed to find him a date, he is anxious again.

The previous fears are gone, and the current fears are new.

If you find someone whose parents are both dead, you are afraid that the brother-in-law is a jerk.

If you find someone whose parents are still alive, you are afraid that the in-laws are jerks.

If you find someone far away, you are afraid that the rain will not dry up.

If you find someone close, you are afraid that the other person will not do it.

…

Sha Zhu cried and laughed at times, and he was the craziest at the table.

He talked more and more about things in his heart, and got drunker and drunker. In the end, he was the only one talking at the table, and a group of people accompanied him to drink.

After dinner, Li Xuewu and the others talked about work, and Sha Zhu was lying on the kang and snoring.

Even Wang Yajuan, who came to pick up her sister, felt that his snoring was deafening when she entered the room.

Wang Yamei's growth in the past year is visible to the naked eye, and Wang Yajuan is of course relieved to leave her sister to exercise and work.

With Li Xuewu around, no one can bully the two sisters.

Even if the two have nothing to do with each other now, they are still friends.

The only thing that worries me is that my home is still a long way from here. It's hard to walk after dark these days.

She also came here after work and had dinner.

If she worked overtime or had a rehearsal, Wang Yamei would go with Shen Guodong and Xiaoyan.

Today, she saw Li Xuewu here, and she couldn't help but sit for a while longer.

Grandma sat at the head of the kang, looking at Li Xuewu with helplessness and pity.

It's helpless that her grandson is popular, but it's a pity that the times are different. Now it's monogamy.

If it were earlier, if there were so many girls who liked him, they would have married them all, and each of them would have two children, which would have been a lot of offspring.

Li Xuewu didn't know that Grandma was really daring. He himself didn't dare to dream about it, even if he drank at night.

Most of the work is now arranged to be handled at the club, and at home it's just to meet and talk.

After drinking a pot of tea, he asked Shen Guodong and Xiaoyan to go home.

Wang Yajuan and Wang Yamei, the two sisters, naturally followed him.

When leaving, Wang Yajuan glanced at Li Xuewu, but no one saw it.

Even if she wanted to see Li Xuewu now, it would not be easy.

Even if they were in the same factory, they had different office addresses and positions, so there was no time for them to meet.

Especially Li Xuewu, he was so busy now that the section-level cadres of the security team had to arrange time in advance to report to him.

It was only on Sundays when they were at home that they could have time to sit together and chat.

Only at this time did Wang Yajuan see Li Xuewu as the boy she remembered.

It was just that the boy had grown up, not the high-ranking factory leader in the factory.

——

"What are you doing?"

Li Xuewu did not stay in the compound for long. He said a few words to his grandmother and drove home.

As soon as he got out of the alley, he saw someone in front of him raising his hand to stop the car.

He thought he had run into something unclean, after all, it was late at night.

However, when the car lights flashed, he recognized the clothes and hat the other person was wearing.

Don't talk about seeing the face clearly. Who can see the face clearly when driving at night and meeting someone in front of you?

Unless the other person is blind, how can he stand facing your headlights for you to see.

Li Xuewu stepped on the brakes and shifted gears, pushed open the car door and jumped out of the command car.

He greeted her, lit a cigarette for himself, looked at the other person with a smile, and asked, "Xue female bandit, robbing?"

After saying this, he put the lighter in his pocket, spread his hands and said, "I am penniless, poor and destitute, I don't have money, and I don't give my life."

"Are you poor or not!"

Yu Shui said to him unhappily, glared at him, turned around, opened the car door and got on the passenger seat.

Li Xuewu shook his head with a smile. He just said that he was penniless, so how could he not be poor?

He took a few puffs of the cigarette, flicked the cigarette butt in his hand, and then got in the car.

"When did you get out? Guodong said you were still there when he sent your brother away."

"What do you care~"

Yu Shui spoke with emotion, and Li Xuewu couldn't ask any more questions.

Li Xuewu glanced at her and adjusted the angle of the warm air, just in her direction.

He didn't ask Yu Shui why she was waiting here in such a cold weather, or whether she was waiting for him.

After a while, Yu Shui seemed to have recovered, and suddenly turned her head to look at him and asked: "Don't you have anything to say to me?"

"Hmm?"

Li Xuewu turned his head, looked at her, raised his eyebrows, and said: "Can I talk now?"

"..."

Yu Shui twitched her lips and squinted at him. He was still pretending to be funny.

"Do you think you are funny? I came out to wait for you just to hear you say this."

"What?"

Li Xuewu turned his head and looked ahead. Seeing someone passing by, he shifted gears and drove forward.

On the way, Yu Shui looked at him stubbornly, waiting for him to say what she wanted to hear.

However, Li Xuewu remained silent.

Until the jeep stopped again, Yu Shui turned around and observed. Unexpectedly, Li Xuewu brought her to the International Hotel.

"What are you doing here? Take me home"

"Since you are here, come down and sit for a while"

Li Xuewu parked the car, turned off the engine, waved to her first, and then got out of the car.

Seeing that he was serious, Yu Shui pursed her lips and followed him out of the car.

The International Hotel is open 24 hours a day and receives customers at any time, including the leaders of the steel rolling mill.

Director Li sometimes comes here to entertain guests. It is the first time I have seen Deputy Director Li come here at night.

Especially with a girl, the security guard at the door was surprised.

However, seeing that Director Li was very frank, the security guard shook his head and blamed himself for thinking too much. How could the leader be such a person?

But the waiter at the front desk didn't think so, because Deputy Director Li came over, first asked for a room, and then took the girl upstairs.

What... what's going on?

If you say it's frank, it's really frank. Deputy Director Li signed for the room, opened the room in his name, and paid the money.

But if you say... that's it, it's really that, taking a girl upstairs in the middle of the night.

Is it so frank?