Men and women eating in the courtyard

"Is it colder in the Northeast or in the capital?"

After picking up Han Shu and his wife, Shen Guodong entered the house and saw Li Xuecai asking Brother Biao.

He smiled and said, “You’ll know after you go there!”

After saying that, he motioned to Lao Biaozi and said: "Brother Biao said that even when you pee, your chickens will be frozen from the ground. After you pee, you will hit him with a stick."

"Hey hey hey~"

Li Xuecai also had that bad spirit when he was with them. Now he teased the old Biaozi and said, "Brother Biao, has that little chicken frozen?"

"What do you think?"

Lao Biaozi looked at him speechlessly and said, "Brother Guodong will do whatever you say. Hitting him with a stick is not knocking the chicken, but knocking the urine."

"oops--"

Ji Yuxiu came down from upstairs and walked into the restaurant to hear them talking about this. She really couldn't stand it.

She scolded Li Xuecai and said, "Can you learn something good?"

"Hey! Director Ji, you said it!"

Silly Zhu pointed at the younger generation in the restaurant from the kitchen and said: "Arrest them all here, there are no good people!"

"Hey! Who's the biggest here?!"

Lao Biaozi leaned on the sofa and said to the kitchen: "If you want to be the one who leads the bad guys, you have to be the one!"

"Don't feel bad saying this!"

Silly Zhu curled his lips and said: "I am an honest person, get along well with others, and never learn bad things."

"Um--"

Shen Guodong pulled out a chair and sat at the dining table. He let out a snort and said, "You are so shameless!"

"That is!"

Li Xuewu said with a smile: "Brother Zhuzhu has eaten it before, and it only costs a few cents per pound!"

"Hey! More people bully less people, right?"

Silly Zhu laughed and said: "You guys are all working together. You really think I'm easy to bully, don't you?"

After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves, pointed at a few people and said, "Are you coming one by one, or together?!"

"Hah~ha!"

Shen Guodong and Lao Biaozi looked at each other, and they both saw surprised looks in each other's eyes.

He raised his eyebrows and said to Lao Biaozi: "Brother Biao, how many years have you not seen anyone who dares to say this?"

"That's because you are ignorant!"

Silly Zhu hooked his hands at several people and said, "Come here!"

"Brother Zhu, don't you want to be lazy and stop cooking while you're being beaten?"

Old Biaozi stood up, clenched his fists and said, "Wouldn't it be impolite for this New Year guy to keep you lying on the kang for half a month?"

"Okay, don't be too light or too heavy."

Li Xuewu packed up the big carp in his hand and said to the two of them: "It's enough to beat him until he lies on the kang for a week."

"Also, if you want to fight, you have to wait until the meal is done, otherwise I will have to cook."

"No! No need to persuade!"

Silly Zhu blocked the door of the kitchen and yelled: "You come one, I will knock down one of you, you come with a pair, I will knock down a pair!"

He arched his arms and said, "You don't want to ask anyone who ruled the world before Jiaodaokou."

"Hey! Today is really an eye-opener!"

Lao Biaozi pointed to the dining table and said, "Come on, gentlemen, the place is small and you have everything in your hands."

He stretched out his sleeves, sat down on the chair with a clear mind, shook his arms vigorously, and said: "Let us meet the old masters at the intersection."

"Well - you have to call Qianlang!"

Shen Guodong cheered on the side: "As the old saying goes, the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves in front, and the waves in front hit the beach."

"Brother Zhu, if they say that, I don't agree with it."

Li Xuewu put down the scissors in his hand, shook his head and said, "You are a well-known wrestling master in our hospital. Can you be afraid of him in terms of strength?"

After speaking, he waved his hand and raised his eyebrows and said: "Brother Zhu, be more energetic and don't lose your position."

Seeing Silly Zhu coming out of the kitchen with his arms swinging, he said angrily: "Good job!"

"You guys are really good at it!"

Li Xue also came down from upstairs, followed by three children, two older and one younger.

Dong Mengyuan, Zhang Xinmin, Li Shu.

Counting the two upstairs, as well as Wen San's son and Sha Zhu's son in the courtyard, how many children will be playing together from now on.

"Look, the children are watching. You are playing with the fire and you haven't even finished cooking yet!"

"I see, I see"

Li Shu didn't care what her little aunt was saying, she only knew that there was a lot of excitement here.

He walked around the dining table, climbed onto the sofa and lay on the backrest, watching the adults chatting and laughing.

But when she saw Uncle Biao and Uncle Zhu wrestling with each other, she thought they were starting to fight. Her eyes widened with excitement, and she was afraid of missing the exciting details.

"beat!"

When she saw that the two men were just competing with each other without taking action, she became anxious and jumped up and shouted that she wanted to fight.

After being teased by Sha Zhu and Lao Biaozi, they no longer had the energy to fight.

"She has to be my daughter."

Li Xuewu smiled and praised: "I love peace so much that I am afraid that uncles and uncles will fight."

Li Shu blinked, not understanding what her father was talking about. Did she mean that?

In the end, Silly Zhu, who was wielding a large spoon, had better wrist strength, and seemed to be proud of something.

"I don't want anything from you either!"

He nodded at Lao Biaozi and said, "When it's served later, you'll have to punish yourself with three drinks. I'll count you as having passed."

After speaking, he pointed at Shen Guodong and asked: "What about you, do you want to try it? You were arrogant just now."

"I fear you?"

Shen Guodong did not lose the battle even if he lost the opponent. He hid behind his body, but his words were unforgiving.

"I'm just afraid that you'll be injured and won't be able to swing a large spoon for a while. After we've eaten and drank enough, we can dry it outside."

"Hey, man, you said this!"

Silly Zhu nodded at him and said, "We need something."

"Whatever you say, I will follow!"

Shen Guodong said: "As long as you don't make money, it's up to you!"

"Look at your potential!"

Silly Zhu curled his lips and said: "I'm not a man anymore. I don't take any money with me when I go out. Yan Zi is too strict with you!"

"Brother Zhu~"

Xiaoyan heard it from outside the door, walked in and asked angrily: "How much will my sister-in-law leave you every month?"

"Hey! Look at what you asked!"

Silly Zhu patted his chest and said, "Do you know the status of the head of the family? Do you know what a man who makes money is?"

"No nonsense!"

Seeing him cover up, Shen Guodong asked funnyly: "I don't believe you have more than me!"

"I don't care how much"

Silly Zhu walked to the kitchen casually, hesitating as he walked: "I don't care about money, I don't like money, I have no interest in money..."

"I just said yes!"

Shen Guodong raised his eyebrows and said, "Your face is cleaner than your pocket, so you have the nerve to talk about me!"

He patted his trouser pocket and said arrogantly: "What the hell, we still have five or eight yuan in our pocket to squeeze my waist."

"Well, quite a lot"

Li Xuewen suddenly interjected: "It's more than my pocket money."

"Hahaha!"

The men working in the house compared each other with how strict their wives or partners were, how clean their pockets were, and how miserable and wronged they were, which made everyone laugh.

Li Xuecai looked at them funny and looked back at Ji Yuxiu.

Ji Yuxiu wrinkled her nose and gave him an expression that you should do in the future.

Just now, Li Xuecai looked like he was watching the fun, but now he suddenly became unhappy.

We are all downgraded people in the world. After laughing at others, we laugh at ourselves.

——

Li Xuewu didn't know how many dishes he was going to cook today. He only knew that Qin Jingru asked Han Jiankun to move out a lot of inventory.

They were all given by others years ago, or brought back by Li Xuewu.

There are only a few people in the family, and even Han Jiankun and his wife are eating here and can't finish it.

Chickens, ducks, fish, cattle, sheep, pigs, seafood and specialty products are now civilized outside and cannot be stored in the cellar.

So when there are too many people, eat these things quickly. Not wasting them is also a kind of frugality.

Li Xuewu picked up three big carp alone, Li Xuewen picked up a chicken, and Lao Biaozi picked up a duck.

Things like seafood were already frozen in the ice. Han Jiankun had taken them out and melted them. Xiaoyan and Ji Yuxiu came in to clean them up together.

Li Xue was not idle either. The three children were chattering. It looked like she wanted to work in the kitchen more than take care of the children.

Li Xuecai got what he wanted. He kept watching the fire and all three stoves in his home were used.

Not only that, he also takes care of the heating boiler and the firewood in the fireplace.

I was busy working inside and outside for a while, carrying firewood and lighting the fire.

I have to mention Shazhu’s craftsmanship and ability. He used three woks, stew pots and steamers on three heating boilers at the same time, with ease and ease.

Maybe this is the basic skill of a chef, his eyes can see all directions and his hands and feet are nimble.

Xiaoyan's knife skills are still good, and with Ji Yuxiu's help, she can fully meet his needs.

If there is a need for special knife skills, he can pick up a kitchen knife and prepare the dishes with a few swipes.

While he was cooking, several people who had finished their work put on their coats and stood outside the hall smoking cigarettes.

There are too many restrictions in this house, there are many children, and they are very small. He might still smoke one when he is at home alone.

But there are so many people smoking, so they don’t dare to smoke in the house.

Even though Gu Ning was physically inconvenient, when he moved downstairs, the smell of cigarette smoke left by the old lady's smoking still lingered in the house.

The smell of smoke is more overwhelming than the smell of fart.

If you don't believe me, just be patient. If someone smokes, you can smell it upstairs and downstairs, but farts may not have such a far-reaching effect.

Second, as long as there are often people smoking in a space, the smell will linger for a long time.

But I haven’t heard that farts in the bedroom always stink.

Secondhand smoke is not just the white smoke emitted when smoking, but also includes the smell that can be emitted eight or nine meters away, including the smell that lingers for a long time.

Therefore, Li Xuewu must have a longer memory from now on. He cannot smoke in front of his children, let alone the smell of cigarettes that affects his children.

It doesn't matter to adults. Children are also affected by the smell of cigarettes and their intellectual development is slow.

Of course, you have to say that in the past, the old ladies in the family each had a big pipe, and there was no fool in the family. This Li Xuewu is not stubborn with you.

To flaunt your doubts about science as an individual is in itself a kind of ignorance.

Advising people to quit smoking is like killing them. He also insists that someone got lung cancer or something after quitting smoking. He can't see those people whose health improved after quitting smoking.

Why?

Because smokers are the toughest smokers. They clearly know that this is a matter of probability, but they still look at the paranoid side of their hearts.

Li Xuewu consumes a lot of cigarettes, but he doesn't smoke them, but takes them loose.

He is still young, has no addiction to smoking, and controls it well. He basically does not smoke except for meetings or social occasions.

Of course, intentional ones don’t count.

If he acts bad, he can keep smoking, but he can't reach his mouth. He will spray when he smokes, and he will spray when he smokes, just like a smoke bomb.

The only ones standing at the door puffing away smoke were the three brothers, Li Xuewu, Li Wenbiao and Shen Guodong.

I smoked by the way, but mainly talked about Steel City.

On weekdays, there is radio or secret message contact, and there is no need to elaborate on key business matters.

Especially, Li Xuewu appointed Lao Biaozi as the supervisor of the Northeast business development, and would not restrict him in specific business.

Micro-management has proved to be a failed management method. Li Xuewu does not have the great talent and strategy of the captain, and he can't do the willful things that he does.

The three brothers still talked about strategic issues.

"I went to Fengcheng before the New Year and contacted some relationships, mainly to cultivate agents"

Lao Biaozi took a puff of cigarette and shook his head slightly, saying: "There are many bold ones, and few serious ones."

"Normal"

Shen Guodong stood at the bottom of the steps, looked at Lao Biaozi and said: "There are few serious people who dare to speculate these days."

He looked around and said: "People who live and work in peace and contentment may not commit crimes for a few melons and dates."

"Another one"

Shen Guodong hesitated and said: "You have to be more careful. You can't have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others. Compared with Beijing, the Northeast is much more barbaric."

"Yeah, I've experienced it."

Old Biaozi pointed to his forehead, then gestured with his thumb and smiled: "Such a thick hunting pipe is better than mine, and the opening price is 5,000 yuan."

"Fuck, he said that I want to do this business, it's so profitable."

"Whose relationship?"

Li Xuewu frowned slightly. He hadn't heard about this. If he knew, he wouldn't let Old Biaozi do such a dangerous thing.

Old Biaozi shook his head and said: "It's over. Going out to do business, how can it be smooth sailing? I'm seeking wealth, I can't play it tough all the time."

He waved his hand and said: "I know, if I tell you, it can be easily settled, but what about in the future?"

"We can't always use relationships and identities to pressure people, right?"

Old Biaozi took a puff of cigarette and said: "There are rules on the road. If I want to make this money, I have to abide by this rule of the game."

He knew that Li Xuewu cared about his safety, and smiled and reminded: "This is what you taught me."

"I didn't teach you to risk your life"

Li Xuewu glanced at him, then took a puff of cigarette and said: "Hurry up and coordinate the local relations, both in public and in private."

"Well, it's already been done"

Lao Biaozi nodded and reported: "The public ones are easy to handle, with connections connected to connections, and people can always be found."

"As for the ones below, I'm still screening"

He shook his head slightly and said: "I still want to be safe with the plan to get rich that you told me about, and add another layer of insurance."

So, he explained to Li Xuewu that he wanted to set up an agent mechanism and a model of separating money and goods accounts.

Even in the way of handling, choose to handle it in a different place, and convert it all to public-to-public, leaving no trouble.

Of course, if you want to ask where so many public-to-public come from, it's actually simple.

Company to factory is called public-to-public, commune to company is also called public-to-public, and cooperative to factory can also be called public-to-public.

There is no electronic system verification these days. As long as it is done secretly, no one knows what you are doing.

Unless the financial personnel on your line are caught and your account book is taken.

Otherwise, why do we say that there was a period of time in the future when the auditors were performing their tasks and they tried their best to grab the account books.

Later, of course, it was no longer necessary. As long as all operations were within the country, the system would check and trace, and there would always be something you couldn't match.

Especially the invoices, which would directly block you.

Don't believe what various channels tell you about whether you need to make up the invoice. If you are not checked, you will be fine. If you are checked, no one can save you.

Of course, the person who sells you the invoice will tell you that it is fine. If I sell you something, I will also say that my things are fine. Okay, it's great.

"Maybe I think too complicated"

Lao Biaozi squatted on the ground, smoking a cigarette and said, "But there is still time. If you look slowly, you will always find the smart one."

"Don't let the snake bite your hand"

Shen Guodong reminded: "Don't think that you are the only smart person in the world. People may treat you as a fat pig."

"It's normal to play tricks."

Old Biaozi looked back at Li Xuewu and said, "Brother Wu, when will the first batch of electrical appliances be shipped?"

"By the end of the year."

Li Xuewu flicked the ash off his cigarette and looked at Old Biaozi and said, "You still have time. If you can ship bulk goods, it will be at least mid-next year."

"But the shipbuilding speed in Yingcheng is very fast, like dumplings."

He reminded, "The shipbuilding equipment has been installed, and the fiberglass equipment has also begun to be placed in the position. The supporting industries are rushing one after another. Basically, the installation and commissioning can be guaranteed to be completed before the end of June."

"Your factory is really awesome, risking your life to fight for time."

Old Biaozi shook his head and sighed, "The equipment must be put into use in half a year, and it must have production capacity. How many factories dare not think about it."

"After all, technology and equipment have a leading advantage period."

Li Xuewu explained to him, "In addition, the installation and commissioning of the equipment are all handled by a professional team of engineers."

Here, it must be said that Li Xuewu clearly avoided pitfalls when he created the contract.

The installation of the equipment is completely left to himself, but the other party must provide installation guidance personnel.

Moreover, the installation time and production quality directly determine the subsequent production rate.

The earlier the production, the earlier the profit. The power of capital is huge. You can see how anxious the foreign investors are by looking at the equipment and engineers that have arrived at Yingcheng Port.

"The sacrifice of manpower and material resources is not worth mentioning if the mechanical equipment is installed and produced."

Li Xuewu flicked his cigarette butt away and said: "The simplest example is that it is impossible for fiberglass to be produced according to the usage of the shipyard. It must exceed the standard."

"Why?"

He raised his eyebrows and said: "As long as the steel rolling mill wants to sell, there will be units that need it. This is a necessity for technological leadership."

"Of course, these products must be limited to meet the needs of the rolling mill's own industry."

Li Xuewu explained: "Including shipbuilding, car building, motorcycles, equipment and packaging, etc., this is a future material."

"I told you to prepare early. Colleagues who are building yachts, Yingcheng Shipyard is about to launch a speedboat project."

He emphasized: "When the time comes, we will first open up channels and relationships, and then start with small commodities. We cannot start dumping home appliances right away."

"You want to save face, right? Hehe"

Lao Biaozi chuckled and said, "That's true of me. We just cooperated to build a factory, and then later we cheated others. It's really unethical."

"If you want to save face, how can you still be benevolent and righteous when doing business?"

Li Xuewu curled his lips and said: "We couldn't sell electrical appliances at the beginning because there was no market for this category of electrical appliances."

He explained to the confused two people: "You can't wait until foreign businessmen have cultivated the market and made the people on the other side think that this kind of thing is profitable before they cooperate with you. Otherwise, can you make money?"

"Oh, high! Really high!"

——

"Let me mention one!"

Silly Zhu stood on one side of the dining table, holding a wine glass, and said to everyone at the table: "Those who are married and have children are considered adults when they come to the dining table."

After speaking, he glanced at Li Xuecai and Shen Guodong, smiled and said: "The rest can go to the children's table."

"Hahaha!"

Except for Gu Ning, who was in confinement upstairs, Zhao Yafang, who was taking care of the child, and Mai Qinglan, who was pregnant, who ate in the small living room on the second floor, everyone else came down to the restaurant.

The old lady and the eldest grandma sat on the main seats, Ding Fengxia and Liu Yin sat next to the old lady, and Li Shun sat next to the eldest grandma.

Han Shu, Ji Yuxiu, Xiaoyan and Li Xue sat at one end, and the men sat at the other end.

The children set up another table on the coffee table in the restaurant, including the ones upstairs. The dishes on the three tables were the same, but the portion sizes were different.

This gathering can be regarded as a New Year celebration, and it can also be regarded as a celebration of the successors in this small circle.

Ding Fengxia has rarely come into contact with such people from the city, but she can see a different youthfulness and freedom in their jokes and liveliness.

Although they are all ordinary people, their eyes are full of hope and energy for life.

A man who has a career and a man who loves his family have different temperaments.

Especially in conversations and exchanges, there is some unique elegance in the vulgarity, which makes him appear arrogant and independent.

Even He Yuzhu, a chef, has a different level of confidence and high spirits.

Being a worker, having special skills, having a harmonious family, getting married and having children, for the younger generation who grew up in the hutongs, this is considered the pinnacle of life, and the hutongs are the best.

In Li Xuewu's family, he may not be the best, but he must be the happiest one.

Happiness is not determined by how much you have, but by how much you see.

Some people say how big my circle is, how wide my connections are, and who I know.

Useless!

If a man from Sijiucheng said he knew him in a roundabout way, he would dare to be related to the man above.

You have to tell me what you do!

Oh, you said that there are elder brothers in our circle who are cadres, younger brothers in our circle who are doing business, and there are also scientists in our circle.

Ask yourself, I am unemployed at home.

Then you are not a member of this circle. Even if you get into this circle, you are still a vassal and foil of this circle.

Circle culture has existed since ancient times, and the more advanced one was in the Song Dynasty. There were many people like Wang Anshi who left their names in history due to the struggle for power.

The more ordinary one wrote "Preface to Ma Sheng in Dongyang". He was a poor boy, but he had a reputation for talent. He was listed as one of the "three great poets of the early Ming Dynasty" along with Liu Ji and Gao Qi.

Do you think this is the end?

No, he is a model of grassroots counterattack. The long circulation of this article is related to his identity.

Together with Liu Ji and Fang Xiaoru, he is known as the "Three Masters of Prose in the Early Ming Dynasty", and he is also Fang Xiaoru's teacher.

You may not know who Liu Ji is, but you must have heard of his name, Liu Bowen, Zhu Yuanzhang's right-hand man.

Where is Fang Xiaoru?

A great thinker, when Zhu Yuanzhang died, he was transferred to Beijing to be Zhu Yunwen's teacher.

Just think about it, how difficult it is for a poor child that Song Lian can train a student who is as famous as himself and can be as famous as Liu Bowen in history.

So what is the role and significance of a circle to a person?

According to Li Xuewu's analysis of the circle and his cultural definition of this kind of friendship, everyone should have their own merits and make progress together.

To put it simply, each must have a career and motivation to improve, as well as a love and interest in life.

Lao Biaozi is a man who laughs and has no serious time at all.

But when he does work, he is more motivated than anyone else and is more serious than anyone else.

I know that running a recycling bin in Northeast China is not a flattering job, but requires a lot of work and responsibility.

But when Li Xuewu asked, he took the initiative and took his wife there without hesitation.

The Northeast at this time was different from that of later generations. Some customs were more dangerous, and due to survival and other reasons, the remote low-end areas or some corners where the sun did not shine were full of instability.

Of course, according to this standard, it would be the same across the country, and there would be such dark corners everywhere.

But as Lao Biaozi himself said, there is no such thing as smooth sailing when doing business abroad.

This place seems dangerous, that place seems troublesome, so do we still want to do business?

To take responsibility and dare to be responsible is the most common cognition in this small circle.

Even Shen Guodong, who has a lazy temperament and is not easy to compete with, will show a ruthless side at work.

At the age of eighteen or nineteen, each has a handful of bitter tears, goes out, stands up, and bears the pressure given by the times and family.

When we get together again, everyone has achieved something and tells each other about their hard work, it's a different feeling.

Li Xuewu wished everyone well and wished everyone well. When he picked up the wine glasses and clinked them together, he was very emotional.

The happiest thing in a person's life is to be loved, loved, and dare to love.

Whether they are biological brothers or little brothers, if they can get together, work on a common cause, and have a common goal in life, a glass of wine will not be enough.

Silly Zhu cheered loudly, drank a lot, and refused to accept anyone who came. When the glass was dry, he laughed loudly and freely.

If he went to someone else's house, he might have to be reserved and take care of his image.

But here, the only thing you don't have to worry about is your image. If you still stretch your arms in front of your friends, your life will be very boring.

He and Lao Biaozi were about the same amount of drinkers. When they were together in the past, they could drink together.

The eldest grandma and the second master also drink, but they drink slowly, which is better than the taste.

Silly Zhu and Lao Biaozi, on the other hand, are addicted to food. They peck each other, they compete for momentum, and they are sure to fall down after drinking.

The dining table in Li Xuewu's home is very large, and only one end is used for eating on weekdays.

It's not like I didn't think about changing to a small table at first, but it was too laborious to move out.

Neither he nor Han Jiankun could lift the large solid wood table.

It was actually used for gatherings at the moment, and there was no crowding at all when more than a dozen people sat at one table.

All the dishes in the house were used, and there were still dishes that were not served, so in the end they were only served in pots.

Slowly, a big table filled up, and everyone was chatting and laughing, drinking and eating vegetables, and talking about a year of separation.

Even a person like Li Xuewen who liked peace and quiet held a glass of wine and drank silently with everyone.

Li Xuecai was curious about everything. He was not as calm as his elder brother. He drank like Silly Zhu and the others while holding a wine glass.

The wine at his second brother's house was all good, and he felt comfortable drinking it. However, his face turned red and his head felt dizzy without realizing it. Ji Yuxiu, who was sitting on the other side, just stared at him.

The children admired their parents and imitated them. Each child held a small cup with soda in it, and imitated the adults in cheering.

The adults' table was lively, and they were more lively than the adults.

Li Shu was very happy today. A brother and an uncle came to her house to play, chattering non-stop.

She was still too young, and she was always quarrelsome when she said things that were inappropriate and fast.

Just listen to what she said. Dong Mengyuan and Zhang Xinmin couldn't understand what she said, and she couldn't understand it either.

Li Shu seemed anxious, holding the wine glass and finally shouted.

"Don't shout, don't shout."

The old Biaozi, who was blushing after drinking, turned around with a smile, took a wine glass and taught Li Shu: "Dear girl, use a glass for drinking, and blow for talking. Let's do it together."

"Do it~"

When Li Shu saw someone responding to her, it was even more beautiful. She took her own small cup and drank seriously with Uncle Biao.

That's not all. After finishing her drink and clinking glasses with Uncle Biao, she walked around from the edge of the sofa and held the wine glass to toast people one by one along the dining table. She had already learned to make circles at a young age.

"Hahaha~"

Li Shun and others couldn't help but smile from ear to ear when they saw their eldest granddaughter's boldness. Grandma Ding Fengxia had to hold her in her arms to prevent her from toasting.

When the toast arrived at Shen Guodong's place, he even picked up Li Shu, called his daughter, and taught her the words to toast word by word and the rules of drinking.

Liu Yin smiled distressedly and snatched Li Shu away, and even slapped Shen Guodong.

"We have never had a Jiu Mengzi in our family. If I ask you to teach one, I will fight you forever."

"Hahaha!"

Shen Guodong smiled and offered a toast to the staring Li Shu, teasing her: "Grow up quickly and drink with me."

Li Shu, in her grandma's arms, nodded in understanding, her little hand still swinging the empty wine glass and shouted: "Do it!"

"Hahaha!"

——

The reunion is always short-lived, and the separation is always reluctant.

The meal took a long time, and everyone was reluctant to leave the table while sitting together, with various reluctances.

Lao Biaozi, who came back from Steel City, knew that returning this time might be the last time to relax before his busy work.

When Xilin handed over to him, she had already talked about what Li Xuewu had told her about his ideas and vision for the work of the Northeast Recycling Station.

Although Li Xuewu didn't tell him clearly this time, the pressure on him became heavier and heavier.

Steel City, Beijing City, and Port City will serve as the three main support points for the trade-related economy of recycling stations in the future.

The Northeast serves as the industrial production and sales base, the capital serves as the operation and resale base, and the port city serves as the export and high-profit base.

Multiple places interact and connect, make progress together, and develop together. If any of the three legs develops slowly, it will affect each other.

Even though Li Xuewu repeatedly asked for steady progress, the development speed of the three places is still accelerating.

His return was to meet his brothers in the capital again, and to say goodbye to the previous stage of his life.

He is no longer the old Biaozi who hangs around in the alleys and has no aspirations. He is the famous Biaozi in the steel city, Biaoge.

Behind success is sadness, and this trip back was not satisfactory.

Mai Qinglan was pregnant, so she persuaded him to go back to Beijing and visit his family.

Not to visit Mai Qinglan's parents, but his parents.

Old Biaozi also told her about his family situation and the relationship with his parents.

But Mai Qinglan said that if one day the child asked where the grandparents were, how should you answer.

The few problems that Old Biaozi encountered after going to the Northeast were very difficult.

In the end, taking advantage of the New Year and the opportunity to report back to Beijing, he still wanted to go home.

He did not bring Mai Qinglan with him, because he did not want her to face the embarrassment of her parents' difficulties.

And when he walked into the door of the former home, he saw his brothers enjoying each other's company and his parents enjoying the family happiness.

It was just that he was a little surprised, a little strange, and even embarrassed by his sudden return.

They didn't ask him how he was doing outside, nor did they ask how Mai Qinglan was doing. It was as if a stranger had broken into the house.

The old father was silent, and the mother asked where he was now after a long while.

Lao Biaozi didn't answer, but looked at his brother, then looked at his cautious sister-in-law, left two hundred yuan, told him to take care of himself, and left the house.

This time he was not disappointed or sad, it seemed like a relief.

They didn't even know where he was, let alone his current life.

In other words, they didn't ask about him even though they were in Nanluoguxiang, the same distance from the recycling station.

I don't know where he is, I don't know whether he is dead or alive, and I don't ask whether he is good or bad.

Therefore, he was not interested in sharing his success and experience with his parents and family, and he was even more unwilling to show off his life in front of them.

This was not a relief from hatred for himself, but a spiritual trauma, not worth it.

The two hundred yuan was not what he wanted to give, but what Mai Qinglan insisted that he must keep, no matter whether the situation at home this time was good or bad.

She only said one thing, you can have bad parents, but you can't have unfilial children.

If being together is a burden and you are tired of each other, then you can just not see each other, but don't complain in your heart.

This complaint punishes yourself and affects your children.

Lao Biaozi knows that Mai Qinglan is more concerned about the health of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and also wants to provide for them in their old age.

He doesn't object. People must have family ties after all, otherwise they will become animals.

Perhaps the two hundred yuan has never been received by Mai Qinglan's father-in-law and mother-in-law. Insisting on giving it to his parents is also a kind of explanation.

When I mention it to the children in the future, I can only say that I have no guilt and face it calmly.

After dinner, everyone found a place to sit and chat to sober up. The young brothers sat on the sofa in the restaurant, listening to Lao Biaozi's story and watching him crying with his face covered, they all felt uncomfortable.

Shen Guodong's parents died early, and his grandmother lost her home, so he was deeply touched.

Erhaier is not here. When Erhaier mentions his parents, he can't even remember what his parents look like.

Wen Saner, after his parents died, he became a lowly stray dog, begging for a living and being looked down upon.

Shazhu, his mother died early, and his father was no different from being dead when he was alive. In his words, it would be better if he had died.

Li Xuewu has a family, and his parents love him well, but he just didn't understand it back then.

Now sitting with his brothers, listening to Lao Biaozi sobbing in a low voice, watching Shazhu also wiping tears beside him.

Maybe men only have a reason to show their cowardice or speak out their grievances after drinking.

Everyone persuaded each other, and there was only one sentence that was said the most, that is, look forward.

Life cannot stand still, and we cannot live in the past, letting sad things continue to torture ourselves.

Mai Qinglan heard the noise and came down from upstairs. Seeing Lao Biaozi's red eyes, she walked to him silently and put her arm around his shoulders.

Men don't shed tears easily, but they are just not sad.

If someone bullied him, he might want to retaliate and vent his anger.

But for such parents, he had no choice but to suppress, endure, and let go.

Especially today, with the reunion of his brothers and the comfort and consolation of his wife, the grievances of his first half of life were highlighted.

Finally, Li Shun and his grandmother came to the restaurant. They didn't talk about any big principles, nor did they persuade him to be at ease. They just said that the compound was home and all the children who walked out of the compound could go home.

Grandma also nodded silently. The recycling station is a harbor for the soul and a place for emotions for young people. For him, it is also a place that can be called home.

Shen Guodong, who was sober, drove the command car to send people away one by one, and Li Xuewu sent them out again and again.

When seeing off Mai Qinglan and Lao Biaozi, he patted his brother on the shoulder and told him to live well and live a good life to show the world.

Lao Biaozi hugged him and was then stuffed into the car by Shen Guodong. Sha Zhu was also in the car and fainted. He was still crying, but no one knew how to comfort him.

If I tell him about his current situation to comfort him, such as being married and having children, having a successful career, owning a car and a house, and both parents are "dead"... it seems that I can't compare to his comfortable life.

In the words of Shen Guodong, it's better for such a person to cry more, and empty the water in his brain, which will help him recover.

Before getting on the car, Li Xuewu said to Mai Qinglan, be more tolerant, more understanding, and live a good life. He is a strong man, but his heart is soft.

Mai Qinglan also knew what he meant and nodded seriously. How could she not know the man she chose?

He chose her to marry because he liked her and because she was more miserable than Su Qing and needed his help more.

This time when she came back, she knew that Li Wenbiao wanted to see Su Qing, but she was sure that he didn't go.

Maybe it was because she was pregnant, or maybe it was because she asked him to give all the 200 yuan she saved to his parents-in-law.

It is also possible that the couple tolerated each other, understood each other, and forgave the life given to them by the times.

There are not so many talented men and beautiful women in this world, and they are well matched. There are more funny fates and mistakes.

No matter how sweet the love is, after marriage, it will leave a mess, and the two will hate each other, destroying the original beauty.

She felt that meeting such a man who seemed heartless on the surface but kind and filial on the inside was a magical fruit compensated by fate for her.

It looked wrinkled, extremely ugly, and horrible, but the flesh was sweet and mellow, and it was endless aftertaste.

Li Xuewu said that he would take more care of her, which was a brother's entrustment and a promise. He also said that he would understand her, which was a consolation and a wish.

Lovers will eventually get married, which is a matter of destiny in their previous lives. Don't miss the chance of marriage.