Men and women eating in the courtyard

"This big fat boy——!"

I don’t know whether it’s due to good nutrition or just following his parents’ physique, but Li Xin looks chubby, even fatter than Li Ning.

He was no longer as dark as the last time I saw him, and the little fat boy was much fairer.

White, really white——

Li Xuewu looked at the child's profile and looked like Crayon Shin-chan. He was so plump and cute.

"Thirteen pounds is too much!"

Wu Shuping tidied the bed and introduced with a smile: "Sister Lu weighs her with a scale once every half month, and she gains a pound every time."

"Oh, I'm going to grow up!"

Li Xuewu hugged him and sat on the chair, while Li Xin looked at him curiously with his big eyes.

It was the first time that the two of them looked at each other so carefully. They didn't even know each other before.

"Be careful, don't pee on you"

Wu Shuping came over with a change of clothes, teased the child, told him to go out and take a bath.

She was really relieved. With Li Xuewu's appearance, no one on the street would dare to hand over their child to him.

Not only did he trust Li Xuewu to help take care of the children, but he also trusted Sister Lu after getting along with her for a period of time.

It can only be said that she is kind and honest, at least that's what Li Xuewu thinks.

But you can’t look at this era from the way he looks at Wu Shuping.

Generally speaking, in this era, there are more simple people and more kind people.

After all, it was rare to see people sleeping with a pistol by their bedside at this time.

"Sir, let me coax you."

Just when Li Xuewu and his godson were staring at each other, Sister Lu appeared at the door.

Her name is Sister Lu. In fact, she is much older than Li Xuewu, over forty.

If you live in the neighborhood, you must call me aunt. In these times, it is not appropriate to call someone younger and younger, as it will appear frivolous.

"You're too tired. If he doesn't cry, I'll hold him. His mother will be back in a while."

Li Xuewu looked at her with a smile and asked, "Did you have dinner tonight?"

Sister Lu wears coarse clothes for the convenience of working and taking care of her children.

She is used to serving others. She grew up in the Lou family and had children at that time.

In other words, her parents were also servants of the Lou family, not servants.

Servants were later called civilized people, and the wages they received were no longer called regular money, but wages.

I am in my forties and have experienced the most turbulent years from birth to now.

Sister Lu looked a little cautious, but she didn't feel inferior or weak. She was very dedicated.

Times have changed, things and people have changed, and the world's thoughts are changing. She has long lost the title of mother, but she still lives in the past thinking.

There are not a few people who think like her in this era. Even in the 1980s and 1990s, how many people still have traditional ideas.

She has become accustomed to relying on her master's family for her destiny, just like she was born in the master's family, grew up in the master's family, got married, and had children.

She didn't understand much about the changes in the new society, and she couldn't understand them. She just lived like this day by day.

You say you know a lot and understand a lot, but isn’t it just a day-by-day thing? Your day is worth her two days?

Li Xuewu didn't tell Sister Lu much about the truth, let alone much about the situation.

She counts as much as she can see. She is invited here to do things, not to take charge.

Since the Lou family dared to arrange for her to come, it meant that she was reliable, but Li Xuewu didn't think she must be trustworthy because people's hearts are fickle.

But this did not affect Li Xuewu's task of taking care of Wu Shuping's mother and son.

Sister Lu was a little cautious. Facing Li Xuewu's kindness, she smiled and nodded and said, "Eat while the child is sleeping."

After explaining, he took the initiative to ask: "Sir, how should we arrange breakfast tomorrow morning? Do we need to bring Director Li and Comrade Zhou's share?"

"Thank you for your hard work and bring them out. I will call them tomorrow morning."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "Shuping will be busy with work in the future, so please take more care of her."

"Sir, you're welcome. This is what I should do. If you have any questions, please give me your instructions."

Sister Lu smiled and took a clean towel from the basket on the bed to wipe Li Xin's saliva.

Children will be like this when they are older, worse than when they were young, and they will drool.

Seeing Sister Lu's attentiveness, Li Xuewu asked tentatively: "If you need to go back to Beijing to visit relatives, just tell Shuping that her working hours are convenient and I will arrange for someone to pick you up."

"It's too much trouble for you. I haven't thought about going back yet. There's nothing going on at home."

Sister Lu took the child from Li Xuewu's arms and saw that the urine was already wet.

While taking care of the child, she told Li Xuewu: "The son and daughter-in-law of our family who runs errands with Mr. Lou work in front of our house, and they are also close to the in-laws."

After changing the child's clothes, she picked her up and coaxed her, and introduced her intermittently: "My wife told me before I came here that I will focus on my work here. I can rest assured at home."

"Thank you for your hard work. If you need any help from me, just tell me."

Li Xuewu spoke really kindly, and seemed to be the kind of person who would help anyone who asked for anything.

Little did he know that this was because he was too narrow-minded, and he was trying round the corner to see if there was any difficulty in Sister Lu's family.

Obviously, no matter how dedicated a servant is, he will take desperate measures when faced with a difficult situation.

Wu Shuping was deliberately created by him as a loophole for Li Huaide to see, but she couldn't really become a weakness for others to threaten him.

Sister Lu thanked them politely, but didn't say much. They had a deeply underestimated sense of rules.

"Is the child asleep?"

When Wu Shuping came in in her pajamas, Sister Lu had already coaxed the child to sleep.

Li Xuewu was sitting at the head of the bed, holding a book in his hand. He had academic work to complete.

No matter how busy he was recently, he still took time to meet and study with professors from the Iron and Steel Institute, and was also actively completing the homework assigned by the professors.

"Just went to bed, you should rest."

Sister Lu carefully covered the child with a small quilt, greeted Wu Shuping softly, nodded to Li Xuewu, and then went out.

Wu Shuping watched her leave, then walked to the crib to look at the child, and said softly to Li Xuewu: "If possible, I really don't want to live this kind of life, especially with Li Xin."

She turned off the bedside lamp on her side, sat on the bed with her back to Li Xuewu, looked at the child and said: "But things are unpredictable, and you can't help yourself."

"It's very hard, I mean psychologically," Li Xuewu emphasized, closed the book in his hand, and said, "I can feel it."

"I feel like I'm back to the tense feeling of the Shanghai war in the 1920s and 1930s."

Wu Shuping smiled bitterly and shook her head, saying, "As long as I hear a sound from the next building, I must be nervous."

She looked back at Li Xuewu and asked, "Does Zhou Miaomiao have any purpose?"

"What purpose?"

Li Xuewu looked at her in surprise and put the book in his hand on the bedside table, right next to the pistol.

One literary and one martial, this sleep is peaceful.

Wu Shuping has long been accustomed to his weirdness, and explained indifferently, "You didn't come the last few times, it was her and Li Huaide who came."

She frowned slightly and said, "Every time she comes, she will bring some gifts here, and even take the initiative to see the children and ask some questions about my life."

"Well, has Li Huaide been here too?"

Li Xuewu moved his body sideways and leaned on the bed, looking at her and said, "You don't have to worry about Zhou Miaomiao, she has too many dark histories."

"And she doesn't dare to provoke me"

Li Xuewu was confident that he could say this, especially because he was not afraid that she would go crazy.

He knew a little about Zhou Miaomiao's little thoughts. Last time she went to Yingcheng, she took the initiative to reveal her inner hesitation to him.

But in Li Xuewu's opinion, her frankness and hesitation were completely like a whore trying to set up a memorial archway.

Did Lao Li force her to be with Li Huaide? This is absolutely impossible.

It is true that Lao Li is lustful, but he will never stare at a crackless egg.

If Zhou Miaomiao hadn't approached him actively, he wouldn't even show any excessive actions or attitudes.

At his age and position, he values ​​quality over quantity in his affairs.

Being able to choose Zhou Miaomiao is still a matter of face. At least at his age, he can still attract the love of young girls, right?

But if you say that he really has a party with Zhou Miaomiao every night and is inseparable from her, that's completely bullshit.

Li Xuewu's father made medicinal wine, not elixir, which could not give Li Huaide so much courage to dare to risk his life with a little girl.

Moreover, as far as he knew, Zhou Miaomiao only stayed quiet for a while after entering the steel rolling mill, and then she rushed to Li Huaide.

But after returning from Yangcheng, her relationship with Lao Li stabilized, and her emotional state was not blank. There were really young men who liked her.

This was nonsense. With her looks and her demeanor on the stage, as long as her eyes were not blind, how could she not be liked by young men.

She dared to follow Li Huaide while looking for a partner, which meant that Li Huaide did not give her too much trust or promise.

There were many girls in the dance troupe, and there were more beautiful ones. Lao Li would not hang himself on a tree, let alone abandon his old wife at home and marry a delicate one.

Not to mention what Zhou Miaomiao had experienced before with him, just looking at the other party's initiative, Li Huaide would not marry her.

She came for his identity, and he would not be so confused as to think it was his personal charm.

So

Who would marry such a "girl"?

Wu Shuping thought she had ulterior motives and other purposes because she was too proactive and came here to make friends and please.

Listening to Li Xuewu's words, she pursed her lips and said, "Didn't Li Huaide ask her to come? I always feel weird."

Shrugged her shoulders, she shook her head slightly and said, "Li Huaide has never come once, and he always asks Zhou Miaomiao or the secretary to send things. If I say I don't want to accept them, they won't listen."

"Accept it, as long as he sends it, just accept it, don't refuse it"

Li Xuewu lay on his back with a smile, and said, "If you think she is weird, it means she is a little too strong, it's completely intentional."

"Intentional? You mean...?" "

Wu Shuping also understood, and it really came true what she just said, is this underground intelligence work?

The two slept together at night, on the same bed, both wearing pajamas.

Wu Shuping did not worry that Li Xuewu would be a villain or a bad guy, and Li Xuewu was also open-minded, and did not sleep on the floor or wear clothes.

If there is nothing wrong, nothing will happen if you sleep naked together. If there is something wrong, you will have bad thoughts even if you are tied up with a 18-pound chain.

Of course, it is impossible for two people to sleep naked together, that would be too shabby.

Wu Shuping got up once at night to feed the child. Li Xuewu was used to it at home, so he turned over and waited until Wu Shuping fell asleep again, and then he continued to sleep.

Although they were not engaged in intelligence work, they had trust and tacit understanding. The things between men and women were nothing compared to their respective families and personalities.

Li Xuewu was a well-known young man in Dongcheng. He valued his reputation the most, kept himself clean, and never had problems with his work style.

Of course, if there was a problem, it must be someone else's problem, and it had absolutely nothing to do with him. He was innocent.

——

Li Xuewu got up at six in the morning, washed up, and went out to the river.

The weather was warmer, the daytime was longer, and he slept less.

After walking around the river, he looked at his watch and saw that it was almost seven o'clock, so he called Lao Li's door.

Lao Li and his friend also got up early. There was no shortage of people to cook here, but there was a shortage of ingredients.

They only came here once or twice a month, and it was really not worth buying rice and vegetables.

When Li Xuewu was not around, Zhou Miaomiao would come here to eat on her own initiative.

Now that Li Xuewu came to invite them, the two did not feel embarrassed.

When they came here, Zhou Miaomiao took the initiative to go to the kitchen to help Sister Lu, while Wu Shuping was still cleaning up the children upstairs.

For breakfast, Sister Lu prepared steamed buns and rice porridge, as well as a few pickled vegetables and eggs for Wu Shuping. Even though she said that she cooked more, Li Huaide and the others did not eat.

When they came out of the house, Wu Shuping took the initiative to see them off, knowing that they would return to Beijing this afternoon.

"Okay, go back, you haven't had breakfast yet, take good care of the children"

Before getting in the car, Li Xuewu reminded her: "Call if you have anything, Guodong from the business side will come in a few days, you can communicate."

After saying that, he waved to Wu Shuping who was standing at the door, and got in the car under Zhou Miaomiao's strange eyes.

Li Huaide didn't care about his words, he knew all of this more or less.

Shen Guodong was the person responsible for some distribution and acquisition tasks of the steel rolling mill in Beijing.

He had a collective recycling station in his hand, and he knew it had a great relationship with Li Xuewu without asking.

But knowing it doesn't mean he will do anything, or use it to threaten Li Xuewu or coerce Li Xuewu.

He is not stupid enough to that extent.

Besides, since Li Xuewu dared to do this, and arranged it in front of him, it means that he is absolutely not afraid of investigation.

The car started slowly, and Wu Shuping's figure disappeared at the corner.

Li Huaide looked at the Haihe River outside the window and said with a smile: "It's not easy. You are alone with a child. Come and see more often."

"Well, let her stay in Beijing for a few days, but she doesn't want to. She said she likes it here."

Li Xuewu followed Li Huaide's words and did not avoid the driver and Zhou Miaomiao sitting in the co-pilot, saying: "It feels like home, hehe——"

"Well, if you think so, it's not in vain that I dragged you here to settle the property."

Li Huaide smiled and turned his head to look at Li Xuewu and said: "I really didn't think that you would have a child so soon."

He was punning, and didn't point out which child Li Xuewu was talking about, because Li Xuewu did have a child in Beijing.

But everyone understood. What he said was that the house was bought here first, but Wu Shuping was pregnant with this child earlier.

"It's a coincidence, haha--"

Li Xuewu chuckled and said, "I like children very much. The more the better. It would be better to open a red-raising class at home."

"Hahaha--! You are a father and don't know the suffering of the mother!"

Li Huaide laughed and patted Li Xuewu's knee and said, "Who doesn't want more children, but you have to take care of your lover's feelings."

"But you are still young and have the conditions. It's right to have more children."

He shook his head with emotion, his eyes swept across Zhou Miaomiao's back, and said meaningfully, "When you reach my age, it would be inappropriate and inappropriate to have children again."

Li Xuewu clearly saw Zhou Miaomiao, who was sitting in front, tremble.

Needless to say, this girl is really a ruthless person. She wants to cause a death?

If she really gave Lao Li a child in his old age in Tianjin, I'm afraid Lao Li would be scared to jump into the river with the child.

You see, he put Zhou Miaomiao next to Li Xuewu to watch Wu Shuping give birth.

If Zhou Miaomiao also gave birth to a child for him, he would have to work like a cow for Li Xuewu all his life.

So, after seeing that Zhou Miaomiao was dissatisfied with the status quo and had other thoughts, he also gave her a shot of prevention in time.

It's not surprising that Zhou Miaomiao played tricks on him, after all, she was just a girl of such an age.

After seeing Wu Shuping gave birth to a son for Li Xuewu, she had a villa and a nanny.

Especially in Tianjin, he bought Wu Shuping's property and took her to important dinners.

This attitude of not being afraid of showing off and paying attention to the other party made Zhou Miaomiao very jealous.

Li Huaide never took her to public places alone, let alone private banquets.

Another thing is that Li Huaide didn't give her much money to spend, but only arranged for her to be promoted and become the captain of the dance team.

There were some small gifts on weekdays, but they were not expensive, let alone rare things.

In Wu Shuping's villa, she saw a lot of things that Li Xuewu arranged for people to send.

Especially the river seafood, shellfish supplements, etc. that were regularly sent by Jinmen Aquatic Products Company.

She had never enjoyed this face.

The villa where she had a secret meeting with Li Huaide had nothing to do with her. Old Li never said that he would give it to her, and he never promised that she could come and live there at any time.

Wu Shuping was unwilling to leave Tianjin and return to Beijing. It was natural that she said that this place was like home, because Li Xuewu had already registered the villa in her name, and Zhou Miaomiao had already found out.

Why did Zhou Miaomiao inquire about Wu Shuping's life while spying on this place?

In her opinion, the identities and status of the two people were the same, and they were both mistresses.

Since they were both mistresses, they naturally had to compare their lives and treatment.

How to compare?

After the comparison, she felt even more unbalanced.

After thinking about it, she suddenly had a bold idea, which was to give birth to a child for Lao Li.

Compared with Wu Shuping, the treatment was not as good as the other party, so naturally she would look for the reason from her side first.

So, last night, as soon as the second battalion commander's Italian cannon was pulled out, she told Lao Li about it.

Lao Li was almost scared to the ground, and the Italian cannon was naturally pushed back by the second battalion commander. The rare trip to Tianjin became a frightening trip.

If you say that a grown woman rushed to shout that she wanted to give birth to a child for him, others would have been so happy that they didn't know what to do.

Especially Zhou Miaomiao, who is beautiful, tall, and well-off.

However, the eldest son of the old Li family has brought his girlfriend home this year. If he adds a little brother to his child, the family will be very lively.

It doesn't matter what his in-laws think of him. There is no impenetrable wall in this world.

He finally got to his current position. Is he willing to give up his current status and rights for a child?

Stop it. We are all adults and we are in a real relationship of sleeping together. Why kill each other?

As Zhou Miaomiao explained, as long as she is pregnant, she will take sick leave.

After giving birth to the child in Tianjin, she will come to work at the Trade Management Center when the child is still young, or work in the supply chain like Wu Shuping, and will not bring the child back to Beijing.

Will Li Huaide believe her lies?

I am afraid that when the child is a little older, she will make this request and that request.

What if I can't meet it by then?

Zhou Miaomiao is not Liu Lan, who dares to follow him for a little bit of leftovers, and dares to accept things from the dead for a little bit of power.

The younger they are, the more they want, and they have great expectations for life and the future.

Of course, Lao Li would not reject her forcefully, as he was already scared out of his wits.

The relationship between the two people was a little awkward all morning, and Zhou Miaomiao naturally did not dare to look at him, but she did not look happy either.

Taking advantage of Li Xuewu's matter, he gently pointed out to her, as for the future...

It is not difficult for Li Xuewu to guess that the young man's pursuit of Zhou Miaomiao will become more and more eager, until he takes her home.

Whether Lao Li will contribute here depends on whether it is before or after marriage.

The contribution before marriage is not the same as the contribution after marriage.

——

In the morning, Li Huaide and Jing Yunong went to the Jinmen Port Office for research.

After returning, another office meeting was held, mainly emphasizing the content of trade development and compliance management.

During the meeting, the creation of six offices in May was also mentioned, and the factory's financial and engineering personnel will go to various places to select sites for construction.

It is scheduled that Jing Yunong will visit all offices in early May, including finalizing the location of new offices.

Li Xuewu made several requirements to the relevant site selection person in charge at the meeting.

The location should be placed in the city center as much as possible, and the place should be large, because the office is not only a resident unit, but also responsible for sales and procurement.

In particular, Li Xuewu emphasized discipline on the site selection issue, saying that he would arrange for disciplinary inspection personnel to conduct unannounced visits, and if there is any violation of discipline, it will be severely punished.

At noon, at the request of Zhuang Cangshu, Li Huaide and Jing Yunong, as the factory leaders, had a meal with the staff who were about to take office and go on business trips to six cities to select sites and build stations.

Compared with the seriousness of the meeting, the atmosphere at the dinner table was naturally much warmer.

Although these cadres were a little restrained, Li Huaide still sincerely talked about the factory's attention and expectations for them.

After the meal, everyone took a group photo in front of the building. Li Huaide and his party got on the car and rushed to the railway station with the farewell of the cadres and comrades of the Tianjin Trade Management Center.

They boarded the train at around 2:00 p.m. and arrived in Beijing at almost 5:00 p.m.

Because it was Saturday, the two of them took a short stroll after returning to the factory and basically got off work.

Li Xuewu knew that he would be on a business trip this weekend, so he quickly finished his work.

He spent half an hour processing the documents accumulated on Friday and Saturday after returning, and this week was over.

After get off work, according to the usual habit, he first sent Peng Xiaoli home.

At the gate of their courtyard, Li Xuewu got out of the car and opened the rear trunk door, indicating Peng Xiaoli to move a box of seafood down.

In the car, Peng Xiaoli declined several times because he was really embarrassed to take the leader's.

The seafood in the box was sent by the aquatic product company, and some were bought by Li Xuewu himself.

Peng Xiaoli wanted to be polite, but Li Xuewu didn't say much to him and indicated Han Jiankun to help him move it.

Neighbors who lived on the street heard the voices and came out to see that the jeep that often sent Peng Xiaoli home was parked at the door.

After a few words, they all understood what was going on.

They just waited for the leader in a white shirt and black jacket to get back in the car and leave. Then the neighbors enviously praised Peng Xiaoli again and again.

"Look, Xiaoli is still capable. The leader even gave him seafood"

"Don't talk nonsense. It's because Xiaoli is capable and the leader appreciates him!"

"That's what I said. Xiaoli has a promising future since he was young. Look at him now!"

"Tsk tsk tsk——"

...

The discussion at the door reached its peak when Peng Xiaoli struggled to carry the seafood box into the yard.

Everyone was envious, but they only said good things.

The boy who used to look so bad is now a secretary for the leader. Not only can he ride in a car to and from get off work, but he can also get other benefits.

The people living in the slum are basically ordinary workers, even section chiefs.

At this time, if you want to eat live seafood, you still need to bring it back from a business trip in Tianjin. You can't wait to watch them eat it.

Is your shrimp delicious?

Wow, what does the crab taste like?

It's the same at Peng Xiaoli's house and the courtyard.

When Li Xuewu's car stopped at the gate of the west courtyard, a passerby greeted him.

The car entered the yard, Shen Guodong, Xiaoyan and Shazhu carried seafood to the yard, which ignited their gossip.

Just listening to Li Xuewu who had just returned from a business trip in Tianjin, he bought seafood for his family and friends to try, and they were envious.

If you say you are the director, he may not care, but if you say you are on business trips frequently, you can also bring back some local specialties, especially food.

At this time, everyone doesn’t care much about clothes, but only about what they put in their mouths, and they are very greedy. Otherwise, how can they say that the conditions in the future are better, and they have eaten too many diseases, and they are afraid of hunger.

"Uncle Wu!"

Banggeng jumped down from the top of the wall and greeted him enthusiastically.

Li Xuewu looked at his naughty appearance and said with a smile: "How many days has your mother not beaten you?"

"You just tease me!"

Banggeng is not a child anymore, he knows what is good and what is bad, and he knows that people are teasing him.

Holding his pants that were covered with dirt, he ran to the back of the jeep and looked at it, and asked curiously: "Is this a crab?"

"Want to eat it? Go home and get a basin"

Li Xuewu slapped his hand that was about to grab the crab. This kid only has flesh but no brain.

He stretched out his hand to grab the crab, and the crab wanted to stretch out his hand to grab him.

"Hey! Thank you, Uncle Wu--!"

Hearing Li Xuewu's words, the kid jumped three feet high like a toad and ran home.

Sha Zhu came back from the back house and laughed and said: "He knows how to eat it."

"The car is too small, it can't hold too much, everyone can share it and taste it"

Li Xuewu waved his hand to refuse the cigarette he handed over, saying: "You should think about it, this thing can't be given to Diliya, it's too cold."

"I know. I'm a cook, how can I not know this?"

Shazhu pointed to the seafood in the trunk and asked, "All given to us, what are you going to eat?"

He invited, "If you ask me, you can eat here tonight and go home after eating. I haven't drunk for a long time. Let's have some tonight."

"I won't have it with you. You can't drink much."

Li Xuewu pretended to be disgusted and said, "If you pour it, I will have to help you go back. What's too much or too little?"

As he was talking, he saw Banggeng running back quickly with an enamel washbasin, followed by Xiaodang and Huaihua.

The children in the yard followed him out to see, saying that there were seafood.

Someone heard the shout that Banggeng shouted when he went home just now.

"If you pick it up, your fingers will be pinched off."

Shazhu saw that Banggeng was like a fool, stretching his hand to reach the basket, and slapped him again.

Banggeng shouted anxiously, "Uncle Wu said it was given to me. I want to eat this crab."

"Eat crabs like this, don't use your hands, it hurts when it pinches you"

Sha Zhu threatened him while reaching out to help him pick up a few from the basket.

At this time, Qin Huairu caught up from behind and saw Sha Zhu and Li Xuewu standing behind the car picking up crabs for Banggeng, so she said embarrassedly: "Stop picking them up, it's hard to bring them back."

"No - Mom! Uncle Wu gave it to me, I want to eat it"

Banggeng stamped his feet anxiously, and Xiaodang and Huaihua beside him were afraid that their mother would not let them have it, so they were also anxious.

The children were young and ignorant, and naturally did not understand the social etiquette of adults.

Qin Huairu said to Li Xuewu embarrassedly: "I was just saying, just came back, and heard him enter the house and shout something about seafood, and when I looked back, everyone ran away."

"Haha - it's not a precious thing, if he wants to eat it, just try it"

Li Xuewu raised his hand and pinched Banggeng's big fat face, which made the big-faced cat smile brightly.

"Did you just come back?"

Qin Huairu didn't ask Shazhu to pick more, but asked for six or seven. It's fine to let the children taste the freshness, but they really want to eat more and take more.

Shen Guodong and Xiaoyan carried the remaining two baskets of seafood to the yard, and Banggeng also ran back home with a basin of crabs under the envious eyes of other children.

Han Jiankun connected the faucet in the yard and pulled the water pipe to wash the trunk. The smell of seafood was really strong.

When Li Xuewu and the others came back, he had already sent a car back to Haiyun Warehouse Villa.

In fact, few people in the family eat this, it's just to try something new.

Gu Ning can't eat it because she's nursing her baby, and Li Xuewu can only eat shelled ones. Most of the car was given to Gu Ning's colleagues in the hospital.

This thing is really precious as a favor. Live seafood is not easy to buy even with a ticket.

Li Xuewu raised his hand and motioned to move to the side to make room for Han Jiankun to wash the car.

"I came back in the afternoon and got home at five o'clock"

"That's what I said"

Qin Huairu smiled and said, "I went to the main office building in the afternoon. I didn't hear that you were back. I thought that if you arrived home at night, I could prepare a room and supper for you."

"I'm afraid of this. It's always at night."

Li Xuewu said with a smile, "Because of the business trip, I have to reverse my days and nights, so I left a day earlier."

He arranged the trip to Tianjin, so he naturally didn't want to take up Sunday's time.

So it's just right to go on Friday and come back on Saturday, otherwise I would have to stay in the guesthouse and work as soon as I got home on Sunday night.

I didn't care too much before I got married, but I became more and more disgusted with business trips after I got married.

Maybe I have to wait until I'm over 40 to pick up the fun of business trips again.

Qin Huairu didn't talk to him much, knowing that he was in a hurry to go home, and finally thanked him with a smile.

Li Xuewu looked at her with a smile, thinking that the thank you was a little insincere.

Shen Guodong arranged the room and invited him to dinner when he came out.

Li Xuewu was unwilling. He talked to his grandfather for a while, and talked to his sister-in-law and Ji Yuxiu who were strolling with their children. He got in the car and left without even going back to the courtyard.

It was not because he was afraid of jealousy from the people in the courtyard, nor was it because he was afraid that the people in the courtyard would bother him to do things, but as long as he went back to the courtyard, he had to say a few words to anyone who greeted him.

You said a few words, he said a few words, and if he couldn't get down in half an hour, he wouldn't go home.

After two days of business trip, he missed Li Ning when he saw Li Xin's chubby appearance.

And the chattering little Li Shu.

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"No - no -!"

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Li Xuewu heard his daughter's chattering shouting. It was really what he wanted.

Qin Jingru was standing at the door, confronting Li Shu. One wanted to fish out the seafood in the pond, and the other didn't let him.

"This is a sea crab, can you raise it? It will stink tomorrow morning!"

"I don't want it - I don't want it -!"

The big devil now knows everything, with his hands open in front of the fish pond, looking up at Qin Jingru, just not letting her fish out.

"Look, who's back, you still dare to make trouble!" Qin Jingru threatened her: "Your father is going to spank you!"

This has no deterrent effect on Li Shu, because she knows that her father never spanks her.

If her mother comes back, she may be obedient, even if her mother doesn't spank her.

"What are you doing? Are you going to fight?"

Li Xuewu looked at the two of them with amusement. When he changed his slippers, he saw Gu Ning's shoes, so he asked: "Xiao Ning hasn't finished get off work yet?"

"Well, it seems that I have to work overtime."

Qin Jingru picked up Li Shu angrily and pretended to slap her on the buttocks twice, but it didn't work. Li Shu's little hand dared to hit her back twice.

Seeing Han Jiankun coming in after collecting the car, she complained: "Look, it's all your fault. You teased the child to raise crabs. You really thought of it!"

It turned out that he brought seafood back at around five o'clock, and Li Shu saw it and wanted it.

Han Jiankun was afraid that she would get hurt, so he teased her and threw a crab into the fish pond.

This is really a disaster.

The crab was quiet in it at first, but soon it started to catch fish and shrimps. Qin Jingru had raised fish with great difficulty, and the crab had to take care of it.

Li Shu also had a new love and forgot about the old love. She only cared about watching the crabs and didn't care about the life and death of the small fish.

Do you think Banggeng was so stupid that he dared to catch crabs?

Li Shu was even worse than him. This child was born with a violent temper. I heard from my uncle-in-law that this thing bites people. Guess what?

Good guy, she stepped on it with her feet!

Stepping is not enough. She kicked forward in her small cloth shoes. She is cowardly and playful.

Finally, Han Jiankun secretly caught the crab while Li Shu was quarreling with his wife.

When Li Shu asked, he told her that the crab was eaten by the fish.

The fish was unlucky and had to take the blame for everything.

Han Jiankun helped Qin Jingru clean up the seafood and the kitchen, and Li Xuewu carried Li Shu upstairs.

Mother Liu Yin was taking care of Li Ning playing upstairs. The little guy couldn't turn over yet and just lay there picking his fingers.

After handing the big devil to her grandmother, Li Xuewu took a bath and heard Gu Ning's voice coming from downstairs when he came out.

"You just came back?"

If Gu Ning wasn't around, Li Shu would definitely stay upstairs and her grandmother couldn't control her.

Li Xuewu was really afraid that she would ruin the books in the study, so he could only carry her downstairs.

After seeing Gu Ning, Li Shu immediately became a good baby, hugging her father's neck and not asking for this or that.

"Is there an operation, or...?"

"Operation, after the meeting"

Gu Ning pinched his neck and sat on the sofa with some fatigue, looking at the father and daughter who followed him and asked: "Why did you send seafood to our department?"

"If you can't eat it, it's a favor. What else can you do? Did the people in your department say?"

Li Xuewu put Li Shu next to her. Only Gu Ning in this family can seal the big devil.

He stuffed the toys into her, and got up to take the cup on the table to help Gu Ning pour water.

Gu Ning hugged Li Shu and taught her to play with arithmetic toys, and said helplessly: "Is it necessary to do this?"

"What's necessary or unnecessary about this?"

Li Xuewu used two cups to pour boiling water, and when he felt that it was almost cool, he brought it over.

He handed the cup to Gu Ning and said: "You are taking care of the children now, and your body can't bear the high-intensity work. Do you have to ask your colleagues for help?"

Looking at the look of his wife who was impatient with social interactions, he naturally knew that those colleagues found her to thank and play.

"Don't treat making friends as a burden. If you do, the other party will also feel burdened, and then they are not friends anymore."

Li Xuewu gestured to her to drink water and persuaded her: "After all, you are going to work in the department. We didn't buy seafood specifically to please them, right? Don't feel pressured."

"It's pretty..."

Gu Ning drank the hot water, lowered her head and watched Li Shu playing with beads, and explained: "Some people gossiped, saying that I was showing off and that I was seeking fame."

"It's inevitable. There are such people in every unit. If you care about them, forget it."

Li Xuewu persuaded her: "The righteous have many helpers, and the unrighteous have few helpers. It's better to have many friends. One or two villains will not make a difference."

"Besides, giving them crabs is also to thank them for their help and support. We are not looking for a step to advance."

"Well, it's just a little awkward."

Gu Ning told him what was in her heart, and she felt much better after listening to his consolation.

In the past, she would hide and endure when she encountered such sarcastic remarks or gossip behind her back.

But Li Xuewu did so much for her, and she still felt depressed when he said that.

She didn't care about the seafood, but she felt it was not worth feeding them.

Unconsciously, Gu Ning seemed not to notice that her personality had changed a lot.

At least now she cares and feels wronged, and has a temper.

What does Gu Ning look like when she loses her temper?