Men and women eating in the courtyard

Mr. Lin has a famous modern poem "You are the April of the World".

Gu Ning likes to read poetry very much. Young people of this era like it, except Li Xuewu.

Sometimes he can see Gu Ning writing two small poems, which are elegant and graceful, showing the sensibility and thinking unique to young women.

The words are not difficult to read, and the meaning is easy to understand. There is no deliberate carving of words, but there is a kind of sincerity and simplicity.

Of course, Li Xuewu can only read it secretly. This is the private garden in Gu Ning's heart, which is not easily embarrassed.

Although Li Xuewu does not read poetry, his mind is very delicate and he can understand a person.

Why mention April of the World when the family gathers together and enjoys seafood?

In Li Xuewu's view, poems, whether ancient or modern, are the release of the poet's accumulated emotions.

If you write a poem every time you go to the toilet like Qianlong, it would be a bit hypocritical and deliberate.

He couldn't write a poem like "People are idle and sweet-scented osmanthus flowers fall, the night is quiet and the spring mountains are empty", but he really felt the arrival of spring.

In the octagonal hall, there was no harassment from mosquitoes. He boldly opened the windows and felt the spring breeze blowing into the house and into his heart.

April in the world should be filled with family, laughter, and emotions.

So the spring breeze is light, the spring is bright, and the spring colors are changeable, whether it is sunny or rainy.

"I don't like to eat this kind of shelled food"

Liu Yin gently patted Li Shu, who was anxious to grab it, and said in her mouth, and fed her abalone and rice porridge cut into fine pieces in her hand.

Li Shu was impatient. When she ate the porridge fed by her grandmother, she saw her father, uncle, and aunt eating it wantonly and sweetly, and she felt that her mouth was not enough.

"I want that--"

She pointed to the swimming crab in the basin and said to her grandmother: "I want to eat it too, crab crab".

"It's no use saying thank you, I just can't give it to you--!"

Liu Yin smiled and tapped her forehead and said, "That's too cold, you'll have a stomachache if you eat it, let's not eat it."

"It's not cold!"

Li Shu tried her best to explain, "Auntie has already heated it up, it's in the pot, it's sizzling."

"Hahaha--"

Seeing Li Shu getting angry, her little mouth couldn't keep up with her thoughts, and she was anxiously imitating the sound of the steamer, everyone laughed.

Li Xuewu threw the crab shells he had taken out into the basin, which was already full of crab shells and mantis shrimp shells.

Qin Jingru wiped her hands with a rag and stood up to pour it, but when she saw Li Xuewu delivering the peeled crab white meat and crab roe to Aunt Li, she was a little surprised and a little clear.

When I met Li Xuewu earlier, I only thought he was domineering and fierce, and unruly, especially when I listened to my cousin's mother-in-law talking about his past.

Only when he became a cadre, he seemed calm and generous, and became a person of the scene.

Everyone thought he was a male chauvinist in life, or that he was also domineering in his personality.

In fact, it was not the case. Living here for a long time, I could feel his attentiveness more and more.

He was gentle and tolerant to children, considerate to Gu Ning, and respectful and filial to the elderly.

If you ask her if she still has that kind of love for Li Xuewu now, she can't say, it has nothing to do with marriage.

It is a manifestation of a person's maturity when he is young, and it is his charm that surpasses his peers. Everyone will be moved.

Of course, such admiration or respect does not necessarily have to be expressed in love.

"Brother Li is like you"

Qin Jingru came back with an empty basin and said with a smile: "He won't eat the shelled ones unless Sister Xiao Ning wants to eat them. He will start."

"I'm just lazy, so am I, haha"

Liu Yin smiled and scraped the corner of Li Shu's mouth with a spoon, and said jokingly: "He was like this when he was a child. You said he was naughty, sometimes he was quite heartwarming. You were just moved, and he got into trouble again, and people followed him around.

"Naughty and sensible? "

Li Xuewu tapped his daughter's nose and teased her, "You are talking about Li Shu, right, my daughter?"

"No——!"

Li Shu could understand good and bad words, and raised her neck and said in a soft voice, "I, I am very good!"

"That's right, no one is as good as our Li Shu, our Li Shu is the best"

Qin Jingru teased her, "Li Shu washes her hands after dinner, takes a bath before going to bed, and goes to sleep obediently without being coaxed."

"Auntie, what are you talking about?"

Li Shu stared with big eyes, pretending to be confused and said, "Why don't I understand?"

"Hahaha——! ”

This little thing is very clever. She understands everything the adults say and knows how to play rogue.

It’s no wonder that Li Shu is so cunning at such a young age. From the Li family to here, Li Shu grew up in a crowd of people and has been exposed to the language since she was a child.

She sees everything the adults say and do, and learns it by learning.

“Well, this crab meat is really delicious and delicate”

Liu Yin tasted the crab meat that her son had peeled and praised it. Not only was the crab meat delicious, but her son’s intentions were also good.

Li Shu was greedy when she saw her grandmother eating, and looked at , drooling.

Li Xuewu had no choice but to pick up a piece of sea bass, remove the bones, mash it, and feed her with her little spoon, telling her that they all tasted the same.

As a result, Li Shu stretched her neck and pushed the sea bass prepared by her father away from her grandmother, pointing at the crab meat in front of her grandmother to try it in turn.

"If you were older, I wouldn't be able to fool you. You're too cunning."

Qin Jingru ate quickly. After she was full, she went to the kitchen to wash her hands, came back and carried her to the other side to eat, giving Aunt Li time to eat.

Li Xuewu brought back only a few kinds of seafood, not rich, but fresh.

Abalone, swimming crab, sea bass, mantis shrimp and some shellfish.

He picked the best ones and kept them for one or two meals, and gave away the rest, mostly to the courtyard and the hospital, and some to Shen Guodong to send to various families.

As for his godmother and Han Shu, he would have delivered them personally as usual.

But it was a bit awkward with his godmother, and he just hoped that time would dilute everything.

He had no opinion on Zheng Xicai and Zheng Xiaoyan, and he would not bear grudges, but the old couple thought too much, and he would talk about them every time he saw them.

Not to mention the New Year and the holidays, but if there was anything new and delicious on weekdays, he would think of them. As long as there was Han Shu, there would definitely be theirs. If he didn't go, Shen Guodong would deliver it.

The recycling station was in good weather at the foot crossing, and it must be said that the godmother was protecting them from the wind and rain.

He was thinking about the old couple, and the old couple was thinking about him. The most important thing in getting along with each other is to be true.

As for Han Shu, the age difference between the two was too small. It sounded like they were calling each other teacher and teacher's wife, but in fact they should be called sister.

Especially when it comes to Gu Ning, Li Xuewu is the most respectful to teachers. Even if they are relatives, he still respects them as teachers.

Han Shu's care for him is no less than that of Zheng Shusen and his wife.

In official affairs, he made great efforts to promote the cooperation between the steel rolling mill and the Iron and Steel Institute, which brought great convenience and achievements to his work.

In private affairs, Dong Wenxue was the matchmaker between him and Gu Ning, and also provided a lot of help in their studies and growth.

There were some private embarrassments and privacy between him and Dong Wenxue when dealing with the Steel City incident. It always felt awkward to sit together.

It was okay with Han Shu. Gu Ning gave birth to a child, and she really helped a lot here.

Especially during the days when my mother-in-law lived here, she came to visit almost every day.

They are not precious things, but because of the limitations of the times, these things that are inconvenient for ordinary people to eat have become good things.

Han Jiankun is familiar with Li Xuewu, and he doesn't pretend to eat anything at home.

Eat when you should eat, drink when you should drink, and don't need to be called or urged when working.

The couple can make a fuss while the other can work silently, which often makes Liu Yin laugh.

After dinner, Gu Ning coaxed the younger one to go upstairs to feed, and Li Xuewu coaxed the older one to read books and pictures in the living room.

Gu Ning is very concerned about Li Shu's education and enlightenment. Not only did he collect children's picture books, but he also taught her to draw.

The relationship between mother and daughter is more artistic and interesting than that between father and daughter. After all, she can only learn to be spoiled by her father.

Li Xuewu spoils his children, and even Liu Yin can't stand it, not to mention Qin Jingru.

Some of Li Shu's minor bad habits are spoiled by him, such as playing barefoot on the floor.

Or playing with sand or soil, whose children would bring the sand pit into the house to play?

Li Xuewu's family not only went to the river to find quartz white sand, but also cooked it in an iron pot at home, and then spread it in the sandbox for Li Shu to play.

Just in terms of playing, Li Shu's childhood was definitely better than all the children around her.

Who had more toys than her? She had so many toys that she had to use a basket to put them all.

Before going home every night, Qin Jingru would pull the bamboo basket to collect toys from corner to corner like a little girl picking mushrooms.

She would search the flower pots, under the piano, in the corners of the cabinet, and even in the sand pit.

This child was like a naughty monkey, playing with toys as grenades, and even fishing out small tin mice in the fish pond.

After everything was packed up, the couple told Li Xuewu to go home.

By this time, Li Shu had already fallen asleep. Although she also needed to take a nap during the day, she was full of energy and had to use up all her energy before nine o'clock to go to bed.

Liu Yin came out to see them off after washing up, and the few of them chatted and laughed at the door for a few more words.

After watching the couple ride their bikes across the street, Li Xuewu and his mother went back to the house.

It's not that the couple had worked so hard that they had to see them off and watch them go before returning.

It was just that the yard was cool at this moment, and the evening breeze made people feel lazy.

His mother was sleepy, so Li Xuewu turned off all the lights downstairs. The two of them went upstairs while talking about going home tomorrow.

——

On the second floor, the lights were still on in the study.

However, Gu Ning was not reading in the study, but just borrowing the light from there.

Children are still very sensitive to light, especially at night, and he was afraid that he would get used to not sleeping.

After watching his mother return to the room, Li Xuewu closed the window of the small living room, leaving only half of the window of the study open for ventilation.

The master bedroom couldn't be open, and the door had to be closed, for fear that the child would catch a cold.

Gu Ning heard him coming upstairs, came out of the master bedroom, and pointed to the direction of the study.

Li Xuewu glanced at the child, followed her to the study, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I have something to tell you..."

Gu Ning hesitated, turned around and sat down behind the desk.

Li Xuewu didn't urge her, but poured her a cup of warm water in the small living room and handed it to her.

"Is it a difficult thing?"

"Well, the leader talked to me today."

Gu Ning held the cup in his hand, lowered his head and explained with a somewhat lost expression: "He asked me if I wanted to transfer from the front line to a management position."

At this point, Gu Ning raised his head with some concern, looked at Li Xuewu and said, "Go to the Political Department, the leader said it is convenient to take care of the children, and it is also convenient for me to take care of the family."

She looked at Li Xuewu's dull gaze, lowered her head and smoothed the hair around her ears without saying anything else.

Li Xuewu moved his chair and sat opposite her, holding her hand holding the cup.

"What do you think?"

"I...I didn't think much about it"

Gu Ning said nagging: "The leader is right. The child is still young now, you are busy with work, and you have to tire your mother-in-law to help me take care of the child. I just thought..."

"Your leader is taking care of you."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "But our family has no practical difficulties and we don't need him to take care of us. After all, we only have one child."

He squeezed Gu Ning's hand and said, "Don't my seven or eight children also go to work?"

Gu Ning raised his head in surprise, looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "Don't you want me to have more time to take care of the family?"

"No, that's not the question I was hoping for."

Li Xuewu looked seriously into her eyes and said: "I hope you pursue your career and ideals, not that you accommodate your family."

"Mothers take care of their children out of love for their grandchildren, and even more because of this condition."

He looked at Gu Ning and nodded, encouraging: "Whatever you like to do, do it, whether it is a front-line position or a management position."

Seeing Gu Ning's eyes drifting to the master bedroom, he knew that she was reluctant to let go of the child and was also thinking about the child.

Her character is somewhat unique, and in this era, she is regarded as a bit different by the public.

But in later generations, such a character is rare. Who can calm down and open a book?

Many people will not finish reading a book in a year, even if it is a classic novel.

"The child will grow up eventually. He is not everything to you and me. He is a member of the family, and he will also have his own life and ideals."

"Well, let me think"

Gu Ning understood his opinion, nodded seriously, and said, "I'm not ready to be his mother yet."

"You've done a great job"

Li Xuewu knew that women at this time would be a little melancholy and emotional, so he just smiled and comforted her, cared about her, and did not put pressure on her.

"Li Shu even said that you are a good mother, which proves that you are very good at this matter!"

"She can talk—"

Gu Ning couldn't help but smile when she thought of Li Shu's cuteness. Then she looked at him and asked, "Is Teacher Wu from Jinmen okay?"

"Well, he said he wanted to work."

Li Xuewu explained calmly: "It happened that Guodong said that she wanted to open a recycling bin in Jinmen, so I introduced her there."

"Where is the child? Leave it to the nanny?"

Gu Ning frowned slightly and said, "Actually, it feels uncomfortable to leave your children to work."

"Well, I left it to the nanny to take care of."

Li Xuewu nodded, and then explained: "The working hours there are relatively relaxed, mainly for business. I can handle some work even at home, which is quite suitable."

Looking at the surprised Gu Ning, he smiled and said, "If you like it, I can arrange for you to do this, but it will be more difficult."

"I can't do it. I'm used to working as a doctor and I don't want to change my environment."

Gu Ning picked up the cup and took a sip of warm water and said, "I've been like this since I was a child. I'm afraid of changing to a new environment, even going to school."

She explained with some embarrassment: "I was very scared when I went to junior high school after graduating from elementary school, and I got used to it for a long time."

"It turned out that it was still the same when I was in junior high school and high school. It was Gu Yan who encouraged me."

"Brother-in-law? How is he doing lately?"

Li Xuewu heard her mention Gu Yan and asked with a smile: "Last time, I told him to rest at home for a few more days, but he didn't stay anymore, and he didn't go out to play with his old friends."

"You have your own thoughts and your own life."

Gu Ning shook his head slightly and said: "He is busy with training. He may want to complete his studies as soon as possible so that he can have the opportunity to lead troops. This is his ideal."

"Well, it's good to have ideals and dare to strive. People always have to grow up."

Li Xuewu followed Gu Yan and asked Gu An again, especially since Mu Hongyan was about to give birth.

"Oh, by the way, my sister-in-law is due to give birth next month, and my mother has already passed."

Gu Ning said with some embarrassment: "She called me at noon today to scold me."

"I said I wouldn't contact her when I didn't have children. If I have children, I still don't know how hard it is to be a mother... Anyway, I talked a lot and said I didn't have the convenience of a phone call and didn't know how to write a letter."

After hearing her reminder, Li Xuewu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I was too busy and forgot. I didn't remember to call or write a letter. I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault, I should have written it."

Gu Ning took out a pen and paper and said, "Even if it's just to prevent her from scolding me, I still have to write."

Li Xuewu took a pencil from her hand, tore out two pages of paper and wrote with her.

While the two were writing letters, Gu Ning suddenly thought of something, raised his head and asked, "What's wrong with your schooling? Do you still need tutoring?"

"Well, I'm still learning from the teacher."

Li Xuewu sighed deeply. It was really difficult to study in this university.

He was tired, and so was the teacher, who had to accommodate his time.

Fortunately, there were no classes in school at this time, otherwise who would teach him this way.

On weekdays, I go to the teacher's house to ask about my homework and receive the self-study content and homework for the next week, once a week.

The reason for his hard work is that he has a lot of troubles at work and is under a lot of pressure in studies.

There is no semester system, and there is no holiday system. It is completely self-study and inspiration. For some people, it is a good opportunity, but for others it really tests their time management ability.

Fortunately, he has some experience in this area.

——

On Sunday, the sun was still bright and colorful.

Last night, Gu Ning was worried that his studies would be affected by going home today.

Li Xuewu had long been accustomed to using time in such extreme situations and didn't care at all.

In the morning, he took his daughter to the lake for a walk, played with the old man, and then took Li Shu home for breakfast.

Maybe because she was going home, her mother Liu Yin was in a good mood and smiled all morning.

That's how old people are. They think about this when they coax one, and think about this when they coax another.

"Are you sure you don't want to go?"

Li Xuewu watched his mother pack up her things, including the children and Li Shu's, and asked Qin Jingru when he saw her coming out of the restaurant.

Last night at the dinner table, she mentioned that she would go back to the courtyard to play for a day today, and she said she would stay at home to clean up the house and do a thorough cleaning.

Because Qin Huairu also lived in the courtyard, every time the whole family went back, Li Xuewu would ask her if she would go to see her sister.

But most of the time, Qin Jingru was unwilling to go back to the Siheyuan, for many reasons.

During the period of time she lived there before, the people in the Siheyuan did not leave a good impression on her.

Of course, she did not leave a good impression on the people in the Siheyuan.

Everyone said that she was lucky, just like her sister, she found a good marriage in the city.

It is not necessarily envy and jealousy, but mostly gossip and unwillingness, or pure gossip.

The pride of city people looks down on rural girls, and she can't stand the hypocrisy of city people.

Another thing is that her past with Sha Zhu is a "black history" after all, and it is not good to make Han Jiankun embarrassed.

So, when Li Xuewu asked, she just shook her head and said she would not go, using the general cleaning as an excuse.

Maybe she really wanted to clean upstairs and downstairs thoroughly, and even if she paid attention to hygiene on weekdays, there would be dead corners left.

When sending them out, Qin Jingru specifically told Han Jiankun to come back quickly so that he could help her clean up the house.

Han Jiankun was also used to being bullied by her, and whatever she said was what he meant.

On the way, Li Xuewu asked him with a smile why he could tolerate Qin Jingru's nagging and overbearing.

Han Jiankun smiled awkwardly, and didn't say much, just saying that she worked hard, and had a sharp tongue but a soft heart.

Liu Yin understood, Qin Jingru worked with her lover to make money to support the family, and she could do everything inside and outside, and she had to serve him when she got home.

Such a daughter-in-law is a basic requirement in the eyes of rural people, but in the eyes of city people, she is already qualified.

If Qin Jingru was a city person and had some culture, even if her personality was a little eccentric, she would not have trouble getting married.

In the car, Gu Ning held the child, Li Xuewu held Li Shu, and the family of five returned to the courtyard.

It was also because she was afraid that her mother would miss the child and the old lady after being away from home for a long time, and she was even more afraid that the old lady would miss her and the child.

Although the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had some bumps when they were young, they still thought about each other and talked about each other when they were old.

Since the morning, she has mentioned the old lady several times, because she is worried about her mother-in-law's health.

The weather is dry in winter, and the old lady has been coughing for a few days due to smoking dry tobacco. When she came out, she was almost well.

Although the mother-in-law has always been in good health, she is an old person after all.

Although Zhao Yafang is taking care of the children at home, she always needs the help of the old lady.

If she is tired or something, she is not there, and she can't even care about her.

This worry was relieved when the car stopped in front of the courtyard.

Some neighbors were talking at the door, and some took the initiative to say hello when they saw the car coming.

Liu Yin smiled and took the child in Gu Ning's arms, responded to them twice and entered the courtyard.

She must be homesick, otherwise she couldn't walk so fast. When Li Xuewu was holding Li Shu and carrying the bag, they disappeared.

Gu Ning closed the car door with a smile, and carried Li Ning's diaper bag with him into the yard.

Because Li Xuewu was holding Li Shu, he didn't chat with the neighbors at the door.

Now that he has quit smoking, he tries to reduce this kind of ineffective social interaction.

If you know someone, just two words are enough to greet them. No matter how much you say, it will be dry without cigarettes and it will be boring.

Hearing the noise, the grandmother came into the yard from the recycling station store and took Li Shu from him with a smile and teased her.

Li Xue also came out of the house and greeted them and took the bag from Gu Ning.

"I also said, it's this time, why haven't you come back yet? If you don't come back, grandma will go to the field to pick you up."

"Hahaha" Liu Yin said with a smile: "I came out after breakfast and hurried back. I didn't waste any time."

Liu Yin carried the child into the house and greeted Zhao Yafang and the others again.

Li Xuewu stood in the yard with the grandmother, coaxing Li Shu to play, and the laughter in the house could be heard from this side.

"Guodong is not at home?"

Looking back at the back house, the windows were open, but it was very quiet.

Grandma just came back from the West Courtyard. Apparently, there are only a few people in the family.

"I followed Warden Huang to Chadian. I said I was going to meet some friends and see the preparations there."

Chadian Farm finally accepted Li Xuewu's suggestion and stopped the small winery.

Their loose wine can only be supplied to small supply and marketing cooperatives in the surrounding area.

The taste and alcohol concentration are difficult to control, and there are no professional and skilled technicians to control it, so the taste of each sip is different.

Yes, there are prisoners who can make wine, but will they show off their ancestral craftsmanship?

These days, people who can get in are all cunning, and only simple and honest people will not stay in prison.

Another thing is that prisons are not suitable for quality control products, because they are uncontrollable.

The most suitable products are the simple, practical and immediate products proposed by Li Xuewu.

For example, furniture, breeding, papermaking, printing, etc., which can be seen at a glance.

Shen Guodong has caught the toad, and he is bound to make a lot of fans in the prison and farm line.

After seeing the successful examples of "labor reform" in the first and third prisons and achieving results, these related prisons also followed suit.

It's not that they haven't done economic income-generating projects, but they suffer from the lack of channels for quick processing and cashing out.

The production cost and commodity detention will bring huge pressure to the already weak capital management link of the prison.

Therefore, now there is a supply chain to provide means of production, and the products produced can be returned to the supply chain channel for sales and cashing out.

The hardware and software conditions of these prisons are still based on the ones that were taken over earlier and built after simple repairs.

Funds are urgently needed to renovate the prison cells and management buildings, and more importantly, to improve the treatment of supervisors and the living conditions of prisoners.

Shen Guodong often went there to discuss business and saw the prisoners eating. In some places, the food they ate was not even as good as pig food.

It is not to punish them, but the current economic situation has made it difficult to maintain and manage so many people.

Many prisons send people to farms, or the prisons themselves engage in small tertiary industries.

Brick factories, tile factories, and clay pot factories, as long as they can be marketed, they want to do it.

It is difficult to see clay pots in later generations, but at this time, and even in the 1980s, clay pots were still important washing tools in rural areas.

It makes money, but it is easy to get into trouble.

That thing deals with soil, not only with machinery, but also with kilns.

Not only is it easy to tire people to death, but it is also easy to cause major personal injury accidents.

This is different from feeding pigs, feeding cows, doing carpentry, and printing.

The second master still manages the big and small things at home. Although he does not go out to do business, the logistics work is under his control.

Shen Guodong can't catch Li Xuewu now, and no one talks about these things, so he follows his grandfather and the second master to communicate about these things.

He gradually got used to it. If there are important issues, he will consult those old foxes in the mountains, and for general work, he will consult the two "treasures" at home.

The grandfather and the second master were talking about business in the courtyard outside the hanging flower gate. Ge Shuqin came in from outside with the child in her arms, and she was still holding a basket of vegetables in her hands.

"Deputy Director Li, you are back"

"Yes, are you going to buy vegetables?"

Li Xuewu rarely heard her take the initiative to say hello. This was a performance she had only seen after she went to work.

In the past, when she saw him, Ge Shuqin either walked past with her head down, or hid aside in a timid manner.

He didn't care about the petty minds of the people in the courtyard, or the trivial "grudges and hatreds", including those against Yan Fugui.

There is only so much space in a person's heart. If it is filled with all these things, what can it do? What can it be?

Ge Shuqin should have experienced so many ups and downs after she started working and became sensible.

It is important to break down and then build up, and then become an adult.

Of course, what I am talking about here is not to be a slut first, then build a memorial archway, and finally become that kind of person.

It is not clear what Ge Shuqin will be like in the future, but from now on, it is clear that she has learned how to be a person.

"Buy some vegetables. It's the weekend, so take the children out for a walk."

"The little girl looks so quiet. What's her name?"

Li Xuewu smiled and looked at the child in her arms. At six months old, she looked like a big child.

But why does she look more and more like Lao Biaozi? Is he dazzled?

"Her name is Yan Fang, her grandfather gave her that name."

Ge Shuqin smiled and pointed to the lively Li family in the courtyard and asked, "Dr. Gu and Aunt Li are back too? Are they back with their children?"

"Yes, I haven't been back to visit for a long time, and my mother misses home too."

Li Xuewu smiled and nodded, motioning her, "Come to our house for a visit later. Our child is still young and can't even lie down."

"Okay, you go ahead."

Ge Shuqin smiled and agreed, carrying the basket and holding the child back to the courtyard.

Li Xuewu saw that she was back to her own home, so he looked at his grandfather in surprise.

Grandma nodded in understanding and explained softly, "Yan Jiefang had another fight the other day, and it was caused by his mother. Now he is cooking by himself, and Guodong even asked someone to help him move the pots and pans."

"Wow, their family is really lively."

Li Xuewu shook his head slightly and said, "It's like a big show. Big shows don't last longer than this, and they last two or three years."

"They say the food is too bad. The family can only eat good food when the couple is not around. Morning and evening, it's just rotten food."

Grandpa is not watching the fun, but just feeling emotional.

He also shook his head and said: "They also talked about the replacement of houses. They said that there seemed to be a problem with the construction of your factory. His parents want to take back the house."

"Hehe~ It's quite interesting. The third uncle knows the situation of our factory very well."

Li Xuewu looked at the front yard with amusement. Yan Fugui has already lost a son because of money. Now he has to lose another one?

This is not losing, this is driving out.

"Grandma, look at that child..."

He raised his eyebrows hesitantly and whispered to grandma: "Why do I think he looks like Biaozi, especially his eyebrows and eyes."

"Don't say it——"

Grandma looked up and gestured to him, and said helplessly: "Guodong was also shocked when he saw the child, and was worried to death."

"Did you call Biaozi?"

Li Xuewu's eyebrows moved. He didn't expect that his brother would run forward and give birth to a child on his head.

Grandma shook her head and said nothing.

Why call? The evidence is all on the child's face.

You say that old Biaozi looks like a pig and is ugly, but this is not absolute.

If you cover his face and only show his eyes and eyebrows, you will see that he is still handsome.

He has good eyebrows and eyes, and he really inherited them. Anyone who has seen him will definitely remember him.

And Li Xuewu also looked at the child. The rest of her face is as pretty as her mother, and her eyes are as good as old Biaozi's. She may be a beautiful girl when she grows up.

Maybe the third aunt didn't see even a little shadow of Yan Jiecheng in this child, so she refused to help take care of her.

There was no quarrel, probably because of the concern for the dead son and the current son.

Yan Jiefang was really brave. He was hungry and full outside, but when he came home, he didn't let the mother and son suffer any grievances.

It was fine if the child was not taken care of, but if the food was not good, he would not feel happy to pay the money.

In a fit of anger, he set up a separate group, which really defeated Yan Fugui and his wife.

This family was considered to be an interpretation of filial piety and unfilial piety to the courtyard and neighbors.

Li Xuewu could only say, it was a sin.

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I stayed in the courtyard for a while in the morning and talked to the neighbors I saw.

He didn't come back for a long time. Even if he was in the factory, the number of times he could see him was limited, and he couldn't talk to him when he saw him.

Finally, he got the chance. Those who rushed to curry favor with him, Li Xuewu was polite.

After leaving the courtyard, Li Xuewu went to the club.

There was work to be done at the recycling station, and there was something to report to Yu Li.

The work here was a bit trivial, and he was busy until noon. Ou Xin came to ask him to have lunch together, so he went to the restaurant.

Li Bai and Pei Pei were also there, meaning to have a meal together.

Li Xuewu followed them for a while, talked about his recent life, and his mentality returned to what a young man should be like.

Hearing that Li Xuewu would not be here in the afternoon and would go to visit the professor, Ou Xin was a little disappointed.

She was also thinking about asking him to exercise together in the afternoon. For him, Ou Xin even learned tennis.

Li Xuewu could see her thoughts, but he didn't think of any close relationship.

He already had enough "friends", and now he couldn't take care of them, so how could he eat grass near his home.

When sending him to the parking lot, Ou Xin mentioned her willingness to help him.

This help was naturally not to be a waiter in the club, or to be a waiter's management, Li Xuewu could hear it.

She might also know that Li Xuewu was still in charge of a business that could make money, otherwise why did Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun leave their service positions.

Ou Xin knew that working in the club also had development potential, but it was definitely not as promising as being with him, and it was also a money-making prospect.

Li Xuewu was a little surprised by the girl's ideas and thinking.

Shen Guodong was in charge of delivering goods in the service department here, so it was not surprising to know some of the work he was handling.

But giving up the "proper work" in the club and choosing to do business, few young people were so decisive at this time.

Li Xuewu did not agree to her, but just asked her to learn more and accumulate more now, and there would be opportunities in the future, and it was not necessarily that there would be development in business.

Luo Yun's situation could not be applied to them, unless it was just like what she thought.

How to integrate into Li Xuewu's small circle, one is that he took the initiative to invite, and the other is to become a daughter-in-law or woman in their circle.

Yu Li's ability to be a manager in the club was not entirely due to her talent, or she did not have any extraordinary management skills to show, which Ou Xin was very sure of.

Then why did she manage such a large pile of things and even get trust and respect from the members?

Ou Xin felt that since she wanted to take this path, she should do it absolutely. She didn't want to usurp the throne and dig out Yu Li's position.

She thought that since Yu Li had the opportunity to get to her current position, she was educated, had ideas, and liked Li Xuewu, so why couldn't she be more resolute?

In fact, she didn't know that Yu Li's relationship with Li Xuewu was not entirely that kind of relationship. She worked hard at the recycling station and served him for so long, and she had been tested.

Everyone wanted to be Yu Li, but not everyone had the opportunity that Yu Li had, and not everyone had her patience.

After returning from the professor in the afternoon, Li Xuewu went straight back to the courtyard.

It was rare to spend the weekend with his family, and he also wanted to relax a little more.

What he missed most was perhaps the time when he was the head of the security department, and he could take a nap with little Li Shu in the backyard every Sunday afternoon.

At that time, there was not so much pressure, and there was not so much work to do.

Knowing that he was back, Sha Zhu deliberately waited for him at the recycling station, and when he saw him, he talked about the relocation of the factory.

This matter has become a hot topic. Many people are thinking about what they should do if the steel mill really moves away.

For local residents, the factory can move away, but their homes cannot.

Some people are so cruel that they dare to move and move with the factory. Survival is the most important thing.

Some people with families dare not leave. A broken home is worth a fortune. Moving a house is a huge loss.

For the workers and their families of the steel mill, it is not an exaggeration to describe the situation as panic.

Maybe this is what Li Huaide wants. He will not curse in the street, but the workers will.

If he curses in the street, people will laugh at him for being uneducated and not deep, but if the workers curse them, it is not as simple as cursing in the street.

This incident made Li Huaide furious, but in dealing with the matter, he chose to simmer slowly over low heat and close the pot over high heat.

Lao Li is very good at "cooking". He is the most particular about food and drink on weekdays, so he definitely has the patience to fight with the city.

The city is gambling that he can't control the heat and the pot will burn, and then he will have to bow to them.

But Lao Li is not afraid of this, because there is enough "water" in his "pot". If these big brothers get angry, it will be "boiling all over the sky".

What Sha Zhu wants to ask is how this matter will be handled. He is not afraid of the factory relocation. At worst, he will really come back to take charge of the kitchen of the recycling station.

Li Xuewu will not leak the secret to him. Sha Zhu's mouth is looser than the waist of cotton pants.

"I heard from my grandmother that Yu Shui went on a blind date?"

Some time ago, I encountered a bottleneck in my creation. Everyone may have felt it. Lao Wu talked to his friends. They suggested that I write another book to find the feeling, especially the part of staying cool. So Lao Wu found a fan fiction theme that is easier to write. Of course, I can't write about Siheyuan, there will be conflicts of ideas, so I wrote Harry Potter fan fiction, and the effect is indeed obvious. After accumulating more than 200,000 words of manuscripts for the new book, I have ideas and passion for Siheyuan. I have been working on the detailed outline and plot for several days, and I have a continuous motivation for the new book. In particular, I have a clearer idea for the next original book. Friends suggest that I should not be out of the "mainstream" of writing for too long, otherwise I will have no passion and can't keep up with the trend. I will be blind if I start a book again. The book Siheyuan will insist on updating tens of thousands of times a day, and the Harry Potter fan fiction will depend on its performance. If the performance is good, it will also be updated tens of thousands of times a day. Everyone knows Lao Wu's hand speed. The two ideas complement each other. I also hope that readers who like fan fiction can give their support.