Men and women eating in the courtyard

"Ten JQKA, do you want it?"

Huang Gan raised the remaining playing cards in his hand with a loud noise, and frightened several people at the card table and said: "There are only two left. If you don't want me, you can go out!"

"You dare to bring it out to Pi Long? No one will treat you anymore! Three 2s!"

Shen Fang was sitting on Huang Qian's house. When he saw that there was no one in the circle, he raised his hand and took three 2's to crush him.

"Do you want it? I don't believe you have two kings in your hands."

"Come out! Come out! Let me see what you do -!"

Huang Gan only had two cards left in his hand, so naturally he couldn't withstand Shen Fang's three cards of 2.

But losers don't lose. You can play mahjong in a gentle manner while chatting and playing cards, but you can't play poker.

When playing poker, you must play out!

Use that energy, make that sound, and use that momentum.

Even if you only have two fart 3s in your hand, you still have to look like two kings.

After all, the game of mahjong is not as fast as poker, so Huang Qian and Shen Fang have fun playing it.

After lunch, the side room became lively.

It’s been a long time since we got together. It’s the end of the month and everyone has free time, so today we let go and had a good time.

Huang Qian and Shen Fang naturally knew each other. Hu Ke was from the Northeast, but he had been working in Beijing for more than two years.

Ren Xiaoyu is Li Xuewu's uncle, and Xiang Yunian and Ren Xiaoyu are acquaintances.

Both Wang Xiaoqin and Wang Zheng are the management of the club, so they get along with everyone very casually.

The gay men drank a little bit of wine, but the ones who were drunk at noon did not get drunk. They talked and laughed during the dinner and just relaxed.

Huang Gan was the one who started playing cards. He didn't have such a chance to form a game on weekdays. Coupled with the restrictions of the nature of his work, he rarely went crazy like this.

The table in the club restaurant is the Eight Immortals table, which is suitable for playing mahjong, but not suitable for several people playing poker.

Wang Xiaoqin and Wang Zheng don't play poker, especially today because there are so many gay men who don't want to play poker.

Zhou Xiaobai was just here to keep him company, and he was not qualified to go to the card table.

So I brought Li Xuewu, Huang Gan and the other six to level up.

The wing in the restaurant courtyard also has the Eight Immortals table in the inner room, but the tea table in the outer room is a classic round table, which is suitable for six people to play three-three games.

Huang Qian, Hu Ke and Li Xuewu played against Shen Fang, Ren Xiaoyu and Xiang Yunian.

Huang Qian and Shen Fang are the best at shouting, Li Xuewu and Hu Ke are eloquent, Ren Xiaoyu has a steady playing style, and Xiang Yunian talks less but plays the best poker.

In fact, starting last year, playing cards was no longer encouraged, and was even classified as one of Fourth Uncle's vulgar entertainment methods.

In the first half of this year, playing card factories of all sizes across the country stopped printing playing cards, and stationery stores stopped selling playing cards.

The playing card factory uses the machines and materials used to produce playing cards to print cards with quotes on one side and songs on the other.

Of course, if you are willing, you can also save a set. There are also poker logos and traces on the border.

It's just that the batches and materials are different, so the saved playing cards are not matching at all.

The playing cards that Li Xuewu and the others played were not the ones that are on the market, let alone the ones with quotations, but serious playing cards.

This was a product produced when the No. 1 Prison was engaged in paper making and printing. Now the paper factory and printing factory have moved to Chadian, and playing cards and other products are still produced.

The management committee strictly inspects the supply and marketing system and does not allow the circulation and sale of poker cards, but they cannot control the internal circulation of each unit.

The small factory in Huang Gan's hands belongs to the Legal Department, and it is also a joint venture. It does not need external inspection at all, and it can produce as it should.

Only the supply channel to Dongcheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative was cut off, but other channels were not cut off.

It seems to be a service department like a club, a supply and marketing cooperative for welfare products of the Red Star Factory, a franchise store for special goods or negotiated goods, etc.

Even the supply chain system, as long as someone wants it, he dares to produce it.

check? How to check? Everyone in Chadian is going crazy with poverty!

After Huang Gan moved these small factories that were unwilling to work, he took care of them like treasures.

In this era, the supervisory system is very wild. Do you dare to cut off their financial path? Wouldn't that be as heartless as killing their parents?

You can promise not to go to bookstores or shopping malls, or even ask a doctor to come to your home.

But, can you guarantee that you will not go to prison for the rest of your life?

If you really offend these people, or in other words, offend this system, under the high wall, you will make every day useless, and the earth and the earth will not respond.

Therefore, Huang Qian dared to do many things that were banned from the outside, or that were not recommended for circulation, but that were needed internally and there was still money to be made.

His name is not for nothing, as long as the channel is not pornographic, then he will do it!

"Mom - I'm hungry -"

The door of the main room was open. It was very hot at noon, and a young man ran in from the yard.

I was sweating all over, and before I even entered the house, I shouted.

It wasn't until I saw so many people sitting and playing cards in the main room that I realized I was embarrassed.

"Come in, what are you standing at the door looking at!"

Wang Xiaoqin heard her son's cry and now saw him standing timidly at the door, so she said hello: "Don't you know how to call someone?"

"I know, Uncle Huang and Uncle Shen."

The half-grown boy was so frightened by his fucking majesty that he greeted the elders he knew in the room one by one.

After calling Aunt Wang, he didn't know what to call the remaining people.

Wang Xiaoqin introduced his son to Uncle Hu, Uncle Ren, and Uncle Li.

When Zhou Xiaobai was finally introduced, he asked his son to call him Aunt Xiaobai.

Zhou Xiaobai smiled and agreed, grabbing a handful of peanuts and melon seeds from the tray on the small table and handing them to the boy.

Nowadays, no woman would think it's old to have a child call her aunt, and no one would be so weird as to ask a child to call her sister.

The future? The future doesn't count, because the relationship in the future would be considered a matter of law and order.

Zhou Xiaobai called Wang Xiaoqin sister, so naturally Wang Xiaoqin's son would call her aunt.

"Go on, what are you looking at me for?"

He first said something about his son, and then introduced Zhou Xiaobai and the others in the room: "Our eldest son, he must come with us today to join in the fun."

I didn't see the child when I was eating, but I saw Wang Xiaoqin coming to the private room after a while with the restaurant.

Huang Gan and Shen Fang had already become familiar with the boy, and Wang Xiaoqin had brought him here and to the base, but Li Xuewu had never seen him.

"This big guy, how old are you?"

"My name is Zhang Shuangqing, I'm thirteen, and I'm in the first grade this year."

The young boy was quite adventurous. When Li Xuewu glanced at him and asked him his age, he didn't hesitate and answered openly.

Without waiting for Li Xuewu to ask again, he took the initiative to answer all the questions he would be asked when he met his elders.

"Hahaha!"

This cocky look made everyone in the room laugh. Thirteen years old, he was in the rebellious period.

Li Xuewu also grinned, but this smile almost scared Zhang Shuangqing.

He had seen this scarred face before, but he had never introduced it to him directly.

Although this kid is only thirteen, he has at least two and a half years of experience in the underworld.

His parents are busy with work, and no one is watching him, so he is almost a beard.

He only heard that his mother could train and practice shooting in the club, so he followed her several times like a stalker.

When his mother was not here, he could sneak in with his mother's membership.

It’s just that there are rules at the shooting training grounds. Kids can’t play without adults.

But there are no restrictions on training facilities or cinemas.

Many members’ children come here to play. They can even have a meal in the restaurant at noon. How much they eat will be charged to their parents, and they will be punished at the end of the month.

“Mom, give me some tickets. I’ll go get some food.”

Zhang Shuangqing leaned over to his mother and begged in a low voice, wanting the club’s internal circulation tickets.

“Are you Zhu Bajie reincarnated?”

Wang Xiaoqin glanced at her son and said, “You made four big steamed buns at noon and you’re hungry now? It’s only been a while?”

“Oh, you don’t know me yet!”

Zhang Shuangqing’s little mouth may have said it, and he pulled his mother’s arm and said, “Isn’t this the time when the little boy is eating me out!”

“Hahaha!”

The people playing cards were also amused by the child’s words.

Huang Gan waved to Zhang Shuangqing and said, "Come, come to me."

As he said this, he picked up the poker cards and took out a tractor from the pile of money at hand and slapped it in Zhang Shuangqing's hand.

He waved his hand and ordered, "Buy me two boxes of Daqianmen, the rest is yours."

"Thank you, Mr. Huang--!"

Wang Shuangqing was much more excited to get the runway fee than to ask his mother for internal consumption coupons.

Without waiting for his mother to be polite, he ran out of the living room and went to the service department.

Wang Xiaoqin complained, "Why give him money? He is not hungry, but wants to cause trouble."

"Hey-runway fee" Huang Gan waved his hand indifferently and said, "Besides, I won money today, I must spend it, otherwise how can I win again!"

"Look at your arrogance--"

Wang Zheng sat next to her brother, curled her lips and muttered something. She looked at the cards of the two families and couldn't say anything. She just rolled her eyes at her brother.

Huang Gan didn't care about the girl's ridicule, and looked at everyone and teased: "If the winners don't show off, should the losers show off!"

"Really? Hahaha!"

"You are so stupid, you win the money, but you lose the money."

Li Xuewu put down the cards in his hand and pointed to Zhou Xiaobai to move the electric fan to the side. These old smokers surrounded him and couldn't stand it.

Before quitting smoking, he really didn't think the smell of smoke was so choking.

But after quitting smoking, he was particularly sensitive to secondhand smoke. His throat hurt and his lungs were uncomfortable after inhaling too much.

Zhou Xiaobai performed very well today. He served the wine and card games, and it was very lively with these big brothers and sisters.

Especially when settling accounts, there were wins and losses, and it was noisy.

It was particularly interesting to see the big brothers who were all cadres haggling over every penny.

There are also wins and losses in upgrading?

Of course, the wins and losses are not small, and even if you win, you may lose money.

This kind of game is similar to "Strive for the Top" or "Go for the Top". Points are calculated based on the number of players who walk forward and backward, and it is also related to winning or losing.

——

"Hey - I looked around but didn't see anyone. It turns out that everyone is here!"

The room was bustling, and Yu Li walked in with Ma Jun and others.

"Oh ha! You are late! You didn't come when I called you in the morning!"

Li Xuewu called Ma Jun and said, "Come on, come on, I'll give you the seat. Let's change hands. I'm going to the toilet."

In fact, he didn't have to pee at the moment, so he was just looking for an excuse.

In the club, he is the host. Ma Jun and others officially joined the club in May this year, so he has to act like a host.

Playing cards is also considered entertainment. If no one joins, he naturally has to go to the table. He can't ask Sister Wang to go to the table and play with a group of gay men.

Now that Ma Jun and others have come, he naturally can't sit at the table to greet them, so he quickly left the table.

Ma Jun, Ao Zhongliang and others declined and let Ma Jun take over Li Xuewu's position.

Li Xuewu didn't win or lose, but when he left the table, he didn't touch the money and left it to Ma Jun. This was considered a courtesy.

The money was not much, only ten or eight yuan, but it was left there to support Ma Jun, which was a face.

Otherwise, Li Xuewu had many friends. Just for this openness, everyone would think about it.

Li Xuewu left the house, Ma Jun came to the table, and the excitement in the house continued.

"Isn't it hot? Do you want me to find you a vest to change into?"

After Yu Li sent Ma Jun and others into the house, she followed Li Xuewu out.

She stretched Li Xuewu's sweat-soaked shirt from behind and said, "You are still using the fan. What if you get caught in the wind?"

Yu Li was still the one who cared most about Li Xuewu's health.

The catch in the wind she mentioned was not the kind of cold that you get when you get a cold, but the cold wind that blows after sweating, which will cause patches of red bumps.

This is the appearance, but serious damage will damage the internal organs, especially the kidneys.

"There is a lot of smoke in the house, and it chokes my throat."

Li Xuewu stood under the big tree in the yard to block the sunlight above his head, looked at Yu Li and asked: "Have you finished the work in front?"

"It's just a little work. There is not much business on weekends. It's mainly members who come together to play."

Yu Li explained, looked up at Li Xuewu and said: "Come on, I will help you wipe the sweat off, and you can also take a breath."

As she spoke, she walked out of the yard and pointed to the wing room next to the restaurant and said: "You take a rest first, I'll go get a basin of hot water."

Li Xuewu went to the toilet first to flush the water. Although there was no water just now, as a man, there will always be water if you squeeze in.

Dongfeng Club is a big house, which is different from a quadrangle.

The big house is composed of several quadrangle courtyards, and the main house and other living facilities are set up in a different way.

In the courtyard of the restaurant, the back house was changed into a collective restaurant, and the other houses became private rooms of different sizes.

"Do you need to prepare dinner?"

Yu Li came in with a basin of hot water, with a white towel on the basin.

She placed the basin on the eight-immortal table in the small hall, and went into the inner room to help Li Xuewu take off his outer shirt.

"If we play late, you can tell me in advance if you have any plans."

"No plans. If they want to play until the evening, they can go to the restaurant to eat. I won't accompany them."

Li Xuewu sat on a round stool and let Yu Li help him take off his short-sleeved shirt. He wiped the sweat from his back and grinned, "It's too hot. It's okay if you don't move. If you move, you will sweat all over."

"Or should I ask you to be more careful?"

Yu Li washed a hot towel and wiped his body. A cool breeze blew, relieving the bitterness of early summer.

The upturned window was half open, and the courtyard could not be seen, but the shaded west wing was still cooler than the east wing diagonally opposite.

"Are you going on a business trip next month?"

After cleaning it once, she washed it with a hot towel and cleaned it a second time, very seriously and carefully.

Standing in front of Li Xuewu, with the towel passing over his thick chest, Yu Li asked, "Are there a lot of things happening in the Northeast recently?"

"Is it okay? Why are you asking this?"

Li Xuewu took the towel from her hand and wiped his body. He looked at her and asked, "Do you want to go to the Northeast?"

"I don't want to go. The mountains are high and the roads are long. I don't dare to go."

Yu Li looked at Li Xuewu and said, "But you, are you going to the Northeast? Gangcheng?"

"Where did you hear that? Who said I was going to Gangcheng?"

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "I'm staying in Beijing, why would I go to Gangcheng?"

"Why? Are you afraid that I'll go to Gangcheng and can't bear to leave me?"

"What do you think?"

Yu Li took the towel from his hand, held it in her hand, lowered her head and said, "What should I do if you go to Gangcheng?"

"Just for this?"

Li Xuewu had already seen the sadness between Yu Li's brows. He didn't show it last night. This morning, when he arrived at the club, he seemed to be hesitant to speak several times.

He reached out and took Yu Li's arm, pulled her to sit on his lap, and said, "This worry is a bit unnecessary, can't I inform you if I go to Gangcheng?"

"Will you inform me? I'm afraid I won't be the last one to know."

Yu Li leaned against his arms and said angrily, "By then, you will be in Gangcheng, where can I find you?"

"It's not like I'm going to the moon, are you afraid that I'll run away and don't want you anymore?"

Li Xuewu patted her butt, held her in his arms and said, "It's not a big deal, did Lao Biaozi tell you about it?"

Asking doesn't mean Li answered, so he explained, "It's impossible in a short time, at least one or two Within the year, still in Beijing."

"As for the future, it depends on the specific work arrangements, and the same goes for you."

Li Xuewu lowered his head and snorted, and whispered: "You are now the head of the club, and the head of the office of the recycling station. Don't you want to work?"

"I want you--"

Yu Li stretched out her arms and put her arms around his neck, whispering: "You can't leave me here alone, I only have you in Beijing."

"As for that, and you dropped a gold nugget?"

Li Xuewu saw that Yu Li was really crying, smiled and hugged her, stood up and went to the bedside, and he already knew why Yu Li was like this.

The more alone, the more I can't bear to see the family reunion and the fireworks of the world.

Li Xuewu's family reunion, the noisy and lively courtyard, Li Shu's cuteness and mischief, and Lao Biaozi's nonsense, made Yu Li's loneliness infinitely magnified.

She wanted to have a home, like a normal resident in the courtyard.

Originally, she thought that having a house and a job would give her a home.

So she got a job and a house with Li Xuewu.

But after the house was built and she moved in, she didn't feel the warmth of home.

Especially after Li Xuewu got married and moved out of the compound and no longer lived here.

Yu Li felt that every time she went back to the compound, it was a burden, or she went back to live for others to see.

The reason why she showed so much care for Li Shu was more because she wanted to get the same care from Li Xuewu.

She even regarded Li Shu as her own child, if she had no children in her life.

Women are emotional, and they will not use rational thinking to consider the essence of things when encountering things.

This is true for things, and even more so for life and feelings.

A little bit of trivial matters, or a little bit of feelings, will make them think of themselves.

Under normal circumstances, Li Xuewu would come to the club every week, and she would see Li Xuewu every week.

This is the fundamental reason why she can persist until now than Qin Huairu.

She likes Li Xuewu more than Qin Huairu likes Li Xuewu.

Because she likes Li Xuewu too much and cares too much about him, she is more likely to worry about gains and losses and lose one thing for another.

The last time her brother Yu Zhe was naughty, Li Xuewu's face was cold and almost scared her.

A sensitive heart is easily hurt and more easily afraid.

Since then, Li Xuewu has been on business trips and busy, and the number of times he comes to the club every month has become unstable, which has also made her mood and mind unstable.

She blames herself for being hesitant and talkative, and blames her brother for causing trouble for her, fearing that Li Xuewu hates her and is tired of her.

Every time she sees Li Xuewu, she is cautious, afraid that she will say too much and make him angry.

She dare not take the initiative to ask for emotional comfort, fearing that Li Xuewu will reject her.

Lying alone on the kang last night, she looked at the moonlight outside the window and thought for half a night.

And in the morning, she learned that Li Xuewu might be transferred to Gangcheng, which made her mind completely sink.

When Li Xuewu was in Beijing, they could only see each other a few times a month. If they went to Gangcheng, they would not see each other for three to five years. How could their relationship continue?

Now they are still young people in their early twenties. As they grow older, they will become more mature and cautious, and their attitude towards feelings will become more utilitarian and straightforward.

Gangcheng has more life, and there is no place for her to stay by Li Xuewu's side.

So, when she thought of the future, she couldn't help crying.

Li Xuewu would not comfort people, especially women.

If he comforted his own woman, he always had only one routine.

First coax and then persuade, and if it doesn't work, he would have to use force.

This is just a restaurant decorated in the style of ancient times, retaining the original furniture, which looks very interesting.

Since it is a private room, there is naturally a bed.

It's just that the bedding on the bed is very simple, just for show.

But this "hard" condition does not delay doing some special things.

Yu Li was put on the bed by Li Xuewu. She listened to his words of comfort, but before she could stop crying, someone came to press on her.

"Aren't you afraid that someone in the yard could hear you?"

Looking at the face that she had been thinking about day and night, Yu Li was too nervous to care about crying. She supported Li Xuewu and reminded him, "The windows are not closed."

"Don't cry anymore?"

Li Xuewu smiled and looked at her and said, "Then I'll go back to play cards."

Yu Li changed from supporting to grabbing, grabbed Li Xuewu's neck and pulled him down, saying, "I promise not to cry out loud--"

She couldn't help it. She didn't cry, but she couldn't help wanting to shout, especially in such an exciting environment.

This bunk bed was the furniture left over from the mansion. After a simple repair by Master Dou's engineering team, it was reborn.

The mortise and tenon structure was tight and tight, and even the strongest shaking only made a little creaking sound.

Li Xuewu looked at Yu Li who stuffed the towel in her mouth, took it off for her with a smile, and lowered his head to block it before she could speak.

"Hmm--"

--

"Uncle Huang, I bought you cigarettes and put them here!"

Zhang Shuangqing ran in from the courtyard gate and entered the card-playing box without stopping. He put down the cigarette box and wanted to run.

"Stop! Why is there only one box?"

Huang Gan was about to agree, but when he looked down, he saw that there was only one box of cigarettes.

He turned around and grabbed Zhang Shuangqing's arm and threatened: "You dare to embezzle Uncle Huang's money? Do you believe that I will put you in the police station?"

"Uncle Huang, I'm really sorry!"

Zhang Shuangqing shook his hands without shaking them, raised the firecrackers in his pocket and said: "Three cents a box, I want to buy you two boxes of Daqianmen, so I can only buy one box of firecrackers!"

"Then what? You deducted my military pay?"

Huang Gan teased him: "Using my cigarette money to buy your firecrackers?"

"I didn't want to do this at first, after all, you trusted me to come here" Zhang Shuangqing said cleverly: "Then I thought about it, it was all for fun!"

He pointed He pointed to the cigarette box on the table, slapped the firecrackers in his pocket aside and said, "My mother said that smoking is harmful to health. I am concerned about you."

"I bought you one less box of cigarettes, and I bought you one more box of firecrackers. At most, you can use this box of firecrackers to play with."

"Hey--you kid!"

Huang Gan grabbed him and clicked his tongue twice. He didn't care about Wang Xiaoqin scolding her son Zhang Shuangqing, and laughed and scolded, "Do you have firecrackers to play with? I'll light one and put it in your crotch to try!"

"Hahahaha--!"

Zhang Shuangqing saw that Grandpa Huang really lit the lighter and went to take the box of firecrackers. He quickly shook off Grandpa Huang's hand, snatched the firecrackers and ran out.

Huang Gan really took out a firecracker from the paper box. Seeing Zhang Shuangqing running away, he lit it with a lighter and threw it outside the door.

Bang——!

"Hahaha——!"

When the firecrackers went off, everyone in the room laughed, and Zhang Shuangqing in the yard outside the door was also laughing.

This naughty boy lit a match in his hand, lit a firecracker in his hand and threw it back, but when he saw his mother chasing him out, he threw it randomly and ran away.

The firecracker he threw randomly fell outside the window of the box near the restaurant.

Bang——!

"This unlucky child! If I don't beat you, you will be tight-skinned, right!"

Wang Xiaoqin only had time to curse, and when she saw her son running away, she went back to the room with a smile.

"Tease, you tease him, I can't control him."

"Hey! Big sister, can you still bring this to me?"

Huang Gan is not as old as Wang Xiaoqin, and Zhang Shuangqing should call him uncle.

It's just that this kind of address between colleagues and friends is not so strict. Huang Gan is younger than Li Xuewu, so it's more appropriate to call him uncle.

Of course, it doesn't matter if he's called uncle today and uncle tomorrow. No one cares about it.

Unless the two families have a really good relationship, living next door to each other, or in the same courtyard, they can meet every day, then this address is fixed.

Speaking of which, Huang Gan's uncle was picked up from Shen Fang, who is one year older than Wang Xiaoqin.

But his uncle Huang doesn't look like an uncle at all. He likes to tease children the most, especially bad boys like twelve or thirteen years old.

"If you don't tease him, he'll be very obedient." Wang Xiaoqin said angrily, "Why didn't he show his anger when I saw him learning martial arts just now?"

"Learning martial arts? Learning martial arts like that, I'm afraid of him when he glares at me!"

Huang Gan pouted and said, "Only I have a kind face like this, and children feel friendly when they see me."

"Hey - you really know how to flatter yourself!"

Wang Zheng pulled the corner of her mouth, looked at her brother with disdain and said, "Do you want to look in the mirror and try glaring?"

Wang Warden Huang has been working in the prison for almost ten years. Who would believe that he has a kind face?

Everyone looked at Huang Gan and couldn't help laughing.

Wang Xiaoqin was thinking about what Huang Gan said, she glanced outside the door and asked, "Where did you learn martial arts?"

"Fell into the toilet, didn't you? Hahaha!"

Huang Gan waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about him, he is like Zhuge Liang, he worked hard until his death, and all he thinks about is work."

"I don't know what he is busy with every day." He threw two cards out and muttered casually, "I asked him out for dinner last month, but he said he was busy."

"I asked him out to watch a play a few days ago, and he told me that he was too busy. Don't ask him about these things in the future, you say Is this guy too much?"

"He is really busy. Red Star Factory has been very active recently."

Wang Xiaoqin explained: "I heard that they are negotiating with French businessmen and expanding domestic business."

"The domestic one should be our Liaodong Industry."

Hu Ke smiled and continued: "Director Li just came back from us. I went back to receive him."

"Director Hu, what is the program? Can you reveal a little bit?"

Huang Gan smiled and looked at the opposite side and asked: "I heard there is a big cooperation? An investment of tens of millions?"

"Oh - you are well-informed!"

Hu Ke smiled and looked at Huang Gan, explaining: "Big moves are uncertain, and there's no need to explain the tens of millions of dollars of investment."

He played two cards and said: "The total investment of Red Star Factory in Gangcheng and Yingcheng has long exceeded tens of millions."

"Gangcheng is a key point in their factory's industrial layout."

Shen Fang played a card and continued: "It's also Xuewu paving the way for his future."

He looked at Hu Ke and said: "Xuewu mentioned it to you, their factory intends to arrange him to work in Gangcheng."

"No, but I heard about it."

Hu Ke nodded and said : "The cooperation between Red Star Factory and Santaya Group has caused quite a stir and impact, and we in Liaodong Industry are also paying more attention to it."

"Of course you should pay attention to it. Most of this cooperation will be settled in Liaodong."

Huang Gan glanced at him, raised his mouth, and said: "Being able to see you here means that Xuewu doesn't treat you as an outsider, which shows that the foundation of cooperation is very solid."

"Hahaha - I think so too!"

Hu Ke is very open-minded. He met so many interesting people when he came to this club for the first time at the invitation of Li Xuewu.

Of course, he also envied Li Xuewu for having so many relationships and friendships.

The conversation between the few people just now was obviously to add to Li Xuewu's strength and to cheer him up.

Maybe Huang Gan, Shen Fang and others didn't know the purpose of Li Xuewu inviting him here, but they all thought it was related to Li Xuewu's trip to the Northeast.

These people are not from the industrial sector, but their units are more or less related to Red Star Factory because of Li Xuewu.

It can't be said that if one prospers, all prosper, and if one suffers, all suffer, so serious and close, but for Li Xuewu, it is really a case of one prospering and all prospering.

Li Xuewu's development in Red Star Factory is good, and the business he is responsible for is developing well, so these people have more opportunities to create achievements in the unit.

A steel rolling mill has implicated all relationships and made these friends in place. Hu Ke's evaluation of Li Xuewu has once again been raised to a higher level.

Especially the club in this mansion, what he saw is probably just the tip of the iceberg.

——

"Did you set off the cannon in the yard in the afternoon?"

Li Xuewu didn't stay at the club for long. At around four o'clock, he sent Hu Ke off and said goodbye to Huang Qian and the others.

They were still playing in the box, and Li Xuewu didn't ask them to send him away, but Yu Li sent him to the parking lot.

Before I even got in the car, I heard the sound of firecrackers.

This is not a holiday, the number of firecrackers that children can play with is really limited, unless they are naughty boys who love to play with this.

"Li——Uncle Li——"

Zhang Shuangqing was having fun when he suddenly saw the ruthless man with a scarred face staring at him.

He knew that this was his mother's colleague, but he still couldn't help but be afraid, and he couldn't even say hello.

Li Xuewu smiled slightly and said, "There's no point in throwing firecrackers out for fun, they just make a sound."

Zhang Shuangqing was slightly startled. He thought this fierce uncle was going to teach him a lesson, but he didn't expect this.

He was just stunned, but he didn't have the guts to ask how to play with firecrackers in a fun way.

Fortunately, it was this "kind-hearted" Uncle Li who took the initiative to tell him, "Don't throw it away after it's lit. Stand down and step on it. The sound will be interesting."

Li Xuewu pretended to be naughty and chirped his eyes, and got into the car with Yu Li pursed her lips and snickering.

Ignoring the stunned Tao boy, the command vehicle drove out of the compound amidst Zhao Laosi's salute.

Zhao Laosi has this ability, as if he can pinch and calculate. As long as Li Xuewu comes, he will be at the door. When Li Xuewu leaves, he will still be at the door.

You don't know how he calculated when Li Xuewu would come, and you don't know how he calculated when Li Xuewu would leave.

He always showed what Li Xuewu focused on, and was even a bit too professional.

Even Huang Qian said that the fourth child was showing off his talent here. If he could get into a work unit, he would have been able to sneak into the leader's side and become a lackey by relying on his abilities.

"Director Yu, my little brother gave me two grouse, and I put them in the kitchen."

After seeing off Li Xuewu's car, Zhao Laosi trotted over and said with a smile to Yu Li: "That thing is a flavor. I have told you everything. You can go and get it tonight."

"For me?"

Yu Li glanced at Zhao Laosi in surprise, and asked with a smile: "Is it still for the leader? Who should I give it to?"

"Look what you said, the leader is gone, how can I give it to him?"

Zhao Laosi said with a smile: "Besides, the leader does not miss my filial piety. I have specially prepared it for you."

"Prepared for me? Why? Are you looking for me to do something?"

Yu Li looked him up and down and said, "If you have something to say, just tell me. I don't understand what you want to do."

"No! Absolutely nothing! Nothing happened!"

Zhao Laosi waved his hand and said: "I have been taken care of by you and have been working here for such a long time. I have to say thank you."

He was really good at talking. He only made his purpose clear and didn't say much. As if he was afraid that Yu Li would refuse again, he pointed to the concierge behind him and said, "You're busy, I'm back on duty."

"Really prepared for me?"

Seeing that he really left, Yu Li asked with a smile: "Thank you, Fourth Brother."

"Don't amuse me, hahaha!"

Zhao Laosi likes to hear people call him Fourth Brother the most, especially the waitresses who work in this compound.

But Yu Li called him fourth brother, but he couldn't stand it, so he waved his hands and laughed and returned to the duty room.

"Hmph - flattery!"

Zhang Shuangqing, who had been standing by and watching, snorted and muttered: "He looks more like a translator than the translators in tunnel warfare movies!"

Yu Li glanced at him and almost laughed out loud when she heard the child's words.

Zhang Shuangqing is at the age when people dislike dogs, and he is also at the age when he loves to express himself the most, especially in front of young and beautiful women.

He didn't understand where this desire to express came from, but his youthful impulse made him say these words.

After saying this, seeing Yu Li smiling, he even showed off his extravagance and lit the firecrackers before putting them under his feet.

"Hey! You-!"

Yu Li didn't expect this kid to be so aggressive. That bad guy Li Xuewu was obviously teasing him, and he really stepped on it with his feet!

Zhang Shuangqing only felt that he was majestic and arrogant. He was not afraid of anything and dared to do anything.

The more attention-grabbing something is, the more fun and face-saving he finds it.

Seeing Yu Li looking at him nervously, her little neck was raised hard and her hands were on her hips, waiting for the sound of the cannon under her feet.

Bang--!

"Hehe-hehe-"

Nothing wrong, just my feet are a little numb and a bit cold.

Zhang Shuangqing heard the beautiful aunt making a surprised sound, and shook his legs, but he didn't expect that the soles of his feet suddenly felt uncomfortable.

He looked down and saw that the bottom of the new plastic sandals his mother had taken him to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy in the morning had been blown off by firecrackers!

Firecrackers, especially in this era, there is no way to say how much is considered safe.

As long as the children like it and listen to the sound, the firecrackers can dismantle the amount of gunpowder in the kicker.

It certainly sounds loud when thrown out, but it's not dangerous.

But anyone who works with dangerous goods knows that explosions in restricted spaces are more serious.

It’s more fun to step on firecrackers with plastic sandals, Li Xuewu was so damaged!

Seeing the child's dumbfounded expression, Yu Li felt that this bad guy was really up to something.

People say that a gentleman takes revenge no later than ten years, but a villain takes revenge sooner or later.

Wasn't it just that the two of them were startled by the sound of firecrackers outside the window when they were doing that? He was not affected, so why was he so vengeful?

"It's over, my mother has to beat me -"

Zhang Shuangqing no longer wanted to act cool in front of the pretty aunt. He shook the half-sandal hanging on his feet and looked at the half-sole on the ground, almost crying.

"Are these sandals new?"

Yu Li looked at the silly boy and asked with a smile: "Is your mother Wang Xiaoqin, the political commissar?"

"Yes - woo woo woo -"

It would have been fine if he didn't mention the new sandals and who his mother was. Zhang Shuangqing was still thinking about going to the shoe stall to fix them later. It can be seen that when the pretty aunt said this, tears really came down.

He cried, one because he was afraid of being beaten, and the other because he was embarrassed in front of the pretty aunt.

"My mother bought it for me this morning -"

"Who made you so naughty -"

Yu Li reached out to help him wipe his tears with a smile and asked: "Where did you buy it? Auntie will take you to buy a pair of the same ones."

"Woo woo - thank you auntie -"

Zhang Shuangqing was really scared. His mother beat him very hard. For things like setting off firecrackers in the yard, he would just be beaten when he got home, but he would not be beaten.

But playing with firecrackers to blow up shoes is inevitable to be beaten with a belt.

"Thank you, Auntie, you are so nice!"

"Don't be so naughty next time, understand?"

Yu Li nodded at him with a smile and said, "It is not allowed to set off firecrackers in this yard. What if it scares others?"

"I know, Auntie, I promise!" Zhang Shuangqing nodded, wiped his tears, and said, "Next time I will only blow up Uncle Li!"