Men and women eating in the courtyard

"Oh, who is this? It's so beautiful——"

"Giggle--"

After getting off the car, Li Shu had to show off her little head every time she saw someone.

The red headband bought by her mother, although her hair is not very long, can still be braided.

"I have loved beauty so much since I was a child——"

Xiaoyan leaned her head closer and kissed Li Shu, making her giggle.

Li Xuewu put his daughter on the ground and let her continue to show off.

"I'm here to help you-"

There was a pile of things in the back of the car, all trophies from today's shopping.

It was noon and there was no one in the store. When she heard the noise in the west courtyard, Wang Yamei came out to help.

"Why did you buy so many things?"

She accepted the box handed over by Li Xuewu and asked curiously: "Are you ready to live here permanently?"

"You can't prepare if you don't live there permanently?"

He handed the box to her and flicked her head on the head.

"I see you're about to fall asleep on the counter—"

"Liar——"

Wang Yamei pouted and snorted: "I don't believe you can see the counter."

While talking, everyone helped and moved the boxes that needed to be moved to the courtyard.

Li Xuewu will have to go to the club for a while to get through the week's work.

Of course, I came back for dinner and went home early after dinner.

Both of them have to go to work on Monday, but they can't leave from here, even the children can't be taken care of.

Staying one night a week is the best that Li Xuewu can do to relieve his mother's worries.

The sun was strong at noon, so no one stayed in the courtyard for long. Gu Ning was worried about the child, so he took Li Shu to the courtyard early.

"Why did you buy so many things?"

Liu Yin, who had just woken up, was surprised when she saw Li Xuewu and Xiaoyan moving a few boxes in.

After eating at noon, Zhao Yafang coaxed the child to sleep with her, and she also took a nap.

Maybe he woke up after hearing the car in the backyard.

She went down to the ground to wash her face, and then she was busy putting away the boxes on the ground.

"I bought some fabrics and shoe soles, both for adults and children."

Li Xuewu explained to his mother: "Xiao Ning saw that the wool in the store was pretty good, so he bought some more, just in time to knit sweaters."

He was afraid that his mother would nag him, so he said with a smile: "It gets cold in the mountains early, and my dad likes to wear the shoes and sweaters you made, so let me show my half filial piety."

"As long as you can say-"

Liu Yin didn't know what her son was thinking, so she said he bought shoe soles and wool for knitting sweaters for his father.

But look at the soles and wool in the box. His father is a centipede, and the soles are enough to wear. Even an elephant can knit this sweater.

Obviously, he took care of the needs of the whole family and only used the excuse of being filial to his father.

Everything is going well with her family. The second child and his wife go out to play, and they can still think about the whole family. Naturally, she is happy in her heart.

Especially when Gu Ning took out the hairpins in her bag and shared them with them, Liu Yin even praised her.

The old lady, Liu Yin, Zhao Yafang, Ji Yuxiu, and even Li Xue who was on a business trip were not left behind.

"Look, it makes our mother happy. Xuewu bought so many things and didn't even get a word of praise——"

Zhao Yafang teased her mother-in-law and said, "Are you so happy just to have a hairpin from your second daughter-in-law?"

"That's—"

Liu Yin said with a smile: "What my son gives me is better than what my daughter-in-law gives me!"

"Yeah - Mom said this for us, right?"

Zhao Yafang was really capable of making trouble. She turned around and patted Ji Yuxiu to remind her: "Look at you, you are not sensible at all. Let's learn from your second sister-in-law."

Ji Yuxiu pouted in a funny way and said, "Sister-in-law, you are really afraid that our family won't be able to fight -!"

"Hahaha--"

"Hehehe——"

When Li Shu saw the adults laughing, she didn't know what to do. Anyway, she just kept laughing.

When she was almost done laughing, she shook her head like a lion and walked towards her aunt and third aunt.

Ji Yuxiu hugged her funny and said teasingly: "Okay, okay, I've seen it all. Stop shaking it. If you shake it anymore, your brain will turn into mush——"

"Do I look good?"

Li Shu asked with a smile: "Little aunt, do you think I'm good-looking?"

"Of course she is beautiful. Li Shu is the most beautiful in our family. No one can compare with her."

Ji Yuxiu tapped Li Shu's little nose and asked, "Then tell me, compared with your mother, who is more beautiful, my aunt or your mother?"

"I……"

Li Shu just wanted to answer, but found that this question was really difficult to answer.

Of course my mother is beautiful, but my aunt is also very kind to her. How can I say that in front of her?

"Third brother, you'd better do it——"

Zhao Yafang said with a smile: "You said I was afraid that the fight at home would not be possible, but you were afraid that the fight at home would not be lively!"

"Hahaha--"

Ji Yuxiu hugged Li Shu and sat on her lap, and continued to ask her: "Tell me, who is more beautiful, mom or aunt?"

She teased Li Shu and said, "Name one, and I will take you to buy ice cream."

"Ice cream—I want to eat it!"

This aroused Li Shu's interest. She was a greedy little cat, and her mouth was drooling when she heard the ice cream.

"Then tell me, who do you think is more beautiful?"

Ji Yuxiu raised her eyebrows with a smile and said, "As you said, my little aunt will take you to buy it now. Let's buy cream ice cream. It's so delicious."

"I...cream ice cream——"

Li Shu's eyes widened and her saliva was about to flow.

She looked at the money that her aunt took out, rolled her eyes, and shouted loudly: "My aunt is the most beautiful——!"

"Hahaha--!"

Everyone in the room who was waiting for her answer burst into laughter.

Ji Yuxiu chuckled at her angrily and amusedly, and asked, "Prettier than your mother?"

"Giggle--"

Li Shu giggled loudly, and the pigtails tied with a red ribbon on her head danced wildly.

Li Shu ate this ice cream based on her ability. It was really just cream ice cream.

Cold drinks at this time are not cheap. You see Li Xuewu carrying boxes of soda to his house. In fact, the Red Star Factory produces it itself, so the cost is low.

But if you want to buy it on the street or in a store, most of them are from the second cold drink factory, that is, Arctic Ocean, which is very expensive.

Adzuki beans and red fruit popsicles cost 3 cents each, cream popsicles cost 5 cents, and ice cream costs 10 cents. Soda drinks cost 15 cents each, and ice cream costs 25 to 30 cents.

"Look-! Ice cream!"

As soon as Li Shu entered the hospital, she started to show off, catching everyone telling whom she had ice cream and red headband.

She is the eldest of the three children in the Li family, and it is the time when she can talk and make trouble, so the love of the whole family makes her go alone.

It can be said that if you want the wind, you will get the wind, and if you want the rain, you will get the rain.

Ji Yuxiu was willing to buy her ice cream that cost only thirty cents, not to mention cream ice cream that cost ten cents per stick, but she was too young and couldn't eat much.

Ji Yuxiu also took a few more bites of this ice cream, leaving only a small piece for her to eat slowly.

——

If you want to talk about the best living conditions in this courtyard, there is no need to compare, let alone, it must be the Li family.

You can see that Li Shun is still wearing the same clothes, and you can see that the old lady of the Li family and Liu Yin are still so simple.

You can't see anything on it.

Li Xuewen and Zhao Yafang are intellectuals, and they are like that all year round.

It's summer, so Zhao Yafang has a few more skirts, and Li Xuewen has a few more shirts.

Look at Li Xuewen, the extra big pants are all made from pants.

The Li family has the conditions, but having the conditions does not mean eating too much and wasting money.

If you are really crazy, let alone the people in the courtyard who are very particular, even the old lady and Liu Yin will say it.

Li Xuewu is different. He doesn't live here on weekdays, and everyone can't see his food, clothing, housing and transportation.

But those who know him, those who know him, have never seen how extravagant he is.

White shirt, black trousers, black leather shoes, the same all year round. It is winter. He does not wear the cotton-padded jacket made at home, but a leather jacket or executive jacket, or a woolen coat.

This is incomparable. I am a cadre with a high salary and a lot of money, so I can afford this.

The same goes for Gu Ning, who usually wears the clothes issued by the hospital and only changes into skirts when at home.

But it's not a floral skirt, it's a skirt in the military uniform, the uniform of previous years.

When you look at these two people going out, you can tell they are cadres, but you can't tell how rich they are.

It's just that there are no patches on the clothes and no frayed threads on the sleeves.

How rich are you? How about food?

This can be seen to some extent, but the Li family has never had difficulties, especially when it comes to eating.

Li Shun's salary is not high, more than 70 yuan, and it is not difficult to raise four children.

But where did the money go?

Part of it must be saved to be used as a wife for the three sons.

Most of it is spent on eating.

Especially in the past few years, due to well-known reasons, there was no shortage of food in the city, but in fact there was not much food. The whole country was tightening their belts.

As a parent, you can strangle your own belt, but are you willing to strangle your child?

In those years, the Li family bought a lot of bargain-priced grain.

What is bargaining food?

In previous years, when the price level was unstable and the food supply was insufficient, we specially provided negotiated commodity grain.

Unlimited, no tickets required, ten times higher than normal food prices, buy whatever you want.

Not only food, but also meat and other non-staple foods.

Where did the money go? Three young men, they all grew up.

There are no tall men in this courtyard who are more than 1.8 meters tall. There are three of them in the Li family.

Most people say that raising a girl is a waste of money, but the Li family doesn't think so, and Li Xue is not short either.

The old lady made it clear that being well-dressed is only external, while being well-fed and warm is the real thing.

Yan Fugui, who lives across the street, always said that Li Shun couldn't live a good life, and all his money was turned into excrement.

Isn't that right? If you spend money to buy food, don't you take it out after eating it?

He doesn't think so. If he has money, he will save more and have money in his pocket without panic.

So you see, the children of the Yan family are not as good-looking as the children of the Li family.

The tallest one is still Yan Jiecheng, but he is not as good as Li Xuecai and about the same height as Li Xue.

The eldest son naturally eats better. He was the only one when he was born, so he was fed more.

It's a pity that the taller you grow, the younger you die.

It won't work anymore. The more children there are in the family, the worse the food situation will be.

Look at Yan Jiekuang's appearance, he looks like a little potato that has become a spirit. He can grow taller.

There are two families in this courtyard who are willing to give food to their children.

The family is Shazhu's family. You see, Shazhu's father ran away with a girl, but the rains were heavy that year when he ran away, and he didn't have enough food for her when she was a child.

Think about it, can the cook’s family run out of food?

So you see that Shazhu is not short, and Yu Yu is not short either.

Not to mention that Shazhu is not tall, he is considered to be above the average height in this courtyard.

There is another family, the Jia family.

The big-faced cat is a stick figure. This kid has never lacked nutrition since he was a child, and even has a bit of overnutrition.

These days, if someone has a fat kid, they will say his father is a cadre.

Because if a kid is not from a cadre family, he can’t be so fat. How can he be fat without oil and water?

But you see, Big Face Cat is already twelve years old, and the fat on his cheeks hasn’t fallen off yet.

Of course, eating well is one aspect, and there are also genetic limitations.

If both parents are short, if they give birth to a tall kid of 1.8 meters, they need to check.

Unless the facial features are very obvious, it is very likely that he is from the neighbor next door.

“Director Li, haven’t you gone out?”

“Just came back a little while ago.”

Li Xuewu came out of his house and ran into Ge Shuqin carrying the child into the yard.

If the other party didn’t say hello, he would just think that he didn’t notice it, and he wouldn’t care.

Ge Shuqin, on the other hand, has gone to work and the child has grown up, and she understands many things.

In the past, if she wanted to see Li Xuewu, she would either hide or walk past with her head down.

Now, if she sees him, she must take the initiative to say hello.

"Did she take the child out?"

Li Xuewu looked at the little girl in her arms and calculated that she should be nine months old.

Maybe it was premature birth, and Ge Shuqin was angry after the birth, so the nutrition could not keep up.

This child looks only about five or six months old. In comparison, Li Tang, the fat boy, is almost catching up with her.

Generally speaking, if the family provides sufficient nutrition, a nine-month-old child can crawl and stand against the wall, and even if it is held in the arms, it will look big.

Look at this little girl, although she is in good spirits, she is not fat.

To be honest, she can be raised to this day and have no worries about food and drink, thanks to Ge Shuqin's strong strength.

If she really died when Yan Jiecheng died, she would have given up or abandoned the child and walked away.

With the morality of the Yan family, this child would definitely not survive last winter.

Otherwise, how can it be said that life is destiny, it depends on whose family it falls into.

Li Shu's life was even more miserable than that of this child, but she was lucky enough to be born into the Li family, with Li Xuewu as her father and Gu Ning as her mother.

Her biological parents were like this, and who else's child could live better than the big devil.

Ji Yuxiu naturally couldn't just buy ice cream for her child, but everyone in the family brought it, even those who worked in the West Courtyard.

Li Xuecai was still a student and didn't earn a salary, but she did.

But her salary was only spent on her own clothes and daily necessities, and she ate and lived at home, and her mother-in-law never asked her for a penny.

But the food and non-staple food books were left at home, like a shopkeeper who had let go.

Zhao Yafang managed the accounts of the recycling station in the West Courtyard for Li Xuewu, and Li Xuewu asked Shen Guodong to make a salary for her, but she wrote it off and didn't take it.

Although the family had separated, they all looked harmonious with Li Xuewu as a role model.

So today's big purchase, Gu Ning picked and chose, not just the soles and wool that Li Xuewu mentioned.

The weather was hot, and Gu Ning wanted to buy two sets of cool clothes for her mother-in-law and the old lady.

But she was worried that the two would dislike the expensive clothes, so she bought a few cool fabrics at once.

She didn't say that she was making clothes specifically for the old lady and the mother-in-law, but only said that she also wanted to make them, and the family was discussing it, and there were too many sizes of fabrics.

Liu Yin knew her daughter-in-law's intentions, and she was happy in her heart, but she didn't say anything to spoil the mood.

Li Shu chattered and made noises, saying that she also wanted to make clothes, and there were two sewing machines at home.

Look at them, it seems that they want to make a few pieces today.

——

Ge Shuqin stood at the door of the hanging flower gate with her child in her arms. When she was talking to Li Xuewu, she also heard the excitement of the Li family.

But she didn't hate him. If she really hated him, she wouldn't stay in the Yan family and live with Yan Jiefang.

"The street said that we need to vaccinate the child, so we're going there with him."

She shook the child in her arms and explained to Li Xuewu: "It's the flu vaccine. Did your child get it too?"

"Li Shu should have gotten it. Her mother took her to the hospital to get it."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "Be careful. Don't get wet or eat anything irritating."

The little girl in Ge Shuqin's arms looked at him curiously, not afraid at all.

"The doctor told me to be careful these two days."

She thanked Li Xuewu for his reminder and asked with a smile: "Are you going out?"

"I'm going to see a friend." Li Xuewu smiled and looked at the little girl and nodded. He looked at Ge Shuqin again and asked: "Is work going well?"

"Thank you for your concern. I'm fine."

This is what Ge Shuqin wanted to say. She had already thanked Li Xuewu.

It's just that the more she worked in the duty room, the more she could feel Li Xuewu's care for her.

If she was still working in the logistics department, she wouldn't have time to take care of the child, and this job would be too hard.

It's not that she can't bear hardships and is picky, but she has been ill since she gave birth last year, and her health has not been very good.

It's just that Yan Jiefang took good care of her this spring and gave her enough nutrition, so she has regained her energy.

So the people in the hospital don't care about Yan Jiefang, and they don't look down on Ge Shuqin.

What etiquette and morality, living a good life is better than anything else.

There are really people with long tongues, but their lives are not as comfortable as theirs.

"Jiefang is also doing a good job. I have always wanted to find a chance to thank you, but I haven't had the chance."

"Hey - why are you thanking me."

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said, "I heard from Guodong that he is the most capable among more than 40 people."

"It's Manager Shen who takes care of him."

Ge Shuqin knew the good news and said politely: "Jie Ji's legs and feet are not good. Manager Shen specially arranged a good area for him. He told me about it when he came back."

She said gratefully: "Without the help of you and Manager Shen, he and I don't know how we would have survived this day, especially this child."

"Isn't this great--"

Li Xuewu smiled and nodded: "Both of us are capable, so are we afraid of having a hard time?"

"I've heard people say that Yan Jiefang seems to have become a different person in the past six months. He knows that the Gu family loves people and he can take care of the children. He has become a man."

"Thank you very much for your help."

Although Ge Shuqin also smiled gratefully, tears came down.

The little girl in her arms saw her mother crying, so she raised her hand to wipe her tears.

"Come on, the child is sensible. Yan Jiefang can be considered promising." Li Xuewu encouraged her: "Look forward more. The better the days go by."

"Thank you, Director Li."

Ge Shuqin saw the eldest son of the Li family coming from the backyard, so she didn't say anything more.

After shedding her tears and thanking Li Xuewu, she carried the child back home.

When passing by Li Xuewen, he called Teacher Li and said hello.

Li Xuewen was naturally polite, nodded politely, and came to his younger brother.

"When did you come back?"

"I've been home for a while. There is ice cream in the house. Yuxiu bought it."

Li Xuewu looked at his elder brother and asked with a smile: "Reading in the backyard?"

"No, I took a nap——"

Li Xuewen shook his shoulders. No matter how tired he was outside, he would not stretch his waist.

Although the university teacher position has been discontinued, the reputation is still there, so you have to care about it.

"What are you going to do?"

When he saw Li Xuewu going out, he asked, "Didn't you say you just came back?"

"Go to the club and get some work done."

Li Xuewu gestured to the west courtyard and asked, "Will you go? If you go, I will take you to exercise."

"No, I'm in good health."

Li Xuewen curled his lips, glanced at the room, and asked: "The school office called me a few days ago and asked me to go back to school to organize the resumption of classes. Do you think this is reliable?"

"Looking for you? Resuming classes?"

Li Xuewu glanced at his elder brother and asked, "Who gave you the beating, Vice Principal Li?"

"No - that's why I asked you."

Li Xuewen stood in the shade of the wall of the Chuihua Gate, raised his eyebrows and said, "I always feel that there is something wrong with this matter."

"We are not very good enemies. Why are we looking for you?"

Li Xuewu crossed his arms and said: "If we really want to organize the resumption of classes, what use will you, a deputy section chief, do?"

"You're still from the academic affairs team. If you really need someone, why don't you find your sister-in-law? Who doesn't know about you?"

“Hiss—did you put it so bluntly?”

Li Xuewen twitched the corner of his mouth. It was a bit embarrassing for his brother to tell him that he was not sociable and not good at worldly affairs, especially when he was not as good as his wife.

It’s not that he is unsociable, but he has read too many books and sees people too thoroughly.

It's not that he's not good at worldly affairs, he just thinks it's not worth wasting a lot of time on futile things.

That is to say, the university education of this era has trained him, otherwise he would not be able to arrogantly shout out such pretentious words that the world is not worth it.

"You said that notice posted two days ago, does it count?"

Li Xuewen also saw that there was no one else around, so he asked quietly: "If the implementation is thorough, are classes really going to resume?"

"Just wait a little longer, the situation is still unclear."

Li Xuewu glanced at his elder brother and said, "Anything that is explicitly prohibited means that this matter is happening and has not yet fully developed."

"You just wonder, if you hadn't seen any signs, would there have been this notice?"

"You mean... we still have to make a fuss?"

Li Xuewen let out a long breath and said, "I'm not thinking about going back to teaching, I just feel that if this continues, what will the students in the school do?"

"Is this something you should consider?"

Li Xuewu looked at his elder brother funny and asked, "Did you dream about something? Give advice to the country and scold Fang Qiu?"

"What the hell -"

Li Xuewen shook his hand and said, "Forget it, go home and hold the baby."

"Just wait, it will take at least a year and a half."

Seeing the lonely look on his elder brother's face, I knew exactly what he was thinking.

In his twenties, in his prime, who would want to be with prisoners all day long and shut himself up in a prison.

This was not someone else imprisoning him, it was him who imprisoned himself and his youth.

It's just that this security is hard-won, and Li Xuewen also understands the truth of choice.

Otherwise, even if he was complaining, he would be talking to his younger brother, and he would still be avoiding Zhao Yafang.

Both of them are teachers in the school. If they really want to complain, both of them will be upset.

In fact, Li Xuewen also wanted to get some information from his younger brother.

What he didn't know, or couldn't see clearly, was very clear to his younger brother.

It's just a matter of studying, everyone in the family has made arrangements, who suffers?

He can make the decision on his own in everything else, but for this matter, he has to ask his brother.

——

"Brother Wu, I heard that your factory is going to open a school?"

As soon as Zhou Xiaobai heard that Li Xuewu was coming, he came to the office.

She didn't care that Yu Li was in the room. She moved a chair and sat across from the desk. She gritted her teeth and said, "Can I go to your school?"

"I'm afraid not. Our school doesn't accept fools--"

Li Xuewu said without raising his head: "Neither crazy girls."

"I'm not a fool! Not a crazy girl!" Zhou Xiaobai said dissatisfiedly: "I'm just ambitious, I just want to learn--"

"Ambition, right? Learning, right? OK."

Li Xuewu raised his head, looked at her and said: "This fall, I'll ask your dad to send you to the melting pot to study and exercise. That's very ambitious."

"Do you hate me--"

Zhou Xiaobai leaned on the desk with her arms folded together and propped up her chin. She looked at Li Xuewu and asked: "Are you going to drive me away?"

"What do you think, Director Yu?"

Li Xuewu looked at Yu Li on the side and asked: "You eat and drink for free and don't work here. Shouldn't you be kicked out early?"

"Haha--I'm afraid you won't want to leave."

Yu Li smiled and glanced at him, poured a cup of warm water from the coffee table for Zhou Xiaobai, and then continued to sort out the documents on the desk.

"Thank you, Sister Yu! Sister Yu is the best!"

Zhou Xiaobai has learned to climb up the ladder, and he didn't care about what Yu Li meant. He happily watched Li Xuewu show off.

Li Xuewu curled his lips and said, "Of course I can't bear to throw away such a good labor force. It's a pity to throw away such a good labor force."

"Eat more, eat more, and get fat, so that you can work hard when I need you."

"You raise pigs-and you eat fat!"

Zhou Xiaobai snorted twice, drank a sip of warm water, and asked, "Are you going to Tianjin recently?"

"What for? I don't have time to play with you, I'm working."

Li Xuewu looked at the file in his hand, which was all the accounts of the recycling station.

On the other side were the business conditions reported by all recycling stations this week.

Collected every Saturday for Li Xuewu to understand the situation in various places.

For special business, he will also give some guidance and criticism.

General business work is discussed by Yu Li and Shen Guodong, and will also be handed over to the think tank for discussion and research.

Those old men on the mountain were very jealous of Li Xuewu's underground company.

Of course, in their eyes, this was a little petty, not as powerful as they were in the past.

But who can blame the fact that private companies are not allowed to do business now? Li Xuewu's "small fight" really succeeded.

These old men seemed to be rejuvenated, and they had meetings every day to study.

Not only the business of Gangcheng, but also the business of the recycling station.

In fact, there were not many jobs that really needed Li Xuewu's guidance, and sometimes he didn't meet twice a month.

It wasn't just one person on the mountain who gave opinions, but more than 20 old businessmen with rich business experience discussed and negotiated and came up with opinions.

Even if it was one person's opinion, it was recognized by others.

Li Xuewu's small business was completely incomparable to Gangcheng's business.

But this was in the mainland, relying on the big tree of Red Star Factory, the grass of the recycling station grew well.

You see it's a small grass, but this grass feeds these people.

The bungalows on the hillside are almost like a village. Except that they cannot go down the mountain, they actually have everything.

Guarding the communication station, the radio signal is very good.

Every family has a radio, and they can hear everything in the world.

But what they hear is what they don’t want to hear. On the contrary, life in the mountains is pretty good.

There are primary and secondary schools in the village, and the teachers in the schools are special teachers from the city.

If you need any daily necessities, just tell Shen Guodong. Now there is at least one truck carrying vegetables every day, and everything can be brought up.

Otherwise, why did Lou Yu not come down once a month? The old couple has gradually liked the life in the mountain village.

The vacant land on the hillside was reclaimed by these old men and women to plant vegetables, and the old masters and wives in the past lived a rural life.

No longer drink exquisite coffee, drink hot tea instead, no longer smoke thick cigars like cannon barrels, smoke Da Zhonghua instead, there is no treasury at home, and the whole person is relaxed, with children and grandchildren around, and chickens and dogs can hear each other.

Lou Yu's health was not good before. Before Lou Xiao'e went to Gangcheng, she specifically told Li Xuewu to take good care of his father.

Years of maintaining the family business and worrying about the family have made this rich man's health deteriorate.

Unexpectedly, after only living in the mountains for a year, his whole spirit and energy are different.

At first, he still felt a little guilty and anxious because of the decline of the Lou family in Gangcheng.

He just waited for his eldest grandson to come to him, and he never mentioned the family affairs in Gangcheng again.

Lou Xiao'e did nothing wrong. Until today, he has to say a fair word that it was his daughter who saved the Lou family.

If someone else went there, the Lou family would be wiped out.

You said that Lou Xiao'e is irreplaceable to Li Xuewu?

Stop it, Lou Yu has experienced ups and downs, and he can't see clearly what's going on.

No one is irreplaceable.

Li Xuewu never completely relied on the Lou family to go to Gangcheng to run the business.

If there is no Lou family, there are other families. Who doesn't have a daughter?

The arrangement of the Investigation Department and Wufenghang in Gangcheng is to support Li Xuewu's career and also to help Li Xuewu control Lou Xiao'e.

Now the businesses in Li Xuewu's hands look scattered, especially Gangcheng, as if they are off the line.

But the people on the mountain know that the kite string in Li Xuewu's hand is fine and it is impossible to break.

Break?

Then all the people on the mountain have to break.

Including Lou Xiao'e in Gangcheng, she was the first to break, and no one thought of running away.

Does Zhou Xiaobai want to run?

She didn't want to run away anymore, she wanted to stick to him as much as possible.

When she heard that the Red Star Factory had opened a school, she thought about going there to study. Wouldn't it be a good opportunity to hang out with Li Xuewu every day?

Only a fool would run away. It's only a few hundred yuan a month. Now she doesn't even ask her parents for living expenses.

It seems that they have a tacit understanding. Zhou Xiaobai didn't want living expenses, and her parents really didn't ask her.

Why didn't she want living expenses? What were you doing outside? Who were you with? Where did the money come from?

She pretended not to know anything. Isn't it strange?

"Sister Wu's children are so fun," Zhou Xiaobai said with a raised eyebrow, "She also said that when you go, we can go to the swimming pool together."

"It's time to eat seafood now. If you go, we can also go fishing. I went once and it was fun."

"If I go, I'll throw you into the sea first!"

Li Xuewu pretended to be fierce and said, "It's so annoying. This mouth is rented!"

"I'm talking seriously--"

Zhou Xiaobai pouted and said, "Sister Wu said that in Southeast Asia, seafood is processed by machines to make snacks with longer shelf life."

"She wants to discuss it with you, is it It's not possible to do this."

"No, there's no need--"

Li Xuewu shook his head slightly and said, "What she said, Wufengxing is already preparing."

"Not only Wufengxing, but also China Resources, and there is a food processing factory in Tianjin."

He pointed at Zhou Xiaobai and explained, "Tell Teacher Wu that we will never produce or open stores, and only do channels and distribution, understand?"

"As for what she thinks, she can tell me, or let Red Star Factory produce it, or let other companies in the supply chain produce it."

"It's actually to avoid risks."

Yu Li saw Zhou Xiaobai puzzled, so she explained on the side : "We don't need to build a factory to produce these, and we don't have the right and ability to control the means of production."

"As long as we manage the distribution channels of Red Star Factory well and serve the supply chain well," she looked at Zhou Xiaobai and smiled, saying, "The products of Red Star Factory alone are not enough for us to distribute. With the supply chain, we can only choose the right ones when the time comes."

"Isn't it..."

Zhou Xiaobai glanced at Yu Li and asked, "Is it convenient in Chadian? If the seafood is processed there and then transferred, the shelf life will be long and the transportation will be far away."

"How long can it be longer?"

Li Xuewu put down the pencil in his hand and introduced: "The cannery of Red Star Factory will produce all seafood cans, not only for export, but also for domestic sales."

"No matter what we do, the shelf life will never exceed that of the cannery."

"You said that we can transport it to nearby cities, how do we transport it?" He looked at Zhou Xiaobai and said, "The channel you have can only be used in Beijing."

"Don't think too much, learn from Teacher Wu." Li Xuewu picked up the pencil again, lowered his head and continued to look at the documents, and said, "It's enough to do a good job and stabilize the Beijing line."

"It's enough--"

Yu Li pulled Zhou Xiaobai up and went to the sofa, not wanting her to disturb Li Xuewu from reading the documents.

She explained in a low voice: "This line doesn't need to make more money, and it can't exceed the scope of business."

"It's seafood, it's from Tianjin to Beijing, it's fixed channel transportation, fixed channel distribution, understand?"

"It's related to both ends..."

Zhou Xiaobai seemed to understand something. This idea was proposed by her and asked Teacher Wu. Teacher Wu did not deny her, but asked her to come to Beijing to report and ask Li Xuewu.

She now seemed to understand why Teacher Wu's attitude was ambiguous at that time.

Now she seemed to understand that the line she was responsible for was not simply to make money.

Of course, doing projects is naturally profitable, but according to Yu Li's explanation, there are other purposes.

"You learn slowly, and you will know the situation here sooner or later."

Yu Li understood Li Xuewu's intentions and why he trained Zhou Xiaobai and put her in that position.

She said she was the general manager, but in fact she was learning from Teacher Wu. Giving her the position of general manager was also to pay her salary.

If Zhou Xiaobai was taught well, her parents would naturally protect their daughter's career.

So she also advised Zhou Xiaobai not to be too ambitious, but to be down-to-earth, learn what she could learn first, and then think about walking and running.

"Oh my god - Brother Wu, something happened!"

Zuo Jie's figure flashed past the window, and seeing a man sitting next to Sister Yu's desk, he poked his head out of the door to take another look.

Seeing that it was Li Xuewu sitting there, he walked in and said, "The streets are in chaos."

"I think it's you who's in chaos--"

Li Xuewu raised his eyes and glanced at him, then continued to look at the documents and said, "I just praised you for being steady for a few days, why is it like this again?"

"This time it's really happened. In the morning, an old soldier was ambushed in Xidan, and in the afternoon, a gangster was beaten. This matter seems to have become a big deal."

He walked to Li Xuewu's desk, supported the table and reported, "It is said that the big brother among the old soldiers, Weiguo, was ambushed, and his people retaliated back."

"It happened in the afternoon. Someone chased the other party to his home, not only smashed the house, but also beat the person's head into a bloody gourd, unrecognizable."

"Zhang Jianguo or Nie Xiaoguang?"

Li Xuewu put down the documents in his hand, looked at Zuo Jie and asked, "Does this matter have anything to do with you?"

"Zhang Jianguo is taking people to catch the murderer. It must not be him. Do you know about this?"

Zuo Jie explained it and then reacted. He didn't expect that Brother Wu had a channel to know about this matter.

He didn't think much about it, after all, Shen Guodong was also a gangster.

He only explained: "Several people in the Youth Club were involved in this matter."

"The one who was beaten should be the Nie Xiaoguang you mentioned. Zhang Jianguo threatened to take revenge."

Zuo Jie frowned and said: "Now Xidan Street is very quiet. The veterans have all disappeared. It must have been premeditated."

Li Xuewu didn't take Zuo Jie's report seriously at first. He just felt that the notice on the 6th was not fully implemented.

These young people didn't take this notice seriously either, and they still did their own thing.

In fact, things were not as simple as he thought.

On the surface, it was a contradiction between Zhang Jianguo and others and the veterans, but in essence it was a contradiction between two kinds of thoughts and consciousness in society.

To put it bluntly, it was idle. There were too many idle people, especially young idle people.

Zuo Jie said that the veterans didn't dare to confront Zhang Jianguo head-on and wanted to kill them with tricks.

On Monday, Li Xuewu received Zhou Yao's report as soon as he got to work.

The branch officially conveyed the message, requiring all factory and mine security departments and all police stations to be alert to the occurrence of such public security cases.

In particular, they should pay attention to this person named Zhang Jianguo. The message also reported what happened yesterday.

Li Xuewu frowned and thought about it, and told Zhou Yao to focus on the ideological dynamics of the factory employees and let each workshop organize to study the document requirements.

He felt that the branch would not make a big fuss for Zhang Jianguo, maybe it was...