Men and women eating in the courtyard

Han Yating knew what the two were talking about and said with some doubts: "Section Chief, we didn't use police dogs today. Why?"

Li Xuewu asked Xu Ning to arrange for someone to have the security unit touch Hu Zhengquan's clothes or bags with gloves stained with dog urine when Hu Zhengquan passed the inspection.

"It won't be used today, but I don't know when I will use it. I won't have time to make arrangements then."

Li Xuewu asked Xu Ning to look at Hu Zhengquan's office after work in the evening, but found nothing. This man was extremely cautious and did not leave any personal belongings in the office. The desk was clean and full of work supplies, and the people at the service desk Engineer Hu Zhengquan was said to be extremely clean and often wiped with a rag.

Some people say this is called mysophobia, but Li Xuewu doesn’t think that fishermen can also have mysophobia?

Just the membrane on the fish can disgust anyone with mysophobia to death.

Unable to catch Hu Zhengquan's pigtails, Li Xuewu and others felt that there was something wrong with Hu Zhengquan. This was probably not the first time that he was discovered, but he was still alive and well.

Li Xuewu and the others saw that Zhao Yajun and the others had already mounted their bicycles and left, so they pushed the bike out and followed them.

Looking at Zhao Yajun riding in front from a distance, Gao Fengkun followed behind, probably preparing to replace Zhao Yajun with him.

Li Xuewu didn't believe that Hu Zhengquan, who had been lurking here for decades, could continue to resist tracking for decades. Even if there were anti-stalking measures, three people could always keep up with one of them.

If you really lose all three of them, then don't follow them, they must have been discovered.

The process went smoothly. Hu Zhengquan just got out of the car and bought a pack of salt. He didn't even look around when he came out of the supply and marketing cooperative, and then rode home again.

Zhao Yajun was still very smart. When he saw Hu Zhengquan stopped in front of the supply and marketing cooperative, he didn't stop. He continued riding forward, found an alley and turned in.

Gao Fengkun was brave and attentive. He smiled and said something to Liu Zhaolun. The two stopped at the public toilet diagonally opposite the supply and marketing cooperative. They took turns going to the toilet. When they saw Hu Zhengquan coming out, they followed him.

When Li Xuewu followed him to the edge of the alley, Zhao Yajun came out.

Li Xuewu looked at Zhao Yajun who was a little frustrated and said: "It's okay, the job was done quite well. Follow Chief Xu first."

After saying that, he followed the two people in front of him.

This time Hu Zhengquan didn't make any fuss and rode his bike directly back to the expert building area. It was difficult for Li Xuewu and the others to follow them because it was easy to see outside from the residential building.

Li Xuewu pulled down his hat, pulled down and tied the ears of the hat, and put on a white cotton mask to temporarily disguise himself.

At this moment, the disguised people were hiding behind the building opposite Hu Zhengquan's house. Xu Ning came over and handed Li Xuewu a telescope, pointed to a room at the end of the third floor and said, "His home is on the third floor. "On the edge"

Li Xuewu held the telescope against the corner and looked over there. The curtains were drawn on the window and he couldn't see anything.

"Section Chief, do you want me to come and investigate?" Han Yating was very brave.

Li Xuewu shook his head and said: "No, we can't alert the snake. I don't know if he is observing."

After speaking, he pointed to the three-story building across the road from Hu Zhengquan's house and asked, "What kind of unit is that?"

Xu Ning looked at it and said, "This is the club I told you about."

Li Xuewu looked at the third floor of the club, but there were no windows.

Hu Zhengquan's house did have a window facing the club, but the curtains were also drawn.

This was Li Xuewu's habit. He pointed to the club building and asked, "Can I go up to the top of the building?"

Xu Ning said hesitantly: "I didn't ask about this, but who can go to the roof of the building for nothing? The roof of the building is all now."

Before he could finish speaking, he was stopped by Li Xuewu's eyes. Li Xuewu nodded to Xu Ning and said, "Be more careful. Who do you think ran up there with nothing to do?"

Han Yating said: "It's shameful."

Xu Ning looked at Han Yating and said, "I'll do an investigation tomorrow."

Li Xuewu said "hmm" and said nothing more. He waved his hands to Gao Fengkun and the two of them who turned back to enter the alley.

The two of them came here separately after a long detour.

Li Xuewu pointed at the two of them and said: "Take off your clothes and change with Section Chief Xu and me. If the target comes out again in a while, then follow him."

Xu Ning followed him that day and said that Hu Zhengquan had the habit of going to clubs. Li Xuewu wanted to try his luck today to see if Hu Zhengquan would go, and if so, who he would meet.

These people stood apart in the alley, and when someone came in, they thought they were streetwalkers. They all looked sideways, ducked and walked over.

These people were very cold outside. Xu Ning hissed and squatted in the corner with a telescope to look over there, while Li Xuewu was smoking with a few young men.

Han Yating couldn't bear it, so Li Xuewu asked her to go to the club and wait.

At this time, the club was open to everyone, unless it was like the one inside the steel rolling mill where the doorman was inconvenient and outsiders couldn't enter. Otherwise, you could just go in and play casually.

Li Xuewu smoked a cigarette and saw that the sky was getting dark, so he walked to Xu Ning to change his guard.

"Did you find anything?"

"No, the lights are always on. I can't see anyone in the room. However, there are a few people in windbreakers and a few foreigners entering the club."

Li Xuewu took the telescope and looked at it. Several cars were parked in front of the club.

At this time, there were still many foreigners in the country, experts, professors, and embassy personnel. There were many of them. This was a residential area for experts and professors. Some foreigners were normal.

Li Xuewu looked at the cars. They were all Volga type. He didn't pay attention to them and kept staring at Hu Zhengquan's home.

This guy is also a high-level intellectual, and it's normal to go to clubs.

Playing cards, drinking tea, playing pool and chatting, this is the daily routine of senior intellectuals after get off work.

These people are high-income people and don't care about the little consumption in the club. There are high-priced stores in the club, and they can buy whatever they want.

Li Xuewu's hand holding the telescope was a little cold, but he didn't dare to put it down. He put his left and right hands in his arms to keep warm.

After waiting for about twenty minutes, Hu Zhengquan came out of the door wearing a jacket, looked around, crossed the street and entered the club.

"Uncle," Li Xuewu cursed while looking at the third floor where the lights were still on.

Turning back to Gao Fengkun and Liu Zhaolun, he said: "Take off your masks, and go in soon as if you were looking for an acquaintance. Go find Chief Han. When you meet, you will call me sister. It's like we have made an appointment to be together. Don't ask for anything if you don't know me." Try it, just change the surveillance target, and if anything happens, just listen to the Korean director inside."

"I got it." After listening to Li Xuewu's detailed explanation, the two people agreed, took off the masks they had been wearing, put them in their arms, and crossed the road towards the club.

Seeing that the two of them had entered the club safely, Li Xuewu handed the binoculars to Xu Ning, and ran to the alley to put some water in, and then came back and started jumping.

My legs were numb from the cold just now while squatting at the entrance of the alley.

This tracking and squatting is really not an easy job. The cold winter can really freeze someone to death.

Zhao Yajun looked at Li Xuewu coldly and said, "If I had known, we would have brought a hot water cup."

Li Xuewu said while jumping: "You can encounter any situation when you are out in the field. You can be prepared for everything. Remember, the goal is the most important. Let's just be patient."

Li Xuewu danced for more than ten minutes and then stopped dancing. Damn it, his body was hot, but he was hungry.

Li Xuewu walked to the entrance of the alley and looked around. Seeing that Xu Ning and Zhao Yajun's mouths were turning white from the cold, he said to Zhao Yajun: "There was a bun shop on the street where we came. It looked open when we came here." "Close the door, go and see if you can still buy steamed buns."

Zhao Yajun took 2 yuan and food stamps from Li Xuewu and rushed out on his bicycle.

"This kid is so hungry that he can ride a bicycle more steadily than when he was a kid," Xu Ning said jokingly as he watched Zhao Yajun rush out.

Xu Ning learned about the relationship between Zhao Yajun and Li Xuewu from the guards, so he was also very concerned about Zhao Yajun, and his words contained a sense of intimacy.

Li Xuewu laughed and scolded: "It's time for a half-grown man to eat."

After Xu Ning drained the water once, Li Xuewu and Li Xuewu no longer stared with telescopes, but stood in the darkness at the base of the wall, smoking cigarettes and looking in the direction of the club entrance.

At this moment, the street lights illuminated little space and were still dim. The cold wind was swirling at the entrance of the alley, blowing the snow on the ground and flying around.

Before Li Xuewu and the two finished smoking, Zhao Yajun came back, rode directly into the alley, parked the car, and walked over with the things in his arms.

"Section Chief, there are no more steamed buns. There is someone secretly selling baked sweet potatoes on the road. I bought ten."

This kid was really hungry. He bought ten of these big sweet potatoes. Hey, they were still hot.

"Where did the sweet potatoes come from at this time?" Li Xuewu asked Xu Ning, who was eating sweet potatoes.

"You don't know, this street is often visited by rich people. The residents around it are all financially well-off. I was late at the club and I just bought some sweet potatoes when I got hungry."

"Everyone who buys and sells here. Someone from the surrounding villages will bring a cart over. Who will check it out in the middle of the night?"

It was like this. Just a moment later, a car drove by and stopped at the door of the club. Several people in long coats got out of the car and entered the club.

Li Xuewu peeled off the burnt skin of a sweet potato and took a bite. It was really sweet and warm in his stomach. The three of them stopped talking and devoured the roasted sweet potato.

It wasn't until the three of them were burping that there was some movement in the club. First, a group of foreigners came out, followed by Hannya Ting, who gestured this way.

Li Xuewu took a note of the car's license plate and asked Xu Ning to take Zhao Yajun to follow the car.

Then a group of people wearing windbreakers and glasses walked out. Hanyating stood in the parking lot at the door and signaled, followed by Gao Fengkun who followed.

These people all came by car, and they all drove away when they left. Han Yating hurriedly gestured to Li Xuewu and passed, while Gao Fengkun pedaled twice and followed behind Han Yating.

Liu Zhaolun was the only one left inside now. After waiting for about ten minutes, Hu Zhengquan came out. Without looking around, he entered the opposite courtyard and went upstairs.

For seven or eight minutes, the lights on the third floor went out.

Li Xuewu saw that Liu Zhaolun hadn't come out yet, and he was a little anxious. He didn't know what happened to this boy.

After more than ten minutes, Liu Zhaolun walked out and strolled into the alley. Feeling that no one else could see him, he suddenly said to Li Xuewu: "Section Chief, I found something. I was about to follow the target after he left, so I I saw the person who had talked to the target go upstairs, and I followed him. When I got to the third floor, I saw that the stairway to the top floor was open, and this person was pulling a big wooden board up."

"board?"

"Yes, the board. As soon as I went up, I saw that there was still a tail on the board. When I looked carefully, it had already been pulled up. I was afraid of being discovered, so I hid in the bathroom. I didn't come out until there were footsteps coming downstairs from outside."

"Where did you see that man go?"

"No, that person was wearing a mask all the time and was gone when he came out."

Li Xuewu had been staring at Hu Zhengquan just now and didn't pay attention to anyone coming out of the club.

"It's okay, I probably didn't notice you. Are you hungry? I left some sweet potatoes for you."

Li Xuewu comforted the trembling Liu Zhaolun and handed him a sweet potato.

Liu Zhaolun took the sweet potato and squatted on the ground to rest for a while before starting to eat.

Li Xuewu looked at the third floor of the club and Hu Zhengquan's house in confusion, wondering what these people were up to.

It's really cold today. It's past 10 o'clock now, and the moon is so high.

The heat from the sweet potatoes I just ate was gone.

Seeing that Hu Zhengquan's house turned off the lights and the club also turned off the lights and closed its doors, Li Xuewu and Liu Zhaolun pushed the car back. After walking a few steps, they heard a "Boom!" sound from behind.

Li Xuewu instantly turned around and looked in the direction of the sound, but saw nothing.

But the voice did appear behind him, and it was very crisp and loud in the silent night.

Seeing Liu Zhaolun also looking confused, Li Xuewu knew that he was not hallucinating. It seemed that the fox had already taken action.

Li Xuewu winked at Liu Zhaolun, and the two of them continued walking back. Since there was nothing they could do to check today, they could only wait until tomorrow.

Li Xuewu is good like this. Since there is no way to check, then give up quickly to avoid catching the fox and causing trouble.

The two of them rode back to the steel rolling mill and went to the escort dormitory to wait for Xu Ning and the others.

About two hours later, Xu Ning and Han Yating came back.

Li Xuewu led the five people to the auxiliary building office for a meeting.

As soon as he sat down, Xu Ning said: "The people I followed entered the foreign affairs department's residential area and waited for a long time but didn't come out."

After listening to Xu Ning's words, Han Yating continued: "The people Xu Ning was talking to have chatted with several foreigners. Although Hu Zhengquan was not approached directly by them, they also had interactions."

Li Xuewu nodded and motioned for Hannyating to continue.

"The people I talked to were all professors at Huaqing University. The two who talked to the target the most were old professors in their 50s who lived in the residential area here."

Li Xuewu threw cigarettes to Xu Ning and others, and after they all lit them, he asked: "How old are you?"

Han Yating said with certainty: "The two younger ones got out of the car first. I took note of the house number. The two older ones lived further away. I also looked carefully and saw that the car looked like a personal vehicle, so I parked it. Downstairs, I focused on these two people."

"Hmm." Li Xuewu knew what Hanya Ting meant. Just look at the windbreakers and woolen coats these people wore.

Han Yating said: "These two people had long exchanges with Hu Zhengquan at the club, and our investigation also showed that Hu Zhengquan has professor friends in Huaqing. I doubt they have any purpose in meeting here."

Li Xuewu flicked the cigarette ashes in his hand and kept thinking in his mind that he seemed to have gotten involved in some terrible circle.

How could it be so big? How could an engineer have such complex social relationships and yet be able to withstand constant scrutiny?

But it doesn't feel right. Why is it such a coincidence that I have to catch up with the meeting I'm following? To say that he is the proud son of heaven and the son of destiny, Li Xuewu does not believe it.

Seeing Li Xuewu thinking, several people stopped talking and looked at Li Xuewu quietly.

After a moment of reflection, Li Xuewu said: "It's very late. We have to go to work tomorrow. Let's not think about it anymore. Let's rest first. Tomorrow, Xu Ning will go and see if there is a room nearby that can be rented to observe the target. It's too cold like tonight. It’s inconvenient and cannot be monitored for a long time.”

Xu Ning agreed. Seeing that Li Xuewu had no other instructions, they said goodbye to each other and left the conference room and went downstairs.

Only Li Xuewu was still smoking and thinking about something in the conference room.

Foreign embassy, ​​university professor, engineer, what the hell, academic exchange?

Egg! There must be something wrong. How did these unrelated people get together? Why?

I put out my cigarette butt in the ashtray, turned off the lights, and went downstairs to rest in the guard dormitory under the cool moonlight.

When Li Xuewu got up the next day, his nose was a bit stuffy. It seemed that he had caught a cold due to the cold last night.

I did morning exercises with the guards, ran around the steel rolling mill, went to the cafeteria and drank a big bowl of porridge, sweated all over, and felt better.

Li Xuewu went to the archives of the steel rolling mill to find some materials, and then went to the kennel. When he returned to the office, he saw that Han Yating and Xu Ning were not there, so he returned to his office.

I took out the reference materials I found on my eldest brother's bookshelf, based on the information I found in the archives, put on my gloves and wrote a document. I also used a ruler to compare and draw, and then put it in a damp document bag. , went to Dong Wenxue’s office on the main floor.

Dong Wenxu was answering the phone when he saw Li Xuewu come in and waved for him to sit down.

After Li Xuewu sat down, Dong Wenxue chatted for a few more words and then put down the phone and asked, "What's wrong? I'm carrying a document bag again."

Every time Li Xuewu makes a big move, he will bring documents over. This is a habit Li Xuewu has developed. It is best to have information and data support when reporting work, so that leaders can intuitively feel his work attitude.

"Last night I led people to start an extermination operation. Rats are very cunning and cautious. I couldn't sleep because of my thoughts last night. It was almost dawn and I came up with a bad idea. Please give me some advice."

Li Xuewu did think a lot. The more he thought about it last night, the more he couldn't sleep. He always thought about how to find this person out, but when he saw that this person was not moving, he was very discouraged.

This is still a solution that I came up with after thinking about it for a long time.

"Oh? They say it's a bad idea. You must be holding it back so much." Dong Wenxu took the folder handed over by Li Xuewu and looked at it.

This sight made me break out in a cold sweat, and asked anxiously: "Where did you get this?"

Dong Wenxue pointed at the title on the folder and glared at Li Xuewu.

No wonder Dong Wenxue was anxious. What was written on this folder was "Report on the Material Demonstration of Carrier Wings of Project 639-405". It was a document compiled by Li Xuewu in Martian script that would be familiar to later generations. It followed the format of the archives materials. I wrote a lot, more than a dozen articles.

What worried Dong Wenxue the most was that he couldn't understand it. All he could understand was the code name "639-405". Those design drawings looked messy, but to the naked eye they looked like mushroom eggs. They looked very sci-fi and seemed to be still being modified. middle.

Li Xuewu pointed to the word "Heizi" and asked, "Are you familiar with it?"

Dong Wenxue looked at it and asked, "That dog?"

Seeing Li Xuewu nodding, he asked again: "What does this mean? These words seem to be Chinese characters, but they are not Chinese characters."

Li Xuewu chuckled and said: "I encrypted a British mushroom cloud design article translated by the archives, and wrote a police dog training outline according to the numbers and format. This kind of writing is the kind of plausibility you want. , I exaggerated and changed the drawings randomly. I didn’t draw the drawings because they were too precise. This is just a preliminary plan, for catching mice, and it is processed by tracking sensors.”

Dong Wenxue threw the documents on his desk and said, "You're not afraid of causing a big mess. If something goes wrong, you're not afraid of being dealt with. Is there any tracking sensor here?"

Li Xuewu looked at the teacher who was still flipping through the documents. He got up and went to the door to get a towel and handed it to Dong Wexue. Dong Wexue took the towel in confusion and then said what "tracking induction" was.

Before Dong Wenxue finished listening, he put a towel on Li Xuewu's face. Li Xuewu reached out to catch it and handed it back with a smile.

Dong Wenxue pushed the document in disgust and said, "Put it away quickly, why didn't you tell me in advance?" After that, he wiped his hands with the towel handed over by Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu smiled and took out his gloves from his pocket, put them on, packed the documents, and followed Dong Wenxu's instructions to seal the document bag and stamp it with the official seal of the Security Office.

"Okay, get out of here, I'll find someone to take care of the rest."

After seeing Li Xuewu finish, Dong Wenxue threw the towel into the basin, came back and cursed at Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu said unconcernedly as he walked out: "You know who to give it to, right?"

Dong Wenxu pretended to kick Li Xuewu, but when he saw Li Xuewu ducking away, he cursed: "I still need your teaching, get out!"

Seeing that Li Xuewu was about to leave, he looked at the documents on the table and called to Li Xuewu again: "Leave the gloves."

Li Xuewu strolled to the office. He was on duty yesterday, so he only had to work the morning shift today. After finishing the work, he could go home and rest after having lunch.

Just before get off work in the morning, Xu Ning came over to report that the surveillance location had been found. It was borrowed from the second floor of a bookstore. The bookstore closed at 6:30 pm, and Li Xuewu and the others could use it until it opened at 8:00 the next day.

Of course, you can only borrow the room and cannot touch the things inside. Xu Ning also relied on his own connections to make it happen.

"Be more prepared this time. Bring a telescope with a high magnification, hot water, food, notebooks, and a few more people. We will keep an eye on him from tonight on. I don't believe he won't come out for activities. Let's do it for Gao Fengkun and Liu Zhaolun. With an identity, let them go in and look around every night."

Li Xuewu knew that nothing would be found in this kind of case without any effort, especially for such an old man, who had been wandering in the world for a long time and had his own set of prevention systems. He had to carefully remove the external cover. Only then can we see through its essence.

"Understood. I'll go to the cafeteria tonight to prepare some more food, and then go to the warehouse downstairs to get the high-powered telescope."

Xu Ning was just about to leave when he was stopped by Li Xuewu: "Wait, don't go to the canteen, buy it outside, and then write it off when it's certain. The same goes for the telescope. I'll write you a note, and you can go to our police station over there." borrow"

Xu Ning was stunned and asked in confusion: "Section Chief, you mean...?"

Li Xuewu shook his head and said: "I didn't say anything. Without evidence, everything is just speculation, but we must guard against this kind of speculation."

Xu Ning asked: "Are you saying that there were internal reasons for the failure of previous explorations?"

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "I don't believe that the people who investigate him are useless snacks, and I don't believe that he has three heads and six arms to guard against everyone, so there must be someone we can't guard against who is tipping him off."

Xu Ning nodded and said: "I understand, what about Gao Fengkun and the others?"

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about this. These people are all from Hongxin Commune and there will be no problems. Also, they don't come into contact with many people. They have been living in the guard dormitory. There is also the relationship between Zhao Yajun and me." , others may also go to my house.”

Xu Ning took the note written by Li Xuewu and went out. Li Xuewu stood up and walked to the window behind him and looked towards the laboratory building. There was a window there that was Hu Zhengquan's office.

This kind of case is what Li Xuewu is eager to handle now. The more credit he has, the more amulets he has, the more important events he is involved in, and the greater the power he can use.

The storm is coming. You have to make people fear your power, and you have to convince people and offer benefits in exchange.

At noon, the bell for the end of get off work in the workshop rang again. Li Xuewu went to the cafeteria to have lunch, tidied up, told Corey, and went home.

Today is the day scheduled with Master Dou for handing over the house. I have been busy these two days and have not bothered to check the progress of the house in the backyard. I have no time to take care of the project in the west courtyard.

Fortunately, my parents and family are all in the courtyard, and a group of my brothers are all at home. Plus, my eldest grandma is in charge, so I don't have to worry about the family.

I rode my car into the west courtyard and parked my car. I saw Master Dou leading people to build a wall for the North Warehouse. The North Warehouse was ready to be built. The foundations of other houses were also laid. All that was left was to build a house. The simple warehouse is even simpler. It seems that the project is progressing smoothly.

Seeing Li Xuewu enter the courtyard, Master Dou greeted the workers and came to Li Xuewu's side.

"Chief Li, the backyard has been tidied up. Let's take a look?"

Li Xuewu offered a cigarette to Master Dou and said, "I've been so busy with work lately that I haven't even been able to take care of my family. Thank you for your hard work."

Master Dou took the cigarette and lit it for Li Xuewu, saying, "Hey, if you keep me so busy, I'll be happy."

Li Xuewu took Master Dou to the backyard and said, "Don't worry, I will come to you for any projects I can get in the future."

"Then the relationship is better. I can see that you are a capable person. I will ask you to take care of my team of bricklayers who have no unit."

Li Xuewu didn't expect Master Dou to say this, so he replied: "You're welcome, as long as I can do it for you, we will be friends after this job is over."

Master Dou was very happy and said, "Then I'm not welcome."

The two of them walked into the backyard talking and laughing. On the way, they saw Mrs. Jia Zhang collecting cabbage at the door. Seeing Li Xuewu come in, Mrs. Jia Zhang turned around in a panic.

Li Xuewu didn't pay attention. When he entered the backyard and saw his new house, it looked a little different.

The steps at the door have been renovated and replaced, and the pillars and windows have been repainted. There are no curtains on the door, so the double-door door looks new.

"Some of the wood was no longer good, and some of the window frames were rotten, so I remade the entire set of window frames and door frames, using a pattern of eight equal parts. Although the single pane of window glass was smaller, the style was beautiful and the lighting was good. More than enough”

After hearing Master Dou's introduction, Li Xuewu saw that the windows in his home were slightly different from those in other people's homes. The style was more novel, and the glass was new and very bright.

"The outer walls have been re-opened to ensure there is no air leakage," Master Dou said, patting the wall of the house.

Li Xuewu didn't notice that today's houses are all brick and mud structures. In some places, if the construction is not tight, air leakage may occur, so cement needs to be used to hook up the gaps, but most of them are made of mud mixed with broken straw.

Li Xuewu opened the door and saw an entrance hall. On the left hand side was a chest-height shoe cabinet, and in the front was a vertical coat cabinet, with a hollow platform for storing miscellaneous items in the middle.

On the right side is the Z-shaped entrance. Because there is a window in the entrance to the east, there is plenty of light.

Li Xuewu looked at the roof, and Master Dou followed behind and introduced: "According to your request, it is made of wooden slats, scraped with putty and painted with paint."

When Li Xuewu saw the white ceiling, he thought that since this house did not face north and south, there would be insufficient light in the morning and afternoon, so the white roof would be brighter.

Li Xuewu entered the room and saw that it was empty. On the right was the dining room, to the north was the kitchen, and to the west was the bathroom.

I walked into the bathroom and took a look. The entire bathroom was covered with ceramic tiles. There was a bathtub made of cement in the end, which was also covered with ceramic tiles. Next to it, there was a toilet and a sink that was also made of cement and covered with ceramic tiles. .

Because there are no finished ceramic products, we can only build them with cement and then lay them with ceramic tiles. These ceramic tiles were obtained by Lao Biaozi from Director Ma.

Li Xuewu tried the flush switch on the toilet, which was actually a modified water pipe.

After I got out of the door, I went to the kitchen and took a look. Facing due north, there was a wooden bench. Under the window to the east was a desk with a sink. To the west were two stoves separated from the desk. To the west, there were two stoves. Above the stove is a heating stove that supplies hot water for heating and bathtub.

When I returned to the living room, I saw a fireplace built on the wall near the south room, and the flue was from the south room's fire pit.

Li Xuewu went to the south room and took a look. It was also empty. There was a big window on the east side, and the fire kang had been burned out. After comparison, it would not be a problem to accommodate four people.

"You said you would make the furniture yourself, but I didn't make it for you," Master Dou explained after seeing Li Xuewu finish reading.

This was what Li Xuewu had told him before. He wanted to go shopping for furniture to see if there was any suitable wood. The new furniture smelled of paint and was uncomfortable to live in.

"It's very good, especially the floor tiles. They're really good. Where did you get them?"

Master Dou smiled and said: "Your brother helped to buy it. I don't know where it is, but it looks like the floor tiles used in the palace in the past."

"These bastards" Li Xuewu looked a bit like, and he was a little afraid that something would go wrong.

Master Dou said nonchalantly: "It's okay. The palaces outside were almost demolished earlier, so the city is better preserved. There are beams and pillars used in palaces on the market. Your floor tiles count." what"

Li Xuewu saw that the smooth and neat floor tiles were dark gold, not too eye-catching, and it was the kindness of his brothers, so he said nothing more, said a few words to Master Dou and went out.

To say that this house is good, the tiles, bath, stove, windows, and fireplace are all good, but if you want to say what is good, look at the house with old bricks and old tiles, and the same paint. White walls, incandescent lamps with lampshades, earthen fire beds, and earthen stoves are nothing.

This is what Li Xuewu wants. They are all the same in appearance. The important thing is that living in the house is comfortable.

We still have to buy furniture and soft furnishings here. We don’t have any dining tables or quilts or kang mats. We have to go to the market to see what we need to buy.

When Li Xuewu went out, he saw that the chickens at his door were gone. When Li Xuewu stared, Master Dou said, "Looking for chickens, right? It's in Beifangshan. Your grandpa said he built a chicken rack next to the chimney."

Li Xuewu walked to the north and saw a chicken rack built with bricks at the base of the chimney. Two chickens were locked in it. When Li Xuewu came over, they screamed "coo-coo-coo".

I went to the back with Master Dou to get a ruler, measured the dimensions of the room, and got a rough idea, then hitched up the carriage and went out.

The bill was taken from Wen San'er. When he arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, he didn't see Lin Tingting. Li Xuewu lined up at the cloth counter and ordered 20 feet of blue cotton and 15 pounds of cotton. This was for making new quilts and Change the kang to be used.

I went to the grocery counter and ordered a bunch of pots and pans, a set of oil, salt, soy and vinegar condiments, firewood and rice noodles. I also ordered 3 thermos bottles, an enamel basin, two enamel jars, and four pairs of foam. Shoe soles, 1 broom, 1 shovel, 1 kang mat, 1 set of ceramic teacups and teapot, and a flashlight.

As the old saying goes, a broken home is worth a thousand dollars. Just buying such a bunch of things cost more than 30 yuan, which is as much as Li Xuewu's monthly salary.

Although I have a sewing machine at home, I have to use it morning and night, so I went directly to the large goods counter to buy a sewing machine, Phoenix brand, for 150 yuan, and also bought a set of needlework.

Li Xuewu came back this afternoon in a hurry. He had to get some sleep because he had something to do at night. He bought whatever he thought of and slowly added things to the new house.

Li Xuewu had just asked the master at the door to help him carry the sewing machine into the car. Lin Tingting came out of the backyard and saw Li Xuewu outside the door. She walked out amidst the jokes of several elder sisters.

"Why did you buy a sewing machine?"

Li Xuewu saw Lin Tingting coming out, and said with a smile: "I'm going to give it to you."

As she spoke, the rope in her hand continued to tie up the sewing machine. Lin Tingting saw a pile of pots and pans piled beside Li Xuewu's carriage, so she walked over to help load the carriage.

"You moved out and lived on your own?"

Maybe Lin Tingting asked after seeing that Li Xuewu bought only daily necessities.

Li Xuewu took the kang mat from Lin Tingting's hand, placed it on the carriage board, and responded: "I bought another house in the backyard of my compound. I just renovated it. Isn't this buying daily necessities?"

When she heard that Li Xuewu had come out alone, although Lin Tingting's expression did not change, she was still a little happy and kept helping Li Xue arm the car.

"Is there anything else you need to buy? I'll help you find it."

Seeing the positive Lin Tingting, Li Xuewu said with a smile: "I have all the basics, and I can buy the rest whenever I need them. Besides, I have to wait until we get married to buy them together."

Hearing Li Xuewu talk about getting married, Lin Tingting blushed a little, hit Li Xuewu with her fist, and asked Li Xuewu's home address.

When Li Xuewu saw Lin Tingting asking for her address, he invited her: "I usually get off work at 6 o'clock and arrive home at about 6:30. I usually don't go out on Sundays. If you have time, come to my house to see me. I am the one in the back room and the west courtyard at the door. Yes, I will take you to see the new house then."

Lin Tingting was no longer shy now. She blinked her eyes, brushed her hair around her ears and said, "Let's talk about it, I don't have time here either."

After loading the last thing into the car, Li Xuewu looked at Lin Tingting who was not wearing much and said: "Go inside quickly. I will send the things home to pack quickly. I have to go back to the factory for duty in the evening."

Lin Tingting said to Li Xuewu who was leading the horse to turn around: "Be careful on the road. Don't ride if you don't have enough sleep."

Li Xuewu agreed and gave a whip whistle, and the big green horse started to walk home.

Lin Tingting didn't enter the house until Li Xuewu had gone far.

"What? Is it settled? Are you ready to buy things for the wedding?"

"What's the matter? It's just for his home," Lin Tingting replied when she saw the eldest lady cashier at the door joking.

The eldest sister said with an expression of disbelief: "Don't fool me, there are kang mats, pots and pans, and a sewing machine. I don't believe that the young man bought it for himself."

Lin Tingting couldn't resist the cashier sister, so she couldn't help but smile.

The eldest lady at the counter here said again: "What kind of family does that young man come from? Bicycles, watches, and sewing machines. I buy three of them in a month. Tingting has found a good family."

At first, the eldest sisters were just teasing the two of them, but they didn't expect that the two of them actually got together.

Although Lin Tingting was shy at the moment, she still said with some pride: "It's not that he comes from a good family, but his father is a doctor, his brother and sister-in-law are university teachers, and he is still a small section chief."

Lin Tingting looked indifferent, but her words were full of pride.

The eldest lady at the counter said "tsk tsk": "This is not a good family. A few days ago I saw him leading a few young men to buy things for a new house. Why is this happening again?"

What the eldest sister was talking about was that Li Xuewu and Lao Biaozi came here to identify themselves and purchase daily necessities for a few people.

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As promised last month, the extra update will be scheduled for tomorrow~

It's the beginning of the month,

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As promised last month,

As long as the monthly ticket goes up,

I will add more updates,

I did the math,

I started updating 10,000 words a day on the 13th.

Then the update will be completed by the 12th of this month.

I can get the update badge,

At that time, the number of chapters and daily updates will be changed.

The specific change plan will depend on the data.