Men and women eating in the courtyard

"ah?"

Gu Ning suddenly heard Li Xuewu talking to him, turned his head and looked at Li Xuewu in surprise and asked, "Why?"

"It seems like you like figure skating. I know how to do it and can teach you."

It turned out that Li Xuewu was talking about Gu Ning taking the initiative to go to the show in the afternoon.

“I don’t like it”

Gu Ning turned her head and looked forward, and expressed her thoughts straightforwardly.

Li Xuewu looked at Gu Ning's profile and asked, "Seeing that you looked at her seriously, I thought you liked her."

Gu Ning turned around and looked at Li Xuewu's side face without saying anything.

Although Gu Ning did not answer him, Li Xuewu still understood Gu Ning's eyes.

Li Xuewu held the steering wheel, looked ahead, was silent for a long time, and said, "The figure skating guy's name is Wang Yajuan."

"Um"

Gu Ning also looked forward again, and when she heard Li Xuewu say this, she responded.

"I met her when I was sixteen years old, and we had a close relationship."

"Um"

Li Xuewu paused and continued: "I have been with her before."

"oh"

Hearing Gu Ning's still calm tone, he just said "Oh."

Li Xuewu turned to look at Gu Ning, smiled and asked, "Aren't you angry?"

"Why?"

Gu Ning turned her head nonchalantly and said, "She is not your current partner."

"Hehehe"

Li Xuewu knew Gu Ning's little thoughts and said with a smile: "You are right."

Gu Ning looked at Li Xuewu and said nothing more.

Li Xuewu looked at the road sign ahead, turned the steering wheel, and said while turning the direction: "I won't take you home now. I'll take you to a good place."

Gu Ning couldn't help but be a little surprised when she saw Li Xuewu changing directions.

"where to?"

"You'll know when you get there"

After getting on the main road of Dongsishitiao, the further west they went, the more doubtful Gu Ning became.

She knew this road very well, it was the road she used to commute to get off work every day.

From Huangsi, you can actually follow Andingmen East Street outside the city wall and turn to Dongzhimen Street to reach her unit.

But now the Second Ring Road is being built over Andingmen East Street.

She could only come in through Andingmen and walk along Andingmen Nei Street and Jiaodaokou South Street.

Until they reached Di'anmen East Street and then went west to their unit.

And Gu Ning was able to take this road until he retired because the construction of the second ring road was too slow.

How slow is it? I cultivated intermittently from the fifth to the ninth year.

Gu Ning looked at the intersection of Dongzhimen South Street. This was really the direction to his work.

"Where are you going?"

“Coming soon”

Li Xuewu replied with a smile. Seeing the traffic policeman wearing white sleeves waving his way, he stepped on the accelerator and continued to drive forward.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at his hospital, Gu Ning turned to look at Li Xuewu and asked, "You don't want to send me back to work, do you?"

"Hahahahaha"

Li Xuewu didn't expect that Gu Ning would joke with him. Seeing that the intersection in front of him had arrived, he turned the steering wheel and turned in.

Gu Ning looked at the road. Isn't this the street opposite her hospital?

Before she could ask, Li Xuewu turned the car and stopped in front of a courtyard.

"arrive"

Li Xuewu turned off the engine, said something to Gu Ning with a smile, and then jumped out of the car.

Gu Ning took a look at the surrounding environment. It was very quiet and there were not many pedestrians on the street.

Seeing Li Xuewu waving to him, he also jumped out of the car.

Li Xuewu opened the door to the yard with the key, turned around and saw Gu Ning still standing next to the car.

"Come here!"

"Where is this?"

Gu Ning watched with some surprise as Li Xuewu opened the door. When he heard Li Xuewu calling him, he walked up.

Li Xuewu did not answer Gu Ning's words first, but waited until Gu Ning came over and held her hand.

Maybe they got familiar with each other while on the ice in the afternoon, and no one else was around at the moment.

So Gu Ning struggled slightly and followed Li Xuewu as he led him towards the courtyard.

Perhaps it was because no one had lived there, so the yard looked a little desolate.

Even though Master Dou had helped clean up the wall-crawlers before, the two-story villa in the middle of the yard still seemed a little lonely.

The corridor leading to the villa from the entrance of the courtyard is still covered with ice after the snow has melted. Several trees behind the courtyard are shaking their empty branches, as if they are saying hello to Li Xuewu.

If it hadn't been for broad daylight, Li Xuewu wouldn't have dared to come by himself.

A yard that has been empty for a long time will become a little ugly. The walls of the yard will be gray, the houses will be gray, and the trees will also be gray.

Fortunately, Li Xuewu is ready to put this house into use. It will be great if it becomes popular.

It's already February, and it won't take long for this gray to be dyed into the green of life.

He led Gu Ning up the steps and opened the door of the villa with the key.

There are still those furnishings in the room, and the slightly solemn red solid wood decoration makes the room look a little dark.

"Click"

Li Xuewu turned on the switch at the door, and the crystal lantern hanging from the roof gave off a bright and dazzling light.

The wall sconces on the wall emitted a pale yellow warm light, illuminating every corner of the room.

When the sun sets in the west, although the temperature in this small house is slightly cold, it has a different temperature under the light.

Looking at Gu Ning who glanced around the room and then looked at him doubtfully, Li Xuewu smiled and answered the question Gu Ning asked at the door.

"Home"

"Home?"

"Um!"

Li Xuewu took Gu Ning's hand and walked inside, slowly moving from the kitchen on the left to the living room, the downstairs room, the bathroom...

"Our future home"

From the moment he entered the courtyard, Gu Ning didn't show much interest.

Because their villa is larger than this, she has no novelty in such a house.

But when she heard Li Xuewu say that this was home, this was their future home, Gu Ning's eyes had a different light.

Pushing open the wooden door of the master bedroom and study suite on the second floor, you will see a Republican-style afternoon tea living room.

There is also a white crystal pendant hanging around the lampshade of the seat lamp on the coffee table. This gaudy and luxurious style is the unique color of that era.

There is also a gramophone on the cabinet next to the wall, with a large copper-colored speaker hanging low. There are also records in paper bags in the cabinet below. .

"Like it?"

After watching Gu Ning walk around from the bedroom and study room, Li Xuewu asked with a smile.

“There are a lot of books”

Although he didn't answer his question directly, Li Xuewu could still tell from Gu Ning's brisk steps that she was in a good mood.

"From now on you can sit quietly on the second floor and read a book."

Li Xuewu took her to the window, pointed to the open space in the yard and said, "I'll take care of the children and take them to play in the yard."

Gu Ning's face turned red when she heard Li Xuewu talking about the future, especially when it came to children.

In such a quiet space, Gu Ning felt that her heartbeat was a little too fast.

"I can also play the piano."

"What?"

Gu Ning's voice was so low that Li Xuewu almost didn't hear it.

Hearing Li Xuewu ask, Gu Ning thought that Li Xuewu didn't hear him, so he raised his head to speak.

But seeing this man's evil smile, Gu Ning knew that he had been fooled again.

He glanced at Li Xuewu shyly and knew that the bad guy was teasing him.

"Ha ha ha ha"

Li Xuewu took Gu Ning's hand and went downstairs, taking a look at the piano covered with a tarpaulin in the corner of the living room.

"Today's environment is not suitable. The house has not been cleaned."

Li Xuewu smiled at Gu Ning, who had sparkling eyes, and explained: "Wait until I find someone to clean this place, tidy it up again, and then play it for me, okay?"

Gu Ning was a little embarrassed by Li Xuewu's teasing, and walked out the door with a blushing face.

"I won't play for you!"

"Hahahahaha"

She turned around and locked the door of the villa, watched Gu Ning go to the back to look at the backyard, and then stood at the door waiting for her.

"How about it?"

Li Xuewu saw Gu Ning coming back from a circle, pointed to the road to the door and said with a smile: "It only takes ten minutes to walk straight from here to your unit."

Gu Ning pursed her lips and walked out of the door. She watched Li Xuewu lock the door and got into the car first.

She didn't know how Li Xuewu found the house here, but Li Xuewu said that she was very happy that it was close to her workplace.

Li Xuewu got into the car and looked at Gu Ning, who was avoiding his gaze. Instead of starting the car, he extended his fist.

"Do...what?"

When Gu Ning saw that Li Xuewu was not driving the car, he turned around and looked over.

Just then he saw Li Xuewu stretching his fist towards him.

Li Xuewu blinked and saw that Gu Ning did not speak, but shook his fist.

Gu Ning seemed to understand Li Xuewu's meaning, hesitated for a moment, and then stretched out his palm.

"Hello, hostess"

Li Xuewu smiled and put the key in his fist into Gu Ning's palm, and then helped Gu Ning close his palm.

Gu Ning didn't expect that Li Xuewu would hand her the key to the house, so she looked at Li Xuewu in shock and surprise.

Especially what Li Xuewu said about the mistress.

It seems...as if something strange suddenly appeared in my heart.

Li Xuewu, on the other hand, smiled and blinked his left eye, turned around, turned on the engine, and stepped on the accelerator to return the way he came.

Gu Ning looked at the key in his hand and didn't know what kind of mood he was feeling now.

I just feel like my whole body has lost all strength, but I feel very sweet in my heart.

"I'm not a princess"

"What?"

Li Xuewu was driving, Gu Ning was silent, and he didn't speak either.

At this moment, he suddenly heard Gu Ning speak.

Gu Ning held the key in her hand, looked at Li Xuewu's profile and said, "I'm not a princess, I can live any life."

Li Xuewu turned to look at Gu Ning, looked at her serious face, and smiled.

This was in reply to what he said when he took her home and walked into the second door in the morning.

At this moment, I may feel that I have specially prepared this house to accommodate her, and I am embarrassed.

"I know, I believe"

Li Xuewu smiled and nodded, then continued driving.

Gu Ning looked at the key in her hand again. She didn't know what Li Xuewu paid for this house.

But she really didn't expect to live such a good life, although she was very happy when looking at the house.

But after coming out, he became worried about Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu also saw Gu Ning's thoughts and explained with a smile: "Don't worry, the house is assigned to me."

Gu Ning didn't believe what this bad guy said at all. Although she was simple-minded, she knew that Li Xuewu's level couldn't live in such a house.

And looking at the residents around the house, they don’t look like cadres from a steel rolling mill.

When Li Xuewu saw Gu Ning looking at him with a slightly puffed face, he knew she didn't believe it.

"real!"

Li Xuewu said in a dumbfounded voice: "It's not from the work unit, it's from the investigation part when handling the case, and it has something to do with Ji Yuxiu's eldest brother."

"What?"

Gu Ning was slightly stunned, wondering why this house was related to Ji Yuxiu.

Li Xuewu said with a smile: "I know Ji Yuxiu and his brother Ji Weidong separately."

Gu Ning couldn't understand it even more. What does it mean to know each other separately?

Li Xuewu smiled and briefly explained the case. The case was closed anyway, so as long as it was not disclosed publicly, it would be fine.

Gu Ning believed it after hearing that it was seized and distributed to Li Xuewu by the Investigation Department.

Rubbing the keys in his hand, Gu Ning looked up at Li Xuewu and asked, "Can you help me?"

"Need not"

Li Xuewu smiled and shook his head. He was about to reject Gu Ning's proposal, but when he saw the change in Gu Ning's expression from the corner of his eye, his heart skipped a beat.

At this moment, Li Xuewu really wanted to give himself a slap in the face. He had lived in vain for so many years and almost stepped on a landmine.

"You don't have to do the cleaning work. It's too dirty and tiring. How can I let you do it?"

Li Xuewu turned his head and glanced at Gu Ning with a smile, and then said, "But I still have to make the decision when it comes time to redecorate."

When Gu Ning first heard Li Xuewu say no, he rubbed the key with a somewhat lonely expression.

But now I heard Li Xuewu explain that he was afraid that she would be tired and asked her to make up her mind when decorating.

"I...I don't know how to do it either."

He said he didn't know much, but he held the key tightly in his hand.

Li Xuewu said angrily: "That's too bad. I'm an old man. I don't know anything about decoration, curtains, quilts, or furniture."

Even if you understand now, you still have to say you don't understand, and you still have to look embarrassed and distressed.

Gu Ning blushed slightly, lowered her head and quietly put the keys in her handbag.

"That...okay then"

Gu Ning tried her best to purse her lips, keep her expression, and said nonchalantly: "I will find time to come over and clean up."

In fact, the villa has been tidied up by Master Dou, but the dust has not been wiped off.

The furniture and objects are all covered with dust-proof sheets, so cleaning them is not tiring, but it is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

"You really don't need me to find someone to deal with it?"

Li Xuewu looked at Gu Ning's expression and said deliberately: "No one has lived there for a long time. There is a lot of dust upstairs and downstairs."

As he spoke, he explained a little apologetically: "You know, I've been a little busy at work recently. Both units need to be handed over, so I don't have time to come and help."

"After the handover is over, we have to arrange for our parents to meet, and we have to prepare for the wedding..."

"I'll take care of it!"

Gu Ning now wanted to reach out and cover this bad guy's mouth. How could he say so.

It was so embarrassing to hear Li Xuewu talking about his parents meeting and getting married.

After interrupting Li Xuewu, Gu Ning covered her hot face, looked out the window and entered the courtyard, and couldn't help but start fanning her face.

If my mother saw her at this moment, she would keep asking questions.

But until Li Xuewu parked the car and opened the door for her, Gu Ning's face was still hot.

This bad guy! Don't let him say it, he just says it.

As if retaliating for interrupting him, she started talking about how to arrange the marriage, what kind of wedding she wanted to have, and how many children she wanted to have...

"Come down~"

Li Xuewu looked at Gu Ning who was shy and didn't want to get out of the car with a bad smile, and said, "Mom is already looking at the window. If you don't get out of the car, mom will come out."

Gu Ning wanted to pinch this bad guy now. How could he get out of the car with his face so red?

Li Xuewu reached out and took Gu Ning's hand, pulled her out of the car with a smile.

Ding Fengxia stood by the window and watched Li Xuewu's car enter the courtyard, but the co-pilot's daughter never got out.

Thinking that the two of them were having a conflict, they quickly put on their coats, opened the door and walked out.

When he saw Li Xuewu walking over with Gu Ning, whose face was as red as a cloth, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then asked angrily: "Why is your face so red? Are you cold?"

Gu Ning didn't dare to look up at her mother. She tried her best to shake off the bad guy's hand, but she couldn't.

Angry, Gu Ning used her nails to scratch Li Xuewu's palms.

"Oops~"

Li Xuewu stretched his hand forward deliberately and loudly, letting Aunt Ding take a look.

At this moment, Gu Ning was almost crying with embarrassment. How could this person be so shameless?

"Ha ha ha ha"

Of course Ding Fengxia saw her daughter's state, smiled and held her hand.

Li Xuewu also knew that enough was enough, smiled, squeezed Gu Ning's hand and let go.

Gu Ning felt Li Xuewu let go and wanted to escape into the house, but was held back by his mother.

"Did Li Xuewu mess up? Tell mom, mom will make the decision for you!"

Gu Ning would not believe her mother's words. She was trying to trick herself.

Since having Li Xuewu, Gu Ning felt that her mother had changed, her elbows always turned towards this bad guy.

Ding Fengxia smiled and glanced at Li Xuewu, then took her daughter's hand and walked into the house.

Li Xuewu followed behind, carrying Gu Ning's handbag.

After entering the room, Ding Fengxia turned around and wanted to let Li Xuewu sit down, but she saw that Gu Ning had taken advantage of the moment and ran upstairs.

"This kid!"

Ding Fengxia smiled and scolded, and then said to Li Xuewu: "Xuewu sit".

Li Xuewu put the handbag in his hand on the sofa and said with a smile: "Mom, I won't sit down anymore. It's getting late, so I'll go back."

"Let's go back after dinner."

Ding Fengxia waved her hand to ask Li Xuewu to sit down, but Li Xuewu explained with a smile: "No, I have to go to work tomorrow, and there are still a lot of things to do."

Knowing that Li Xuewu was busy, Ding Fengxia did not stay any longer. She was about to send Li Xuewu off again, but was stopped by Li Xuewu.

"It's cold outside now, don't come out."

Li Xuewu said hello and went out. Ding Fengxia stood in the living room and watched Li Xuewu's car go out, and then sat down again.

Looking at Gu Ning who had already changed her clothes and came down, Ding Fengxia pointed to the handbag on the sofa and said, "Xuewu said that I have something to do, so I'm going back first."

"Um"

Gu Ning, who had calmed down her expression, nodded as she went downstairs and said, "He told me in the car."

Ding Fengxia looked at her daughter's expression and asked with a smile, "Have you been staying at the martial arts school all afternoon?"

"no"

Seeing that Li Xuewu had left now, Gu Ning walked to the sofa to get her bag.

Ding Fengxia waved her hand and said, "Come, sit with mom for a while."

"Mom, I have to go to work tomorrow too..."

"Your sister-in-law will be back soon, and we will have dinner."

Knowing that she couldn't convince her mother, Gu Ning had no choice but to sit on the sofa.

"Going out to play this afternoon?"

"Um"

Gu Ning nodded, originally thinking that was the end of it, but when he saw his mother looking at him angrily, he added, "I'm going skating."

After saying this, he seemed to feel that the answer was still a little short, so he added: "It's quite fun."

This is Gu Ning's best effort, and he can't add any more sentences.

Knowing that my daughter has such a personality, things have been much better since she met the talkative Li Xuewu.

So I didn't put too much pressure on Gu Ning as to how much he could say.

"You two went there?"

"no"

Seeing that her mother insisted on asking for more information, she explained: "His brother and sister-in-law, his brother and his partner, and his sister."

"Is his brother and sister-in-law easy to get along with?"

…

It started, it started, Gu Ning knew that there would be many problems after sitting down.

Maybe she was in a good mood today, so Gu Ning held a glass of hot water and answered whatever her mother asked.

Ding Fengxia also noticed that her daughter was in a good mood today, so she asked more questions.

When finally asked if the two of them had talked about their future plans, Gu Ning hesitated.

Ding Fengxia immediately caught the change in her daughter's expression and asked with a smile: "What did Li Xuewu say?"

Gu Ning didn't have the nerve to say what the bad guy said, so he could only lower his head and drink tea and pretend not to hear.

Ding Fengxia was a little anxious. She approached Gu Ning and asked, "Do you have no plans? Or are you too busy and don't have time?"

"without……"

It's not that they don't have any plans, it's that they have even planned how many children they will have.

But what can Gu Ning say?

"What are you two planning? Tell me?"

Seeing that her mother was anxious, Gu Ning lowered her head, held the teacup and said, "I have a plan. I just... went to look at the house."

If Ding Fengxia hadn't been staring at her daughter and being so close, it would have been hard to hear her.

When I heard that the two were going to see the house, I couldn't help but be startled, and then asked: "Isn't his own house in his parents' yard?"

He took the tea cup from his daughter's hand that she had finished drinking and was still pretending to have water and refilled it with hot water.

Then he put the cup in Gu Ning's hand and continued to ask: "Didn't I say I met him last time?"

"no"

Gu Ning shook his head and said, "It's a house he allocated opposite my work unit."

"Your unit?"

Ding Fengxia was confused at this moment. Why did Li Xuewu suddenly move out and get a house opposite Gu Ning's unit?

Gu Ning nodded and said, "Yes, on the Haiyun Road, in the courtyard of a two-story villa."

Ding Fengxia didn't ask for a house from Li Xuewu. She thought it would be good for her daughter to live in the same courtyard with her mother-in-law and live separately.

But now I heard the two of them going to see the house outside, and asked, "Is it him and their family..."

"no"

Gu Ning saw that his mother had misunderstood, so he raised his head and explained to Li Xuewu: "He assigned it to him before. It was said to be a task. I don't know the details. He said..."

At the end of the explanation, he lowered his head in embarrassment and said, "He said he lives there during the week. It's convenient for me to go to work and for my children to go to school..."

As he spoke, he seemed to let something slip. He paused and continued: "Go back to the compound to live in the compound on your days off and reunite with your family."

Ding Fengxia, who was sitting on the side, was already smiling from ear to ear. This was the first time she saw her daughter talk so much.

Especially since the two of them actually talked about their children, it seems that their relationship is going very smoothly.

At this time, Mu Hongyan also came back from get off work. When he entered the door, he saw his sister-in-law holding a tea cup and pretending to be an ostrich.

But my mother-in-law was holding back her smile and her face was a little red.

"What good happened to Xiao Ning? Mom is smiling so happily."

"Ha ha ha ha"

At this moment, when his daughter-in-law came back, she found that she was suppressing a smile, and her daughter raised her head to look at him, and stood up shyly to go upstairs, so she laughed out loud.

"It's time to eat!"

Ding Fengxia saw that Gu Ning was about to run away again, so she reminded him with a smile.

But Gu Ning wasn't hungry at the moment, and her face was a little hot.

Mu Hongyan held his coat in his arms and looked at his sister-in-law who was hurried upstairs. He smiled and asked his mother-in-law: "It seems that you had a lot of fun today. Did anything interesting happen?"

"Hahaha"

Ding Fengxia covered her mouth and laughed for a while, then explained: "Today we went to see the house and talked about the children's schooling."

"Pfft, haha"

Mu Hongyan had just sat down and picked up the tea cup to drink water, but he almost spit out the water when he heard her mother-in-law's words.

"I'm just going to say that Li Xuewu is dishonest, and I'll tell Gu Anke to take care of him later!"

The sound of the two talking and laughing reached the second floor. Gu Ning stood leaning against the wall at the door of his room, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

It's all the bad guy's fault!

The bad guy Li Xuewu drove the car into the west courtyard warehouse, parked it, drained the water in the car, and then went home to say hello.

When I came out of the house, I happened to see Silly Zhu entering the courtyard with his hands behind his back.

"Hey, you heard the letter?"

"What's wrong?"

Li Xuewu looked at Silly Zhu who raised his eyebrows with him, and said with a smile: "I heard about what happened, I just came back."

Silly Zhu said with a smile: "Tomorrow, Monday, at nine o'clock in the morning, there will be a cadres and workers' congress in the auditorium."

"Really!"

Li Xuewu responded with a smile and asked casually: "What are you doing again? Isn't it a little late to hold the New Year's Party?"

Silly Zhu is in the cafeteria, and he is always well-informed, because there are always people chatting while eating.

But this news is not just gossip.

"I'll be setting up the venue with you this afternoon, and I'll also provide extra meals for the construction team in the evening."

Silly Zhu smiled and said: "I was posting announcements on the bulletin board when I came out."

Seeing that Li Xuewu didn't care much, he smiled and asked, "What do you think happened?"

"About me?"

"Hey!"

Seeing what Li Xuewu said, Shazhu leaned back slightly and asked, "Do you know?"

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said with a smile: "There are too many announcements. Will you tell me if they are not about me?"

"Too"

After listening to Li Xuewu's explanation, it seemed like this was the case.

Silly Zhu smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "It's said to be a summary and education meeting. I heard it was a summary of the mistakes made last year. This is the big case of Wang Jindong."

"It seems there are still commendations, so be prepared."

Li Xuewu smiled, nodded and said, "I understand."

Seeing that he had just entered the courtyard, he pointed outside and said, "You go back and clean up first. I have something to do tonight."

As he spoke, he said hello to Shazhu and went out.

Because the snow and ice that melted during the day froze again at night, Li Xuewu did not dare to ride a bicycle and walked to Haizi Villa.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw Sister Lou leaving.

"Do you know I'm coming in?"

Lou Xiao'e was startled when she saw someone coming in from the gate. It was already dark now.

I couldn't see who it was through the light coming from the window. When Li Xuewu opened his mouth, I realized it was Li Xuewu.

"Why is there no movement while walking!"

Lou Xiao'e stroked her chest and cursed: "Scared me!"

Li Xuewu smiled "hehehe" and said, "I was just afraid of scaring you, so I said hello to you first."

While talking, he walked to the window and let Sister Lou see him clearly.

"I was cooking, and I suddenly remembered that the gate was still open, and I was about to go..."

Speaking of which, Lou Xiao'e let Li Xuewu into the house and asked as he walked: "Did you jump over the wall again?"

As soon as Li Xuewu entered the room, he took off his coat and hung it on the wall.

"It's such a high wall, you can get in as soon as you jump."

Not to mention, he quite likes the feeling of jumping over the wall...

Lou Xiao'e patted the dirt on Li Xuewu's pants and scolded: "Don't jump anymore! It hurts so much when you fall in the winter!"

After cleaning up for Li Xuewu, he went to the kitchen to work again.

Li Xuewu changed his slippers and followed him into the kitchen.

"Do you need my help?"

"no, I'm fine"

Sister Lou threw a handful of chopped green onions into the pot, and then used a spoon to scoop out the stewed bones.

"Wash your hands and rest on the kang."

Li Xuewu found a basin and mixed it with warm water and washed his hands and face. After cleaning up, he didn't do what Sister Lou said, so he went back to the house to rest on the kang.

"Just the two of us, don't worry too much!"

Li Xuewu moved the Kang table in the kitchen and entered the house.

“Not much”

Sister Lou took out the vegetables and put them aside. She quickly cleaned the pot, poured some meat oil and some soybean oil into it.

Seeing Li Xuewu coming out to pick up the bowl and busy working in the pot, he smiled at Li Xuewu and said, "I'll drink a little of the wine I brought from home."

Li Xuewu took two bowls and two pairs of chopsticks, and then took the sauced bones out of the pot.

"Aren't you afraid that I will commit murder while drunk?"

Sister Lou raised her nose at Li Xuewu who was walking into the house, smiled and whispered back: "I'm just afraid you won't be cruel!"

She thought Li Xuewu couldn't hear, but what she didn't know was that Li Xuewu's ears were very good.

"This is what you said!"

Li Xuewu's voice came from the back room: "No one wants to surrender today."

"screw you!"

Sister Lou yelled and quickly put the pickled cabbage into the pot.

When Li Xuewu came out to pick up the pickles on the chopping board, the aroma from the pot had already spread out.

"Going to Liubiju again?"

"Um"

Sister Lou said while putting ingredients into the pot: "The eight-treasure dishes you said last time were delicious, so I went to buy some more."

Li Xuewu brought the pickles to the table and went back to the kitchen to chop the garlic.

I took a garlic pounding jar, put a little salt in it, crushed the garlic, and put a little white water in it.

“You’re the only one who pays attention to what you eat.”

Seeing Li Xuewu acting like he was dispensing medicine there, Sister Lou scolded Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu said nonchalantly: "You never get tired of fine food, and you never get tired of fine meat. This pickled cabbage and white meat has no soul without garlic sauce."

Garlic sauce is not mashed garlic with yellow sauce, but with soy sauce.

This should be a way of eating in the north.

Li Xuewu mixed the garlic paste in the garlic jar and explained to Sister Lou with a smile: "The garlic will not run away if you add salt, but it will be spicier if you add water."

"Yeah, you're the only one who knows how to eat!"

Sister Lou smiled and bumped Li Xuewu with her shoulder.

"Don't make trouble, my hands are all oily~"

Seeing that Li Xuewu was about to act mischievous, Sister Lou quickly ran away.

How about matching men and women so that the work is not tiring.

With Li Xuewu here to stir things up, even though she didn't help much, Sister Lou felt that time passed quickly and she didn't feel tired.

The two of them laughed and finished cooking the last dish.

Li Xuewu got on the kang first and sat cross-legged.

Looking at the big bones braised in soy sauce, white meat with sauerkraut, stewed tofu with pickles, and a plate of eight-treasure vegetables on the table, a salty taste rises under my tongue.

"You can watch and drink water today!"

Smiling, he said to Sister Lou who was standing on the ground pouring hot water into the rice bowl, then spooned the garlic sauce and spread it on the sauerkraut on his side.

Sister Lou put the rice bowl filled with half a cup of boiling water on the table, and opened a bottle of Shanxi Fenjiu wine on the cabinet.

"My second aunt brought this to our house, and I cut off my beard."

Sister Lou smiled and talked to Li Xuewu, holding a wine bottle in her hand and pouring the wine into the white porcelain wine jug.

This is not an antique, nor is it some expensive thing, it is just a cone-like belly and a gourd's mouth.

Such a pot is about half a catty, and Li Xuewu has not measured it carefully.

They also have this stuff at home. They used to sell it at street stalls, but now they have to buy it at supply and marketing cooperatives.

"That's all, I won't let you drink more."

Sister Lou put the wine-warming jug into the bowl of boiling water and placed a wine cup in front of Li Xuewu with a smile.

Li Xuewu looked at the white porcelain wine cup in front of him and said with a smile: "I don't drink often, so why prepare this for me? Just have a teacup, it doesn't have to be so particular."

"In winter, it's better to drink something warm. Cold wine will hurt your stomach."

Sister Lou placed the bowl in front of Li Xuewu, and she was waiting to use the bowl to warm the wine.

Looking at Sister Lou who treated him like a master, Li Xuewu smiled and pointed at the sauerkraut and asked: "Are you not afraid of the smell of garlic sauce?"

"It's okay. My family and I also eat, but we just don't eat enough."

While speaking, Sister Lou glanced at Li Xuewu and said with a smile: "As long as you are not afraid."

Li Xuewu smiled, picked up a piece of soy sauce bone, put it in his rice bowl, and then brought it back to Sister Lou.

"Would you like to have a drink with me?"

When Sister Lou saw Li Xuewu bringing the bowl over, her eyes narrowed in laughter. She was easily satisfied.

"You drink it yourself, I can't drink it."

She touched the wine jug with her hand and felt it was hot. Sister Lou picked up the jug and filled the wine cup in front of Li Xuewu.

Picking up the two-cent cup, "Zi Liu'er" took a sip of white wine. It was warm and burning from the mouth to the stomach.

Sister Lou sprinkled the remaining hot water in the rice bowl on the brick floor and placed it in front of Li Xuewu.

“eat vegetables”

With a sip of wine and a bite of food, Li Xuewu ate and drank deliciously.

After eating and drinking, Sister Lou did not let Li Xuewu get off the kang. She cleared the table herself and gave Li Xuewu foot-washing water.

After everything was tidied up, I saw Li Xuewu lying on the pillow in the kang, his eyes bright.

Sister Lou blushed slightly, avoiding Li Xuewu's searchlight gaze and put on her clothes outside.

But Li Xuewu smiled evilly and tapped the kang mat with his fingers, making a snapping sound.

Sister Lou poured a glass of boiling water and placed it on the bedside of the kang. She glared at Li Xuewu with a red face, and then got on the kang and spread the quilt.

As soon as he laid out a quilt, he was knocked down by Li Xuewu.

"Pave it again... hmm~"

Li Xuewu's hand speed was very fast. Before Sister Lou finished speaking, he had already finished taking off her clothes.

I just don’t know if there is such a challenge in Guinness World Records and what the record is.

Not just his own, but also Sister Lou’s.

"Ha~"

Sister Lou was a little out of breath because of this beast.

This time she almost lost her breath.

Sister Lou rolled her eyes, slapped Li Xuewu, and scolded: "Animal!"

Li Xuewu held up his arms, looked at Sister Lou and smiled: "The game has just begun!"

"Hmm~"

Sister Lou said she couldn't defeat him and couldn't beat him, so she could only win by lying down.

"I regret~"

Li Xuewu looked at Sister Lou, who was staring at him, and asked with a smile: "Sorry, did you give me a drink?"

Sister Lou narrowed her eyes and said angrily: "I regret raising a donkey."

"Oh, you are provocative!"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and looked at Sister Lou and said, "You will pay the price."

"You're such a bad scumbag!"

As he said this, his hands were tightly wrapped around each other.

I don’t know if it’s really Fenjiu that’s added strength, but today’s Li Xuewuge was really strong.

It may also be because I haven't seen any meaty fish for almost a month.

In the end, Sister Lou really gave up and lay on the pillow. She didn't respond to anything Li Xuewu said.

Li Xuewu jumped down to the ground and drank a glass of warm water, took a dry towel from the shelf and returned to the kang.

I wiped the sweat off Sister Lou's back with a towel.

Sister Lou regained some energy after a while, and drank the warm water prepared by Kangtou with Li Xuewu's support.

When Li Xuewu wiped the sweat from her back, he thought the fighting had stopped.

But just as he lay down, Li Xuewu came up from behind again.

"I……"

"Dong, dong..."

The self-ringing clock on the wall starts chiming the hour when the hour hand reaches ten.

In the end, Sister Lou laid out a new quilt, but it wasn't as if the two of them were sleeping in one quilt.

But the bed that had been made earlier could no longer be covered and was full of water.

"What time do you leave tomorrow?"

Sister Lou was lying on the pillow, squinting her eyes slightly, and asked the saint who was smoking next to her.

Li Xuewu flicked the ashes of his cigarette and said, "Come early. Don't worry about getting up. I'll just go home and eat."

"What's the trouble?"

Sister Lou patted the strange hand that reached out from nowhere, and continued: "Want to eat rice or pasta?"

"Want to eat you"

"go!"

Sister Lou patted Li Xuewu again and said, "We only have two quilts in our house. If you are not honest, we will have to sleep covered with clothes."

Li Xuewu maintained sufficient restraint and thus avoided the bad consequences of sleeping on the kang mat and covering his clothes.

When I got up in the morning, Sister Lou had already prepared a meal.

Like a little daughter-in-law, she cleaned up the wrinkles on Li Xuewu's clothes and sent Li Xuewu out.

This time she didn't ask when Li Xuewu would come back, because Li Xuewu would come back when it was time.

Thanks to everyone for your monthly votes and rewards. I have nothing to repay. No one wants to give me your blessing, so I can only redouble my efforts to code!