Men and women eating in the courtyard

"Isn't everything okay?"

Li Xuewu put back the remaining half of the bottle of wine to his father, echoing his mother's words.

"It's okay"

Liu Yin hugged Li Shu, stood in the living room and looked at her son and said, "Let your dad check on her sister-in-law and get some medicine."

"Is it about having a child?"

Li Xuewu guessed that this was the case. Mu Hongyan was also a doctor, so how could he ask his father to see other diseases.

"yes"

Liu Yin saw that her son's white shirt had turned into a black shirt, and told him to go home and change quickly.

"I saw Yu Li passing by just now, and there are two girls with her. You go and wash up early, come back early, and go to Gu Ning's house to sit down after dinner in the evening."

“Let’s go tomorrow when we have time.”

Li Xuewu smiled and was about to push back, but Liu Yin glared at him.

"I don't know about you yet. I don't have time when I get busy."

As she spoke, she warned, "Gu Ning's mother is thinking about you. What's going on if you can't go there tomorrow? Go early and come back early. You'll have enough rest."

It's not that Liu Yin doesn't care about her son, but she is teaching her son how to behave and behave.

Li Xuewu agreed with a smile, bowed to his daughter, and then went back.

When passing by the middle courtyard, she saw Yu Li helping Xilin and Delia find quilts and make beds.

Because both of them had come a long way and had no quilt at all, Yu Li took her own quilt and gave it to them.

When Yu Li divorced, Yan Jiecheng took nothing away, including the bedding.

Because this was the dowry given to me by the Yu family, I was now willing to give it to these two strangers.

Nothing else, just because he was brought back by Li Xuewu.

"I'm going to change clothes, and we'll go to the bathhouse at the door to take a bath later."

Li Xuewu stood in the yard and said something to Xilin in the house, and then went to the backyard.

Seeing Li Xuewu walking back, Yu Li told Xilin and Delia, and then went out to the backyard.

Xilin looked at Yu Li's back. She still didn't understand the identity of this woman.

Didn't Li Xuewu say he had a partner?

The stove in the backyard had been turned off during the day, but the house was still very warm.

Li Xuewu walked into the room and saw that the desk in the back room had been restored to its original position. He turned to follow Yu Li who came in and asked, "Has the lettering been framed?"

"Yes, it was framed yesterday."

Yu Li dodged past Li Xuewu and entered the back room first, saying, "I'll put it away after mounting it. I thought I'd wait for you to come back before deciding where to hang it."

"Um"

Li Xuewu didn't say where he wanted to hang up, but asked: "Did you give Master Zhao money?"

"Give it, the second master gave it to me, Master Zhao doesn't want it."

Yu Li had already found the clothes Li Xuewu wanted to wear.

"Just wear this outfit, take this set, wash it over there and change it all. Bring back what you changed and I will wash it for you."

"Um"

Li Xuewu responded and reached out to touch Yu Li's face.

"Go~"

Yu Li smiled and urged Li Xuewu to take them to take a bath.

"If there wasn't a guest, I would have washed it at home, and I would just be able to rub it for you."

He packed a bag with clothes and toiletries for Li Xue, and muttered: "When you go there, remember to ask the bath master for a good rub. You must not have listened to me when I told you to bathe frequently."

“It’s not convenient to take a shower in that place”

Li Xuewu said something stubborn and changed into the cloth shoes that Yu Li found at the entrance.

"The gift is in the luggage bag, take it yourself."

After giving Yu Li a warning, Li Xuewu carried the bath bag and went out.

Yu Li looked at Li Xuewu's back and touched her face, then went to the back room to pack the laundry for Li Xuewu in the luggage bag.

Although she didn't expect what Li Xuewu would bring for her, the sudden surprise still made her calm hands shake a little.

When she gently opened the luggage bag and saw the shoe box at the top, Yu Li smiled on her face.

“I just know how to give shoes~”

Although he said it with a curled lips, he couldn't help but smile on his face.

When I opened the shoe box, I found a pair of thin sheepskin gloves and a pair of spring and autumn women's leather shoes.

He reached out and touched the soft sheepskin, then took out the leather shoes and looked at them.

The style is still very good-looking. As for the size, don’t worry about that, but the bad guy...

Li Xuewu gathered the bags with Xilin and Delia, greeted the people in the courtyard, and took the initiative to introduce the two women, and then went to the back room to meet Pazile and Ge Lin.

After the five of them left the compound, they still attracted the attention of the neighbors.

Everyone on the left and right knew Li Xuewu and said hello to everyone they met.

When saying hello, his eyes unconsciously looked at the big man Ge Lin.

Such a strong and tall man is really eye-catching.

There are not many people at this time in the afternoon, and there are only one or two Tang Putizi, who are also "old paoers" nearby.

Lao Biaozi should know them, because they always come.

Li Xuewu wasn't very familiar with him, and he vaguely knew that he lived across the street, so he didn't say much to him.

However, these two old men knew Li Xuewu and took the initiative to say hello.

"Hey, Director Li, that's rare!"

"Haha, Director Li came to take a bath himself!"

"Haha, I have a bathing place at home."

First he explained with a smile, and then said as he got out of the pool: "But I'm still willing to come here to soak, because if I don't come, I'm afraid some ignorant old guy will pick on me behind my back~"

They teased, and Li Xuewu also followed suit. They were all men, so it was no big deal to make a joke.

"Hahaha!"

Seeing Li Xuewu's good temper, the two old men also laughed.

"Gentlemen, you come out to take a shower and you have a guard with you?"

But these words were spoken of Ge Lin and Pazile who came after them.

There is no fat in people at this time. These two men are fighting for their lives on the grassland, and the meat on their bodies is all tendons.

The bathhouse was filled with smoke, and Ge Lin was not used to it.

Pazile had seen bathhouses before, so he took off Ge Lin's clothes and pushed him out of the pool.

"These two don't look like we are here, right?"

"Your eyes are long in vain. If you look like this, you would be blind!"

These two old men just come to the bathhouse to take a bath all day long, and they gather with a few people every day to mess around with Kezi.

Not only did they tease Li Xuewu, they also teased each other, but they were not angry.

Li Xuewu saw that Ge Lin was a bit aloof, so he smiled and explained: "This is my comrade-in-arms, and this is his younger brother who came from the border to join me."

"Oh~ It's true!"

An old man with a shaved head snorted some water and wiped his face, then looked at Ge Lin carefully.

"This is a kid who grew up eating beef and mutton, otherwise he wouldn't be so strong!"

"Call me uncle"

Li Xuewu smiled and taught Pazile and Ge Lin, and both of them also shouted politely.

The two old men found it strange. Seeing that Li Xuewu had a good attitude, and seeing that although the two men were fierce-looking, they had good tempers, they sat on either side of them.

He said what I said, and began to inquire about the situation on the border.

Hearing Pazile's mysterious words, the two old men exclaimed "Ouch~" from time to time, as if they were complimenting him.

Li Xuewu didn't find these two old men annoying. They were also a type of people and culture in the capital.

If Pazile and Gelin want to live here, they will have to deal with them sooner or later.

Get in touch early now and get used to it early.

What's more, such people know the best about propriety and courtesy, so you won't suffer any loss if you talk to them more.

They are used to teasing children like Li Xuewu who grew up in alleys.

If you don't reply to them without saying a word, they will say behind their backs that you have no ability and will be doomed when you grow up.

But if you snap back, it means you will be naughty in the future.

Anyway, it’s not easy to knock the kid, just click your teeth.

Pazile could still chat with these two people, while Gelin soaked in the water and mostly listened to what they said.

When I asked him about it, he just replied in a naive way.

Seeing Ge Lin's character, the two old men stopped teasing and started talking serious things to them.

Talking about the fun things in the capital, talking about the places in the capital, talking about the old and young, men and women.

As long as you have time, he can sit here and talk to you all day long.

Li Xuewu couldn't afford to wait. He had something to do at night.

Feeling that the skin on my body was soaked, I went to ask the bath master to give me a bath.

Li Xuewu first put on a cigarette and told the master to rub it vigorously. It had been ten days since he had washed properly.

This master was also a very down-to-earth person. He stretched out his hand with so much force that Li Xuewu almost flew off the bathing bed into the pool.

Seeing Li Xuewu lying there like a moulted pig being rubbed by someone, Ge Lin looked very miraculous.

Pazile didn't care. He had never seen or heard anything about Li Xuewu.

When it was Ge Lin's turn, he almost died from the exhaustion of the bath master.

It's big, thick, and the meat on its body is hard and all muscle.

This kind of person is the most difficult to rub. On the contrary, the bath master likes those who are fat and white, and their flesh is easy to rub.

When he followed Li Xuewu and stood by the faucet to rinse, Ge Lin's mouth was still grinning.

"Does it hurt?"

"No, no"

Ge Lin looked at Li Xuewu and said sheepishly: "It's the first time, it's quite fun."

"hehe"

Li Xuewu looked at the red areas on his body that were rubbed, and he felt quite painful.

Don't tell the truth to an honest person, otherwise he will be really cruel to you.

After the three of them finished washing, put on clean clothes, and walked out of the bathroom, they felt completely different.

The sky is so blue, the air is so fresh, and my skin feels like breathing.

It was as if there had never been such a clean and relaxing time in my life, and I was about to enter another world.

Siren and Delia were already waiting on the wooden bench at the door.

"How long have you been out?"

Li Xuewu smiled sheepishly.

The men's bath has a soaking pool, but the women's bath does not, so they take longer to bathe.

Don't ask why there is no bathing pool in the women's bath. Li Xuewu has never been in it, so he doesn't know.

“It’s been a while”

Xilin also felt a lot more relaxed after taking a bath.

Especially since the weather in Beijing is warm and I put on light clothes, I really feel like I have lost weight.

"Let's go, go back and rest for a while before eating."

The bathhouse is at the entrance of the street, not a few steps away from the courtyard. Otherwise, Lao Biaozi and the others would come here to relax after drinking in the evening.

While walking back with the four people, I introduced them to the recycling bin and scrap shop in the west courtyard, and introduced the situation in the courtyard.

This really cannot be explained clearly in three or five sentences.

The distance was really short, so Li Xuewu told a few important things, and the rest could only be understood and experienced by them in their own lives.

When I walked into the alley with a few people, I knew it was time to get off work without looking at my watch.

"Hey, you're off work~"

"Hey! Buy a pack of cigarettes at the door~"

"Lingling~"

…

The people who greet each other when they meet, the people who ride their bikes after get off work and ring their bells, the people who came home early and were annoyed by their wife’s nagging and come out to buy cigarettes, the atmosphere of the market is full, which made the four people who saw this scene for the first time look at it. Strange.

All four of their eyes are a bit exhausted. How can people here be so eloquent?

In fact, they are surprised to see others, and even the neighbors are surprised to see them.

This is how the old neighborhood lives. If a guest comes to someone's house, there will always be curious eyes.

Some of them are so nice that they are funny, and they will rush up to chat with you, asking you where you are from and who your relatives are.

They are not from the street, nor are they working part-time in the delivery office, but they just have this addiction.

"Haha, it's just that it's so lively right now after get off work in the evening."

Li Xuewu turned around and smiled at a few people: "Usually, the uncles and aunties sit at the door and chat for a while."

"This is the first time I have seen so many people crowded into such a small place."

Xilin looked around in amazement at the pedestrians coming in and out. The important thing is that these people all live here and are polite to each other.

“Compared to the prairie at the foot of Tianshan Mountain, you can indeed use “small” to describe our hutongs.”

Li Xuewu said with a smile: "One more thing, you are a little anxious to squeeze in. Wait a minute, sooner or later you will see something even more crowded."

"Yo, I'm back!"

While Li Xuewu was talking, Qin Huairu rode into the alley and happened to face Li Xuewu.

"We are still planning your train time this afternoon."

No need to ask, Li Xuewu, who we all represent, understands this, and has also received the information that Qin Huairu and that person are concerned about.

Qin Huairu got out of the car and pushed her to Li Xuewu's side. She spoke while looking at Xilin and the others.

“Arrived a little after three in the afternoon.”

Li Xuewu responded, then gestured to the courtyard and said, "Hurry up and enter the courtyard, otherwise I won't stop saying hello."

"Haha, it means you are popular~"

Qin Huairu followed Yu Yu's example and parked the car in the west courtyard, so that she could save having to raise the threshold when going in and out.

At this moment, Li Xuewu and the others walked in through the gate of the west courtyard. Lao Biaozi and the others were unloading the truck.

"Brother Wu~"

"Hey~"

…

There were more people in the courtyard now. When they saw Li Xuewu entering the courtyard, they all rushed to say hello.

Li Xuewu also responded with a smile.

Even the Thirteen Taibao had the courage to take the initiative to say hello to Li Xuewu.

"Third uncle is tired. I heard that my waist is uncomfortable?"

Li Xuewu saw Wen Saner coming over and greeted him with a smile.

Wen San'er looked at Li Xuewu and curled his lips, then laughed.

"I don't feel any discomfort in my waist. It's true that I'm tired."

This is also done in a joking tone.

"I'm tired, I'm tired~"

Li Xuewu smiled and shook hands with Wen Saner.

At this moment, when everyone saw Li Xuewu interacting with Wen Saner, they thought it was a joke.

"Don't go back tonight. Let Biaozi take over the third aunt and the child to eat together. I haven't seen you for a long time."

"Your third aunt may have a good meal."

Wen San'er wanted to refuse, but was stopped by Li Xuewu.

Without waiting for him to say anything else, Li Xuewu said to the old Biaozi: "Go and fetch the third aunt and the little cousin, and let's have fun together."

"Why!"

Lao Biaozi responded with a smile, pedaled three times and went out.

It's not that he doesn't want to drive, or that he's avoiding anything, but Wen San'er's home is not far away, and he only has time to fart while riding a bicycle.

It's so hard to start that car. If you have that time, you might as well ride a bike.

When Wen Saner saw that Li Xuewu had made arrangements, he also smiled and followed Li Xuewu into the reverse seat room.

Since many people were meeting for the first time, they all sat in the east room, and Li Xuewu came forward to introduce everyone.

Even the thirteenth Taibao Li Xuewu named them one by one, which made these dozen boys smile.

When introducing Pazile and the others, they were introduced according to the identities agreed upon when they came back.

I have to find time to ask Shen Fang for help tomorrow.

The weather is getting longer, and the door to the west courtyard is closing later. At this moment, the second master and the others are still busy there, but Yu Li came back first.

He took the clothes Li Xuewu was carrying and put them aside, preparing to take them to the back for washing at night.

Silly Zhu stood in the corridor holding a long-handled spoon and looked at the new members in the east room.

These two border girls are pretty good-looking~

Li Xuewu also discovered it when he came out of the shower. Delia doesn't look so ugly now.

His appearance and bone structure still have his own characteristics, and his skin looks cleaner than before.

I don’t know why, but when I look at the border, I feel like I’ve been buried.

Li Xuewu introduced the four people to Shazhu with a smile. In addition to nodding and smiling hello to the two girls, Shazhu also took the initiative to shake hands with Ge Lin and Pazile.

Seeing Qin Huairu park the car and enter the courtyard, Li Xuewu happened to be standing by the window, so he opened the window and invited her to come here to eat in the evening and have some fun.

Qin Huairu was a little hesitant. Li Xuewu, the sixth child in the family, might not have seen him yet, otherwise he wouldn't be able to talk about himself.

But if you extend your head with a knife, you can also shrink your head with a knife. It is better to be more proactive.

So Li Xuewu said it, and Qin Huairu agreed with a smile, and said he would come over to help later.

Yu Li stood in the kitchen cutting vegetables. She curled her lips when she heard Qin Huairu's words, but didn't say anything.

The reception room was very lively today. Li Shun was invited over by Wen San'er as a welcoming banquet for his son.

Li Xuecai basically goes wherever there is delicious food. If the food in the back room is good today, it must be here.

The weather was warm, and the old lady came over with Li Shu in her arms to join in the fun.

But she didn't plan to eat here just to let Li Shu meet more new people.

Children have a cognitive stage of accepting new things, and old ladies have their own set of standards for raising children.

You can't let your children accept their birth, otherwise they will be petty in everything they do in the future.

Li Xuewu held his daughter in his arms and sat at the long dining table, talking to Li Shun and Wen Saner about their trip to the frontier.

Pazile and others were surrounded by Lao Biaozi and others asking questions.

The noise was so noisy that even the windows could not be closed due to the excitement.

Think about it, there are only six people in Li Xuewu's family, the old lady, eldest grandmother, Li Shun, Li Xuecai, and Li Shu.

There are three members of Wen San'er's family, namely Lao Biaozi, Guodong, Er Hao'er, Xiao Yan'er, Er Ye, Thirteen Taibao, Yu Li, nineteen people, Shazhu brothers, and four new "brothers and sisters". Qin Huairu and his wife.

Good guy, there are thirty-six people crowded into this room. Although the voices are not loud, they are going to open the fortress.

When the food was served, Liu Yin brought a large basket of steamed buns. She was worried that it would not be enough, but Yu Li was stuffed with rice.

Liu Yin picked up Li Shu from Li Xuewu's arms and took the old lady back for food.

This long dining table cannot accommodate thirty-four people, so two more kang tables were placed on the kang in the east room.

Today was to welcome Li Xuewu, and also to have a rare gathering, so Wen Saner asked Lao Biaozi to bring the wine.

We started drinking with new friends like Pazile and old friends here.

Li Xuewu and the others were all sitting on the kang table. On this kang table were Grandpa, Erye, Li Shun, Wen Saner, Shazhu, and Pazile.

The women and children sat at the next table on the kang, while the other young men sat at the long dining table.

I don't know if it's really warm today or if the atmosphere in the room is warm. The windows in the east room are open, but the room still feels hot.

Maybe this is the excitement, it becomes hot when there is noisy.

The troublemakers were Lao Biaozi and Shazhu. They couldn't sit still, so they got off the table after drinking and went to have a drink.

After drinking happily, we sat together and chatted for a while, then found someone else to continue drinking.

Silly Zhu left, and Qin Huairu came to Li Xuewu's table with a wine glass and toasted a few glasses of wine, which was regarded as a formal relationship with Li Xuewu and the others.

One look at the seating arrangement for dinner shows that in the circle of Li Xuewu's relatives and friends, there is still a mentality of male superiority and female inferiority.

Even though Qin Huairu is now a cadre, and even though Xilin and Delia are new guests, they were still arranged to sit at the same table.

This is tradition, not a bad habit.

Because they are older, powerful, and capable, these men can speak freely when they sit together.

Although Li Xuewu and his friends were not in this circle, they still divided the table with respect.

Qin Huairu came over with wine now, which was a new way of intervention.

In the new era, women hold up half the sky.

Qin Huairu, the deputy section chief, is considered a unique new-era woman in this courtyard.

Although Li Xuewu contributed a lot here, he still couldn't help but praise Qin Huairu for being awesome.

After this woman adapted to the initial rhythm of the guest house, she has indeed shown her ability in management and hospitality.

Otherwise, no matter how hard the relationship is, Li Huaide will not let her stay here for a long time.

At worst, let Li Xuewu replace him.

If it works, it works, if it doesn't work, it doesn't work. The factory director's brother-in-law has already left, so she has more.

Not much, just dare to speak, dare to laugh, dare to drink.

"Xuewu, come, let us two sisters have a drink."

Li Xuewu smiled and looked at Qin Huairu's somewhat red face, then picked up the wine glass and touched it with Qin Huairu.

"I wish you all the best and everything goes well"

"Fuck~"

The two of them were drinking for others to watch, and Qin Huairu was just using the energy of drinking to get close to Li Xuewu.

What woman wouldn't be happy that her man came home? Even if her man doesn't dare to tell others, she's still happy.

Yu Yu sat on the kang holding a rice bowl, looking at Qin Huairu with a bit of envy.

Although she is also refreshing, she cannot achieve Qin Huairu's comprehensive approach to doing things.

Maybe it’s because I’m still young, or maybe I haven’t experienced these things.

While watching Li Xuewu and the others talking and drinking, Yu Yu saw her brother and Lao Biaozi already singing with their arms around their shoulders.

"The fifteenth moon rises in the sky"

"Why are there no clouds next to me?"

"I'm waiting for a beautiful girl"

"Why haven't you come yet?"

…

So embarrassing~

It doesn't matter if they sing well. Both of them have broken gong voices and have six to seven short notes.

At this moment, I was just shouting songs at the top of my lungs.

Especially her brother, who sang the song "Aobao Meeting" with special seriousness and emotion.

But it's just not in tune.

"If there is no rain from the sky!"

While everyone was laughing and cheering Silly Zhu and the two, Xilin, who was sitting on the kang, picked up the female part of the song: "Begonia flowers won't bloom on their own~".

When Siren opened her mouth, everyone in the room was stunned. The singing voice was so crisp.

Isn't this just a follow-up to Lao Biaozi's song?

"As long as you wait patiently, brother~"

"The person you love will come running over~"

"As long as you wait patiently, brother~"

The next few lines of Xilin will sing into the hearts of men.

Especially seeing Xilin's generous appearance, lark-like voice, and smart eyebrows, Lao Biaozi and Silly Zhu took the initiative to follow her during the chorus.

"The person you love will come running over~"

"good!"

"good!"

Everyone in the room looked at Xilin and applauded. Lao Biaozi and Silly Zhu knew that the applause was not for them, so they also clapped their hands with grins and applauded her.

"Thank you~"

Xilin held the wine glass, knelt down on the kang with her legs turned, thanked the people in the room who had applauded her, said auspicious words for their meeting, and drank a glass of wine.

Pazile is a good talker, a drinker and a chatterer, and he quickly integrates into this big family.

And Siren got in with a song.

Delia was still a little shy and didn't know how to interact with strangers, but Gelin understood.

That's by eating.

He can really eat it!

Liu Yin steamed buns the size of a man's fist for two bites, which made him stare blankly.

Yu Yu covered her mouth and laughed with Yu Li beside her: "In this song, Xilin sings about the people on the grassland, and my brother and the others sing about the wolves on the grassland~".

This song is called "Aobao Meeting" and it is the theme song of the movie "People on the Grassland". Yuyu is using this to criticize her brother.

"Hahaha~"

The table of women and children burst out laughing for some unknown reason, while the table of men laughed while discussing Xilin's singing.

The laughter, delicious food and wine are intoxicating and refreshing.

Li Xuewu finally spoke to everyone in the room, leaving them busy and went out early to prepare for a trip to his mother-in-law's house.

After his mother spoke in the afternoon, Li Xuewu had already called Gu Ning and said he would go after dinner in the evening.

It's almost eight o'clock now, and the Gu family must be waiting.

Knowing that Li Xuewu wanted to use a car, Yu Li had already prepared it. Li Xuewu washed his face in the kitchen and drove out.

On a business trip, why not prepare gifts for Gu Ning and her family?

But in this rush, he didn't buy anything special. The most special thing over there was the girl, and she probably wouldn't like it if he brought it back to Gu Ning.

On the contrary, the novelty gadgets picked up at Lao Baduo's place can be used as souvenirs.

Gu Ning's gift, Li Xuewu, had thought of it, and it was the leather box that Old Baduo sold to him.

There are books in English and Russian, I believe Gu Ning will like them.

Furthermore, there were more than a dozen bottles of perfume in the box, and Li Xuewu only kept one bottle.

This thing won't be good if left for a long time and will easily deteriorate.

She doesn't like giving Gu Ning gold and silver, and it will scare her.

If you give her a box of books, she will definitely like them.

Add in the perfume from Europa and the chocolate from Su L, and you have poetry and romance.

On the road, Li Xuewu kept thinking about who would be at home tonight, and put things in the back seat of Willis one by one.

By the time he greeted the guard at the gate, the back cabin was already full.

"Don't come here so late. I'm so tired after taking the train for so long."

When Li Xuewu drove into the courtyard, his mother-in-law and others were already waiting in the courtyard.

"I'm not too tired. I didn't have much to do on the way back. I just slept."

Li Xuewu got out of the car, smiled and said something to his mother-in-law, and then looked behind her.

Mu Hongyan stood there holding Gu Ning's arm and asked Li Xuewu for a gift.

Zhou Yamei, on the other hand, held her son's little hand and looked at Li Xuewu with a smile.

"Uncle Li!"

"Hey, Zhidong has come to the capital."

After Li Xuewu finished talking to his mother-in-law, he agreed to Fu Zhidong's words, and then followed Xiao Qi to move things down.

"Why did you bring so many things back?"

When Ding Fengxia saw Xiao Qi moving things down, she said something to Li Xuewu.

Seeing several large pieces of meat being moved from the car, he even blamed Li Xuewu.

"Where can I get so much food at home?"

"It's okay, Mom"

Li Xuewu put the suitcase he gave to Gu Ning aside and said with a smile, "I brought it all back with the car. You can freeze it and eat it later."

Xiao Qi called other people to come over to help, moved beef and mutton, and moved peppers, dates, raisins, dried fruits, etc. to the back kitchen warehouse.

He himself helped Li Xuewu move the box that was obviously a gift into the living room.

Li Xuewu was chatting with his mother-in-law and greeted Zhou Yamei a few more times.

In the rush to unload the truck, he also hurried into the house with his mother-in-law.

Ding Fengxia felt sorry for Li Xuewu because he was tired, so she didn't ask him to move anything. She asked Xiao Qi to bring someone to do it.

Before Li Xuewu could sit down on the sofa, Mu Hongyan smiled and asked Li Xuewu for a gift.

"Xuewu, where is the gift you promised me?"

Mu Hongyan sat next to his sister-in-law, hugged Gu Ning's arm and smiled: "If there is no gift, you can't even think about talking to Xiao Ning tonight."

"This kid, hahaha~"

Ding Fengxia also knew that her daughter-in-law was deliberately making trouble with Li Xuewu, so she was angry without saying anything further.

Li Xuewu smiled and nodded: "Remember it, remember it."

As he spoke, he stood up and took out a box from the box next to the coffee table and handed it to Mu Hongyan.

"It really does!"

Mu Hongyan was also very surprised. She only teased Li Xuewu on purpose. At this moment, she was a little embarrassed whether she should accept it.

"Thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law."

Li Xuewu looked at Gu Ning with a smile and said, "A little kindness can't be worth the hard work of helping us clean up the house."

"If you say that, then it's really hard for me."

As he spoke, he deliberately let go of his sister-in-law's arm and beat his arms and shoulders exaggeratedly, showing a hard-working expression.

"Hahaha~"

She was obviously teasing Gu Ning on purpose, but she didn't expect that she would laugh first.

Gu Ning was also embarrassed by the teasing and pushed her sister-in-law.

"I didn't want to accept it at first, but you pushed me, so I accepted it."

Mu Hongyan knew that Li Xuewu was sincere in giving the gift, so he stood up with a smile and took the box with both hands.

"Hey, what is it? It's so heavy."

Mu Hongyan felt that the thing was not light until he took it in his hand. He was still teasing Gu Ning, but he opened the box in his hand.

"Hey, it's red wine~"

Ding Fengxia was sitting on one side, looked at her with a smile, and then said to Li Xuewu: "My sister-in-law, why are you spending so much money?"

"Just because she is my sister-in-law, I can't neglect her."

Li Xuewu replied with a smile, and continued to pick up the things in the box.

"I like to hear this"

Mu Hongyan saw the silk scarf in the box again, but now he smiled and thanked Li Xuewu.

"Thank you for learning martial arts. I have passed this level. Your brother will help you solve it."

"Hahaha~"

Li Xuewu smiled and winked at his mother-in-law, and said: "This gift is not a waste, why don't I dig out something rare, and you can help me get through this~"

"Yo yo yo~"

Mu Hongyan put down the box, hugged her mother-in-law's arm and said with a smile: "Mom, you still need me to help you pass this test? I've already passed it for you!"

"Hahaha~"

Li Xuewu didn't drink today, but he still felt happy.

He took out the prepared gift and placed it in the mother-in-law's hand.

"Mom, I've got a gift for you. You have to count on it to pass~"

"Haha, you kid"

Ding Fengxia is very much the character of an ironing uncle.

She is relaxed and speaks straightforwardly, which makes up for the regret that her daughter doesn't talk to her very much.

Before she could open the box, Mu Hongyan, who was sitting aside, helped open it.

"Hey, you have to be proud of yourself, Mom."

Mu Hongyan said with a smile: "My wine is incomparable to yours~"

Ding Fengxia also saw the object in the box, but it was a jade bracelet carved with simple lines.

"Learn martial arts..."

"mom"

Li Xuewu knew what his mother-in-law was going to say, it was just that this thing was too valuable.

"Look at the quality"

As he spoke, he clicked the bracelet on his mother-in-law and said, "I know you are frugal, but my financial resources are limited and I don't dare to buy antiques."

"It's really new!"

Mu Hongyan was a good talker, so he took the bracelet off the silk in the box and looked at it.

Li Xuewu took his mother-in-law's hand and said: "People raise jade, and jade raises people. A house that accumulates good deeds will be prosperous, and my mother's new jade can also bring good luck (jade)."

oops!

Gu Ning stared at Li Xuewu dumbfounded, wondering if this man had a reed in his mouth. Why was he breathing in vain?

What does the quality of jade have to do with Xingu? What value should it have?

The extra value is given by history, why are you talking about auspicious words?

Now that I see my mother being coaxed by him, she just laughs. Is she even willing to sell herself to him now?

Why don't you want to!

I thought of giving it for free before, but now that I have received such an expensive gift, I have to give it as a gift.

Mu Hongyan is so smart. When he saw Li Xuewu holding her mother-in-law's hand, she already smiled and handed over the bracelet in her hand.

"Xue Wu, put it on mom quickly, or she won't admit it again soon."

"Thank you sister-in-law"

Li Xuewu also took advantage of the trouble and put the bracelet on his mother-in-law's hand with a smile.

Gu Haitao was a man of few words. His eldest son and younger son had the same personality as their father, but they were both homeless.

The little girl is more reluctant to talk than her father, and it is rare for her to have a heart-to-heart talk with her.

Now seeing her eldest daughter-in-law and uncle taking care of her emotions and talking to her, Ding Fengxia felt that her son and daughter were wasted.

"Hahaha, you two~"

How could Ding Fengxia really not like him, that is, she felt sorry for Li Xuewu.

Don't say that the jade gift from my uncle is a good thing. Even if it is an ordinary thing, I am happy. The important thing is the intention.

Depending on their family, they can't get anything. It is said that this jade can be obtained even from mountains of gold and silver.

But how can a bad-hearted person be compared with my uncle’s thoughts?

"There is no barrier set for you in mom's heart."

Ding Fengxia took her uncle's hand and said sincerely: "As long as you two are good and mom is here, no one can stop you."

"Mom, I feel relieved with your words."

Li Xuewu responded with a smile, and took out two more boxes of things from the box as he spoke.

One box was placed on the coffee table in front of Zhou Yamei, and the other was placed in front of Fu Zhidong.

"Thank you uncle~"

Before Zhou Yamei could say anything, Fu Zhidong thanked him.

He was also a little anxious when he saw that everyone had gifts.

"I'm so embarrassed to learn martial arts."

Zhou Yamei politely wanted to push her back, but was stopped by Li Xuewu.

"I'm taking care of things in Steel City, give me some time."

Li Xuewu told Zhou Yamei about the Steel City in front of his mother-in-law and her family.

"The situation is more complicated than I thought. It would be better for you and your child to stay in the capital."

Seeing Li Xuewu's solemn words, Zhou Yamei also knew the stakes here, and unconsciously touched his son's shoulder with his left hand.

"You can live at home"

Gu Ning, who had been silent for a while, stood up and sat next to Zhou Yamei and said softly.

Zhou Yamei glanced at Li Xuewu and then at Gu Ning.

"I'm causing trouble for you."

"No trouble, don't worry about it"

Ding Fengxia was really happy to see her daughter do this. It was rare for her to see Gu Ning take the initiative to care about others.

She thought more about letting Zhou Yamei live there temporarily.

"Although I don't know what it is, I believe that learning martial arts can be done well."

Ding Fengxia reached out and touched Fu Zhidong's little hand and said, "I just want to take this opportunity to stay in the capital for a while."

"thank you"

Zhou Yamei was very grateful to Ding Fengxia for her understanding.

"Unkind"

Ding Fengxia looked at Zhou Yamei and her son and said, "It's rare for Xiaoning to get along with you. Please stay with her and talk more."

She knew Zhou Yamei's identity, and Li Xuewu explained it on the phone that day.

So although I didn't say it explicitly at the moment, I still thought that Zhou Yamei's stay here would not be in vain, and it would be good for both Li Xuewu and Gu Ning.