Men and women eating in the courtyard

But this idea was shattered before it matured in his mind, because these two girls were brought by Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu looked at Zhou Changli, who was staring blankly, raised his eyebrows and said, "What are you looking at? Can you help me move things?"

"Oh, oh oh"

Zhou Changli blinked, put down the gunpowder gun in his hand, opened the door, trotted down the steps, and took the rattan box on the passenger seat and the rattan box behind.

Because they were all clothes, they were not heavy, so I had to carry them back.

But as soon as he took two steps, he was thinking about where these two people lived.

The courtyard was so dark and so big. If the two girls were crowded with him in the concierge, he would have to think first...

"Li...Director Li, they..."

"Stay in your uncle's old room"

Li Xuewu shattered his dream before he could finish asking. Then he walked to the car, hugged two bedrolls and entered the door.

Tong Huimei and Jin Jiaojiao stood at the gate blankly holding the washbasin. They looked at the backs of the two people in front of them, then looked at the dark night behind them, and followed them with small steps.

It's dark inside and even darker outside.

Just like two little birds, they always find a nest to stay in at night.

Li Xuewu followed Zhou Changli's steps into the courtyard on the right with his bedroll in his arms.

Entering the upper room, he threw the bedroll on the big canopy bed, and then looked at the furnishings in the room.

Fortunately, Ding Wanqiu gave Zhou Changli only clothes and bedding, and everything else was there.

"You will live here from now on"

Li Xuewu said something to the two people who entered the door, then pointed at Zhou Changli and said: "This is Xiao Zhou, who lives in the concierge. From now on, look for him when eating or anything else."

Zhou Changli heard the "bad news" as soon as he placed the rattan box next to the table.

He doesn't even know how to support himself, and then two girls...

And eat!

He only knows how to cook noodles in plain water, and the noodles have to be cooked at home.

"Li...Director Li"

Zhou Changli tried to refute, but he couldn't think clearly and his mouth was a bit mixed with garlic.

Li Xuewu looked at him and said, "I can rest assured that I'll leave it to you. If we can keep the street level, then such a small thing won't be a big deal, right?"

Zhou Changli really wanted to say, how about you give me a job of killing people.

But Li Xuewu is a serious person, and there is no job for him to kill people, only this kind of job.

Patting Zhou Changli's shoulder, Li Xuewu took steps to leave.

But Tong Huimei and the others hadn't calmed down yet. They saw Li Xuewu going out and hurriedly chased him out.

"Is something wrong?"

Li Xuewu heard the footsteps behind him, and when he turned his head, it was Tong Huimei who stood beside him.

"I...what should we do?"

What she meant was that she just left them here without any care.

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said: "You don't have to worry about food or clothing here. If you like singing, you can practice singing in the yard. If you like going to the garden, there are plenty of places for you to hang out. Don't you just like this kind of life? "

Tong Huimei bit her lip. She knew that Li Xuewu looked down on them.

These words are also stimulating them, but they are already here and the food is in their mouths. What can they do?

He pursed his lips, looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "We...you...don't you live here?"

"hehe"

Li Xuewu looked at the girl and grinned, and asked: "Do you want me to live here?"

Tong Huimei stopped talking, holding the corners of her clothes with her fingers, not knowing what to say to Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu looked at the girl and said: "Live well, live well, and hold back your tears from now on. You might as well think about it, is it because you love crying so much that your master doesn't want you?"

Tong Huimei suddenly raised her head and looked at Li Xuewu's leaving figure, feeling that this man's words were stabbing her heart.

Before she could turn her head, she heard footsteps. It was the man named Zhou Changli whom Li Xuewu had just introduced, trotting out.

He didn't even say hello to her, and just chased the sound and shadow at the door.

"Director Li, that..."

Zhou Changli caught up with Li Xuewu. Seeing that Li Xuewu didn't stop, he followed behind and asked: "These two people, which one, should I be?"

"What?"

Li Xuewu suddenly stopped at the gate and turned to look at him.

"no"

Zhou Changli was afraid that Li Xuewu might misunderstand what he meant, so he quickly added: "They live here, can I go back?"

Li Xuewu looked at Zhou Changli and asked, "Are you guys in this business so lazy when you receive protection fees?"

"no"

Zhou Changli quickly took out his pocket, took out a few bills, and wanted to return them to Li Xuewu.

But when he thought about the charges at night, plus the mutton pot dinner he had at night, the money in his hand...

Li Xuewu watched the boy quickly take back the money and looked at himself awkwardly.

"Take good care of it. If you don't have enough money, come and get it from me. You know where I am."

Li Xuewu warned Zhou Changli, who was speechless, and then went out.

Zhou Changli listened to the sound of cars driving away outside the door, looked at the dozens of dollars in his hand, raised his hand and slapped himself.

Make you greedy!

If there was money in his pocket just now, wouldn't it be possible to just return it to him and leave from here?

He really hated himself. He was only one step away from escaping from the prison, just because of a mutton pot.

I promised that I would never be controlled by others in this life, I promised that I would never be groveling in this life, and I promised that in this life I would never make money by looking at other people's faces.

It is impossible to work part-time jobs. Don't even think about him doing part-time jobs in this life. He wants to be a stubborn boss for the rest of his life, not having to worry about food, not having to worry about drinking, and having fun.

But this dream was shattered for fifty yuan and a mutton pot.

Turning his head and looking at the yard where the lights were on, he just wanted to say that he was no longer the slave he was before, but he was still a slave guarding the door and serving his concubine.

Zhou Changli gritted his teeth. Scholars can be killed, but not humiliated!

Let him be the concierge?

no way!

Let him serve his concubine?

no way!

Street Fighters are never slaves!

"That, Brother Zhou~"

Just when he was carving a lifelong ambition in his heart, he suddenly heard a Nunuo voice coming from beside him.

Zhou...Brother Zhou?

The sound is also so nice.

When Zhou Changli looked at it, he didn't know when the girl he saw in the yard just now had arrived beside him.

"Excuse me, where is the kitchen? We want to boil some hot water."

"Ah!"

Zhou Changli quickly put the money in his pocket and pointed to the firehouse where he boiled water for cooking.

Seeing the girl's expression of pity, I quickly said, "Let's boil the water. Don't worry about it. Just wait in the room. I'll boil it and send it over to you."

"No, you've been tired for the whole day. Let's do it ourselves."

Tong Huimei didn't have the nerve to trouble the concierge, and she didn't understand her position in Li Xuewu's heart now.

It seemed that I meant to give it to him at the time... But looking at it now, it doesn't seem to be the case.

If the two of us were really worth it, then why was he so indifferent.

Now they are confused, and they will have to rely on this concierge to live their lives in the future, so what they think is that they can do everything they can by themselves to save themselves the trouble.

“Not tired, not tired”

Zhou Changli looked at the beautiful girl under the light and felt that he could do anything now.

"It's okay for me to stay here day after day. All the food and shelter are available..."

He was about to say that word, but he thought that this was a girl, how could he say that, so he quickly stopped talking, pointed to the fire room and said, "I'll boil water for you."

As he spoke, he ran to the fire room, not even daring to look at the girl behind him.

Tong Huimei looked at Zhou Changli's back, then went to the gate and locked the door, and then followed to the fire room over there, hoping to familiarize herself with the environment.

Zhou Changli had already lit the fire and filled the pot with water. He was busy working. When he saw Tong Huimei coming in, he said, "It will be ready soon. I will send it to you later."

Tong Huimei glanced at the fire room. The house here was huge. It might have been a place where meals were cooked for many people.

The pots here are also big, the stoves are also big, and there are rows of wood piled up in the corners.

Tong Huimei praised: "You are really good, both in preparing the firewood and in burning it."

Zhou Changli looked at the firewood beside the wall. He had not prepared this. His uncle was lazy and bought a lot of firewood at a time and stacked them along the wall.

Anyway, it’s a big place, so you can take it wherever you want.

This is what lazy people do.

Is it also powerful to boil water?

Zhou Changli lowered his head and looked at the burning stove door and the pot of water with the lid on.

What he was thinking was whether he had underestimated his abilities before.

"We can't do it. It takes a long time to light the fire. We waste a long time and are covered in ashes."

Tong Huimei praised her and complained about her clumsiness.

Zhou Changli lost himself in the praises. Damn it, he didn't even know he was so powerful.

When the water boiled, without Tong Huimei's help, she took the thermos bottle and filled it first, then handed it to Tong Huimei.

After learning their names from the conversation just now, and knowing that they were going to wash up and tidy up the house, they moved the ancestral bathtub from the uncle's house to the yard over there.

Then he used all his strength to fetch hot and cold water for the two of them with a tin bucket.

After everything was packed up, they returned to the concierge with their thanks.

Hey, on this day, not only food and accommodation are provided, but also two girls are accompanying me, where can I go to reason with you?

As he left, Tong Huimei scooped out water from the washbasin and asked Jin Jiaojiao to wash first, while she took a rag and wiped the house.

Jin Jiaojiao didn't take a shower, but washed her face and feet, wiped her body briefly, and then took over the task of cleaning up the house.

By the time Tong Huimei finished washing, Jin Jiaojiao had already made the bed and packed their boxes into the golden nanmu wardrobe in the room.

This room is so big, it is the main room of a courtyard, a decent five-room tile-roofed house.

The two of them lived in the innermost room, and there was a living room separated from the main room where the bathtub was.

After wasting so much effort, I could only clean up half of the room and come out. The other half had no energy to do anything.

After lying on the bed, Jin Jiaojiao beat her arms and said to Tong Huimei lying next to her: "I just said that he is a rich man, and this mansion also belongs to him."

"You just think about money."

Tong Huimei looked at the moonlight outside the window, stretched out her quilt and said, "You never thought about what you would do if you followed him?"

"Anyway, that's all."

Jin Jiaojiao said nonchalantly: "Unlike you, I still have a personal hatred. I lost my temper when Master and Master left."

Tong Huimei sighed and said that she hated it, but she had no time to hate it. People were gone, so what was the point of hating her or not.

Listening to the sighs of the people around her, Jin Jiaojiao curled her lips and said: "You are still thinking about him. I told you last time that in order to leave with the master, he took the initiative to find Uncle Ma to get engaged. Otherwise, do you think he also Can you follow me?"

"How long has Ma Hongmei been thinking about him? He's just hanging in front of your eyes and you still pretend not to see him."

With that said, Jin Jiaojiao turned around and looked at Tong Huimei and said, "I had seen Master Brother and Ma Hongmei together before this man came to see the house that night. They even kissed behind the screen wall."

Seeing Jin Jiaojiao say this, Tong Huimei felt aggrieved and turned over, facing outside the bed.

Seeing Tong Huimei's appearance, Jin Jiaojiao also lay back down again and said, "Don't blame me for not telling you. You didn't look like you could listen to what I said at that time. If I tell you, you can't say that I'm talking nonsense." .

Their master and master have many apprentices, and when there are many of them, it is easy for them to cause trouble and intrigue.

Tong Huimei has the best appearance and the best singing skills. Although she is not ranked high among her brothers and sisters, it does not mean that she is not talented.

Jin Jiaojiao knew why Tong Hui was so fond of her, and she was just complaining about why the master didn't take her away.

Ben should be the one to figure it out. She is talented, better than her senior brother, so she should lead her senior brother and her.

Even if there is Ma Hongmei, it will be brought by Uncle Ma, who will not take over their master's share.

This is what Tong Huimei has been struggling with for these days, and this is what makes her confused.

Jin Jiaojiao never said anything, just because she was afraid that Tong Huimei would collapse after hearing the news. The two of them depended on each other, and if one of them lost hope, it would be even harder for the two of them to survive.

Now that I say it, it's just that I have hope of survival, someone is taking care of me, I'm not afraid of starving to death, and I don't want to worry about my little sister anymore.

"Alas! In fact, you can think of it even if I don't tell you."

Jin Jiaojiao was lying on the bed and said, "Master won't take you, it's probably because Uncle Ma agreed when he came that day, otherwise..."

“Jiao Jiao”

Tong Huimei suddenly stopped Jin Jiaojiao from continuing. Instead, she choked and said, "Go to sleep, it's a thing of the past."

"Um"

Jin Jiaojiao agreed, and then continued: "We will live a good life in the future. We will be together for the rest of our lives, singing together, eating together, together..."

Tong Huimei couldn't help but shed tears as she listened to the little sisters behind her.

Maybe that person was right, he had too many tears, and it offended the master, so he didn't want any more.

——

It was already past eight o'clock when Li Xuewu came out of the mansion. He got in the car and stepped on the accelerator to rush to the shipping warehouse.

When I arrived, I saw that the lights in the courtyard were still on, so I got out of the car and rang the doorbell.

He has the key to the door here, but now that the two of them are in a bad condition, they can just open the door and go in. It is better to ring the doorbell.

"Who is it?"

The one who answered was Zhou Yamei, who was standing at the door now, looking over here with his clothes on.

"I slept?"

"No, where is it so early?"

Zhou Yamei heard Li Xuewu's voice and walked over to open the door.

Li Xuewu got into the car again and reversed the car into the yard.

Zhou Yamei stood at the gate and saw another pile of things piled behind Li Xuewu's jeep. She couldn't help but said, "I haven't finished what I brought last time."

"Be prepared, sometimes I can't remember it."

Li Xuewu parked the car directly at the steps at the door of the building.

Just as he turned off the car, he heard a knock on the door on the balcony above his head, and knew that it was Gu Ning who was on top.

Maybe Li Xuewu was standing below, and neither of them saw each other, or Zhou Yamei closed the door and came back, smiling and saying to Gu Ning on the balcony on the second floor: "It's Xuewu here."

Li Xuewu stood back and saw someone on the balcony on the second floor.

At this moment, Zhou Yamei walked in with a smile and said, "Come down."

"hehe"

Li Xuewu glanced at Zhou Yamei, especially her pajamas.

It is said to be pajamas, which are the double-breasted silk and satin gowns of the Republic of China. This woman wears it with a curved front and a curved back, and the woolen sweater draped over her shoulders makes it very eye-catching.

Xu noticed the aggression in Li Xuewu's eyes, so Zhou Yamei didn't say anything and went back to the house first.

Li Xuewu noticed that the corners of this girl's mouth were slightly raised, and thought to himself: Why are you so proud!

He reached out and lowered the tarpaulin rack of the car, and moved the rice noodles and oil on the back seat one by one to the kitchen.

When they were moving for the second time, they saw Gu Ning coming down dressed neatly.

"Why are you coming here so late?"

"Something's been delayed"

Li Xuewu responded and did not continue talking to Gu Ning, but continued to move the things in the car.

The things he picked out on the way were all prepared for this place. Thinking that Gu Ning was a master who never touched Yang Chun Shui, he couldn't even think of buying rice or noodles.

Zhou Yamei doesn't have any food or non-staple food here, so she doesn't have the ability to buy them.

After all, it would be inappropriate to ask Zhou Yamei to ask Gu Ning for it, so Li Xuewu often poured some rice noodles and oil over here.

It's not a rare thing, nothing impractical. Neither Gu Ning nor Zhou Yamei are picky eaters, and they like light tastes.

So I didn’t take the beef and mutton this time, as I couldn’t let it go.

But in addition to food and other things, Li Xuewu also brought a few bundles of cloth, which were all made from border materials. Li Xuewu didn't know how to read the patterns, so he picked up bright ones and prepared them.

Then there are some dried fruits, which Gu Ning likes to eat and Fu Zhidong also likes to eat.

Seeing Li Xuewu busy, Gu Ning didn't know how to reach out for a moment. Li Xuewu didn't ask her to help, so he could only stand at the door and watch.

Zhou Yamei changed her clothes and came down, and went to the kitchen to help Li Xuewu find a place to store these things.

After everything was moved, and Li Xuewu had some dust on his body, Zhou Yamei went to the bathroom and threw a towel over to Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu wiped it with a towel and motioned to Gu Ning to put the water he poured on the coffee table.

Gu Ning could also think of pouring a cup of hot water for Li Xuewu, thinking that he must be thirsty after working for so long.

Li Xuewu handed the towel back to Zhou Yamei and went to sit on the sofa.

After taking a sip of water, he explained: "Some people I met moved south some time ago. Their houses were for sale, so I bought them."

Hearing what Li Xuewu said, Gu Ning looked at Li Xuewu's puzzled face and wondered why this man said this.

Zhou Yamei, who came out of the bathroom, paused slightly and walked back this way.

Li Xuewu continued: "Guodong and Xiaoyan are together, and they are about to get engaged. Although they are not old enough, they still have to prepare a house."

"Is it the girl from the front room?"

Gu Ning didn't have much contact with them, and Li Xuewu didn't introduce them intentionally. They introduced each other upon meeting them.

When I went back from the barbecue last time, I met Xiaoyan and introduced her to my sister who had given birth to a child.

Gu Ning still remembers that girl who had a pretty smile.

"right"

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "Her brother was the brother I grew up playing with. He disappeared two years before I came back, and now he is in love with Guodong."

"You buy them a house?"

Gu Ning asked now. It wasn't that she felt distressed or anything, but she just didn't quite understand what Li Xuewu was doing.

Li Xuewu smiled and explained: "It's because Guodong, they all started a business with me, and I don't have to worry about their money accounts. They are all younger than me and have no relatives, so I have to take care of them." With ".

This explanation was to make Gu Ning mentally prepared. After getting married, he would inevitably have to help these brothers and so on, so that Gu Ning could not feel uncomfortable.

Looking at it now, Gu Ning didn't care about this, but was just curious about herself.

It can be seen from the way the girl looks at him that she doesn't seem to understand what she is doing.

This is normal. The environment in which she grew up did not have this complicated relationship between brothers. The most important thing was the friendship between brothers.

"I just took a look at the house prepared for them, so I wasted time."

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "I was thinking of going home with you to see my mother and the others today."

"oh"

Gu Ning held the teacup and responded, then stopped talking.

Li Xuewu also had a bit of a toothache when he looked at this girl. When he gets married in the future, he won't be the one to think about it. Does she find it annoying to him?

Thinking this, I suddenly shuddered.

Don't be like this, I don't want to be a resentful woman.

Seeing Li Xuewu like this, Zhou Yamei smiled and said, "You have some extra, can you lend me one?"

Hearing this, Gu Ning raised his head and looked over.

Li Xuewu shook his head slightly and said, "But Ding Kemao bought it. He doesn't have so much spare money. You should just stay here and be a nanny, haha."

Seeing Li Xuewu joking, Zhou Yamei also laughed, looked at Gu Ning and said, "Xiao Ning doesn't go home because of me. It's so inconvenient."

As he spoke, he looked at Li Xuewu and said, "It's a different feeling for a married girl to return to her parents' home. Xiao Ning must be taught to understand that her parents' time is precious."

Li Xuewu turned to look at Gu Ning and asked with his eyes what Gu Ning meant. If she really missed home, she could make arrangements here.

Gu Ning shook her head and said, "Sister Zhou, just stay here. It doesn't matter to me. I'm too tired to go home."

She meant that she was too tired to go back after work. After all, she had to take a long car ride, and she could get home just a few steps away.

Relatively speaking, she rarely has the worries that Zhou Yamei said. Her home is her home, and she can go back if she wants.

Even if you get married...then your home is still your own home, why is it different?

In her heart, her relatives will always be her relatives, so it is incomprehensible why she would become disconnected because of her marriage.

So at this moment, she also rejected Zhou Yamei's intention and drank water from the teacup.

Seeing that Gu Ning had no intention, Li Xuewu stopped talking about this topic with Zhou Yamei, and instead asked about their recent situation.

Zhou Yamei pointed out the window and said, "Xiao Ning is at home today. We planted flowers and were busy for a long time."

"Really"

Li Xuewu looked at Gu Ning and asked, "Do you want to transplant more fruit trees in the yard? I think the trees in the backyard are growing well. They bloom beautifully in spring and can eat fruits in autumn."

"enough"

Gu Ning replied: "There are many varieties. Sister Zhou pruned the branches and planted grape roots in the yard."

“Really capable”

Li Xuewu smiled and praised Zhou Yamei, and then said: "I don't know how to do this. I have eaten it since I was a child, but I have never grown it."

“It’s not difficult either”

Zhou Yamei smiled and said, "Being idle at home is also idle. If you tidy up, you can save some money on fruits in the autumn."

As he spoke, he pointed to the courtyard to the east and said: "There is a lot of shade under the big trees over there, and there is little sunshine, so I didn't clean it up. It's just perfect for planting grapes."

Then he pointed to the west and said: "There is enough sunshine over there, and it is also in the yard. I am going to divide it into vegetable plots and plant some of each vegetable. You don't have to buy vegetables in summer and autumn."

When Li Xuewu heard Zhou Yamei's words, he couldn't help but look at Gu Ning, who was stunned.

Gu Ning also heard this, looked at Li Xuewu, and then moved his eyes away as if he was electrocuted.

Li Xuewu smiled and listened to Zhou Yamei continue to plan the courtyard, saying something or expressing his own opinions from time to time.

Gu Ning didn't understand this, but he kept listening. After drinking a few cups of tea, Li Xuewu looked at the time on his hands and said to the two of them: "It's late. You can rest. I won't disturb you." .

When Gu Ning saw Li Xuewu saying he was leaving, he couldn't help but look at the clock on the wall. He didn't expect the time to pass so quickly, it was already half past nine.

Seeing Li Xuewu stand up, she also stood up and sent Li Xuewu out.

Zhou Yamei just walked to the foyer and stopped. She watched Li Xuewu enter the courtyard accompanied by Gu Ning, then turned to the kitchen to pack the things Li Xuewu brought.

Li Xuewu said she was a nanny, and she did do the nanny's work, washing clothes, buying groceries, cooking, wiping tables and sweeping the floor.

But whose nanny is she so relaxed and comfortable with? This is a temporary stay, not for nothing. After all, she has to do something.

What she was thinking was that she didn't have much ability, she only had a few skills, and she could do as much as she wanted, including coaxing children.

In the courtyard, Li Xuewu opened the gate and came back, asking Gu Ning, "Are you free tomorrow? Let's go home?"

Gu Ning looked at Li Xuewu and knew that he meant going back to his home.

"Do you have the time?"

Gu Ning looked at Li Xuewu's face and said, "Very busy, right?"

"No, I can accompany you home anytime. It depends on your time."

Li Xuewu didn't rush to get in the car. He just stood by the car and said words that some women and girls didn't dare to think he could say.

Li Xuewu and Gu Ning never said anything about poking a lung tube, of course, this was after they started dating.

Before they started dating, those words must have poked Gu Ning's lungs, otherwise Gu Ning wouldn't have been able to pick him.

Gu Ning was used to Li Xuewu's teasing and curled her lips, but she still couldn't help but smile.

Although it wasn't the kind that would charm the city with a smile, it still gave Li Xuewu a warm spring feeling.

"Then you come and pick me up"

"good"

Li Xuewu smiled and did not dare to go further.

Gu Ning is not a little girl you pick up on the street. If she talks too much, she might ignore him for half a month.

I got in the car and drove out of the compound. When I was about to get out of the car and close the door, I saw Gu Ning walking over and closing the door, waving to him.

This was rare. Li Xuewu smiled, didn't get out of the car, and drove home.

It was a little far away from home. While driving, Li Xuewu slowed down and took a cigarette.

Just now in the villa because Gu Ning didn't like it, she had been holding back.

It's not that he's a big smoker, but he's just used to holding one in his mouth when he's thinking about things. There are so many things going on today, and he's recalling them all in his mind right now.

When I thought about the two opera girls today, I felt that this investment was not worthwhile.

Although I got two free literary and artistic workers, I don’t know how capable they are, and the payback period is too long.

Thinking like this, Li Xuewu didn't finish thinking about today's affairs until he was at the gate of the courtyard.

He kept the car, followed the old Biaozi who came out to open the door for him, fed the horse, and then returned to the hospital.

The lights in the main room were still on, and the magazine Sun Yongli brought back became the latest reading material for these boys who could only read.

As for learning by picking up books, if you maintain this momentum, you can be regarded as a pseudo-educated person in a few years.

At least when it comes to speaking and doing things, I am no longer like so many illiterate people in this era, who can't find their way out when they go out.

He didn't go into the house to disturb him, he just walked back and took a look at the bright window.

When they entered the Weeping Flower Gate, the lights in their own house and the third uncle's house had already been extinguished. Now there was only some lively noise coming from the concierge, which was from the gatekeepers playing poker.

There are more lights in the third door than in the second door. For some reason, the main house where Yuyu lives and the side house where Xilin and the others live are both lit up, and the Jia family's house is also lit up.

Li Xuewu also took a look and kept walking, not even looking at the crooked chicken pen when he passed by.

After passing the verandah and the moon gate, I saw the lights on in Liu Haizhong's house. Good guy, it seemed that the weather was getting warmer, and I went to bed late at night.

After entering the house, he saw Yu Li sitting on the sofa sewing something with needle and thread, so she asked, "You haven't gone to bed so late?"

"Reading a book in the rain"

Yu Li replied, put down her sewing work, came over to help Li Xuewu change his clothes, and then continued: "I said that I have learned a lot in the factory recently and will use it tomorrow morning. I am studying there. Take advantage of this moment to sew a few more stitches on your clothes."

"Be careful when doing needlework at night"

Li Xuewu reminded him and went to wash up. He didn't come back last night and was running around again today, so he went to the kitchen to put hot water.

What I want is to take a good bath to relieve all the fatigue.

Seeing that Li Xuewu was tired, Yu Li was also busy, adjusting the water temperature and preparing clothes, pants and towels.

He waited until Li Xuewu lay down in the bathtub, and then washed the clothes that Li Xuewu had changed.

"Master Dou came tonight and said that the house in the east courtyard will be completed next week."

"Really"

Li Xuewu, who was lying in the water, seemed to have no energy, but he still replied to Yu Li's words.

"More than half a month, the progress is really not slow."

“Not so good”

Yu Li washed her clothes and said, "I've been busy with decoration work since today. Maybe I can move there by the end of the month."

"Haha, how do you feel?"

Li Xuewu turned his head, looked at Yu Li and smiled: "Let me interview you, what is it like to move into a new home?"

"no feelings"

Yu Li smiled, busy with the movements in her hands, and said with emotion: "Seeing the house rising from the ground, any feeling I had is almost gone."

“Women are really hard to figure out.”

Seeing Yu Li's words, Li Xuewu thought of the woman he met today, shook his head slightly, and lay back again.

Yu Li turned to look at Li Xuewu and asked, "How many women have you met before you can express such emotion?"

"Too much~"

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "They all passed through my life in a hurry, leaving me with one problem after another that could or could not be solved."

"Then you are really full of emotions."

Yu Li put the washed clothes aside and waited for them to cross the water together. She took another piece and continued, chatting in her mouth and saying, "Do the women who give you problems include me?"

"Haha, of course"

Li Xuewu rubbed his body and tried to see if he could proceed to the next step. Seeing that he hadn't soaked it down yet, he continued to lie down and said: "He started giving me questions from the first time we met, haha."

Yu Li turned to look at the bad guy and curled her lips. Of course, she would not continue to ask Li Xuewu's words.

Because the first meeting between the two did not seem so beautiful, it was even more embarrassing and unbearable to look back on.

Now she doesn't want to even avoid the past, thinking too much about not having that experience, but the facts tell her that without that past, she wouldn't be who she is now.

"You want Siren to live with me?"

"What? Don't want to?"

Li Xuewu had already told Yu Li about this matter, and when he saw Yu Li asking about it, he asked back.

"If it's inconvenient, I'll find a way to arrange it for her."

He doesn't want to force anyone, let alone impose his burden on others, including women with whom he has a good relationship.

So far, he has not asked any woman to do anything for him that they did not want to do, let alone use these women to achieve some of his own ulterior purposes.

So he can get along with these women without any burden or blame.

"That's not true"

Yu Li stopped what she was doing, looked at Li Xuewu and said, "If you live with Xilin, I will come less often at night, or go back before eight o'clock, so I won't wait for you."

Li Xuewu turned his head and looked at Yu Li in slight shock, not understanding what this meant.

Yu Li smiled and said, "Yu Yu said, you are a bastard."

"Grass~"

Li Xuewu rarely cursed in front of Yu Li and said with a wry smile: "How did she know?"

"Remember that time I didn't go back until tomorrow?"

Yu Li continued busy with her work indifferently, as if she was talking about someone else's business.

Li Xuewu tilted his head and asked: "Do you think it is necessary to kill people and silence them?"

Yu Li would not accept Li Xuewu's joke, but smiled and said: "It seems that I haven't realized it recently."

"This girl hides very deep."

Li Xuewu squinted his eyes and rubbed his chin roughly, muttering: "No wonder my nose was not my nose and my eyes were not my eyes."

After speaking, he looked at Yu Li and asked, "Why did she tell you this?"

"No way"

Yu Li explained: "She was reading, and I said I would wait for you in the backyard. When she was leaving, she said this. I still don't understand what's going on?"

Li Xuewu curled his lips and said, "It's okay. She has endured it for so long, so let's continue to endure it."

"but"

Li Xuewu rubbed his face with water and asked, "You don't seem to be afraid at all?"

"What are you afraid of?"

Yu Li stacked the washed clothes together, put the water in the sink, and started to collect fresh water.

"There are only those who are poor and afraid in this world. I am considered poor and afraid. I am afraid to the point of death."

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "So you are here for my money?"

"if not?"

Yu Li turned on the water from the faucet and walked to the edge of the bath. She put her hands on the table and looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "What do you think I am doing?"

"Well, I thought it was because I'm handsome."

Li Xuewu curled his lips and said hurtly: "I used to be gentle and elegant..."

"Don't abuse this word"

Yu Li curled her lips and couldn't help laughing: "What I heard and what I saw, you have no fate with this word."

"I think you and I are quite destined."

Li Xuewu grabbed Yu Li's chin and kissed her, then lay down in the pool with a smile.

"Bad look on you~"

Yu Li smiled at Li Xuewu's mischief, got up, turned off the faucet, and put the clothes in the wash.

Li Xuewu didn't know if this girl had become more open-minded because her secret was leaked, or because it was already midnight.

After Li had dried her clothes, Li Xuewu had also taken a bath.

Yu Li picked up the towel by the pool and started rubbing it with Li Xuewu. Li Xuewu also enjoyed it with peace of mind.

Just like Yu Li said, whether it was a joke or not, the relationship between the two was set in a position where there would be no embarrassment or entanglement.

It was as if Yu Li deliberately told Li Xuewu that she only followed him for money. If one day she was no longer needed or no money was given to her, the relationship between the two would be pure neighbors.

Of course, Li Xuewu didn't need to pay any compensation for her or anything else.

On the other hand, if they always have money, they will still maintain this relationship.

Li Xuewu knew that Yu Li was testing his attitude. It might be because the house was about to be built, or it might be because he learned about the discovery of rainwater today.

Li Xuewu understood her concerns, but at this time he was unwilling to say it, let alone give Yu Li a reply.

Because she couldn't give her an answer to this kind of thing. The relationship between the two was already simple and couldn't be simpler, so why bother adding something else to complicate a simple thing.

After wiping himself clean, while Yu Li was cleaning up the bathroom, Li Xuewu put on his pajamas and returned to the bedroom.

The curtains had been drawn long ago, and there was only one lamp on in the bedroom. Li Xuewu touched the kang, and it was still warm.

Sleeping on the kang is a bit troublesome. If you don't fill it with fire, it will be cool, but if you fill it with fire, it will be hot.

The kang was a bit hot today, so Li Xuewu and Yu Li did some heating work.