Men and women eating in the courtyard

"Exactly so!"

Peng Xiaoli held the teacup and glared: "If you don't have any evil intentions, why are you so careful?!"

"I guess so!"

Gu Cheng took a sip of hot tea, looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "Leader, let's...?"

"Well, drink tea"

Li Xuewu smiled slightly, looked at him and nodded, and asked: "You and Xiaoli started working a year ago?"

"Um...no"

Gu Cheng was stunned by his sudden question, and then glanced at Peng Xiaoli and replied: "I am one year ahead of him."

"Yes, he is one year older than me."

Peng Xiaoli also didn't understand what the leader meant, so he explained: "It's just after graduation..."

"It's okay, just asking."

Li Xuewu could hear the hesitation in the two people's words, waved his hand and said, "I have read Xiaoli's personnel file, but not Gu Cheng's."

"I……"

"lead!"

Just as Gu Cheng was about to explain, he was interrupted by Peng Xiaoli's sudden exclamation.

He looked at Peng Xiaoli in confusion. What's wrong with this man? The leader even said he didn't understand him, why didn't he explain it quickly?

Peng Xiaoli ignored him, but looked at Li Xuewu with wide eyes and asked: "You mean... the next step is to start with the personnel files?"

"???"

Gu Cheng looked at Peng Xiaoli with a blank expression, then turned to look at Li Xuewu.

Seeing the leader narrowing his eyes slightly, he felt that there was something about the conversation just now that he didn't keep up with.

"It's the Labor Bureau!"

Peng Xiaoli suddenly sat up, the tea cup in his hand shook, and the tea leaves and water sloshed out.

He didn't have time to wipe the tea off his body. He put down the teacup and said, "He is running..."

"Check it first and then say it, maybe it's not necessarily true."

Li Xuewu interrupted Peng Xiaoli's guess, and now he was thinking so wildly just based on the other party's movements, and the result was very different.

Peng Xiaoli frowned slightly, nodded, and said repeatedly: "Yes~yes~yes~we need to find out carefully before drawing a conclusion."

"But, Director Li's side...?"

He raised his head and asked Li Xuewu tentatively: "Do you want to inform me in advance? Otherwise, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to explain later."

"???"

Gu Cheng was completely confused. What the hell, weren't you talking about me just now? Why did it involve the Labor Bureau again? !

He hasn't figured out what the Labor Bureau said yet. Why did Peng Xiaoli talk to the leader about Director Li again? What does this matter have to do with Director Li?

Also, who did Peng Xiaoli just say he was running towards? Who are you going to check? !

Now his eyes widened when he saw that Peng Xiaoli was already talking to the leader about something he didn't understand at all.

It's like the teacher is talking about the topic in class, the good students are responding, and even starting to ask questions, while he, a scumbag, is still reviewing the topic.

"Let it go for a while and wait for certain results, after all... right?"

Li Xuewu sat cross-legged by the kang, his eyelids drooped slightly, and he answered Peng Xiaoli's reminder vaguely.

Peng Xiaoli also nodded clearly, indicating that he understood the leader's concerns.

Seeing him nodding, Gu Cheng nodded with blank eyes, as if he understood.

In fact, he was still thinking at this moment, is Peng Xiaoli smarter than him?

Or has he followed the leader for a long time and understood how the leader thinks about problems?

It feels extremely uncomfortable for three people to sit together and talk. They are obviously talking about things they did together, but both of them understand, but he doesn't understand and still pretends to understand.

"Gu Cheng can't follow you anymore, I'll find someone else to take care of it."

Peng Xiaoli picked up the tea cup and took a sip, looked at the leader and said: "After all, Zhang Shicheng has to take action, just keep an eye on him."

"Don't be in a hurry, take your time."

Li Xuewu glanced at the two of them and said, "If you have time, catch up with old colleagues in the committee. You will have many friends in the future."

“I understand the leadership”

Peng Xiaoli nodded in agreement very seriously. He had carefully studied the progress of this young leader before he was Li Xuewu's secretary.

After working with Li Xuewu, I gained a further understanding and experience of interpersonal communication.

It is said that Li Xuewu is so cruel that he has no friends, but the more cruel the young leader is, the gentler his social relations are.

Whether it is a steel rolling mill or other departments where leaders have experience, not only do they have many friends, but their connections are really useful.

You said I have friends here and I have friends there, but none of them are as good as Li Xuewu who doesn’t contact me on weekdays. If it really comes into use, clicking on any of them is an opportunity.

The longer Peng Xiaoli stayed with him, the more he learned and discovered, and the deeper his feelings became.

People's social attributes are also divided into internal and external ones, and the broad and narrow definitions are not consistent. However, in every sense, personalized construction is required for interactions between people.

A unit is like a world. Someone may show side A on weekdays, thus screening out those who are close to side B.

But when his A-side personality is too obvious, becomes so individual, and even manifests his unique style of doing things, people who are close to B-side personality will passively try to communicate with him.

Passive factors may include pleasing, fear, appreciation, or even profit motivation.

Therefore, there is no absolute insulator in interpersonal relationships. Peng Xiaoli later figured it out. He had few friends in the past, not because his temper was not good enough, but because he was not bad enough and had no bad personality.

Either you are so good that everyone likes you, and you will be good for your whole life, and you will never do anything to offend people, and you will bear the pressure of reputation for your whole life.

Or you are so bad that people are afraid of you, afraid of you, dare not offend you, and even flatter you, and stand with you to protect themselves.

Peng Xiaoli did not dare to directly say that Li Xuewu was bad. Bad is a character, not a person. If a person has a bad character, he will never have friends.

How is Li Xuewu's character?

Need I say more? He has this status and identity at this age. He is a model of progress for young people.

Like Li Xuewu, he does not want to be a good guy. That is too tiring, there is no room for maneuver, and he is more likely to be bullied.

So if he wants to make progress, he has to listen to Li Xuewu's words, not only to increase the depth of his personal ability, but also to expand the breadth of his personal charm.

This sounds a bit mysterious, but as long as you are a veteran in the workplace, you will understand it at a glance, and you don't need to explain it too clearly. You will understand this truth.

What do you think of Li Xuewu's relationship with a group of factory leaders?

At the beginning, he and Deputy Director Jing had a big fight over the control of the tertiary industry, but now they are still working together.

His own sister Li Xue was appointed by Deputy Director Jing as a secretary. What kind of complicated relationship is this?

Deputy Director Li and Deputy Director Cheng have different positions now, but they can still sit at the same table for dinner and chat happily.

But think about it, they laugh when they meet, but they are swearing behind each other. Deputy Director Cheng wants to stab Director Li in the back. What is Deputy Director Li going to do?

It is said that Deputy Director Li and Director Li have a close relationship. They are people on the same line and are iron-clad allies.

But if you look carefully, the knife that Deputy Director Cheng stabbed at Director Li was handed over by Deputy Director Li!

Do you want to say that Deputy Director Li is not a human being?

This matter depends on how you look at it. As Deputy Director Li's secretary, Peng Xiaoli can only look at the problem from the perspective of the leader.

Let alone the leader passing the knife through him, he has to do it even if he passes the gun and the cannon.

A man dies for his friend. He used to be a secretary in the factory office. It was Li Xuewu who pointed him to make a leap to today.

Like Deputy Director Shi Ruoweng who wanted to cause trouble for Deputy Director Li, they were all secretaries, each serving their own master, and this was the choice of fate.

Peng Xiaoli dared to participate in this matter, not only to take the initiative to help the leader and show loyalty, but also to learn this skill of using a little to move a lot.

In a word, with a layout, one person can use a case to pry open multiple departments to take major actions on their own, and even directly affect the political situation in Dongcheng.

When he was sorting out the materials about this case for Li Xuewu, he was shocked by the complex relationships and layout context and couldn't sleep at night.

From beginning to end, Li Xuewu did not have excessive contact with this case, or intervene in this case through other means.

It was the branch that took the initiative to contact, and even used its relationship to coordinate with the department, and invited him to provide interrogation support.

In the process of handling the case, Li Xuewu was more conscientious in his duties, strictly enforced discipline and regulations, did not steal credit, did not show up, and even hid once halfway.

In the subsequent interrogation and arrest process, he did whatever his superiors asked him to do, taking care of all relationships and giving everyone face.

As for him, he chose to retreat bravely when the case was not yet completely solved, which was admirable.

It was this calm and magnanimous attitude, the ability to obey orders at critical moments, and the ability to hit the target that made everyone dare not ignore his contribution.

He didn't want anything, but he had everything. No one dared to miss his face.

And quietly, Li Xuewu had already begun to lay out, and multiple departments such as the branch, discipline inspection, confidentiality, and credit unions all fell into the trap.

To resist foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the internal affairs. While laying out the future of Dongcheng, Director Li was hooked into the water in just one night, and after another meal, Deputy Director Cheng jumped down by himself.

The incident caused by Deputy Director Shi of the Commission Office before was like a fuse, igniting the next stage of the factory's struggle.

Director Li felt that he was invincible in the world. Deputy Director Li had such a good relationship with him, so he naturally couldn't let him be empty and lonely.

So when things came, the leader didn't make it clear, but Peng Xiaoli knew what he was doing.

He didn't think it was a good thing for Director Li to lead Deputy Director Cheng, the big fish, into this pot of soup.

And the leader's meaning was the same. Jumping, it was Deputy Director Cheng who jumped in by himself because he smelled the fishy smell.

Fighting, it was Deputy Director Cheng who investigated the clues himself and took the initiative to fight with Director Li.

What did Deputy Director Li do?

Peng Xiaoli was sure that the leader did nothing, Deputy Director Li was a good person, and he was even helping Director Li to be alert to the special situation of Deputy Director Cheng.

This pot of soup was in a mess at the end, and Director Li still needed Deputy Director Li's support and help, and Deputy Director Li would still stand by Director Li to assist.

When he thought that the leader didn't have to do anything, everything would change according to his layout, and the harvest would naturally come to him, Peng Xiaoli couldn't hide his excitement, and even his heart trembled a little.

He wanted to learn, he was very sure that he wanted to learn this way of doing things, even if he couldn't layout so many people and so many departments in his palm, even if he learned a little bit of fur, it would be enough for him to benefit endlessly.

After coming out of the gatehouse, Gu Cheng still had a frown on his face. He looked back with some regret, thinking about what he had just missed.

Peng Xiaoli clenched his fists tightly, and swore in his heart while taking Gu Cheng out of the door.

One day, I will learn to play dogfighting from my leaders!

——

"Are you awake? Do you want some water?"

"What time is it?"

Li Xuewu pulled open the cuffs on his wrists and looked at his watch in the dim light outside the window.

Zhou Xiaobai answered in advance: "It's a little after four o'clock. I'm afraid you have something to do at night, so Sister Yu asked me to call you."

"Well, thank you, I almost overslept."

Li Xuewu said this, still lying on the kang, feeling comfortable under his body, and shaking his body.

It's been a long time since I slept on a heated kang, especially in this cold winter. Haikou Warehouse has everything good, but there is no heated kang.

It's no wonder that he didn't think of setting up a heated kang at the beginning. The building itself has radiators for the whole house, and the house is tight. If he really set up a heated kang, not to mention the difficulty of heating the kang, it's just too hot to bear.

The big solid wood bed on the second floor of the villa was not cold, but no matter how thick it was, it was not as warm and nourishing as the kang.

"Do you want some water?"

Seeing that he did not move, Zhou Xiaobai walked to the kang and looked into Li Xuewu's eyes, smiling brightly and said, "You snore really evenly~"

"Yeah, I'm tired"

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "I feel sleepy as soon as I touch the hot kang, especially after eating a full meal at noon."

"I heard that you were drunk!"

Zhou Xiaobai snorted cutely and said, "Who told you to drink so much? They said they packed up a box of empty bottles."

"That's exaggerated. I didn't drink much."

Li Xuewu shook his head and sat up, lifted the clothes covering him and looked for cigarettes.

Zhou Xiaobai suddenly reached out and grabbed his cigarette box and lighter, frowned and said, "Smoke less, winter is dry."

After that, she walked to the tea cabinet and brought the warm water that had been prepared long ago to him, saying: "Sleeping on a hot kang, you don't have to worry about getting a sore throat, sore throat."

"What's the matter~"

Li Xuewu looked at her with a wry smile. Although he said that, he still took the teacup and took a sip.

Zhou Xiaobai pursed his lips, sat on the kang, looked at Li Xuewu and said: "My dad is like this, he also likes to sleep on a hot kang, smokes a lot, and often has sore throats."

"Okay, I'll listen to you"

Li Xuewu saw that she had brought up her father as an example to "teach" herself, so he had to admit defeat.

It's just smoking, it's not that I have to smoke, I haven't felt any addiction to smoking for so many years.

"Did your sister Yu ask you to come?"

Seeing Zhou Xiaobai's serious look, Li Xuewu pulled the corner of his mouth, put down the teacup and asked for something to talk about: "What is she doing? Is she not busy yet?"

"Manager Lou is back. He sent Aunt Tan and the children to the mountain. He entered the courtyard at around 2 o'clock in the afternoon."

Zhou Xiaobai looked at Li Xuewu and introduced him, "Sister Yu is talking about work with Manager Lou. It seems that she will have to deal with her brother in a while. He said he has something to do."

"Who? Yu Zhe?"

Li Xuewu knew that Yu Li had such a brother here, so he was the first person he thought of.

Zhou Xiaobai pursed her lips and nodded, but her expression was a little playful, as if she felt quite disgusted with something.

Looking at Li Xuewu's inquiring eyes, she pursed her lips and said, "I can't say it. You can't talk about people's right and wrong behind their backs."

"Hehe~"

Li Xuewu chuckled and said, "He still made trouble?"

As he spoke, he got off the ground and put on his shoes, teasing Zhou Xiaobai, "He didn't fall in love with you, did he? He wants to date you?"

"Not me~"

Zhou Xiaobai first said coquettishly, and after denying Li Xuewu's words, she glared at him angrily.

Li Xuewu looked at her with amusement and said, "Are you angry? I'm just teasing you~"

After that, he stretched out his hand to scratch her nose, stood up and asked, "So I guessed it right just now? If it's not you, then who is it?"

"I won't tell you~"

Zhou Xiaobai pouted, a little dissatisfied with Li Xuewu's tone of coaxing a child, but the words he said were like a child.

Li Xuewu treated her like a child, how old is she?

Pair A, I can't afford it~

"If you don't tell me, forget it. I'll go out and tell others that you told me."

"I didn't!"

Zhou Xiaobai didn't expect this man to be so bad and so shameless. She widened her eyes with surprise.

Li Xuewu put on his coat and a woolen coat, smiled and winked at her, saying, "There are only two of us in the room, who do you think they believe?"

"Ah! You are so bad~"

Zhou Xiaobai stood up, hit Li Xuewu hard, and said, "I didn't say anything, you just guessed it yourself."

"Haha~ I don't care~"

Li Xuewu teased her deliberately, and regardless of her patting his back behind him, he smiled and left the gatehouse.

This house was used by Dou Yaozu as a teaching material and a training ground for those young apprentices.

He gave a long deadline for the project, so Dou Yaozu was not in a hurry and took his time to do a good job.

External construction stopped in winter, but the renovation of the house was still going on.

Li Xuewu didn't pay attention to the progress of the backyard renovation recently, but the renovation effect of the front yard was revealed.

It was changed from the previous dilapidated and dark. Now the sun was setting, and a few afterglows remained. The courtyard was already lit.

But it was not the simple shade lamp in the courtyard, nor the old European street lamp left before liberation, but the unique Chinese classical palace lantern style landscape lamp.

If the palace lanterns were not made in a square shape, Li Xuewu would inevitably think of red lanterns hanging high in this mansion.

Whoever hangs the lantern will go to sleep with him at night. The ancients really had fun.

He walked toward the parking lot with Zhou Xiaobai, who was mumbling behind him, and was about to get in the car. Then he turned around and asked the "little" girl who almost bumped into him: "Are you going home with me? "

"ah?"

Only then did Zhou Xiaobai realize that she had followed Li Xuewu to the parking lot.

"A-are you going home?"

She looked at Li Xuewu at a loss, her eyes full of panic and loneliness.

She had heard that Brother Wu was coming in the morning, but the service department had to be on duty and there were still goods to be packed away.

Luo Yun was delayed for a while, then went back and chatted with her for a long time.

She originally planned to meet him for dinner by chance at noon, but she heard that Huang Qian and the others opened a private room to discuss things.

Waiting until the service department was cleared, I came here to look for him after listening to Director Yu's announcement, thinking about having dinner together.

She hadn't talked to him for a long time. She couldn't wait for a week for him to come, and she didn't know why she was so busy.

Li Xuewu looked at her aggrieved expression, smiled, touched her cheek, and asked with a smile: "Do you want to come home with me? I just need a fat girl."

"You are the fat girl~"

Zhou Xiaobai pouted at his teasing, raised his hand to block his big hand, and said angrily: "You are just teasing me~"

"Haha, why are you teasing me? You have to come with me."

At this time, Zhao Laosi trotted over, handed him the key, glanced at the coquettish Zhou Xiaobai, and whispered to Li Xuewu that the water in the car had been heated.

Li Xuewu thanked him and asked about Zhao Laowu. Zhao Laosi said a few words with a smile.

Zhou Xiaobai stood aside a little stubbornly, knowing clearly that Li Xuewu deliberately talked to Zhao Dezhu in order to let her go back.

But she refused to leave. She stayed here, just wanting to stay with him for a while.

Zhao Laosi is such a smart person and a very discerning master.

These few words of greeting with Li Xuewu revealed Zhou Xiaobai's thoughts. He showed Li Xuewu the direction of the door and said that he would help open the door at any time when his car came out.

Watching Zhao Dezhu leave, Zhou Xiaobai moved and leaned against the cab door, pouting and looking at Li Xuewu stubbornly.

She didn't know what was going on at the moment, being so bold. Maybe she felt aggrieved, maybe she missed him.

She didn't even react when Director Yu asked him to wake him up. Only then did she realize that Sister Yu had known for a long time that he was leaving and wanted to meet her after waiting for several days.

But she is young and a little greedy. Meeting her once is not enough.

Li Xuewu looked at the coquettish girl in a funny way, pointed to the opposite side, and said: "You have to get on the passenger side to go home with me, otherwise you will drive?"

Zhou Xiaobai also knew that he was being unreasonable today, so he just ignored him when he teased him. He just glanced at him and lowered his head to look at his feet.

Seeing her acting rogue, Li Xuewu squeezed the key in his hand, looked at the darkening sky, and asked, "How about I take you home?"

Zhou Xiaobai shook his head slightly, stood up straight, raised his head and looked at him, and asked: "Then will you come back next week?"

"Not necessarily~"

Li Xuewu said truthfully: "If you are not busy, come. If you are busy, you have to take care of things and may have to go on a business trip."

Zhou Xiaobai never expected him to come every week. Now that he saw that he was not even willing to lie to him or coax him, tears fell from his eyes.

"I'm sorry, Brother Wu~"

She pursed her lips and apologized, moved away and said, "I just...just..."

"Oh~oh~"

Li Xuewu hated it when the girl cried. He smiled bitterly and raised his chin to prevent her from crying.

But this was like touching Zhou Xiaobai's tear switch. She cried even more aggrieved and violently.

The weather was getting cold now, and her face was so full of tears that her face was cracked by the frost. She just stood here crying pitifully. How could you be so cruel to ask him to get in the car and leave.

"You just want to play with me, right?"

Li Xuewu reluctantly took off his gloves, hugged her over, took out his handkerchief and wiped her tears.

Zhou Xiaobai didn't dare to cry. He pursed his lips and tried his best to hold back his tears, but the more he held back the tears, the more he cried.

Seeing her tears falling uncontrollably, Li Xuewu had no choice but to pat her back and ask, "I'm going to Jinmen on a business trip tomorrow, will you go?"

"Going on... a business trip?"

When Zhou Xiaobai heard what he said, regardless of his grievance and crying, he raised his head and looked at him and asked, "Going to Jinmen?"

"Well, it might take several days."

Seeing that she stopped crying, Li Xuewu wiped her face with a handkerchief and said, "It's hard to go back and forth. You have to ask for leave yourself."

"Then I'll go! I'll go with you!"

She didn't even hesitate, she just laughed after listening to Li Xuewu say a few words, nodded and wanted to go out with him.

Then I remembered what he just said and asked hesitantly: "Will I disturb your work?"

"Well, if you say so..."

Li Xuewu deliberately teased her, pretending to think, nodded and said, "Then I won't take you with me?"

"no!"

Zhou Xiaobai pouted and said angrily: "You just said it! You want to take me there!"

"Go! Go! Take you there!"

Seeing her expression of "I'll cry if you cheat me", Li Xuewu pressed the handkerchief in his hand on her face and teased her, "You're crying too ugly. I'll sell you for money when we get to Tianjin".

"I don't believe it~"

Zhou Xiaobai was happy, and pouted and said coquettishly, "Brother Wu, you're the best!"

"Yeah, I'm a good person again now"

Li Xuewu opened the car door and was about to get in, but was grabbed by Zhou Xiaobai's arm.

"What? You don't really want to go home with me?"

"No way~"

Zhou Xiaobai puffed her lips, her eyes were full of cheers and joy, she looked at him shyly and hopefully, and asked in a soft voice, "Do I need to prepare anything?"

"You need to wash your face first, it's too ugly~"

Li Xuewu stepped into the car, saw her pouting again, smiled and rolled down the car window, hailed a taxi, and said, "Just take a leave here, bring your daily change of clothes, toiletries and toothbrush, nothing else".

"Oh, right!"

Just as he stepped on the accelerator and was about to drive away, he reminded Zhou Xiaobai through the car window: "Call Luo Yun along and ask her if she wants to go."

"Why call her? She will definitely say no!"

Zhou Xiaobai was just delighted, thinking about how happy she would be to go to Tianjin. Now, she was stunned for a moment when she heard what Brother Wu said.

Li Xuewu tapped her nose through the car window and said: "You are so loyal! Isn't she your good sister? Don't eat alone~"

"Good sisters don't have to go out together~"

Zhou Xiaobai obviously wanted to eat alone. At this time, she didn't talk about loyalty and didn't want to share her travel time with Li Xuewu with her good sisters.

Seeing Li Xuewu say this, she asked cleverly: "Do you still need to call Zuo Jie? He is Luo Yun's good brother!"

"There is no place for good brothers here"

Li Xuewu sniffed her head and said: "It's settled. I have something to do tonight. I'm leaving first. Someone will drive to pick you up tomorrow."

"Hmph!"

Zhou Xiaobai stood there, watching the jeep leave, pouted, and said, "I don't have a place for good sisters here!"

——

"Oh~oh~whoa~!"

In the west yard, grandma held the whip in one hand and the reins in the other, whistling and directing the big blue horse to stop the carriage carrying a tall pile of firewood to the location of the woodshed.

"Hey~wait! Hey~wait! Whoa~"

Seeing the headlights flashing in at the gate of the west yard, grandma knew it was the car in her yard.

He just came back, and didn't know if it was the Willys or the GAZ-69.

It was not until she saw the jeep enter the yard and the lights were blinding that she realized it was her grandson who came back.

It was too cold, and Li Xuewu had to eat dinner before leaving, so he parked the car directly in the garage.

In order to avoid this kind of situation in winter, the garage converted from the warehouse was specially added with a stove and a fire wall this year.

On weekdays, the Willis and GAZ-69 were parked inside. When they were not in use, the stove was not turned on. When they were about to use the car, they were just used to heat water.

Today, knowing that Li Xuewu would come back for dinner, Sha Zhu had already informed Xiao Yaner and the others to turn on the stove.

When he came out of the garage, the boys who were collecting cars and recording accounts greeted him one after another.

Shen Guodong waved to him in front of the big scale, indicating that he would go in quickly, and that he didn't need to help here.

The thirteen Taibao, the eldest and the second went to Gangcheng, the third and the sixth went to Jicheng, and the fourth and the fifth went to Gangcheng.

There are seven left in the family now, and the seventh, She Yongwen, is the oldest.

After a year of training and adaptation, these boys have long been accustomed to the life in the recycling station.

Now, each of them has a tricycle and wanders around the capital, and they are not afraid of those little guys or stubborn people. They are all familiar with each other.

The recycling station still abides by Li Xuewu's requirements. The cars must be collected and returned home before dark. They can get up early, but they are not allowed to stay up late.

When he entered the yard, She Yongwen and others had already handed in the car and the junk, and were waiting to help Grandma unload the car.

Today they went out to work, and Grandma was not idle either. She left the second master in the store to support him, and drove the carriage to the outside of the city to collect firewood.

In fact, collecting firewood does not delay much time, but it takes too long to go back and forth. The city is too big, and there is no firewood to collect in the city and the countryside, so you have to go to the forest.

Li Xuewu threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, took off his leather gloves, took off his coat and was about to help.

"Where did you pick up the firewood, why is there so much?"

"No need for you!"

Grandma waved her hand and said to Li Xuewu: "Don't mess up your good clothes here, we have enough hands."

As she spoke, she pushed him away with her hand and smiled and replied: "It happened that the garden was felling trees, and I picked up the ones they didn't want and loaded a car. I didn't go far, and it took some time for them to load the car."

As the grandmother explained, she loosened the rope on the car and told She Yongwen and the others where to start unloading.

They were all tree branches and twigs. The woodcutters in the garden needed raw wood. These branches were thrown away and were just suitable for kindling.

The grandmother was careful. The branches were all in bundles, and it was obvious that they were tied up on the spot before loading.

This way, not only can we load more, but also it will not be wasted on the way back, and it will be easier to dry in the sun when we get home.

"We have prepared firewood on the mountain. If it is not enough, ask Guodong to bring a cart back. It is too cold."

"Hey~ Not that bad, how cold can it be?"

The grandmother knew that her grandson felt sorry for him, so she smiled and waved her hand, saying, "There are not many people today, and there is nothing to do. I will finish the work while I go out for a walk."

The big blue horse snorted and shook its head, but its body did not move. However, the carriage shook a few times, and Lao Shi on the roof almost fell down because he did not stand firmly.

These guys were also tough. They did not take the danger seriously at all. They were laughing and joking, and they did not delay their work at all.

It was difficult for the grandmother to load a large cart of firewood by herself, but here, six or seven boys worked together and finished it in a short time.

Even the grandmother did not ask them to stretch out their hands, but just let him talk with Li Xuewu.

The grandmother looked at Li Xuewu, smiled and asked about Gu Ning's situation, and then asked about the little girl Li Shu.

After the weather got cold, Gu Ning and Li Shu did not come here again, and the grandmother was busy with the work of the recycling station, so they had not seen each other for almost two months.

Li Xuewu said a few words, and when Shen Guodong finished packing the account books and came over, the grandmother urged him to go into the house, thinking that he was wearing too little and would be cold.

The sales department was still busy. It was only a little after five o'clock, and it was a busy time.

Shen Guodong walked with him to the door, introducing as he walked: "It must be at least half past six, especially on Sundays, when there are more people."

"You are in charge, you have the final say"

Li Xuewu glanced at him, raised his chin, pointed to the sales department, and asked: "Dilya is on break, do you have enough staff?"

"Yes, we can help each other"

Shen Guodong took his cigarette and lit it for himself, explaining: "We are all skilled, so we are busy for a while, and we are all back."

"If it doesn't work, we can recruit more, or coordinate with Yu Li"

Li Xuewu patted his arm and entered the recycling store from the back door.

At this moment, Erye and Xiaoyaner were standing at the counter, working hard, dealing with customers who came to the house to sell junk or exchange for daily necessities.

Because it is not in the supply and marketing system, the goods of the supply and marketing cooperative cannot be sold here.

But when Lao Biaozi was there, he coordinated with Director Ma and asked for some daily necessities such as matches and candles to replace the junk.

The store added some hardware products produced by the steel rolling mill and some small commodities produced by the prison.

Scattered, the counter was already full of commodities, especially second-hand radios or other second-hand electrical appliances. This small store really had the meaning of a supply and marketing cooperative.

The only difference from the supply and marketing cooperative was that although money transactions could be made here, the main purpose was to collect junk.

Money could also be used to buy, but only second-hand goods.

There were many people in the room, so Shen Guodong said something to Li Xuewu and went to help, leaving him alone standing at the door and watching.

A familiar neighbor waved and greeted him, and he also smiled and responded.

Erye looked back at him and smiled, said a few words and then went back to his work.

Li Xuewu did not go in to disturb him, turned around and went out to the next store, which sold furniture, but there were not as many people as there.

Wang Yamei saw him enter the room and smiled and greeted him, saying that it had been a long time since we last met.

Li Xuewu teased her for a few words and then talked to Fei Shanying who was sitting behind the counter.

Fei Shanying's belly is not small. It was not noticeable when she came back from Gangcheng, but now it is obviously bulging.

"How do you have time to come back for dinner today?"

She looked at the backyard and asked, "Xiaoning and the child are here too?"

"How dare I bother?"

Li Xuewu watched Wang Yamei greet customers skillfully and replied, "It's too cold. If you catch a cold, it will be bad. I'm here just to catch up."

"What about you? Have you been to the hospital for a check-up? Is everything okay?"

"Yes, your mother accompanied me last week."

Fei Shanying smiled and said, "It's not the first time. In fact, there is no need to go to the hospital for a check-up. It's a waste of money."

"Well, the money is not wasted."

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "My third uncle earns money outside just to give it to you and your mother. Don't save it for him."

"How can you say that~"

Fei Shanying smiled with satisfaction when she heard him mention Wen Saner. She found such an unreliable person, but she didn't expect to enjoy the good life with him.

When she was a widow, she thought that if she didn't want to find a partner, she would find someone who was good to her children, even if he was homeless and jobless.

Her husband left her a house and savings, and also left her son a job opportunity. She couldn't just take care of herself and let her children suffer.

At that time, Wen Saner looked shabby, wore shabby clothes, and kept shabby things. He was shabby to the extreme.

But it was such a man who looked at himself struggling to live, and could still smile and tease his son Zhang Limin, and his son was willing to play with him, which inevitably made her think about him.

After observing for a period of time, and with Wen Saner's initiative, the two of them got together.

The day before the wedding, she still complained that Wen Saner was messing around and had to hold this wedding.

In this situation of the two people, one with a child and the other a poor family, it would be fine to get a marriage certificate and live together, but there was no need for a formality.

Even if they were going to get married, she didn't know how Wen Saner arranged it. Until the wedding day, when she looked at the scene of her wedding, Fei Shanying was directly confused.

Didn't he say he was a poor man, but he ended up getting himself a poor capitalist.

Ever since she came here to help after getting married, the longer she stayed, the more surprised she was about this place.

Until Wen Saner said he wanted to take her to live in Gangcheng, and then he said he wanted to live in Gangcheng.

She felt like she was living in a dream, and she had never thought of enjoying a happy life with this man in her eight lifetimes.

Let alone Gangcheng, she was surprised when she went to Gangcheng, fearing that this bastard would sell her and her mother.

When Wen Saner was about to send them back to Hong Kong City, he gave her a bag that night, which contained his savings during this period.

It was really not much, just two thousand yuan. It was not that Wen Saner had no money or did not want to give, but he was afraid that giving too much would cause trouble.

Now the days passed day by day, her belly was getting bigger day by day, and sometimes she would receive letters brought back by Shen Guodong, but her heart was rare and peaceful.

She did nothing, but lived a life that she envied and dared not imagine before.

If you want to ask her how she did it, she can only tell you that sometimes choice is more important than hard work.

Wen Saner told him this, and he answered her when she asked him how he made so much money and how he had such a big business.

Now she still remembers Wen Saner's expression and attitude when he said this.

A poor child who lost his parents, had no job, and had no relatives to rely on, relied on those shady livelihoods in the alley to make a living.

He had no food to eat, and he didn't know when he would be arrested and forced to work, and he might even be shot.

But God will not let a sparrow die of starvation, and he gave him a chance to rise to heaven.

Wasn't he working hard enough before?

He almost knelt down and begged for food!

And now you see, he is the one giving food to others!

So if he says, choice is more important than hard work.