Chapter 1008: Good news from the delivery room

"Li Chu, there's no need to be so ruthless, right?"

As soon as Peng Peng Xiaoli returned to the third floor of the Security Building, he found someone standing at the entrance of the leader's office.

Once he got closer, he saw clearly that it was Office Director Sun Ji Jian.

Before he could even ask why the other party was standing there, he heard this sentence coming from inside the office.

He glanced into the door with some surprise, only to see a back sitting directly opposite the leader's desk.

"Confidentiality Department."

Sun Ji Jian was smoking, and seeing the inquiry in Peng Peng Xiaoli's gaze, he silently mouthed the answer.

Peng Peng Xiaoli understood; his eyes widened abruptly, then he lifted his chin slightly, straightened his body, and prepared to barge into the office.

At this moment, he had to do something, even if it was just to give the leader an excuse.

It wasn't convenient for Sun Ji Jian to go in because he wasn't the secretary; even if he went in, he wouldn't be able to stay.

Instead, he should stand at the door and stop anyone who wanted to report work or was intentionally snooping.

But when Peng Peng Xiaoli was about to go in, he was grabbed by him.

Sun Ji Jian stared into his eyes, shook his head slightly, and whispered, "Don't let the leader suffer a loss."

"Understood."

Peng Peng Xiaoli nodded solemnly and stepped into the office.

Sun Ji Jian's instruction not to let the leader suffer a loss wasn't actually because Li Li Xuewu couldn't beat the other party, nor was it because he didn't dare to make a move.

It was that once a move was made, no handle could fall into the other party's hands.

To put it extremely, if the leader were truly provoked to the point of shooting the other party, he would have to be the one to take the blame for this matter.

Therefore, Sun Ji Jian viewed the person inside the room as very important, to the point where Li Li Xuewu might even have to make a move.

However, when Peng Peng Xiaoli entered the room, he didn't find any emotion on Li Li Xuewu's face.

It was very calm, with even a trace of contempt and disdain in his gaze.

Perhaps having noticed him entering the room, the person with their back to the door turned around and glanced at him.

"Leader, the matter is handled."

Peng Peng Xiaoli gave him a deep look, then looked at Li Li Xuewu and reported softly.

"Deputy Director Jing's side didn't agree; the other two leaders have no objections."

His report was very vague; those who didn't understand the situation would absolutely not hear the meaning in his words.

Li Li Xuewu nodded slowly, then gestured to the opposite side and said, "Brew a cup of tea for Section Chief Huo; use the best tea leaves."

"Yes."

Peng Peng Xiaoli put down the documents in his hand and turned to the tea cabinet by the door.

He understood the leader's words—the best tea leaves; the best tea leaves hadn't been used to entertain guests for a long time.

Huo Ding glanced at the secretary, turned his head to look at Li Li Xuewu with slightly narrowed eyes, and said, "Li Chu really treats people differently here."

"I've gotten used to drinking labor-protection tea; I'm afraid you won't be used to drinking this."

Li Li Xuewu explained blandly and added, "This jar of tea was left for me by Director Dong when he took up his new post at the Steel Mill; have a taste."

"You wouldn't even go when I invited you to dinner."

Huo Ding said this as if complaining, then resumed a serious expression and asked, "How have you considered my opinion from just now?"

"I think you've misunderstood."

Li Li Xuewu picked up his teacup, took a sip, and then said unhurriedly, "The propaganda team stationed at the Security Department, although they are from the Third Guard Regiment, I am not aware of it."

"..."

Huo Ding's expression turned fierce abruptly; he pursed his lips and stared at Li Li Xuewu, the momentum on his body suddenly becoming sharp.

He didn't believe Li Li Xuewu's nonsense at all; how could there be such a coincidence in this world?

The Confidentiality Department offended him, and then the Third Guard Regiment entered the Confidentiality Department to conduct propaganda.

If he truly believed this explanation, he would be a big fool.

No relation, irrelevant, unaware—Huo Ding was too familiar with these words.

"Li Chu, we can be considered to have become acquainted through conflict."

He organized his emotions, but his tone still carried a trace of impatience and gloom, saying, "If we talk about cooperation, we have had cooperation; if we talk about friction, how could the upper lip not touch the lower lip?"

Seeing Li Li Xuewu put down the cup in his hand and look at him with composure, that calm attitude gave him a sense of powerlessness.

Of course, he was the one coming to surrender voluntarily now, but for a treaty to be signed, the other party had to be willing.

Hanging him like this was completely humiliating him and trampling on his dignity.

Even if he had failed in this round of fighting, Huo Ding didn't think it was Li Li Xuewu's victory.

It wasn't the fault of the battle; heaven didn't follow human wishes.

Laying a net in Yingcheng, he forced this Monkey Sun to take a Zhou Zhou Xiaobai and make a round trip, losing soldiers and generals, losing face, and failing to steal a chicken, only to lose the rice.

Wanting to regain face in Jingcheng and press him down directly, he happened to run into a major change in Modu.

By the time the other party really returned to Jingcheng, he discovered that for some reason, Li Huai De, whose attitude had been vague in the past, had become strangely tough.

Even taking a miracle pill wouldn't have this effect, right?

Then one thing after another happened; Li Li Xuewu successfully participated in the commendation meeting and even participated in the Great Learning activity.

The most distressing thing was the notice issued from above on January 23rd, which smashed all their plans to pieces.

Not only that, the situation changed abruptly; now it was their turn to panic.

From beginning to end, Li Li Xuewu didn't seem to have fought back much, as if heaven itself were helping him.

Just after the notice was issued on the 23rd, a notice suddenly came from the department that the Third Regiment under the Garrison would form a propaganda team to support the Confidentiality Department's Great Learning activity.

When he heard this news, Huo Ding's brain buzzed, and he almost fainted.

The propaganda team that came down this time was different from the previous ones, even more forceful than all the previous work teams, and more representative and absolute.

What does that mean?

It means that he had now become a fish on the chopping block, to be slaughtered by others.

How he had schemed against Li Li Xuewu in the past, he now had to accept this backlash.

But he hadn't even tasted Li Li Xuewu's sharp blade yet, and he had already gone soft, running over to seek peace voluntarily.

However! Li Li Xuewu didn't seem to have any intention of negotiating peace, and even looked a bit like he wanted to laugh at his posturing of being fierce on the inside but weak on the outside.

If he were truly afraid, then he should show some sincerity; when you get beaten, you have to stand at attention.

Look at now, it was clearly Huo Ding who was afraid and came to seek peace voluntarily, but listen to what he said.

Those who didn't know would think that the sky was about to collapse on Li Li Xuewu's side and the other party had come to save him.

These words were full of unwillingness; seeking peace was even spoken of as an unwilling concession.

If you're given a chance, just take it; you just happened to catch a good time. You don't really think it was your own superior ability that defeated us, do you?

Be smart; those who understand the times are heroes.

To tell the truth, Li Li Xuewu really didn't want to give him this face, and even wanted to see what kind of thing was standing behind him.

As the saying goes, to beat a dog, you must look at its owner.

Now that the owner was hiding in the back and not coming out, he could only beat this old dog fiercely, making it howl miserably.

Otherwise, how could he see clearly which bastard was so lacking in public morality, raising a dog without a leash?

Regarding the Third Guard Regiment forming a propaganda team to enter the Confidentiality Department, he was very clear; it could even be said that it was his own calculation.

He had talked to Qi Qi Yaowu once before, and later talked to Xiang Yunnian, and under Li Huai De's pressure, he was waiting for this day.

He saw the worried look in Peng Peng Xiaoli's eyes, but he didn't intend to make a move against the dog in front of him at this time.

Now he was also a person of status; he played with his brain, with schemes.

A dull knife kills people painfully; he wanted to slice bit by bit, slicing until the other party screamed miserably for their master to come out.

Seeming to see the gloom in his gaze, Huo Ding, who had been a bit arrogant just now, had no spirit left.

If it were in the past, with the status of the Confidentiality Department, even if the two identities were equal, there wouldn't be a time when he would take the time to come and see Li Li Xuewu.

Not to mention that he was the principal, Li Li Xuewu was the deputy, and his age was more than a cycle older than Li Li Xuewu's.

From the fact that the Confidentiality Department had cooperated with the Steel Mill for so long and he hadn't shown his face once, one could see how heavy his butt was.

Any cadre he faced, even Li Huai De, didn't dare to give him a hard look.

Just based on Li Li Xuewu's current attitude and tone, he would have long since slammed the table, made threats, and cursed.

He would have found an excuse to fix him later.

However, the situation was different now; the hilt of the knife was in the other party's hand, and the tip of the knife was pointed at his own heart.

As long as the other party pushed lightly, he would be finished.

Therefore, even if he encountered greater difficulties here at Li Li Xuewu's, he didn't dare to get up and leave.

He knew that as long as he left here, he would never be able to enter this office again.

Li Li Xuewu wasn't in a hurry; he had plenty of time, and there was still a while before getting off work.

After Peng Peng Xiaoli served tea to the other party, he refilled Li Li Xuewu's teacup with hot water.

At this moment, the room was extremely quiet; all three were waiting, waiting for one side to bow their head first.

Peng Peng Xiaoli couldn't imagine how this cadre from the Confidentiality Department had the guts to call out here, and even wanted to force Li Li Xuewu to bow his head and negotiate peace.

Huo Ding also couldn't imagine what Li Li Xuewu relied on to be so certain that his side couldn't withstand this calculation of his.

He had investigated all of Li Li Xuewu's social relationships, and even investigated Zhou Lang Zhennan.

There was sufficient evidence to support that the other party had no direct relationship with Li Li Xuewu, and even that Zhou Zhou Xiaobai didn't count as a proper relationship.

Li Li Xuewu's father-in-law, Gu Gu Haitao, was now in a second-line state, not leading a team, but serving as vice principal in the academy.

Huo Ding knew that Li Li Xuewu had a good relationship with the Ji family, but now the Ji family had transferred their relationship to Gangcheng, and their influence in the mainland had plummeted.

The storms of the past few months had long since blown away these virtual and real, existing and non-existent relationships.

All that remained were his classmate relationships, and a bit of teacher-student sentiment with the Public Security.

So what confidence did he have to challenge his side?

Li Li Xuewu took a cigarette out of the cigarette case, didn't offer it to the other party, lit it, took a puff, and looked at the documents on the table.

This attitude completely disrupted the stalemate in the room.

"What do you want?"

Huo Ding leaned his elbows on the desk, stared at Li Li Xuewu, and asked, "Tit for tat? Mutual destruction?"

"Thank you."

Li Li Xuewu raised his head, looked at Huo Ding, and said blandly, "For not using the idiom 'throwing an egg against a rock'."

Huo Ding was speechless; he was choked by Li Li Xuewu's words to the point that his windpipe hurt, and he could only grit his teeth and hold on.

"We can talk about it; there's really no need to reach an unmanageable..."

"Forget it; actually, you also know there's nothing to talk about."

Li Li Xuewu signed his name on the document, put it aside, looked at Huo Ding, and said, "You and I both know that this matter is not negotiable."

"As for the situation you mentioned, in my view, it's just a delaying tactic to get a moment of breathing time."

"But you don't think I'm very stupid, right?"

Li Li Xuewu pointed his finger at the document and said, "Do you think I would give you a chance to turn the tables or rise from the ashes?"

After speaking, he stood up with his hand on the document and instructed Peng Peng Xiaoli, "Help me contact the Third Guard Regiment; I require the work team to report their work progress to me every day."

"I want to see how many dirty things are hidden in the Confidentiality Department that made Section Chief Huo so nervous that he condescended to come to my small temple to worship Buddha."

Huo Ding: "You...!"

"How come you sent such a thing?"

Han Shu looked at the two people who carried the big box into the room with surprise, and looked at Li Li Xuewu with confusion.

When the secretary and driver removed the packaging and revealed the refrigerator inside, she knew what Li Li Xuewu was up to.

"Sent by a foreign businessman; the family doesn't need it, so I'm giving it to you."

Li Li Xuewu smiled and touched the head of Dong Dong Mengyuan, who ran over and hugged him.

Dong Dong Mengyuan really missed his senior brother; it had been so long since he came.

Hearing the car's movement, he thought his father had returned, so he ran out in a hurry, but was pleasantly surprised to find it was his senior brother whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

He looked curiously at the big square thing placed in the kitchen, not knowing what it was for.

Han Shu felt a bit embarrassed and blamed Li Li Xuewu, "The two of us can use it; hurry up and take it back home!"

As she spoke, she waved her hand to signal the secretary and driver he brought to reload it.

"Your family has many people; if you don't use it yourself, you can send it to your parents' house. Sending it to me, what's that about? If Wenxue knows, he'll also talk about you."

"The family doesn't need it; my mother even thinks it's a waste of electricity to turn on the lights, let alone a refrigerator."

Li Li Xuewu waved his hand and said, "Just leave it here; I'll come and move it when I want to use it."

After speaking, he signaled to Han Han Jiankun and Peng Peng Xiaoli that he was going to leave.

Han Shu knew she couldn't refuse him, so she took the initiative to keep them for a meal.

Dong Wenxue wasn't at home; how could Li Li Xuewu stay there with his secretary and driver? He teased his junior brother a few times and then went out.

Han Shu instructed her son to wait in the room, put on her coat in a hurry, and saw Li Li Xuewu and the others off.

At the gate, she still complained to Li Li Xuewu a few times and informed him that the cooperation with the Steel Mill was about to have a breakthrough, telling Li Li Xuewu not to worry.

From what she understood, there was about to be a change in the management of the Steel Institute, and Pei Pei Dayu was very likely to take the top spot.

Li Li Xuewu was really a bit surprised; the last time Pei Pei Dayu came to talk to him about cooperative education, there had been no progress.

It had dragged on for so long that he thought it had failed, if not for the fact that the teachers arranged by the Steel Institute often came to give him tutoring.

Unexpectedly, Pei Pei Dayu really had some skills; in this period, he could still achieve progress.

One could only say that the times created the situation, but some people could adapt to the situation and live like a fish in water.

On the way back, Peng Peng Xiaoli didn't want Li Li Xuewu to worry about the Confidentiality Department anymore, so the topic didn't turn to work.

Just talking about the refrigerator sent over tonight, and the electrical appliances taken away by the drivers of the other two leaders, they talked about the topic of the "little devils."

"Leader, tell me."

Peng Peng Xiaoli asked curiously, "What is the relationship and state between us and the little devils? Why did they suddenly send these things?"

"Is there an inevitable connection between sending things and the relationship?"

Li Li Xuewu asked back, and without waiting for him to answer, continued, "Sending things is good intention; thinking too much is meaningless."

"Also, aren't you reading books on international relations recently? Why ask me such a question?"

"I just can't figure it out~"

Peng Peng Xiaoli smiled embarrassedly, then said seriously, "National hatred and family enmity, how long has it been? People in the factory are still talking about it; how come they started cooperating?"

"What's being cooperated is the economy; it has nothing to do with national hatred and family enmity."

Li Li Xuewu corrected his words and said, "We can carry out trade and economic exchanges with them, but it doesn't delay my hatred for that country and the people there."

"However, from the perspective of economic and trade cooperation, I still have to say a fair word."

He looked at Peng Peng Xiaoli in the passenger seat and said, "Japanese businessmen are currently more courageous in trade than other countries."

"For example...?"

Peng Peng Xiaoli widened his eyes; he didn't understand what Li Li Xuewu meant by courage.

Li Li Xuewu lifted his chin slightly, smiled, and said, "Of course, it's not the courage of sending these few household appliances."

"You should know how severe the containment and blockade against us are from the outside world; isolation is not only reflected in foreign affairs, but also includes economic cooperation."

"But!"

He pointed at Peng Peng Xiaoli and said, "You have to see the positive attitude shown by Japanese businessmen during the cooperation; at least they are willing to take out real things."

"You mean... those machines?"

Peng Peng Xiaoli frowned and thought; he thought of what Li Li Xuewu said, and also thought of the industrial equipment that had arrived at the Yingcheng Port wharf one after another recently.

But Li Li Xuewu shook his head slightly and said, "Mechanical equipment can be bought no matter how difficult it is, but technology cannot be bought easily."

Seeing his confused gaze, he explained carefully, "You can look at mechanical equipment, you can learn, you can even explore, but technological barriers are like mathematics; if you don't know, you don't know, and you can't figure it out."

Li Li Xuewu nodded slowly and asked, "If you have a technology that can make a lot of money, are you willing to share it selflessly with others?"

"Of course... not."

Peng Peng Xiaoli knew that his answer was not important to the leader's question; what was important was what followed.

Li Li Xuewu saw that he already understood what he wanted to say, so he shrugged his shoulders and said, "The technologies we lack most now are in a state of blockade; brute force cannot solve practical problems."

"I understand."

Peng Peng Xiaoli nodded and said, "When you designed the cooperation plan, you were actually using time to exchange for technology, right?"

"Hahaha~"

Li Li Xuewu chuckled and glanced at him, didn't answer this question, but looked out the window and said gloomily, "Sooner or later, you will understand the true meaning of economic cooperation."

He had no intention of praising the little devils' loyalty, but in the process of trade and production cooperation, the other party was very brave in breaking through certain blockades.

Especially in engine production technology, the first to sell this technology to the mainland in later generations was Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

On the other hand, Volkswagen made a fortune after entering the mainland, but never sold any engine technology to the mainland.

Although the words were a bit biased, the degree of technological blockade by Germany against the mainland was far stricter than that of the little devils.

Of course, all cooperation was a product of the economic market operation; defining it one-sidedly had no meaning for such problems.

What Li Li Xuewu said to Peng Peng Xiaoli was also the aspect where the little devils had courage, but he didn't say they were loyal.

At the beginning, they were the ones playing with whole-set machinery sales; buying their equipment meant you couldn't buy parts, and even things very common in the country had to be attached to it at a high price.

You buy a set of production equipment, and they can hang a bunch of garbage that seems unnecessary but is actually owned by the country.

However, you have to spend money to buy it, and at a price like a big sucker.

There has never been love without reason in this world, and even less so, hatred without reason.

Li Li Xuewu was able to lure Japanese businessmen to work hard to break through the blockade and output technology and equipment to the mainland in a roundabout way; he had completely laid out a big game.

Do you really think they are fools, letting Li Li Xuewu fool them into handing over technology and equipment?

Of course not; these equipment and technologies were priced to be repaid, and they had to produce the electronic equipment they needed to repay.

For a long time in the future, the electronic industrial zone located in Steel City would become the killer move for three Japanese businessmen to achieve overtaking on a bend in their country and drive out high prices with low prices.

Just like what Li Li Xuewu said to the old man, as long as you master the technology and design, you can always control the production unit.

The Japanese business representative thought the same; they didn't believe that the mainland had the ability to exceed their technological design, and even less believed that the mainland had the market to digest these electrical equipment.

As long as these two basic conditions remained unchanged, the Steel Mill's electronic industry could only work for them.

In the mainland where labor costs were extremely cheap, using their equipment and technology, the electrical appliances produced could beat any electrical appliance production enterprise in the country, even if transported across the sea.

With such low prices and such batch output, and after removing the cost of their imported raw materials, the Japanese electrical appliance market would only have them dominating in the future.

It wouldn't take many years; it might be one year, it might be two years, absolutely no more than three years, and they could dominate the entire electrical appliance market.

When other factories closed down or production capacity shrank, talent would naturally flow to the highlands.

The more concentrated the market, the sharper the elimination of talent; finally, the scientific talent that the three companies they cooperated with could accommodate would be the most top-notch in the electrical appliance industry.

Mastering the sales terminal and mastering the top of the industry, setting aside the intermediate production links, they were also fearless.

Just like the game between Gree and distributors in later generations, gambling existed all the time.

Li Li Xuewu was gambling, gambling that he had the ability to prolong the time the other party controlled the market.

Gambling that he had the ability to achieve expansion and influence on other markets.

Gambling that the production link could nurture high-end scientific and design ideas and master core technology.

Even to achieve this goal, Li Li Xuewu was already playing side moves.

The Yingcheng Shipyard would realize fiberglass boat manufacturing this year, and next year it could make the wealth-creating boats fill the entire port.

The Japanese business representative was also gambling, gambling that the mainland's economic development would never keep up with their pace.

Now the cooperation between the two sides had just begun; it was originally a case of different dreams in the same bed from the beginning, not to mention mutual respect.

Li Li Xuewu didn't believe the other party would honestly follow the terms of the contract.

Time entered February, and it seemed the cold in the air had become different.

Perhaps it was the temperature change, the increase in humidity, the days were longer; anyway, it was different.

February 1st was a weekend; Li Li Xuewu called Shen Shen Guodong and the two of them to drive together and visited several relatives.

There were his own family, his father-in-law's family, and other relatives.

Even the godfather and godmother, whom he hadn't visited for a long time, were sent beef and mutton.

Although last year was noisy, the overall economy had recovered and improved; at least eggs could be seen in the market.

It was hard to say about the countryside, but life in the city was really much stronger than before.

Approaching the New Year, every household was rushing to have free time, cleaning the house and sweeping the hygiene.

Saying to break old concepts and give up the Spring Festival, but the elderly and children had a thought in their hearts.

Not allowed to have the Spring Festival, then the children setting off firecrackers was always okay; eating something good on that day wasn't too much.

No one could stop this kind of thing, and everyone turned a blind eye.

The godmother's house was also cleaning the house; it was rare to see Zheng Zheng Xicai at home helping.

Li Li Xuewu brought Shen Shen Guodong; although they were still enthusiastic when they met, it was ultimately not the same as before.

No matter what Zheng Zheng Xicai was, he was the biological son of others; distance couldn't separate relatives, so what could he say?

Even if he wanted to show filial piety in front of his godfather and godmother, he had to endure it, being careful not to say the wrong thing, making both sides awkward.

Even if the godmother insisted on keeping them for a meal, everyone was busy today, so how could Li Li Xuewu be willing to stay?

He only said that there were still many relatives to visit today and he really didn't have time, so that was it.

Actually, Wang Wang Shuhua could also see Li Li Xuewu's discomfort and could see her son's awkwardness even more.

So keeping them was sincere, but in her heart, she inevitably had to sigh.

After seeing Li Li Xuewu off, she returned to the room and didn't say anything about Zheng Zheng Xicai, nor did she show any opinions or emotions.

Sometimes people and people are fate; Li Li Xuewu wasn't bad to this godfather and godmother, and even if he didn't come himself, he often asked Shen Shen Guodong to send things home.

Look at Zheng Zheng Xicai, who had a promising future, knowing to come home to help clean up, but living in the East City, how far could it be? He didn't come back once a month.

But Wang Wang Shuhua and Zheng Zheng Shusen had said that their children were not materials for progress, and they weren't the same personality as Li Li Xuewu, and couldn't blend into the same circle.

Old sayings say, cherish blessings, cherish blessings; now the whole family is healthy, that is a blessing.

After more than a year of tempering, Zheng Zheng Xicai finally had some progress.

It could be seen that his father was walking on thin ice in the city and it wasn't easy, and he didn't know how many times he had been stabbed in the back.

Not to mention anything else, just himself, how many times had he encountered open spears and hidden arrows?

There was nowhere to hide; the place was so big, and he couldn't just not go to work because he was afraid of trouble.

When Li Li Xuewu came just now, Zheng Zheng Xicai also took the initiative to greet him, then busied himself with the work at hand, and said a few polite words.

Both sides had a knot in their hearts because of the Zheng Chen Xiaoyan incident last year; it was understandable for him to speak for his sister.

However, precisely because of Li Li Xuewu's active retreat, or his ruthlessness in handling this matter, it made them lose the meaning of further contact.

Zheng Chen Xiaoyan didn't get less blame when she returned to the factory; the radios made by the Jinmen Electronic Factory were completely cleared out in Jingcheng.

It wouldn't be right to say it was all because of the relationship Li Li Xuewu introduced to her; one couldn't say it was inviting a wolf into the house.

But this matter was ultimately the fuse; the Jinmen Electronic Factory handled it too domineeringly, not expecting the one at the East City First Supervision Office to be even more domineering.

Neither side left any room for themselves; mutual destruction, cooperation terminated.

The First Supervision Office found a new cooperative unit, importing electronic parts with the Jingcheng Television Factory; anyway, the other party didn't produce radios either.

The products of the Jinmen Electronic Factory were swept out by Huang Gan domineeringly, losing a large market.

To say who was right and who was wrong in this matter, so much time had passed, saying it had no meaning.

Zheng Chen Xiaoyan never thought about what she had lost, or what she had possessed.

Actually, Wang Wang Shuhua had pointed it out to her; as Zheng Zheng Shusen's daughter, being able to be scared by the leaders of the electronic factory, she had lived in vain.

Precisely because of this, Zheng Zheng Shusen and Wang Wang Shuhua both saw that neither of these children had the talent and ability to progress further, so they extinguished the idea of education and guidance.

Even if Zheng Zheng Shusen was walking high now, could he pass this position down to his ancestors?

If they didn't have the ability, they didn't have the ability; if they really wanted to compare with Li Li Xuewu, they weren't willing to be serious about this; the children would take a detour.

Li Li Xuewu came out of his godmother's house and specifically went to the home of Director Li of the Sports Commission to sit for a while, carrying four boxes of gifts, which was a response to the favor of being a matchmaker.

Old sayings say, thanking the matchmaker takes three years.

That is to say, Li Li Xuewu had to visit the matchmaker's house for three years, every year with four heavy gifts.

Saying heavy gifts, actually, the gift is light but the affection is heavy.

Cigarettes, alcohol, tea, and sugar, four boxes of gifts; how much money could it cost all together? If he really spent a lot of money, Director Li's family couldn't accept it either.

Plus his father-in-law's relationship, it was even more impossible to bring thick gifts to embarrass people, just to be laughed at by others for nothing.

Now his father-in-law's family wasn't in Jingcheng; he moved upward, naturally carrying his father-in-law's shadow.

This wasn't a question of whether he wanted to bring it or not, but that when the relationships above looked down at him, the first thing they thought of was whose son-in-law he was.

If his father Li Shun had the same status, he would also bring his father.

Young, that's the thing; when he is fully fledged and has made achievements, people will say who he is.

Li Li Xuewu didn't have the mind to compare, and even less the desire to be strong.

Especially the relatives on Gu Ning's side, they might have a good relationship with Gu Gu Haitao's family, but towards Gu Ning's branch, they always seemed not so close for some reason.

This might have something to do with Gu Ning's personality and Li Li Xuewu's youth.

Compared to the position introduced to Li Li Xuewu, or the information about him that had long been understood, and even the person who was often mentioned in the family recently, sitting there so young, anyone would be unable to help but look and observe.

Especially the younger generation, there were really those of the same age who would be more miserable; this person is really afraid of comparison.

The most miserable were actually those older than Li Li Xuewu, but whose positions and influence were far inferior to his; sitting together, they didn't know whether to be jealous or close.

Li Li Xuewu was very relaxed; he was already used to such complex scenes; he had experienced even more complex relationships and more contradictory scenes.

Anyway, these relatives couldn't be seen a few times a year; he just pretended not to hear whatever they said.

It wasn't until he returned home that Li Li Xuewu complained to Gu Ning about today's hardship.

After dinner, he contacted his father-in-law and mother-in-law far away in Jin Ling by phone.

His father-in-law was busy; even on the second line, he still couldn't be reached at night.

As usual, his mother-in-law asked about Gu Ning's condition; Li Li Xuewu saw that Gu Ning didn't want to talk about this, so he could only answer on her behalf.

Perhaps Ding Ding Fengxia heard her daughter's impatience and saw her son-in-law's careful care, so she could only sigh.

For this daughter, she had no way; she could only silently recite in her heart, "Biological, don't be angry, biological, don't be angry."

Li Li Xuewu could especially understand his mother-in-law's mood; sometimes he looked at Li Shu with the same mentality.

After reporting the situation of visiting relatives today to his mother-in-law, he also received praise from his mother-in-law.

At the same time, his mother-in-law also expressed on the phone that once Gu Ning gave birth, she would return to Jingcheng to take care of her for a while.

Li Li Xuewu was afraid that his father-in-law's health was not good and that his mother-in-law would be exhausted from tossing back and forth, so he intended to persuade her not to work hard.

Ding Ding Fengxia understood her son-in-law's thoughts, was happy in her heart, and said that she had been away for more than half a year and ultimately had to return to handle some things.

Saying this, both sides agreed on the subsequent itinerary arrangements before hanging up the phone.

Gu Ning heard that her mother was coming back to take care of her, and there was a trace of decadence on her face.

She could imagine how many words her mother would nag her every day when she came over to take care of her.

Especially after giving birth to the child, there would be one more person, and she would have to sit in the month; who knew how lively it would be.

Thinking of this, Gu Ning couldn't help but frown, looked at Li Li Xuewu, and asked, "Can't you just say don't let her come?"

"..."

Li Li Xuewu looked at her speechlessly, smiled bitterly, and said, "Did you overestimate my status, or doubt my character?"

Gu Ning didn't pay attention to his nonsense, supported her body and returned to the room, looked at Li Shu who was already asleep, not knowing if the one to be born would be just as naughty.

Regarding this point, Li Li Xuewu couldn't give a correct answer; he hoped more that Gu Ning could try a mathematical solution.

That is to have a few more; there will always be obedient and sensible ones; this is a probability problem.

Gu Ning only gave him a look to think clearly before speaking; this one was already annoying her to death, and he still wanted to have more?

"Born?"

"Promoted!"

"Born!"

Starting from Monday, February 2nd, good news came one after another.

First, Fei Fei Shanying, who was staying in Li Li Xuewu's room in the Sihe Academy, gave birth to a big fat boy weighing six jin and eight liang.

When Li Li Xuewu went to work on Monday, Shen Shen Guodong specifically called his office at noon to convey this good news.

Wen San was far away in Gangcheng, entrusting his wife and children to these brothers; Li Li Xuewu, as the "leader," naturally had to make a practical expression.

Actually, there was an important work and activity in the Steel Mill this Monday.

Led by the Personnel Department, assisted by the Production Department and the Management Committee Office, and organized by other related departments, the post skills competition officially started today.

After a month of great learning and great training, it was time to test the real skills.

In the last week before the New Year, everyone was holding their breath, wanting to see what level their skill ranking was in the factory.

Especially regarding the retention of posts, many people hadn't even cared about trivial matters at home since the beginning of January, focusing entirely on theoretical learning and skill training.

The personnel assessment and post adjustment plan announced by the factory didn't say to take care of the family's location.

No one wanted to be separated from their wife and children and be assigned to work thousands of miles away in Steel City or Yingcheng.

On one hand, the workplace was really far away, life was inconvenient, and visiting relatives was inconvenient.

On the other hand, it was a matter of face; everyone worked in the same workshop, if they were brushed off, wouldn't it mean their technology was inferior to others?

In this era, workers still wanted face; there was no situation of intentionally slacking off; striving for advancement was the eternal melody.

The Personnel Department coordinated all forces, invested a large amount of manpower and material resources, and even opened a column on the radio station to facilitate learning, just to screen out the technical backbone needed by the factory and figure out the current technical level of the workers.

It was convenient to carry out personnel changes and labor adjustments after the New Year.

The development of the factory required someone to make sacrifices, but the organization had to take into account humanization and special circumstances.

So starting from Monday, theory exams began; according to different posts, different theory test papers were designed.

Employees needed to complete the answers within a specific time, achieving fairness and justice to the greatest extent.

Because it was necessary to realize non-stop production assessment, the test papers were produced in three batches, prepared for a month, and the Personnel Department strove for perfection.

Li Li Xuewu, as the coordinating supervisor, was also supervising on the spot, but hearing Shen Shen Guodong's call, he still temporarily handed over the work to Yu Yu Decai and took a car to the hospital to visit Fei Fei Shanying.

Fei Fei Shanying's body was still a bit weak, but the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital gave her Zhao Zhao Yafang's treatment, and the nursing conditions were very good.

Seeing Li Li Xuewu holding the child, she also smiled with tears in her eyes.

"Third Uncle sent news, saying he became a father, but it's a bit far, so this child is called Wen Yuan."

Shen Shen Guodong introduced Wen San's news with some amusement; not only did it make Li Li Xuewu laugh, but even Fei Fei Shanying couldn't help but laugh.

She felt a bit uncomfortable in her heart; after all, such a big thing as giving birth, Wen San wasn't by her side.

Even if she knew he was doing work, doing big things, and it was far away, how could he always be at home to take care of her?

Especially Li Li Xuewu and Shen Shen Guodong's care and attention, fearing that she would be in danger alone at home, specifically arranged her in the backyard.

It was precisely because of such careful care that when she felt she was about to give birth, she only calmly asked her son to go to the front yard to find someone.

Zhang Zhang Xinmin was already five years old this year and understood everything, knowing that his mother was about to give birth to a baby, so he ran to the Li family to call someone.

Shen Shen Guodong and the others were well prepared; hearing Liu Yin's greeting, they sent her to the hospital steadily and safely.

It really didn't take much effort; Wen San got a big fat boy, and Li Li Xuewu was both gratified and relieved.

Wen San was far away in Gangcheng working hard; if there was any trouble at home, what could he use to compensate others?

Now mother and son were safe, naturally everything was good, and everything was auspicious.

And just coming out of the hospital, he happened to meet Ji Ji Yuxiu who came to visit on the way.

When they met, Ji Ji Yuxiu's first sentence was to ask if she had given birth, and after saying a few more words, she said she had also been promoted.

It was really good news from the delivery room; she was promoted (born).

After the organizational talk was just completed, Ji Ji Yuxiu received an order to go to the Political Department of the Branch Bureau to serve as the chief of the Confidentiality Section.

Although it was a horizontal transfer, Li Li Xuewu had to admit that working in the organ was much better than in the front-line office.

Ji Ji Yuxiu knew why she was promoted; after sharing the good news, she became a bit embarrassed.

"Second Brother... I..."