Chapter 1068: Carrying Every Pot

"What a big, chubby boy—!"

It was hard to tell if it was due to good nutrition or his parents' constitution, but Li Xin looked chubby, even fatter than Li Ning.

He was no longer as dark as he had been when seen last time; the little fatty had become much fairer.

Fair, truly fair—

Looking at the child's profile, Li Xuewu thought he looked just like Crayon Shin-chan, chubby and incredibly cute.

"He's over thirteen jin already!"

While tidying the bed, Wu Shuping introduced with a smile: "Lu Jie weighs him with a scale every half month, and he gains a jin each time."

"Oh my, he's going to grow up tall!"

Li Xuewu held him and sat on a chair, while Li Xin curiously examined him with big eyes.

It was the first time the father and son had looked at each other so carefully; they hadn't even recognized each other before.

"Be careful, don't let him pee on you."

Wu Shuping walked over with clean clothes, teased the child, and after giving him a reminder, went out to bathe.

She was truly trusting; with Li Xuewu's appearance, who on the street would dare hand a child over to him to look after?

It wasn't just trust in Li Xuewu helping to look after the child; there was also trust in Lu Jie, whom Li Xuewu had found, after spending some time together.

One could only say she was kind and simple; at least, that was how Li Xuewu thought of it.

However, you couldn't view this era from the perspective he used to look at Wu Shuping.

Generally speaking, there were more simple and honest people in this era.

After all, people who slept with a handgun at their bedside were not a common sight at this time.

"Sir, let me soothe him."

Just as Li Xuewu and his godson were staring at each other, Lu Jie appeared at the doorway.

She was called Lu Jie, but in reality, she was much older than Li Xuewu, likely over forty.

If they lived in the neighborhood, she would definitely be called Auntie; in this day and age, the trend of calling people younger than they were wasn't popular, as it would seem frivolous.

"You must be tired too. If he isn't crying, I'll hold him. His mother will be back in a while."

Li Xuewu looked at her with a smile and asked: "Have you eaten dinner?"

Lu Jie was wearing coarse cloth clothes, for the convenience of working and taking care of the child.

She was accustomed to serving others, having grown up in the Lou family; at that time, she was called a family-born servant.

That is to say, her parents were also servants of the Lou family, not hired help.

"Hired help" was a later, more civilized term, and the wages were no longer called "allowances" but "salaries."

Over forty years old, from birth until now, she could be considered to have experienced the most turbulent of times.

Lu Jie looked a bit cautious, but she wasn't inferior or dejected; she was very dedicated.

Times changed, things were different, and thoughts in the world were evolving; the term "old maidservant" had long since disappeared, but she still lived in the mindset of the past.

In this day and age, there were many people with thoughts like hers; even in the eighties and nineties of the later generations, how many people still held traditional thoughts?

She had become accustomed to entrusting her fate to the master's family, just as she was born in the master's family, grew up in the master's family, married, and gave birth.

Regarding the changes in the new society, she couldn't quite understand them, nor could she see them clearly; she just lived and passed her days one by one.

You say you know more and understand more, but aren't you also living day by day? Does your one day count for two of hers?

Li Xuewu didn't tell Lu Jie too much of the truth, and even less about the situation.

How much she could see was up to her; she was hired to do things, not to manage things.

Since the Lou family dared to arrange for her to come, it meant she was reliable, but Li Xuewu didn't think she was necessarily trustworthy; human hearts are fickle.

But this didn't affect Li Xuewu handing the task of taking care of Wu Shuping and her son to her.

Lu Jie was a bit reserved, nodding with a smile at Li Xuewu's kindness: "I ate while the child was sleeping."

After explaining, she took the initiative to ask: "Sir, how should tomorrow morning's breakfast be arranged? Should I include portions for Director Li and Comrade Zhou?"

"You've worked hard. Bring theirs out; I'll go call them tomorrow morning."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "In the future, when Shuping's work gets busy, please take good care of them."

"Sir, you are too polite. This is what I should do. If you have any instructions, just tell me."

Lu Jie smiled and took a clean towel from the basket on the bed to help Li Xin wipe his drool.

When a child gets a little older, they become like this, not as good as when they were small; they drool.

Li Xuewu looked at Lu Jie's attentiveness and tentatively asked: "If you need to return to Beijing to visit relatives, just tell Shuping. Her working hours are convenient, and I will arrange for someone to pick you up."

"That would be too much trouble for you. I haven't thought about going back for now; there's nothing going on at home."

Lu Jie took the child from Li Xuewu's arms and saw that the diaper was already wet.

While tending to the child, she explained to Li Xuewu: "The one in our family runs errands for Mr. Lou; my son and daughter-in-law both work at the doorstep, and it's close to the in-laws."

After changing the diaper for the child, she picked him up to soothe him, introducing intermittently: "Before coming, the Madam gave instructions that work here is the priority; I'm at ease with home."

"You've worked hard. If there's anything you need my help with, just tell me."

Li Xuewu spoke very gently, as if he were truly the kind of person who would help whenever someone made a request.

Little did she know, this was because he was crafty, testing in a roundabout way whether Lu Jie's family had any difficulties.

Obviously, even the most dedicated servant would take risks when facing a predicament.

Wu Shuping was a loophole he had deliberately created for Li Huai to see, so she couldn't really become a weak point for others to threaten him.

Lu Jie thanked him politely but didn't say much; they had a deep sense of rules.

"Is the child asleep?"

When Wu Shuping walked in wearing pajamas, Lu Jie had already soothed the child to sleep.

Li Xuewu was sitting at the head of the bed reading a book; he had studies to complete.

Even if he was busy lately, he still found time to meet with professors from the Steel Academy to learn, and was actively completing the assignments arranged by the professors.

"Just fell asleep. You should rest."

Lu Jie carefully covered the child with a small quilt, greeted Wu Shuping softly, nodded to Li Xuewu, and then went out.

Wu Shuping watched her leave, then walked to the crib to look at the child, and said softly to Li Xuewu: "If I could, I really wouldn't want to live this kind of life, especially with Li Xin."

She turned off the bedside lamp on her side, sat on the edge of the bed with her back to Li Xuewu, and looked at the child: "But things are unpredictable, and one is not the master of one's own fate."

"It must be very hard, I mean psychologically." Li Xuewu emphasized, closed the book in his hand, and said: "I can feel it."

"I even have a feeling of tension like the espionage battles in Shanghai in the twenties and thirties."

Wu Shuping smiled bitterly and shook her head: "As long as I hear a sound in the building next door, my heart is bound to be tense."

She turned her head to look at Li Xuewu and asked: "Does that Zhou Miaomiao have some motive?"

"What motive?"

Li Xuewu looked at her in surprise and placed the book in his hand on the nightstand, right next to the handgun.

With both pen and weapon, this sleep would be peaceful.

Wu Shuping had long been accustomed to his strangeness and explained without caring: "The last few times you didn't come, it was she and Li Huai who came."

She frowned slightly: "Every time they come, they bring some gifts, and even take the initiative to look at the child and ask about my life."

"Hmm, has Li Huai been here too?"

Li Xuewu shifted his body to lie on his side on the bed, looked at her and said: "You don't need to worry about Zhou Miaomiao; she has too much of a dark history."

"And she doesn't dare provoke me."

Daring to say this, Li Xuewu had confidence, especially not being afraid of her going crazy.

He knew a little about Zhou Miaomiao's little schemes; last time he went to Yingcheng, she had taken the initiative to reveal her inner hesitation to him.

But in Li Xuewu's view, her frankness and hesitation were completely like being a prostitute and still wanting to set up a memorial arch for chastity.

Could it be that Li Huai forced her to be with him? This was absolutely impossible.

It was true that old Li was lustful, but he would definitely not stare at an egg without a crack.

If Zhou Miaomiao hadn't taken the initiative to approach him, he wouldn't even have shown any excessive actions or attitudes.

At his age and position, he actually valued quality over quantity in matters of the flesh.

Being able to choose Zhou Miaomiao was also a matter of face; at least at his age, he could still attract the affection of a young girl, right?

But if you say he really sang songs with Zhou Miaomiao every night, inseparable, that was completely talking nonsense.

The medicinal wine Li Xuewu's father made wasn't an elixir; it couldn't give Li Huai that much courage to risk his life with a young girl.

Moreover, from what he understood, Zhou Miaomiao only calmed down for a while after entering the Steel Mill, and later she went straight for Li Huai.

But after returning from Yangcheng, her relationship with old Li stabilized, and her emotional state wasn't blank; there really were young men who liked her.

This was also nonsense; with her looks and her style on stage, how could young men not like her if they weren't blind?

That she dared to look for a partner while being with Li Huai showed that Li Huai didn't give her much trust or promises.

There were many girls in the dance troupe, and even more beautiful ones; old Li wouldn't hang himself on one tree, and he wouldn't leave his old wife at home to marry a delicate one.

Not to mention what Zhou Miaomiao had experienced before him, just looking at her initiative, Li Huai wouldn't marry her.

She came for his status, and he wouldn't be so muddled as to think it was his personal charm.

So

Who would marry such a "girl"?

Wu Shuping felt she had ulterior motives and other purposes because she was too proactive in coming here to make friends and curry favor.

Listening to Li Xuewu's words, she pursed her lips and said: "Wasn't it Li Huai who sent her? I always feel it's strange."

Shrugging her shoulders, she shook her head slightly: "Li Huai has never been here once; when sending things, he always calls Zhou Miaomiao or the secretary to send them. If I say I won't accept, they don't listen."

"Accept them. As long as he sends them, just accept them; don't refuse what's free."

Li Xuewu lay on his back amusedly and said: "If you feel she is strange, it means she is trying too hard, completely on purpose."

"On purpose? You mean...?"

Wu Shuping also understood; it really responded to her words just now, is this doing underground intelligence work?

At night, the two of them slept together, on one bed, both wearing pajamas.

Wu Shuping didn't worry that Li Xuewu would be a villain or a bad guy, and Li Xuewu was also open-minded, not doing anything like sleeping on the floor or wearing clothes.

If there's no ghost in the heart, sleeping together naked won't cause anything; if there's a ghost in the heart, even being tied with an eighteen-jin heavy chain will lead to crooked thoughts.

Of course, it was impossible for the two of them to sleep naked together; that would be too shabby.

At night, Wu Shuping got up once to breastfeed the child; Li Xuewu was already used to it at home, turning over and waiting until Wu Shuping fell asleep again before he continued to sleep.

Although they weren't doing intelligence work, the two had trust and tacit understanding; what do those matters between men and women count for in the face of their respective families and character?

Li Xuewu was a well-known, outstanding young man in the East City, valuing reputation most, keeping himself clean, and never having problems with his conduct.

Of course, if a problem did arise, it must be someone else's problem, and it absolutely had nothing to do with him; he was innocent.

After six o'clock in the morning, Li Xuewu got up, washed, and went out to the river to stroll around.

The weather was getting warmer, the days were getting longer, and his sleep was getting less.

After strolling around the river and coming back, he looked at his watch; it was almost seven o'clock, so he knocked on old Li's door.

The two old Lis were also up early; there was no shortage of cooking utensils here, but there was a lack of cooking ingredients.

Coming here once or twice a month, it really wasn't worth buying rice and vegetables.

When Li Xuewu wasn't around, Zhou Miaomiao would come here to take the initiative to sponge meals.

At this moment, Li Xuewu came to invite them, and the two didn't feel embarrassed at all.

Arriving here, Zhou Miaomiao took the initiative to go to the kitchen to help Lu Jie, while Wu Shuping was still upstairs tidying up the child.

For breakfast, Lu Jie prepared steamed buns and rice porridge, as well as several kinds of small pickles, and eggs prepared for Wu Shuping; even though she said they were extra, Li Huai and the other didn't eat them.

When coming out of the house, Wu Shuping took the initiative to see them off, knowing they were returning to Beijing this afternoon.

"Alright, go back. You haven't eaten breakfast yet; take good care of the child."

Before getting in the car, Li Xuewu gave her instructions: "If there's anything, just call. Guodong will come over in a few days for the business side; you two can communicate."

After speaking, he waved to Wu Shuping standing at the door and got into the car under Zhou Miaomiao's strange gaze.

Li Huai didn't pay attention to his words; he knew some of these things more or less.

Shen Guodong was the person responsible for some of the distribution and procurement tasks of the Steel Mill in Beijing.

He had a collective-natured recycling station in his hands; without asking, everyone knew it had a great connection with Li Xuewu.

But knowing it didn't mean he wanted to do anything, or use this to blackmail Li Xuewu or coerce Li Xuewu.

He wasn't stupid to that extent.

Moreover, since Li Xuewu dared to do this and made arrangements in front of him, it meant this matter was absolutely not afraid of being investigated.

The sedan started slowly, and Wu Shuping's figure disappeared at the corner.

Li Huai looked at the Haihe River outside the window and said with a smile: "It's not easy, raising a child alone; come see more often."

"Hmm, let her stay in Beijing for a few days, but she's unwilling, saying she likes it here."

Li Xuewu followed Li Huai's words, not avoiding the driver and Zhou Miaomiao sitting in the passenger seat: "It's like a home, hehe—"

"Hmm, if you feel that way, it's not in vain that I dragged you here to settle property."

Li Huai turned his head to look at Li Xuewu with a smile and said: "I really didn't think that you would have a child so soon."

He was using a double entendre, not clearly pointing out which child of Li Xuewu's, because Li Xuewu indeed had children in Beijing.

But everyone who heard understood; he was saying that settling the house here came first, but Wu Shuping getting pregnant with this child came even earlier.

"A coincidence of fate, hehe—"

Li Xuewu said with a light smile: "I actually like children very much, the more the better; it would be good to open a nursery at home."

"Hahaha—! You're a father who doesn't know the mother's bitterness!"

Li Huai laughed and patted Li Xuewu's knee: "Who doesn't hope for many children, but one must take care of the lover's feelings."

"But you are still young, and having this condition, it's right to have a few more."

He shook his head with emotion, his gaze sweeping over Zhou Miaomiao's back, and said pointedly: "By the time I reach your age, having children again seems inappropriate and shouldn't be."

Li Xuewu clearly saw Zhou Miaomiao's body tremble in the front.

Needless to say, this girl is really a ruthless person; she even wants to cause a life?

If she really gave birth to a child in his old age in Tianjin, I'm afraid it would scare old Li into jumping into the river holding the child.

You see, it's fine for him to put Zhou Miaomiao here to watch Wu Shuping give birth.

If Zhou Miaomiao also gave birth to one for him, I'm afraid he would have to be a cow or horse for Li Xuewu for the rest of his life.

Therefore, after seeing that Zhou Miaomiao had some dissatisfaction with the status quo and other little schemes, he also timely gave the other party a preventative injection.

It's not strange that Zhou Miaomiao plays schemes with him; after all, how old is the girl?

After seeing Wu Shuping give birth to a son for Li Xuewu, there was a villa and a nanny.

Especially after setting up property for Wu Shuping in Tianjin and taking her to important banquets.

This attitude of not being afraid to show her face and valuing the other party made Zhou Miaomiao very jealous.

Li Huai had never taken her to public occasions alone, let alone private banquets.

Another thing, Li Huai didn't give her much money to spend, only arranging for her to be promoted and become the captain of the dance team.

There were some small gifts on weekdays, but they weren't valuable, nor were they rare items.

In Wu Shuping's villa, she saw many things Li Xuewu had arranged for people to send.

Especially the river and seafood, shellfish, and tonics sent regularly by the Tianjin Aquatic Products Company.

She had never enjoyed this kind of face.

This villa where she met Li Huai privately had nothing to do with her; old Li had never said he would give it to her, nor had he promised her that she could come to live at any time.

Wu Shuping's unwillingness to leave Tianjin and return to Beijing, saying it was like home, was naturally correct, because Li Xuewu had already registered the villa under her name; Zhou Miaomiao had already found out.

Why did Zhou Miaomiao want to find out about Wu Shuping's life while spying here?

In her view, the status and position of the two were the same; both were mistresses.

Since both were mistresses, naturally they had to compare their lives and treatment.

How to compare?

After comparing, she felt even more unbalanced in her heart.

Thinking back and forth, she suddenly had a bold idea, which was to give old Li a child.

Compared with Wu Shuping, her treatment was not as good as the other party's, so naturally she looked for reasons from her own side.

So, last night, just after the second battalion commander's Italian artillery was pulled out, she told old Li.

Old Li was almost scared into falling to the ground; the Italian artillery was naturally pushed back by the second battalion commander, and the rare Tianjin trip turned into a shock trip.

If you say a big girl is rushing to give birth to his child, if it were someone else, they would have been so happy they wouldn't know what to do.

Especially someone like Zhou Miaomiao who is beautiful, tall, and has such good conditions.

However, old Li's eldest son brought his partner back this year; if he added a little brother for the child, the family would be lively.

It didn't matter how the in-laws looked at him; there is no wall in this world that doesn't leak wind.

Having finally reached his current position, would he be willing to give up his current status and power for a child?

Stop joking; everyone is an adult, and they are in a real relationship of sharing the same pillow, so why kill each other?

Just as Zhou Miaomiao explained, as long as she was pregnant, she would ask for sick leave.

After giving birth to the child in Tianjin, she would come to work at the Trade Management Center when the child was small, or go to work in the supply chain like Wu Shuping, and wouldn't bring the child back to Beijing.

Would Li Huai believe her nonsense?

I'm afraid that as soon as the child was a little older, she would make this request and that request.

What to do if they couldn't be satisfied then?

Zhou Miaomiao wasn't Liu Lan; she wouldn't dare follow him for a bit of leftovers, nor would she dare collect dead people's things for a little bit of power.

The younger they are, the more they want; they have great demands on life and the future.

Of course, old Li naturally wouldn't stubbornly refuse her; he was already scared out of his wits.

All morning, the relationship between the two was a bit awkward; Zhou Miaomiao naturally didn't dare give him a hard look, but she didn't have a happy expression either.

Through Li Xuewu's matter, he lightly pointed her out; as for the future...

It's not hard for Li Xuewu to guess that I'm afraid that young man's pursuit of Zhou Miaomiao will become more and more enthusiastic, until he marries her home.

Whether old Li will exert effort here depends on whether it's before or after marriage.

The effort put in before marriage is not the same as the effort put in after marriage.

In the morning, Li Huai De and Xiang Jingyu Nong's group went to the Tianjin Port Office to conduct research.

After returning, they held an office meeting, primarily emphasizing content regarding the development of trade and compliance management.

During the meeting, the establishment of six offices in May was also mentioned, with factory finance and engineering personnel to accompany the teams to various locations for site selection and preparation.

It is scheduled that Xiang Jingyu Nong will visit all office locations in early May, including finalizing the new office locations and other related work.

At the meeting, Li Xuewu put forward several requirements to the relevant personnel responsible for site selection.

The locations should be in the city center as much as possible, and the space must be large, because the offices are not just resident units but also responsible for sales and procurement work.

In particular, regarding the issue of site selection, Li Xuewu emphasized discipline, mentioning that he would arrange for discipline inspection personnel to conduct unannounced visits, and any violations would be severely punished without leniency.

At noon, at the earnest request of Zhuang Cangshu, Li Huai De and Xiang Jingyu Nong, as factory leaders, had a meal with the staff members who were about to take up their posts and go on business trips to the six cities to select sites and build stations.

Compared to the seriousness of the meeting, the atmosphere at the dining table was naturally much warmer.

Although these cadres were somewhat reserved, Li Huai De still earnestly spoke of the factory's importance and expectations for them.

After the meal, everyone took a group photo in front of the building, and then Li Huai De and his group boarded the car under the farewell of the cadres and comrades of the Tianjin Trade Management Center and headed to the train station.

They boarded the train after two in the afternoon and it was already nearly five o'clock when they arrived in the capital.

Because it was Saturday, the two of them basically finished work after returning to the factory and checking in.

Li Xuewu knew he would be going on a business trip this weekend, so he hurried to finish processing his work.

The half hour after returning was spent processing the documents accumulated on Friday and Saturday, and this week was considered over.

After work, following his usual habit, he first sent Peng Xiaoli home.

At the entrance of their courtyard, Li Xuewu got out of the car, opened the trunk, and signaled for Peng Xiaoli to move a box of seafood down.

In the car, Peng Xiaoli had politely declined several times, really feeling embarrassed to take things from his leader.

The seafood in the box included some sent by the aquatic products company and some that Li Xuewu had bought himself.

Peng Xiaoli wanted to be polite, but Li Xuewu didn't say much to him and signaled Han Jiankun to help him move it.

Neighbors living on this street heard the voices and came out to look, only to see the jeep that often sent Peng Xiaoli home parked at the entrance.

Within a few words, they all understood what was going on.

Just waiting for the leader in the white shirt and black jacket to get back in the car and leave, the neighbors then enviously praised Peng Xiaoli over and over again.

"Look at that, Xiaoli really has ability; the leader even gave him seafood."

"Don't talk nonsense, that's because Xiaoli has talent and the leader appreciates him!"

"I just said it, Xiaoli has looked promising since he was a child, look at him now!"

"Tsk tsk tsk—"

……

The discussion at the entrance reached its peak when Peng Xiaoli laboriously moved the seafood box into the courtyard.

Everyone was envious in their hearts, but what they said with their mouths were all good words, not a single ugly word.

The boy who didn't look like much before is now a secretary for a leader, not only riding in a car to and from work, but also having other benefits.

Most of the people living in the compound are ordinary workers, even if there are section chiefs.

At this time, if you want to eat live seafood, and it was brought back from a business trip to Tianjin, everyone wishes they could go watch their family eat it.

Is your mantis shrimp delicious?

Wow, what does that crab taste like?

The situation at Peng Xiaoli's home was like this, and the situation at the Sihe Academy was also like this.

When Li Xuewu's car stopped at the main gate of the West Courtyard, neighbors passing by greeted him.

Seeing the car enter the courtyard, Shen Guodong, Chen Xiaoyan, and Sha Zhu carrying seafood and walking into the courtyard, this really ignited their gossip hearts.

Hearing that Li Xuewu had just returned from a business trip to Tianjin and had specially bought seafood for his family and friends to taste, everyone was so envious.

If you say you are a division chief, he might not care, but if you say you often go on business trips and can bring back some local specialties, especially food.

At this time, everyone doesn't care much about clothing and usage, but they are very greedy for what they put in their mouths. Otherwise, why would people say that in later generations, conditions are better, and people have eaten too many diseases? They were starved to death.

"Uncle Wu!"

Bang Geng jumped down from the wall, greeting him enthusiastically.

Li Xuewu looked at his naughty appearance and laughed: "How many days has your mother not beaten you?"

"You're just teasing me!"

Bang Geng is not young anymore, he knows what's good and bad, and he knows even more that people are teasing him.

He lifted his pants, which were covered in dirt, ran to the back of the jeep to look, and asked curiously: "Is this a crab?"

"Want to eat? Go home and get a basin."

Li Xuewu slapped away his hand that was going to grab the crab; this child only grows meat but not brains.

He reached out to grab the crab, and the crab also wanted to reach out and grab him.

"Hey! Thank you, Uncle Wu—!"

Hearing Li Xuewu's words, the kid was like a toad, jumping three feet high, and ran home jumping.

Sha Zhu came back from the room and teased with a smile: "He only knows how to eat."

"The car is too small, it can't hold too much, everyone share it and taste the flavor."

Li Xuewu waved his hand and refused the cigarette he handed over, saying: "You have to keep in mind, this thing can't be given to Diliya to eat, it's too cold."

"I know, I'm a chef, how could I not know this?"

Sha Zhu pointed to the seafood in the trunk and asked: "You gave it all to us, what are you eating?"

He invited: "If you ask me, just eat here tonight, eat before going home, it's been a long time since we drank, let's have some tonight."

"I'm not drinking with you, your drinking capacity is too small."

Li Xuewu pretended to be disgusted and said: "If I drink you down, I still have to help you back, which is more and which is less."

While talking, he saw Bang Geng running back quickly carrying an enamel washbasin, followed by Xiao Dang and Little Little Huaihua.

The children in the courtyard chattered and followed out to see, all saying there was seafood.

Someone heard the shout Bang Geng made when he went home just now.

"You pick, your fingers will be pinched off."

Sha Zhu saw Bang Geng acting like an idiot, reaching out to grab into the basket, and slapped him again.

Bang Geng shouted anxiously: "Uncle Wu said he gave it to me, I want to eat this crab."

"How can you eat a crab like this, you don't want your hands anymore? It hurts when it pinches people."

Sha Zhu scared him while reaching into the basket to help him pick a few.

At this time, Qin Huairu chased up from behind, saw Sha Zhu and Li Xuewu standing behind the car picking crabs for Bang Geng, and said embarrassedly: "Stop picking, it was hard to bring back."

"No—Mom! Uncle Wu gave it to me, I want to eat."

Bang Geng stomped his feet anxiously, and Xiao Dang and Little Little Huaihua beside him were very afraid that their mother would not let them have it, so they were also anxious.

The children are young and don't understand things, so they naturally don't understand the human relationships of adults.

Qin Huairu said embarrassedly to Li Xuewu: "I was just saying, just got back, and heard him shout something about seafood when he entered the room, and when I turned back, everyone was gone."

"Hehe—it's not anything precious, if he wants to eat, let him taste it."

Li Xuewu raised his hand and pinched Bang Geng's fat face, getting a brilliant smile from the fat-faced cat.

"You just got back?"

Qin Huairu didn't ask Sha Zhu to pick more, just wanted six or seven, let the children taste it, really want to eat more and occupy more.

Shen Guodong and Chen Xiaoyan carried the remaining two baskets of seafood into the courtyard, and Bang Geng also ran home with a washbasin of crabs in the envious eyes of other children.

Han Jiankun connected the faucet in the courtyard and pulled the water pipe to flush the trunk; the smell of seafood was really strong.

When Li Xuewu and the others returned, he had already sent a carload back to the Haiyuncang villa.

In fact, few people at home eat this, it's really just for a fresh taste.

Gu Ning is nursing and can't eat it, Li Xuewu has limited ability to eat shelled things, and most of that carload was given to Gu Ning's colleagues in the hospital.

This thing is really precious as a favor, live seafood, it's not easy to buy even with tickets.

Li Xuewu raised his hand, signaling to move to the side, giving up the position for Han Jiankun to wash the car.

"Returned in the afternoon, arrived home at five."

"I just said it."

Qin Huairu said with a smile: "I went to the main office building in the afternoon, didn't hear you were back, thinking if you arrived home at night, I could prepare rooms and midnight snacks for you."

"Just afraid of this, every time it's at night."

Li Xuewu laughed: "For the business trip, day and night are reversed, so I left a day early."

The itinerary to Tianjin was arranged by him, so he naturally didn't want to occupy Sunday's time.

So going on Friday and returning on Saturday is just right, otherwise arriving home on Sunday night, he would have to stay in the reception center and go to work when he gets up.

Didn't pay much attention before marriage, but after marriage, he became more and more disgusted with business trips.

Maybe he will have to wait until after forty to pick up the fun of business trips again.

Qin Huairu didn't talk much with him, knowing he was in a hurry to go home, and finally thanked him with a smile.

Li Xuewu looked at her with a smile, feeling that this thank you was a bit insincere.

Shen Guodong settled the room, and when he came out, he asked him to stay for dinner.

Li Xuewu didn't want to, talked with his grandfather for a while, said a few words to his sister-in-law and Ji Yuxiu who came out with the child, and left by car without even returning to the courtyard.

It's not that he's afraid of people in the courtyard being jealous, nor is he afraid of people in the courtyard bothering him to do things, but as long as he returns to the courtyard, whoever greets him has to say a few words.

You say a few words, he says a few words, you can't get down in half an hour, so don't go home.

After two days of business trips, seeing Li Xin's chubby appearance, he also missed Li Ning.

And the chattering little Li Shu.

"No—no—!"

Just as he entered the courtyard, Li Xuewu heard his daughter's chattering shouts, it really was what he thought of.

Qin Jingru stood at the door, confronting Li Shu, one wanted to fish the seafood in the pool, the other didn't let her.

"This is a sea crab, can you raise it? It will stink tomorrow morning!"

"I don't want—I don't want—!"

The Great Demon King understands everything now, blocking the front of the fish pond with both hands, looking up at Qin Jingru, just not letting her fish.

"Look, look who's back, you still dare to make trouble!" Qin Jingru scared her: "Your father is going to spank your butt!"

This has no deterrent power for Li Shu, because she knows her father never beats her.

If her mother came back, she might listen, even if her mother doesn't beat her.

"What are you doing, want to have a fight?"

Li Xuewu looked at the big and small people with a smile, and when he changed his slippers, he saw Gu Ning's shoes were there, so he asked: "Xiao Ning hasn't finished work yet?"

"Yeah, seems like she has to work overtime."

Qin Jingru picked up Li Shu angrily and pretended to pat her on the butt, but this didn't work, Li Shu's little hands dared to pat her back twice.

Seeing Han Jiankun come in after finishing the car, she complained chattering: "Look, it's all your fault, teasing the child to raise crabs, you really can think of it!"

It turned out that when he sent seafood back at five o'clock, Li Shu saw it and wanted it.

Han Jiankun was also afraid she would get hurt, so he teased her and threw a crab into the fish pond.

This really caused trouble.

The crab was quiet in it at first, but after a while, it started grabbing fish and shrimp, Qin Jingru finally raised the fish, and the crab cleaned it up.

Li Shu also had a new love and forgot the old love, only caring about watching the crab play, not caring about the life or death of those little fish.

Do you see Bang Geng stupidly daring to grab a crab?

Li Shu is even worse than him, this child has a natural violent temper, hearing her little aunt's husband say this thing bites people, guess what?

Good guy, she steps on it!

Stepping on it is not enough, wearing small cloth shoes and kicking forward, the kind that is cowardly and loves to play.

Finally, Han Jiankun took advantage of Li Shu making trouble with his wife and secretly grabbed the crab out.

When Li Shu asked, he told her the crab was eaten by the fish.

The fish was also unlucky, carrying all the blame.

Han Jiankun helped Qin Jingru tidy up the seafood and kitchen, and Li Xuewu carried Li Shu upstairs.

Mother Liu Yin is taking care of Li Ning playing upstairs, this little guy can't turn over yet, just lying there picking his fingers.

Handing the Great Demon King to her grandmother, Li Xuewu took a bath, and when he came out, he heard Gu Ning's voice coming from downstairs.

"Just got back?"

Gu Ning is not there, Li Shu is definitely not idle upstairs, grandmother can't control her.

Li Xuewu was really afraid she would mess up the books in the study, so he could only carry her downstairs.

After seeing Gu Ning, Li Shu immediately became a good baby, hugging her father's neck and not saying she wanted this or that.

"Is there a surgery, or...?"

"Surgery, meeting after it ended."

Gu Ning sat on the sofa pinching her neck with some fatigue, looking at the father and daughter who followed and asked: "Why did you send seafood to our department?"

"Eat it as a favor, what else can I do, did people in your department say anything?"

Li Xuewu put Li Shu beside her, only Gu Ning can seal the Great Demon King in this family.

Stuffing toys to her, he got up and took the cup on the table to help Gu Ning pour water.

Gu Ning hugged Li Shu and taught her to play with arithmetic toys, saying helplessly: "Is it necessary to do this?"

"Is this necessary or not?"

Li Xuewu poured hot water with two cups, feeling it was almost cool, then brought it over.

Handing the cup to Gu Ning, he said: "You are taking care of the child now, your body can't accept high-intensity work, don't you have to ask colleagues for help?"

Seeing his wife's appearance of not being patient with interpersonal social interactions, he naturally knew that those colleagues had found her to thank and play.

"Don't treat making friends as a burden, this way the other party also has a burden, then it's not friends."

Li Xuewu signaled her to drink water and persuaded: "You are working in the department after all, our family didn't buy seafood just to please them, right? Don't have pressure."

"It's quite..."

Gu Ning drank hot water, lowered her head and looked at Li Shu playing with arithmetic beads, explaining: "Someone gossiped, saying I was showing off, saying I was fishing for fame."

"It's inevitable, which unit doesn't have such people, if you care about them, don't think about being well."

Li Xuewu comforted: "Those who have the Dao have many helpers, those who lose the Dao have few helpers, friends are better to be many, one or two villains don't make a climate."

"Moreover, sending them crabs is also to thank them for their help and support for you, we are not planning for any step of advancement."

"Yeah, just a bit awkward."

Gu Ning told him her inner thoughts, and after listening to his comfort, she felt much more comfortable.

Before, when she encountered people who said sarcastic things, or gossiped behind her back, she hid and endured it.

But Li Xuewu did so much for her, and still had to be talked about by the other party, she just felt depressed.

She didn't care about those seafood, just felt it wasn't worth feeding them into their mouths.

Unknowingly, Gu Ning didn't seem to notice, in fact, her personality had changed a lot.

At least now she has care and grievances, and even more temper.

What is it like when Gu Ning loses her temper?