Chapter 112: Upholding Public Heart (Added for

Li Xuewu's words made Xu's father's face turn pale instantly, but Li Xuewu's next words were even uglier.

"I'm so particular, you don't harm me either. If I knew today, why was it in the beginning? I don't believe Lou Xiaoe didn't go to your house to talk about Xu Damao's affairs. Even children in this courtyard know what kind of goods Xu Damao is. Are you pretending to be stupid with me?"

Tearing the face, the words were ugly, but not saying it wouldn't work. He was afraid that the Xu family would vent their anger on his family.

Li Xuewu closed the box with his hand and pushed it back, saying: "Still that sentence, it was the three Dayes who united the men, women, old, and young in the whole courtyard to send Xu Damao to me. I received it as work, not receiving it is dereliction of duty. You won't misunderstand me, right?"

Seeing Xu's mother holding Liu Yin's hand, looking at Li Shun and the others with pleading eyes, while Xu's father was a bit hunched.

"Do you understand what I mean? If he hadn't done it, no one could slander him. It's dark, go back slowly, I won't keep you."

Xu's father's hand on the box clenched, said a "Go!" to Xu's mother, picked up the box, pulled Xu's mother, went out the door, and left without looking back.

Lou Xiaoe was slapped by Xu Damao's mother in the afternoon. The guilt and fear in her heart made her be threatened by the two old ones to come to the Li family.

After seeing the things in the box, the last bit of pity in her heart disappeared, leaving only grievances, burying her head on the table and crying.

Liu Yin persuaded Xu's mother away and had to come to persuade Lou Xiaoe, making Li Shun stare at Li Xuewu angrily.

Li Xuewu didn't want to continue disturbing his family, knocked on the table with his hand and said: "Stop crying, Sister Lou, come out, I have something to tell you."

After speaking, he took the lead to open the door and went out.

Waited for a while, Lou Xiaoe followed out with teary eyes and stood in front of Li Xuewu.

Looking at Lou Xiaoe's poor mental state, he didn't know how those two old ones communicated with Lou Xiaoe.

Li Xuewu saw that there was no one around, so he said: "Xu Damao has already confessed. There are many people, and the facts have been determined. It is suggested that you make plans early. According to my estimation, he won't be able to come back, so it is not suggested that you do stupid things again, and don't reveal those gold and silver treasures again. That is not life-buying money, that is a life-sending talisman. If you are afraid he won't die firmly, you can continue to mess around."

Li Xuewu hadn't thought about how to handle Xu Damao yet, but he couldn't let the Xu family and Lou Xiaoe add trouble to him.

"Tian A Jiang Lin"

Li Xuewu thought it was the things Lou Xiaoe took out to help the Xu family, because only the Lou family had this strength. 【112-

Lou Xiaoe wiped away her tears and said, "I won't. He brought this upon himself. I'm staying right here in this courtyard. I'm not leaving; I'm going to watch how he dies."

Li Xuewu sighed. A day as husband and wife brings a hundred days of grace; a hundred days as husband and wife are as deep as the sea.

If the heartbreak wasn't deep, why cry so sorrowfully?

He didn't want to get involved in such matters; it was too complicated and could easily affect his state of mind, so he just said "take care" and returned to his room.

Everyone in the room stared at him with wide eyes.

Li Xuewu smiled bitterly: "This is the last time I'm bringing work home. It won't happen again."

Li Shun felt both relieved and fearful about his son's actions. He sighed and said, "As long as you know that. You must uphold public interest and not lose yourself."

Liu Yin grabbed Li Shun's arm and told him to go to sleep.

"You old fool, what are you rambling about? Xuewu didn't even take such a huge box, what more do you want? My eyes were dazzled just looking at it."

Li Xuecai and Li Xue also returned from the south room to get ready for bed.

Today's events had a huge impact on everyone in the Li family.

When Qin Huairu came over to help cook in the afternoon, she mentioned Li Xuewu's new appointment, which surprised the whole family. Qin Huairu then recounted what Li Xuewu had done at the Steel Mill, completely overturning the family's perception of him.

Seeing the Xu family come over to plead for mercy late at night, and with such a box of gold and jewelry, they finally realized how important Li Xuewu's job was and how much power he held.

Li Shun gave a final instruction not to talk about it outside before climbing onto the kang to rest.

Li Xuewu prepared to take a bucket to fetch water to warm it up for the horse. Hearing Da Lao walked out and pointed to the covered pot, saying, "The water is warmed up for you. You go mix the fodder first, and I'll scoop the water for you."

Li Xuewu agreed, used a ladle to scoop some bean cake mash that had been soaking in the room, and carried the half-bucket of warm water to mix the fodder.

Hearing Da Lao scooped a bucket of water, carried it out, and placed it outside the stable, waiting for the horse to finish its fodder before letting it drink.

"Did you feed it at noon today?"

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "I did. The feed bag is empty. Where did our fodder come from?"

Hearing Da Lao gestured toward the room where his eldest brother Xuewen lived and said, "It was sent by your eldest brother's father-in-law. They heard I had come and that we were keeping a horse, so they spent over ten days in the mountains cutting grass before the autumn harvest. They dried it and sent it over to us, using the team's horse cart. Your father even treated their driver to a meal and drinks."

"Where did the bean cake come from? Was that sent from there too?"

"Of course. Your father bought it. He bought five pieces; I don't even know where he managed to find them."

Li Xuewu quite enjoyed chatting with Hearing Da Lao; Hearing Da Lao was very humorous and very kind to him.

"It's too late for this year, but next autumn, we'll find time to go into the mountains, you and I. We'll cut fresh grass, and I'll help you dig a silage pit in the west courtyard so this big green horse can have fresh feed next year."

"That would be great. Do you remember? When we were back home, our family used to dig pits too, but there's no room for that here."

The big green horse seemed to understand what the two were saying, eating while shaking its head and tail.

After the horse finished its fodder and drank two and a half buckets of warm water, the two of them finally returned to the room to rest.

As soon as Li Xuewu entered the room, he went to check on the baby, but was slapped by Liu Yin.

"Take off your clothes first. You're carrying the chill from outside; what if the baby catches a cold?"

Seeing Li Shun glaring at him, Li Xuewu sheepishly went to wash up.

Ever since the baby came back, the old lady helped look after her during the day, and Liu Yin held her while sleeping at night, so Li Xuewu never had to worry.

Especially Li Shun; he had been in a very good mood these past two days coaxing his granddaughter. Perhaps out of respect for her, he no longer lost his temper with Li Xuewu.

After washing up, he kissed his daughter's little hand and went to sleep on the west kang.

It wasn't just the Li family who slept late that night.

The next morning, when Li Xuewu got up, the workers renovating the house had already arrived.

Master Dou had brought people early to install the window and door frames, while simultaneously digging the foundation to prepare for building the wall of the north warehouse in the west courtyard. Several others were digging the sewage well and the water pipe trench.

Li Xuewu placed a pack of 8-fen cigarettes in the room and asked Master Dou, "How was it? Was the food yesterday alright?"

Master Dou thanked Li Xuewu for the cigarettes and said with a smile, "It was great, really great. There was even pork in the cabbage stewed with duck carcasses. Among all our clients, your family's food is considered quite rich. Don't worry, the brothers know what's what. I'll see if I can borrow a small excavator this afternoon. My brother-in-law is from the district construction team; if there's no work in the winter, we can borrow it for a fee."

"That's fine. If you need to handle it officially, remember to tell me. We have an official seal here."

Seeing the workers' high enthusiasm, he didn't waste any more time and rode his bicycle to work. With Hearing Da Lao watching over the house, he didn't need to worry.

After riding to his unit and tidying up, he watched the security team finish their drill, asked about the situation in the detention room, and then went upstairs.

Before long, Master Xiao led Hu Guimin and Director Guan from the workshop over; it seemed they had squeezed in the time to come.