Chapter 1293: Capture Zhang Jianguo Alive

"I don't want to wear this," Li Shu pointed to the direction of the cabinet with her small finger: "I want to wear that one with the little dog—"

"I want you to wear the one with the donkey. Why are you so stubborn?"

Li Xuewu was busy with his daughter all morning, his forehead was sweating, and now Li Shu was dissatisfied with her little shoes again.

"How old are you, and you already know how to be beautiful—"

"This doesn't need to be taught; no matter how old, one will know how to be beautiful." Qin Jingru came out of the kitchen and joked with a smile: "The other day she even dug out her mother's hair clip and put it in her own hair."

"Now she knows how to be beautiful, what will happen when she grows up," Li Xuewu tapped his daughter's small hand and teased her: "More beautiful than Lin Daiyu, surpassing Yang Yuhuan?"

"Hee hee—"

Li Shu also knew who they were talking about. Seeing her father put the shoes with the little dog pattern on her, she smiled happily.

"Daddy, where are we going to play today?"

"You say, you say where to play, and we'll go there today," Li Xuewu held her down to the ground, tidied her clothes, and said: "Today, let Li Shu play to her heart's content."

"Hee hee—then—then let's go to Grandma's house to play—" Li Shu, who hadn't really been anywhere, couldn't name a place to play, and after holding it in for a long time, she still chose Grandma's house.

Perhaps in her small heart, going to Grandma's house was the farthest road she had ever traveled.

"No problem, let's go to Grandma's house to play today," Li Xuewu nodded and continued to ask: "Then does Li Shu have any other places she wants to go play?"

"Other places—" Li Shu raised her small hand, pulled at her lips, and asked confusedly: "Where are other places?"

"Other places are places besides Grandma's house," Li Xuewu finally finished tidying up his daughter, walked to the stairs, and called out to Gu Ning: "Xiao Ning, are you finished tidying up?"

"Almost, wait a moment."

Gu Ning's voice came from upstairs, along with Li Ning's unintelligible chatter.

Li Ning, who was less than 15 months old, could already walk, though a bit wobbly, and couldn't speak in full sentences, but could call "Daddy" and "Mommy."

Because he had an easy-going sister, he also had a mouth that couldn't stay idle. Although he couldn't speak clearly, it didn't stop him from talking.

Listening to the "baby talk" from upstairs, Li Xuewu turned around with amusement and asked his daughter: "What is your brother saying?"

"Don't know—" Li Shu shook her head, raised the box cannon in her hand, and asked: "Daddy, can I bring this?"

"If you trust me, we will definitely encounter many fun things today, and you have absolutely no need to bring toys."

Li Xuewu touched his daughter's small face and said: "If you don't trust Daddy, then when we encounter something fun, this will become a burden and affect the fun of playing."

"Then I'll trust you once." Li Shu thought for a moment, quickly made a decision, took off the gun strap of the box cannon slung over her shoulder, and placed it very solemnly on the toy box, much like a soldier changing shifts.

"I thank you for your trust."

Li Xuewu nodded with amusement, picked up the small military green bag with a red star hanging on the coat rack, and hung it on her shoulder.

"It's more appropriate for you to bring this today. If you encounter any little trinkets you like, you can ask Daddy to buy them for you."

"Daddy, you're so good—" Facts proved that the "Big Demon King" could also act like a spoiled child to coax people, as long as her wishes could be satisfied.

"Oh—" Seeing her sister kiss her father, Li Ning, who was coming down from upstairs, got anxious and let out a shout that pierced the clouds.

No one knew why a child's voice was so bright; no matter how much he shouted, it never went hoarse, and he could chatter all night.

"Ready, let's go."

Li Xuewu held his daughter, Gu Ning held his son, and the family of four left the house, preparing to have a good day of play.

Han Jiankun had already prepared the car, and his little apprentice Nie Xiaoguang was also there. Seeing the leader's family come out, the two of them greeted them.

Seeing Han Ge skillfully take the leader's daughter, Nie Xiaoguang also wanted to take the other one in a daze, but the hand he just stretched out was dodged by the leader's wife.

It wasn't until he was glared at by Han Ge that he reacted: the smaller child was being held by the leader's wife.

"No need, thank you—"

Listening to the words full of distance, Nie Xiaoguang felt as if a basin of water had been poured over his head, his face turning bright red.

It was something that happened in an instant, and Li Xuewu didn't mind, patted his arm, and signaled for him to go open the car door.

This time Gu Ning didn't dodge him, got into the car from the back seat door he opened, and he finally regained some spirit.

What is the experience of causing trouble the first time accompanying the leader and the leader's family out? Nie Xiaoguang finally got to experience it.

Han Jiankun waited for Li Xuewu to get into the car from the other side before returning Li Shu to his arms.

After closing the car door, he stared at Nie Xiaoguang, who was standing there at a loss, and gestured toward the passenger seat.

"Get in the car, what are you standing there in a daze for."

"I—" Nie Xiaoguang just wanted to explain, but saw Han Ge had already walked to the driver's seat and opened the door, so he could only trot to the passenger side, opened the door with trepidation, and sat in the passenger seat.

The Volga M24's cabin was large enough. Li Shu sat in the back seat between her father and mother, while her younger brother Li Ning sat on his father's lap, his small hands clinging to the window, looking curiously outside.

This was Li Ning's first formal outing; previously, he wasn't even as good as his sister, and the farthest road he had traveled was to Grandma's house.

Li Shu didn't remember things, but Li Xuewu and Gu Ning had taken her to the mall and also to her maternal grandmother's house.

At that time, their maternal grandmother's house was still in Beijing, but it wouldn't be easy to go there now.

"Ya ya—ah ya—"

Looking at the scenery flashing past the car window, Li Ning was extremely lively, and his small mouth didn't want to stop for even a moment.

The car followed the route Li Shu was familiar with and arrived at the four-sided compound. There were many people in the alley today, coming and going.

Every weekend, it's inevitable that the whole family will go out, either to purchase supplies or to visit relatives and friends.

Knowing they were coming, the gate of the Bai Bai Xiyuan had already been opened, and the car drove straight in.

This was Nie Xiaoguang's first time coming here. It wasn't that he hadn't been to Jiaodaokou, nor that he hadn't been to this alley, but he hadn't entered this compound, nor the recycling station adjacent to it.

For people in the "Jianghu," this place is the Shaolin Temple or Wudang Sect in the martial arts world—a place you can't just barge into or cause trouble.

Of course, there are always villains in the Jianghu who aren't afraid of death. It is said that back then, three heroes chased into the compound to commit evil deeds, but ended up being locked inside and beaten until their own parents wouldn't recognize them, and finally were sent to the western suburbs to eat a bullet.

Today, Nie Xiaoguang also had this glory, walking in openly and honestly, and no one dared to scold him. It's a pity he is no longer a Jianghu person; otherwise, he could brag about this experience for a month.

"Are you stupid? Get out of the car—"

Han Jiankun was truly convinced. This kid was usually so clever; how could he keep getting confused today?

The leader and his wife had both held their children and entered the compound, yet he was still sitting in the car in a daze.

"Ah? I get out of the car? Oh oh."

Nie Xiaoguang's dream of bragging was shattered, and he got out of the passenger seat awkwardly.

When he saw the back seat was already empty, he asked: "Leader, where did the leader go?"

"Xiao Guang, if you're like this, I advise you to confess to the leader and say you aren't suitable for this job."

Han Jiankun sighed and said in a rare, heart-to-heart tone: "Even if it's just watching the gate at the factory, it's better than doing this. After all, watching the gate and standing guard doesn't have life-threatening dangers."

"I won't go, you young ones go stroll. Your grandmother and I will stay home and tidy up the house."

Liu Yin refused her son and daughter-in-law's invitation again, waving her hand in embarrassment: "I don't have anything I need to buy."

"Mom, didn't we already agree to go shopping together today? Why are you changing your mind at the last minute."

Zhao Yafang held her child in one hand and pulled her mother-in-law's arm with the other, saying: "If you don't go, then what's the point of us going? We just want to take you out for a good stroll."

"That's right, Mom—" Ji Yuxiu held her mother-in-law's other arm and persuaded: "Second Brother has already prepared the car. If you don't go, it will hurt Second Brother's good intentions."

"Since the children are asking you to go, you should just go. What's there to be embarrassed about," the old lady on the heated brick bed also persuaded her: "My old arms and legs don't want to move far. If I were sturdier, I would go no matter how far, as long as someone is willing to take me."

"Everything is prepared. I want you to go. We'll go in one car, and there's a seat for you—"

Li Xuewu smiled and held the old lady's hand, saying: "You said you wouldn't go when I came to pick up Li Shu the other day. Now I'm saying I'll pick you up, are you going or not? As long as you want to go, I'll carry you no matter how far the road is, and I'll never let you get tired."

"Hahaha—" The old lady laughed at her grandson's coaxing. Ji Yuxiu, who always had a sharp eye, saw Second Brother's wink and came over to say: "Grandma, don't hold back anymore. If you don't go, Mom will be embarrassed to go. Hurry up and change your clothes."

"Since my grandson said so, then I must go—"

The old lady was taking care of her daughter-in-law Liu Yin, and also fulfilling the filial piety of her children and grandchildren. She didn't want to reject the good intentions of the younger generation, nor did she want to spoil the originally joyful atmosphere.

How could Liu Yin not want to go out for a stroll? A housewife revolves around the stove every day, busy with the old and then the young, never having a moment of rest.

It is precisely because she has the old above and the young below that she has no freedom.

Her children and daughters-in-law are filial. She didn't want to be the one to spoil the fun, but there was no other way. Which family isn't like this?

That's why they say "having an old person in the family is like having a treasure." The old lady truly didn't want to go. At sixty years old, the desire to wear new clothes and new shoes had long since disappeared; she was just waiting to wear her burial clothes and shoes.

But the children wanted to be lively, and the embarrassment was on Liu Yin's side. She couldn't force Liu Yin to go. Even if she was dragged away, Liu Yin would still be worried in her heart, and wouldn't be able to play happily even if she went out.

She couldn't let Liu Yin lose face either. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had lived together for more than twenty years without ever turning red or arguing.

So, understanding each other, she took the initiative to start the conversation, and the second grandson picked it up. She successfully fulfilled her daughter-in-law and her grandchildren, so Liu Yin wouldn't have to be embarrassed.

Yes, since the old lady said she was going, Liu Yin had no reason to be embarrassed. With her daughter's help, she found a new dress she hadn't worn for a long time, but looking in the mirror, this dress was also old.

Yes, she bought this new dress last year when her second son got married, and she only wore it once before hanging it in the cabinet.

How could she bear to wear such good clothes? On weekdays, she wore coarse, dirt-resistant old clothes, and she wouldn't feel bad if they got damaged.

But she also felt bad that the new clothes in the cabinet had become old. She could manage the clothing, food, housing, and transportation for the whole family, but she couldn't manage a single piece of clothing for herself.

But the Liu Yin in the mirror was smiling, because her daughter was standing beside her, and her daughters-in-law were also standing there.

Her children and daughters-in-law were filial. Even if she wore old clothes, she was happy.

Because her children didn't wait until she was gone to remember her when they were cleaning up these rags, didn't wait until then to remember that she didn't have a decent piece of clothing to wear when she left, didn't wait until then to remember that she had worked hard all her life without ever thinking of herself for a moment, and didn't wait until then to remember that there were many inconveniences and embarrassments in the family without her.

Liu Yin was naturally happy. Her children didn't make her feel bitter, but started to make her feel heartache.

Before Li Xue could even speak, the eldest daughter-in-law Zhao Yafang and the youngest daughter-in-law Ji Yuxiu were already discussing buying clothes for her.

One said the clothes didn't fit, another said there were new fabrics in the mall and they should add another pair of pants, and another said they should match them with a pair of shoes.

"You really treat me like a young lady about to get married. Why are you tidying me up like this," Liu Yin said with a smile, emphasizing: "It's settled, I'm going, but don't buy me anything. I don't need it."

"That's not up to you—"

Li Xue said with a smile: "The sisters-in-law will buy one, and I will buy one for you. Anyway, I can't fall behind in being filial."

"Hmm hmm, you won't fall behind anywhere."

Li Xuewu, wearing a white shirt and light blue casual pants, looked young and handsome, but he seemed a bit unhinged when teasing his sister, not looking like an older brother at all.

"Hmph—better than you—" Li Xue wrinkled her nose at her third brother and turned to her third sister-in-law: "Why are you dressing him in such good clothes? Aren't you afraid that some young girl in the hospital will take a fancy to him?"

"Afraid, I'm terrified—"

Ji Yuxiu looked at Li Xuewu with amusement, then smiled at Li Xue and said: "It's precisely because I'm afraid he won't want me anymore that I dress him well, so that people know he's already taken."

"How did you learn to sow discord now," Li Xuewu glared at his sister and said: "You're not as sensible as you used to be at work."

"So your meaning is that I've learned to be bad after being arranged by Second Brother to go to work?"

Li Xue didn't show weakness to her third brother and raised her eyebrows to ask: "Then does that mean you have an opinion about Second Brother?"

"You—you've really learned to be bad."

Li Xuewu looked into the inner room, pointed at Li Xue, and whispered: "I don't have an opinion about Second Brother; I'm talking about you."

"Second Brother, Third Brother said you..."

Before Li Xue could finish her sentence, her mouth was covered by her third brother, and her framed-up words were left with only "woo woo woo."

"Stop, you'll get into a fight again in a moment."

Liu Yin changed her shoes and glared at her youngest son: "How old are you, still acting like a child."

"She was the one who started sowing discord."

"Go prepare the car, we're leaving immediately," Li Xuewu only argued with his mother once before hearing his second brother calling him from the inner room.

"Drive that Willys of mine?"

"Keep dreaming. How many people can that small car seat?" Li Xuewu came out of the room holding Li Ning and arranged: "Drive that GAZ. Both cars can fit everyone."

"Oh oh—okay—"

Li Xuewu agreed, glared at Li Xue, and then opened the door and went out.

That GAZ 69 in the Bai Bai Xiyuan was brought back by Second Brother, brand new, just with a slightly damaged exterior—the masterpiece of Biao Ge's one night.

It hadn't been driven much in the past two years, but the car condition was very good, and the extended version could seat seven or eight people without any effort.

He had driven all the cars in the Bai Bai Xiyuan. Ever since he learned to drive, he even thought about driving to the toilet.

Especially after Second Brother lent him that Willys, and Second Brother even said this car would belong to him after he started working.

So he had long treated that small car as his own, treasuring and protecting it. Of course, he would drive other cars when there was real business.

Old drivers have principles: you can't pedal your own car too hard.

The whole family acted collectively, attracting frequent side-glances from people in the compound. Some greeted them with smiles, asking where they were going. Liu Yin replied with a reserved smile that her son insisted on taking her to the mall.

Hmm, the word "insisted" was used very appropriately, perfectly expressing her mood and successfully arousing the other party's envy.

The family arrived at the Bai Bai Xiyuan, and the two cars were already prepared one after the other, but Li Xuewu didn't need to be the driver.

Han Jiankun pointed to the GAZ 69 and let Nie Xiaoguang drive, gave the passenger seat to the old lady holding Li Shu, and the back seat to Liu Yin, Zhao Yafang, and Gu Ning holding the two children.

The remaining three Li brothers and Ji Yuxiu got into that GAZ 69, and the two cars drove out of the gate one after the other.

It wasn't that they didn't think of "Da Lao," but Da Lao was even more stubborn than mother Liu Yin. Hearing that the family was going out to play today, she went to the big warehouse early, not leaving Li Xuewu any chance at all.

Da Lao wasn't being distant, nor was she afraid of embarrassing her grandson; she had truly integrated into this family.

After Li Xuewu got married and left, the problem of who would support Da Lao wasn't placed on the table to embarrass everyone.

When Li Xuewu divided the family, it was agreed that Da Lao would live with him. This was Da Lao taking care of him and supporting him, not wanting him to feel helpless after just dividing the family.

In reality, they were all in the same compound, and no one in the Li family treated Da Lao as an outsider, especially after Li Xuewu became the head of the family.

That's right, the Li family looked like they had divided the family, but in reality, they had divided a loneliness. The money and property were cleared up, but the affection became even thicker.

This is the traditional philosophy: dividing the family doesn't break the tendons, and analyzing the property doesn't break the affection. Whichever child in the family has the ability, that one becomes the head.

Just like Li Xuewu now, don't the big things in the family all depend on him to make the decisions? The whole family also lives united around him.

Even the eldest brother Li Xuewu was used to this life where his second brother was in power. Calling it "in power," isn't it still just a matter of worrying?

As long as it's a matter of worrying, Li Xuewu wants to hide when he hears it.

Saying they were going out to play today, shopping, eating, and watching the excitement—he expressed his opinion of wanting to stay at home as soon as he heard it.

But when Ji Yuxiu said that Second Brother was going to the bookstore to pick out a few books while shopping, he immediately took back the opinion he had just proposed.

It wasn't that he had no opinions of his own, but that books were too fragrant for him.

"You guys find a place to park, and come find us at the mall in a while."

Li Xuewu gave Nie Xiaoguang an instruction, then took his eldest brother and the others off the car and walked toward the Volga in front.

The weather in May is just right for going out to play, and the three children also had smiles of curiosity when they got off the car.

The three brothers were all strong laborers, each holding one. Li Xuewu hadn't gotten married yet, so he got the job of being the mount for his eldest niece Li Shu.

Li Shu's courage was great. When her third uncle said he would let her ride on his neck, she immediately laughed and rode up. The laughter in her small mouth didn't stop at all; the feeling of "viewing all the mountains at a glance" was truly too good.

Li Xuewu's height was a bit shorter than his second brother's, but the three brothers were also outstanding figures standing in the crowd.

In this day and age, there are very few tall people. Even if there are, they are children from rich and powerful families.

Like the Li family, an ordinary single-worker family, it is rare to see three sons and one daughter fed to such a state of sufficient nutrition.

When Li Xuewu was a child, he often heard the old lady say that the family wasn't that they didn't earn money, but that the money earned was used to fill their small stomachs.

So Li Xuewu can now have a perspective that surpasses ordinary people, which is thanks to his father Li Shun's foresight.

This height of over 1.8 meters is a landmark figure wherever he goes. Now the three brothers appeared together, also carrying children.

Entering from the mall gate, not to mention behind and to the left and right, even those walking in front kept turning their heads to look at them.

A standard family—the three daughters-in-law accompanying the old lady and mother-in-law, followed by three strong laborers carrying children. One can tell at a glance that this is a family.

"You have blessings, look at this house full of children and grandchildren."

When buying shoes for the old lady, the salesperson couldn't help but praise: "The whole family is accompanying you to go shopping, how filial."

"Hahaha—"

The old lady couldn't resist being praised, especially by a stranger. Hearing this, she laughed.

Liu Yin and Zhao Yafang squatted on the ground to change her into flat-soled, soft-heeled cloth shoes, and helped her stand up to try them.

"Quite good, they feel quite soft."

"Then let's take this pair, thank you."

Zhao Yafang saw the old lady felt they were good, so she took out her wallet and nodded to the salesperson: "Help me write the receipt."

"Let me pay, let me pay," seeing the eldest daughter-in-law wanting to take out money, Liu Yin snatched it over: "How much?"

"Oh, Mom, just don't worry about it."

Zhao Yafang pressed her mother-in-law's hand and said with a smile: "Didn't I tell you just now? You just listen to orders today, just say if it's good or not. You don't need to worry about paying."

"This is your mother-in-law? You look like mother and daughter—" Does the salesperson have no eye for detail? The salesperson is stubborn and doesn't know how to speak, doesn't know how to serve customers? The eyes of salespeople in big malls are all poisonous!

In this day and age, service personnel don't have a bad attitude; it's just that they haven't met people they are afraid of, haven't met people they can't afford to offend.

From the moment they arrived at the counter, they had long seen that this family was unusual. How many ordinary families have two people with pistols stuck in their waists?

Besides, one can tell from the temperament and clothing of these young people that they wouldn't usually come to the mall to buy clothes; they must have found a good tailor to order them. This couldn't be hidden from them.

It really couldn't be hidden from them. The Li family's younger generation's clothes had long since stopped needing Liu Yin to worry. The sewing machine at home was only used for repairs and patches, and at most, it was used to make clothes for Li Shun and the old lady.

Li Xuewu could wear the administrative style produced by the First Prison. Could he forget his eldest sister-in-law who managed the accounts all year round, and his eldest brother who seemed like a waste but actually lived as a waste voluntarily?

It was even more impossible to forget his third brother, whom he personally selected and who was a family treasure. In his mind, Li Xuewu was the one who had to inherit his father's mantle and inherit the family's medical talents and intangible cultural heritage.

So standing in front of the service personnel, it was easy for several people to be seen that their clothing all came from the same pattern.

If you ask an ordinary person if this pattern exists in the mall, they definitely couldn't say for sure, but the service personnel had worked in the mall for years.

When picking out shoes for the old lady, they looked at the cuffs and collars, and could tell at a glance that this wasn't a regular pattern.

Even the fabric of the shirt was rare. Looking at the posture of paying without caring, they knew this was a family with both money and power.

If you say the middle-aged woman and the old lady accompanied by several young people looked ordinary and had no noble air, that's because everything is possible in this era, and noble sons can come from humble families.

Not to mention that it looked like this "humble family" had produced three noble sons.

"I want a candied hawthorn—"

"I want a windmill—"

"I want a boat—"

"Li Shu, you're going a bit too far."

Li Xuewu, carrying his eldest niece, wasn't tired, but felt the noise in his ears was annoying. Li Shu's voice was noisier than the hustle and bustle in the mall.

She wanted candied hawthorn, and Second Brother bought it for her, but she only ate one, and stuffed the rest into his mouth.

Because everyone felt the candied hawthorn sold here was too sour, only he shouldn't feel it was sour.

If he dared to say it was sour, then his mother would definitely say that food couldn't be wasted, and money couldn't be wasted even more.

So he endured it. Anyway, he ate it, so he gained it.

But Li Shu wanted a windmill, and Second Brother bought it again. Where would there be wind in the mall? It all depended on him walking faster.

With people coming and going, could he run? So the windmill stopped turning, Li Shu didn't play with it, and he had to hold it.

Now listen to what Li Shu wants again!

A small boat? Could he row it, or carry it?

You don't say, there really was a place selling small boats in the mall, not children's toys, but real boats—inflatable boats.

Behind the counter of the sports goods store, four or five inflated inflatable boats were lined up, with oars tied to the armrests.

Li Xuewu was truly afraid, afraid that his second brother would be so rich and arrogant that he would really buy one for his eldest niece. Then he would be miserable today.

Do you think his worry was superfluous? There really was a lake near his second brother's house. Buying an inflatable boat wouldn't be going too far, right?

Actually, he was overthinking it. He still didn't understand his second brother's cowardly nature. Li Xuewu would never buy such a thing for Li Shu—something that looked like it had no quality assurance and would float her and the children into the lake to play with their lives while laughing foolishly. He wasn't a big idiot.

"You're still young, you can't buy a boat," Li Xuewu held Li Ning and said to his daughter: "Wait until you grow up to play with this."

"Then how old do I have to be to play—" Li Shu pulled at her third uncle's hair in dissatisfaction: "I want to go to the big lake to row a boat."

"Look, do Daddy and Third Uncle have a boat?" Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said: "Wait until you reach Grandpa Zhang's age to buy a boat. Don't you see that only he knows how to row a boat in the big lake?"

"Ah—then wouldn't that be—"

Li Shu stretched out her two small hands and counted for a long time, but couldn't figure out how many years she still needed to own a small boat.

"Thank heaven and earth, Second Brother, you are truly wise," Li Xuewu couldn't help but exclaim, feeling moved: "I've decided, I'll only have sons after I get married, and I'll resolutely not have daughters."

Shopping in the mall in the morning, Li Shu and her two younger brothers each got several toys. The old lady and Liu Yin were forced by their children and grandchildren to set up a set of clothes, plus several small items that were decent.

Li Xue didn't get a chance to speak yet, but the eldest sister-in-law Zhao Yafang and the youngest sister-in-law Ji Yuxiu were already discussing buying clothes for her.

One said the clothes didn't fit, another said there were new fabrics in the mall and they should add another pair of pants, and another said they should match them with a pair of shoes.

The three brothers of the Li family basically had nothing, just pure companionship and giving.

It was just that the eldest brother Li Xuewu endured and endured, until they walked out of the mall and let Han Jiankun and Nie Xiaoguang help store the things in the car, and everyone was ready to get on the car, before he asked which bookstore they were going to.

Bookstore my foot. Taking a whole family out to stroll in a bookstore during this period—he must have what kind of brain to believe such words.

Of course, he was already a university teacher, and in the physics department at that. It was impossible for his brain to have problems, so something must have gone wrong somewhere.

Therefore, when the car stopped at the entrance of the roast duck restaurant, Li Xuewu was still muttering.

The old lady and Liu Yin both liked to eat roast duck, and Gu Ning also liked it. Li Xuewu's proposal gained the approval of everyone, including Li Xue, Ji Yuxiu, and Zhao Yafang, which meant it was passed by a unanimous vote.

The whole family specially asked for a private room, and because there were two little ones, they also asked for "geda tang" (dough drop soup) when ordering dishes.

Han Jiankun and Nie Xiaoguang ate in the lobby. Li Xuewu didn't care what they ordered, nor did he manage them, only saying they would settle the bill together.

In this day and age, restaurants are different from restaurants. Those that retained the original staff and carried out reforms according to the instructions of the neighborhood could retain and inherit both taste and service quality.

If it was the kind that was cut off in one go, you really couldn't go, because the chef cooking in the back kitchen might be a second-rate one.

Li Xuewu chose to have lunch here for a reason. Every time the family wanted to eat roast duck, they would come here. Being familiar with it after coming and going, he dared to bring his family here.

If you want to talk about eating, actually going to the club or the International Hotel would be fine. With Li Xuewu's status, he would definitely eat more comfortably and in a better environment than here.

However, the old lady and mother weren't used to the golden splendor of the International Hotel, and couldn't accept the fact that their son was the master of a big mansion.

So, Li Xuewu could only choose a suitable restaurant, repeatedly denied his mother's suggestion of going home to eat, and ordered a few roast ducks.

Someone asked, wouldn't it be more convenient and comfortable to eat at home?

That's true for those who don't cook, of course it's convenient and comfortable. But after a meal, those who eat don't feel tired, but the one who cooks is truly tired. If they want to come out to play in the afternoon, they won't have the strength or the mood.

So since they decided to come out to play, they should be happy. No one needs to be tired; just settle the bill and leave after eating.

The plan was to stroll in the mall in the morning and stroll in the park in the afternoon.

Chinese people pay attention to "tension and relaxation" in doing things and being a person. They have long understood that in the midst of busyness, they should find a quiet place to let their body and mind get relaxation and nourishment, and the park is such an ideal place.

If you want to take care of both children and the elderly, the zoo is definitely the correct choice that cannot be missed.

So, after eating roast duck and stir-fried dishes, and taking a short rest with the tea in the restaurant, the group got on the car again and rushed to the zoo.

In Li Xuewu's view, the Beijing Zoo at this time was far from being as regular and perfect as in later generations. It had been this ghost-like appearance since it was built in the Guangxu years, looking tattered.

But in the eyes of people at this time, the zoo was supposed to be like this. Unless it was a large beast, the fences were all made of bamboo or wood, and wire mesh was rarely used.

If you really want to talk about harmony between man and nature, the Beijing Zoo in 1968 achieved it. As long as the animals here wanted to eat people, there was always a possibility of catching a chance to eat one.

You want to ask why it's so wild? Hey, it's just this wild.

The Beijing Zoo at this time was very large, and there were many types of animals, including Asian elephants, clouded leopards, black gibbons, pumas, etc. Even animals that were extinct in later generations existed at this time.

Of course, the reason why the animals in the Beijing Zoo were so wild also had to do with the management at this time.

There was no experience to draw from, and there was a lack of necessary scientific management basis and knowledge, resulting in constant disasters.

Either animals bit animals, or animals bit and injured keepers, and management didn't learn lessons, with the same accidents happening frequently, and even phenomena of animals starving or dying of thirst.

In terms of medical treatment, it appeared even more childish and unprofessional, once appearing in a ridiculous situation where the dosage of sterilization drugs was too large and the animals were also sterilized.

It can be said that the perfect and rich management experience and system of zoos in later generations were all fought for by countless animals with their lives.

Of course, if you look at the zoo management systems of any country in the world at this time, they were all just so-so.

Because the animals in the zoo at this time were not yet rare animals that needed to be carefully protected. This era could be called rich in species, and human ecological structure had just completed self-adjustment, appearing in a short balance period after losing tens of millions or hundreds of millions of people.

When humans retreat, animals flourish. The gifts of nature seemed to be inexhaustible forever, so Li Xuewu taking his family out to play was truly an eye-opener.

The iron gate for raising tiger cubs was strung with iron nails. Do you dare to believe it? As long as he wanted to, as long as he dared, as long as he was brave enough, Li Shu could completely have a different childhood companion and would never envy the neighbor's child for having a civet cat again.

This kind of safety hazard didn't count for anything in the eyes of someone who had managed safety for many years, until he saw the Burmese elephant with a missing tooth, the thin black swan, the injured moose, the polar bear with a missing ear... he realized how much safety management was ignored in this era.

This is probably the reason why he was valued by his superiors after he took out the "double plan," safety production standardization, and emergency handling specifications and other systems and measures one after another after he managed safety.

Because this era lacked the foundation to summarize safety management experience, and even more lacked classic cases of safety production and management. Walking step by step, there was no cherishing of history or learning lessons.

So he couldn't stand at the height of later generations and look at the mistakes of the wild period of safety management now with a disdainful eye.

Some people say that behind every rule in safety prohibitions are countless painful lessons of ignoring life, and behind every seemingly foolish operating rule, there must be at least one human life.

When Li Xuewu stood in the shade of a tree, watching the old lady, mother, and others accompanying the children to ride the small horse cart, he couldn't help but reflect on what he had done in the past two years, and whether he had brought anything to life and life.

His mood was a bit developed, so the answer was also very vague.

The eldest brother lost his belief in going to the bookstore, and the whole person was like a frog rotting in a pond, leaning in the pavilion and reading a magazine.

That was reading material he bought casually to make his eldest brother shut up. He didn't even care what was written on it.

Because he believed that even the psoriasis advertisements of later generations could make his eldest brother, who was like someone who didn't bring a mobile phone to the toilet in later generations, quiet for a while and stop muttering.

Toys and new clothes were bought, roast duck was eaten, and the zoo was strolled. The women and children in the family were all very happy.

Li Xuewu, who paid hard work and time for this, was also very happy. Li Xuewu might not have been happy at the beginning, but later he accompanied Ji Yuxiu to row a boat, and he looked like he should be very happy.

And the eldest brother might have been very happy about the books he expected to buy at the beginning, but he must have been unhappy when he heard they weren't going to the bookstore.

Whether they were happy or unhappy, Li Xuewu didn't care. The protagonists today weren't them, but the hostesses who worked hard for the family on weekdays.

Around 4:30, the two cars set off from the zoo and returned to the compound a little after five.

When getting off the car, the children were all tired and asleep. Although the adults' faces still carried smiles, they couldn't hide their fatigue.

As soon as Ji Yuxiu got off the car, she saw Chen Xiaoyan waving at her from the room in the inverted house, looking very anxious.

Li Xuewu also discovered it. He arranged for Gu Ning to stay in the car, and after waiting to see the situation, they would go home together.

"It's a matter of the unit, you guys go back first," Li Xuewu had already judged the situation in his heart, and instructed his eldest brother and Li Xuewu to help the old lady and mother go home to rest first.

He, on the other hand, came to the inverted house with Ji Yuxiu. Chen Xiaoyan was still holding the phone that hadn't been hung up. Seeing them walk in, she said: "It's a phone call from the branch bureau, looking for Yuxiu."

When Li Xuewu was promoted to deputy division level, Red Star Factory pulled a telephone line to his home here. After he got married and moved out, it wasn't removed because there was a telephone at the Haiyuncang No. 1 Courtyard.

This telephone line was pulled by Old Biao Ge to the inverted house for communication and contact on weekdays.

Ji Yuxiu worked at the branch bureau and was afraid of an emergency, so she left the address here, so she could be found if something happened.

Listening to the phone, Ji Yuxiu basically didn't say much, just waited until the last sentence to say she understood, and then hung up the phone.

"Second Brother, Zhang Jianguo has committed a crime again."

Ji Yuxiu said with a full face of seriousness: "Just today, he took people to Zhongshan Park. It was a deliberate revenge against those 'old soldiers,' and the situation is a bit serious, and it also involved female comrades."

"Didn't they say he was injured and hiding?"

Li Xuewu frowned slightly and asked: "Is there any specific information? Can a capture operation be executed?"

"No. Now the circles of 'wandzhu' (hooligans) and 'old soldiers' are very chaotic, and the information investigated is almost useless."

Ji Yuxiu frowned and said: "Zhang Jianguo has a certain foundation in the city. If he wants to hide, he can't be found at all."

"It seems he is determined to die and doesn't want to live," Li Xuewu nodded and said: "Change the target, start catching from the people around him, catch them one by one, until he becomes a 'bare pole,' forcing him to show up on his own, or be found by the 'old soldiers'."

Ji Yuxiu was still carrying this case on her shoulders. If she really caught Zhang Jianguo, the case she was carrying would become an achievement.

So as soon as Li Xuewu finished speaking, she left in a hurry.

Capture Zhang Jianguo alive, take the regular section level.

?? My cold still hasn't gotten better, but I finally insisted on finishing it, making up for yesterday's progress. I'm a bit tired, going to sleep first.

? (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1294 =====