Chapter 130

Seeing the Second Master looking around for Liu Guangtian's escape route and looking at Li Xuewu as if he wanted to ask something, how could Li Xuewu join in this excitement? He still had things to do at home.

Li Xuewu supported his bike and pointed in the direction Liu Guangtian had escaped, saying, "Hurry and chase! He ran that way!"

The Second Master didn't reply to Li Xuewu, took a deep breath, and continued to chase fiercely in the direction Li Xuewu pointed, carrying the fire tongs.

At this time, the Second Mistress and Liu Guangfu followed him out.

"What kind of talk is this? Why did you provoke your dad!"

This scene was encountered by Qin Huairu, who was returning from the toilet.

When the Second Mistress took Liu Guangfu to chase the Second Master, Qin Huairu raised her eyebrows at Li Xuewu and chided, "Why are you so bad!"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and smiled wickedly, "Sigh, I have no choice; I just have a warm heart that likes to help others."

After saying this, he pushed his bicycle into the courtyard. Qin Huairu was so angry that she swung her fist and gave Li Xuewu a light hammer on his back.

"You bad egg!"

"Hahahaha!"

Li Xuewu propped his bike under the window and began to unload the stuff from the back. There were too many things to carry at once, so he picked up two pots and a ladle and went into the house.

The family was eating inside, and Liu Yin was holding the child, waiting to take over from the old lady before eating.

Seeing Li Xuewu return, Li Shu was still twisting her body and looking toward Li Xuewu's side.

Liu Yin bounced the child in her arms and said, "Why are you so late? What are you tossing about again? Hurry up and eat."

He teased Li Shu, who had grown her first pair of little white teeth, and prepared to stack that set of kitchenware against the wall in the main room.

Li Xuewu said while walking, "I bought a set of cooking gear. It's all settled; I'll go to Wen San'er's side to eat in a while. I have to help them tidy up tonight, and they're moving tomorrow."

Just as he was talking, the Great Aunt said, "The kang and the ground in the inverted room are all dry. I'll move in tonight. You should move this set of stuff over too."

Li Xuewu then stood still, looked at the whole family crowded around the table, and said, "The kang over there is wide. If Xuecai is willing to live there, he can move over too. It'll be lively with more people in the future."

Li Xuecai said in a muffled voice, "Our house is big enough; I'm not going over."

The Great Aunt was afraid Li Xuewu would scold him, so she took up the conversation, "Whether you like it or not, you can sleep at home. I'm going to sleep on the new kang today."

Li Xuewu knew Li Xuecai's little thoughts, but he was too lazy to talk to him.

His father's thoughts were already very clear. He couldn't figure it out himself, and he would have a hard time in the future.

Li Xuewu carried the pile of stuff and walked out again, preparing to put it in the inverted room and see how the inverted room had been tidied up.

Li Xuewu said to the Great Aunt, "Great Aunt, Wen San'er and the others are moving here tomorrow to my inverted room. I won't be home, so please help settle them in."

Seeing the Great Aunt nod, Li Xuewu carried the pile of stuff and went out the door again.

He entered the outer courtyard, pushed the door open, and walked inside. Facing him was the kitchen door.

Entering the kitchen, he saw a stove in the middle on the right side, with a large pot already on it. Further in were two connected stoves with small stove openings on top. The Great Aunt had also covered them with a thick iron plate. The iron plate had holes in the middle, and the holes were perfectly aligned with the stove openings, making the stove look clean.

Li Xuewu placed the frying pan and the stewing pot on the two stove openings. Hey, it really was a perfect fit.

Beside the stove was a chopping board made of solid wood, which was used for cutting vegetables and making pasta.

Li Xuewu placed the cutting board and rolling pin on the chopping board, and the knives were neatly arranged in the cabinet beside it.

He also placed the steamer, soup pot, clay pot, hot pot, and other small pots under the chopping board.

Seeing that the kitchen was no longer empty, he clapped the dust off his hands and walked out.

Li Xuewu greeted his family and rode his bicycle out the door. When he arrived at Wen San'er's house, the few of them were drinking liquor and eating pickled cabbage stewed with tofu.

Lao Biaozi was squatting on the kang reciting doggerel. He would recite one line, and Guodong and the others would follow with the next:

"The revolutionary little liquor makes us drunk every day, after eating pork, we eat offal."

"The heartbroken Third Uncle can't sleep, drinking until the Third Uncle, the old senior, falls down."

"Drinking down our 'guerrilla squad', drinking until Guodong lies on the ground to sleep, drinking until the Third Uncle is useless!"

Ever since that time they slaughtered the pig, these few people hadn't gone home either. Except for sending money and things back once, they gathered at Wen San'er's house every day, like heroes of the green woods. Anyway, they didn't have to worry about food or drink, and they were carefree.

As soon as Li Xuewu entered the house, Wen San'er asked if he had eaten. Hearing Li Xuewu say he hadn't, Erhai jumped off the kang to get bowls and chopsticks. Li Xuewu didn't stand on ceremony either, took off his clothes and cotton shoes, sat on the kang table, drank a mouthful of hot water, and started eating.

He tasted the liquor that Erhai had poured for him; it was the loose white liquor from the plastic bucket brought back from the Northeast in the West Room. It was really strong; it started to burn from his mouth, all the way to his stomach, and then a burst of liquor fragrance surged up, coming out from his throat and nostrils.

The unique fragrance of the grain liquor made Li Xuewu shiver, which finally dispelled the cold in his body when he arrived just now.

"Brother Wu, why did you come over tonight?"

Lao Biaozi asked while eating.

Li Xuewu picked up a chopstick of pickled cabbage and asked, "Do you still have any little chickens?"

Lao Biaozi nodded and said, "There are still three or four left, all slaughtered and cleaned, frozen in bags."

Li Xuewu nodded and asked again, "I'll take one in a while. The roe deer meat I asked you to keep last time, and the pig bones I asked you to keep before, are they still there?"

Wen San'er chewed the pork and said, "Don't even mention it. We'll finish the last bit of goods in the West Room tonight. We're moving tomorrow. I was wondering what to do with the bones and meat you asked us to keep. We can't transport them back to your house."

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Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Mm-hmm, I'll take them away in a while, so it won't be too flashy when we move tomorrow."

Lao Biaozi smiled and said, "That's great, saves us from tidying up again when we move."

Hahahaha!

Laugh all you want. Next year, all the work in this black market will be cracked down on, and the brothers will have to live off their savings again. Hopefully, the scrap collection station can get on the right track.

The five of them ate a large basin of pickled cabbage with white meat and frozen tofu until it was clean. It was mainly because Li Xuewu had come, and secondly, it was delicious for everyone to eat together.

After finishing the meal, the four of them sat around the kang table drinking tea, waiting for Li Xuewu to speak, because today was considered an end for the brothers, and also a beginning.

Li Xuewu looked at his brothers and said in a calm tone, "We grew up together since we were kids. After so many years of wind and rain, we finally have a decent and upright way to make a living."

Lao Biaozi and the others all nodded. They knew clearly in their hearts how much suffering they had endured. If they hadn't hung out with Li Xuewu during those years of starvation, they would have starved to death long ago.

Hanging out on the streets, they relied entirely on their own ruthlessness and Li Xuewu leading them to maneuver, bringing the brothers a full meal to eat.