Chapter 1342: Fishing?

The first heavy snow after entering winter came particularly suddenly, without any warning.

Although it had fluttered with small snowflakes twice this month, neither was as heavy as today's, with a huge difference.

In the middle of the night, Li Xuewu heard the big tree outside the window making a painful groan, creaking, as if it hadn't prepared for winter, and then it put on a white suit of armor to welcome the cold winter.

Look at the snowflakes dancing in the sky, light as a goose feather, but when they accumulate, they become heavy as Mount Tai.

"Ya, heavy snow—"

As soon as she woke up in the morning, Li Shu ran over from the next room. Regardless of whether her father was sleeping, she climbed onto the head of the bed and looked out.

Li Ning followed his sister's footsteps at all times; whatever his sister did, he had to follow.

The little sister and brother, one on the left and one on the right, pulled open the curtains and lay on the windowsill, chirping and complaining about their surprise and accident at the winter snow.

Li Xuewu looked left and right, facing Gu Ning's reminder, sighed helplessly, and silently recited "biological, biological" in his heart.

Not biological is also better than biological, what else can be done, just endure it.

The little sister and brother didn't know how much face they had gained, actually making the secretary-general of the Red Star Steel Group endure.

"Dad, I want to play in the snow!"

"Dad, I want to play too!"

One shouting wasn't enough, and Li Ning, who had already started to speak, followed and shouted, fearing that his sister and father wouldn't take him.

There were too many such situations. Dad wouldn't take him when sending his sister to kindergarten, and Mom wouldn't take him when taking his sister to the mall.

In this family, the one with the least behavioral control is the youngest, Li Ning.

So he had to learn from his sister everywhere, and even learning to speak didn't need adults to teach, all were repetitions of his sister's words.

"Whoever helps Dad find clothes and socks first, Dad will take them out to play in the snow..."

"Ah—hahaha—"

Before Li Xuewu finished speaking, the little sister and brother, who had played this competitive game many times, set off.

Li Ning might react a bit slowly, but his physical reaction was very fast. His sister ran, so he followed, and he absolutely wouldn't be wrong.

The little sister and brother rushed into the cloakroom, and regardless of three seven twenty-one, they grabbed whatever they saw, taking it out first.

"Oh my—" Gu Ning, who had already gotten up, reached out to stop Li Shu and reminded her helplessly: "This is Dad's summer clothes."

"This won't do, this is Mom's socks—"

Li Ning wasn't much better than his sister. Seeing his sister had chosen, he didn't want to fall behind, grabbed the lightest one, and ran out.

He hadn't learned to run steadily yet, and as soon as he went out, he was blocked in the door by his mother, falling a big butt-thump.

Even if he fell, the little kid didn't feel pain, looked up at his mother, and wanted to drill out from his mother's legs.

Gu Ning really had no way. One Li Shu was enough to make a scene, plus one Li Ning who didn't speak but just acted recklessly.

She turned to Li Xuewu, who was lying on the bed watching the fun, and greeted him: "You don't plan to wear this set of clothes out, do you?"

Facing his wife's threat, Li Xuewu just smiled. He liked watching his daughter and son make a scene; this was when the children were most lively.

"This, this—"

Gu Ning had no way, found the clothes Li Xuewu was going to wear today from the wardrobe, handed them to his daughter and son one by one, and let them rush out like a race.

The little sister and brother liked to play games with their father, liked his open-mindedness and closeness. Compared to their mother, their father understood their thinking better.

"Whoever helps Dad put on socks, Dad will build a snowman for them."

Li Xuewu stretched out his big feet from the quilt under Gu Ning's eye-roll, and placed them in front of the sister and brother.

Li Shu didn't care about that, grabbed the socks in her brother's hand, and without looking at the front or back, put them on recklessly.

"Hahaha—"

Li Ning didn't want to be outdone, wanting to learn from his sister to put on socks for his father, but couldn't get them on no matter how he compared.

The socks weren't put on, but he scratched Li Xuewu's tickle. Seeing his son's embarrassment, he couldn't help but laugh.

Li Shu loved to make a scene. Seeing her father laugh loudly, she didn't put on the socks, scratched her father's soles hard, and laughed gigglingly herself.

Until Gu Ning changed clothes, finished washing, and came out, the grandfather and the two children were still laughing and laughing by the bed, without any urgency.

"Who is going to kindergarten today?" She pretended to be serious and reminded: "Who is going to Grandma's house today?"

Li Shu and Li Ning turned their heads to look at their mother, and then looked at their father.

Gu Ning wouldn't indulge them, and reminded again: "Who needs to go to work today?"

"Who didn't listen to Mom today?"

Li Xuewu teased Gu Ning back, making the sister and brother giggle, not daring to look at their mother who was about to get angry.

Gu Ning didn't bother to pay attention to them. After reminding them, she found the clothes the sister and brother were going to wear and put them by the bed.

Every morning she thought about combing and dressing her daughter, while Li Xuewu was responsible for the younger Li Ning.

But this work allocation often didn't get effective execution, because no matter how she urged, the two children had to play with their father until they were satisfied before letting their father dress and wash them.

With Li Xuewu's technique, Li Shu often went to kindergarten in a hurry with her hair loose and a hat on.

When she was picked up from kindergarten in the evening, her hair was braided into various styles again; it was the kindergarten teacher who helped.

Li Xuewu also knew that his spoiling the children caused trouble, didn't dare to talk back to Gu Ning, and secretly let Li Shu bring fruit gifts to the teacher.

It wasn't a small bribe, but entirely out of gratitude.

It must be said that even the hair combed by Gu Ning couldn't compare to the ingenuity of the kindergarten teacher.

Li Shu, who was originally very tired of school, had now completely adapted to kindergarten life and could even compare which teacher was more amiable.

She was smart since she was small, had ideas about everything she did, and the old lady said she looked very much like her little aunt when she was small.

Speaking of Li Xue, she had been gone for almost half a year. Without the little aunt in the compound, Li Shu could be said to have wind when she wanted wind and rain when she wanted rain.

Grandpa Li Shun came back several times, and Li Xuewu took the whole family back for dinner, and she was even more proud, because Grandpa supported her.

Mentioning that Li Xuewu spoiled the children, that's because you didn't see what Li Shun looked like to the children.

Don't mention the beatings the three brothers suffered when they were small. Even now, if Li Xuewu wanted to discipline the children and just raised his hand, Li Shun would stare.

The children are his own children, Li Xuewu couldn't bear to really hit or kick, just scaring them, but Li Shun was nervous.

There are two grandsons, but only one granddaughter.

So whenever Grandpa came back, Li Shu had a backbone, and she was unscrupulous when making a scene, not caring at all whether she would be beaten when she got home.

She was very smart. If she really made a big scene, she would rely on Grandpa and not go home that night, not giving her father and mother a chance to tidy her up.

Until Grandpa left, her father and mother's anger had dissipated, and even if they settled accounts later, it wouldn't be too serious.

What is called "small person, big ghost," innocent and lively personality with strange and clever ideas, able to speak well, and able to understand the eyes of adults.

"Hahaha—"

"Giggle—"

The courtyard of Haiyuncang No. 1 Compound is not small, the vegetable garden was divided into several pieces, and it was flat after the autumn harvest.

After the heavy snow, except for a shallow layer of gray around the fruit trees, where the soil layer could be seen, other places were covered with white.

Er Ya woke up early in the morning and used the broom prepared last night to sweep the path from the hall to the gate clean.

So when the children ran out of the door in thick cotton-padded jackets, they could only go to the vegetable gardens on both sides to build snowmen.

Er Ya is diligent. The vegetable garden was organized for a season, and there was no worry about green vegetables, onions, ginger, and garlic throughout the summer and autumn.

Qin Jingru only told her once, and this garden became her little world, planting a bit of everything, and it was enough for the whole family to eat.

Potatoes had a bumper harvest this year, and the cabbage planted in succession also grew very well. When Shen Guodong came to deliver vegetables, he said she was really capable.

In fact, the soil in this vegetable garden had no fertility, and there was a lack of experience in using chemical fertilizers in this era, so growing any vegetables was very average.

Qin Jingru actually had ability. For these two years, she always let Han Jiankun pick silt from the big lake to restore soil fertility.

Er Ya's method was more direct. Farm manure in the toilet septic tank was not used for nothing. She didn't have Qin Jingru's cautious heart.

Qin Jingru didn't know how to use farm manure?

She was afraid that Gu Ning and Li Xuewu would dislike it, so she would rather use Han Jiankun than offend the two leaders at home.

In fact, Gu Ning disliked farm manure having a smell. The neighbors around here should also dislike it, but no one said it out.

Gu Ning didn't want to say it because Er Ya worked very seriously, and she didn't want to give her a lot of pressure and rules.

Some people have already tried hard to do their own work well, and giving them various pressures and rules will have the opposite effect.

Li Xuewu didn't dislike farm manure crops anyway. The melons, fruits, and vegetables eaten in later generations don't use farm manure, but they all use "technology and ruthless work."

Instead, farm manure crops that were disliked in the heart were labeled as pure natural green pollution-free products, and the price was even higher.

However, speaking of it, the smell of farm manure would dissipate in three or four days, but the growth of crops was very gratifying.

Li Xuewu would see Er Ya watering the garden when he got up in the morning or came back from work, and he would take his children out to watch for a while.

Have you ever seen Chinese cabbage taller than Li Ning?

The leaves were black and green, and the leftover leaves from cooking were eaten by the chickens very happily, which shows how sufficient the nutrition and water were.

Cabbage, carrots, potatoes, big radishes... whatever vegetable seeds Er Ya could find, she found a place to plant a piece.

By the time the frost came down, the vegetable cellar had already stored a lot of winter vegetables and dried vegetables.

Seeing Shen Guodong come to deliver vegetables, Er Ya was very surprised, because she had never known how people in the city spent the winter.

Buying vegetables requires a non-staple food book, grain coupons, and money. She thought that the vegetable market would never be out of vegetables.

This was not wrong. The vegetable market would indeed not be out of vegetables, but many families couldn't buy them, and couldn't bear to buy them.

Compared to the vegetables delivered by Shen Guodong, the types she planted herself were more, and the dishes on the dining table were richer.

In the morning, Li Xuewu took the children to play in the compound, built snowmen, had snowball fights, and wrote blessings on the snow.

Gu Ning was tidying up the materials she studied last night. Seeing the grandfather and the two children playing from the window of the study on the second floor, she couldn't help but smile.

In the kitchen, Er Ya made pumpkin porridge and steamed buns, boiled eggs for the two little ones, served pickles, and stir-fried a big Chinese cabbage.

She didn't quite understand what to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the city. It was Qin Jingru who wrote the weekly menu and helped her make an optional menu.

Including what she could do, or could learn to do, Li Xuewu and Gu Ning could order whatever they wanted to eat from the menu.

It's just that the menu was nailed to the wall, and neither Li Xuewu nor Gu Ning had used it once. Whatever she made, the family ate.

"Time to eat—"

Gu Ning came down from upstairs, Er Ya called for dinner, she came out of the hall, saw the two little ones covered in snow, and glared at Li Xuewu dissatisfiedly.

Just out of the door, she saw Li Xuewu use a big piece of snow to smash on Li Ning's head, almost burying him completely.

It was truly full of fatherly love.

"Look, the sleeves are wet."

Gu Ning hugged her daughter and son, helped them tidy up the snowflakes on their bodies, and was still complaining about Li Xuewu's absurdity.

How old is he, coaxing children, playing more happily and more devotedly than the children.

The grandfather and the two children looked at each other quietly, didn't dare to talk back to Mom, and could only enter the house with a giggle.

When eating breakfast, Li Xuewu looked at Er Ya and asked: "You've been at home for a few months, and you haven't written a letter home, right?"

"En—" Er Ya responded with her head down and had no follow-up.

Li Xuewu knew that not only did she not write a letter home, but she didn't even mail the wages he gave to her home.

It wasn't that Er Ya was ghostly and didn't support her family, but she was too careful and was also warned by Da Qiangzi.

When Da Qiangzi was here, Li Xuewu told Er Ya that the salary was 20 yuan a month, settled once a month.

Remitting money from Beijing to home is not only troublesome when remitting, but also troublesome for the family to withdraw money.

It takes a long time for the postman to go up the mountain once, and what is sent home is not money, but a withdrawal slip.

The family also needs someone to take the slip down the mountain to the credit union or bank to withdraw money, which takes I don't know how much effort.

Da Qiangzi told her to keep the money earned here for herself, and he would send 15 yuan home for her every month.

The brother and sister made this agreement. When Da Qiangzi comes to Beijing, or when she returns to Jicheng, they will settle the accounts together.

Er Ya hadn't seen much of the world, but she knew her brother was taking care of her, so she almost didn't spend any money at home.

Li Xuewu gave her a salary every month and would give her some pocket money for her to buy personal items.

Before the season changed, Gu Ning would find her own clothes, or Li Xuewu would ask for some clothes for her from the prison side.

Even these expenses were gone, and the money didn't need to be mailed. For these few months, she only focused on familiarizing herself with the work at home.

She couldn't forget home, and she had the same worries, but she didn't know how to contact. For her, coming from Jicheng to Beijing was like coming to another world.

"I'll teach you how to write a letter." Li Xuewu said as if it didn't matter: "From Beijing to your home in Jicheng, the letter might arrive in half a month. You can also mail it to Qiangzi and ask him to help you pass it on."

"Is it really okay?"

Perhaps she had this thought for a long time, Er Ya raised her head for the first time to look at him and asked actively: "Will it be very troublesome?"

"Not troublesome, I'll teach you once, and you can complete it yourself." Li Xuewu smiled slightly and said: "The mailbox is at the street entrance."

"I've seen it, when buying vegetables."

As if thinking of something, Er Ya lowered her head again and didn't answer, her face a bit red.

Little girls also have many thoughts, just not good at expressing them.

Li Xuewu glanced at Gu Ning and continued: "You finished primary school, you should know how to write a letter, no need for me to help."

Seeing Er Ya nod, he continued: "I'll bring you envelopes after work, no need to buy them at the supply and marketing cooperative."

"I can buy them myself." Er Ya knew that envelopes and stamps in the supply and marketing cooperative needed money, and she didn't want to trouble Li Ge.

Li Xuewu shook his head slightly and said: "Envelopes are unnecessary, our unit produces them ourselves, there are plenty, can't use them up."

"You can buy stamps yourself, you can go to the supply and marketing cooperative, or the post office, you should know how to buy them, right?"

"En, I know how to buy them." Er Ya nodded and said: "I'll ask when I buy vegetables. I don't know the zip code at home..."

As if a child who lost the key to home, Er Ya's tone was a bit low and a bit helpless.

Li Xuewu nodded very understandingly and said: "You can check at the post office, and buy more stamps by the way."

"You can write a letter home every month to tell them about your situation in Beijing, so they won't worry."

Er Ya hoped very much for this, so she ate breakfast very well, but her mood fluctuated violently.

There is a phone at home, and she had heard Li Ge make long-distance calls, but this was not something she could use.

For rural children, the phone is still something out of reach, even if she comes into contact with it every day when tidying up the house.

Writing a letter has become the medium most suitable for her to express her longing for home and relatives in this era. It was Gu Ning who reminded Li Xuewu last night.

"I can also write a letter to Little Aunt."

Hearing her father and little aunt talking, Li Shu didn't know why she thought of writing a letter to Little Aunt.

The two are enemies, and they would quarrel within three minutes of meeting, but after not seeing each other for a long time, she missed Little Aunt again.

The first object she wanted to write a letter to was Little Aunt.

"Dad doesn't know Little Aunt's address." Li Xuewu looked at his daughter and said with a smile: "But in less than two months, your Little Aunt will be back. By then, you can hand over the written letter to her together."

"Then forget it—" Li Shu gave up this idea decisively and said: "I thought she was going for a long, long time."

Saying this, she pinched her fingers in distress, looked at her father blankly, and asked: "How long is less than two months?"

"Very fast, maybe after two more heavy snows, your Little Aunt will be back." Li Xuewu explained to his daughter: "Do you miss her very much?"

"Ah? She'll be back after two more heavy snows?"

Li Shu seemed very reluctant, looked at her father and asked: "Then when is she leaving again?"

"What do you mean?" Li Xuewu didn't understand his daughter's mind and asked with amusement: "Do you miss Little Aunt, or do you think she's coming back too early?"

Li Shu pressed her finger on her lower lip, thought for a while, and said: "I want Little Aunt not to come back so early."

Time entered November, and the small thermal power plants in Beijing and Steel City were put into operation one after another.

The Steel City Industrial Park had an independent power supply system, and industrial electricity was fully guaranteed.

From the situation reflected by Dong Wenxue, the development of the two-year big study activity had a serious impact on the power system.

Many power stations appeared to have laymen guiding experts, and generator sets and equipment suffered damage of varying degrees.

According to the power supply policy, industrial electricity and urban electricity were guaranteed first. Some towns or villages, although connected to electricity, often had power outages.

This is the regulatory behavior of the power supply station, so that until the 1990s, some villages would still have intermittent power outages.

The operation of the small thermal power station effectively supported and guaranteed the electricity demand of the industrial park.

In the third year of the development of the Steel City Industrial Park, this critical period, the industrial development that increasingly relied on electricity needed this guarantee.

Similarly, although the Liangma River Ecological Industrial Park enjoyed the priority power supply system in Beijing, it was hard to guarantee that problems wouldn't occur.

Independent power supply not only saved the cost of centralized power supply but also eased the electricity needs of new projects.

Industrial systems, coal, steel, etc., have indicators for raw material supply, and power supply is the same.

The Red Star Steel Group's annual electricity consumption is continuously increasing, but the indicators given by electricity are not enough every year.

This time, the use of the small thermal power station can be said to have greatly eased this awkward situation.

According to the calculation results given by the engineering department and the Energy General Company, it is estimated that the ecological industrial park will not lack electricity within ten years.

Li Xuewu didn't have enough confidence. In the future, whether it is industry or technology, the demand for electricity will increase exponentially.

Looking at ten years later now, there is no scientific basis for calculation. Looking forward ten years, it is still the same.

The more it reaches the era of relying on technological development and innovation to break through and perfect people's living needs, the more impossible it is to estimate this change.

The United Industry News first reported that the Steel City thermal power station realized the parallel track with the metallurgical industry steelmaking thermal energy.

Joint design, joint construction, energy saving and environmental protection have become the core and mainstream of the development of the Steel City Industrial Park.

And in the Liangma River Ecological Industrial Park, from the beginning of the layout of the thermal power station, the French and domestic design teams have been pondering how to optimize energy saving and emission reduction while ensuring sufficient power supply, eliminating the pollution drawbacks caused by thermal power generation.

The plan has not been fully implemented, but the power supply system has been connected to the industrial and domestic power supply systems of the park.

Similarly, thermal energy and the Academy of Sciences experimental system have also been connected. This year, the entire ecological park has realized pipe network heating.

The first heavy snow is not only a test for the group's employees but also a test for thermal energy supply.

On the way to work, Li Xuewu specifically observed the situation of green plants on both sides of the road. There are thermal and drainage pipes laid underneath.

That is to say, when laying out the pipe network, the overall planning was considered, and the green plants above could also get heating and warmth.

Look at the Red Square and the City Park again. There are many office buildings and riverside garden residential areas about to be completed here.

Thermal energy, water supply, and power supply pipe networks shuttle through here, and the snow on the green plants in the park is already melting.

This shows that the temperature of the land covered by snow is higher than zero degrees Celsius, effectively ensuring that the green plants pass the winter smoothly.

Later generations also have such systematic designs, but they are relatively rare, because urban greening and pipe network design are not from the same team or organization at all, and there is no communication or connection between them.

The Liangma River Ecological Industrial Park started almost from scratch, and the French design team has been doing design until today since joining.

No way, this piece of land looks very small on the map, but it is actually very large in reality.

With the Liangma River passing by, it naturally formed an island, allowing designers to exert their intelligence and create a city of the future.

The Liangma River Ecological Industrial Park has invested so much, and the systematic design is so perfect. Have leaders from Beijing come to investigate?

It can be said that since the project application of the Red Star Factory, leaders from the city and leaders from above have come almost every month.

On the one hand, it is close, and coming and going is very convenient; on the other hand, it has something to do with the Red Star Factory itself. This is a key object of concern from above.

The development of the Red Star Factory, all changes and achievements can be used as a reference basis.

Above gave enough space and freedom for development, just to see if the free economy, or market economy, can integrate with the planned economy and summarize a development path suitable for the mainland.

This is also the main reason why the Red Star Steel Group has repeatedly touched the red line with the "indulgence" from above.

One of Li Huai De's most important jobs before was to receive research and visits from all parties.

Why prepare to build the International Hotel, why did he support Qin Huairu in setting up three restaurants in the city?

In the process of the Red Star Factory moving toward a group, it will attract a lot of attention, which is a double-edged sword.

Li Xuewu has told Li Huai De that fear cannot solve problems; only by facing problems can one see opportunities.

So what the leaders who came to investigate said, Li Huai De was not annoyed or anxious, correcting if there were any, and encouraging if there were none.

Do you think the words spoken by the leaders who come to investigate now are all pearls of wisdom, high-level, truth, and true words?

Not to mention Li Xuewu doesn't believe it, even Li Huai De doesn't believe it.

The Red Star Factory has always held a skeptical attitude, insisting on the scientific development concept to do management, production, and service.

So people came one after another, and nonsense was spoken time and time again, but the Red Star Factory still did what it should do.

Using Li Xuewu's words to Old Li privately, if they really understood, would they still need to come to us for research?

This is very reasonable. Leaders who

Or rather, the current case is a big pit.

"This Chinese cabbage, good—"

Li Xuewu came to the compound to pick up Li Ning to go home. Seeing the neighbors in the compound busy, he greeted them with a smile.

Old Seven's wife, Seventh Sister-in-law, saw him and responded very enthusiastically: "Xuewu, have you bought Chinese cabbage at home?"

"So much nonsense—" Old Seven came out of the gate and sprayed at the back of his wife's head: "Can the secretary-general's family lack cabbage to eat?"

"Eh—how can you say that!"

Li Xuewu laughed in anger and reached out to punch him, but Old Seven dodged it with a smile.

Seventh Sister-in-law then realized that the two were playing around, but because one was Li Xuewu, she also felt terrified and gave a dry laugh.

"Just know how to talk nonsense, you scared me."

She took the opportunity to punch Old Seven on the shoulder and said politely to Li Xuewu: "I saw Aunt Liu finished her work in the morning."

"Guodong brought it back, right."

Li Xuewu smiled. Seeing that there were quite a few neighbors looking at him, he mentioned it casually, "It's like this every year."

"Guodong is a good person." Old Seven said a fair word, "The snow came early this year, and the cabbage and radishes came down early too."

"Isn't that so? The recycling station stopped work for two days, and he organized workers to help families in the street who were not convenient to pull cabbage and radishes back."

Other neighbors also praised Shen Guodong's righteous act, saying that he led the neighbors to start a small factory to earn money, solving the employment problem for many unemployed youths.

Moreover, whenever there were difficulties in this street, he was always the first to come forward; he was truly warm-hearted.

"No wonder the street accepted him as a member of the organization." Old Seven smiled and raised his chin at First Uncle who walked out of the gate, saying: "Right, First Uncle? I admire this the most."

"You talk too much—" Yi Zhonghai smiled: "Hurry up and move it home. It's your family every year, waiting until the end."

"This is called good food not fearing being late—"

Old Seven also accepted First Uncle's reminder and urging, and carried the Chinese cabbage bag on the tricycle and walked straight into the gate.

"Here to pick up the child." Yi Zhonghai greeted Li Xuewu, "You came at the right time today; it's very lively in the compound."

"I heard it, quite a few children, right."

Li Xuewu laughed. Standing at the gate, he could hear the laughter of the children; this compound had really opened a kindergarten.

He didn't rush into the compound because the gate was almost blocked; every family was moving cabbage into the compound.

If you ask why they don't buy cabbage home during the day or on weekends, it's very simple: no time, rushing for time.

Many families are dual-employee families; both are at work during the day, so where would they have time to go to the street to buy cabbage?

Only those families with elderly people would go to buy cabbage and radishes home in advance.

Because they choose in advance, they are all good ones, and there is less waste.

If you wait until you come back from work in the evening, or go to buy on weekends, it's almost what everyone else has picked over, or there are more crooked melons and cracked dates.

People in this country are like this, anxious about everything. Even if they know the things are there, they have to line up and wait.

Old Seven and his wife are not dual-employee families; his wife sleeps until noon and doesn't even think about going out to buy vegetables.

They can only wait for the head of the household, Old Seven, to come back, otherwise the two would quarrel, because Old Seven has a small heart and many things.

His wife buys whatever, he dislikes it; Old Seven's wife is also spirited, so she just waits for him to come back to buy everything.

The two have been living together until now, giving birth to four children; it must be true love.

"Have you finished tidying up the winter vegetables at home?"

Li Xuewu got a chance to walk into the compound with First Uncle and said politely: "We're moving upstairs this winter."

"I'm discussing with Zhuzi—"

Yi Zhonghai was returning the bag pieces; their family had also just finished tidying up the winter vegetables.

At this moment, following Li Xuewu into the compound, hearing him mention moving upstairs, he said: "Zhuzi is a bit reluctant to leave this compound."

"He would be reluctant." Li Xuewu said with a smile: "He just renovated that house a year ago, so why would he be willing to exchange it for a building apartment?"

"Ai hai, you really said it!"

Speak of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives. The two had just entered the outer compound when they saw the horse window of the inverted room pushed open, and Seeing Sha Zhu poked his head out to answer.

He smiled and pointed at his own house inside the hanging flower gate, saying to the two: "No matter how I look at this house, it's upright. I'm not changing it; I won't change it for any size house."

"First Uncle and First Aunt want to live in a building apartment." Li Xuewu teased Yi Zhonghai and said with a smile: "Can't you consider the two old ones?"

Yi Zhonghai naturally knew he was joking. At this moment, he looked at Seeing Sha Zhu and didn't speak, waiting for him to say.

"Don't incite, First Aunt doesn't have the heart to go upstairs."

Seeing Sha Zhu raised his eyebrows and said: "The other day, I took the child with Diliya and took First Uncle and First Aunt to the construction site to see."

"No need for me to say, no need for me to persuade. Just seeing the height of that building apartment, First Aunt didn't want to change houses anymore. Living here is quite good."

He rambled: "I've heard that our group is going to integrate the housing of these residents for secondary renovation and resettlement."

"Is that the meaning?"

"Oh, by the way, I also want to ask you."

Hearing Seeing Sha Zhu say this, Yi Zhonghai also became interested and looked at Li Xuewu: "What is the group using our houses for after exchanging them?"

"It can't be redistributed to other factory employees, right?"

"Once taken back, it's taken back."

Li Xuewu explained to the two: "Distribution is impossible. In the future, the group will only reward housing to a small number of high-precision technical talents and employees with special contributions."

"Regarding the recycled residences in the city, they will generally be integrated and processed, that is, re-allocated."

He raised his hand to gesture to Seeing Sha Zhu: "Like the nail households in the compound, they basically won't move, but some residents who are unwilling to go upstairs will be moved from other courtyards to live here."

"There will always be some overall courtyards adjusted for re-renovation and organization, to be used as office or commercial housing for the group."

"Do business? Such a compound?"

Seeing Sha Zhu looked at Li Xuewu with some surprise and asked while leaning on the window: "What business can such a compound do?"

"You mind your own business, just take care of yourself."

Li Xuewu teased him with a smile, then gestured to the hanging flower gate and said: "I'll go home and see first. You guys go ahead."

"Are you eating here tonight?"

Seeing Sha Zhu greeted him with a smile: "Old Shang doesn't know where he got some river fish. Stay here and drink a bit tonight?"

"Not drinking, there's no challenge in drinking with you."

Li Xuewu had already entered the hanging flower gate, but his mouth was poisonous, almost digging a hole for Seeing Sha Zhu.

Yi Zhonghai laughed at his frustrated expression and reminded him: "Think less about drinking. You haven't reached old age yet, but you're full of problems."

"I'm not there yet, I'm still young." Seeing Sha Zhu said to First Uncle, and then asked seriously: "If you and First Aunt like living in a building apartment, let's exchange the old lady's house in the back yard for a set. Even if it's small, you can live there first."

He pointed in the direction of First Uncle's house in the back yard and said: "We'll keep your room, you can come back anytime you want."

"How many more days can our bodies live?"

Yi Zhonghai was also telling the truth, because Seeing Sha Zhu had clearly indicated that he would support his old age.

Although they didn't recognize him as a foster father, he let He Zhuang kowtow to him and his wife, and always called them grandpa and grandma.

Diliya was even closer to the two of them; the child had been thrown into their house since childhood and had always been brought up by the old lady.

This is trust, and also closeness.

The grandfather and son stood here talking, without hiding anything, and without any calculation or hypocrisy.

Yi Zhonghai tilted his chin and gestured in the direction of the compound; that was the sound of children's laughter.

"He Zhuang is about to grow up, haven't you thought about the future?"

He reminded Seeing Sha Zhu: "Diliya works at the recycling station, but there are no proper medical and educational benefits, and the child still has to look at you."

"Look at the current teaching conditions and situation, He Zhuang will still have to go to the joint school in the future, at least there is a guarantee for work."

Yi Zhonghai's tone was very earnest: "If you really want the child to go to the joint school, from kindergarten, such a long distance, have you thought about how to pick him up and drop him off?"

"Then what should I do?" Seeing Sha Zhu understood First Uncle's meaning and frowned slightly: "Do I really have to exchange for a house in the Workers' New Village?"

"If you ask me, you have to consider it this way."

Yi Zhonghai tapped the windowsill and said softly: "While your First Aunt's legs and feet are still good, she can bring the child for you for a few years."

"We don't covet the building apartment. Just like you said, when He Zhuang grows up and I retire, I really want to come back and live."

"Then exchange for a set with the house in the back yard."

Seeing Sha Zhu thought for a while and made up his mind: "We'll keep your house for you, if not, I'll add money."

"I said exchange for a set with mine together." Yi Zhonghai thought for a while and said: "There's no money in hand now, and you..."

"Don't, it's not appropriate." Seeing Sha Zhu waved his hand to refuse: "First Aunt's health is not good, she won't be able to stand a sudden change of environment."

"I'm not against you coming upstairs to live with us." Seeing Sha Zhu explained patiently: "Yushui bought a house herself. The house will be down before the new year, and after renovation, she will move out."

"When did this happen? Why didn't you say anything—"

Yi Zhonghai looked at Seeing Sha Zhu and said: "You, this brother, sigh, I told your First Aunt to take it out if Yushui needs money."

"She can toss around herself, let her go."

Seeing Sha Zhu was also helpless. His sister bought a house in the Workers' New Village without telling him; he only knew after seeing the list later.

Don't ask. Given his sister's current salary and her previous savings, it was absolutely impossible for her to buy such a big house.

The list is marked as a full-payment commercial house, which has nothing to do with mortgage replacement, let alone loans, so what else did he need to ask?

Ask where the money for the house came from?

He knew without asking; asking would only make it more awkward.

Yi Zhonghai seemed to have realized something, didn't say anything more, just nodded and said: "Don't be too nervous, your First Aunt and I still have some savings, they will all be yours sooner or later."

"Stop it, you should say less of this old-fashioned talk."

Seeing Sha Zhu was truly righteous and had pure filial piety, saying seriously to First Uncle: "I hope you live a long life and enjoy more blessings."

Regarding First Uncle's health, everyone actually knew very well, because Second Uncle in the back yard made a scene, and his body was damaged.

If you want to talk about shortening life, no one can estimate it accurately, but in these two years, it's obvious that First Uncle's body is aging fast.

When Li Xuewu took Li Ning out of the compound, the grandfather and son were still chatting there, their expressions full of emotion.

"Say goodbye to Grandpa, say goodbye to Grandpa."

Li Xuewu taught his son to speak, held his little hand, and greeted the two.

Li Ning was a bit shy, but he didn't recognize strangers. He knew both of them, especially Seeing Sha Zhu; as soon as he saw him, he wanted to tease him.

At this moment, Li Ning was embarrassed to greet them, insisting on holding his hand and waving at the two, looking extremely cute.

As long as the weather was good, and as long as Li Xuewu wasn't busy, Li Ning would stay at his grandma's house for a whole day.

Er Ya had just become familiar with the working environment at home. Liu Yin was also not at ease letting her take care of the child at home alone.