Chapter 1540: Establishing the rules

"Sister Tong, are you going to my house in a while?"

Tong Huimei had just walked out of the curtain when a fair-skinned and handsome young man chased out from backstage.

The handsome face, not even 20 years old, still had a bit of oil paint, and he asked in a hurry before he had time to remove his makeup.

The two people chatting under the stage looked over at the sound, but saw Tong Huimei embarrassed there.

"Ma Sanyuan, what are you doing?"

Jin Jiaojiao, with a straightforward personality, frowned and glared at the stage, shouting, "Stay wherever it's cool—"

"Sister Jiaojiao, it's not that I didn't have time to invite you, I was just looking for you to go together."

The big guy's speech was a bit... gloomy, making Li Xuewu's ears itch.

"Can't understand people?"

Jin Jiaojiao didn't give him any face at all, frowned and shouted, "Do whatever you need to do, don't force me to scold people!"

"Why so fierce—" The young man turned his head away in embarrassment, and said to Tong Huimei with lingering fear, "My mom wrapped the zucchini dumplings you like, the dried shrimp was brought back by my grandfather from Tianjin, so fragrant—"

"Ma Sanyuan, take a message to your mom, just say that having dumplings alone won't get you a daughter-in-law—"

Jin Jiaojiao had already walked onto the stage, pulled over the somewhat unnatural Tong Huimei, her mouth curled, and she said with mockery in her eyes, "Just let her give up this heart, and don't be diligent in the future."

"You—"

The young man was annoyed and angry, pursed his lips in anger, glared at her fiercely, stomped his feet, looked at Tong Huimei reluctantly, and ran back to the backstage with a hum.

"Humph—" Jin Jiaojiao didn't give in at all, and hummed back, "Those who know it's a man, those who don't know think it's someone's little sister-in-law."

"Forget it, don't be the same as him."

Tong Huimei pulled Jin Jiaojiao, who wanted to say more, and walked under the stage with her head down.

Jin Jiaojiao was dissatisfied, but she couldn't complain about her sister in front of Li Xuewu.

"Even if you can't find a mirror backstage, there's still a bathroom, why don't you take a pee and look at yourself, a toad wanting to eat swan meat—"

"Alright, say less!"

Tong Huimei came under the stage, more and more afraid to look up at him, only softly persuading Jin Jiaojiao.

Jin Jiaojiao hummed with dissatisfaction, but couldn't complain about her sister in front of Li Xuewu.

"Are you ready?" Li Xuewu smiled and sized up the two sisters, nodded, and said without asking anything, "Let's go, take you to eat roast duck."

"Almost ruined the mood by him—"

Jin Jiaojiao walked up and took his arm, saying, "Brother, don't be angry, I've been thinking about this roast duck for a long time today."

"It's okay, I'll treat you even if I'm angry."

Li Xuewu joked, "Who told me I don't know how to wrap zucchini dumplings."

"Oh—" Jin Jiaojiao patted his waist with a smile, looked back at her sister walking behind, and said, "He thought he was so precious."

"Last time sister and I couldn't resist his shamelessness, so we agreed to eat a meal at his house, and this was even remembered by him and his mom!"

She was a singer, her voice was very crisp, even in daily speech she was used to pinching her voice, and when she spoke, her expressions were lively and her voice was very good to listen to.

The tone was good, but the content might not be.

"You don't know how valuable this meal of dumplings is, his mom compared us sisters ten times, twenty times—"

"I can see, you lost in the end?"

Li Xuewu looked at her with amusement and said, "Is that why you don't like him?"

"Humph—" Jin Jiaojiao hummed with dissatisfaction and said, "That's his mom who has no eyes."

After saying this, she looked back at Tong Huimei with a smile and said, "I'm not comparing with sister!"

Tong Huimei gave her a blank look helplessly, her mind still on the person walking in front.

It was freezing in winter, the rehearsal ended at nine o'clock last night, even if the two sisters didn't live far, Yu Li still didn't let them go back to live.

Right in the guesthouse in this courtyard, the two planned to finish early today and go home to change and wash.

"Do you like to eat at Bianyifang or Quanjude?"

Li Xuewu opened the back door for the two, and felt some heartache looking at the weak Tong Huimei.

There are very few fat people among those who sing opera, but there is no need to be this thin to maintain their figure.

"Of course it's Bianyifang—" Jin Jiaojiao, who sat in the car first, smiled and said, "We two went to Quanjude once, the taste was very average."

She looked at her sister and raised her eyebrows, teasing, "Or are you willing to spend money again, let Ma Sanyuan invite us to eat roast duck?"

"Your skin is itchy, right—"

Tong Huimei, who couldn't stand her teasing, wanted to pinch her shyly, scaring Jin Jiaojiao to scream and hide inside.

Li Xuewu saw that she was struggling to get in the car, supported her waist with his hand, and sent her into the car.

There should be many people in the weekend club, but winter activities are always inconvenient, and there is a risk of catching a cold, so this time is the off-season.

Unless they are thinking about the bite of the club restaurant, they are willing to come here to eat.

Since the club set up an opera troupe and hung it on the Red Star Theater for performance, fewer people came to the courtyard to watch movies and listen to operas, mostly looking for opera gardens nearby.

The Red Star Theater only accepts plays from the Red Star Steel Group Art Troupe, and the repertoire is often excellent deeds reflecting the characteristics of the era and the life and work of workers.

Model plays have also been rehearsed here, and they are the main repertoire, and the group's plays are interspersed.

Even so, the theater is often full, because it is really not easy to find a garden that opens all year round in this era.

Of course, there are times when listening to one play is boring, but there are also juggling and magic in the garden.

Crosstalk, local operas, and drum books are also available.

It is precisely because of the performance setting of "Qu Yuan Za Tan" that the Red Star Theater has become popular throughout the city.

Honestly, this fire is not easy, Gu Weijie described the group's cultural work as dancing on a tightrope, and if you are not careful, you will be ruined.

So the group's art troupe has its own ideological work specialists, and the club opera troupe affiliated with the art troupe must also accept ideological education and supervision.

Not only that, every play in every theater every day has propaganda office cadres supervising on the spot.

It is harder not to have an accident in this era than to do things.

Li Xuewu didn't find the two by luck, if Yu Li hadn't told him, he really wouldn't have been able to pick them up, now the club opera troupe has a great reputation, otherwise how could so many children of great families come to rely on it.

Relying on the reputation and status of the two alone is not enough to support the door in this line.

Mai Xiaotian declined the position of troupe leader and gave it to the two, but he also had his own considerations.

This opera troupe was not his in the first place, even without him, the two sisters would stand out.

In this year, what is the play bigger than the sky, life can't be saved, the sky is gone, where does the play come from.

Now look at the opera troupe, it is making money, gongs and drums are good, and the costumes are all set up, who dared to think about it at the beginning, if it weren't for the face of the two sisters, where would the club invest in them to toss.

Another point, even if the club is willing to bear the risk and set up a stage here for them to perform, this is also doing a dojo in a snail shell, what kind of splash can a small figure make, what kind of skill can be practiced.

From the turmoil a few years ago, to the fact that his daughter went directly to work at the Steel City Metallurgical Plant after graduation, Mai Xiaotian saw through the two words of life.

What fame and wealth, it's just a word from a nobleman, what fame does he want, what profit does he seek.

All profits are the club's, all fame is the sisters', so the troupe leader cannot be him.

Of course, it is not only Mai Xiaotian who can see this point, but also those quyi families who are lingering on.

A stage that can perform normally, how precious it is in this era, it goes without saying.

As for who is the troupe leader, is this important?

If it were in the past, they would fight for this name until their faces were red and their ears were red, or even become enemies.

But now no one dares to covet this position.

Jin Jiaojiao naturally knows the danger behind this fame and fortune, but things have come to this point, let them give this name to others, they feel sorry for him.

Sometimes she is also complaining, why did she want to sing and go on stage at the beginning, letting Li Ge be embarrassed to plan for them, really having today's glory, but it became a burden, bound and unable to move.

When eating a bite of delicious crispy roast duck, all the troubles accumulated over these days were vented in front of Li Ge.

Her little mouth didn't stop, while eating, she told the hardship and pressure during this period.

Tong Huimei just listened, even if Jin Jiaojiao asked her, she just nodded or shook her head.

Li Xuewu sat opposite the two, listening to Jin Jiaojiao's narration, sizing her up from time to time.

Perhaps because he looked at her more, Tong Huimei looked up occasionally and met his eyes, her eyes drifted and dodged, and there was always a trace of embarrassment and shyness on her face.

"Brother, I heard from Sister Yu that you went abroad?"

It took a long time to finish their own affairs, Jin Jiaojiao looked at him curiously and asked, "How is foreign country? Is it fun?"

This is not the first time Li Xuewu has heard this question, but it all came from the mouths of women.

"It's for work, what's fun?"

Li Xuewu looked at her with a smile and said, "Why? Do you want to go out and see?"

"I'm telling the truth, I really want to."

She lowered her voice and replied, "Always hearing people say how the outside world is, I'm so curious."

"Actually, there is no difference, you will realize that there is no difference except for people when you walk more."

Li Xuewu ate roast duck and introduced, "In the future, you have the opportunity to go to other places to perform and feel the local customs, going abroad is also this feeling."

"Speaking? They speak foreign languages, right?"

Jin Jiaojiao widened her eyes, as if she was really curious, and asked, "Do they listen to opera?"

"You should find books to read when you have time."

Li Xuewu pursed his lips and reminded the two, saying, "When your art and status reach a certain stage, you should improve your cultural cultivation and ideological consciousness, otherwise you will fall."

"Read books? Us?" Jin Jiaojiao looked at her sister who had the same expression in surprise, and then looked at Li Ge and asked, "We are just singing opera—"

"If it were just singing opera, it would be fine."

Li Xuewu put down his chopsticks and looked at the two, saying, "You are not two people now, there is a group of people following you to eat and live, as the troupe leader and the stars in the troupe, you must be responsible for them."

"Sometimes singing opera is just singing opera, and sometimes singing opera is not just singing opera."

He pointed to the dining table and said, "You ask me if foreigners listen to opera, in fact, you can find the answer in books, because you need to learn the history of the development of domestic and foreign drama, and find the direction of development from history."

Just when the two sisters were confused, Li Xuewu said again, "You are growing, and you are also progressing, and one day you will stand on the podium and face your students, how will you talk then?"

He pointed to the dining table and said: "You ask me if foreigners listen to plays. In fact, you can find the answer in books, because you need to study the history of domestic and foreign drama development and find the direction of development from history."

"Do we still have to be cultured people?"

Jin Jiaojiao looked at her sister with difficulty, then looked at him and explained softly, "Sister and I only know characters, have no culture, reading scripts is not hard, reading history books is a bit..."

"Knowing characters is not considered cultured?"

Li Xuewu looked at the two with a smile and encouraged them, "It's not that you have to be able to do it now, learning is a matter of accumulation."

"We'll try, not necessarily okay."

Jin Jiaojiao twitched her lips, hesitated and picked up a thin pancake and rolled it with duck meat and handed it to Li Xuewu, saying, "If we don't do well, don't be angry."

"As long as you have worked hard, you won't regret it."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, took her roll, and said, "In the future, your opera troupe will get bigger and bigger, and there will be more and more people, just rely on shouting to manage?"

"Speaking of this, I'm angry—"

Jin Jiaojiao remembered something, it seemed that she was really angry, and even the duck meat didn't feel fragrant.

She looked at Tong Huimei and said to Li Xuewu, "There are always people who disobey, saying they won't do it but have to do it secretly, as if they think their lives are long, and they dislike that we can perform and get good results."

"Sister, let me say—"

Tong Huimei secretly pinched her under the table, not letting her say, but Jin Jiaojiao insisted on saying it.

She looked at Li Xuewu and explained, "You just said that the opera troupe will get bigger and bigger, we have already felt it, everyone wants to stuff people into us."

"In the past, Uncle Tian was responsible for these reception businesses, because of several unpleasant things, Uncle Tian also hid in Steel City and didn't come to watch the opera troupe."

"They are all fellow apprentices—"

Tong Huimei saw her dissatisfaction and was afraid that Li Xuewu would misunderstand, so she explained softly.

"What fellow apprentices!" Jin Jiaojiao was dissatisfied and teased, "Where were these fellow apprentices when our sisters were desperate and wanted to hang themselves?"

"Now that they see we are good, they use the banner of fellow apprentices to arrange this and that—"

She said angrily, "It's just bullying us for being young, and if we can't open our faces, we have to go further, even arranging people to come in without saying hello."

"After asking, they vaguely said who's relationship it was, who knows what benefits they received, chickens, ducks, pigs, and dogs were all sent in."

"Stop talking, is it worth it—"

Tong Huimei gently patted her back and persuaded, "It's nothing more than those relationships, it's not worth it for you to be angry with them."

"Sooner or later, we will be implicated by them—"

In the past, Jin Jiaojiao was reluctant to tell her these words, for fear that she would be soft-hearted and want face.

Now in front of Li Xuewu, she also wanted to make things clear, otherwise there would be endless troubles.

She was a big girl after all, and she didn't mince words when she spoke, and she had a bit of leadership temperament.

Li Xuewu listened carefully to her words, and when the two sisters didn't speak, he nodded and said, "Old saying goes, there are all kinds of birds in a big forest, and the things you encounter are normal."

"It's just that the country has national laws, and the family has family rules, and every line and every thing should have rules."

He looked at the two sisters and said, "Just because you haven't set rules since the troupe was established, the troupe is a plate of loose sand, and anyone can make decisions."

"After you go back today, find an opportunity to visit the old seniors and ask about the rules."

Li Xuewu took two rolls, rolled them with cucumber strips and duck meat, and gave one to each.

"First make the rules clear in the troupe, and then tell these people that whoever breaks the rules in the future will act according to the regulations."

He pointed to Jin Jiaojiao and said, "Don't you have a roster in your hand, call names according to the roster, those who are not in the troupe will be kicked out directly, no matter who they are."

"Should have been like this long ago—"

Jin Jiaojiao glanced at her sister and persuaded, "Don't worry about any master-apprentice feelings, people fool you twice and you can't get off the stage, and you have to carry it for them when something happens in the future?"

"I didn't say I would manage them..."

Tong Huimei sighed helplessly and looked at Li Xuewu to explain, "When we wanted to set up this troupe, there were seniors who came to help."

"Even the repertoire we organized was helped by seniors word by word, how can we say we should kick them all out."

"They came with this purpose when they came, you are not unaware—"

Jin Jiaojiao pouted and said, "Even if they helped and contributed, we didn't treat them badly, every time they came, they were picked up and dropped off by car, and there were gifts."

"Anyway, I feel that if this continues, our troupe will have an accident sooner or later."

"I know you've been working hard lately."

Tong Huimei held her hand understandingly and said, "But our sisters want to stand in this line, it won't work without the care of seniors."

"Talk about relationships when you should, and talk about rules when you should." Jin Jiaojiao looked at Li Xuewu and said, "Can't break the rules because of relationships, right, Li Ge?"

"Sigh—" Listening to her stubborn words, Tong Huimei sighed helplessly, not knowing what to say.

Li Xuewu picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for each of them, it could be seen that the two sisters had great differences, and even the contradictions that hadn't been said in the past had appeared.

"Drink tea, don't get angry, the weather is dry in winter, pay attention to protecting your throat."

He only said one sentence, and both of them stopped talking, waiting for his opinion.

Li Xuewu didn't judge who was right and who was wrong between the two sisters, even if Tong Huimei knew.

"Management, avoid urgency and irritability, this is a long-term process of running-in with the system."

He looked at Jin Jiaojiao and comforted, "If you want to be this troupe leader, you have to learn to endure and be patient, sometimes you know it's wrong, but you have to find opportunities and ways to solve it properly, you can't ruin a large area because of one person or one thing."

Jin Jiaojiao understood his meaning, held the teacup and nodded, saying, "I'll read books when I go back."

"And you." Li Xuewu turned to look at Tong Huimei, and asked seriously, "When did I make you look at other people's faces?"

Tong Huimei looked up suddenly, she didn't expect Li Xuewu's tone to be so serious.

Looking at his furrowed brows, she was so scared that tears were already swirling in her eyes, but she didn't dare to cry out.

"I supported you to engage in drama art at the beginning, but I didn't say I wanted to save the entire art world."

He pointed to the dining table and emphasized to Tong Huimei, "Do you think you are capable enough to shelter these people from the wind and rain, and eliminate disasters?"

"No..." Tong Huimei finally couldn't help but shed tears, her voice dry and wanting to explain.

"Smashing real gold and silver, if it were really for the little money you earned."

Li Xuewu looked at her, and said straightforwardly, "Why take such a big risk, where can't you earn this money?"

Tong Huimei was frightened by his tone, lowered her head and sobbed, Jin Jiaojiao also felt embarrassed, shouldn't have talked about these things while eating.

She took a handkerchief to her sister, Tong Huimei covered her hand and tears fell down, crying without making a sound, all nested in her throat.

"You want to sing opera, don't want to live up to so many years of learning and hard work, I understand very well."

Li Xuewu let her cry, and still said seriously, "But I can only hold up this sky for you two, whether you can realize your ideals and ambitions depends on your personal efforts and abilities."

This was already very heavy, to put it bluntly, if the two sisters had an accident, he could settle it, but if the troupe led by the two sisters caused any trouble, he wouldn't care.

Set whatever rules should be set, he wouldn't talk about any master-apprentice relationship at this time.

"Brother, I didn't consider this well."

Jin Jiaojiao saw that her sister was just crying, looked at Li Xuewu guiltily and said, "We will definitely rectify it when we go back, and we won't cause you trouble."

"I don't understand drama art."

Li Xuewu looked at her and Tong Huimei, and said lightly, "I understand even less the rules of your line, I'm just reminding you how to do things."

"I can give you the confidence to stand in this line without looking at people's faces or even being humble."

He put the chopsticks on the plate on the dining table and said, "You also have to know who is worth your sincerity, and who is not."

"Alright, I'll let the waiter pack the remaining duck, you can eat it tonight."

Just said this, and that was it, Li Xuewu got up to ask the waiter for oil paper to pack, the waiter saw that he was not dressed ordinarily, and personally came over to help pack it carefully with oil paper and hemp rope.

It was just seeing the girl at the same table crying with her head down, if it weren't for the other girl looking normal, the waiter would have thought Li Xuewu was bullying people.

When he got up, Tong Huimei's eyes were red, still sobbing, panting.

Maybe it was because she was scared, maybe it was really wronged, she had never seen him speak to her so seriously since she knew Li Xuewu for so long.

Another point, not seeing each other for a year, her waiting and longing had become embarrassment and timidity.

Especially the shout from Ma Sanyuan, she was really afraid that Li Xuewu would misunderstand something, wanted to explain but didn't dare, and Jin Jiaojiao talked about the troupe, everything came together, and the emotions couldn't be controlled.

Li Xuewu didn't hug her when getting in the car, didn't even comfort her, didn't look at her.

Thinking that she had been disgusted by him because of these things, Tong Huimei felt sad, leaned on the back seat and cried, her body twitching.

Li Xuewu had a straight face, drove the two to the door, Jin Jiaojiao persuaded her sister all the way, only letting her stop sobbing, but the tears couldn't stop falling, so wronged, so scared.

"Brother, I'll help you open the big gate."

Jin Jiaojiao saw that she was at the door, and wanted to take the initiative to get out of the car to help him open the big gate.

Li Xuewu turned back to look at the two, and said, "I have something to do this afternoon, you go back first."

He handed the paper bag on the passenger seat to Jin Jiaojiao and said, "Eat it after heating it up tonight."

"Brother, come in and sit for a while."

Jin Jiaojiao's face turned pale when she heard him say this, not to mention Tong Huimei who was crying.

"I'll be in Beijing for these few days, work is a bit busy, I'll come to see you when I have time."

Li Xuewu handed the paper bag to Jin Jiaojiao, turned and got out of the car, walked to the side of the big gate and opened the car door for them.

Jin Jiaojiao didn't dare to say anything more, got out of the car with difficulty, and when she helped her sister, she only felt heartache looking at her tears.

Li Xuewu didn't let her cry to death in the car after all, reached out and hugged her out of the car, patted her back and comforted, "If you are tired, rest for a period of time, nothing is more important than living well."

"I didn't want to eat their dumplings..."

Tong Huimei hugged him tightly, sobbing and explaining, "Really..."

"Brother—" Jin Jiaojiao also couldn't help wiping her tears at this time, and said, "It's all my fault—"

"You sisters want to be together, but you are torn apart and tortured by a few outsiders, how meaningless."

Li Xuewu patted Tong Huimei's back, couldn't comfort her to let go, and could only hug her into the courtyard.

Although there was no one on the street in this cold weather, it was impossible to prevent neighbors from hiding behind the door and peeking.

He didn't think anyone knew him, but the two sisters had to live here after all.

The house was cold last night, and ice slag had formed on the windows, he didn't dare to take off his clothes when entering the house, and felt cold when stretching out his arms.

Li Xuewu put Tong Huimei on the bed, turned back to help Jin Jiaojiao clean up the stove.

If it wasn't burned, it would be cold in the house, and it would be cold if there was no fire.

It would be fine if someone was in the house, but it was this temperature after a night.

"Guodong brother sent firewood and coal, enough for us to burn for a winter."

Tears came fast and went fast, Jin Jiaojiao's personality was much more lively than Tong Huimei's.

Seeing that Li Xuewu didn't leave her sister, she was also busy, brought firewood and corn cobs, and lit the stove in the house with a match.

"Did he send it or arrange for someone to send it?"

Li Xuewu had just cleaned up the residual ash in the stove, stood up and sized up the furnishings in the house.

Still the same as before, no changes, mostly daily necessities added by the two sisters.

What surprised Li Xuewu was that the main room of this courtyard was divided into east and west rooms, but the two sisters still lived in one place and didn't separate.

Why say they depend on each other for life, sisters are deeply affectionate, it's not worth it to have contradictions because of others.

"Brother Guodong comes personally every year."

Jin Jiaojiao tried the temperature of the thermos with her hand, regretfully poured out the hot water, and explained, "No hot water, wait for me to boil a pot and then make tea for you."

"Didn't we drink tea at the roast duck shop."

Li Xuewu turned his head and looked at the inner room, at this moment Tong Huimei was leaning on the quilt, not crying as hard as just now.

"Brother, if you feel embarrassed, we don't have to sing opera, it's actually meaningless."

Jin Jiaojiao said timidly, "Uncle Tian was also worried about trouble at the beginning, so he racked his brains to organize the club's opera troupe, but went to Steel City after we could hang on the Red Star Theater for performance."

"He said he wanted to take his grandson, but we all know that he is more cautious than us."

"You know there is a risk."

Li Xuewu roasted his hands on the stove and said, "Since the Red Star Theater can perform normally, it means it is within the scope allowed by the rules."

"I'm just afraid that one day it will exceed the bottom line."

Jin Jiaojiao said helplessly, "I'm even more afraid that the bottom line will be lowered when we don't know."

"Someone will tell you in advance."

Li Xuewu sized her up with a smile, hadn't seen her for a long time, the two sisters had grown up.

Perhaps because of her personality, Jin Jiaojiao looked more energetic than Tong Huimei, like a little chili.

"Or let's go to Steel City."

Jin Jiaojiao's eyes were bright, looking at him and saying, "Where is it not the same, Uncle Tian is also in Steel City, we will form a troupe by ourselves then."

"Do you think there is such a cultural atmosphere everywhere in the country?" Li Xuewu looked at her with a smile and said, "Northeast prefers local opera, Errenzhuan."

"We can also sing Errenzhuan."

Jin Jiaojiao raised her eyebrows and said, "Compared to Qin Qin Jingju, it's just changing a form."

"It's easy to say—"

Li Xuewu explained to her, "The real Errenzhuan is performed in the countryside, the content of the program is not quite the same as what you perform in the theater."

It's not just not quite the same, maybe only the pink plays in the Republic of China can compare.

You say no one dares to sing vulgar words in this era?

That's why it's local opera, local performance.

When does the village open the play?

It will never open the gong until seven or eight o'clock, and it must wait until the sky is dark before daring to go on stage.

Of course, the pink play mentioned here is not the kind of Errenzhuan in later generations, that kind has no opponent.

You think, how many local operas didn't turn over after the "Renaissance" that year, why can Errenzhuan still be active on the Northeast land, and even carry forward, walking out of Shanhai Pass?

It's not just because of an Uncle Zhao, but because these people who sing Errenzhuan have made changes.

You let those who sing Qin Qin Jingju change their style, and put some tricks in it, can the artist be willing?

But Errenzhuan actors, in order to survive, in order to adapt to the changes on this black land, constantly tried and innovated, which led to the economic market of later generations.

Of course, the most primitive Errenzhuan almost disappeared, the things in the bar are all nonsense, leaning towards the talk shows that appeared later.

The first batch of Errenzhuan actors still had skills, and the tunes they sang and the repertoire they knew were very professional.

Precisely because Errenzhuan can go with the flow, Li Xuewu didn't think Jin Jiaojiao could sing Errenzhuan.

Besides, even if she could sing, Li Xuewu wouldn't let the two sisters suffer this crime.

"If you feel tired, you can go to Steel City for a period of time."

Li Xuewu saw the attachment and reluctance in her eyes, and said with a smile, "Even if you don't live there permanently, it's convenient to go see me when you have time."

"Really!" Jin Jiaojiao said in surprise, "I wanted to see you for a long time, but sister said you were busy and it was inconvenient."

"Know how to take the train?" Li Xuewu looked at her with a smile and said, "If you don't know, wait for the recycling station to send someone to go with you, or take a boat."

"I really thought about it—"

Jin Jiaojiao said with a smile, "I even asked someone how to buy tickets and how to get on the train."

"But later the rehearsal became busier, and sister was worried about causing you trouble, so this matter was dragged down."

"It's okay, go if you want."

Li Xuewu said very casually, "Just treat it as relaxing, you can go to other places if you want."

He didn't look back, heard movement in the inner room, and knew that Tong Huimei was coming out.

"Life is not all Qin Qin Jingju, you can also have your own thoughts, things you want to see."

"Brother—" Tong Huimei hugged him from behind, murmured, "Sorry—"

"What are you saying." Li Xuewu patted her hand and comforted, "Some things have to be thought through by yourself, don't be stubborn."

"Wait until I see Guodong and tell him, get you a work permit, tell me in advance when you want to go anywhere, or arrange for someone to send you there."

"We don't have any place we want to go."

Jin Jiaojiao said with a bitter smile, "I haven't left Beijing since I was so big, I only know you are outside the pass."

"Have you seen the map, China is so big." Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said, "Or wait until you are successful, there will be tour invitations, and you can travel all over the country then."

"It would be great if that were the case—"

Jin Jiaojiao said with a smile, "I know I'm not from Beijing, but I don't even remember where my hometown is, if it weren't for sister, I would really be a lonely person, like a lonely ghost."

"Cherish this luck."

Li Xuewu patted Tong Huimei's hand hugging him again, and said, "Having someone to accompany you is a rare happiness."

The stove was burned, he helped fill the coal, Jin Jiaojiao still wanted to keep him for a cup of tea, but Li Xuewu smiled and said goodbye to the two, went out and drove away.

The two sisters needed time to settle the experience after the contradictions were resolved, growth would have a price, but they couldn't lose soldiers and generals, and hurt themselves and their relatives to the point of being bruised and battered.

They couldn't accompany him every day after all, since they chose to depend on each other for life, they had to learn to understand and forgive each other.

"Second brother! You just came back too!"

Wang Lu rode the Comet motorcycle into Haiyuncang, but saw Li Xuewu just parked the car.

She said in surprise, "I heard them say you came back, didn't expect to catch a coincidence."

"Why are you alone?"

Li Xuewu came out of the garage, closed the door, and then asked with a smile, "Where is Yaping?"

"He is on duty today, I came alone." Wang Lu supported the car with two long legs, signaled the big gate with her right hand wearing thick gloves and said, "Second brother, help me open the big gate, I'll ride in, pushing it on this slope at your house is very laborious."

"Is this little motorcycle easy to ride?"

Li Xuewu sized up the Comet motorcycle she was riding, there were many of these in Beijing in the past two years.

Cheap, easy to ride, and durable, families with some strength would buy one for transportation, it was really easy to use.

Saying that the 28-inch bicycle could carry and load, but it couldn't stand the limited physical strength of people, and no matter how strong the bicycle was, it couldn't compare to the strength of burning oil.

Wang Lu smiled and shook her butt, the little motorcycle shook up and down, "More effort-saving than a bicycle."

"This is true—"

Li Xuewu smiled and wanted to open the big gate, but saw the big gate open from the inside, it was Zhao Yaping.

"Second brother, you are back."

Zhao Yaping first greeted him, then smiled at Wang Lu and called sister-in-law.

"Why don't you hide quickly!" Wang Lu was very playful, and she was like a child in her early twenties.

At this moment, she twisted the throttle to scare her sister-in-law and said, "I'm telling you, I still can't ride well, I won't care if I hit you!"

"Oh—" Zhao Yaping was startled by her, and dodged to the side.

Wang Lu giggled and twisted the throttle to ride the little motorcycle into the courtyard and onto the slope.

Li Xuewu's house was at one end of this street, at the position of the crossroads, the terrain was not the lowest, but not the highest.

Anyone who has seen Japanese-style villas knows that they love to build houses on places higher than the terrain, and the courtyard will be turned into natural slopes and landscapes.

This was still many years of subsidence, plus the house had changed several generations of owners, the courtyard style had changed, otherwise, looking at the greening and terrain, one would know that there was so-called Japanese style in it.

"Come and help me take things!"

Wang Lu parked the motorcycle, and called her sister-in-law to help.

Zhao Yaping was still honest, just that she had more contact with her sister-in-law, and knew what kind of person she was.

At this moment, she closed the big gate with her second brother, she didn't answer, but secretly asked her second brother in a low voice, "Is my sister-in-law so childish at the unit?"

"About the same, like Nezha—"

Li Xuewu looked at Wang Lu who got off the car with a smile, and also learned Zhao Yaping's tone and evaluated lightly, "Just doing those things that adults can't do."

"Hee hee—"

"Zhao Yaping! Are you talking bad about me behind my back again!"

Wang Lu stood there with her hands on her hips, pretending to be fierce and said, "Have I not cleaned you up recently?"

Seeing that her sister-in-law was still giggling, she squinted her eyes and said, "It seems I have to establish rules for you, otherwise you don't even know who is who!"

"Who doesn't know who is who?"

She didn't expect that Zhao Yafang's voice suddenly came from behind, saying with a joking tone, "Come, Wang Lu, I'll also establish rules for you."

"Hahahaha—"

This sister-in-law joking, made Li Shu, who slipped out to watch the excitement, happy enough.

She clapped her little hands and learned to say, "Come, establish rules for you—" ===== CHAPTER 1541 =====

"Who doesn't know the big and small Wangs?"

She didn't expect Zhao Yafang's voice to suddenly come from behind, saying in a joking tone: "Come, Wang Lu, I'll also set some rules for you."

"Hahaha—"

These sisters-in-law were joking around, which made Li Shu, who had snuck out to watch the fun, laugh enough.

She clapped her little palms and mimicked: "Come, I'll set some rules for you—"