Chapter 1560: My Associate Professor Younger Brother

"Aiyo! It's Xuewu, come in quickly."

Wang Shuhua was truly surprised. Seeing Li Xuewu standing at the gate, she hurriedly greeted him into the courtyard.

"Godmother, I didn't make it before the New Year."

Li Xuewu was carrying gifts in both hands and walked into the courtyard gate with a smile, saying, "I've come to see you two elders."

"You're still being polite with us?"

Wang Shuhua really didn't care whether he brought gifts to the house, and didn't even care what he brought; she just looked at him with a smile, her eyes full of gratification and joy.

"I know you're busy with work now. Third Brother and his wife came by once before the New Year, and now you've come again."

"It's only right that he came." Li Xuewu chuckled as he entered the courtyard, "It's only right that I come too."

Zheng Shusen, who heard the commotion, also walked out of the room. Seeing it was really him, a smile instantly appeared on his face.

"It's Xuewu, I heard it sounded like him."

"It even confused me for a second." Wang Shuhua smiled and patted Li Xuewu's arm lightly, saying, "I was just saying, who is visiting the house at this time."

"Dad, your health is quite good, right?"

Li Xuewu first offered a greeting. He insisted on letting the two elders go inside first before following them into the room.

"Your dad, he feels better just seeing you come."

Wang Shuhua busied herself with making tea as soon as she entered the room, and even joked, "He was just saying he didn't have any energy."

"It's very cold this winter. You two elders must pay attention to your health." Li Xuewu's expression became serious, and he reminded, "Don't be vague about health issues."

"Your godmother is teasing you—"

Zheng Shusen put down the book he was half-reading and explained with a chuckle, "I'm fine."

Whether sincere or not, both of them were over fifty. At over fifty, what could they not see clearly?

Before the New Year, their daughter working in Jinmen mentioned Li Xuewu when she returned to her parents' home, saying he hadn't come to visit in the last two years.

Zheng Xiaoyan said some unpleasant things, but Wang Shuhua blocked them by talking and stopping her.

What else could she say?

It was all because of the resentment left over from the electronics factory incident a few years ago, which she still held in her heart to this day.

A woman's heart is just smaller than a man's, but she was already over thirty, and her child was about to enter junior high school. The two elders were too lazy to say anything more to her.

Li Xuewu had come to the house less in the last few years, not as enthusiastic as before, and even Shen Guodong didn't come anymore.

But the filial piety for the New Year had never been less. After Shen Guodong started working at the neighborhood office, it was Li's third son who came to see her.

Whether it was her birthday or Zheng Shusen's, Li Xuecai would come to the house, and after getting married, he would bring Ji Yuxiu. The two elders naturally knew who had arranged it.

As Zheng Shusen's work in the city became more prominent, countless people wanted to climb the social ladder and build connections with the family, but the two elders had long ago grown tired of this kind of life. Closing the door to guests was a rule set from the very beginning.

She didn't want to advance any further from the neighborhood office, and Zheng Shusen wished he could retire and go home to rest now.

Only Li Xuewu, and only Li Xuewu.

It was precisely from the time Zheng Shusen started working in the city, and from the time the situation changed suddenly, that Li Xuewu took the initiative to distance himself and rarely visited in person.

This sense of propriety not only didn't make the two elders angry, but instead made them silently approve of his character in their hearts.

Zheng Xiaoyan said he did it deliberately, nothing more than to invite fame and curry favor, just to make them remember Li Xuewu's kindness.

But the two elders knew that Li Xuewu had never flattered them or asked them to help with anything.

Zheng Shusen had only received one phone call from Li Xuewu, asking him to introduce a connection in the railway to transfer the railway's art troupe, which was about to be disbanded, to the Red Star Factory.

This in itself didn't involve any transfer of benefits, nor did it involve any human relationship entanglements.

And Wang Shuhua had even less. Shen Guodong used to come often, but calculating it, was it Shen Guodong who occupied her connections, or was it the neighborhood office that occupied Shen Guodong's resources and advantages? Who couldn't see clearly now?

It wasn't him who proposed recruiting Shen Guodong into the neighborhood office back then, but Zhou Lao Liu, who was in charge of economic work—the same one who arranged Li Xuewu's job.

Wang Shuhua couldn't speak on this matter, but Zhou Lao Liu was most anxious about the neighborhood's economic work.

When Shen Guodong managed the recycling station, he did good deeds for the neighborhood, took care of the lonely elderly, and now he had created several small industries, digested idle labor, and supported the economic foundation of the Jiaodaokou neighborhood.

Now everyone in the entire East City envied their neighborhood, and even Beixinqiao wanted to come and borrow some light.

Therefore, toward Li Xuewu, the two elders always had one heart, comparing heart to heart.

Since this godson recognized the kinship, they couldn't chill his heart.

Of course, like what Zheng Xiaoyan said, if Li Xuewu really begged them, what should they do?

Zheng Shusen said, Li Xuewu didn't need to beg. If there was something, he would naturally take action to help.

Zheng Xiaoyan was angry and didn't speak to her father all morning. It wasn't reasonable that her own father wouldn't help her with something, but a godson didn't even need to speak for him to help.

What Zheng Shusen said wasn't angry talk, and of course, it wasn't to deliberately anger his daughter, but the truth.

If Li Xuewu really had something in the Red Steel Group, or needed to beg him for work, as long as it didn't violate basic principles, he would take action to help.

You ask what the basic principles are?

He wouldn't watch Li Xuewu go down the wrong path, and he wouldn't allow himself to go down the wrong path. These are the basic principles.

As for the amount of work, he had worked for the organization for so many years, always diligent and conscientious. Did he not even have this little ability?

To put it simply, if someone wanted to calculate and frame Li Xuewu, he would be the first to disagree.

Similarly, he also believed that with Li Xuewu's ability and talent, mature thinking, and character, he wouldn't do anything that violated basic principles. This was the confidence he had to take action.

Don't look at the fact that the two rarely communicate, or that there is basically no intersection in work, but they see each other in matters.

Does Li Xuewu talk about work when he comes home?

Of course he talks about it, and very frankly, without any scruples, honest and sincere.

"Your mother is very worried about you, so far away."

Zheng Shusen nodded with gratification after Li Xuewu reported on his work in Liaodong and the group over the past year, gestured to his old partner, and said with a smile, "She always says she wants to call you, but she's afraid of affecting your work."

"Call at night, I'm usually at home."

Li Xuewu smiled, took the phone book that the two elders usually used from the small table beside the sofa where the phone was placed, and wrote down his current address with a fountain pen.

"If it's a boy's voice, don't be surprised. That's the child from Qin Jie's family in our courtyard."

He was afraid the two elders would have any concerns, so he made a joke while writing.

Wang Shuhua knew Bang Geng and asked with a smile, "Why did he go to your place?"

"It's been over a year." Li Xuewu finished writing, put the notebook back, and explained while tightening his fountain pen, "He couldn't finish his studies, and his mother begged me. She said to arrange something, and I didn't have any other way."

"It just so happened that Wen Saner set up a stall over there, so I let him go and learn the craft."

"Is it the third son of Wen Yongsheng's family?"

Wang Shuhua naturally knew who the Wen Saner Li Xuewu was talking about was, nodded clearly, and said, "I heard he learned the craft of repairing radios. Why did he go to Steel City to do this?"

She only knew that Shen Guodong was doing the recycling station business very well and even had contact with the first prison.

However, she didn't know that the recycling station's stall was so big, and didn't even know what Wen San was doing in Steel City.

She vaguely remembered that Wen Saner often rode a bicycle to repair radios for people when he was at the recycling station. Hearing Li Xuewu say he set up a stall in Steel City and Bang Geng followed him to learn, she thought he went to do this.

Li Xuewu knew she had misunderstood, but he didn't explain, just said with a smile, "He said Northeast people have money, and there are more radios at home, so the work is easier to do."

"That's true—" Wang Shuhua didn't doubt his nonsense at all, and she also had deep feelings about the statement that Northeast people have money.

"Before the New Year, the city organized study, and there was a cadre from the Northeast wearing a leather jacket that was quite striking."

She learned the style of the leather jacket the man wore for Li Xuewu, as well as the color of the leather.

"Hehehe—" Li Xuewu understood and waved his hand with a smile, "It definitely wasn't produced by ourselves. That cadre has quite a way."

Of course he had a way. Don't ask him why he hadn't seen it; he just heard his godmother mention it and knew the leather jacket wasn't domestic, because he had one too.

Why did he have one?

Because Wen Saner had one, felt it was warm to wear, so he gave him one.

Just think, where did Wen Saner get the leather jacket? The 'Dutchman' was becoming more and more capable.

Don't think that the Northern Mao is very far from Yingcheng; a big ship can get there in a few days.

Speedboats were gradually unable to satisfy the greed of those bastards, and someone got hold of modified fishing boats.

Similarly, going to Japan and South Korea couldn't satisfy their desire for 'legitimate smuggling' business. Who knows how they got in touch, but anyway, some strange things appeared on Wen Saner's cargo list.

The New Year gifts Li Shu and Li Ning received included a big 'matryoshka doll', very—big.

Er Ya didn't notice it the day she received it. She got up to go to the bathroom at night and saw two human-faced monsters over half a meter tall standing in the living room in the dark, and was almost scared to death.

Gu Ning had to explain to her why this thing was painted with a smiling face, why there was another one after opening one, the kind that never finished opening...

"Do you like this style?"

Li Xuewu turned to look at his godfather and said, "I'll mail you one when I go back. It's quite warm."

"Don't bother, it's a waste of your money."

Zheng Shusen waved his hand and said, "Spring is just around the corner. Who wears that thing? It's heavy as death."

"You haven't seen it; it's quite neat."

Wang Shuhua praised it in Northeast dialect and said to Li Xuewu with a smile, "Bring one for your dad. I asked many people and they said they hadn't seen it."

"Don't worry, I'll handle this when I go back." Li Xuewu looked at her with a smile and asked, "Is there anything you like? I'll buy you one too."

"Forget it, I have nowhere to wear it."

Wang Shuhua said embarrassedly, "It's just the distance from the door to the neighborhood office. If I really wear one of those, I'd be laughed to death."

"Heh, I'll take a look when I go back."

Li Xuewu introduced with a light laugh, "I seem to have seen someone in my unit wearing one. It's a women's style, short hair, and it looks quite neat when worn."

"Then Godmother won't be polite."

Wang Shuhua smiled and patted his arm, stood up, and said, "You're not allowed to leave tonight. Accompany your dad for a drink. He's been talking about you for a long time."

"How about we go out and find a place to drink?"

Li Xuewu asked his godfather with a smile, "Our group has opened several restaurants in the city, and the taste is quite good. It also saves my mom the trouble, right?"

Seeing him say this, Wang Shuhua also stopped. Of course, it would be good not to be tired.

She didn't ask for the leather jacket from Li Xuewu to deliberately take advantage of her godson. With the wages and treatment of the two elders, let alone a leather jacket, even a small car could be bought, not to mention a meal.

Li Xuewu often sent things home. Although she often went to Li's house to visit, and she always paid her share for the Li children's affairs, it was ultimately Li Xuewu's human relationship.

She was thinking about moving around more. If she really took the clothes Li Xuewu sent, she would have a reason to visit the Haiyuncang side in the future.

She knew Gu Ning's personality. If Li Xuewu wasn't at home, she would really be embarrassed to go, fearing that Gu Ning wouldn't be used to it.

Gu Ning couldn't speak, and Li Xuewu didn't need to beg her for anything. She had no chance to express herself even if she wanted to.

She could only look at the small ones.

Li Xuewu had two children at home, so there would always be a chance to express herself. She wouldn't refuse this meal today.

Having worked in the revolution for half a lifetime, the number of times the two elders were invited to eat could be counted on one's fingers. Li Xuewu wanted to treat them, so they really dared to go and eat, even if it were a Manchu-Han Feast, they would dare to eat it, and they wouldn't have to worry about any problems after eating.

Seeing her look at him, Zheng Shusen thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Then that's it. I'll treat today. Let's go out to eat."

"Ai!" He didn't wait for Li Xuewu to speak, raised his finger and pointed, raised his eyebrows and emphasized, "You're not allowed to fight me for it."

After speaking, seeing Li Xuewu smile, he also smiled and said, "Go and pick up your dad and mom. See who is at home today, and let's all go together. It hasn't been this lively since the New Year."

"You! You're going to spend a lot today!"

Li Xuewu pretended to be serious and emphasized, "We have over a dozen people here. This meal will cost you ten or twenty yuan."

"Hahahaha—" Zheng Shusen waved his hand with a smile and said generously, "Go and arrange it."

"Alright then. I'll arrange a car to pick you up in a while. We'll eat palace cuisine today, eat a big meal."

Li Xuewu stood up and said to his godmother with a smile, "You must bring enough money. Don't let my dad feel the pain of not paying the bill when the time comes. I'll be in a difficult position then."

"I'll remember. Go quickly—"

Seeing him teasing, Wang Shuhua also smiled and patted him, signaling him to hurry up and arrange it.

A meal costing ten or twenty yuan was truly a big scene at this time.

A plate of fried liver tips cost 1.4 yuan. If all of them were such meat dishes, the Li family had fifteen people, plus the two of them, even if a few children didn't count, there would still be twelve dishes. Calculating it, it would really cost more than ten yuan.

This didn't even count the wine money. A bottle of Five-Star Moutai cost more than four yuan. You calculate how much this would be.

Fortunately, Li Xuewu set it at the Red Steel Group's restaurant. You don't need to pay grain coupons to eat there; otherwise, you wouldn't be able to gather so many grain coupons to exchange for corresponding materials for a while.

As long as it's a state-run restaurant, you have to pay money to order dishes, and you also have to pay grain coupons. This is the rule.

But in the Red Steel Group's internal canteen, employees can dine by presenting their own work permits without grain coupons.

If you want to bring someone to eat, I'm sorry, you have to pay grain coupons.

Not needing grain coupons is a benefit for employees, so that employees can eat in the canteen and save grain coupons for their families.

And requiring grain coupons is to limit this benefit from being used by people with ulterior motives to bring people in to eat at will.

Don't doubt it, there must be such people.

Why can you dine in the restaurants under the Red Steel Group without grain coupons?

Because the prices of these three brands of restaurants are not something ordinary people can afford. You can't just gnaw on two bowls of rice here, can you?

The prices of dishes in the restaurants under the Red Steel Group are not affordable. They don't collect grain coupons because the raw materials don't go through the grain and non-staple food supply system, so there's no need to use grain coupons to exchange for corresponding materials.

Relying on the Red Steel Group's own internal supply system is enough to support the material needs of these three restaurants. It's a proper tertiary industry operation mode.

Experimental industrial enterprises will always have some policy preferences, such as pricing power.

Li Xuewu didn't think about making his godfather poor with one meal. With over a dozen people in their family, they couldn't make his godfather and godmother poor with one meal.

Let alone one meal, even ten meals wouldn't make them poor. His godfather's wages were higher than his, and his godmother's wages weren't much lower than his, so they were quite wealthy.

"I said I wasn't coming, but Third Brother insisted on pulling me here. My legs and feet aren't flexible anymore."

The old lady saw Zheng Shusen and his wife in the private room and said with a smile.

Wang Shuhua often visited the Li family and was naturally close to the old lady. At this moment, the two elders both stood up and greeted them with a smile.

"If you didn't come, I would have scolded them."

She took the old lady's hand, looked at Liu Yin, and asked, "Did you come by car? Are you cold?"

"Xuewu arranged a car, not cold."

Liu Yin looked at her with a smile and said, "It was getting dark when Xuewu came home and said we'd eat together tonight. I even asked him if something happened."

"Nothing happened, it's just that there was no time to gather during the New Year. Since Xuewu is back, it's an opportunity."

Zheng Shusen greeted the old lady and Li Shun here, and talked about today's gathering with a chuckle.

Actually, Li Xuewu also wanted to organize a gathering when he came back. After all, he didn't come back during the New Year. If they didn't gather to eat together, the first lunar month would be over.

It wasn't what those idle people said, that it was still the New Year if it wasn't out of the first lunar month. That New Year would be too long.

Knowing he had this idea, Zheng Shusen also joined in the fun, which was a rare liveliness.

Aside from the day when his son brought his grandson back during the New Year, the other days were plain, and the house almost had no fireworks.

The private room prepared by Qinyunchun was quite large. Not counting the children, over a dozen people could sit down easily. If the children were counted, it would be lively.

"I want to sit next to Mom—"

"I want to sit by myself!"

"No! No! No younger brother—"

Li Shu was the eldest. In front of outsiders, she already knew how to be polite and wouldn't shout.

Li Tang and Li Ning were three years old, the age of not understanding anything. They couldn't be reasoned with even by beating or scolding.

Li Tang had his mother to suppress him, and Li Ning also had his mother to suppress him. The two little boys were finally a bit quieter.

However, Zhao Yafang couldn't do two things at once. She still had to take care of Li Yue, the little girl who had just learned to crawl.

Of course, this age group was also the time when it was fun. Li Xuewu took her over and placed her on the rotating table, gently turning the wooden turntable, which finally amused her.

Li Yue didn't understand what this thing was. She only saw the shadows in front of her spinning like a revolving lantern, and everyone was smiling at her, as if it were very fun.

That's right, she was the one having fun.

"Why are you so bad—"

Zhao Yafang was both angry and amused, and gave Li Xuewu a hard slap, wanting to take her daughter down, but because the two boys were making trouble, the table suddenly turned fast.

Li Yue wasn't afraid. She supported her body with her small hands and lay on the turntable, curiously examining the new world.

Of course, she wouldn't let the turntable turn too fast. Even if Li Tang and Li Ning were pulling hard, as long as an adult put their hand on the rotating table, it wouldn't be fast.

Over a dozen people watched the children playing, and they couldn't help but laugh. The private room was full of laughter.

Gu Ning was picked up by him as soon as she got off work. The brother and sister were already at their grandmother's house, so it was just one car.

She was still a bit unaccustomed to such a crowded scene, especially with Zheng Shusen and his wife there.

This meal today couldn't be considered a family banquet; it should be a gathering of two families.

Wang Shuhua loved children very much. After teasing the three Li Shu children, her attention fell on Li Yue.

"Finally got a daughter, not in vain for you to miss it for such a long time."

She looked at Zhao Yafang, who was holding her daughter in her arms, with a smile and said, "This can be considered having both a son and a daughter."

"I was just telling her dad the other day, what should we do when she grows up? I can't bear to think about her getting married."

Zhao Yafang was also good at talking. In this kind of occasion, she didn't stutter at all, and could pick up anyone's words.

Gu Ning wasn't like that. Wang Shuhua asked Zhao Yafang, and then asked her when she would have another one.

"We aren't afraid of anything else."

Li Xuewu took the conversation with a smile and joked, "If a little cotton-padded jacket comes, my sister-in-law will be envious again. If a naughty boy comes, even I can't stand it."

"Hahahaha—"

"Who would be envious of you—"

Zhao Yafang glared at him with a smile and teased the little daughter in her arms, saying, "We have our own."

Gu Ning just smiled when she heard him joking, not knowing how to pick up the conversation at the table.

Li Xuecai and Ji Yuxiu communicated with the waiter and brought the teapot to pour tea for everyone. This meal today didn't look at status, but at size.

Aside from the children, Watching Li Xue was the youngest. She was instructed by Li Xuewu to choose the wine.

"Let's drink some white wine. Female comrades can drink some red wine." Li Xuewu looked at the elders with a smile and asked for instructions, "Those who can't hold their liquor can drink soda."

"Don't make it too complicated. There are no outsiders."

Li Shun was afraid Li Xuewu would arrange too much, and reminded him, "Just eat well and drink well."

"It doesn't matter, let him arrange it."

Zheng Shusen pointed at Li Xuewu with a smile and said, "I told him, he arranges today, I treat, let's have a good time."

Speaking of which, the relationship between the two families was good, and it was Wang Shuhua who visited the Li family more often. Zheng Shusen could also talk to Li Shun, but they didn't see each other often.

Don't say that the Li family is doing well now, and Li Shun can sit at the same table with Zheng Shusen to eat.

Human relationships are meaningless if they are explained too thoroughly. In the past, Zheng Shusen didn't look down on the Li family, and now he didn't look up to the Li family that much.

It was just that the two families had interactions and a connection through god-kinship, which made them close.

If it were placed on Li Shun, he wouldn't be able to reach a relationship at Zheng Shusen's level in eight lifetimes. He was just an ordinary traditional Chinese medicine practitioner and had never thought about these things.

"He called home before the New Year, saying he informed Third Brother to think about going to your place to sit."

Li Shun nodded and explained to Zheng Shusen, "That day, Liu Yin and I also wanted to go, but it just happened that the in-laws came, so it was delayed."

"We, the two families, live close."

Zheng Shusen raised the back of his hand and touched Li Shun's arm lightly and said, "In the future, move around more. If you don't come to find me, I wouldn't know how to open my mouth to find you."

"Honestly, it's just that Xuewu is back." He pointed at Li Xuewu with a smile again and said, "Otherwise, I wouldn't know how to open my mouth to find you for a drink."

"He has always been thinking about it."

Wang Shuhua said with a smile, "The day Third Brother came, he asked, why didn't your dad come?"

"It wasn't that I really wanted to go that day." Liu Yin also explained at this moment, "The night before, we had already agreed, but the next morning, Yafang's dad and her aunt's husband came."

"They sent mutton and rabbit. I let Third Brother share some with you, to taste something fresh."

"Otherwise, he would always be thinking about it." Wang Shuhua joked, "Knowing you have good food."

"Hahahaha—" After the joke, she also looked at Li Shun sincerely and emphasized, "Being close to home, he can only find you to drink."

At this time, the cold dishes were served, and Watching Li Xue had also chosen the white wine and red wine from below. With the help of the service staff, she poured wine for everyone under Li Xuewu's guidance.

"In a blink of an eye, Watching Li Xue has become a big girl." Wang Shuhua looked at Watching Li Xue, who was pouring wine for Zheng Shusen, and praised Liu Yin with a smile.

Watching Li Xue was worthy of being called graceful.

Second Brother taught her to call people first and then pour wine. She learned it once, and even knew who to start pouring wine for.

Speaking of drinking, the wine came. Zheng Shusen didn't move the cold dishes on the table. After Watching Li Xue poured the wine, he praised her for being a good child, picked up the wine glass, and clinked it with the old lady and Li Shun to taste something fresh.

He didn't drink excessively; he was a person with great self-control. Even if he liked this, he didn't drink often.

Furthermore, Wang Shuhua controlled him and wouldn't let him drink too much. Plus, the two elders had few social engagements, so their bodies weren't damaged by alcohol.

Li Shun didn't need to be mentioned. His drinking capacity was average, but drinking half a jin in a small drink was no problem.

He rarely drank on weekdays, unless it was a change of weather, then he would drink some medicinal wine.

The health of the old people in the Li family was still okay. Li Shun went out for a walk every morning without fail.

When Li Shu was young, he had to go to the milk station to get milk. After Li Shu grew up and followed her parents to Haiyuncang, Li Tang came not long after, and he still had to go to the milk station.

Now Li Yue has taken over, so he doesn't lack a reason to go out for a walk in the morning.

The old lady smoked but didn't drink. A cup or two was no problem. She didn't do health exercises or anything; she just had a good temper and knew how to take care of herself.

The old lady's health was worse, which was due to exhaustion when she was young, plus the lack of nutrition at that time. She had the habit of drinking and smoking, and would cough when it was dry in autumn and winter.

The three of them clinked glasses and drank it all in one gulp. Fortunately, the wine glasses weren't big; otherwise, the two bottles of wine Watching Li Xue brought really wouldn't be enough for them to drink.

Watching Li Xue poured a round of wine, and even the old lady and others were given a glass of white wine. She poured red wine for her sisters-in-law, and then sat down to pour herself a glass.

Li Xuewu didn't let her serve the rest, but took the wine bottle himself to fill the three of them up again.

"I told the front desk to just go up to 20 yuan. If it goes over, I won't pay."

Li Xuewu even made a joke when pouring wine for his godfather.

Li Shun glared at him, blaming him for spending so much money. It would be fine if it were a treat at his own home.

"This is a restaurant in your unit."

Zheng Shusen looked at him and said with a smile, "If it goes over, I won't pay, and I'll have to detain you here."

"I might not really be useful."

Li Xuewu poured the wine, sat back down, and said seriously, "If I get drunk and run away first, don't blame me for not being able to hold my liquor."

"Hahahaha—"

Zheng Shusen enjoyed this lively and joyful atmosphere very much, especially with the children making noise.

Li Shu's little adult image could only persist for a while. Seeing that everyone was laughing and no one was paying attention to her, she took her two younger brothers and grabbed the sweets that were served.

None of the Li children were picky, but liking sweets is a child's nature, and they were chattering.

"I heard you were transferred to the Political and Legal College?"

Zhao Yafang looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "Why were you transferred there? What are you going to manage?"

Hearing her ask about this, everyone at the table looked at Li Xuewu, all with curiosity and doubt.

Li Xuewu hadn't told his family about this, and didn't even want to say it, because it wasn't necessary.

Even he hadn't figured out how he went there, so how could he explain it to his family?

"I heard it from Political Commissar Wang of the Third Regiment. She said you had already been transferred from the regiment."

Ji Yuxiu explained, the source of this news was her.

"Talked to me before the New Year."

Li Xuewu saw his godfather and godmother looking at him, and his family also had worried expressions, so he explained frankly, "I wanted to withdraw, but I didn't expect them not to let me go, and arranged for me to be a teacher."

Regarding his mention of withdrawing, everyone at the table understood what he meant.

However, they didn't understand what being a teacher meant?

"Are they letting you give lectures?" Zhao Yafang was also stunned for a moment and asked, "Related to security?"

"Criminal Psychology." Li Xuewu also pursed his lips quite speechlessly and said, "They said it's a new course opened this year, four sessions a month."

"That's a formal post." Zhao Yafang nodded and said, "I really didn't expect it."

"The unexpected is still to come."

Li Xuewu also shook his head amusedly, looked at her, and said, "I'm an associate professor now."

"What?" This time, Zhao Yafang was the most surprised at the table. Although others were also surprised, Li Shun and Liu Yin had even more absurd expressions.

Not to mention Zhao Yafang being shocked by the words 'associate professor', just saying that Li Shun and his wife couldn't know what kind of person their son was?

If the second son could be an associate professor, then this associate professor was too... No! Associate professor is still valuable; otherwise, why didn't the eldest son and his wife get rated?

The facts were indeed so. By reason, the Li family should be called professors, aside from the eldest son and his wife, only the third son had hope!

No one could have imagined that Li Xuewu could get there first. What on earth happened?

Even if there was no need for those rigid rules to set this associate professor now, there were still new rigid rules.

Zheng Shusen had figured out how Li Xuewu got this title, and wasn't surprised.

"Do you only teach Criminal Psychology?"

"Not necessarily." Li Xuewu understood his godfather's question, shook his head slightly, and said, "They asked me to report this month. I was thinking of going tomorrow."

"You have to be mentally prepared."

Zheng Shusen glanced at him and nodded, reminding, "Letting you teach psychology might be to see if you have the corresponding teaching and academic ability."

"Maybe. I'm still confused now."

Li Xuewu picked up his wine glass to toast his father and others, and then drank it all in one gulp.

The little ones, Li Shu and others, didn't quite understand what an associate professor was, but seeing that the atmosphere at the table wasn't as lively as at the beginning, they all learned to be quiet.

"It can be considered a good thing." Wang Shuhua looked at him with a smile and said, "It proves that university wasn't attended in vain."

"If you had said this to me earlier?"

Li Xuewu looked at his godmother with a smile and complained jokingly, "If you had said this to me when I was in middle school, wouldn't I have been a university student long ago?"

He looked at his eldest brother and laughed, "Maybe I would be as gentle as jade and a humble gentleman like my eldest brother now."

"Why don't you say how naughty you were then—"

Wang Shuhua pointed at him, both angry and amused, and said, "I don't even want to settle old scores with you in front of your daughter. You don't know how annoying you were then!"

"At that time, I told him to study hard and stop being naughty. As soon as I finished saying this, in the blink of an eye, he let go of the painted thrush that Old Yang was raising."

Speaking of Li Xuewu's childhood, she had a stomach full of stories to tell, and the more she told, the more she laughed.

"Thinking about it now, I still feel angry. I've never seen such a naughty child."

"I can't even imagine it now." Zhao Yafang also agreed with a smile, "What you would look like standing on the podium."

"The same as my eldest brother."

Li Xuewu pointed at Li Xuewen, who was sitting beside him, and said shamelessly, "Our brother's temperament is becoming more and more alike."

"Don't ruin your eldest brother—"

Zhao Yafang looked at Gu Ning with a smile and reminded, "Since Godmother mentioned it, shouldn't you check his background properly?"

Gu Ning just smiled and used chopsticks to feed eggs to Li Ning and Li Tang. The two little guys were shaking their little legs happily.

Li Xuewen's eyeballs were about to roll to the sky. He wasn't jealous of his second brother; he just felt that in terms of temperament, he was more suitable for the title of associate professor.

The second brother always said this era was magical. He finally experienced what was magical today.

Diligent and conscientious, holding the lofty ideal of teaching and educating people, he stayed in the ivory tower to contribute selflessly, but he wasn't as cultured as his second brother who ran around and fought in the south and north?

How should the family introduce him in the future? This is my lecturer brother, and this is my associate professor younger brother?

"Fine, you go first. Xuewu arranged a car."

Wang Shuhua drank a glass of red wine, her face a bit red, and waved her hand to signal Liu Yin, who was holding the child, to get in the car and leave first.

Li Xuewu didn't rush to leave. He instructed Shen Guodong and others, and then came back to send his father and others to the car.

It was eaten until after nine o'clock. If it weren't for Qinyunchun, the state-run restaurants in the city would have closed long ago. They were all people who went to work; who would accompany you until midnight?

Qin Huairu heard the news and came over specially. At this moment, she was also standing at the door helping him send his family to the car.

"Dad, you and Mom get in this car."

Li Xuewu called two cars from the club; otherwise, he really wouldn't be able to pick up or send away a dozen people.

He let Zheng Shusen and his wife get in the club's car, and at the same time gave the driver two instructions before closing the car door.

Of course, Zheng Shusen paid the bill. He couldn't let his godfather lose face, but the car and wine were arranged by him. Qinyunchun had imported red wine, but ordinary people couldn't buy it.

"Why didn't you tell me in advance?"

After sending a family away and getting in the car separately, Qin Huairu complained to him.

Sending Gu Ning and the two children into the car, he turned around and thanked Qin Huairu, then explained, "It was a temporary decision. I didn't think about having a dinner gathering tonight."

"Oh, by the way, let me tell you."

Li Xuewu pointed at her before getting in the car and said, "The group has decided to rectify and organize the hospitality units. Keep an eye on the notice."

"How to change it? One line from top to bottom?"

Qin Huairu came over specially for this sentence. She couldn't see Li Xuewu in the group.

"One line is inevitable, no need to think."

Li Xuewu emphasized, "However, catering and accommodation should be managed separately, and there is also the International Hotel, which should be divided by brand."

"I'm not responsible for the relevant organizational work. You can go and ask the Organization Work Department or the office; they should know."

"Then I'll go and ask tomorrow." Qin Huairu took a large stack of lunch boxes from the waiter behind her and stuffed them into the car, saying, "Xiao Ying said the children love to eat, so I let the back kitchen make more."

"Why bother with this?" Li Xuewu looked at the lunch boxes at his feet amusedly and turned to Li Shu, "Thank Auntie."

"Thank you, Auntie—"

Li Shu and Li Ning heard it was food, and it was what they had just eaten at the dinner table, so their little mouths became a bit sweeter.

Qin Huairu also smiled and wiped their little faces, saying to Gu Ning, "If the children want to eat, you can call me here, and I'll have someone send it over."

"Thank you, Qin Jie." Gu Ning didn't be polite, just thanked her with a smile.

Li Xuewu didn't drive, but the club's driver did. Plus, the temperature in Jingcheng at night was not high, so he didn't say a few words for fear of freezing the children.

The drivers were all very young, recruited from the sports school, trained by the Lou family's driver, and got their licenses from the Red Star Factory. They were considered their own people.

The car sent their family to Haiyuncang. The driver also helped him take the lunch boxes with great insight. Li Xuewu held Li Shu and Li Ning one by one.

Er Ya was waiting at the door to take the lunch boxes. After thanking the driver, she didn't invite him into the house. Her vigilance had always been very high.

Usually, when Li Xuewu and Gu Ning weren't at home, the gate was locked. Unless Qin Jingru came, no one could get in.

Li Ning was a little confused, and Li Shu was still talking to her dad about kindergarten and the fight between the two younger brothers at grandmother's house. He had already fallen asleep.

"Have you eaten dinner?" Gu Ning instructed Er Ya, who brought the lunch boxes into the house, "The restaurant packed the dishes. If you haven't eaten, heat them up."

"I've already eaten." Er Ya sent the lunch boxes to the dining room, then came out and took Li Shu, saying, "Ya Ping finished her homework and lay down. I just finished washing the clothes."

"Then keep it for breakfast." Gu Ning reminded her and went upstairs. This kind of gathering made her a bit tired.

"Don't worry." Er Ya hugged Li Shu and went to the bathroom, saying, "The hot water was prepared in advance, just waiting for you to take a bath. If you don't come back, it will be cold."

"I want to take a bath with my younger brother—"

Li Shu was also starting to get confused, but she became energetic again after entering the room. Li Ning was sleeping soundly.

"It's not up to you today." Er Ya said with a smile, "If you wake up your younger brother, don't think about getting up early tomorrow. The children in kindergarten will laugh at you for being a big lazy worm."

"Then I'll sleep with you today." Li Shu hugged her little aunt's head and smiled, "Is it okay, Little Aunt?"

"No." Er Ya teased her, "Last time you slept with me, you drew a map on the bed sheet. What are you planning to draw this time?"

"Draw..." Li Shu hesitated for a moment, her eyes brightened, and she answered before entering the bathroom, "I'll draw a matryoshka doll for you!" ===== CHAPTER 1561 =====

"Draw..." Li Shu hesitated for a moment, her eyes lit up, and she answered before entering the bathroom: "I'll draw a nesting doll for you!"