Chapter 163: The Only Hobby

Lin Tingting wasn't an ordinary little girl; would she be scared just because you threatened her a few times? With her conditions, what kind of person couldn't she find?

Besides, she and Li Xuewu were just relatively easy to talk to. This person spoke quite nicely and was fun to chat with, but it wasn't like she had to hang herself on one tree. Three-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged people are everywhere. If you can get along, you get along; if you can't, you're still yourself.

This is the inherent advantage of a city girl with a job. Even when she gets to her husband's family, she won't be bullied, just because of the sentence, "I came with a salary~"

Just because you, Li Xuewu, said a few words, I'd really fall in love with you? And really wouldn't marry anyone but you?

Nonsense~

Li Xuewu chuckled and said, "Alright then, I won't delay your service to the people any longer. See you later." With that, he truly walked out of the hall and turned toward the parking lot.

Seeing Li Xuewu really leave, Lin Tingting was stunned for a moment. Why is this damn kid so unable to take a joke~!

The elder sister collecting money shouted, "What are you stunned for? Hurry up and chase him!"

Only then did Lin Tingting panic and open the horizontal board to chase him out. Who would have thought that just as she got out, she saw Li Xuewu standing by the door waiting for her. Lin Tingting ran fast, couldn't stop, and fiercely threw herself into Li Xuewu's arms.

"Hahahahaha"

Lin Tingting broke free from Li Xuewu's embrace, gave Li Xuewu's chest two "bang bang" punches, and said coquettishly, "Why are you so bad?"

Li Xuewu laughed and said, "I forgot to buy cigarettes, and I was just about to walk back."

Lin Tingting said angrily, "Get lost, I'm ignoring you." As she spoke, she turned around and went back to the hall.

Li Xuewu grabbed Lin Tingting and stuffed cigarette money and tickets into her hand, only to be glared at by Lin Tingting.

Seeing Lin Tingting enter the hall, Li Xuewu leaned against the door and shouted, "I'll wait for you here after work."

Without waiting for Lin Tingting's reply, he rode his bike home.

When he got home, he saw his eldest sister-in-law talking to Zhao Yajun, while Zhao Yajun was a bit shy because he had just arrived in an unfamiliar environment.

Seeing Li Xuewu enter the house, he hurriedly stood up and called out, "Second Brother."

Li Xuewu agreed, and then heard his eldest sister-in-law say, "Xuewu, sister-in-law really doesn't know how to thank you. I..."

As she spoke, tears fell down. Liu Yin hurriedly handed over a handkerchief to persuade her, "Stop crying, didn't you just cry for a while?"

Li Xuewu also persuaded, "Alright, sister-in-law, we are all one family, what's the point of saying thank you? It's just that there happened to be this opportunity."

Zhao Yafang cried and said, "The opportunity for me to study was given by my younger brother. I have always felt that I owe my younger brother. You being able to help sister-in-law arrange a job for Yajun, sister-in-law is truly grateful to you."

Li Xuewu didn't want to listen to his sister-in-law crying and sobbing, so he said to Zhao Yajun, "Yajun, go persuade your sister."

Zhao Yajun walked to his sister's side and said, "Sister, why are we talking about owing or not owing? Second Brother can give me an opportunity, I will definitely work hard and will never lose face for the family."

Zhao Yafang hugged her younger brother, feeling that her younger brother had suffered much more than she had, and that having such an opportunity was too rare.

Li Xuewu had other things to do, so he instructed, "I have things to do today. You eat with the family tonight, and go to the side room to stay at night. Use my set of luggage."

After finishing, he said to his eldest brother, "After eating, take Yajun to the Red Star Bathhouse at the entrance to have a bath and get comfortable."

Li Huai agreed, and seeing Li Xuewu walking out, he hurriedly followed.

Li Xuewu went out the door and saw his eldest brother following him, thinking he had something to do, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Huai took out 15 yuan and handed it to Li Xuewu, saying, "When I got home, I told Dad. Dad said you were right. This is the money my wife and I need. You hurry up and take it."

Li Xuewu looked at the 15 yuan his eldest brother handed over, reached out, and gave his eldest brother's shoulder a poke, "Are you settling accounts clearly with your own brother? Hurry up and take it back."

Li Huai knew his younger brother was good to him and insisted on giving it, saying, "Your sister-in-law said, I can't let you spend money for the family. You hurry up and take it, otherwise your sister-in-law will... nag me again."

Li Xuewu looked at his eldest brother's hopeless appearance and said, "Tomorrow I'm going to work at the Steel Mill, and I'll mention the police dogs. It just so happens that now you have time, you and your wife take Yajun to buy some things. You don't need to buy luggage and outer clothes, the Steel Mill will issue them. Remember to buy lunch boxes and such. It's best to buy a washbasin too, those guys in the dormitory have athlete's foot."

Watching his eldest brother standing there holding the money, he grinned and said, "Alright, I have things to do, I don't have time to dawdle with you here. I'm leaving." As he spoke, he went out the second gate.

Li Huai still wanted to chase after him, but heard Li Xuewu's voice coming from outside the second gate, "Stop bothering me, and stop following me. If you follow me again, I'll beat you."

Li Huai really wasn't sure if his younger brother would really beat him, but in the past... he had indeed beaten him, so he could only return with a bitter face.

If you stick your head out, you get a stick; if you pull your head in, you get another stick. Today, he was destined to be beaten.

Li Xuewu came to the outer courtyard and just saw Old Biaozi and the others returning, making a lot of noise in the outer courtyard.

Li Xuewu passed the screen door and just saw Shen Guodong moving a large radio into the room. The style looked like a large radio, the characteristic was that it was large, but the style was good-looking and very atmospheric.

Li Xuewu followed into the room, looked at the large box on the kang table, and checked the nameplate to confirm it was the model he had guessed earlier.

"Is this the one Third Uncle mentioned yesterday?"

Shen Guodong nodded and said, "It's that one. As soon as I went to that hutong, I was called by that woman, who asked me if I collected them. I said yes, and finally gave 5 yuan to collect it."

Li Xuewu connected the radio to the power supply and adjusted the knob, but there was no reaction. It seemed he had to take it apart to see.

He unplugged the power, said to the few people watching, "Wait until tomorrow when I have time to take it apart and see. Biaozi, help me go to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative to buy a multimeter, magnifying glass, screwdriver, electric soldering iron, solder, insulating tape, and power cord. Buy some radio spare parts as long as they can be bought. Maybe we can encounter them in the future. If we fix one, we'll make a profit."

Old Biaozi and the others nodded wildly. A radio costs thirty or forty at the cheapest, and over a hundred at the most expensive. Collecting it for 5 yuan, fixing it is a profit of dozens of times.

Li Xuewu tapped the radio and asked, "How was the harvest today?"

Wen San'er said happily, "You really guessed it. Today we collected books and paper, as well as glass bottles, scrap iron and rotten copper, and a pile of broken rubber-soled shoes."

Li Xuewu asked, "Looking at it this way, completing the task of the scrap company is not a problem?"

Wen San'er replied, "Of course it's not a problem. Eldest Uncle also collected quite a bit at home. The children in the hutong all know that the scrap recycling station can exchange for firecrackers and sugar balls, and they are all looking for scrap all over the street."

"Biaozi is also quite capable, the food includes sugar beans, pagoda sugar, hawthorn paper."

"The toys include foreign picture cards, little people books, rubber bands for making slingshots."

It seems Old Biaozi played an important role in his specialty. In this life, Old Biaozi's only hobby is playing.

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