Chapter 254: You Make a Statement (Three extra chapters added, seeking monthly votes)

Shen Fang turned back, pointed at Chief Duan Youting's epaulets, and said, "I watched him grow up, but I didn't watch him every day. I didn't see when he tucked the things found on him into his clothes."

Chief Duan Youting said angrily, "How am I supposed to explain this when I go back?"

Shen Fang sat back at the desk, picked up the phone, and said, "You'd better go back to the station now and really put those two bastards in solitary confinement, otherwise you'll regret it."

"Hello, Wang Weidong, ah, it's me, Shen Fang."

"Ah ah, that, has Li Xuewu contacted you yet?"

"Oh oh oh, he said so, not the day after tomorrow, yes yes yes, then see you the day after tomorrow, mm mm."

Shen Fang put down the phone, pointed at Chief Duan Youting, and said, "Damn your grandfather, I said to lock them up for a few days, lock them up for a few days, but you were in such a hurry to say it today. Do you know what this kid did today?"

Shen Fang cursed, not caring about Chief Duan Youting's complexion, and said, "This kid sent away more than twenty people today, all caught by his own hands. No wonder he was so angry."

Finally finding the reason why he was afraid of Li Li Xuewu, Shen Fang also vented his temper.

"Damn it, I forgot about the bullet fee I received yesterday." As he spoke, Shen Fang stood up, looked at Chief Duan Youting's ugly face, and asked, "You didn't take anything from Old Song, did you?"

Chief Duan Youting waved his hand and said, "How could that be? I just thought we were all from the same station..."

Shen Fang waved his hand to interrupt, "Tell Old Song, I can't help him with this matter, and tell him to stop running around. This living Yama is about to start operating; whoever rushes up will die."

"Is it that evil?"

Chief Duan Youting still didn't believe it at this moment.

Shen Fang narrowed his eyes and said, "You don't believe it? You can try. I say he has already targeted you. Do you believe it?"

Seeing that Shen Fang was being so mysterious, Chief Duan Youting swallowed his throat and said, "What do I have that's worth him operating on? Besides, I'm not under his jurisdiction. Can his knife reach me?"

Shen Fang shook his head and said, "I didn't believe in evil at first. Damn it, in a month and a half, I've handled four cases with this kid. Including the ones executed today, there must be thirty people hanging on his hands."

As he spoke, he said to Chief Duan Youting, who had an expression of disbelief, "You look at him and see he's young, but do you know how long he's been working?"

Chief Duan Youting shook his head. Looking at Li Li Xuewu, he seemed young and like he hadn't been working for long.

"A month and a half, full stop!"

"Ah?"

"When he first started working, he was just a security officer at the clerk level. In a month and a half, damn it, he's a security section chief of a big factory, a deputy director, holding a powerful team, and brothers with the Investigation Department. Can you do that?"

Shen Fang became more and more ruthless as he spoke, and said to Chief Duan Youting, who was stunned, "You might look down on me for being polite to him, but that's true admiration. Saying I'm the director, that's him supporting me to get up there."

"Wang Yong and the others have been waiting for Old Director Guan to retire for two years, and they're almost renting a house here. Why couldn't they compete with me? It's because my credit is solid. Why shouldn't I be polite to people?"

Chief Duan Youting asked with a bitter face, "Then what does he mean today?"

"What does he mean? He's forcing us two to make a statement, what else?"

"Make what statement?"

Shen Fang's words really confused Chief Duan Youting.

Shen Fang pointed at the desk and said, "Does Li Li Xuewu not know that those few kids are innocent? Does he not know that what we said is true?"

"He had already dug a pit for us two when he met Old Song and Xiao Mi on the street, just waiting for us to jump in."

"Why send them to me? Does their Security Section not have an interrogation room? Why send them to me when he clearly knows the relationship between Old Song and Xiao Song?"

"Why ask me to interrogate them when he saw that Old Song and I knew each other after entering the courtyard? Why ask me to call you over to pick them up?"

"Why bite and not let go when he clearly knows about this relationship? Why bring that investigation report for us two to see?"

"You mean the focus he wants to handle is that report?"

"Damn it, you finally got it. Think about where the steel mill workers live. I have the most here, and isn't yours the next?"

"Holy crap, this kid is so sinister? Isn't this move a bit too early?"

Shen Fang said disdainfully, "The two of us together couldn't play him."

"Then what should we do? Ignore him?"

"Pfft," Shen Fang sneered, "Do you believe it? At most three days. If there's no news for him in three days, he can find out everything about your grandfather's bed-wetting when he was a child, let alone the fact that Old Song and Xiao Mi weren't in solitary confinement."

"Is it that evil?"

"You can try. I can't play him, and I don't dare to try, because trying is equivalent to dying. His ex-girlfriend didn't believe in evil, tried him once, and was executed today."

"Damn." Chief Duan Youting was completely confused. What kind of person was this? He didn't know that he was just handling a matter of police officers, so how did he fall into such a deep quagmire?

"I have a path here. I'm walking quite smoothly. I don't know if you're willing to come up?"

Chief Duan Youting knew that Shen Fang had shown his cards. Today, he was finished.

"I'm already like this, what you give me must be a way to survive."

Shen Fang smiled and said, "Hey, don't be so pessimistic. I'll talk, you listen."

Chief Duan Youting was also fooled by Shen Fang, nodded, and said, "You speak."

Seeing that the cigarettes in both their hands were finished, Shen Fang handed over another one. After both lit up, Shen Fang began to explain.

"This kid has quite a lot of connections. I won't tell you too much, you'll see slowly. Let me tell you about the day after tomorrow."

"This kid cooperated with a commune in the Mount Miyun mountains and set up a training ground. They say there's quite a lot of land on the mountain and at the foot of the mountain, specifically for training the backbone militia and action personnel like us. I hung a plaque there."

"You mean I should also go hang a plaque?"

Chief Duan Youting seemed to understand Shen Fang's meaning, but this wasn't a big deal. It was simple, so why was it so complicated?

"Damn!" Shen Fang knocked the cigarette ash in the ashtray and cursed, then said, "You think you can hang it just because you want to? I'm taking you to see it. Think of a way to ease the relationship with this kid and express an attitude."

"What attitude?"

"Do I still need to teach you this? Actively cooperate with him in cracking down on crimes against steel mill workers. If you handle the relationship with him well and hang a plaque, you'll be registered in Director Zheng's eyes."

Chief Duan Youting blinked and asked, "Is that why you have a good relationship with Director Zheng?"

Shen Fang sneered, "No matter how good the relationship is, it's something I fought for with my life. Take the last time at the Roast Kao Rou Ji restaurant, a group of desperate criminals threatened his family, and I took people to catch them with him."

"Good heavens! The Roast Kao Rou Ji restaurant is two stories high, and I jumped down just like that."

"In the alley next to it, I took people to fight those desperate criminals to the death, and finally caught them after risking my old life."

Chief Duan Youting looked at Shen Fang with new eyes, not expecting Shen Fang to really risk his life.

"Why only hear about you? Isn't that Li Li Xuewu powerful? Why didn't he go out and chase?"

Shen Fang waved his hand and said, "He chased too, right behind me. This is not important. You don't know, after we caught the people, thanks to my face, the manager of the Roast Kao Rou Ji restaurant didn't even want money for the broken windows after hearing my name, and even said he wanted to treat us to dinner. How could I be embarrassed?"

"Mm mm mm, your name, Old Shen, is indeed loud."

Seeing that if he continued to brag, he would have to talk about smashing people with a gun butt, which wasn't easy to attribute to himself, Shen Fang changed the subject.

"Hey, off-topic. I'm saying, this is an opportunity for you. We're all in the same system, so we should take care of each other. He can give us benefits, and we cooperate with him, which isn't losing face."

"Mm mm, Old Shen, what you say makes sense."

"Hey, right. You don't know this person's temper. He calculates people, but he's quite particular. The rabbit I treated you to a few days ago was sent by him. Usually, fish, wild boar meat, roe deer meat, etc., are often brought to me. This isn't because I'm a glutton."

As he spoke, he explained, then said softly to Chief Duan Youting, "Why was that big case interrogated at our station last time? That was Li Li Xuewu's request. He knew Old Director Guan was retiring, so he did it just to give me a push."

"Holy crap, I said why it was chosen to be at your station; it's not related at all. I didn't expect it to be this relationship."

"How about it, Old Chief Duan? I don't eat alone, I definitely share benefits with you, and I definitely introduce good friends to you. Make a statement."

Seeing that Shen Fang had said it to this point, Chief Duan Youting had no choice but to make a statement. He could only bite the bullet and nod, "I'll go with you on Friday."

"Hey, that's right."

As he spoke, Shen Fang stood up, opened the door, and shouted at the screeching interrogation room, "Old Xing, let them down, continue detention."

Old Xing was also confused and shouted, "Director Shen, they haven't confessed yet!"

Shen Fang shouted, "Confess my ass. What can a kid who peed his pants the moment the handcuffs were put on confess?" As he spoke, he turned into the office to chat with Old Chief Duan... to build feelings.

Old Xing also took Wu Zi to let down these few screeching kids, muttering, "I see it now. When Director Shen is in a bad mood, he calls Xing Xing Yichun; when he's in a good mood, he calls Old Xing."

Wu Zi chuckled and said, "That means you're about to make progress."

"Stay aside. The deputy director will be filled soon, and the organization hasn't talked to me at all."

Li Li Xuewu rode his bike out and checked his watch. It was almost 5 o'clock. It would be almost time to get off work by the time he rode to the steel mill, so he didn't bother. He turned his bike and headed to the vegetable market.

The vegetable market in winter was very desolate because there weren't many vegetable greenhouses at this time, and the small amount of greenhouse vegetables were all directly supplied. So, the vegetable market was full of radishes and cabbage, which weren't even very good.

Those who came to the vegetable market to buy vegetables were aiming for eggs, meat, and chicken, duck, and fish.

These things were very rare and expensive, so if you wanted to buy them at the market, it depended on the money in your pocket and your luck.

When Li Li Xuewu rushed to the vegetable market, the meat had already been sold out, and there were only offal and big bones left on the stall.

At this time, people were particular about eating fat meat; no one wanted to buy meat with bones because you couldn't eat the bones, so they felt it was a waste.

"Comrade, how much for the big bones?"

The eldest sister at the stall looked at Li Li Xuewu. Seeing that Li Li Xuewu was dressed well, why was he aiming for bones?

"Which piece do you want? I'll tell you first, you can't return them after buying these big bones."

There were always people like this: male comrades came to buy meat, bought big bones home, and then their wives would quarrel, and then they would bring the big bones back to return them.

"If you give me a cheap price, I'll take these two big bones and this pile of pig trotters. If you have cleaned large intestines and pig offal, give me a set too."

At this time, pigs were sent to the meat stall in their entirety. What could be sold was sold, and what couldn't be sold was processed.

But pig liver and ribs were not seen; they were left for hospitals and kindergartens.

You just watch, those who sold pork usually came out slowly when the sun was high, and under the eyes of everyone, set up various pieces of meat and various tools for selling meat.

This wasn't the start of selling yet; they had to cut down the meat pieces ordered by government departments and cut the "backdoor" meat for personal relationships first.

By the time ordinary people wanted to buy, the meat they wanted was already scarce.

So Li Li Xuewu hadn't thought about being able to buy meat when he came at this time.

"Drink! You comrade really know how to eat!"

This eldest sister had been dealing with pork for many years, so of course, she knew where it was delicious. Seeing that Li Li Xuewu picked all the "tough" things, she knew at a glance that this was an old gourmet.

"Comrade, the intestines are 20 cents, one jin of meat coupon can buy three jin, the whole set of big bones is 50 cents, give me 20 cents for the twelve pig trotters."

Li Li Xuewu pointed at the large intestine in the basin and said, "Eldest sister, are these intestines cleaned?"

The eldest sister smiled and said, "Even if we clean them again, you still have to wash them a few more times when you get home, right? Besides, this thing is eaten for its flavor, hahahaha."

As she spoke, she had already weighed the big bones, put them in a bag by her feet, and then put the dozen or so pig trotters and pig large intestines into it.

"A total of 1.3 yuan, you still have to give me a jin of meat coupon."

This thing was said to be cheap, but that was relative. Li Li Xuewu took out money and coupons from his pocket, paid, and tied the bag to the back seat.

Seeing that there were carrots for sale, he bought some more carrots; this thing could be stir-fried with pig intestines.

Pushing his bike out of the market, he headed home. By this time, those who got off work early were already walking home along the street.

There weren't many bicycles on the road, which showed that the bicycle ownership at this time hadn't reached its peak yet.

Entering the alley, he got off his bike and pushed it. One reason was that there were children running and making noise in the alley, and another was that neighbors were coming in and out to greet him, so it was impolite to ride on the bike.

From far away, he saw the main gate of the Bai Bai Xiyuan half-open, and Old Lao Biaozi and the others had already put away their vehicles and were pushing them into the courtyard.

When he got closer, Li Li Xuewu also followed Yang Erhai and pushed his bike in.

He dropped the bag from the back seat at the screen door, and pushed his bike into the East Warehouse, which had been converted into a garage specifically for horse-drawn carriages, tricycles, and bicycles.

Because there was a door, he wasn't afraid of it being stolen.

"What did you buy? It's so heavy and smells so bad."

Yu Li came out of the storefront with Chen Chen Xiaoyan, preparing to return to the inverted room, and couldn't help but ask when she saw Li Li Xuewu return and throw a bag at the screen door.

Li Li Xuewu put the key in his pocket and said as he walked back, "Bought pig big bones and pig offal, and a set of pig intestines. Is Brother Zhuzi back? Let him cook it."

Chen Chen Xiaoyan fanned her nose in disgust and hid far away. Yu Li wasn't afraid, and followed Li Li Xuewu, each holding one end of the bag, into the room.

"If you think it smells, don't eat it later."

Li Li Xuewu teased Chen Chen Xiaoyan, then opened the bag and let Yu Li take out the pig intestines to wash.

It was almost six o'clock now, so it would be late for dinner if they didn't tidy up.

"Brother Zhuzi will be a while. Although he comes back early every time, he hasn't been too early. Lao Biaozi and the others were early today."

Chen Chen Xiaoyan looked at Old Lao Biaozi and the others who were unloading the vehicle and said, "Brother Biao and the others are worried about the recycling shop. They only watched for a while at noon before leaving."

Li Li Xuewu changed his clothes, put on hand warmers, and came out to help them unload.

"It's not bad today, huh? Is this pig iron?"

Old Lao Biaozi saw Li Li Xuewu coming to help and said repeatedly, "Brother Wu, don't bother. It's just one vehicle, we'll finish tidying up soon."

Li Li Xuewu picked up a bag of chicken feathers and sent it into the warehouse on the west side. There was a warehouse specifically for storing poultry feathers.

This thing was particularly flammable and smelly, so it was stored in a warehouse.

"This should be almost a vehicle load, right? Did you tell the waste company to come and pick it up?"

Wen Wen Saner finished unloading his own and helped Old Lao Biaozi unload, while replying to Li Li Xuewu's words.

"It's almost New Year, the waste company said they are closing the accounts and will come to pick it up after the New Year. Let us store it first."

Shen Shen Guodong curled his lips and said, "This isn't the same as when they were urging for goods."

Old Lao Biaozi glared and said, "You talk too much, and no one asked you to deliver it, so what are you in such a hurry for?"

"They want me to deliver it, but I have to have a vehicle."

Listening to the few of them arguing, Li Li Xuewu just listened, teasing them from time to time.

"Shen Guodong, how is your grandmother? You don't go home often, you have to keep an eye on her."

Shen Shen Guodong threw the iron bar in his hand into the scrap iron pile surrounded in the middle of the field and said, "I go around every morning. She's in good health. She doesn't need to paste matchboxes anymore, just cook her own meals."

Old Lao Biaozi smiled and asked, "Didn't urge you to find a partner? Hahahaha."

"Still talking about me? I was stopped by your mother again today. If it wasn't for a blind date, I'd twist my head off and give it to you."

Old Lao Biaozi was a "thick-skinned" person. He smiled and said, "A female worker in my third uncle's unit said her family background is good and she wants to find a live-in son-in-law."

Li Li Xuewu saw Old Lao Biaozi's expression and knew there was no hope for this matter. With his personality, hey, he didn't look like a live-in son-in-law at all; he looked more like a live-in father.

Sure enough, Old Lao Biaozi said afterward, "My third uncle also said that a live-in son-in-law is easy to be, as long as you can withstand a beating. Hahahaha, I asked my mother, I said is that girl able to withstand a beating or is her father able to withstand a beating? Hahahahaha."

"You, you're just destined to be a bachelor," Wen Wen Saner said with a look of contempt.

Old Lao Biaozi nodded and said, "Hey, since I have an uncle who is a bachelor, there's no way."

"Just wait, I'll bring you an aunt in a few days," Wen Wen Saner said confidently.

Old Lao Biaozi seemed to know something. Seeing that everything was tidied up, he let Yang Erhai push the vehicles into the warehouse, then smiled and walked into the storefront with Li Li Xuewu and the others, saying as they walked, "Is it the one inside Mao'er Alley, the one with a tree at the courtyard gate?"

Li Li Xuewu tilted his head and looked at the surprised Wen Wen Saner, then looked at Old Lao Biaozi and said, "Your culture is just a bit poor, otherwise I'd definitely find a connection to send you to the Investigation Department."

"Hahahaha." Old Lao Biaozi laughed proudly, then followed Li Li Xuewu and the others into the storefront.

There were still people selling glass bottles in the storefront at this time, a few half-grown children, about twelve or thirteen years old.

They put a few bottles on the counter, exchanged them for a few pieces of candy, and ran away.

Old Lao Biaozi ignored his third uncle's threatening eyes, walked inside the counter, lay on the counter, looked at Wen Wen Saner, and said, "If you want to say which family has money, I'm definitely not as good as you, but if you want to say which family has big girls and little wives, you're definitely not as good as me, hahahaha."

"That's right, you're lustful," Wen Wen Saner looked at his nephew and said hatefully.

Old Lao Biaozi ignored Wen Wen Saner's sarcasm and looked at Wen Wen Saner instead, saying, "Third Uncle, you'd better think clearly. Finding me a third aunt is nothing, but giving me a little cousin is too sudden."

Wen Wen Saner was also blushing. It was just a casual remark, but he didn't expect it to be found out by his bastard nephew.

"I'm willing, can you manage it? Did you follow me?"

Old Lao Biaozi curled his lips and said, "Do I need to follow you? My eyes are all over the East City. All the old men and old women are my eyes, and my eyes tell me that people who collect scrap like me always go to the widow's house opposite."

Li Li Xuewu finally understood a bit. It seemed that this Wen Wen Saner had found a woman with a child.

Seeing that there were no outsiders in the room, Wen Wen Saner explained embarrassedly, "It's the family Lao Biaozi mentioned. The man was a worker on the railway and was crushed to death the year before last. This woman didn't have a livelihood, so she relied on the compensation from the railway to live there alone with her child."

Li Li Xuewu was the leader of this group, and they were all dependent on each other, so only Li Li Xuewu could ask and manage in this room; others couldn't ask.

"What does she mean? How did she find you?"

Wen Wen Saner said embarrassedly, "She didn't have a livelihood, so she took her child to the railway side to pick up scrap iron and waste materials. I went to her house to collect a few times. Seeing that the child was still young, I gave him candy a few times. The child heard that the children on the street all had fathers to buy them candy, so he called me Dad."

"Hahahaha." Hearing this, Old Lao Biaozi laughed out loud, making Wen Wen Saner's face turn red, knowing that his nephew was mocking his ulterior motives.

Li Li Xuewu glared at Old Lao Biaozi and asked Wen Wen Saner, "The child called you Dad, and she wants to live with you?"

Wen Wen Saner also glared at Old Lao Biaozi, then replied, "She saw that I was good to the child. She also said that it wasn't that no one introduced her, and there were people with good conditions, but she was afraid that those with good conditions wouldn't be good to her child."

Old Lao Biaozi chuckled and said, "She really didn't say that wrong. The old lady living diagonally opposite her house said that her man's workmate wanted to marry her, but she wouldn't do it. The courtyard she lives in now is not small, a single-family courtyard, and there are no parents-in-law to drag her down, so she wasn't in a hurry."

Li Li Xuewu looked at Old Lao Biaozi and asked, "The child is not big? The conditions are also quite good?"

Old Lao Biaozi saw Li Li Xuewu asking formally, so he replied, "Mm, I heard it's not big, it seems to be only 3 years old."

Wen Wen Saner nodded and said, "It's three years old."

Old Lao Biaozi continued, "Her man was quite capable of making money. The courtyard was left by his ancestors. His father died after he finished his studies. Her man seemed to be a technician. Anyway, he left a lot, and the railway has been subsidizing her, so the neighbors introduced her but it didn't work out."

Li Li Xuewu looked at Wen Wen Saner with his eyes hanging and said, "Did she target you because of this uniform of yours? Did you tell her about your situation? Did you mention any conditions?"

Wen Wen Saner also felt like a liar, laughed dryly, and said, "I said, my parents are gone, I make a living by collecting scrap, and I'm also supporting a nephew who has no ability to work and can only collect scrap with me."

Old Lao Biaozi didn't expect that he was also in the "fraud" content, and couldn't help but want to jump over the counter to pinch his uncle, but was pulled down by the laughing Second Uncle.

Wen Wen Saner also laughed dryly and said, "She was quite satisfied when she heard that I was so miserable. She said that as long as a person is diligent, they won't starve to death. She said, she said..."

Shen Shen Guodong was listening with great interest. Seeing Wen Wen Saner stuttering, he urged, "What did she say? You speak!"

"Hahahaha."

"Go, go, go, you're not married, so it's not suitable for you to listen."

"Hahahahaha." Seeing Wen Wen Saner pushing Shen Shen Guodong with a red face, the people in the room laughed even more.

Wen Wen Saner argued with Shen Shen Guodong for a while before saying: "She said she wanted me to go live with her. The child can't change their surname, but she can give me..."

"Give you what?"

Seeing his uncle stuttering, Old Lao Biaozi deliberately laughed and teased Wen Wen Saner.

Li Li Xuewu smiled and asked, "What do you mean?"

Wen Wen Saner said shyly, "She is twenty-one, I am twenty-three, I think it's quite suitable."

After saying this, he looked at Li Li Xuewu worriedly and asked, "What do you think?"

Li Li Xuewu smiled and looked at the nervous Wen Wen Saner and said, "What do I think? It's not me getting married. You have to be satisfied yourself. If you ask me, you not only picked up a son for nothing, but also picked up a courtyard for nothing. That's enough."

"Hahahahahaha."

The people in the room heard Li Li Xuewu's words and all laughed. Getting Li Li Xuewu's affirmation, Wen Wen Saner was also relieved.

Li Li Xuewu continued to ask, "When are you planning to hold the wedding?"

Wen Wen Saner waved his hand and said, "No, no. My parents are gone, and she also said she doesn't want a scene. Just pick a day and move over."

Old Lao Biaozi came out from behind the counter and said, "That won't do. That would be a live-in son-in-law. We must hold a banquet to celebrate, and we must pick up the bride and let her live for a few days."

"That's right, that's right. This is our uncle getting married, not us marrying off our uncle."

Wen Wen Saner saw Old Lao Biaozi and the others making a scene and was also anxious, so he said, "I haven't said I have a recycling station. I said I was pedaling a tricycle to collect it myself."

Li Li Xuewu smiled mischievously and said, "Third Uncle, you pick a day, go get the marriage certificate first, and then say you're picking her up for a turn. When it's time to pick up the bride, it won't be up to her."

"Hahaha, this idea is good," Old Lao Biaozi couldn't help but clap his hands and cheer.

Wen Wen Saner hesitated and asked, "Will this work? It's too much trouble."

Li Li Xuewu patted Wen Wen Saner's arm and said, "This is a major life event, it can't be sloppy. You don't have parents, but you have your big uncle and second uncle here."

Li Li Xuewu pointed at Big Uncle and Second Uncle. These two both bowed and congratulated Wen Wen Saner. Wen Wen Saner was also moved and bowed to the two of them.

"Then I'll trouble you two."

Li Li Xuewu pointed at Old Lao Biaozi and said, "You guys don't go out with the vehicles the day after tomorrow. You, Shen Guodong, Yang Erhai, you three change into formal clothes, I'll take you to attend an activity."

Then he said to Wen Wen Saner, "I think this matter should be handled before the New Year. The day after tomorrow you go and..."

Li Li Xuewu stopped here, not knowing what this future aunt was called.

Wen Wen Saner took over, "Her name is Fei Fei Shanying."

"Mm mm, you go and discuss the marriage with her. When Lao Biaozi and the others come back, tidy up the east room. That room can hold four or five tables, enough to handle things."

Wen Wen Saner looked at Old Lao Biaozi and said to Li Li Xuewu, "Where will I live when I pick her up? It's not worth it just for a name."

"It's worth it," Li Li Xuewu emphasized. "Just use that room of mine in the back courtyard. I'll lend it to you. This aunt must be married into the house."

Wen Wen Saner was moved and shook Li Li Xuewu's hand. Li Li Xuewu also grabbed Wen Wen Saner's hand and said, "With these juniors here, we can't let you, this little uncle, suffer a loss. Rest assured."

As they spoke, seeing that it was completely dark, they covered the window frame with iron sheets, put on the door panels, and then took a detour back to the inverted room.

By this time, Seeing Sha Zhu had already stewed the big bones in the pot, and Yu Li and Chen Chen Xiaoyan were cutting pig intestines and carrots.

There were many people eating, so there were many people cooking.

Li Xuecai saw that the food here was good, so he sometimes came here to eat. Li Shun was not willing to take advantage of his son, so he occasionally let Li Xuecai bring dishes and steamed buns over.

Yu Li didn't make staple food today because Liu Yin had already come over and said that Li Xuecai would send steamed buns over in the evening.

Li Li Xuewu's family had the most people in the courtyard, and Li Li Xuewu's family could earn the most money, so they ate a little better.

In the morning, it was two-mixed-flour steamed buns, basically the same for every family.

At noon, Liu Yin and the old lady took Li Shu to eat at home, so they just stir-fried some cabbage and potatoes, and the staple food was white flour steamed buns.

In the evening, Liu Yin saw that her second son was living well now, and the eldest son and his wife also had the intention of eating at school, so she increased the food budget a bit.

This meal in Li's family in the evening had to have meat. It was also Liu Yin feeling sorry for Li Shun, who had worked hard for twenty years, living frugally, and should eat something good.

Unexpectedly, her third son's mouth was faster than the improvement of her family's food level. He felt that the food at home wasn't fragrant and kept running to the inverted room.

Liu Yin went twice and saw that it was Seeing Sha Zhu cooking in the kitchen, so she knew where she lost. It wasn't that the materials weren't good, but the craftsmanship wasn't good.

She had to allow Li Xuecai to come and eat, but the food here was for everyone, so Liu Yin and Li Shun discussed sending steamed buns over from time to time.

The atmosphere tonight was very enthusiastic. One was the bone meat Li Li Xuewu bought, Seeing Sha Zhu cooked it really fragrantly, especially the bone marrow in the big bones, which was really fragrant to suck.

Another was Wen Wen Saner's happy event. Everyone toasted Wen Wen Saner, and Wen Wen Saner also drank with a grin.

After eating, Li Li Xuewu saw Yu Li giving him a wink, so he said a few words, went to the front courtyard to see the child, and then returned to the back courtyard.

He changed into pajamas, moved the "little monster" (TV) to the inner room, and placed it on the cabinet.

The screen of this "little monster" was very awkward. If it was too close, it was blurry; if it was too far, it couldn't be seen clearly.

This thing was just for watching by hand, so Li Li Xuewu placed the "little monster" on the cabinet by the kang.

The TV programs at this time were very simple. After the news, it was science and education films, all about the great rivers and mountains of the motherland. During the day, there would be model operas.

Li Li Xuewu watched the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers for a while, and simply adjusted the "little monster" to radio. It was playing crosstalk at this time.

This was much more interesting than TV.

"Three, thirteen, twenty-three, a couple eats and closes the door. A fly steals a grain of rice, the old man gets angry and chases to Sichuan..."

This was the crosstalk master Liu Liu Baorui's "Officialdom Struggle." In the previous life, only the first three parts could be heard. The last three parts were said to have been burned, and some said they couldn't be found.

Now this could be considered making up for a regret.

Just as he heard the three princes taking the pile to Liu Yong's house, Yu Li came in.

"You're quite leisurely, you're almost falling asleep listening to the radio."

Li Li Xuewu was really about to fall asleep, but the sound of Yu Li entering the room made Li Li Xuewu energetic.

"Is the inverted room tidied up?"

Yu Li took off her coat and placed it on the edge of the kang, wearing a red sweater, and let her hair down.

Yu Li's figure was slender at the waist, but where it should be big, it was big. Wearing a tight red sweater showed her figure very well.

While combing her hair with Li Li Xuewu's wooden comb, Yu Li said, "Mm, just finished tidying up. They went to take a bath, and talked to First Uncle and the others when they went out."

Li Li Xuewu leaned against the head of the kang, opened his mouth, and yawned. Hearing Yu Li mention First Uncle, he knew she was talking about the people working in the gatehouse.

"Who is over there? I didn't pay attention when I came over. Is First Uncle building the kang?"

Yu Li curled her lips and said, "How could that be? It's Second Uncle building the kang. A few kids are passing bricks and mud over there."

Li Li Xuewu got off the kang, put on his slippers, walked to the living room, wanted to pour himself a cup of water, and asked, "Didn't First Uncle ask you to help? Or did Third Uncle do the work for you two?"

Yu Li curled her lips and said, "How could he not ask? He notified every household, saying that if you don't work, you pay for materials. After the gatehouse is tidied up, those who can't work will share the material costs."

After explaining, she washed her socks in the bathroom and said, "My father-in-law said that after separating the family, you have to handle this matter yourself."

"He said it himself in the courtyard. I didn't pay attention to him. When First Uncle told me, I agreed with First Uncle that we would pay for the material costs when the time comes, which is less than a yuan."

Li Li Xuewu nodded and said, "This is as it should be. Our courtyard is tight, which saves trouble. When it's your family's turn, you ask Old Lao Biaozi and the others to help you be on duty. I'll tell him tomorrow morning."

"No need, right? When it's time to be on duty, I'll ask Brother Jiecheng to come back."

Yu Li shook her hand, which was covered in water, and hung Li Li Xuewu's socks on the radiator.

"They are playing cards at night anyway. Where is it not playing? It's just right to go to the gatehouse to be on duty."

Yu Li nodded, didn't say anything, and followed Li Li Xuewu into the inner room.

The gatehouse of the Sihe Academy is actually not big, and a kang doesn't use much material. It looks like a lot was bought, but that's because there are many types, and it actually doesn't cost much money.

At this time, Second Uncle led the young men in the courtyard to build the kang. Liu Liu Guangfu took the firewood from the inverted room and lit the stove at the head of the kang.

Looking at the white steam rising on the kang surface, First Uncle was in trouble again.

Seeing First Uncle's worried look, Second Uncle thought there was a problem with the kang he built, so he went out to look at the smoking chimney, and then returned to the room to look at the stove that was burning very vigorously.

"Old Yi, what are you worried about? Is there a problem with the kang I built?"

First Uncle rubbed the mud in his hands, pointed at the stove, and said, "The firewood now is borrowed from the Bai Bai Xiyuan, and the wood for the kang is also from the Bai Bai Xiyuan. It's fine today, but what about tomorrow? What about the future?"

"This..."

First Uncle's words made Second Uncle and Third Uncle feel troubled. To say that building a bed in this small room and holding a thermos bottle could also make do.

But Li Li Xuewu had set the tone when he first started, saying that building a kang was warm and could accommodate people day and night, so no one thought about the firewood.

"Should we tear down the kang?" Third Uncle just said one sentence, but seeing Second Uncle's expression was wrong, he hurriedly said, "We can't pool coal balls, right? Our family doesn't have enough to burn."

"Isn't this taking off your pants to fart?"

Second Uncle, who built the kang, was the most unwilling. His hard work became a chicken rib, and it was uncomfortable for anyone.

First Uncle frowned and said, "Coal balls are bought by every family according to the amount. You collect the coal for a whole winter from more than twenty households now, it's not necessarily enough. If there's too much, it's not enough for the courtyard, and if there's too little, it's not enough to burn."

Second Uncle hummed, "I don't know how to collect this material fee. Who has spare money now?"

Third Uncle tilted his head and looked at First Uncle and Second Uncle, narrowed his eyes, and said, "I think, the person who tied the bell must untie it. Let's find Li Li Xuewu to see how to solve this firewood matter."

"This is not just a matter of coal balls, there is also the matter of firewood. Now the firewood outside is 8 cents a bundle, who can afford to burn it? If you want to pick up firewood, do you have time or do I have time?"

First Uncle was also troubled. Seeing Third Uncle say this, he couldn't help but get angry, "When Li Li Xuewu wanted to pay to tidy up the gatehouse, you were unwilling. If Li Li Xuewu had repaired it then, why worry about no firewood now?"

Third Uncle tucked his hands and said, "Old Yi, I've corrected my mistakes, you can't settle old accounts."

Second Uncle looked at Third Uncle and said to First Uncle, "Old Yi, while it's still early, let's go find Li Li Xuewu to talk about it. I've seen the firewood room in the Bai Bai Xiyuan, and it's Li Li Xuewu's firewood that is the most."

First Uncle frowned and said, "His firewood is a lot, but his population is also a lot. The back courtyard, her mother's family, the inverted room, and now the Bai Bai Xiyuan. You're just going to say it with your mouth?"

Third Uncle spread his hands and said, "Then how to say it? We don't have money."

First Uncle looked at the few people and said, "Let's do this, let's go find him together. This duty in the future, don't count Li Li Xuewu and those people in the inverted room, do you have any opinions?"

"This... Old Yi, there are the most young men in the inverted room."

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