Chapter 260: Seeing Is Believing

The child's father was standing behind Li Xuewu. Seeing his daughter had come to, he showed a grateful smile to Li Xuewu.

After explaining this, he let go of his wife and let her throw herself at their daughter.

Before anyone could react, the child's father "thumped" and knelt down to Li Xuewu.

The parents of the two children who had just heard the explanation from the village children—saying that it was Li Xuewu who gave the wood that allowed them to hold on until now—also knelt down.

People at this time were simple and honest, especially those who had transitioned from that era; the way they expressed gratitude was to kneel down.

Li Xuewu was currently letting the guard team members hand him his clothes. He was just about to put them on when he saw several people kneeling. He quickly let go of the clothes in his hands to help the kneeling people up.

"We are cadres of the people. Saving people is our duty and responsibility. It's not worth you doing this. Get up quickly."

"Woo woo woo, thank you, thank you for saving our little Liu. I'll kowtow to you."

Li Xuewu was currently naked, and there were female comrades among those kneeling. It wasn't appropriate to help any of them up right now.

Li Xuewu said with a bitter smile, "Fellow villagers, I'm freezing right now. Let's not be so polite. Let me put on my clothes."

Perhaps it was the village cadre who walked over and said to the few people kneeling, "In this freezing weather, if you have words of gratitude, say them later. Let him put on his clothes."

It was still necessary to have a leader to help maintain order. Only after hearing this did the few people gratefully stand up, and Li Xuewu started to put on his clothes.

As for the embarrassment of being naked, there wasn't any, because as long as Li Xuewu wasn't embarrassed, others would be.

This "other" included Yu Haitang.

She had noticed Li Xuewu's lower body when saving people just now.

Before Yu Haitang could blush, Li Xuewu had shouted for emergency rescue, so she didn't have the heart to blush anymore.

Seeing Li Xuewu stuffing himself into his pants now made her blush red.

After Li Xuewu put on his clothes, the village cadre shook Li Xuewu's hand and said, "Thank you, little comrade, for saving three lives in our village."

Li Xuewu shook the village cadre's hand and replied, "It is my duty, I am duty-bound."

Then he said to the girl's father, "Send the child to the health center. She must be frozen quite badly. Check her carefully, don't let any other problems arise."

That couple, hearing this, had already taken off their cotton-padded jackets to wrap the child and ran toward the village town.

Li Xuewu had already put on the clothes that the team members had helped him pick up, felt the warmth returning to his body, and said to Li Huai De, "Leader, let's go back."

The village cadre wanted to keep Li Xuewu and the others for a meal, but was refused by Li Xuewu. Life wasn't easy for any family in this era, so don't turn a good deed into a bad one.

Li Huai De looked at Li Xuewu appreciatively and nodded, "Since your body is fine, let's go back."

Taking the lead, Li Huai De led Li Xuewu and the others toward the slope.

Behind them were the team members who had packed up the ropes, and all around were the villagers who had come to see them off.

After getting into the cars, Li Xuewu's team waved to the villagers and set off on the return journey.

On the way, Li Xuewu was blown by the heater in the jeep, sneezed, his nose was blocked, and his forehead was a bit hot.

When the jeep shook, his head felt a bit dizzy, so he couldn't help but lean back in the rear seat and fall asleep.

The First Master could be said to have fully mobilized and utilized all the resources in the courtyard for prevention.

Yu Haitang was also a bit scared, urged the driver, "Drive fast, Li Ke has a fever, go straight to the factory hospital."

At this moment, Li Xuewu was already a bit confused; he felt his face burning and uncomfortable, when suddenly a piece of ice-cold coolness appeared on his forehead, which was extremely comfortable.

But before he could enjoy it for long, the ice-cold coolness was gone again, and he couldn't help but frown.

Yu Haitang also saw Li Xuewu's expression, thinking that if there were a wet towel right now, it would be great.

There was no other way, she could only cover Li Xuewu's forehead with her hand again.

Feeling the coolness return, Li Xuewu couldn't help but relax his frowned eyebrows, using his hand to cover the "ice-cold" on his forehead, afraid it would disappear again.

Yu Haitang was startled when her hand was grabbed by Li Xuewu. Seeing that Li Xuewu really hadn't opened his eyes, she called Li Xuewu twice, but there was no response.

Not knowing whether Li Xuewu was doing it on purpose or was confused by the fever, Yu Haitang not only didn't withdraw her hand, but also blushed and touched the other hand to the glass.

This was preparing to replace her hands to absorb Li Xuewu's heat.

Arriving at the steel mill, Li Xuewu's car drove straight into the factory area, passing the main office building without stopping, which was abnormal.

Li Huai De stood at the building entrance and looked at the direction Li Xuewu's car went, frowned, and said to Fu Bin, "Find out about Li Ke's situation, see if he got sick from being frozen."

Fu Bin also had a concerned look on his face, "I'd better go personally. It doesn't look right. There are office comrades in his car; he wouldn't not stop unless it was an emergency."

"Hmm, that's fine too. This is your soldier," Li Huai De looked at Fu Bin and said.

This sentence was significant. It set the tone for the relationship between Fu Bin and Li Xuewu.

The confrontation between the two in Miyun earlier was summarized by Li Huai De in one sentence: Li Xuewu is your soldier; whether you lead him well or poorly is your responsibility.

Another meaning was that Li Xuewu is your soldier; if you don't care, that's your problem.

Otherwise, why say there is no fighting and killing in the office? There is only human sentiment and worldly wisdom.

Arriving at the steel mill hospital, as soon as the driver stopped, the team member in the passenger seat ran out of the car, came to open the door, and was about to carry Li Xuewu.

Yu Haitang supported Li Xuewu's head, followed the guard team member's strength, and moved Li Xuewu out of the car.

Don't look at Li Xuewu as not fat; his weight was not light. He was already a big guy of 1.8 meters, and full of muscle, so it was really a bit of an effort for one team member to carry him.

It was just that seeing the vehicle enter the courtyard, the doctor on duty saw people carrying someone down from the car and knew something bad had happened, so he grabbed a stretcher and ran out.

The two team members put Li Xuewu on the stretcher and, following the doctor's instructions, carried Li Xuewu into the hospital.

Yu Haitang didn't know whether she should return to the broadcasting station to report or stay to take care of Li Xuewu.

After doing a good deal of psychological construction, Yu Haitang gritted her teeth and stepped into the hospital.

On the way back from Miyun to the capital, a Willys was driving fast on the road.

Actually, the Willys had no problem walking on such mountain roads, because the design of this car was to meet more harsh traffic environments.

"Heh heh, don't say, this car, except for leaking wind, really has nothing to pick on."

Lao Biaozi had a large build, so he sat in the passenger seat, his hands firmly gripping the door handle and the armrest beside the seat.

He was afraid that Yan Jiecheng would throw him out with a sharp turn.

"Hmm, it would be better if you said that sitting in the back seat."

"Hahahaha."

Lao Biaozi ignored Shen Guodong's complaints entirely, just treating it as if he hadn't heard it because the wind was strong.

Who told him to have a wide build? He couldn't fit in the back, so he could only take advantage of the passenger seat.

"Hey, Brother Jiecheng, is this car easy to drive?"

Lao Biaozi was clearly moved by the matter of driving.

When walking before, he always felt that a bicycle was fast.

Stylish!

Now looking at driving, it was even more stylish.

Before, they were all little punks on the street; they didn't even dare to think about bicycles, let alone cars?

That wasn't just thinking blindly.

But now it was different. Wu Ge didn't drive the car usually, and it was kept in the Bai Bai Xiyuan. Now that there was a connection with Hongxing Village, this car could be used for transportation in the future.

If they rode bicycles here, no need to say, it would definitely take seven or eight hours.

But driving?

An hour and a bit was absolutely enough.

In the future, they would have to pull a lot of things out of Hongxing Village. If they relied on tricycles, they wouldn't even be able to enter the mountains; they would all be exhausted halfway.

"Easy. See this? This is called a steering wheel, it's for controlling direction. Turning left means turning left, turning right means turning right."

"I know this, tell me something else."

Lao Biaozi saw that Yan Jiecheng was willing to teach, so he twisted his body to look. Shen Guodong and Erhai behind him also looked over, clearly also interested in driving.

"This is called the accelerator. Stepping on it means accelerating, releasing it means decelerating."

"This is the brake, stepping on it means..."

"Means what?"

"Screech~~"

"Oh damn~"

Yan Jiecheng stepped on the brake, then stepped on the accelerator to drive forward, and laughed "Hahahaha" at the same time: "That's it."

"You are truly damn damaging."

Shen Guodong and Erhai were thrown forward by the brake, and then thrown back into the rear seat by inertia.

Lao Biaozi was fine; this guy had been pulling the handle all along, just shaking his body.

Although he was teased by Yan Jiecheng, he was even more interested in driving.

"Wait until we get back to the Bai Bai Xiyuan, you teach me, I also want to learn to drive."

"No problem," Yan Jiecheng readily agreed.

Having chatted with the few people for half the night last night, they already had some friendship, so he also started joking.

Seeing Lao Biaozi talking about serious business now, he was of course full of promises.

The few people walked back while laughing and joking. When passing the bridge where Li Xuewu saved people, Lao Biaozi and the others even stopped to look, but there was no one by the river at this moment.

Instead, there were ice blocks that had been blown up from the river on the bridge and the slope.

"Damn, who blast-fished here? No brains?"

Lao Biaozi poked his head out of the car and looked under the bridge. Because of the water flow, the river fork was still freezing slowly, so he could still see the water flowing.

Shen Guodong also said disdainfully, "When Wu Ge got explosives back then, he would blast in small river ditches, blasting the ice, water, and fish in the ditch onto the shore, and just pick them up."

Looking at the clumsy blast-fishing technique below again, Shen Guodong curled his lips and said, "This damn thing was aimed at big fish, but they didn't use enough explosives, and using too much is a big trouble. It's completely done by a blockhead."

Lao Biaozi turned his head and said to Yan Jiecheng, "Let's go, stop looking. They definitely didn't get any fish and left."

These few people were also here with the idea of picking up some extra gains. Seeing there was no benefit, they were of course unwilling to freeze here.

As they spoke, Yan Jiecheng started the car again.

Lao Biaozi turned his head and looked at Shen Guodong, "It's almost New Year, pack up your family's fishing net, let's make a haul on Saturday."

Shen Guodong's family's fishing net was left by his father, and it had been many years.

It was thanks to their family's old lady who had been maintaining it.

During those years, it was that fishing net of the Shen family that had made contributions. During those years, these few children, winter and summer, relied on this fishing net to survive.

Li Xuewu's swimming and water skills were all practiced at that time.

Of course, this was also the reason why Li Xuewu didn't eat fish from the water, because they... from the moat...

Where were there easy words in ordinary people's homes? The feelings of Li Xuewu and the others were also exchanged with their lives.

When Li Xuewu woke up, it was already night. The hospital was already quiet at this moment. The family members who were staying had already found a place to stay, and those who should have gone home had already gone home.

Liu Yin, this family member, stayed in Li Xuewu's ward.

Seeing Li Xuewu wake up, Liu Yin said happily, "Son, you're awake? I'll go call the doctor for you."

It was the time to get off work, and only the night shift doctor was there, so he didn't know much about Li Xuewu's situation.

The doctor called over by Liu Yin looked at the information at the foot of Li Xuewu's bed, measured Li Xuewu's body temperature, and then instructed, "Just frozen, high fever reached 40 degrees. It's fine now. Check tomorrow morning; if the body temperature is normal, you can be discharged."

After finishing his words, the doctor turned and went out.

Doctors at this time were all poker-faced like this. They would definitely tell you what should be said, but there were few who had feelings.

It didn't have the treatment of the military hospital at the beginning; the reason was self-evident.

Li Xuewu only felt sore all over now, his nose was a bit blocked, but his head wasn't heavy anymore.

The doctor's meaning was also that he could be discharged if he didn't have a fever. As for runny nose and coughing, that wasn't within the scope of hospitalization treatment.

People in this era weren't as precious as in later generations. If they could take medicine, they would absolutely not get an injection; if they could get an injection, they would absolutely not hang water.

If they could hang water, they would absolutely not move a knife; there weren't many who could afford a knife.

After sending off the doctor, Liu Yin started to complain.

"You tell me, is there ever a quiet moment for you? What kind of weather is this, and you dare to jump into the river? Don't you want your life?"

Li Xuewu knew that no amount of explanation could withstand his mother's care. He had to let his mother finish all the complaining words, otherwise, she would cry again.

"You still have the heart to laugh, I've never seen a cadre who plays with his life like you..."

Liu Yin was also firing on all cylinders, counting from the time Li Xuewu returned from the army. Everything didn't make her worry, and everything was aimed at life-threatening things.

Especially when it came to the end, Liu Yin pointed at Li Xuewu's left arm and asked, "You tell me, what's going on with that scar?"

"Heh heh heh," Li Xuewu laughed dryly, then said, "Mom, I'm hungry."

No amount of blame could withstand his son's "I'm hungry."

Liu Yin was also angered by her son, and at this moment, she said angrily, "None, stay hungry, learn a lesson."

Li Xuewu tilted his head and looked at the thermos bucket behind the thermos, saying, "Lying, I saw it, and I smelled it. Is it rice porridge?"

Liu Yin said angrily, "You are a living ancestor, I owe you."

As she spoke, she served porridge for Li Xuewu.

After bringing it to Li Xuewu's side, she handed Li Xuewu a spoon and asked, "Did your father know you were injured? Did you two hide it from me?"

Li Xuewu knew that his old mother was about to start killing, and if she knew that his old father was hiding it from her and not telling her about his son's affairs, then Li Shun would be in trouble.

"No, I didn't tell anyone."

"Then why did your father give you acupuncture a few days ago, and why did the third one boil medicine for you? Do you think your old mother is a fool?"

Li Xuewu saw that his old mother wasn't easy to fool either, so he buried his head in eating porridge, and while eating, said, "Really delicious, my father boiled it, right? I saw the medicinal materials."

"You wait for me, wait until you get home, see how I clean you up, and your father too."

Liu Yin saw Li Xuewu changing the subject and wanted to scold her son, but seeing him like this, she couldn't bear to say too much, so she could only vent her anger on Li Shun.

Li Xuewu only cared about eating porridge with his head buried, but he didn't dare to cover for his old father anymore. One person to bear the mother's anger was enough.

Father and son, who bears it doesn't matter.

Liu Yin looked at Li Xuewu with heartache and said, "Your father came to see me this afternoon, took your pulse, and said that you are prone to high fever because your previous injury hasn't healed yet, and your body is still deficient and hasn't been replenished."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "I knew my father and mother cared about me."

Liu Yin saw Li Xuewu sweating on his head at this moment, so she wiped it for him, and then said, "If you know your father and mother care about you, you should also care about your father and mother, protect yourself well, and don't let us worry."

"Hmm hmm, won't happen again." Li Xuewu put the finished bowl on the cabinet and nodded in agreement.

Liu Yin took the bowl and said helplessly, "I also know you are fooling me, but what can I do? A son is grown and not controlled by his mother. You, sigh."

Sighing, Liu Yin took the bowl and spoon to the water room to wash.

When she came back, she had already organized her emotions and said to Li Xuewu, "Your leaders came to see you this afternoon, but seeing you sleeping, they didn't disturb you."

As she spoke, she sat on the edge of Li Xuewu's bed and said, "Like your colleagues, I didn't accept the things they sent. We aren't staying in the hospital to do things for others, so there is no reason to accept their things. Besides, life isn't easy in this era, so don't cause that trouble."

Listening to his mother's nagging, Li Xuewu nodded with a smile, "Mom, you did the right thing. I really admire your conduct, especially your ability to see through everything."

"Giving your mother a high hat, right?" Liu Yin gave Li Xuewu a sideways glance, then said, "Saying nice things is useless. Your father also said, come home on time to sleep in the future, don't go out and mess around. You are a cadre now, you can't be reckless anymore."

Seeing Li Xuewu just smiling, Liu Yin took Li Xuewu's hand and asked, "Who was the girl guarding you when I came?"

Li Xuewu was stunned and said, "I don't know, where is there any girl? Is it a colleague from our unit?"

"I don't know it's your colleague? I'm asking what your relationship is."

Li Xuewu said with a bitter smile, "It's just a colleague relationship. I don't even know who you are talking about."

Liu Yin saw that Li Xuewu really didn't know, so she described, "Tall, thin, and looks very cheerful."

"Oh oh oh! It's Yu Haitang from the broadcasting station, you misunderstood." Li Xuewu saw his old mother starting to worry about his marriage again, so he explained.

"She went to Hongxing Village with our security section today to participate in activities. When she came back, maybe she saw I had a fever and took care of me temporarily."

Hearing Li Xuewu's explanation, Liu Yin said regretfully, "I think that girl is really not bad."

Li Xuewu said with a bitter smile, "She and I are meeting for the first time. It's just out of kindness that she took care of me here for a while. It doesn't mean what you said."

"I know." Liu Yin shook off Li Xuewu's hand and said, "Look at you, you've been busy for so long, and you still haven't found a partner. Why don't I help you find a matchmaker and ask around to see if there is anyone suitable in our street?"

"Spare me." Li Xuewu lay down helplessly and said to his mother, "I'm not an older youth. I'll be twenty next year. Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Why not be in a hurry? Everyone in the courtyard gets married when they reach the age. Your work is stable now, it's time to think about marriage."

Li Xuewu couldn't win against his old mother on this matter. Parents all over the world are the same. When they are young, they guard against this and that, but when they reach the age, they wish they could marry them off the next day.

"I know, I will think about my own affairs. You have been tired all day, rest early."

Looking at her son not wanting to say more, Liu Yin wanted to slap Li Xuewu, but couldn't bear to.

"Fine, fine, fine, you think I'm willing to manage you?"

Li Xuewu watched his old mother pull the light and lie on the bed next door to sleep, but he couldn't sleep.

Thinking about the past, I don't know if I used up all my peach blossom luck when I was young. Why is my emotional life so difficult now?

Is it a peach blossom robbery after peach blossom luck?

Li Xuewu thought for a long time in bed before falling asleep.

The next morning, the nurse came to measure Li Xuewu's body temperature, and then received notice from the doctor that he could be discharged.

Li Xuewu went to the office to check in, drove the security section's 212 to send his mother home.

After eating breakfast at home and drinking the Chinese medicine boiled by Li Xuecai, he returned to the steel mill by car under the care of everyone.

Actually, he was still sneezing and had a runny nose, but this didn't count for anything to Li Xuewu.

Now the emphasis was on not leaving the front line with minor injuries. Even if a worker had a small cold, they wouldn't ask for leave if it didn't affect the operation.

Li Xuewu still had a lot to do today. After returning to the steel mill, he first supervised the logistics department to load the equipment for Huaqing University.

After signing and confirming with the personnel who came to receive the equipment and vehicles, he called Li Kezhang Wu Youqing to communicate.

After confirming that Huaqing University was prepared to send twenty security personnel to study at the factory, Li Xuewu reported this matter to Fu Bin.

Fu Bin was very supportive of this matter, and when communicating with Li Xuewu, he also asked about Li Xuewu's health with special concern.

Li Xuewu also pretended to be very moved and expressed his gratitude for Fu Bin's visit yesterday.

After reporting this matter to Fu Bin, Li Xuewu also reported this matter to Li Huai De in the form of a document.

In the days when Dong Wenxue was away, Li Xuewu paid special attention to the procedures of daily work, especially the reporting and arrangement of formal work, which must be put on paper.

When coming out of Fu Bin's office, Li Xuewu was still thinking about why Fu Bin didn't talk to him about the anonymous letter.

Not understanding, he stopped thinking about it. When walking back to the office, he saw Han Yating waiting for him in his office.

"What's wrong again?"

Seeing Li Xuewu's complexion was fine, Han Yating didn't have time to ask about Li Xuewu's health, but said anxiously, "I don't know what's going on, there are anonymous letters about you in the gatekeeper's mailroom again."

Li Xuewu frowned and looked at Han Yating, "Has the case in the street residential area been controlled as of yesterday?"

Han Yating saw that Li Xuewu didn't talk to her about the anonymous letters, but instead asked about the handling of the security section's cases, and understood Li Xuewu's attitude toward this matter.

"Listening to your arrangements. I have already called Han Zhan to strengthen night patrols, but the high-incidence time of the cases is mostly during the day. We don't have enough manpower to provide full-coverage monitoring of the workers' residential areas."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Prepare the case materials, let's go to the street station."

Originally, Shen Fang wanted Li Xuewu to go to the street station for a meeting last night, but Li Xuewu hadn't woken up last night, so the meeting was delayed.

Today, he could only go to Shen Fang to hold this meeting himself.

Taking the prepared Han Yating, he walked out, went to the duty room to call Yan Jiecheng, and the three of them drove to the Jiaodaokou station.

After entering the station courtyard, Li Xuewu took Han Yating and walked inside, while Yan Jiecheng waited in the car.

Shen Fang looked at Li Xuewu coming in and raised his eyebrows, "I thought you were confident and didn't need a meeting."

This was complaining about Li Xuewu standing them up without a sound yesterday.

Before leaving, Li Xuewu called Shen Fang, so Duan Youting was also here now.

Both of them were a bit resentful of Li Xuewu's "arrogance." They couldn't just use the power the bureau leader had just given them to act against the two of them.

Duan Youting didn't know Li Xuewu's temper and didn't dare to say this dissatisfaction, so he just remained silent.

Shen Fang had been with Li Xuewu for a long time and knew Li Xuewu's capacity, so as soon as Li Xuewu entered the room, he made such a sarcastic remark.

Li Xuewu didn't care and said with a smile, "Even if I am confident, I still have to hold a meeting. It wasn't easy for Bureau Chief Zheng to give the power, so I can't just let you two off? I still remember the grudge of 'Song, Mi'."

Shen Fang turned his head to look at Duan Youting, the meaning in his eyes was obvious: "See? I said this person can't be provoked. Just made such a sarcastic remark, and the old account followed."

Duan Youting was also convinced by Li Xuewu's reaction speed. How did he connect this?

Not only did he take the punch Shen Fang threw, but he also gave each of them a not-too-light, not-too-heavy slap in return.

This slap was quite painful.

Han Yating had dealt with Shen Fang several times, so she dared to say some things.

"Station Chief Shen, our Li Kezhang didn't come yesterday because he was hospitalized."

"Oh?"

Shen Fang frowned and looked at Li Xuewu. He hadn't noticed just now, but looking at Li Xuewu's mental state now, it wasn't very good.

"What's wrong with you? Weren't you fine yesterday? Why were you suddenly hospitalized?"

Before Li Xuewu could cover it up, Han Yating explained first, "When we came back yesterday, we encountered children falling into the icy river. Our Li Kezhang jumped down to save the children, and on the way back, he burned out. He hadn't woken up when I went to see him after work."

"Oh my, brother, I'm sorry. My words just now were unintentional."

Shen Fang quickly put down the cigarette in his hand, stood up, and apologized to Li Xuewu.

Duan Youting also stood up. Although he didn't say anything, he hadn't given Li Xuewu a good face when he entered the room either.

Now that they knew the reason for Li Xuewu's absence, they couldn't help but admire Li Xuewu's virtue.

"What are you doing? Why so formal?"

Li Xuewu laughed, pressed Shen Fang and Duan Youting to sit down, then went behind his desk and sat down, saying, "I just met it on the road and helped the children."

He offered them cigarettes and said, "Come to think of it, it's my body that's not good. It delayed things. My father said I lost too much blood from the gunshot wound last time and damaged my vitality, which is why I couldn't stand the ice."

"Brother, you are this. I'm convinced, old brother." Duan Youting gave Li Xuewu a thumbs up and said.

He knew how cold the river water was now. Just looking at the ice sealing three feet thick, he knew how cold it was in the water.

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said, "Don't mention this. Let's talk about the street."

Yu Haitang found the address and arrived at the gate of the courtyard. She looked at it, confirmed the house number, and walked inside.

But as soon as she entered the outer courtyard, she was stopped by a voice from behind.

Yu Haitang looked back and saw that the window in the gatehouse had been opened, and an old lady inside was greeting her.

"Who are you? Why did you come to our courtyard?"

It turned out that today was Jia Zhangshi's turn to be on duty in the gatehouse. Seeing a stranger enter the courtyard, she opened the window to ask.

The night duty in the Sihe Academy now was two big guys taking turns, while the day duty was the old ladies and women who stayed at home taking turns in the morning and afternoon.

By the time he swam to about the right position, he couldn't see the child from just now anymore.

And don't say, this prevention was really useful. For the past two days, no one had said that things were missing from their homes.

Yu Haitang hadn't expected that she would be stopped at the gate when she came to find her cousin.

"Um, I'm here to find Yu Li. I'm her cousin."

"How come I haven't seen you?"

Seeing this old lady ask strangely, Yu Haitang also said with a smile, "I haven't seen you either."

As she spoke, she was about to walk into the second gate, but was stopped again by the old lady in the gatehouse.

"Don't go further back. Yu Li is in the inverted room."

Jia Zhangshi saw that this little girl's mouth was quite sharp, so she pointed the direction with a bad temper.

Watching the old lady in the gatehouse guarding against her like a thief, Yu Haitang also felt uncomfortable.

She turned her head to look at the gatehouse, glared at the old lady staring at her, and then went to find the inverted room.

Yu Li was tidying up the room in the gatehouse at this moment. Hearing the movement in the outer courtyard, she walked out. As soon as she walked out, she saw Yu Haitang enter the screen gate.

"Oh, Haitang."

"Sister!"

"How did you find this place!"

Yu Haitang said with a smile, "I met my brother-in-law at the hospital yesterday. He said you lived here. Isn't this it? I'm off work today, so I came to see you."

Yu Haitang and Yu Li weren't biological sisters, but they had played together since they were young. The relationship between the two only started to drift apart after Yu Li got married.

At this time, the emphasis was on a married woman following her husband, and there were few who would run to their maiden home without anything to do.

So the two hadn't seen each other many times since Yu Li got married.

"As soon as I entered the gate, an old lady in the gatehouse said you were here, so I found you."

"Don't talk nonsense. That's Aunt Jia from the middle courtyard, on duty guarding the gate."

As she spoke, Yu Li walked out of the screen gate and said to the gatehouse with a smile, "Thank you, Aunt. This is my sister Haitang."

Yu Haitang also knew she had misunderstood at this moment, followed her sister and said to the gatehouse, "I'm here for the first time and don't know the rules of our courtyard. Sorry, Aunt."

Jia Zhangshi waved her hand and said, "Alright, go do your business."

As she spoke, she muttered and went back to sit on the kang inside the gatehouse.

Actually, it was warmer here in the gatehouse than in their own home. Jia Zhangshi brought her sewing basket over and was mending socks for Banggeng.

Yu Li took Yu Haitang's hand and walked toward the inverted room, asking as she walked, "Your brother-in-law went to see his leader yesterday, how did you run into him?"

"I was with my brother-in-law's leader."

"Ah?"

Yu Li stopped while holding Yu Haitang's hand, not knowing what her sister meant.

"Hahaha," Yu Haitang saw Yu Li's stunned expression and said, "I was on an external mission with Li Xuewu yesterday. We were in the same car."

Only then did Yu Li understand what was going on and laughed, "I was wondering."

After entering the room, Yu Haitang saw the clean and tidy room with a large kang, and was pulled by her sister to sit on the kang, unable to help but look around.

"Sister, don't you live in the front courtyard? Why did you build such a long kang here again?"

Knowing her sister had misunderstood, Yu Li explained with a smile, "Do you think this is my home? This is where I work."

"Ah?"

This time it was Yu Haitang's turn to be surprised.

Yu Li smiled and said, "Didn't you see the recycling station in the front room of the Bai Bai Xiyuan when you came?"

"I saw it, sister. Do you work at the recycling station?"

Yu Haitang realized that the place her cousin said she worked should be over there, but what was this place?

"But why are you here?"

Yu Li poured a glass of water for Yu Haitang and said, "The inverted room here and the Bai Bai Xiyuan over there all belong to Li Xuewu."

"This isn't it. They and the street organized a collective recycling station. I help cook and tidy up the room here, and also help watch the shop."

"Ah? This all belongs to Li Xuewu? Isn't he a cadre at the steel mill? How come he still has a recycling station?"

Yu Haitang was truly surprised. She had been curious about Li Xuewu to begin with, and now waves were stirred up in her heart.

Yu Li explained, "It's not Li Xuewu's recycling station. It's his grandfather and several childhood friends, organized by the street as a collective."

"Oh oh," Yu Haitang nodded half-understandingly, then looked at her cousin and asked, "Then where is your home? I remember it was in the front courtyard, but just now that..."

Yu Li felt uncomfortable when her maiden family asked about her home. Some words were embarrassing to say to her maiden family, but since it had come to this, Yu Li couldn't avoid it.

"Your brother-in-law and I are currently living under someone else's roof and have no home."

"What? Didn't you have a house when you got married?"

Yu Haitang had come to send the bride when Yu Li got married, and her impression was that her cousin had a house.

"Split the family."

Yu Li explained simply, "Your brother-in-law and I left with nothing. I'm borrowing your classmate Yushui's room, and your brother-in-law has a dormitory at the steel mill. When he comes back, he sleeps here."

"What's going on? Why did you split the family for no reason? And leaving with nothing, this is too bullying."

Seeing her sister holding injustice for her, Yu Li smiled with relief, "I was willing. Everything we earn now is our own, which is much better than living with the father-in-law and mother-in-law and having nothing."

Yu Haitang looked at her cousin pitifully and said, "Oh my, after hearing you say this, I must find a man who can live separately when I find a partner in the future."

Yu Li asked with a smile, "Aren't you currently with Yang Weimin?"

Yu Haitang said indifferently, "Hi, it's just a friend relationship of graduating together and entering the factory together. We haven't confirmed the relationship yet."

Seeing her cousin still wanting to ask, she said, "Don't talk about him. Let's talk about you. You and your brother-in-law aren't a thing like this either, not even a house. What will you do if you have children?"

Speaking of children, Yu Li was also sad. If she wanted them, she couldn't have them; if she couldn't have them, she had to guard against it every time.

"Don't want children anymore, let's talk about it in a few years. Your brother-in-law and I are working hard to save money for a house."

She hadn't told anyone about this, and even less could she tell her cousin, so Yu Li skipped it in one sentence.

"You've been working for several years, didn't your family urge you to get married? Your classmate Yushui is preparing to get married."

Seeing her cousin turn the topic back, Yu Haitang jumped off the kang and checked the furnishings in the room, saying, "What's the use of urging? I haven't met anyone I like yet. Besides, Yushui's wedding date has been postponed."

"How do you know?"

Yu Li didn't even know this news. She didn't know how Yu Haitang knew.

Yu Haitang looked at the books on the desk and said: "Yushui's new house is near my home, and I often meet her. I met her this morning, and she told me herself, saying her partner has a mission and it has to be postponed."

Only then did Yu Li know why Yushui's partner came to toss around here the night before.

If the wedding was late, Yushui would have to come back often. It seemed that the number of times she had to trouble Seeing Sha Zhu to sleep here would increase.

Otherwise, why say that living under someone else's roof is the most uncomfortable? Every moment is suffering from psychological torture.

That's why the most enthusiastic thing for ordinary people in later generations is buying a house. If you can live by yourself, live by yourself. Who is willing to suffer this anger with you?

Yu Haitang flipped through the antique appreciation book on the desk and asked, "Does Li Xuewu read this book at home?"

"No!"

Yu Li knew what books were under this book, so she hurriedly walked over, pressed Yu Haitang's hand, and said, "This is his childhood friend's book. He doesn't live here. He has a house in the backyard."

"Yo, he is quite rich, why so many houses?"

Yu Li put the book on top back, then pulled Yu Haitang to sit back on the kang and said, "How would I know? Don't touch the books in this room, it's not good."

Yu Li didn't say what was not good, and Yu Haitang didn't have the heart to look at the books on the desk.

If it's not good, it's not good. Just don't look at it.

Yu Li looked at her cousin, whose eyes were spinning, and asked, "You came to find me today, it wouldn't be specifically to ask about Li Xuewu, right?"

It was no wonder Yu Li felt this way, because her cousin didn't come for the New Year or a festival, so why did she come suddenly?

And she couldn't leave Li Xuewu in three sentences. Combined with the fact that she went on an external mission with Li Xuewu, she naturally associated that her sister was here for Li Xuewu.

This shocked Yu Li. Not only did she feel embarrassed, but she also felt absurd.

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