Chapter 320: First Call Me Dad, Then Call Me Li Kezhang

Zheng Zheng Fuhua didn't reply to Li Li Xuewu, but continued to ask, "Have you read Fu Fu Haibo's confession?"

Li Li Xuewu shook his head and said, "No, when I left, I had already persuaded Fu Fu Haibo and explained the pros and cons. Fu Fu Haibo also agreed to cooperate, so I let him write it himself, which is more systematic and comprehensive."

"After I came back, Shen Fang asked me to read Fu Fu Haibo's confession, but I thought that was already meat in the pot, so it didn't matter when I ate it. This side needed to strike while the iron was hot, so I let Shen Fang organize it first and read it together later."

As he spoke, Li Li Xuewu pointed to the duty room and asked in surprise, "He was urging me to read it just now, where is Shen Fang? He..."

"Don't worry about him for now."

Zheng Zheng Fuhua waved his hand at Li Li Xuewu, signaling him not to ask about Shen Fang, and then said seriously, "This case is temporarily suspended. I will tell you what to do later."

"Yes!"

Li Li Xuewu nodded, indicating obedience to the order.

Zheng Zheng Fuhua patted Li Li Xuewu on the shoulder and instructed, "Finish the follow-up for those people in the large conference room, then take a holiday and go home. Have a good New Year, you've worked hard this year."

Li Li Xuewu pretended to be frowning and wanting to ask, but still didn't ask anything, and walked toward the large conference room.

Zheng Zheng Fuhua looked at Li Li Xuewu's back, then went to the duty room at the door to wait.

Li Li Xuewu handled things quickly in the large conference room, because when he came in, he saw that there were only two people left who hadn't handed in their papers, still biting their pencil leads.

Li Li Xuewu walked to the two and looked, neither had written much.

"Finished writing?"

Hearing Li Li Xuewu ask, one of them said with a bitter face, "This is my first time making a mistake, I only know about this one thing of my own."

The other also said with a crying voice, "We are neighbors, I'm also a first-time offender, I only know about this one thing of my own."

Li Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Then doesn't that mean you can pass? What are you still writing for?"

As he spoke, he collected the papers of the two, handed them to the comrades behind him, and then waved his hand at the guard team members to signal them to take them away.

The two looked at Li Li Xuewu suspiciously, secretly thinking that such a straightforward cadre definitely wouldn't lie.

After handling the affairs here, Li Li Xuewu gathered the guard team members, thanked them for their hard work, and said that all commendations would be awarded together at a meeting after the case ended.

Finally, he gave New Year's blessings and had the branch bureau's large truck send them back to the Steel Mill.

Actually, walking back to the Steel Mill would only take a little over an hour, but the team members were all carrying weapons, plus the cold weather, how could Li Li Xuewu bear to let the team members who had been busy for so many days walk back.

The fleet captain naturally satisfied Li Li Xuewu's request. He knew this was a tough character, a character who got along harmoniously with Director Zheng, so no one would stupidly offend Li Li Xuewu.

Not to mention that Director Zheng had long ago instructed that Li Li Xuewu's requests should be satisfied as much as possible during the case handling period.

After sending the team members away, Li Li Xuewu dismissed the case-handling personnel, went to the garage to open his own car, and walked out.

Passing by the duty room, he greeted Director Zheng who was standing by the window, and then went out of the main courtyard.

As soon as he got out of the alley, he saw several jeeps and a Volga driving over. Li Li Xuewu yielded when passing the cars, and continued driving home after they passed.

It was thanks to Li Li Xuewu's cleverness, otherwise he wouldn't know where he would spend this New Year.

Watching Li Li Xuewu's jeep drive away, someone stood upstairs and muttered, "Li Li Xuewu, you're not loyal! F*** your grandfather!"

Some people say Li Li Xuewu is bad, and some people say Li Li Xuewu is good.

"Li Xuewu, thank you, you're still the most loyal brother."

Seeing Sha Zhu was standing in the courtyard, watching Li Li Xuewu carrying two large watermelons from the garage, and greeted him with a smile.

Li Li Xuewu rubbed the head of the big fat face who had just opened the main gate for him and ran over after closing it.

"Hey, didn't I say it, we're all brothers, no need for formalities."

Seeing Sha Zhu carried the firewood he had just picked and followed Li Li Xuewu to the inverted room, saying as he walked, "Didn't you say you wouldn't be back until five in the afternoon? It's not even three yet, right? If we had known, we would have waited for you to eat lunch."

Bang Geng held his big fat face, looked at Li Li Xuewu, and said, "Really, Wu Shu, the lunch was delicious! There was meat!"

"I can tell, there's oil hanging on your cheeks."

Hearing Li Li Xuewu say there was oil on his face, Bang Geng hurriedly used his sleeve to wipe it, but after wiping for a long time, the sleeve was still clean.

"Hahahahaha."

Seeing Sha Zhu laughed and rubbed the big head of the child, laughing, "Your Wu Shu is lying to you!"

Bang Geng raised his head to look at Seeing Sha Zhu, then looked at the smiling Li Li Xuewu, and then used his hand to rub away Seeing Sha Zhu's big hand.

"My Wu Shu wouldn't lie to me!"

After finishing his words, Bang Geng ran back to the inverted room first.

"This child!"

Seeing Sha Zhu looked at Bang Geng's "stubbornness" and scolded with a smile, then said to Li Li Xuewu, "At noon, every family brought food and gathered in the inverted room to eat. It was so lively, only you were missing."

"It's okay."

Li Li Xuewu said with a smile, "Isn't there still that meal of dumplings in the evening."

Seeing Sha Zhu nodded with a smile, "Heh, speaking of dumplings, this year I really borrowed your light."

Lifting the door curtain, it was very lively inside the room.

Looking into the inner room, there were three kang tables on the kang. Counting from the head of the kang to the end of the kang, one table was playing mahjong, one table was playing poker, and one table was watching leaf cards.

The adults were sitting around the table playing, while the children were sitting on the side watching the fun.

Sitting around the mahjong table were Old Man Da, Wen San'er, First Uncle, and Li Shun.

This mahjong was the bamboo-bone mahjong set that Wen San'er had brought back. The outside was bamboo, and the inner core was animal bone polished and carved, which was very exquisite.

Li Shun was also resting today. Originally, he was going to spend the New Year at home, but the food in the inverted room was good, and Old Lao Biaozi and Er Hai sent vegetables to the Li family.

The Li family also sent pickled cabbage with pork and steamed big buns to the inverted room.

Because the grandfather insisted on spending the New Year in the inverted room, Li Shun brought Li Xuecai over to toast and pay New Year's greetings.

After toasting and paying New Year's greetings, the father and son were forcibly kept there to drink.

After eating and drinking, the inverted room directly set up a card game. Li Shun went to the mahjong table, and Li Xuecai went to the poker table.

At this poker table were Li Xuecai, Old Lao Biaozi, Shen Shen Guodong, Yang Yang Erhai, Chen Xiaoyan'er, and He He Yu Shui.

They were playing the most ordinary way, playing "upgrade."

Six people were divided into two groups, sitting at intervals, playing from 3 to A.

This kang was the liveliest, because they were all young people, and there was Old Lao Biaozi who loved to shout. The momentum of the mahjong table and leaf card table on the left and right was covered up.

There were also many children around this table. Old Lao Biaozi shouted, and Bang Geng, Xiao Little Huaihua, and these children, although they didn't know what was going on, also followed and laughed loudly.

Maybe it was the enthusiastic atmosphere, and He Yu Shui, who was pulled in to make up the numbers, also had a smile on her face.

The most harmonious, but also the most scheming, was the table watching leaf cards.

The table used was a large round kang table that had just been made in the west courtyard and was ready to be sold.

The people playing cards couldn't be said to have hearts like honeycomb coal, but the heavy degree in the air was no less than a world-class negotiation table.

Old and sophisticated Second Uncle Ye, the deaf old lady who was old and refined, the calm First Uncle's wife, the mean and harsh Jia Jia Zhangshi, and the two women who had seen big storms and waves, Chen Xiaoyan'er's mother and Wen San'er's wife.

Ye Zi cards are the kind of long plastic cards or paper cards with characters from Water Margin printed on them, usually played by six people.

Li Li Xuewu didn't understand this way of playing. The old lady at home always played with them alone, but didn't go out to play with others.

The old lady said that the things played were "right and wrong," and the words spoken were also "right and wrong," which would eventually become right and wrong people.

So the Li family rarely played cards. Today, it was Li Shun who was caught as a strong man, and Li Xuecai "voluntarily surrendered," which made up three tables.

Li Li Xuewu entered the room and everyone greeted him one after another. Yu Li and Qin Qin Huairu, who were sitting on the edge of the kang watching the fun, stood up to help Li Li Xuewu hang his clothes.

But after the two stood up, they found that the other party had also stood up. After looking at each other, the two stood still again.

Finally, Li Li Xuewu didn't take off his coat, stood in the room, and teased everyone.

First, he bowed to the four directions, paid New Year's greetings to the grandfather, Li Shun, Wen San'er, Second Uncle, deaf old lady, First Uncle, and others on the kang, and said auspicious words.

He also wished Old Lao Biaozi and the brothers a happy New Year, and then wished First Uncle's wife, Qin Qin Huairu, and other women hard work.

Everyone returned the greetings, and the room was full of lively sounds, causing Third Uncle in the front courtyard to look toward the inverted room frequently at home.

After finishing the greetings, everyone on the kang invited Li Li Xuewu to play cards. Old Lao Biaozi even wanted to give up his seat, but was pressed down by Li Li Xuewu.

"I just parked the car, let me go home and take a look first. You guys play, play happily. Everyone has worked hard this year, let's have a good time in the evening."

After appeasing everyone, Li Li Xuewu nodded confidently and firmly at He He Yu Shui, who was sitting on the edge of the kang looking at him.

He Yu Shui read Li Li Xuewu's eyes and smiled happily.

This time she didn't cry, because He Yu Shui was truly happy.

Waving to signal everyone to continue playing, Li Li Xuewu turned around with a smile and walked out. Qin Qin Huairu followed Li Li Xuewu out before Yu Li.

Yu Li looked at the two walking out of the room, although she was muttering in her heart, her face was still smiling.

Li Li Xuewu had just walked past the moon gate with a watermelon when he found Qin Qin Huairu behind him, smiled, walked out of the screen gate, and walked toward the duty room.

Today is New Year's Eve. First Uncle said that there is always someone in the inverted room, so there is no need to guard, and continue tomorrow on the first day of the New Year.

So at this moment, although the duty room kang was hot, there was no one there.

The kang was hot because someone was coming to stay here tonight, so Wen San'er didn't plan to go back tonight, so he brought his wife and children to live here.

Pushing open the door and entering the duty room, Qin Qin Huairu also followed in.

"Whoa, this room is small and easy to burn fire, it's really warm."

Li Li Xuewu didn't sit on the kang even with his coat on, and stood by the table near the window.

Qin Qin Huairu walked to Li Li Xuewu's side, looked into Li Li Xuewu's eyes, and said seriously, "Thank you really this year."

"Heh, how to thank?"

"Go, I'm talking to you seriously~"

"Who isn't serious?"

Li Li Xuewu looked at Qin Qin Huairu with a smile and asked, "Did you come to me just to say thank you?"

"Dead look!"

Qin Qin Huairu glared at Li Li Xuewu angrily, then glanced out the window and said, "I'm really thanking you, because spending the New Year with you guys is not only livelier than in previous years, but the food is also better."

Li Li Xuewu raised his hand and touched Qin Qin Huairu's face, saying, "I see your face is more delicate than before."

"Go! Someone is passing by here, aren't you afraid of being seen?"

Qin Qin Huairu scolded angrily, but neither dodged nor pushed Li Li Xuewu's hand away, letting this bad guy touch her.

Can it not be delicate? She doesn't process parts in the workshop, stays in a warm room every day, and plus the food is better, now the Jia family also dares to eat meat, and people have spirit.

Besides, when a woman is "well-fed" and her spirit is satisfied, she naturally becomes much younger.

Seeing that Qin Yan Jie's face was red, Li Li Xuewu stopped while he was ahead, withdrew his hand, and laughed, "We are all good neighbors, it's lively to be together. If it were just us old men, even if we had things, we wouldn't be able to make them look like anything."

"Who is your good neighbor!"

Qin Qin Huairu hit Li Li Xuewu angrily and said, "You treat me as a good neighbor?"

"Then what is it? Good sister?"

Li Li Xuewu reached out and hugged Qin Qin Huairu. Qin Qin Huairu struggled twice but also reached out and hugged Li Li Xuewu's waist.

Lying in Li Li Xuewu's arms, Qin Qin Huairu enjoyed the rare reliance, smelled the man's scent, closed her eyes, and muttered, "I am your good sister, she is your good sister-in-law, how many good neighbors do you have?"

Li Li Xuewu patted Qin Qin Huairu's back and comforted, "Where are there so many good neighbors, Yu Li is just working here, don't think wildly."

"Hmph!"

Qin Qin Huairu raised her head, glared at Li Li Xuewu, and said, "Why wouldn't you let her make another set of pajamas herself? Why did she have to wear mine?"

"Where! What pajamas! I don't even know what you're talking about!"

Li Li Xuewu had an expression of being wronged and knowing nothing, which made Qin Qin Huairu's teeth itch with anger.

"Pretend, you pretend with me, I smelled that it wasn't my scent."

"It was put in the cabinet."

"Go, I won't care about you anymore."

Qin Qin Huairu pinched Li Li Xuewu angrily, then pushed Li Li Xuewu away and said, "I'm not going to the back courtyard anymore."

Li Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Remember to prepare a higher pillow for me, I can't sleep with the kind of pillow in the reception house."

"You bad guy!"

Qin Qin Huairu, who was teased into a hurry, wanted to make a move on Li Li Xuewu, but suddenly saw a head poking out of the window.

Seeing Qin Qin Huairu turn her head, a greeting came from outside the window.

"Mom, why are you hitting Wu Shu?"

Qin Qin Huairu was startled by Bang Geng, then her face turned red, she walked to the door and opened it, letting her son in.

"Mom, what's wrong with you and Wu Shu? Why do you want to hit Wu Shu?"

Seeing his mother not speaking, Bang Geng looked at his mother with his big fat face, as if he was very dissatisfied.

Seeing that bad guy standing there with an innocent, wicked smile, Qin Qin Huairu had nowhere to vent her anger, and just wanted to walk over and pinch Li Li Xuewu twice.

Li Li Xuewu rubbed Bang Geng's head and said, "It's okay, just teasing your mom, I wanted something, but she wouldn't give it."

Bang Geng looked at Li Li Xuewu with great understanding and nodded, then said to Qin Qin Huairu with dissatisfaction, "Mom, why are you so stingy? Wu Shu is so good to us, and you won't give him something when he wants it!"

Qin Qin Huairu glared at Li Li Xuewu, then pulled Bang Geng's clothes and walked out, saying as she walked, "Go, go, go, take you home to do your homework."

As soon as Bang Geng heard he had to do homework, he ran away, saying as he ran, "You only know how to use this trick."

"Hehehe."

Qin Qin Huairu turned her head and glared at Li Li Xuewu who was standing on the side watching the fun, and said, "You're just bad, you even brought my son bad."

"You can't blame me for saying this!"

Li Li Xuewu complained, "Does Bang Geng still need me to bring him bad? He was originally..."

"Speak! If you say it again, I'll pinch you!"

Qin Qin Huairu pinched Li Li Xuewu who walked out angrily, but seeing Li Li Xuewu wanting to go to the back, she hurriedly said, "Are you coming back in a while?"

Li Li Xuewu waved his hand and said, "You guys play, I'll go home and take a look, then go back to the back courtyard to sleep, I'm still tired."

After finishing his words, he had already entered the front courtyard.

Watching Li Li Xuewu enter the house, Qin Qin Huairu saw Yu Li coming out of the inverted room again, and didn't look at her side and went to the back courtyard, muttered an ancestor, took a look at Yu Li who was walking to the back, and then returned to the inverted room.

As soon as she entered the room, she saw her family also playing cards, with Li Li Xuewu's couple and Li Xue, accompanying Liu Yin to play, the old lady watching from the side, and a little brat Li Shu making trouble.

Seeing Li Li Xuewu enter, Li Shu held the old lady's shoulder and pointed at Li Li Xuewu and talked a lot.

Li Li Xuewu really couldn't understand what his daughter was saying, so he could only smile and put her down and kissed her.

This made Li Shu very happy, and she threw herself into Li Li Xuewu's arms and wanted to be held and walk around on the ground.

Li Li Xuewu picked up Li Shu and wandered around on the ground, answering Li Shu, and talking to the old lady and Liu Yin.

"Is the work finished? Why did you get a watermelon?"

Liu Yin was on the same side as her daughter, and was also playing "upgrade." Seeing her son come back so early, she asked.

Li Li Xuewu sucked on Li Shu's little hand and said, "Mm, it's okay today, the watermelon was sent by a friend."

This watermelon was really sent by a friend. Li Li Xuewu also gave back a pair of pure steel silver bracelets, and attached a scraping-bone-to-heal-poison service.

Hearing the meaning in Li Li Xuewu's words, Liu Yin didn't think about the watermelon, she really didn't know what kind of friends Li Li Xuewu had made now.

Liu Yin frowned and sighed, "How come you're so busy as soon as you start working? You can't even rest during the New Year."

Li Shu pointed at the bottles and jars Li Shun put in the box cabinet and signaled Li Li Xuewu to go over, wanting to take them to play.

Li Li Xuewu turned his direction, but didn't dare to let Li Shu touch Li Shun's things. He didn't get beaten less because of this when he was a child.

The most severe beating was when Li Li Xuewu mixed chili powder into the Sanqi hemostatic powder.

"Working isn't just like this, how can it be as simple as my big brother, working for half a year and resting for half a year."

Li Li Xuewu looked at the cards in his hand and replied, "It's not as simple as you say. After the New Year, we have to prepare lesson plans. The current textbooks are messy, and we have to delete and reduce the content ourselves."

Seeing Li Shu grabbing Li Li Xuewu's hair and insisting on going to the medicine cabinet to play, the old lady took a porcelain bottle from the head of the kang and handed it to Li Li Xuewu, asking, "Give this to her to play with."

Li Li Xuewu took the porcelain bottle from the old lady's hand and looked at it, asking, "Isn't this for my dad to hold medicine? Why give it to her?"

"Can I not give it?"

Liu Yin smiled and said, "The day before yesterday your dad wouldn't give it, and she cried for a good while. No matter how we coaxed her, it didn't work. In the end, your dad had no choice but to give it."

"Heh, my daughter still has face, I didn't have this treatment when I was a child."

Li Li Xuewu handed the porcelain bottle to Li Shu, but also put his daughter on the kang.

This little cotton-padded jacket had violent tendencies, and she wanted to throw everything in her hand to the ground, just to hear what it sounded like when it hit the ground.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Li Xuewu put his daughter down, Li Shu wanted to throw the porcelain bottle to the ground.

"I'll hit you, that's your grandfather's heart and liver treasure, if you break it, watch out for your butt."

Watching Li Li Xuewu scare Li Shu, Li Xue covered her mouth and laughed, "My dad's heart and liver treasure is now Li Shu. That porcelain bottle has already broken one, and our dad's mouth was trembling with heartache, but he didn't dare to say anything."

Liu Yin took over and laughed, "Just this, Li Shu was scared, seeing the big granddaughter shed tears, your dad couldn't care about the medicine bottle, and was hugging and coaxing her for a good while before she stopped, and this isn't it, he gave another one."

"Heh!"

Li Li Xuewu snatched the porcelain bottle from his daughter's hand and educated his daughter, "This was left by my grandfather's grandfather, a medicine bottle passed down through generations. You broke it, how can your old uncle inherit the family learning?"

"Hahahahaha."

Seeing that Li Li Xuewu said something interesting, everyone in the family laughed.

Li Shu originally felt a little aggrieved when she saw Li Li Xuewu scolding her, but seeing everyone laughing, she also laughed.

Watching his daughter clapping and laughing, Li Li Xuewu slapped his daughter's butt with his palm and said, "Can you give your dad some face? Anyway, your dad is a character outside, and I'm scolding you here."

Li Shu didn't care about any character, and twisted her body to go to the cards in Li Xue's hand.

Li Xue didn't give it, and Li Shu stared at her aunt with wide eyes.

"Ya!"

"Ya? Not giving, call aunt, call aunt and I'll let you play."

Li Shu stood up by grabbing Li Xue, wanting to grab the cards in Li Xue's hand, but was hugged away by the old lady.

After sitting in the old lady's pocket, Li Shu sighed helplessly, that little look was so funny.

"Hahahahaha."

Everyone watched Li Shu's antics and were so amused that they couldn't even hold their cards steady.

Li Li Xuewu stayed with his family for a while, instructed Liu Yin to divide the watermelon and eat it in the evening, and then returned to the back courtyard.

Today, the atmosphere in the courtyard was just right, and every family had spring couplets pasted on their doors.

Even Seeing Sha Zhu's family begged Li Xuecai to write a pair, only the door of He Yu Shui's house didn't have any pasted.

Although according to the old etiquette, those who haven't held a wedding ceremony aren't considered husband and wife, so they don't have to observe mourning, naturally, there is no need to avoid anything in the family during the Spring Festival.

But today is a special day after all, and He Yu Shui insisted on not pasting it, which made the people in the courtyard look up to her.

At any time, having feelings and righteousness is better than being heartless and righteous.

"Get out!"

As soon as Li Li Xuewu walked to the moon gate, he heard a scolding sound from the back courtyard, accompanied by a sound of "clatter."

"If I come to see you again, I won't have the surname Liu!"

Listening to these heartless words, Li Li Xuewu frowned and moved to the side.

Because at this moment, Liu Liu Guangqi, who had just finished roaring, was about to walk out, followed by his wife and children.

Seeing Li Li Xuewu standing on the side giving way, Liu Liu Guangqi's face grinned awkwardly, and he hurriedly took his wife and children and left.

Li Li Xuewu saw that there was no one behind, so he walked to the back.

As soon as he entered the back courtyard, he saw Second Uncle enter the room angrily, still cursing in his mouth.

Liu Liu Guangfu grinned and went to pick up the basin that had been dropped in the snow in the courtyard, while Liu Liu Guangtian stood in the room with his hands in his sleeves, looking out at the fun.

Seeing Li Li Xuewu enter the courtyard, Liu Liu Guangfu greeted him very politely.

A few days ago, Liu Liu Guangfu heard about what Li Li Xuewu did on the street, and heard it with blood boiling, and also knew why his second brother wanted to join the guard team.

Now, those who know a little bit on the street, who doesn't say that Li Li Xuewu has a group of ruthless people under his command who can go to heaven and enter the earth, and young guys all want to become such capable people.

What's important is that Qin Qin Huairu once said that Li Li Xuewu felt he could join the guard team, and had a better chance than his second brother.

So every time Liu Liu Guangfu saw Li Li Xuewu, he was ready to listen to orders.

Li Li Xuewu threw a cigarette to Liu Liu Guangfu. This kid looked about the same height as an adult, but his body hadn't grown yet, and he was still a bit thin.

"Thank you, Brother Li Xuewu."

Liu Liu Guangfu was much smarter than his brother, knowing that Li Li Xuewu didn't want to be called by his position in the courtyard, so he always called him Brother Li Xuewu.

Seeing Li Li Xuewu stop, Liu Liu Guangtian also ran out and came running toward Li Li Xuewu.

"It's freezing cold, what are you doing outside?"

"Hey,..."

"My big brother had a fight with my dad."

Before Liu Liu Guangfu could speak, Liu Liu Guangtian ran out and answered first.

Li Li Xuewu smiled and looked at the Ye Ye Erye's house, then tossed a cigarette to Liu Liu Guangtian.

"They are fighting, what are you two happy about?"

"Nothing..."

"It's better if they fight!"

This time, before his younger brother could speak, Liu Liu Guangtian grabbed the chance to say, "My brother brought his wife and children back. Isn't it because he saw that the Bai Bai Xiyuan was selling bicycles without needing coupons? Isn't it because he saw my dad bought one, so he wanted my dad to buy him one or let him ride this one away?"

"Hahaha."

Speaking of the bicycle, Liu Liu Guangtian was even more angry. He glanced at the bicycle under the window, then sneered and said, "My dad is preparing to let me ride it to carry him to and from work. My dad won't give this one, and he doesn't have that much money to buy another one. Isn't that it? He gave my dad a cold shoulder, which made my dad furious."

Li Li Xuewu nodded and said, "It's New Year's Eve, harmony brings prosperity."

"We would like that too."

Liu Liu Guangtian curled his lips and said, "He doesn't come home year after year, but when he comes back, he wants money. If you don't give it, he gives you a cold shoulder, pfft~"

As he spoke, he sneered disdainfully and continued, "If it weren't for his status as a clerk, could he do whatever he wanted with my dad?"

It must be said, this Ye Ye Erye's family is really realistic, almost as realistic as a government office.

Seeing his brother speak so frankly, Liu Liu Guangfu was also dissatisfied and said, "Exactly, he moved out to live his own life, carefree and happy, but we two brothers are miserable. Even when there's something good to eat or use, it doesn't come to us."

Li Li Xuewu stood at the door, listening to the resentment of the two brothers while looking at the red spring couplets pasted on his own door.

It must have been written by his big brother Li Xuewen. The first line is: The East Wind welcomes the New Year; the second line is: Auspicious snow heralds a bumper year; the horizontal scroll is: Lucky stars shine brightly.

The East Wind this year is a bit harsh, Li Li Xuewu thought, squinting his eyes. May the lucky stars shine brightly.

The two brothers talked for a while, and seeing Li Li Xuewu didn't react, they stared at his house in a daze.

Liu Liu Guangtian stood beside Li Li Xuewu and looked at the house together, saying, "Li Ke, what's wrong? If you need anything, just say it, we two brothers will definitely handle it for you."

"Yeah, Brother Li Xuewu, just say the word if you need anything."

Seeing his brother sucking up to Li Li Xuewu, Liu Liu Guangfu followed suit.

Li Li Xuewu turned around to look at the two brothers, then asked, "How old is Liu Guangfu?"

Hearing this, Liu Liu Guangfu replied excitedly, "Sixteen, Brother Li Xuewu, I'll be sixteen this New Year."

"Hmm, hmm."

Li Li Xuewu nodded and said, "I went to join the army when I was sixteen. How are you doing in school?"

Hearing Li Li Xuewu ask about his studies, Liu Liu Guangfu lowered his head in embarrassment.

Liu Liu Guangtian, who saw everything, smiled and said, "My third brother's schooling is... a mess."

"Hahaha."

Li Li Xuewu looked at the embarrassed Liu Liu Guangfu, then at Liu Liu Guangtian, and asked, "How so?"

Liu Liu Guangtian took a puff of his cigarette, then exhaled from his nostrils, smiled at his brother, and said, "My brother's state of schooling is like a donkey pulling a millstone: the donkey is fine, the millstone is broken; the millstone is fine, the donkey is sick; both the donkey and the millstone are fine, the tether breaks; both the millstone and the tether are fine, the donkey graduates."

"Hahahaha."

Not only was Li Li Xuewu amused, but even the person involved, Liu Liu Guangfu, was amused and laughed out loud.

Liu Liu Guangtian, with a cigarette in his mouth, laughed along with them, the three of them acting like fools in the courtyard, which made the Ye Ye Erye look out from the room twice, cursing and sitting down with an angry expression.

Liu Liu Guangtian laughed for a while, then asked, "Li Ke, is our Security Section still recruiting after the New Year?"

"Hmm? You really don't want to work in the workshop anymore?"

Li Li Xuewu flicked the cigarette ash, not knowing what was wrong with Liu Liu Guangtian, who was bent on going to the Security Section.

Liu Liu Guangtian nodded seriously and said, "While I'm young, I want to strive for something; I don't want to be like my dad, working in the workshop until I'm old."

"Hehe."

Li Li Xuewu smiled, threw the finished cigarette butt on the ground, and said with a smile, "You are blessed and don't know it. In the workshop, you can go to work and get off work on time and have holidays. Look at the Security Section, everyone is on duty now."

Liu Liu Guangtian looked back at his house and said, "New Year's isn't just about that anyway."

Seeing that Liu Liu Guangtian was determined to go, Li Li Xuewu nodded and said, "We'll see. There might be an opportunity after the New Year. You can just sign up then. There are plenty of people who want to go to the workshop, so someone will be willing to swap with you."

"I understand, Li Kezhang."

Liu Liu Guangtian thought that Li Li Xuewu's meaning was that if he signed up, Li Li Xuewu would definitely choose him.

Well, Li Li Xuewu would choose him just for this naivety; the security team needed such talent.

Seeing his second brother finish speaking and that the matter was going to be settled, Liu Liu Guangfu hurriedly said, "Brother Li Xuewu, what do you think of me?"

"What do you mean, what do I think?"

Li Li Xuewu looked at Liu Liu Guangfu and said, "You don't want to go to the Security Section too, do you?"

"Brother Li Xuewu, I... I want to."

Seeing Liu Liu Guangfu stuttering, Li Li Xuewu shook his head and said, "You should solve the problem of entering the factory first. Ask the Ye Ye Erye to find someone for you."

Patting Liu Liu Guangfu's small frame, Li Li Xuewu continued, "You've graduated and aren't in school anymore, so don't go out and run wild. Be steady and down-to-earth, and there will be an opportunity for you."

Having received half a bowl of "chicken soup" from Li Li Xuewu, the two brothers went home laughing.

It wasn't that Li Li Xuewu was fooling the silly boys, but that one should never ignore the power of small people at any time.

Even if Li Li Xuewu didn't plan to use these two brothers for the time being, or even if Li Li Xuewu didn't think much of their character and didn't plan to use them, he wouldn't destroy their dreams right now.

We'll talk about future things in the future; who can guarantee that things will definitely work out?

Li Li Xuewu encouraged them today, so at least these two brothers wouldn't hold a grudge against Li Li Xuewu starting from today.

If they can't get into the Security Section tomorrow, these two won't blame Li Li Xuewu for not being fair.

Entering the house, he saw Yu Li filling the fireplace with coal balls.

"Is the fire out?"

Li Li Xuewu hung his overcoat in the cloakroom, walked back and asked Yu Li, then sat down on the sofa with a thud.

"No, I saw your grandfather fill it this morning. Let's add some more; it's a bit cold."

Yu Li put down the fire tongs, went to the bathroom to wash her hands, and returned to the living room to make tea for Li Li Xuewu.

"What were you saying to those two brothers? You were laughing so happily."

"Hehe."

Li Li Xuewu kicked off his slippers, put his legs on the coffee table, and leaned back on the sofa, saying, "These two kids are also learning to play tricks, trying to hint at wanting to go to the Security Section."

Yu Li placed the teacup on the coffee table, looked at the exhausted Li Li Xuewu, and said, "It's possible for Liu Liu Guangtian to go, but Liu Liu Guangfu also wants you to handle his entry into the factory?"

"He's dreaming."

Li Li Xuewu squinted and said, "There's no plan to move the Security Section for the time being. At least it won't move for two or three months. This batch of people hasn't been trained yet, and adding new people will only reduce combat effectiveness."

"The Ye Ye Erye is trying to pick up a bargain with you; he's reluctant to spend that money."

Yu Li said this, and seeing Li Li Xuewu didn't react, she knew he was tired.

She walked to the side of the sofa, touched Li Li Xuewu's forehead, and seeing it wasn't hot, she said, "Go to sleep quickly, I'll call you in the evening."

"Hmm, hmm."

Li Li Xuewu agreed, took a sip of hot tea, and let Yu Li support him as he stood up and went to the inner room to sleep.

After serving Li Li Xuewu, Yu Li closed the door and returned to the inverted room.

Although Qin Qin Huairu had been watching He Yu Shui and the others play cards, her eyes still swept toward the door from time to time.

At this moment, seeing Yu Li come back, the two of them happened to make eye contact.

When she got up in the morning, she saw Qin Qin Huairu pushing a bicycle from the Bai Bai Xiyuan back to the Middle Courtyard. When others asked, Qin Qin Huairu said she bought it herself.

But Yu Li knew that it was given by Li Li Xuewu, and Li Li Xuewu had also promised to give it to her, but she didn't want it.

Looking at her own floral cotton-padded jacket and black leather shoes, and then thinking about the key in her pocket that Li Li Xuewu had never asked back for, Yu Li held her head high, walked to the side of the kang, sat down, and continued to watch the card table.

Qin Qin Huairu didn't know why Yu Li was always comparing herself to her; the two of them basically didn't speak to each other except for necessary words.

Neither of them is a decent person, so what is there to compete for?

"Bang! Pop! Pop! Pop!"

Li Li Xuewu hadn't waited for Yu Li to call him before he was awakened by the sound of firecrackers outside.

It was just that Li Li Xuewu was too sensitive to this sound.

He raised his hand to look at his watch; it was already past six o'clock, and he had slept for nearly three hours.

Li Li Xuewu got up from the kang, got off the ground, took the military overcoat issued by the steel mill from the cloakroom, and put it on.

After turning on all the lights in the house, Li Li Xuewu pushed open the door and went out.

There is an old custom that you should turn on all the lights in the house on New Year's Eve, though Li Li Xuewu didn't know why.

Going out of the room, he saw that the lights were on in the Deaf Old Lady's house, the Ye Ye Erye's house, and all the other houses.

It was rarely brightly lit, and coupled with the reflection of the white snow in the courtyard, the courtyard was all bright.

Walking to the Middle Courtyard, he saw that the lights were on in Seeing Sha Zhu's house, the First Master's house, and Qin Qin Huairu's house, but there was no sound; this must mean everyone was still in the inverted room.

Greeting Old Seven who had followed in, Li Li Xuewu entered the Front Courtyard.

As soon as he entered the Front Courtyard, he happened to see the Third Master standing in the courtyard, stretching his neck and looking toward the inverted room.

He didn't notice when Li Li Xuewu walked up to him, and it was Li Li Xuewu's cough that gave the Third Master a fright.

"Ouch, you scared me!"

The Third Master was startled and jumped. Turning around and seeing it was Li Li Xuewu, he frowned and said with a wrinkled face.

Li Li Xuewu teased with a wicked smile, "If you don't do anything wrong, you don't fear ghosts knocking at the door. Did you do something wrong?"

"Go away! It's New Year's, don't talk nonsense!"

The Third Master waved his hand and said to Li Li Xuewu, "I'm just seeing if our eldest son has come back. You guys are really something; you don't even call him home for a reunion on New Year's. How can you be like this!"

Li Li Xuewu laughed, "Okay, I'll call Yan Brother Jiecheng home for dinner when he comes back in a moment."

As he spoke, he walked toward the outside of the Second Gate, but saw Yan Brother Jiecheng bringing Zhao Zhao Yajun in from the Bai Bai Xiyuan.

It turned out that the Third Master had vaguely heard the movement of the vehicle from his house, so he came out to see.

Yan Brother Jiecheng was also very surprised to see his father and Li Li Xuewu standing in the courtyard looking at him.

"Li Kezhang, Dad, why are you here?"

Li Li Xuewu pointed backward and said, "Your dad is looking for you, telling you to go home for dinner. Also, call him Dad first and then Li Kezhang in the future; call them separately."

Li Li Xuewu didn't mean anything else; he just didn't want to have such a son from an auditory perspective.

After speaking, he beckoned to Zhao Zhao Yajun, signaling him to come over.

Zhao Zhao Yajun had been recuperating in the factory hospital after being injured. Today was New Year's Eve, and Li Li Xuewu had specially instructed Yan Brother Jiecheng to come back for the New Year and bring him along.

Regardless of how the father and son were fighting over there, Li Li Xuewu looked at Zhao Zhao Yajun, whose arm was still in a sling, smiled, ruffled his hair, and walked toward his house with his arm around his shoulder.

"Miss home?"

"A little bit."

Zhao Zhao Yajun was still not used to Li Li Xuewu's closeness, so he smiled and answered before stopping his speech.

Lifting the door curtain, he pushed Zhao Zhao Yajun into the room, and Li Li Xuewu followed him in.

Zhao Zhao Yafang was very surprised to see her younger brother; she thought her brother was on duty, but when she saw Zhao Zhao Yajun's appearance, her face turned pale instantly.

"This... what happened?"

Listening to her sister's voice with a sobbing tone, Zhao Zhao Yajun smiled and said, "I just fell and hurt my arm; it's almost better."

"How could you be so careless!"

Hearing that her brother was fine, but looking at his arm in a sling, Zhao Zhao Yafang still felt heartbroken, and tears fell.

Looking at the family whose emotions were dampened by the sister-in-law, Li Li Xuewu smiled, patted Zhao Zhao Yajun on the shoulder, and said, "Zhao Yajun has performed very well recently, and he should be able to become a regular employee after the New Year."

Hearing Li Li Xuewu's words, Zhao Zhao Yafang asked in surprise, "Really?"

Then she thought of the position and energy of her second younger brother-in-law, and what he said should mean it was possible.

Zhao Zhao Yajun was also very excited; from the mountains to the city, he knew how lucky he was.

Reaching out to wipe the tears from his sister's face, Zhao Zhao Yajun smiled and said, "Second Brother takes good care of me, Sister, don't cry."

"Mm, mm, I won't cry."

Zhao Zhao Yafang pursed her lips, trying hard to control her emotions and not let herself cry, but the two things of surprise and joy made her really unable to control herself.

Li Li Xuewu stood aside and said with a smile, "After the New Year, Sister-in-law, you and Zhao Yajun go back to the village together. You haven't been back for a long time, and it's convenient to go back and forth now; Uncle and the others often come."

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